abyss rose

Chapter 42

Sleepiness crept up between her eyebrows at some point, and Chai Yuening fell asleep on the sofa.

When Chu Ci woke her up, the TV with black and white snowflakes was buzzing, and the night was too late, and the TV programs had stopped rebroadcasting.

The window in the living room was left open, and the night wind was so cool that it made people's brains ache.

Chai Yuening washed her head drowsily, took off her coat, and fell asleep on the bed.

In a daze, someone gently closed the window for her and covered her with a quilt.

The man seemed to say something in her ear, and she responded almost instinctively.

She should have understood those words, but after falling into a deep sleep, she didn't remember anything.

The next morning, a sneeze was so loud that it was hard to ignore, it was Chai Yuening's first sound after waking up.

The floating city is particularly bad. It also has a temperature control system, but it is colder than the dungeon.

Just like now, it is clear that the end of spring is coming, but it is as cold as early spring here.

I was so excited last night that I didn't pay much attention to it. Who knew that when I woke up, the excitement passed, and I started to feel cold all at once.

Chai Yuening sucked her nose, wrapped in the quilt, sat up with heavy eyes, and glanced left and right.

From the moment the Sixth District fell, she had been exhausted, and managed to settle down in the main city. She didn't even buy a few changes of clothes. In the end, all she could bring back were short sleeves, which were obviously not suitable for wearing in the Floating Void City.

On the bedside table, a long-sleeved coat was folded.

These are not Chai Yuening's clothes, they are probably Chu Ci's.

Fortunately, it was just a coat, not too fat or thin, and it didn't fit too well.

It's just...the clothes are very new, as if they have never been worn.

A strange thought flashed through Chai Yuening's mind.

There was no sound of Chu Ci inside or outside the house, which made her feel a little uneasy.

She lifted the quilt, put on her slippers, stood at the door of the bedroom and looked around.

The curtains in the living room were closed, and a ray of skylight squeezed in through the cracks in the curtains, unable to illuminate the empty room.

There was no movement in the kitchen or bathroom, so quiet that there was not even the slightest sound of breathing.

She turned around in a daze, only to find that there was a cup of steaming hot water on the small desk in the bedroom, and a small note with writing on it was pressed under the cup.

——I'll get some food and I'll be back.

The words left on the note were not pretty, but the strokes were written very carefully, as if written by a child who had just started basic courses.

Chai Yuening held the note in a daze for a long time, then unconsciously let out a chuckle.

Some people were very clingy when they were in the dungeon, but now they are in a place they are familiar with, and they don't even call her when they go shopping.

After washing, Chai Yuening clutched the warm water glass and opened the bedroom curtains.

The dark room suddenly brightened.

The morning sun shone through the glass on Chai Yuening's body, she squinted her eyes subconsciously, and pushed the glass door to the right a small crack with one hand.

The morning wind blows towards the face, carrying a slight chill.

Chai Yuening turned back and walked to the desk, picked up a book at random, flipped through a few pages, put it down lightly, and leaned over to fiddle with the pen holder in the wooden pen holder.

After a brief look, he went to the closet.

In the closet, there are a lot of clothes hanging or stacked, and the top layer is stuffed with spare sheets, bedding, pillow covers and pillows. The colors and styles are simple, and some clothes are worn out.

Chai Yuening was silent for a long time, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

She didn't know why, ever since she knew that Chu Ci was going back to Floating Void City, there was a place in her heart that was always dull.

She was afraid that Chu Ci would have a bad life when he came back, that Chu Ci would be locked up by the people of Floating Void City for study, that he would feel uncomfortable and painful, that he would not be treated as a human being, and that he would not be free.

Chu Ci told her that the situation was actually not that bad, but she always didn't believe it.

Last night, she even suspected that this was not Chu Ci's residence, but a temporary residence packed out of a base, which was shown to everyone in the Floating Void City. When everyone left, Chu Ci would lose this short and false feeling. freedom of.

But at the moment, it seems that the furnishings here are very complete, and there is basically no shortage of daily necessities. It is obvious that there are people living here, and Chu Ci does not feel strange about this place.

Obviously, these days, she is too sensitive and worrying.

There is no need for Floating Void City to put on a show in front of a mercenary team.

She is not an extremely large figure in the dungeon base, and she can't affect the relationship between the two bases at all.

Chai Yuening drank the water that Chu Ci had boiled for her before going out, and the invisible and intangible depression in her heart seemed to quietly dissipate at this moment.

She walked into the living room, turned on the TV, and sat on the sofa to pass the time.

On the TV, a middle-aged military officer in a neat military uniform stood on the podium where everyone was watching, and made a passionate speech.

The golden branch and star emblem on his shoulders are the medals of honor symbolizing his half-life achievements.

"Our ancestors established four major bases on the wasteland of the old world. They helped each other, just to reproduce and continue the collective civilization that belongs to mankind."

"However, in 2217, we lost our allies in the desert base! In 2226, we lost our allies in the sea base!"

"From ancient times to the present, human beings have always been a community of destiny. The world is always caught off guard by disasters that come down to human beings, but the more this is the case, the more human beings should unite!"

There was a sound of light footsteps in the corridor outside the house.

"The dungeon base is the last of our kind in this world. In order to prevent the floating city from becoming a lone boat in the last days, we unreservedly launched a rescue to the dungeon."

The sound of the door being swiped open attracted Chai Yuening's attention.

She turned her head to look at the door. Chu Ci walked into the room with two big bags in her hand, and closed the door with her elbow.

"Because the communication wave disappeared, we couldn't locate the location of the dungeon. If we went through the depths of the foggy area and searched blindly on the dangerous ground, the loss in all aspects would be too large to predict."

"I'm back." Chai Yuening stood up, reached out and pulled his pocket, "What did you buy?"

After the words fell, she saw some expensive fruits and meat.

"You said you wanted to buy something for me to eat." Chu Ci tilted his head and smiled at her.

Chai Yuening blushed suddenly, and said guiltyly: "Well, how much is it? I'll give..."

"We chose to send the most elite detection team with a positioning system to go first, but all members of this team lost contact and their whereabouts are still unknown."

"I have no money." Chu Ci said, "I can take these things as I like."

"... also." Chai Yuening took the bag awkwardly and sent it to the kitchen.

"Among them there are many top players in the base, but overnight, the base lost them..."

Chai Yuening squatted in front of the refrigerator, sorting out the things Chu Ci bought.

The plastic bag rubbed against each other, and the sound from the TV was somewhat inaudible.

When she finished packing and walked out of the kitchen, Chu Ci was leaning against the window with the long dark curtain drawn.

The pale golden sun fell on her body.

She stood very quietly, with a flat gaze, looking at the officer on the TV without sadness or joy.

"The base once fell into panic, but in the end it overcame everything and successfully rescued the dungeon base!"

"Now, our soldiers have returned triumphantly, and the base in the dungeon has been recovered and rebuilt after the disaster. We will establish a closer relationship and never let the regret of the desert base and the ocean base repeat itself!"

"No matter what we face, we will never retreat half a step because of fear."

"Each of us can die, but human beings are immortal!"

The passionate speech was overwhelmed by countless applause at this moment.

Chu Ci withdrew his gaze and turned his head to look out the window.

Chai Yuening walked to her side, followed her gaze and looked out the window: "None of them mentioned you."

Chu Ci didn't care about it: "Everyone contributed a lot to the rescue of the dungeon. Didn't no one mention it in the end?"

"That's right." Chai Yuening smiled, "We are insignificant together."

She said, and opened the window: "It's really cold here."

"Let's close it."

As Chu Ci spoke, he reached out to close the window, but was stopped by Chai Yuening.

"It's good to turn it on for ventilation." Chai Yuening said, "In our base, there is no building with windows. When you go back, you have to go to the ground if you want to blow some air."

Chu Ci chuckled: "The wind on the ground is not easy to blow."

Chai Yuening laughed along with her: "That's right, it's better to blow the wind from the sky."

After the words fell, they fell into silence together.

The two people who have their own concerns are so close that they seem to be able to talk about everything except their concerns.

But apart from worrying, there is nothing to say.

After an unknown amount of time, floating clouds slowly enveloped the world.

There was a vast expanse of whiteness in front of him, as if he had fallen into the foggy area on the ground, and the air seemed to be much moister.

Chu Ci suddenly turned sideways: "Chai Yuening."

Chai Yuening: "Huh?"

Chu Ci: "Can you cook those meat?"

Chai Yuening: "Ah...it should be cut up and put in the pot to cook."

Chu Ci: "That's it."

Chai Yuening: "Yes."

Chu Ci: "I thought the meat and vegetables would be cooked differently."

"It's different, you can eat it when it's cooked..." Chai Yuening said, and suddenly remembered something, "Hey, you can't look at me for this kind of thing, I just cook it in one pot. How about it, I'll take old Xiang Called with Lonicera, they will do something else! These are good things, and there are good things that should be shared with everyone."

"No need." Chu Ci said.

"Huh?" Chai Yuening was puzzled.

"I bought a lot and gave it to everyone." Chu Ci said seriously, "These are all ours, only ours."

"what……"

"They have to play around these few days, don't bother them." Chu Ci said again, "You can do whatever you want, I don't choose."

"Oh, oh..."

So, at noon that day, the two walked into the kitchen one after the other, and made a simple and rough chowder in a daze and unfamiliar way.

Chai Yuening always felt that he was reckless, but Chu Ci was very happy to fight beside him.

She seemed to seldom see her smile like this, it was as bright as a warm sun in the sky.

When it comes into view, it seems to be reflected in the bottom of my heart.

The water in the pot boiled, and the kitchen was steaming, and the cut vegetables could be put into the pot.

A somewhat familiar female voice came from outside the house.

"This time, we brought back some samples from the dungeon base that the research institute had never seen before. One of them is very special, it is the stump of a giant beast that can swallow black vines to gain strength. Dr. Yi Shuyun and Scholars of the Dungeon Research Institute agree that the appearance of this strange beast is very likely to be the key for human beings to safely fuse with black vines and open the door of evolution."

Chai Yuening turned around subconsciously, and glanced at the living room through the door.

She saw the female driver last night on the TV, she seemed to be called Ye Qing, and now she was being interviewed for Dr. Yi who was still in the laboratory.Compared with the female reporter on the side, Ye Qing is not tall, and her figure is a little thin. She looks not too different from Chu Ci, and they are both weak and weak at first glance.

"Do you want to add this?" Chu Ci held a plate of spinach in his hand, pulling Chai Yuening's mind back.

"This can be eaten after a while, don't rush to add, cook the meat first."

"What about this one?" Chu Ci brought over a plate of potatoes from the side.

"This can be put first."

Something is still being reported on the TV in the living room.

Most people don't care.

And insignificant people don't want to care.

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