Chapter 561: Pollution in the Underground Human Base
"Okay, that's all I want to say." The monster said in poor language, "For other things, you go and ask No. 5."
Then, Xu Xin saw that the entire seat was emitting a purple-black light.
Then, this monster that looked extremely physically uncomfortable leaned back and immediately disappeared as if it melted into the seat.
Before disappearing, Xu Xin heard it mutter in that peculiar language: "People on Earth are so disgusting..."
Shi Wanyun, who was kneeling on the ground with his hands on the ground, didn't know that the monster had left.
She only felt a warmth flowing through her body, feeling a little...comfortable?
After not hearing the monster's movement for a long time, she cautiously raised her head and glanced over there.
The monster has long since disappeared, and the two eyes on the blue-black seat armrest have also been closed.
Her body suddenly went limp and she collapsed on the ground, gasping for air.
What I felt just now was really... terrible.
At this time, the picture in Xu Xin's mind suddenly went dark.
He felt that Shi Wanyun no longer pressed his forehead against him and let go of his arms.
He opened his eyes and saw that Shi Wanyun was soaked all over, his hair stuck to his forehead, beads of sweat sliding down his cheeks, and his eyes were full of exhaustion.
"Let me... rest for a while." Shi Wanyun said softly.
"Okay." Xu Xin nodded.
She looks a little miserable now.
It seems that I was really forced just now.
"...I never thought that I would be so afraid of something from the depths of my heart." Shi Wanyun was silent for a while and then suddenly said.
"You..." Xu Xin wanted to say something, but didn't know how.
In his opinion, this thing would indeed have some mental impact on people.
By analogy, it’s that kind of...
The feeling of cockroaches, spiders, and mice burrowing into the clothes along the sleeves and collars.
But for Xu Xin, it was more of a physical discomfort and nausea than fear.
Just get used to it.
It's like someone who lives in a very clean environment and might even scream when they see a cockroach for the first time.
But for a person who lives in an environment that is not so clean and is often touched by cockroaches, cockroaches will not have much impact on him, and he can easily reach out to grab them, crush them and trample them to death.
And although he had only seen the monster in Shi Wanyun's memory just now, and only for a few minutes, he had basically adapted to it.
Therefore, he really couldn't understand Shi Wanyun's fear.
What he is thinking now is actually...
Are you that scared?
Of course, he didn't say this.
A bit rude.
Moreover, he was not immersed in the scene. There was still a big gap. Watching a horror movie and actually experiencing a terrorist incident had completely different levels of terror.
"I know what you are thinking." Shi Wanyun softened and lay down on the sofa, looking at the ceiling tiredly, "You must think that I am making a fuss out of a molehill, or that I am very timid."
"That's not true." Xu Xin shook his head.
"Haha..." Shi Wanyun laughed helplessly, "I'm really scared. This kind of fear is not the kind of fear of death because the opponent is very strong, but a kind of... for the monster itself. A spiritual fear ”
Xu Xin really saw it.
The monster clearly didn't do anything to her. Even though he was disgusted by Shi Wanyun's appearance, his overall attitude could even be called polite.
There was not even a hint of arrogance.
Moreover, after somehow understanding the monster's self-talk, he even felt that the monster could communicate and get along normally.
Well... they are advanced intelligent creatures after all.
"I don't know what's going on, I'm just...scared."
Shi Wanyun probably felt that she had already lost face in front of Xu Xin, so she completely threw away the reserve of the strong person in District 1 before, and spoke to Xu Xin as if she was confiding.
Her voice was choked up.
"I originally thought that after being injected with this genetic agent and getting rid of its control, I would no longer be so afraid of it, but the result... is still the same..."
She covered her eyes with one arm.
She questioned whether she was ever free of control.
"...Have you ever gotten out of control? Can't you feel it?" Xu Xin asked.
"I... feel like I've gotten rid of it." Shi Wanyun wiped his eyes with his sleeves and sat up. Her eyes were slightly red.
"Didn't you say before that you couldn't tell me these things, otherwise you would also turn into a monster?" Xu Xin looked at her and said, "But you are still fine now, doesn't that explain everything."
"But..." Shi Wanyun sat up, hesitant.
"Also, you still feel scared when you recall it. That's because you have the ability to remember the feeling at that time, right?" Xu Xin continued, "That's how you felt at the time, so that's why you feel scared when you recall it. Feel scared. Maybe the next time you really see the other person, you won’t be so scared.”
"...Well, what you said...makes sense."
The shadow originally covering Shi Wanyun's face gradually dissipated.
She stared blankly at her hands for a few seconds, then finally relaxed her brows and looked at Xu Xin: "Thank you."
Xu Xin shook his head: "You're welcome, I'm waiting for you to tell me what's going to happen next. What is the capsule that the monster gave you?"
"That..." Shi Wanyun thought of something, her cheeks turned slightly red, and she said softly, "I can't show you the next scene."
"Huh?" Xu Xin immediately frowned, "What do you mean."
"...Let me tell you what happened next. After that..."
"Don't change the subject." Xu Xin interrupted her, "Since you can actually see it, why do you have to tell it? Or, do you have something to hide? What is the effect of that pill?"
"...Listen to me." Shi Wanyun grabbed his arm and looked up at him, "You have said something about shedding before, haven't you?"
"Shedding... ah." Xu Xin understood.
"So, don't watch it." Shi Wanyun's face turned red, "I was a little bit out of control at the time, and I took a long bath after that..."
Xu Xin shook his head helplessly.
So that's it.
Indeed, as a woman, she didn't want others to see her face peeling off a layer of skin whenever she touched it, and it was normal for her not to want others to see how she looked when taking a shower.
Thinking of this, Xu Xin couldn't help laughing: "I don't know who just said that as long as I agree, she is willing to do it at any time."
"That...that's different." Shi Wanyun's ears turned red, and his tone became slightly embarrassed, "I don't want you to see the scene of me taking a shower in front of me, and I played it for you. .”
This is indeed outrageous.
Are all women like this?
So does Wen Xi.
Obviously we already have that kind of relationship, but when I got up in the morning, I refused to let myself see her getting dressed.
By the way, I don’t know how Wen Xi is doing now.
With Xu Ying protecting her, she will definitely be fine.
……
In the human territory of the underground world, Li Wenxi was already lying on the bed.
She did not take off her clothes, but lay down fully clothed.
Although Xu Ying told her that she was safe as long as she stayed away from this room, she still felt a little insecure.
It was far worse than her own tree house or Xu Xin's creature.
"Well...what is Xu Xin doing now?" She looked at the ceiling.
The night in this underground world is not called night at all. There is no difference between the outside and the day, it can only be called rest time.
"Oh... what on earth did Yingying do? She teleported me back and ran away."
Li Wenxi was not sleepy at all, tossing and turning on the bed unable to fall asleep.
Finally she sat up and looked out the window: "Go out for a walk? There is no one outside now..."
……
Xu Ying was walking in a small forest at this time.
The trees here are all very low, with basically no trees over five meters tall, and the number is relatively sparse.
Coupled with the bright light in the underground world, she could basically see everything in the woods.
"Could that shadow just now really be..."
Her face was solemn.
If she hadn't seen it wrong, then things would be really serious.
Her caution during this period turned into a joke.
"They can't really be those lackeys..."
The more she thought about it, the more impatient she felt.
My whole heart is almost hanging.
"No, no, no... If it's really those people, that's too strange..." Xu Ying carefully observed her surroundings while thinking, "If they have discovered this place long ago, then why are humans still here?" The following has developed so smoothly to the present? ”
After walking a few steps, I couldn't find the shadow just now, but I saw another small red fruit.
Xu Ying immediately walked over, took off one, wiped it and put it in her mouth.
"Pfft! Pah, pah, pah!"
A bitter feeling filled her mouth, and she immediately took out a bottle of water and gargled her mouth frantically.
"...Polluted fruit!" Xu Ying gritted her teeth, "The soil here is contaminated!"
She leaned over and grabbed a handful of dirt.
Judging from the color, it looks like normal soil.
Even if Li Wenxi comes here and grabs a handful of soil, she will only get the introduction of [Soil (Green)].
But Xu Ying knew that the soil had changed.
The soil underground is really being polluted!
Not a completely contaminated soil, though, but a slightly eroded soil.
On the surface, the soil here is no different from normal soil. They are all normal soil color, not the blood-red color of completely contaminated soil on the surface.
If you just look at it, you really can't tell.
But the trace elements have begun to change.
"[Slightly contaminated soil]?" Xu Ying threw away the soil in her hands and stood up.
Slightly contaminated soil is the most initial state of soil pollution.
Not only does it look the same as normal soil, it can also be used to grow crops, fruits, etc.
The crops and fruits produced are non-toxic and edible, but the taste of these things is completely unflattering.
Under the influence of slight contamination, the taste of these edible plants will become extremely weird, and.
Sweet things become very spicy, sour things become very bitter, spicy things become very sour...
There are various variations, but they all have one thing in common... they taste terrible.
The little red fruit she just ate had a weird taste.
The small red fruit from the one she and Li Wenxi ate together had an extremely bitter taste, several times more bitter than Huoxiang Zhengqi Water and 100% Chunqiao.
And the small red fruit she ate this time was indeed sweet and spicy, with an extremely sour smell, which made people feel as if some mixed swill had been poured into their mouths!
"Why does this kind of thing appear underground!" Xu Ying took a sip of water again to relieve the sweetness and bitterness in her mouth.
She is very familiar with this kind of thing!
When they were still lackeys of alien invaders, for the first period of time, they ate this kind of food!
Although the alien invaders chose them, it was naturally impossible for them to provide food for humans, so they could only solve the problem themselves.
But at that time, the whole world was polluted, and it was almost impossible to find a piece of clean soil. They could only use less contaminated soil for planting.
At that time, everyone was complaining, and this situation lasted for three years. It was not until they found a way to improve the soil and made special fertilizer that they could use normal soil and grow normal things.
Those three years were the first three years after the war. During this period, various things that destroyed the world's outlook on life happened, impacting the spirits of all survivors. But the unpalatable food impressed her the most.
At one point she fainted from hunger due to anorexia.
Now that she was eating something like this again, she thought about that time again.
"Brother..."
Xu Ying sighed and shook her head.
"Now is not the time to think about this! Something big has happened!"
The underground human base, the last piece of pure land for mankind, is about to be infected!
It seems that she was not wrong just now!
Although she only saw one leg just now, the style and color of the leg armor that flashed by made her immediately think of those lackeys.
"The order maintainers...they are really down!"
She looked around.
There is certainly nothing to be found now.
It’s better to go back first!
Nothing can happen to my sister-in-law!
A purple-black vortex immediately appeared under her feet. Her body sank and she disappeared immediately.
In the grove, calm returned.
……
Xu Ying and Li Wenxi were sitting beside the bed.
Xu Ying has already told Li Wenxi what she just discovered.
"...If it's really like what you said, then why didn't they destroy this underground base?" Li Wenxi raised her own question.
"I don't know either, but..." Xu Ying frowned, "There are still problems here, such as being besieged by a tide of mutant beasts. This is a problem that has not existed at all in the past nine hundred years."
"Didn't the tide of mutated creatures begin a hundred years ago? In other words, it has really been discovered here a long time ago?" Li Wenxi said in surprise.
"This is also where I am confused." Xu Ying was puzzled, "If those alien invaders discovered this place a hundred years ago, then why are these people just attacked by the beast tide and still living well now? ”
"Hmm...I don't understand this either, but what's more important to me is..."
Li Wenxi suddenly grabbed Xu Ying's shoulders and stared at her.
"If this place had been discovered a long time ago, then wouldn't we...not be so careful?"
"Huh? What do you mean..."
"I mean... I should be able to go back and forth between the underground and the ground at will, right? Can I... go back?" (End of Chapter)