Chapter 2 Chapter 2 She smells so good——
How could a pure human, or even a pure human cub, appear in this restricted area where even they dared not enter? No, it should be said that in the Xisha area, with its extremely high pollution concentration, garbage everywhere, and exiled orcs, there should not be any precious pure human beings at all!
"What are you standing there for?"
"Bang--"
“Bang, bang—”
“Bang, bang, bang—”
Ye Ning was still desperately dodging when she suddenly saw several beams of light coming towards her. Looking up, she saw something explode around her. Many of the tentacle monsters that had been surrounding her were instantly eliminated.
She was stunned for half a second, and soon saw men in uniform military uniforms in the distance!
There's someone else out there! And they show up at this critical moment!
Ye Ning's eyes instantly filled with tears. No words could accurately describe her surprise and excitement at the moment!
"Help! Help!" Ye Ning was afraid that they didn't notice her, so she shouted and immediately turned around and ran towards them!
That's great, she doesn't have to die here tragically! !
A childish voice cried miserably, waving its hands as it ran towards them. The others reacted instantly and quickly organized themselves into combat mode.
This group of orcs, who had only seen pure humans in books and media, felt an immense shock when they saw a pure human with their own eyes for the first time.
In 2311 AD, an asteroid collided violently with Planet Aquamarine. The 801-kilometer-diameter asteroid began orbiting Planet Aquamarine, a process that lasted for hundreds of years until the asteroid completely disintegrated.
For hundreds of years, planetary dust carrying E-type pollution continuously fell onto Planet Aquamarine. Disasters and epidemics arose one after another, the environment deteriorated rapidly, ecosystems collapsed, food chains were broken, and countless organisms began to mutate. Yet, humanity seemed to be forgotten in this evolution.
In order to survive, humans began to implant animal genes into their bodies.
This human-led self-evolution was arduous, but ultimately allowed human civilization to survive. Humans, endowed with animal genes, experienced significant improvements in both physical fitness and vitality. However, this also led to their gradual evolution into two distinct races from purebred humans.
With the advent of the post-apocalyptic era, the number of pure humans has plummeted. To date, there are only a little over 300 registered pure humans in the entire federation. Compared to the number of orcs, this is a terrifying 1/100,000.
But in this world, only pure humans possess the plant-loving element, capable of cultivating plants. Therefore, anyone who harms pure humans or disregards their safety will be severely punished and scorned by countless orcs. And now, such precious humans have fallen into such a dangerous situation. This is something that even the most despicable orcs in the Federation cannot tolerate!
Le Song looked at Ye Ning anxiously and shouted, "Don't be afraid, we are here to rescue you now!"
As they launched their weapons bombardment, they quickly approached Ye Ning. Various weapons continuously and accurately struck the pollutants around Ye Ning.
However, the pollutants that were supposed to appear after sunset were already emerging one after another, making it difficult for everyone to move forward. And this was only the first batch of pollutants.
If they don't hurry up, they will all die here.
Gu Yu threw the weapon in his hand to the others, then quickly took off his shirt and gas mask and handed them to them.
"team leader!"
Mu Yan quickly took out the metal box and put it on his waist. "Hurry up. Even you can only hold out for twenty minutes without protection."
If people are exposed to this extremely high concentration of pollution for more than twenty minutes, their mental state will become unstable and they will have hallucinations and auditory hallucinations; if they are exposed to this extremely high concentration of pollution for more than forty minutes, their mental state will fall below the critical point, their consciousness will be confused and they will lose their sanity; if they are exposed to this extremely high concentration of pollution for more than an hour, they will completely lose their humanity and turn into beasts.
"Quick battle, quick decision." Gu Yu's voice floated in the air.
On Mu Yan's face, the glasses with plant recognition and scanning functions also quickly locked onto the target object.
Just as everyone was about to approach Ye Ning, Little Mushroom only had time to warn them, "Be careful!"
In the blink of an eye, a huge pollutant suddenly stretched out dozens of thick tentacles silently from the yellow sand!
It is even two or three times bigger than the original one!
Ye Ning was already exhausted, relying on her last breath to hold on. However, when she saw the others relax a little, she was swept up by the tentacles!
People really can't take it lightly at any time!
The tentacles rolled up his limbs, and Ye Ning subconsciously spilled all the insecticide that he had not yet spilled!
The invisible insecticide instantly dissipated into the air. Ye Ning could only feel it drifting away with the wind, but in an instant, she clearly felt the tentacles wrapped around her waist lose a lot of strength. The strange pupils on the tentacles also suddenly began to shrink wildly and rapidly.
Through the gaps between the gradually stiffening tentacles, she saw the man flying towards her from so close. He had transformed into a gigantic, three or four meter tall, blue-eyed, black-striped white tiger!
Ye Ning:!!!
The white tiger's movements were fierce and swift. He wielded his claws with great dexterity, severing all the tentacles in the blink of an eye! Like all cats holding their cubs, the white tiger bit her collar and held her in his mouth!
The white tiger has a majestic body, beautiful fur, strong and powerful limbs, claws protruding from the toes, and long and hard whiskers flashing white in the light.
Ye Ning, who was held in the tiger's mouth with her limbs hanging in the air and her hands and feet swaying with the white tiger's movements, looked at the distance of two or three meters from the ground, her brain completely confused.
She must be hallucinating. How could a normal person turn into a tiger?
Ye Ning tried to clear her mind. But the warm breath from behind her sprayed on the skin on the back of her neck, causing waves of tingling to rise from her vertebrae. Tilting her head slightly, she could still see the slender tiger whiskers, all of which reminded her that she was now in the mouth of a tiger.
Rather than fear, it was more of a shock to see people transformed into animals with their own eyes.
After seeing Gu Yu successfully rescue Ye Ning, the others immediately launched an unprecedented fierce attack.
There was a raging fire behind him. Gu Yu quickly turned Ye Ning around and placed her on his soft and absolutely safe chest, using his body to block the rising fire and the stinking blood splashing everywhere behind her.
The other men also quickly surrounded Ye Ning, forming an extremely safe human shield.
Le Song quickly took her down from Gu Yu's mouth. The white tiger glanced at Ye Ning with its azure eyes, then turned around and continued to fight with the pollutants.
The giant white tiger, exuding the smell of fresh flesh and blood, immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding pollutants, and the danger level around Ye Ning dropped sharply in an instant.
Everyone looked at Ye Ning with eyes filled with burning passion. Le Song, who was holding Ye Ning in his arms, froze in place. "She, she, she's soft!"
The cub's body was warm, and its arms were incredibly soft. Holding it in his arms, it felt so small, so soft, and so light that Le Song felt like he'd crush it with the slightest pressure.
He saw stars, his hands and feet felt weak, and an unprecedented sense of happiness filled his body, so much so that a pair of snow-white ears suddenly sprouted from the top of his head.
Human! There was actually a living, pure human being before his eyes! His hands actually touched the skin of a pure human being! He was so lucky to be hugging a pure human being!!!
From the moment Le Song came into contact with Ye Ning, he kept his hands stretched out and suspended in the air.
The tip of his nose twitched, and his clear, translucent black almond-shaped eyes shone to the extreme. He unconsciously imprinted Ye Ning's scent deeply in his mind, "She, she, she, she smells so good!"
That sweet milky aroma! And another... another...
Le Song couldn't help but raise his chin, leaned in and took a deep breath. The extremely light and refreshing smell entered his nose, so comfortable that his whole body trembled.
Pure humans are indeed different!
But when he took another deep breath and tried to smell the smell carefully, the smell had completely disappeared. Could it be that the smell just now was just his illusion?
It shouldn't have happened, his sense of smell had never been wrong.
Even through the gas mask, Ye Ning could still see Le Song's clear and bright black eyes, like those of some large dog.
He leaned forward to smell her, feeling both intoxicated and confused. Ye Ning pressed her hand against him and couldn't help but move her head back.
She wondered if there was something wrong with his nose, or if he had some special olfactory fetish.
After a long day of torture, her whole body was covered with a suffocating smell of sweat. She also picked up a few pieces of rotten meat on the way and put them in her pocket just in case.
The stench of sweat mixed with that of rotting flesh was incredibly addictive. Even though her sense of smell was numb today, she still vomited several times when she accidentally caught a whiff of that smell.
Noticing the cub's resistance, Shao Yu next to him immediately put Gu Yu's gas mask on Ye Ning's head with great care, and wrapped her tightly with a military jacket to prevent the smell from escaping and contamination.
"Don't waste time." Shao Yu took Ye Ning from him. The moment he held Ye Ning in his arms, his body stiffened slightly. A hint of unnaturalness appeared on his usually cold face. But he quickly adjusted himself and held Ye Ning tightly in his arms with great calmness and caution.
Le Song's hands were empty and he felt lost for a moment. He looked up and found Ye Ning looking at him. He immediately recovered and threw himself into the battle excitedly.
These damn pollutants!
Ye Ning didn't expect that the clothes and mask were taken off specially for her.
There was also the blue-eyed white tiger. Probably because it had just blocked the firelight and heat from her, there were a few burnt spots on its snow-white fur.
It was not easy for the men to resist the pollutants around them. They didn't even want to fight too much and just kept retreating.
Ye Ning quickly and obediently lay in Shao Yu's arms, trying to wrap her arms around his neck. But she soon realized his shoulders were too broad, and her hands could only barely rest on them. She tried to grab onto his clothes, but the material was so tight that there was no extra space for her to hold onto.
Fortunately, the other person held her tightly, with his big hands clasped on her back, so there seemed no possibility of her falling.
In her mind, the little mushroom sat slumped, looking like it had survived a catastrophe. It even clapped its stem with its matchstick hands, imitating humans. [That really scared me just now.]
Ye Ning was a little amused. "Yeah, think carefully before choosing a place next time. We almost died here."
The little mushroom's facial features huddled together as he said carefully, "Don't worry, I'll study hard too!"
As she was speaking, Ye Ning suddenly discovered that the man holding her had a very low body temperature. Even through two layers of thick protective clothing, she could feel the low temperature of his body, and even the temperature around him dropped a few degrees.
Shao Yu leaned Ye Ning against his chest, and his usually straight body trembled slightly.
He also had no experience in holding cubs. His original form was a red-tailed boa constrictor, and his species would hatch directly from the mother's body, so he knew how to hunt and survive as soon as he was born.
But pure humans are different. It takes one to two years for all pure humans to go from babbling to toddling.
Every orc's curriculum, from childhood to adulthood, includes content related to pure humans, covering all aspects of life. So, although he had never seen a pure human in person, he had already gained detailed knowledge of them through various channels.
Ye Ning lay obediently in his arms, leaning her whole body against him. He felt more deeply than Le Song how soft her small body was.
Everyone's eyes inadvertently fell on Ye Ning. After confirming her safety, they were filled with heartache and anger.
Ye Ning was incredibly thin. A mere meter tall, she looked like she could be blown away by the wind. Her wrist wasn't even as thick as two of their fingers. Just looking at her, it was clear she was severely malnourished.
The adult clothes on her body were dirty and torn, hanging loosely on her body. Her whole body was covered in dust, and her delicate face was even rubbed with bloodstains by the sand.
In the post-apocalyptic era, birth rates have plummeted. Even orphaned beasts are assigned to specialized federal institutions for upbringing and a safe environment, let alone a pure human cub. What on earth had she been through, and why did she end up alone in the restricted area?
If they hadn't come here today to search for plants and saved her, such a precious and rare pure human being would definitely have been torn to pieces here by the pollutants!
With Ye Ning by their side, their fighting power was fully aroused, and they quickly cleared a route for evacuation.
Everyone was wearing protective gear to block out the smell, with only Gu Yu exposed. He was like bait, attracting all the pollutants around him.
The surroundings were soon filled with polluted corpses, tentacles and filthy fluids splattered everywhere, soaking the yellow sand and emitting a disgusting stench. As the corpses piled up, the pollution concentration in the surrounding air also increased.
[18:10]
Five minutes have passed, they must leave this place as soon as possible!
Mu Yan rushed back at this time in high spirits. He was injured in several places on his body, his protective suit was damaged in many places, and there were even a few tentacles wrapped around his ankles, but even through the gas mask, it could be seen that he was in a very good mood at the moment.
He held the metal box hanging on his chest as if it were a treasure, and said excitedly, "I got the plant!"
You know, the last time a completely natural plant was discovered was five years ago. Since then, no related news has been reported on this continent. The discovery of natural plants in the wild is undoubtedly a great blessing for the planet.
Moreover, this is a natural plant with S-level attributes. With it, there is no need to worry about saving Long Qi!
"withdraw--"
Several people surrounded Shao Yu who was holding Ye Ning, and Gu Yu was behind them to cover their retreat.
All the personnel marched rapidly for dozens of minutes, and with the help of fire bombing, the pollutants finally disappeared from their sight.
As they completely left the restricted area, Mu Yan, who was always paying attention to Gu Yu's condition, suddenly said, "The pollution concentration has decreased."
No one paid much attention to it at first, but after hearing what he said, they looked at their bracelets and found that the pollution concentration in the surrounding area had dropped below 50.
This is more than just getting lower!
"My number is 25." Le Song held up his bracelet in disbelief. "Is there something wrong with my bracelet?"
Everything that happened today was so magical. Plants, cubs, and the reduction of pollution concentration,
Shao Yu's usually cold expression also showed a crack, and his voice was even more shocked: "My number here is 10."
The pollution concentration is divided into six levels in total. The pollution concentration increases by one level for every 50 increase in value. The reason why this place becomes a restricted area is because the pollution concentration is extremely high. The average pollution concentration in any area is above 250.
Even in the main urban area of Xisha District, the pollution concentration is between 100 and 200. The only area where the pollution concentration can be controlled below 100 is the first district known as the federal capital.
"No wonder I've been feeling so comfortable and relaxed. I thought it was because I saw a pure human that my mood improved!" Le Song immediately took off his gas mask and sniffed. "The air has really gotten better!"
He has fair skin, a high nose bridge, soft and shiny snow-white hair, and bright and clear eyes. He has an appearance that easily attracts people's favor.
Gu Yu also said: "My mental state has been very stable so far."
No one noticed this at first.
Others also said: "I just checked half an hour ago, and the pollution level was 268."
"This is the edge of the restricted area. Even if the concentration is low, it shouldn't be this low!"
There are only two variables: plants and...
Mu Yan's sharp eyes fell on Ye Ning.
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