This night, Persephone naturally occupied the master bedroom, and Sue held Barrett, still sitting and sleeping in her old position at the gate of the base. Persephone did not express any objection to his choice of place, and did not seem to worry at all about him escaping during the night.

Su didn't think about it that much, in terms of tracking alone, this scale was not enough for a safe distance, and every minute and second spent with Persephone would consume almost more body than he did in battle, and with the effect of that glass of spirits, Su had become groggy and fell asleep quickly.

This time, Sue's alertness became surprisingly poor, as if she was surrounded by warm dark clusters, relaxed like never before, that is, dreamless and awake.

It wasn't until the rumbling sound of the machine came to his ears that he woke up from his deep sleep, but his consciousness was still greedy for the comfort just now, and he refused to wake up. Through the crack in the door of the base gate, you can see that the sky outside is already bright, and it is already about 9:30.

Did I sleep for 12 hours? Sue suddenly sobered up!

The moment his eyes opened, Su's body suddenly froze, and then slowly relaxed. Barrett somehow put it aside from his arms, and there was an extra layer of soft and warm quilt on the hard and cold honeycomb alloy steel plate under him, and a thin blanket on his body. He also had a pillow on the back of his neck. In an unfamiliar environment, Sue's first instinct should be to enter the battle state immediately, but the greed for this environment full of warmth and fragrance made him unable to react in the first place.

"Awake?" Persephone stepped out of the corner of the passageway. She changed into a light blue shirt today, wore a pair of jeans underneath, stepped on a pair of lightweight multi-purpose sneakers, and her gray hair was simply tied in a ponytail, looking very clean and sporty. The only thing that is the same as yesterday is the black-rimmed glasses, and the beautiful eyes that can change in an instant.

Sue suddenly jumped out of the canvas women's bag in her mind, automatically calculated the size of her clothes, shoes and socks and the space that she needed to occupy after folding, and then couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed by this reflexive instantaneous reaction.

Persephone stood with a smile as she held a plate of steaming food in her hand, a wrench stuck in her waist, and the black pencil was now a hairpin for her hair. Perhaps jeans show off the long legs better than a pencil skirt, and Sue feels that Persephone is more intimate today, and the temptation hidden under the dignified exterior is stronger.

Su lifted the quilt and was about to sit up, she said "don't get up", then sat down directly beside Su, picked up the plate of food with both hands, and then stared eagerly into his eyes and said, "Breakfast!" ”

The plate is actually a synthetic nutrient produced at the base, but when it passes through Persephone's hands, it becomes fragrant. According to Sue's habitual thinking, after the synthetic nutrients are cooked, the nutrients are likely to be partially destroyed, which is essentially a waste. But looking at the plate of food in front of him, Su's emotions began to challenge reason, and he felt that it was actually very good.

"What about you?" Su instantly calculated the weight of the nutrients on the plate, and found that there should only be so many nutrients left in the base.

Sure enough, she smiled and said, "Only find these, you are a man, and you are going to fight, so you go first." ”

It's a completely wilderness answer. In a wilderness where survival is more important than a qiē, the order of distribution of limited food and water has always been that of adult men, children, women, and finally the elderly. Sue almost had the illusion that she had become a typical wilderness woman, bidding farewell to a man who was about to go hunting.

Sue's sanity immediately banished the ridiculous idea. If nothing else, just by looking at the fact that she snatched Sue's pistol with great ease that day, and the fact that she removed his gun and bullets last night without alarming Sue at all, and covered him with a quilt, you can know what a tough character this mysterious and beautiful woman must be, at least not comparable to the Dark Dragoon he has encountered.

Sue picked up the knife and divided the food on her plate in half, one half for herself, and most for Persephone.

"I've had enough of these." Facing her shining gaze, Su said.

He wasn't lying, it was enough to sustain him for two or three days, if there wasn't a fierce fight. Of course, maybe that half will be too much for Persephone, and in front of this woman, Sue is not confident even in the absorption and utilization of nutrients and water.

There are two spoons on the tray. To Sue's surprise, Persephone didn't have any objections to his allocation, but just picked up a spoon and ate it on the tray in his hand.

Nutrients are nutrients, and no matter how you deal with them, they still can't get rid of the benchmark taste of nutrients. Although this was a delicacy that Sue rarely tasted, he believed that Persephone, who was so skilled in cooking, would definitely not like this dish. But she silently ate most of the nutrients on the plate.

Sue eats quickly, silently, without wasting a single bit of food, and without sticking to formality. But eating on a plate with Persephone always diverted his attention from the food itself and to hers. The gray pinned by the pencil was surprisingly mischievous, always bounced in his face with the slightest movement of hers. On another occasion, two people's heads even bumped together.

It was a completely inconspicuous accident, but it was significant, because Sue should have been able to dodge it completely, but her reaction was slowed down by her attention drifting elsewhere.

After a breakfast, the atmosphere between the two seemed to have changed subtly.

Persephone took the plate and went upstairs to the living area to clean it. Sue picked up the pillows scattered on the floor and followed her upstairs. These are the pillows in the upstairs bedroom, which are of excellent quality and can still be used after all these years.

After tidying up the living area on the second floor, Persephone and Su went down to the basement floor, where the shell of the main water circulation treatment system has been opened, some parts are scattered on the ground, and inside the machine, half of the central processing chip has been exposed. It seems that she had been working for quite some time before making breakfast.

On the ground is a paper board with two sheets of white paper on which are sketches of several parts drawn with pencils.

"Come on, help me." Persephone rolled up the sleeves of her shirt and pulled across the tool rack that lay by the wall.

Sue played the role of assistant next to her, handing tools, moving parts, and listening to her explain the principles of the water recycling system and the problems.

The core component of the central water treatment system is the treatment chip, which fortunately remains intact. Due to the long idle time, several gear shaft parts in the system, especially the elbow parts of some pipelines, are corroded and damaged, resulting in the paralysis of the whole system. Before breakfast, Persephone had already inspected the system and identified parts and pipes that needed to be replaced. She has also started up the base's factory, where the casting module is melting alloys according to the recipe she has given. By the time of breakfast, the required alloy had been smelted.

Now on the base's central control computer, Persephone already has the same authority as Sue, and the metal ring is also worn on the middle finger of her right hand.

Last night, after drinking, Persephone pestered Sue for permission to the base like a little girl who saw her favorite toy. Sue thought about it, and directly took off the ring on her left hand and handed it to Persephone. At that time, Su noticed that her expression was a little strange, but just like her other expressions, Su didn't know whether it was true or false, nor what it meant, so she didn't think about it at all.

Mechanics is a very profound and extensive science, especially when it comes to electronics and artificial intelligence. Just listening to Persephone's explanation, Sue certainly couldn't have mastered this science, which might take more than ten years of research. But her explanations were simple, very detailed and detailed, and patient, explaining almost every point in place, and Su still felt greatly benefited.

Inadvertently, Persephone reveals her profound side.

It was a daunting task for only two people to repair a system of this size. Even with Persephone's omnipotence, a whole day had already been spent, and the main time was spent on the production of spare parts.

"Why don't you go back with me?" In front of the automatic multi-purpose lathe, Persephone, who was engrossed in the processing of parts, seemed to ask unintentionally.

Su stood nearby, sometimes looking at the drawing board in his hand, sometimes at the parts spinning on the lathe. Almost by his eyesight, he could tell if the machining error of the part was too large. Hearing Persephone ask like this, Su didn't respond with the same answer, but sighed and said, "I killed your people, and I don't want to be honest." ”

Persephone threw a piece of processed pipe on the ground, filled it with a new piece of raw material, and said without raising her head: "The person you killed is a little troublesome, but it is not impossible to solve." If I can guarantee that you will not be honest, will you go back with me? ”

After a long day of intense work, Persephone's sideburns began to ooze fine beads of sweat. A man who works hard is attractive, and a woman who works hard is just as attractive.

Looking at Persephone, who was busy, Sue also replied seriously: "No." In the eyes of the Dark Dragoon, no one in the wilderness can be considered a person. And I, who belong to the wilderness. ”

Persephone, finishing the last part, straightened up, straightened her slightly messy gray hair, and said, "The man who died at your hands is called Raikna, do you think that I am like him?" ”

Sue wanted to say that I still can't see through you, but he didn't say that, but carefully recalled all the details after meeting Persephone, so he shook his head and said, "It's different. ”

"That's it." Persephone picked up a bunch of machined parts, put them in Sue's arms, picked up the rest of the parts herself, and walked upstairs, saying as she went: "The Dark Dragoon is actually a very loose organization, and the direction in which this organization goes depends on the people in the organization. If you think we're not doing something right, you can change it through your own efforts. ”

Su was silent for a few seconds before he said, "After a heavy train starts moving, it will be difficult to change the track. I'm just a little person, and there's no way to stop a train that's already moving. ”

"Can't stop the train?" Persephone stopped and looked at Sue, "But how did I see that you were head-on into the train?" ”

Su Bise's gaze was calm and calm, and she smiled, not avoiding her gaze, nor answering. Persephone, however, looked at him without relaxation, and was in a posture that she would not give up without an answer.

Su had no choice but to say, "I want to live." But when I have no choice, I am not afraid of death. ”

"Is there really no choice?" Persephone asked again.

Su didn't answer this question, and she didn't have to know.

With the necessary parts in place, the repair is more than half done, and the next step is to put the parts back in. Half an hour later, Persephone had put the shell of the central water circulation system back on, and the cover was as light as anything as if it were hundreds of kilograms in her hands.

Persephone turned on the power switch with her oil-stained hand, and the roar of the machine filled the space in an instant, and the groundwater was pumped up and into the central water recycling system. After a few minutes, Persephone unscrewed the valve of the water outlet, and with a bang, a strong and clear water jet suddenly erupted!

Persephone cheered, and Sue couldn't help but smile and took a handful of water. The water is clear, free of impurities, and although there is inevitably a slight radiation, it is at least as good as a grade 4 water. And looking at the amount of water, the capacity to treat completely polluted water in one day may be far more than the rated capacity of 10 tons, and the capacity to treat circulating water will be ten times the amount of polluted water.

With water, there is life.

The two men looked at the spout intently and did not speak for a long time. Su could feel that at the moment of Fang Cai, she was out of sincere joy.

With plenty of water, Persephone no longer had the luxury of asking for a bath, but simply washed her hands and face, pulled Sue out, got out of N958, and climbed to the top of the mountain.

It was late at night, and the sky was full of radiant clouds, driven by the wind, which were rapidly moving away. The night was so dark that it was almost impossible to see anything, and in the distance, the outline of several broken elevated roads loomed, like the bones of a dead beast.

Greeted by Persephone, Sue sat side by side with her on the top of the hill, looking out into the darkness.

She suddenly sighed faintly and asked, "You say, what is the status of women in this era?" ”

Su thought for a moment and said truthfully: "As I can see, most of the time, women are appendages of men. If you don't have other skills and no men to rely on, you have to trade your body for food and water. They can be considered as part of the property as well as guns and ammunition, and if their men are killed, then they will change owners. In addition, they are also carriers of reproduction. ”

"It's pretty straightforward!" She smiled a little sarcastically, then let out a long breath and said, "You are right, this is the reality of this age, and it is something that everyone takes for granted, whether it is a man or a woman. In fact, I am the same, and now my strength in the Dark Dragoon relies on my own strength and the strength of my family. For the last few years, I've been playing non-stop, and I've been invincible. But that doesn't change the fact that I'm a woman, a woman who doesn't protect people. If a woman doesn't protect people, then the men around her will become greedy wolves, waiting for the day when she is powerless to fall, and then tearing her to pieces! In the future, I will continue to play. And in battle, there will always be times when I get injured or even lose my strength forever, and then it will be my end. ”

"In the history of the Dark Dragoon, there have been many glorious women. Stiffany, Bloody Mary, Jimmily, all used to be feared names. However, when they were unfortunately injured in countless battles and lost their strong combat effectiveness, they became men's playthings without protection. Because of their former strength and background, almost all men who have the ability to get their hands on them will not let go of this opportunity, after all, it is much more exciting to play with a woman with status. Maybe one day in the future, I'll end up in this fate. Unlike them, I have the support of my family and will not be completely reduced to a plaything. However, since I have a family, it will be the big names in the family and the people who deal with the family. ”

Su's heart tightened quietly, he remembered the countless women he had met and seen, and he also thought of Li. As for Persephone, her beauty can turn all the males around her into a vicious wolf.

There was silence on the top of the mountain for a moment, and Persephone suddenly said something earth-shattering: "Sue, are you willing to join the Dark Dragoon and protect me from now on?" ”

She didn't look at Sue, but hugged her knees and sat in the night wind, looking into the distance.

For a moment, Sue thought of her stunning and dignified when she first met, the charming temptation after the bath, the eagerness and innocence when she served breakfast, the seriousness and rigor of her work, and the quiet and distant now, and for a moment she couldn't figure out which one was the real Persephone. Perhaps, these many faces are Perhaus. For two days, she was showing all of her qiē in front of him.

Such a beautiful woman, who is extremely outstanding in every aspect, asks herself to be her protector? If it's just to lure yourself into the Dark Dragoon, then the price is too great. It's more than worth the loss.

Sue was also looking into the distance, he took a deep breath and said, "The Dark Dragoon is not for me, I'm sorry. ”

The silence continues.

After a long time, Persephone asked, "Sue, do you have someone you want to protect?" ”

Su said calmly, "...... Yes. However, it may not be the way you think. ”

Persephone pulled out the pencil that held her hair to her feet, and her long, dark gray hair fell like a waterfall. Sue's heart beat violently a few times, and when viewed from the side, except for the lack of a glimmer of silver light that occasionally flickered, the hanging gray hair was almost exactly the same as the little girl back then!

Persephone was a member of the Dark Dragoons, and Lanaxis used the Dark Dragoons as his bodyguard. Sue doesn't know the identity of Lanaxis, who took the little girl, only that it is related to the Dark Dragoon. Looking at her extravagance and pomp beyond imagination that day, perhaps her status is still above Persephone. Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhale is aware of the girl's save.

"I have the last hole card, but you want to go with me willingly, but I don't want to use it." That night, Persephone's words crept through Sue's mind.

Thinking back to Persephone's emotion just now, Sue suddenly had an association, and his heart suddenly tightened, could it be that something happened to Lanaxis? If she fell, what about the girl? Thinking of the overly beautiful girl back then, and the fate that might be connected with this appearance, a fierce flame gradually rose in Su's heart.

Sensing Sue's slight change, Persephone seemed to sigh, and in the darkness, she said calmly, "I think you once heard the name of Lanaxis, and there was a girl beside her, with hair similar to mine. I think this girl is the person you want to protect. ”

Sue was silent, not answering, not denying. It seems that Persephone did know what she had been with the girl, or that would explain part of the reason why she looked at her differently, and then connect it with her words about the fate and status of women, so what was she implying to her?

In the darkness that never seemed to fade, Persephone's cold, haughty, penetrating voice kept coming: "You still want to protect her. But now you can't even beat a low-level dragoon, what do you use to protect her? What can you do when bad luck strikes? With your current way of living, even if you are given another five or ten years, how many levels of ability can you develop? Fifth Order, or Sixth Order? With this ability, you can't do anything. Doom is inevitable rather than accidental, and the Spider Queen is not the only one in the Bloody Council. ”

Through the darkness, Sue could see Persephone's gray hair flying, just like the uncertain fate of people in these turbulent times.

"Join the Dark Dragoon and I'll get stronger?" Sue asked.

"In the Dark Dragoon, the only thing that can restrain ability is talent. If you have unrivaled power, then you can do whatever you want. Persephone's answer gave Sue the two answers she wanted to know most.

Persephone turned over her hole cards, and Sue, who had no cards to play from the start.

Su said calmly, "Then, I join the Dark Dragoon. ”

Persephone raised her hand to pull up her gray hair, still pinning it with the pencil, and replied lightly: "I have given you the opportunity to strengthen your powers, and I have given you hope to protect those you want to protect." And in order for you to join the Dark Dragoon, I need to be the enemy of the entire Fabregas family, because you killed Raikna. I also need to prove to the council that you are worth more than the invaders. Until you can prove it yourself, I must mortgage property of equal value to the council. After paying so much, I need to reciprocate. ”

Su knew that what she said was the truth, even if it was a deal, no matter what was behind the scenes, it was just something on the table, and he had already gotten too much.

"What do you want?" Sue asked.

Persephone turned her head and looked at him, her gray eyes flashing with a hint of blue, it seemed that her eyes were somewhat similar to Sue's, but Sue was mainly blue.

Persephone made a pistol gesture with her left hand, and pointed the muzzle of the gun at Sue: "Be my man!" ”

Su was stunned.

He has the ability to be lucky, but the conditions in front of him are ridiculously good. Su believed that even if he raised his basic luck to the level of **, it would be impossible for such a good thing to fall if he waited for a few hundred years. It's not a matter of probability, it's simply impossible.

Sue waited for her next.

Persephone continued: "Of course, you are not qualified to be my man at all, and you are not qualified to be seven or eight times stronger. And after joining the Dark Dragoon, if you let others know about it, with your current ability, you will die inexplicably in a few days. When you join the Dark Dragoon, you won't get anything from me other than some basic and necessary help. You'll need to face the enemies behind Akari and behind the scenes on your own, and then become strong enough to be my man! ”

"If one day you have this qualification, I will take you. If you're strong enough to suppress me, I'll make you my protector. If you don't live up to my requirements, I'll take your place, but you're still mine. I'm not going to stop you from protecting her, and if you really have to, you can choose to die in battle. But! When you die in battle, you must always remember that you are my man! ”

Hearing Passelanie's strong declaration, Sue just smiled. Her statements are blunt, sharp, **, and unvarnished, however, that's the reality.

The conditions are very good, although this is not what Su wants at all, but he has no choice, just like seven years ago.

"Deal." Sue's words have always been succinct.

Persephone smiled lightly and said, "If you had joined the Dark Dragoon when I first invited you, there would have been no such conditions, but you made me use my hole cards, so it became a trade." ”

In trading, Sue has always been a trustworthy person. Ever since Persephone appeared, almost everything that has happened has turned Sue's common sense upside down. He's not naïve, there's more to this deal than that, but he's not qualified to know that right now. Scenes of events that had happened in the past two days flowed through his heart, and Su suddenly remembered that when she mentioned holding hole cards, she also talked about another wish.

This wish seemed so insignificant compared to the opportunity she had given her.

In the darkness, Sue sat quietly, gazing at the endless darkness.

Little did the boy in Yorkston know that seven years later, he would have to take on the same responsibility.

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A large chapter of 7,000 words to celebrate my uninterrupted update for a whole month.