On the edge of the silent city, the earth is collapsing.
The asphalt and concrete pavement suddenly turned soft and turned into a swamp, bulging upward like a rubber ball, highlighting the square outline.
The roar came through the twisted ground.
At a certain moment, the road surface was like the soft egg sheath of a lizard, torn by the things inside, and an armed and reinforced SUV rushed out.
Tang Rou stepped on the accelerator and didn't dare to stop until the car approached the city with lights on.
She relaxed the breath she had been holding and leaned on the steering wheel, her head feeling dizzy.
It was too bumpy just now, driving in the belly of a alien creature, and it felt like driving a bumper car.
I have been going all the way, and now my stomach acid is gradually coming out.
Want to vomit.
A pale, cold hand stretched out from the side and touched Tang Rou's forehead, "You're not feeling well."
Lucifer tilted his head, his eyes full of concern, "What's wrong with Rou?"
"It's okay, don't worry."
Tang Rou showed a tired smile, she realized that her state was different from the previous two days.
Finally, I started to feel hungry and cold, and my eyes could see blurry lights and shadows.
But those unexpected powers are also disappearing.
After calming down, Tang Rou stepped on the accelerator again and drove slowly towards the city, observing her surroundings while driving.
Busy yet empty.
This is Tang Rou's first feeling about this city.
The car drove onto the intercity elevated highway.
There is sea water on the ground, not much, maybe a few centimeters submerged. Neon lights are flashing on both sides of the wide elevated highway. The city is running normally. The gates of the elevated highway open and close automatically. Between the high-rise buildings that go straight to the sky, there are LED giant screen advertisements and three-dimensional lights flashing.
Surrounding 3d projection.
This is the time of day in the city when night falls and the lights first come on, but the streets are empty.
Tang Rou thought for a while and continued driving deeper into the business district.
Still no one.
The lights were brightly lit like daylight, but it was dead silent.
There are traces of people everywhere, but no shadow of people.
What's going on here?
Tang Rou frowned, feeling inexplicably dangerous.
It stands to reason that the so-called Z organization should be waiting for her on land. After all, they were the first to propose cooperation, but now let alone Z, not even a living person has been seen.
Tang Rou guessed that due to the loss of control just now, they should have been teleported to an unknown city.
As for where this is, she doesn't have a mobile phone or a computer, so I'm afraid she needs to keep a closer look.
The car was parked in front of a large shopping mall.
Tang Rou wanted to find some sea salt for Yue, but there was a light on behind the smooth transparent glass, but there was no one there.
Music is playing in the milk tea shop and the ice machine is running. In the glass water tank of the Southeast Asian seafood shop, the water is turbid, with dead fish and shrimp floating on the water, but the oxygen injection pump is working, foaming in the turbid water.
It's very smelly, the smell of rot.
Tang Rou frowned and opened the car door. She was pulled by someone, and then she realized that she and Lucifer were still holding hands.
The young man's slender finger bones passed between the fingers, and he clasped her hand behind his back. He lowered his eyes, staring at their palms that were closely connected with each other with burning eyes, causing Tang Rou's sight to be filled with their hands.
hand.
She wanted to let go, but Sea Hare wouldn't let her go.
"I am really happy."
The boy's breath crossed the cab and pressed down in front of her.
"Rou took the initiative to hold my hand."
He really didn't want to let go.
Tang Rou pulled her hand away, looked around in Sea Rabbit's lonely eyes, and then shook it back, "Rabbit, get out of the car."
The sea rabbit's light brown eyes began to turn red again, and he crossed his long legs and stepped out of the car.
"Don't look at me, look up and look around."
Tang Rou got out of the car immediately, pulled the boy's head, and saw the dead city on the ground through his eyes.
The sky was very dark, without a trace of moonlight.
Light pollution in cities is serious. Except for the feasting and feasting on the ground, everything is dark.
She was about to walk to the mall when she heard a crash behind her.
Lucifer looked back, revealing a pair of empty indigo eyes behind the opened car door.
The boy climbed out of the water wetly and wanted to follow the owner.
Tang Rou was stunned, then quickly let go and walked over, "Yue, don't come out."
She took out the gloves that were placed on the driver's seat, put them on, gently pressed the boy's thin shoulders, and pushed the boy who had hurriedly avoided back into the bucket.
"Xiaoyue, wait here. Don't get off the car. We'll be back soon."
The young man put his hands behind his back and looked at Tang Rou with his empty eyes full of pleading. His face was extremely pale and he looked a little sad.
There were several wounds on the pale shoulder with clear mucus coming out.
He wanted to follow her and didn't want to be separated.
"Be good, I'll be back soon."
The grievances on the jellyfish turned into wind, surrounding Tang Rou and making her heart feel sour.
He is injured, and the sea water provided by Z has a low salinity and needs to be readjusted. If it still doesn't work, Yue must be returned to the sea, and the ocean will provide it with energy.
Tang Rou touched his hair, released her hand and walked out.
The young man curled up and half sat in the bucket, his feather-like eyes trembling, water drops falling from the edge of his wet hair, and he seemed to be crying in a daze.
He understood that Tang Rou would not take him into the mall, and he also understood that he would never be able to hold hands, hug, or even get closer to her like another alien creature.
The breath is getting farther and farther away.
He raised his head and looked through the glass window. His empty indigo eyes were lifeless and stayed in the dark carriage, showing a sense of frailty and vulnerability.
The ocean will provide him with energy.
But he can't leave her.
The young man slowly stretched out his hand.
Thin white fingertips once again grew slender white lines, each of which contained hundreds of millions of cnidocytes. However, his current weak body made it impossible for him to control the growth of these streamers.
After looking at it for two seconds, he tore it off with force.
Because of the pain, my eyelashes trembled slightly, my upper body curled up, and my shoulders and back were tense.
pain.
The fallen ribbon accidentally touched the seat, melting the leather immediately, emitting an unpleasant corrosive smell, and leaving ugly marks on the back of the chair.
He lowered his eyes, looked at his clean fingers, slowly hugged his knees, and sank to the bottom of the water, submerging his head.
so sad.
I really want to be with her.
…
Sure enough, there was no one in the mall.
The air conditioner was running normally, which was cooler than in ordinary shopping malls. There was a stale smell in the air, which made people feel very uncomfortable.
Tang Rou felt heavy, but Lucifer was very happy.
His lips gently curved upward, and his slender white fingers held hers tightly, his eyes gentle, falling on her from time to time.
Passing by a men's clothing store, Tang Rou stopped and looked at the models inside through the window.
To be precise, looking at the clothes on the model, they seem to suit Xiaoyue very well.
He has nothing to wear yet.
Lucifer didn't know what he thought of, and the tips of his ears turned red. He lowered his eyes and looked at Tang Rou, "Rou, I think of the first time you brought me to the outside world. This is the mall you brought me into."
Buy him clothes.
Take him to eat something he has never eaten before.