Chapter 8: Touching the Boundaries (2)

Ryan sat up suddenly.

The figure jumped up and down, from one roof to another, with a light movement, as if flying. She wore a cloak, a short skirt and huge boots, exactly as he remembered.

He chased after him almost without thinking.

He didn't know how he had jumped, but he had landed heavily on the light roof next door, his slippers had been thrown off, and there was a heavy pain in the soles of his feet. And the woman had already run away, and he didn't think much about it, ran two steps, and jumped up again.

He ran up and down on the roof, like a clumsy frog. Fortunately, the houses in the residential area of the Ark are all very close to each other, and the height is the same, as long as you see the position of the jump and landing, you will not fall.

The roof of the light energy was smooth and clean, and it still carried the residual heat of the day, Ryan ran on it, a few steps and a jump, he gradually got used to the rhythm of this running and jumping, this seems crazy, and it is not so difficult to do.

It seems a little simpler than playing flyball.

When he leaped up, he could see rows of houses arranged in an arc, he had never observed the ark from this angle, he seemed to be a chess piece walking in a labyrinth, suddenly gaining the ability to fly, and was able to see the whole maze of things. The feeling excites him and he almost can't help but scream.

However, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't catch up with the figure in front of her, and she jumped so high, so light, only a little on her toes, and then jumped high, and the huge cloak flew up and down, revealing her slender legs in mechanical boots.

Ryan yelled ahead, "Hey, who are you?" ”

She didn't answer his words and continued to jump forward. She always slowed down a little when he was about to lose sight, and when he caught up, she sped up again, and she always kept a distance from him that she could just see and was about to disappear, as if on purpose.

He sped up desperately.

She landed on the edge of the roof, stopped, and slowly, turned towards him. He felt his chest thump and his long hair flying, covering her face.

"Who are you?" Ryan lunged forward.

She turned and walked forward.

I don't know how many rooftops I jumped, I don't know how far I walked, Ryan felt that his strength was about to run out, and the soles of his feet hurt hotly, but the figure in front of him still had no intention of stopping.

"Hey, who the hell are you?" Ryan shouted with all his might.

Ryan suddenly felt an obvious air current, and when he looked up, there was a thick translucent barrier in front of him, which was the air film, a membranous barrier that held the air inside the ark, and beyond the air film, it was the outer wall of the ark.

The area between the air film and the exterior wall is the construction area, and when part of it is completed, it is pushed outward a little, and the ark slowly expands. The air in the middle zone is only preliminarily filtered, not oxygenated and purified, and cannot be entered without breathing hoods and protective gear.

"Where are you going?" Ryan shouted.

There is a small entrance and exit hole under the air film wall, and the entrance and exit hole is covered by a semi-closed membrane skin, which is specially used for construction and maintenance personnel to enter and exit, only to see the woman jump up high, her legs together, draw an arc in the air, and jump straight out of an access hole!

"Hey! ——”

Ryan was sure she wasn't wearing any breathing gear. She didn't know it was an air dome wall, and Ryan walked over to it.

The bracelet emitted a prompt, accompanied by a beep of Didi, and then a red triangular hologram with an exclamation mark appeared in front of his eyes, reminding him to reach the danger zone and not to move any further.

Ignoring the flickering red triangle, Ryan walked over to the entrance and exit hole, and peeled off the membrane covering the inner and outer three layers of the entrance and exit hole.

The air outside blew in, and Ryan subconsciously let go.

Ryan gasped a few times, held his breath, and opened the entrance and exit again, and the cold wind poured in, and he was blown so that he couldn't open his eyes.

He gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and climbed the entrance with his hands, sticking his entire head and shoulders in.

Now, the air flow is not so violent, Ryan opened his eyes, only to see that there are some construction materials and equipment here, not far ahead, there is a gray and black wall, the top can hardly be seen upward, this is probably, this is the outer wall of the ark. There was no one around, and by the light from the cabin, Ryan looked around, but he couldn't see the figure. The bracelet on his wrist shook like crazy, and Ryan had to retract his head.

Ryan sat against the wall of the air film for a moment, rubbing his face and head, and it was cold above his shoulders. I heard that the temperature outside the cabin was very low at night, so this time I learned it.

Ryan tried to breathe a few times, but it was okay, nothing unusual, he probably held his breath just now, so as not to inhale harmful substances. He stood up and glanced back at the tall wall of air, the first time he had come to the edge of the ark, the first time he had come into contact with the air outside the cabin.

The bracelet's prompt is displayed in front of you with holographic text: This is a danger zone, the air quality is below the health value, and the radiation level is exceeded, please leave immediately!

Ryan ran home barefoot. After finding the slippers in the neighbor's yard, I glanced at the window of my second-floor bedroom and the light was off.

Ryan opened the door softly, closed it again, and looked up to see Jasmine sitting there.

Ryan suppressed his heartbeat and forced a smile, "Why are you here?" ”

Jasmine didn't seem to see Ryan sweating profusely, but reached out and handed over a small bag. "Just now the transmission port prompted me that there was something, I went down to get it, and I saw this."

Her expression was calm, as if she was just saying that she had gone downstairs and had a glass of water.

Ryan took it, only to see a transparent pill with a notice: please take it within half an hour and submit a urine sample tomorrow morning.