Chapter 19: Returning in vain
When the sun had completely set, and the large army had returned to the camp safely, several women rushed at once, asking nervous questions. Li You judged that they should be the families of the missing people.
A woman with a child who can be five or six years old is also anxiously waiting for Sister Hua to tell everyone about today's experience.
Sister Hua had some red circles in her eyes with tears, but she didn't make a sound, just shook her head helplessly, and a few of them cried directly. But the woman with the child did not react much, as if she firmly believed that her husband was still alive in the world.
Li You looked at the child's dirty face, and he couldn't bear it, so he hurriedly rummaged through his body and handed him the wild fruit he had picked when he came back. He thought that this kind of nondescript life was actually not easy.
When he first came here and saw a few children eating "sweet potatoes in the hands of people", he realized how much impact environmental changes have on people's lives.
"What's your name?" The child took the fruit and stared at him with those clear eyes without saying a word, and Li You quickly squeezed out a stiff smile.
The woman next to the child was very open, bowed her head and said to the child, "It's okay, tell my uncle what is your name?" ”
The child still did not speak, and with his small black hands clutched the corners of his mother's clothes, and hid behind her. Li You didn't give up, and said to himself: "Uncle promised you that he would help you find your father, Lagouer." ”
Li You didn't know that he was so loving, and the hand hanging in the air lasted for a while, but he didn't get a response, and he took it back in embarrassment.
"I'm relieved to have your words, I believe that the child's father must still be alive, I dreamed of him last night." Li You knew it well, and after seeing what happened in the laboratory, he was even more certain that the chances of this group of people surviving were not very good.
But he can't say it, destroying a woman's only hope is not something he can do with kindness.
"Li You, Peng Lao asked you to go to his tent, he has something to tell you." Sister Hua walked up to him and said. Li You sighed, turned around and walked towards the tent.
"Old Peng, what's the matter?"
As soon as he entered, Li You saw that Peng Lao was rummaging through something, and said without looking back: "Actually, I have a lot of things to hide from you, and this is all for your good, if you are smart enough, you can't agree to that old woman's words." ”
"I, I don't understand what you mean?"
When Peng Lao heard Li You's words, he didn't know where the evil fire came from, so he directly threw all the books on the table to the ground, and sat on the edge of the bed with a "flutter" in anger.
When Li You saw this old man for the first time, he thought that he would not be angry, but he didn't expect that starting a fire would be so scary, so he stood silently in place, staring at him motionlessly.
After a few minutes, Peng Lao's mood eased a little, and he sighed for a long time: "Young man, I'm not angry at you, you don't know how powerful it is." Well, find a way to get out of here, and I'll say you've fallen into the cracks. ”
Although Li You wanted to leave when he was captured, he killed Yuan Ida, how could he have the face to leave, and after careful consideration, he asked what was going on. After repeated questioning, the old man finally told the truth in tears.
It turned out that the group of people who left on the space shuttle did not go far at all, and not long ago, they began to send landing signals to the earth more than once, wanting to return to the earth.
However, most of those who stayed at the beginning did not agree, because it was because of overpopulation, which caused overexploitation of resources, pollution, radiation and so on, and took many lives.
They slapped their butts and walked away, leaving these people alone to hold their ground. Now that the earth has recovered, and I want to come back to share resources with them, I naturally disagree.
However, there are also many people who do not oppose this matter, and since then the two factions have been separated. One faction is in favor of their return, and the other is firmly opposed.
The representatives of the two factions are the woman who talked to Li You today, Su Marie; There is also another representative of the exile, Li Xianglan.
"Li Xianglan? Are you sure? Li You never expected that this woman who left a deep impression on him would also appear in this world.
Seeing Li You's reaction so big, Peng Lao hurriedly asked him if he knew her.
"In the last world, there was also a Li Xianglan, although she was a little crazy, but I always felt as if she knew something. Later, before she could ask, she disappeared into a hospital bed. Li You tried his best to adjust his breathing and pretended to be calm.
"Disappear?"
"I'm not sure why, but I just disappeared without a trace, and before I disappeared, I emitted the same blue light as when I traveled through time and space."
Peng Lao's frowning eyebrows never relaxed, with a little haggard in his eyes, and sighed: "Actually, this Li Xianglan is my lover." The reason I'm here is simply to find out about Su Marie's scheme. ”
After sighing, Peng Lao continued to say that after Li Xianglan and others were expelled, strange things continued to appear. At first, it was just people who went missing, and it wasn't until a few days ago that bodies began to be found.
And these people died in a miserable state, and they couldn't even leave a whole corpse, which made Peng Lao think of the research notes that Li Xianglan made when he was still living here, and he was rummaging around just now, and he was also looking for notes.
"It seems that Sumarie has always been wary of me, and she planted an undercover agent next to me and took the opportunity to steal the notes." After Peng Lao finished speaking, tears flowed out uncontrollably.
Li You walked up to him and sat down gently, tilted his head and said, "You mean, the deaths of these people were caused by your lover Li Xianglan?" ”
Peng Lao didn't speak, wiping his tears and nodding his head gently. At the same time, Sister Hua rushed in from outside, glaring at Peng Lao angrily, her teeth creaking.
Seeing this scene, Peng Lao did not move, but Li You stood up and blocked Peng Lao with his body.
"Did you hear it all?"
"If you hear it, I'll tell everyone now!" After speaking, Sister Hua was about to go out, but Li You took two steps forward and grabbed Sister Hua.
"No, do you know how they're going to react if you want to talk about it?"
Sister Hua is now angry, the oil and salt are not entering, and she wants to break free of Li You's arm. And Li You even used his strength to breastfeed, but he was helpless, so he simply sat on the ground and hugged her legs, not letting her move.
"You let me go!" Sister Hua roared angrily.
"That's it!" Peng Lao walked quickly to Sister Hua and said, "I'll go to her and ask, if I can come back alive, I will definitely give an explanation to the big guy!" ”
Sister Hua glared at Peng Lao angrily, the green tendons on her neck bulged, and said fiercely: "You want to exchange so many people's lives for one life?" Li You, I see that you look like my brother, so I didn't embarrass you, or I would have let the elephant slaughter you a long time ago, let go! ”
"Can you calm down and say it really good for everyone? After all, the truth of the matter has not yet been revealed, and no one knows whether these mutated bugs or monsters were released by Li Xianglan. What if it was a Mary Sue? She just wants to see us kill each other, doesn't she? ”
Li You's words finally stopped Sister Hua's movements, and at the same time shocked Peng Lao.
"yes, why am I so confused?" Mr. Peng slapped his head and sat back in his chair.