A long and thin shadow floated on the beach late at night.
The pale and transparent boy climbed ashore step by step, dragging a translucent streamer behind him, like a jelly-like meandering dripping water, slowly contracting and squirming before disappearing on the beach.
He shook his hair, raised his hand and touched his fingers to make sure there were no unnecessary dangerous substances, and walked into the tent.
Sit down at the door and hug your knees.
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Tang Rou slept uneasily, tossing and turning all night long, the words Lucifer said echoed in her mind, not knowing what he meant.
What did she mean she was lying? Tang Rou felt that her feelings were sincere. From the bottom of her heart, she felt that her feelings for Sea Rabbit were family ties, and she had always regarded them as an indispensable role in accompanying her growth.
The cost of such random thoughts is that you don't have a good night's sleep.
Lucifer didn't need to sleep, so he stayed with her quietly all night, covering her with blankets from time to time, which was very considerate.
The next morning, Tang Rou was upset and left the environment first.
When she stepped out of the tent, she stumbled. Tang Rou saw more light and shadow. She felt that her vision had changed from two thousand degrees of myopia to one thousand and five. She could probably see more outlines.
There was a young man sitting next to the tent. When he saw her coming out, he quickly stood up and put his hands behind his back. He wanted to get closer but didn't dare, so he looked at her cautiously.
Tang Rou quickly went back and pulled out a blanket, and handed it to him while avoiding her eyes, "Put it on first."
I lowered my head and found something at my feet, some of which was rotten.
It's fish.
Lots of fish.
She was a little stunned and looked at the boy next to her.
The light on the beach in the early morning was not dazzling, but it still burned the jellyfish to death, a creature that cannot be exposed to the sun. His silver-white hair stuck to his cheeks, and his skin shone with a layer of water.
Those indigo eyes looked at her expectantly and pushed the pile of fish and shells on the ground towards her feet.
Tang Rou suddenly remembered the cat in the news that caught a mouse for its owner. Love is true, but it is also true that mice are scary.
There are indeed many fish and shells around my feet, and most of them are bright and unique in color, but...
They were all stolen by drug dealers, bloated and rotten, with a strange luster.
Tang Rou's mouth twitched and she said funny, "Yue, these are poisonous."
The young man was startled, and after thinking for a while, he slowly let go of his hand, feeling a little discouraged.
In fact, his original intention was not to let the owner eat them. He entered the sea for the first time last night. He was simply curious when he saw these creatures. They looked very unique. He liked these strange little creatures in the ocean.
It was different from what he had seen in the laboratory at the Tower of Babel. Even when eating, they only had nutritional dishes, and very rarely there were cut fish pieces.
But they were alive, free, and colorful, and it was the first time he had seen them.
Therefore, he wanted to bring her everything he thought was good.
Tang Rou roughly checked his condition. There were no ribbons on his hands and feet, his lower body had changed into the shape of his legs again, and his skin was no longer as alarmingly transparent as before.
"Feeling better?"
The young man nodded slightly and pursed his lips, not knowing what he was thinking.
Tang Rou looked at the tiny drops of water seeping out from his forehead, then suddenly turned around and got back into the tent.
As soon as she left, the boy hugged his knees and squatted down again, like a sculpture guarding the door.
Even if she leaves, he will still be here to guard her.
The young man squatted stubbornly, and a shadow suddenly appeared above his head.
Someone bent down to open the umbrella for him and squatted down beside him.
The umbrella surface blocks out the light, and the burning sensation on the skin is instantly relieved.
He doesn't "see" the world with his eyes, so he instantly knows who the person in front of him is.
A little stiff.
He looked very quiet when he was stunned.
"Here's this umbrella for you."
The air is soft.
The young man felt her breath, and a shallow dimple appeared at the corner of his mouth, which was soft and quiet.
Tang Rou stood up, and he wanted to follow her. She was about to step into the sun and was scolded.
"sit down!"
He sat back obediently, hiding in the shadow of the umbrella, looking up at her eagerly.
Tang Rou unscrewed the bottle and placed it at his feet, then ordered, "Drink water."
Yue held up the bottle of water. It was a small bottle, and there were fewer excuses to get close to her.
After a brief repair, she will enter the city with Lucifer, explore again, and discover the way out of here. At the same time, Yue will return to the sea water again, absorb energy to heal the remaining wounds on her body, and wait for recovery.
When it was almost done, they tried to find a way to leave here.
The young man went back reluctantly.
This time I have much more trust in her, and the tent is still standing on the beach.
Tang Rou sent him all the way back to the sea, and while treading water, she thought, does Narcissus know that she is here?
Can't he feel her? Why doesn't he show up?
She even whispered to the sea, "Narcissus?"
I got nothing but shame.
Tang Rou and Sea Rabbit came to this city again. They drove a pried car slowly on the streets. They never met anyone on the road. It seemed like it was an empty city like when they first arrived last night.
It didn't take long to discover something was wrong.
The car stopped next to the subway, Tang Rou lowered the window, held hands with Sea Bunny, and frowned.
The subway was running normally, and the security gates were still open, but the machine for buying tickets was broken, had no electricity, and had a thin layer of ashes on it, as if no one had bought tickets for a long time.
After a while, the sound of a train arriving at the station was heard on the radio.
Tang Rou felt the wind and lay down at the fence to look down. She saw the bullet train roaring towards her. The door opened and there was no one inside.
The train still has electricity, but having electricity at this time is a very strange thing.
It stands to reason that if all humans in the city disappear, there will definitely be problems with power supply, especially for hydropower and nuclear power plants. Without maintenance, dangers and accidents will easily occur.
But it didn't happen.
After walking for a while, we came to the security checkpoint.
Unexpectedly, there was someone standing here, wearing a security inspector's uniform, standing quietly.
She and Sea Hare looked at each other and walked forward.
The security inspector's eyes were dull and he held a detector in his hand. When Tang Rou came closer, the man actually raised his hand and scanned her body, and then there was no movement.
His eyes were dull and he didn't speak, like a false puppet.
Very strange.
After getting closer, Tang Rou found that there was a layer of wet water stains on its uniform, which was a little sticky and smelled like rotting fish and shrimp.
After exiting the subway station, they turned around and headed to the next place.
The city is indeed an empty city during the day, with not many people around, but if you look closely, you will find that the shadows are crowded with all kinds of shadows, especially in the office buildings.
They are like young men and women working normally, crowded in high-rise buildings, doing their respective jobs sluggishly and slowly, just like normal human society, running in a rigorous and orderly manner.
It's just that this kind of rigorous order is not logical.