The sound of footsteps circling back and forth sounded from around him over and over again. It didn't take long for No. 46 to be upset by the noise - the throbbing pain in his temple finally made him endure it.
He couldn't help but raise his head and yell at No. 45, who had been pacing: "Don't leave! Can you just sit down!"
No. 45 immediately stopped and lowered his expressionless oval face.≧
When their eyes met in mid-air, No. 46 realized that her eyes had shrunk several times, and there were only a pair of small black dots in the whites of her eyes, staring directly at him - that was not
It's not the way like people look at like people.
He started to tremble suddenly, and suddenly thought that no matter how it looked, the opponent was actually no longer human - and the fact that his current physical strength was not as good as that of a fallen species.
"Let me think about what to do now." No. 46 lowered his voice, "...I don't believe that this copy will arrange a dead end for us."
No. 45 seemed to think about it for a while, and then his feet that were staying not far from him started to move again, and he walked to the side and sat down.
"Let me tell you, if you weren't caught," she snorted coldly at No. 47 as soon as she sat down. "The only one who can fight, No. 49, wouldn't have jumped - but let me tell you,
I really don’t understand what she is thinking; what’s the use of following her..."
No. 46 felt that his mind was spinning at her humming voice, but he did not dare to say anything. He took a few breaths, and just when he was about to say, "That is to confirm that this method of death is effective,"
Suddenly I felt the leaves beneath me tremble again.
No. 45's body suddenly bounced up like a spring. Even No. 47, who had only recovered half of his physical strength, hurriedly crawled to No. 46; the three of them were all on guard, staring closely at Ye Zi.
The cut edge - they've had enough of this kind of shock today.
The whole plant was shaking from under the feet, but no one was seen for a long time. At the strange moment, a voice suddenly came from the other side of the plant: "Hey! Where are you looking?"
No. 46’s heart thumped and fell back into his stomach, and his blood became hot——
To him, Lin Sanjiu's voice had never been as pleasant and beautiful as it was at this moment.
When he turned around, he saw Lin Sanjiu who had just stuck her head out from another leaf not far away; not only did she look unscathed, but even the big purple flower on her back was still intact.
"You...are you okay?"
"Isn't this nonsense?" As she spoke, she climbed onto the leaf where they were under the dazed gazes of several people in her group.
"What about the people in the fourth group? How many died?"
"No one died - Harry didn't report anything? I don't know where three of them fell. I only found the leading man; but just before I came up, I left him where he was.
land."
A lot of emotions and thoughts that could not be put into words seemed to roll over the faces of the three people in the fifth group in an instant. However, what these people could say at once was nothing.
"Why are you looking at me like this?" Lin Sanjiu couldn't bear the stares. "The reason why I brought him back is because of a situation that just happened..."
When Lin Sanjiu saw this, he waved his hand and showed a card-like thing to several people in his group.
"Look."
On the card in her hand, there was a line of black fonts [Number Plate No. 31, District F, Harry Farm]. It was shimmering in the dim and ambiguous air of the greenhouse.
"...number, number plate?" No. 47 was stunned, "Is this what it looks like after you put it away? Why is it number 31? Whose number does it belong to?"
"The one who was leading the fourth group just now," Lin Sanjiu glanced at the card and then put it away. "Depending on the different zones, the numbers in progress are also different. I asked him after I got this, and it seemed like other
There are also numbers starting with 40 in the group."
"This -" No. 45 hesitated, seeming to be confused; after thinking about it, he finally asked: "He didn't have his number plate, and you asked him? So, the person in the fourth group didn't
die?"
Lin Sanjiu smiled and did not explain. She just turned her gaze to No. 46 - even though her hand was empty now, the latter's eyes were still staring straight at her hand - a piece of his hand under his thick bangs.
A flush of excitement gradually appeared on his face, and it was obvious that he had figured out the key to the whole matter in just this short moment.
"...That's right," No. 46 said softly and urgently, "That's right. He won't die, not even without the number plate, because the condition 'without the number plate, you will die' only
It works in a hole in the ground - as soon as the number plate left our body, we would be crushed to death by the ground immediately."
"Oh, yes, we have reached the surface now!" No. 45 suddenly realized. "Even if we take off the number plate, there is no condition that can kill us."
"That's right, the number plate can no longer save our lives -" No. 46 gritted his teeth and smiled, and actually scolded Harry in a low voice just like Lin Sanjiu did just now. When he raised his head again, there was a look in his eyes.
The luster has already brightened: "Then let me ask you, what is it that distinguishes us from other ordinary evolvers on the surface?"
"The most essential difference between an ordinary evolver and us now is that we can absorb nutrients in the greenhouse, but ordinary evolvers cannot. Our bodies have not been modified in any sense, which is the only thing that causes this difference between the two.
thing--"
Having said this, he took out his number plate from his collar and laughed heartily: "Isn't this the one!"
"Wait a minute, what is the identity of the guy in the fourth group now? Plant or evolution?" No. 47 hurriedly interjected and asked, while involuntarily glancing at the direction where the martial arts vest fell.
"I asked Harry about this." Lin Sanjiu replied in time: "...that guy doesn't have a number plate, which means that the channel for absorbing nutrients has been cut off by me; but because he has completed the seeding and germination
period. So it is still a plant belonging to the fourth group. This will not change for the time being unless he dies."
No. 46 immediately burst into laughter, as if he had finally put the last piece of the puzzle together, with a cheerful look on his face: "That's right, that makes sense! Didn't Harry, the bastard, just say that?"
?What is really a matter of life and death is the 'real-time per capita absorption'!"
"After he finished saying the word, didn't he spend several minutes explaining the definition of the word 'real-time'? I think Harry definitely did it on purpose, probably just to make us all ignore one thing -" No. 46 paced back and forth.
After a few steps, he showed his white teeth: "Why did he say the word 'per capita'? No matter which group of people in the greenhouse dies, the absorption of all members of the group will change together. The changing numbers will also change."
They are exactly the same. The use of the word 'per capita' can only mean that one situation may occur: that is, the number of people has not changed, but the total absorption of the entire group has dropped."
"You mean... now that man has no number plate, he can no longer absorb nutrients. So it directly lowers the per capita absorption of the fourth group?" No. 47 asked while thinking. "But Harry did not announce it.
Has the fourth group’s absorption ranking been lowered?”
"Harry has never taken the initiative to report the nutrient absorption of each group." No. 46 snorted lightly. "...The reason why he told us the absorption ranking of the fifth group is because we asked; he didn't ask.
If so, he will only inform everyone that someone has died."
"That's right - we can even ask Harry to keep our ranking information confidential; in this way, even if other groups ask, he won't tell it." Lin Sanjiu smiled.
At this time, the crazy blood color in her eyes had long disappeared without a trace, and her amber eyes were clear and clear again. After saying "Wait a moment", she immediately raised her voice and asked: "Harry, please tell me
I’ll take a look at the ranking and absorption of the fourth group.”
As soon as these words were said, the other three couldn't help but become a little nervous, and even breathed a little shallowly - as if they were afraid of disturbing Harry's speech.
When his answer finally echoed in the air, everyone's faces couldn't help but light up - "The current ranking of the fourth group remains unchanged, and the real-time per capita absorption is 280 micrograms per person."
Lin Sanjiu's eyes rolled slightly.
"It's gone down," No. 45 grinned in excitement, which made several people notice the denser row of teeth in her mouth than ordinary people: "The total amount has decreased, but the number of people has not changed. This means
Said...well, as long as we get the number plates of two more people, the fourth group will be at the bottom!"
"But the people in the fourth group are scattered now, so it's not easy to find..." No. 47 said half of this sentence, but was suddenly interrupted by Lin Sanjiu's mouth - "Just now I took the guy wearing a martial arts vest
The man has also been captured, please wait for me and I will bring him up."
"Why catch him?" No. 46 immediately frowned. Now that the number plate has been obtained, the person is just a burden——
But before he could say anything else, Lin Sanjiu had already turned around, slid down the branch, and jumped onto another vertical leaf at their feet.
"...I will tie the person here, behind this leaf..."
A clear female voice came up from below. Several people were lying on the edge of the leaves, and they could only vaguely see Lin Sanjiu's figure flashing between the green leaves several times.
"Where's the person?" No. 45 asked loudly, but the only response she got was the sound of her gentle footsteps.
"Ah, here it is."
As soon as these words were spoken, a black shadow suddenly shot out from the leaves below like an arrow, and rushed in the other direction - several people were stunned, and it took them half a second to realize what had happened.
That black figure was Lin Sanjiu; with a few "crash" sounds, the green leaves she jumped into shook violently, and then another figure suddenly rushed out, like a rabbit being stared at by an eagle.
, hurriedly fled towards a huge vine in the distance.
The man was so fast that they could only see a flash of red as he quickly approached the vines; however, Lin Sanjiu was already prepared and chased after him with a kick of his feet. In the blink of an eye, he had already trapped the man.
.
Several people also realized at this time that what Lin Sanjiu said just now was obviously just an excuse. They had probably discovered that there was a person hiding nearby, so they deliberately relaxed that person's vigilance. Although they did not know that this person had been hiding in the dark.
No. 45 still shouted: "Catch him!"
The two figures below were entangled in each other for an instant. Just as several people immediately held their breath, the tall and long figure suddenly seemed to be unsteady and staggered.
He fell backwards in an extremely unnatural posture - the next second, Harry said "tsk tsk": "...you can't use force."
"Is this called force?" No. 45 immediately shouted, "49 hasn't even tried hard yet!"
Harry didn't answer.
Just such a short delay was enough for the figure in red to escape. As he spoke, the shadow quickly jumped onto the vine, and then disappeared into the layers of plants with its branches and leaves.
Even the last traces were swallowed up by the dense greenery of the greenhouse.
Lin Sanjiu didn't get up until he couldn't see him anymore.
Looking at the other three people who had just jumped off the green leaves and ran towards her, she took a breath and raised her hand.
As she moved, a strap suddenly dropped from his palm, and a square number plate at the end swayed back and forth in the air, creating several arcs.
"Ah, you got it!" No. 45's face lit up, and even No. 47, who had always been expressionless, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "...Is that person from the fourth group? I remember they ran away at the beginning.
Got one.”
Lin Sanjiu smiled bitterly.
"No." She flipped her hand and turned the number plate into a card. Seeing that several people's eyes were focused on her hand, she couldn't help but said: "...This is the number plate for area C, No. 56."
In other words, they are not people in the fourth group.
"Although we don't know which group he belongs to, this does not affect our original plan." No. 47 said softly, "Now that my physical strength has recovered a lot, we can continue to split up and look for the people in the fourth group...
It doesn't matter even if that person heard our conversation, because we lowered the ranking of the fourth group, it has no impact on him; in the final analysis, the growth period is just a battle between us and the fourth group."
This logic is indeed correct——
However, just as the sky was about to get dark again and the lights on the greenhouse roof came on one by one, the fifth group ushered in a change that they did not expect.
Although they had moved to a more private location, members of the group with the man in red still found their way to the door somehow - the person who came was none other than Lin Sanjiu, the bald member of the second group.
.Coming with him was a member of the third group, tall and thin, with a gloomy expression.
"We already know about the number plate," the member of the third group said.
"Old girl, I have an idea. All of us can go out." Baldhead smiled at Lin Sanjiu. (To be continued.)
ps: I won’t talk too much when I’m away from home. I’ll talk about it when I get back~ I haven’t had time to look at the page yet, so I would like to thank all the people who gave me monthly tickets~