"Sister? Sister? ......”

A low call lingers in the dream.

Vilna tried to open her eyes, but a fiery pain came from her eyelids, and she found herself unable to open them, and the slightest tremor made her eyelids seem to be torn apart.

In front of her eyes, the thick darkness swallowed everything in her, for the first time in her life, Verna trembled so much, she opened her lips to shout something, but she couldn't open her mouth, her mouth was numb and hot, not just her mouth, her whole body, damn, what did she encounter?

She tried to call out to her sister, but the bastard didn't give her the response she expected.

"Villerie," she said, "Villerey, Villerey, anyone?" ”

She heard a young man's voice, not loud and thin.

She heard him say You're awake, in a very strange tone that felt like an outsider's local accent.

How could she not wake up? Vilna wanted to yell excitedly, she was on the ground, where was this? She didn't feel the heat of the "sun" star, it was like a ....... She couldn't describe a place that was neither cold nor hot, without the echoes of the tunnels, without the cold and dampness of the underground, without the texture of the soles of her feet touching dirt and stones.

"Where is this? Why are you here? ”

"This is the Dawning base....... A place where some of my friends and I live......." The man's soft voice made Werna's heart sink as he continued, "You lie on the ground, ...... by me," he muttered for a moment, as if considering the words, "my friend has found out. ”

Verna didn't notice his hesitation, "What's going on with my eyes?" Her eager tone was not at all like that of the stationmaster, but could she be blamed for that? Her eyes became very abnormal, as if they had been covered with a layer of slimy skin, and there was a faint pain. Could it be that her eyes were really burned by the sun?

At this moment, her body is also a little weird, and there is a trace of numbness all over her body.

"Your eyes are burned by the bright light, and of course, that's what my friend said, who concluded that your eyes are very sensitive to light, and given the condition of your skin, he came to the conclusion that you live underground all year round, and your eyes can't adapt to the light emitted by the lighting tubes at our base.

Werna listened to his fluttering conclusions, but her heart sank like a stone in the sea, and she subconsciously asked:

"Don't you live underground?"

The young man was silent for a long time, and just when Verna thought he would not continue to speak, he slowly answered the question he had just asked.

"We live under the same starry sky, I think, that's the only answer I can get," his voice became dazed, and he continued in a very sentimental tone, "I'm from another world, no thermonuclear war, no ruins, no subway, that's all." ”

("Your Majesty," the synth reminded in a low-key mind, "the contemptible people think that a little lie helps to lower each other's wariness, and we can claim to be survivors from afar, and strangers are afraid that they are not very welcome here.) ”

"If you farted earlier, it wouldn't have been like this, but she wouldn't believe me even if I told the truth, and letting her take me for a fool might have lowered her guard."

The robot nodded solemnly, "Your Majesty is wise. ”）

His answer left Werna a little dumbfounded, and a legend suddenly occurred to her, "Are you from the world across the planet Sun?" ”

She didn't seem to believe his words entirely, which was not a good sign.

"I'm from farther away, and by your conclusion, I'm an alien human," the man's voice paused, "Back to the topic at hand, as far as I know, my subordinates have come to the conclusion that your sensitive eyes are under the influence of some irreparable nature, and that they probably think you are no longer visible. ”

Vilna hung her head in a daze, her lips squirming, not knowing what to say.

As early as when she first woke up, she probably had an answer that she didn't want to accept. Like many stalkers, they searched for everything on the ground, and because of fatigue or the pursuit of mutated monsters, they spent the night on the surface, only to wake up the next day blinded by the sun.

There are so many of them, she's just one of them, but how could she be one of them? She grew up listening to Stalker's stories, how could she make such a simple mistake?

Such a truth is too cold, she has never felt the world of pure darkness, it is true, the tunnel tracks are buried hundreds of meters deep in the ground all the year round, and they are full of mutated monsters, unscrupulous kinds, faint and old faint light flames, but after all, it is the only place where human civilization remains, where she can still see the flames, can feel the lights, can open her eyelids when her sister is asleep to observe her sister's unique slanted eyes, and now, she will always embrace the darkness.

She didn't know how long she had been delirious, and when she came back to her senses from the harsh truth, the man had been silent for a long time, could it be that he was gone?

Verna struggled to her feet, she was in the dark, she didn't want to stay here forever and rot, she had to find the man, she had to ask where the hell was here, and her sister, she had to find her, if she wasn't dead.

But it was the first time she had stepped on a leg where she couldn't see her fingers, and she had to move forward cautiously.

She has to think through the consequences of each step.

Even so, she tripped over a small, raised threshold. The deep pain that shook her bone marrow as she hit her knee on the metal floor made her almost cry.

She finally realizes that she is a wreck, she can't get out of here, she can't find her sister, and she can't manage a station.

Will my sister need the help of a blind man? Grey River Station needs a blind man to manage? She wished she never knew the truth.

"Do you want me to help you up?"

Verna struggled to her feet, "How do you get out here?" She tried to stay calm so that she didn't lose her identity.

"I can take you out, but I guess you have something else to do."

He knows my purpose? Vilna wondered if he was hiding something. "I'm looking for my sister."

"A squint-eyed girl?"

Vilna's expression changed, she gritted her teeth, and her voice became a little shaky, "What did you do to her?" ”

"I saw her," the young man confessed, "and she went back later." ”

How can it be? "We haven't seen her, there's only one road there."

The young man laughed a few times, "I don't know, it's possible that she went up to the ground again while I wasn't looking, it's all possible." When the young man saw Vilna's look, he said bluntly, "You think I'm lying?" ”

Vilna was silent, but the implication was clear.

"Why should I bother to attack a little girl whom I have never met, and besides she is not pretty," the young man touched his fingers, raised his head and muttered a few words, and soon fell into a speechless embarrassment.

"You really never saw her again?" Vilna knew that she could do nothing about this stranger she had never met, and even if he had taken her sister, what could she do?

"I swear in the name of the great Galactic Mother, I never lie," Summer swears, "by the way, what's your name?" ”

His casual inquiry alerted Werna, what was his intention?

"Verna. Venser," she wanted to lie, but she was afraid that her lie would only lead to another lie, "that's my real name, what about you?" ”

"Summer, that's what you mean by the name," the young man's tone was rather nonchalant, making one wonder if he really never lied, as he had promised.

"If your sister does go missing, I think I can help you."

Verna was a little dazed, "Can you find her?" ”

"I have a few friends....... They're a little bit different, and I'm sure you've heard little stories like aliens, right? ”

Vilna nodded cautiously, "I've read in some books, and many people have written a lot about people from other planets, but those are just stories, and I'm not a child. ”

"A story may be real in another place, and in short, they are not very afraid of radiation here, I think you should understand a little, I can send them around to look for it, and maybe it will be rewarding."

What do you get by doing that? Verna opened her mouth and swallowed the words.

Maybe it was the other party who caught her sister, maybe they had other intentions, all this was possible, and she had to carefully consider a lot.

"Why are you helping me?"

The young man walked back and forth a few steps, and he seemed very distressed.

"I want to help me with a little thing with the help of you......."

He was thinking about something, and Verna was even more convinced that it was the stranger in front of her who had kidnapped her sister, and her vigilance rose to the highest level for a moment.

"Can you take me into your place, I want to know about this place and communicate with the people here."

Verna sneered and took a few steps back, "So are you from the military station or from Red Square?" Or is it from some other organization on the ground? I thought you were a stranger from another planet, and you could tell a clever lie, and tell me what conditions you need to get my sister back. ”

The young man, or rather Summer, opened and closed his mouth a little confused, and he thought for a long time before he understood what the other side was thinking. The other party was a very suspicious little girl, and when he saw her for the first time, he thought that this sweet-looking girl should be easy to get to others.

He made the mistake of judging people by their appearance.

Summer smiled sincerely, "I didn't lie to you. ”

"You're a complete liar."

"I just wanted to talk to you......."

"There's nothing to talk about with a liar like you........ You want to persecute me with your sister? The girl spat hard, "It's impossible." "She was more determined than she thought.

Summer was also stunned, and this spit hit him the knee, making him feel that his usual three views were ....... A heavy blow, such a beautiful girl can even spit and be so accurate. But to be honest, this girl who is too beautiful to talk to, it is estimated that in the summer, when she spits out a bubble of green thick phlegm, there are obscene men who come to lick it clean.

"Your guess is quite accurate, I did capture your sister, she told me that she has a sister who is the stationmaster, I think that's you."

"Your vows are like farting, in the name of Mother Galaxy? Bah, I only feel pity for your Galactic Mother," Werner slammed another spit into his knee on the other side, "what the hell do you want to do?" "Damn Verley, why did she say so much?

Summer looked at each other quietly, the girl was a smart person, and did not have any thoughts of running away.

"I have some supplies, I want to exchange something with you, and use your status as the stationmaster of that Gray River Station."

"Then you can contact our traders, why do you have to come to me and take my sister."

"Half of it is contraband that is not allowed at your station," Summer stressed, "I want guns, ammunition, machines, ore, and I heard that you still trade slaves in some places, so if you have one, it would be better." ”

Most of the machines on the ground are too old to be completed, and most of the machines that have been unmaintained for 30 years are rotten and dusty, especially the precision instruments, which have long been worn out in the sand and gravel and cannot be operated. Many of the factories in this area were almost destroyed, and many years ago countless missiles hit the military and heavy factories in the area, and all the ones that did not suffer a fatal blow were some inconsequential factories, such as canning and packing factories, breeding farms, and food and wood processing plants.

What's more, the synth left him not many "sapper robots" and "engineering robots", and the number of his sappers and engineers can barely restore and maintain the operation of a few factories.

His scientist proposes to use the unique physiological organs of mutated plants and animals on the ground, the waste metal materials and placers from the ruins, and the radiation filtration equipment made from the last bit of composite minerals and energy from the base, which can create low-to-non-radiation canned food, fruits, and other gadgets that are licensed for consumption, and if these things can be exchanged with the underground survivors for some rare materials, then the empire's initial expansion plan can be carried out smoothly.

Verna took a deep breath, "These are also valuables at our station, and they are vital to our protection, no one will agree to exchange them for you, and we are not slave traders." ”

"What's more, you think I'm going to hand you something that threatens the safety of our station? Do you think I'm going to sacrifice the safety of the entire station for my sister's sake? ”

Summer let out an inexplicable shallow smile, was he laughing at himself?

"Don't take it too seriously, my father has taken over the station, and he's not a stupid person," Verna could only pretend to be tough, "I'm worth less than you think, I'm just a blind little girl." "The fact is that people will not let a blind man be the stationmaster, otherwise the big forces around the subway will understand their weakness, and a station that chooses a blind girl as the stationmaster will only make people greedy.

"Then it can't be helped," Summer chuckled, shrugged, and with a slight motion, a door was automatically opened.

He approached Verna suddenly, and the sound of hurried footsteps made the young lady who thought she was brave nervous, and he reached out and touched his cheek, which caught her off guard.

"If you think I'm at your mercy, you can try." Her embarrassed tone was filled with uneasiness and anger that could not be hidden, it was obvious that she could not be unharmed, but she could choose to bite any part of the other party with her teeth.

"You're going to have a sequelae in your eyes, but luckily, we happen to have the equipment to heal your eyes, so you can open your eyes," she noticed that the other side seemed to have given up on any of his plans to go any further, and his footsteps sounded again, but they were getting farther and farther away from her.

Verna was a little overwhelmed, she subconsciously opened her eyes, and to her surprise, she saw the figure of the man in the distance disappearing around the corner.

She stretched out her hand and probed her eyes, her fingers could swing freely, every trajectory of her five fingers dancing and flying was clear, and her palms had the wisps of scratches left by climbing, deep and red.

Why can she see each other? Isn't she blind? All of a sudden, she began to get scared, afraid that it was just a dream, and that she still couldn't see anything.

"Sister?"

She turned to the side and saw her sister waving at the door.

"Verna," her previous panic and uneasiness turned into anger, Verna stepped forward in two steps, she raised her hand, but seeing her sister's happy smile, she suppressed her anger and lowered her palm.

She gently hugged her sister, "You're worrying me. ”

"I'm worried about you too."

Verna narrowed her eyes, "Why don't you go back?" ”

The younger sister finally noticed her sister's strange mood, and she timidly stood back, and felt a little unsafe, so she stood back again.

"If you think you'll be able to undo your mistakes by staying away," Vilna threatened in a low voice, "then disappear before my eyes." ”

"Well, actually, I'm just...... At that time I had some problems with my eyes, because of the glowing castle, by the way, sister, do you know where we are? I promise ......."

"Is this proof that you didn't return all night? The first rule of the Stalker Code, don't be deceived by the light, have you forgotten? Verna's face was full of indignation, "Have you forgotten everything you've learned?"

Obviously you are the same, it's shameless, even if the truth is so, Wei Li doesn't dare to say more than half a word about her sister, since her sister became the stationmaster, her majesty has increased day by day, like mushrooms after a rain, so that as a younger sister, she dare not face it alone.

"Forget it, tell me everything, why you're here, and that damn bastard, did he do anything to you, I need to know everything."

The uncertainty terrified her, and Verna had to understand what the man was for, what he wanted to do, and why he had threatened herself before, and why he wanted his sister to meet her, all of which made her even more anxious, not to mention that her father must have been worried about them too.

They must get back as soon as possible.