At 8:30 in the morning of the same day, Deng Yilan's heart dropped.
She also didn't expect that the plan she had discussed with Uncle Zhang for several days would be blocked on the day she was about to implement it.
"Everyone go back to their rooms," at the other end of the corridor, several male caregivers shouted as they walked, driving every patient who was still wandering in the corridor back to their room: "Everyone, go away, don't come out without notice!"
The last sentence actually makes no sense at all. Whenever they confirm that everyone in a ward is complete, they will lock the door; the sound of door panels and keys echoing in the corridor.
When Deng Yilan was startled by the loud shouting, she was standing in the corridor waiting for Uncle Zhang.
He had recently told her a lot of things about the Evolved Ones, some of which sounded unbelievable and almost like the ravings of a madman. Some of them made her faintly envious after listening to them. What the two of them talked about the most was naturally the escape plan this morning. It's not complicated to say, but it's just a bit of a risk: every Wednesday at ten o'clock in the morning, a truck carrying fruits, vegetables, meat and vegetables would drive outside the canteen behind the hospital to unload the goods. At that time, the two of them were going to sneak into the truck and leave the mental hospital.
When she first got up, Deng Yilan glanced out the window, and the same dark clouds as those in the sky rose in her heart. If it rains heavily today, will the truck still come to deliver goods?
The two of them still followed the original plan and went to the yard to water the potted plants first, and finally confirmed a surveillance blind spot. After watering, Uncle Zhang and her went to make preparations separately; but when the scheduled time came, she waited anxiously For about ten minutes, Uncle Zhang didn't wait, but the nurse did. It seemed like the second ominous sign of the day.
A male nurse came over, waved to Deng Yilan, and asked in a loud voice: "Which room are you in? Don't stay here, go back quickly."
"I, I'm from room 406," Deng Yilan casually reported a number, and her palms were sweating in panic. She saw that although the male caregiver was unfamiliar, he seemed to be easy to talk to, so she asked again: "Excuse me, do you want me to talk to you?" What's going on when we go back to the room?"
The male caregiver motioned for her to quickly go upstairs to her room, and gave her the shortest answer possible: "The whole city is under martial law today - Hey, you! Where are you going?"
Martial law?
Deng Yilan's mind went blank for half a second, then she suddenly came to her senses, and while their attention was attracted by a patient next to them, she hurried to the stairs; she ducked into the water room, and her ears were filled with the sound of The buzzing sound of blood pounding.
If the whole city is under martial law, wouldn't transport trucks stop coming?
Uncle Zhang didn't come, and she didn't know what to do for a moment. If she kept waiting in the ward building, sooner or later she would be driven back to the room and locked up, and today's plan would be ruined; but even if she went to the backyard alone, the truck would be gone. He's not coming anymore. I don't know where Uncle Zhang has gone. What's the use?
Deng Yilan also knew that the rational decision would be to sit still today and wait for the next opportunity. But she wanted to go home so much, and when she thought about having to wait another week, the strong unwillingness almost made her breathless - she During this period of time, she had been able to survive by escaping through fantasy; that fantasy should have come true today, but suddenly everything came to nothing, and she really couldn't bear it.
Moreover, if she runs out during the martial law period, does that mean there will be no pursuers?
She almost didn't think about anything. When the nurse stuck her head in to take a look, she immediately got into the gap between the pool and the water reservoir and hid. The purpose of rushing the patient back to the room was just to avoid accidents during the martial law; since it was just
Because of the protective measures, the nurse was not very alert, took a quick look around, and left the water room.
When the people on the first floor were almost gone, Deng Yilan hurried out. She didn't dare to imagine whether someone was watching her through the camera, so she just strode to the back door, pulled the handle, and found that the door was locked.
She was stunned for two seconds, as if she didn't believe the door lock, and pulled a few more times in vain. The two door panels were tightly closed and would not move.
If the back door can't be used, wouldn't it be just the front hall? She has to get out from under the noses of a bunch of nurses and go around to the backyard? That's simply impossible. Instead of forcing her way in today to make them wary, she might as well
Stay calm and wait for the next opportunity...
Thinking so, Deng Yilan turned around when she was at the fork. As if her body had an idea, she turned to the corridor leading to the front door. In the skylight coming in from the gate, many hospital employees were gathered together.
I looked up at the TV screen hanging in the lobby; a nurse poked a colleague holding the remote control and said, "Turn up the volume."
They are all gathered in the lobby, so the office should be empty now, right?
Deng Yilan hurriedly lowered her waist and quietly sneaked into one of the nurses' stations with the door half open. She glanced around, and her heart hanging in her throat finally fell back. She stood by the door, and her ears caught the sound coming from the lobby.
The sound of news broadcast.
"It is suspected that lawless thugs of unknown origin and possessing dangerous abilities have occupied the Tongdi Pier in this city..."
"Currently a large number of...has surrounded the pier..."
"...Citizens are not allowed to go out until further notice. Anyone who violates the regulations during the martial law period may be sentenced to fifteen days of detention for the crime of disturbing public order..."
Deng Yilan blinked, feeling as if she had guessed what had happened.
Glancing outside again, she found that everyone's heads were raised high, all staring at the TV on the wall. Their backs were to the door, maybe she could walk behind them - no, no, lobby
The security guard on the other side was sitting behind the table, staring at the screen eagerly. As soon as she walked out, she would be directly exposed to the other party's sight.
Uncle Zhang was originally responsible for collecting casual clothes so that the two of them could change into hospital gowns; now Uncle Zhang has gone somewhere, and she is wearing a hospital gown, making it difficult to walk.
She turned around and scanned the room, and found that there was not a chair with a coat draped over it. Her mouth was so anxious that her mouth was dry, and her eyes subconsciously turned around the cup on the table, but suddenly she saw a phone.
Deng Yilan was about to walk over when she heard a muffled thunder rolling past in the distance - she thought it was finally going to start raining, but unexpectedly the thunder sounded one after another, so densely packed that no gaps were left, shaking the ground beneath her feet.
She was slightly shaken; she hurriedly held on to the table to steady herself, and heard the screams of people outside: "It's really a firecracker! Oh my god, it's so scary..."
Fire started on Copperland Pier?
It's impossible for evolved people to withstand modern armies, right?
Deng Yilan calmed down, hurriedly picked up the phone and glanced at the wall.
There was a table on the wall listing the various extension numbers in the hospital. She dialed one of the extension numbers, and as the phone rang, the phone also rang in the corridor - and then, the security guard came from the phone.
Voice: "Hello?"
"Someone just took advantage of the chaos and smashed the camera at the entrance to the front yard." Deng Yilan didn't know how the idea entered her brain, and let it slip out of her mouth: "Go and have a look!"
She hung up the phone without waiting for the other party to respond. She squatted at the door and quietly looked out, and found that the security guard said "hello" a few more times before putting down the phone. After a moment of hesitation, she stood up.
.
Very good!
As soon as the security guard walked out of the door, Deng Yilan immediately slipped out quietly. Everyone's attention was attracted by the TV. Even she almost stopped to take a look when she passed by.
The news was actually broadcasting the battle on the pier in real time. She had never seen such a big scene in her life, and it was frightening to look at it at a glance - how could those evolved people survive such an intensity of war? From time to time, there were still
There is a commentator interjecting to introduce the audience to the ins and outs of this "criminal thug with dangerous abilities" - it seems that the evolution of the matter is about to be made public?
She resisted the urge to take a few more glances; when she walked around the backyard, she felt that her heart was about to burst.
Except for the constant roar from the sky, there was silence in the backyard, and the door was naturally locked. Dark clouds hung heavily overhead, as if they would fall down and crush the earth at any time; I don’t know when a madness arose in the distance.
Several dark and violent wind pillars like dragons were circling, as if they were about to blow the world off the ground - so far away, Deng Yilan was blown by the strong wind, causing her black hair to flutter and her clothes to rustle.
Looking around, there was no one there. She hurriedly hid under the courtyard wall to take shelter from the wind. Suddenly she felt someone tap her on the shoulder, which almost knocked her soul out of her body. Deng Yilan almost screamed and turned around.
When he saw the person coming, he immediately swallowed back his screams and whispered: "Uncle Zhang!"
Uncle Zhang's usually expressionless face was now red and white due to excitement and nervousness.
"Something went wrong, so I had to come here and wait for you." He looked around, pulled Deng Yilan into the blind spot of the camera, and whispered: "I originally thought you wouldn't come... You heard
Well, martial law will be enforced today."
Deng Yilan nodded quickly. "There was a fight with the Evolvers on the pier, so the truck will not be there anymore," she asked with a bit of confusion, "How do we get out? Do we have to climb the wall?"
There are several tall trees in the backyard, and part of the branches and crowns extend beyond the wall; if they can climb the tree first and then climb to the top of the wall, then they can indeed climb out - the problem is, what is on the other side of the wall?
No. If they jumped from a wall two or three meters high and injured their legs and feet and couldn't run far, they would be caught by the nursing staff who chased them out in less than ten minutes.
"That's not necessary, the wind is too strong and it's not safe." Uncle Zhang raised a bulging plastic bag in his hand and said amidst the sound of wind and thunder: "Look, I found something good."
"What?" Deng Yilan's eyes lit up, she needed good news so much.
"I got two sets of security uniforms. We can put them on and walk out openly." Seeing her hurriedly taking the bag, Uncle Zhang couldn't help laughing, "Slow down!"
"You are so awesome," Deng Yilan opened the bag and said with surprise and joy: "You can actually get a security uniform——"
When she said this, she reached out and took out a ball of cloth inside. The hot blood rushing through her body suddenly froze in her veins. She couldn't believe her eyes, so she shook it hard and shook it. Throwing it on the ground, he took out another large ball of cloth from the bag.
Uncle Zhang bent down, picked up the white sheet that was found on every hospital bed, and complained: "Why did you throw it on the floor? Hurry up and change your clothes."
Deng Yilan trembled slightly, her hands and feet felt cold. She stared at the white cloth exposed in the plastic bag and did not dare to look at Uncle Zhang. This world is too ridiculous.
Uncle Zhang still thinks so carefully and thoughtfully.
"I only got the security uniform, but I don't have a work permit, so we have to be careful in our actions so as not to make people suspicious." He shook off the sheet, threw it over his shoulders, and draped it down. "This is all Men's clothing, if you're not tall enough, just roll up your trousers... What's wrong? Why are you crying?"
Deng Yilan squatted on the ground, feeling that all her strength had drained away. She didn't even realize that she was crying, but her trachea and chest were throbbing with pain from crying so hard. Uncle Zhang had told so many incredible worlds, so Most of them are stories about evolvers, so eager to leave here and return to the Twelve Realms... While she was listening, she didn't realize at all that Uncle Zhang would never be able to leave.
She felt Uncle Zhang stretch out a hand, and she tremblingly handed it over, holding his dry, warm hand tightly.
I'm sorry, Uncle Zhang, I'm sorry.
"You are so happy," Uncle Zhang still said in the same tone, clear, rational, and slightly excited. "Me too, I have been looking forward to the day when other evolvers will come to pick me up. I have been looking forward to it for a long time... Look at those tornadoes in the distance, they are caused by the evolvers."
Deng Yilan cried so hard that she couldn't breathe. She nodded vigorously, her vision was all blurred. "I'm sorry," she whispered, "I'm sorry, Uncle Zhang..."
"What are you apologizing for?"
"No...it's nothing." Deng Yilan held on to him tightly, hoping that this scene was just a dream, and that when she woke up, she would still have companions and hope.
She slowly let go of her hand.
Wiping away her tears, Deng Yilan smiled at him as best she could: "Uncle Zhang, you go first. The two of us together are too conspicuous...I will follow later."
Uncle Zhang's whole body was covered under a white sheet, which was tied in front of his neck. He straightened the sheet, nodded and said, "You're right. Then I'll go. Look at me like this. Security guard?"
Deng Yilan closed her eyes and nodded. "...like."
When she opened her eyes again, the backyard wall was already empty. The plastic bags on the ground were rustling in the strong wind. Looking around, it seemed that she was the only one in this dark and heavy world. She walked slowly to Under the tree, I looked up, gritted my teeth and started to climb up.
This was the first time in her life that she climbed a tree. Fortunately, there was no one around, so she finally climbed up the tree trunk slowly; however, her hands and face were sore from the blows, and the strong wind shook the branches. She didn't know when she would be thrown off - when she finally climbed up the wall, she looked back.
In the distance, Uncle Zhang's back, draped in white sheets, was still walking slowly forward; there were already several people in front of him, surrounding him.
When Deng Yilan lowered her head and couldn't help but feel a sore nose, she heard music coming from the distance.
The sound of music became more and more broad, sweeping through the entire city like a wave. It rang from all radios, TVs, loudspeakers, and mobile phones near the hospital. It gradually grew stronger and melodious, making the air between heaven and earth tremble. .
This is a song she has never heard before.
It rises from the earth in all directions like countless wildfires that spread across the grassland; that voice exists so truly in the world, talking, shouting, and singing to the gray, low but vast sky.
Deng Yilan couldn't understand the lyrics, but she understood what he was singing.
She slowly bent down and curled up on the wall, letting every syllable and every drumbeat rush through her body, pierce her, and run into the distance. The earth suddenly trembled during the singing, and she couldn't tell what was happening. Something violent roared from the sky, heavy raindrops fell, and the rain curtain blocked the sky, as if the whole world was about to fall apart and end at this moment.
...Deng Yilan can’t remember exactly what happened next.
She only remembered that she seemed to see a huge fireball in the sky, the waves were thrown into the sky, and she was almost thrown out by the shaking earth... When she came back to her senses, the world was dark and there was a heavy rain. She was covered with blood. She was soaked through and shivering from the cold, but miraculously she still clung to the wall and was still sitting in the same place. She raised her head and looked into the distance, but couldn't see anything clearly.
The singing gradually stopped, the sound of rainstorms took over the world, and even the artillery fire became mute.
What is happening now on the dock in the distance where Hanjun was taken away?
When Deng Yilan was lost in thought, a cool and soft voice sounded from the entire city instead of music, as if a feather gently swept across the earth.
"...I understand. Sister, what do you plan to do with this world?"
