The road ahead is difficult.

Since the turtle dove and the worm had been injected into their respective bodies with the "universal serum", if they did not find the antibiotic within 48 hours, they would have faced two situations: one was to die from the over-propagated special bacteria, and the other was to be transformed by the rest of the "universal serum" and completely turned into monsters.

After a fierce battle with the "C4" test subject, the two of them were consumed for several more hours, and a conversation between the two of them and the mysterious man in the central station also took some time, and it seems that there are only thirty hours left for the turtledove and the worm.

According to the mysterious man, in the next thirty hours or so, the multiplying bacteria will gradually spread throughout the body, and because the hypothalamus is affected, there will be four more times when the sudden and intense hunger pangs will occur as before, and the fifth time will be the moment when death will truly come.

So time is really running out.

……

"Do you see the corner in front of you, just now I vaguely saw something flashing by at the far end of the corridor, you stay here and don't move, I'll touch it first to see the situation."

By this time, the little worm had led the turtledove out of the "business district" of Grand Central Station and into a place called the "Staff Living Area", which was built like a large holiday inn and decorated in a wood-based style, at least a little warmer than the rest of the place.

Since it is an "employee living area", then its safety level is relatively low, and it stands to reason that there will be no strange experimental subjects, or the existence of "explosion-proof robots" that mysterious people have said, but as the so-called careful sailing of the ship for ten thousand years, the little insect found out that something was wrong in front of him, so he stopped the turtledove and decided to go alone to investigate.

The surrounding lights are slightly dim, and the mysterious person said that it is because all the additional facilities of the entire underground research institute are in a state of minimum operation, after all, it has suffered a great change, and most of the electricity in the underground research institute has been used for more important aspects, and almost all living facilities have stopped running.

These are all orders from the main controller in the central area, which has a certain level of artificial intelligence, and even before this happened, the main controller was responsible for keeping most of the infrastructure in the underground research institute running, and after losing human control, the main controller obviously did not stop its work, and still did its duty.

The content of the main controller was all heard by the worm from the mysterious man, and the turtledove didn't pay attention to this aspect, but the worm remembered it.

……

After a little explanation to the turtledove, the little insect groped forward lightly, and she couldn't say whether she saw anything, but the previous experience made her have to pay twelve points of attention, and it was inevitable that she would become a little noisy.

Fortunately, it turned out to be a bonsai with a little bigger.

The little insect who had cleared the alarm beckoned behind him, and the turtledove, who was hiding in the dark and poking his head out, came out of the hiding place, he walked to the side of the little worm, looked up and down at this still verdant potted plant, and said that the vitality of this plant is quite tenacious, and it has been strong for so many years.

But after taking a closer look at the huge potted plant, which was nearly a man tall, the turtledove couldn't say a word when he wanted to tease the little insect, and he reached out and touched the verdant leaves of the potted plant, and could not hide his surprise.

"Someone has watered it?"

The turtledove's words were as if he was asking the worm and himself, because he couldn't believe that there were still living people in this ghost place.

But after thinking about it again, the turtledove said that in addition to himself and the little worm, as well as the mysterious person who has never appeared so far, there is indeed another "behind the scenes" existence, could it be that the "behind the scenes" who wants to put himself and the little worm to death, there is still a caring person who will water the potted plants every day?

It's kind of interesting.

Looking at the water droplets that were still flickering and beating on the leaves of the potted plant, the turtledove was in a daze, and the little insect suddenly poked it with its elbow, and then tilted its head, signaling that there was any movement in front of her, and asked the turtledove to quickly follow her to find a place to hide.

There happened to be a row of benches against the wall next to it, probably used to rest the feet of people passing here, and the turtledove and the small insect got under a bench, and each of them stared nervously at the corner in front of them, for fear of missing each other's "true face of Lushan".

"Gurgle ......"

The strange sound gradually came, and the little worm lying under the bench in front of her turned her head and glanced at the turtledove with a puzzled face, how could she hear it and think that this movement was a little familiar, like ...... It's like the kind of toy tricycle that a child rides.

That's right, it's the sound of the wheels of a tricycle.

And listening to this movement, the axle of that tricycle must not have been oiled for a long time, otherwise it would not have made such a strange and piercing sound due to friction.

I imagined a child riding a small tricycle with a small water bottle in his hand, riding around watering the potted plants in the underground research institute, and the little insect shook his head vigorously, trying to shake the strange picture out of his head.

……

Eventually, the unknown "gardener" came into view of the insects and turtledoves, not a child riding a toy tricycle, but a rusty robot.

The round metal head has two big "eyes", which look a little dumb and silly, with no nose and no mouth, just such a bare head resting on a rectangular body, and the two hands are quite delicate, at least each hand has five fingers.

If the upper body can be called "barely reasonable", then the lower body of this robot is simply "fooling around", and even one leg is not made for others, just two wheels are spinning there, and one of the wheels is somehow still sideways bent and deformed, making the robot move high and low for a while.

The robot is more than a meter tall, and it is carrying a metal watering can, which is probably all spilled, and I saw it carry the water bottle into a room that is probably a bathroom, and after a while, it comes out with a refilled watering can.

Judging by its posture, it must have gone to the front to water the other potted plants, and now the turtledove finally understood why, after all these years, the bonsai here are still alive and vigorous, because there is a "gardener" who has been watering them.