Chapter 186 The Beginning of the End of the World
The air in the room was quiet for a moment.
You Xi pressed his forehead and said helplessly: "Did I not express myself clearly enough?"
This time, Yan Shang lowered his eyelids and did not speak again, as if the previous question was the limit he had crossed.
Finally, it was Hei Mu who spoke: "Master, I understand that you have good intentions, but no matter what the situation outside is, it has nothing to do with me. I just hope that life will remain the same, and I can still cook your favorite three meals a day and take care of all the trivial matters around you."
Such words, presented by his dignified and serious face, seemed particularly convincing.
After all, he had been a servant of "Youxi" for five or six years, and he was also a servant of the housekeeper and nanny type, and he was indeed very capable. With him around, she didn't have to worry about any housework or trivial matters. As for
Jian Shou, he had been with her for several years like Hei Mu, and he had been doing his job silently, and he was injured yesterday to protect her. If he didn't want to leave, no matter how bad the situation outside became in the later period, she would definitely continue to keep him by her side.
So these words, she focused on saying to Yan Shang and Xi Yuan.
Especially Xi Yuan, after he was bought back by "Youxi", "Youxi" had not had time to let him accompany her, so he could leave and live the life he wanted.
And she believed that if Xi Yuan wanted to leave, Yan Shang should go with him.
You Xi's eyes fell on Xi Yuan. Since she opened her mouth, he had been turning his head to the side and not looking at her. His black bangs half covered his eyes, and his thoughts could not be seen from his fair and delicate face.
"How about this, you don't have to rush to make a decision. After all, this is a big deal. Think about it carefully today and tell me your decision tomorrow." After You Xi finished speaking, she stood up and asked Hei Mu to go to the kitchen.
She would definitely not go to the company again. Before the situation outside completely deteriorated, she would stay in the apartment and observe the subsidence area diagonally opposite.
Now that she had abundant material resources, she didn't need to be busy for the time being. It seemed that there was nothing else to do at home except making some food.
The apartment has a special cold storage room, and there is also a large freezer inside. Vegetables, fruits, eggs, milk, drinks, and alcohol are all in the cold storage room, and fresh meat is in the freezer. Usually, no matter what "Youxi" wants to eat, Hei Mu can make it for her.
Now there is still more than half of the inventory inside, and Youxi decided to use up the inventory in the apartment for the next few days.
"We have bamboo fungus. Let's make bamboo fungus chicken soup tonight."
"Okay."
"Matsutake is not bad either. Let's just roast it. It tastes better in its original flavor."
"Okay."
"We have squid, mussels, and shrimp... Then let's make seafood rice. Make more portions."
"Yes, master."
...
Although Youxi was not used to the other party calling her master, she also knew that she couldn't just ask the other party to change their words. Hei Mu had been with "Youxi" for five or six years. When she asked someone to change their words as soon as she came, it was equivalent to telling the other party that there was something wrong with her.
Hei Mu was busy all afternoon and made a very sumptuous dinner in the evening.
Jian Shou's arm was injured, so he stayed in his room to rest in the afternoon, while Yan Shang helped in the kitchen. As for Xiyuan, not only did he stay in his room the whole afternoon, he didn't even come out to eat dinner.
The slightly abnormal appearance made Youxi more alert.
Sure enough, late that night, someone gently pushed open her room door and walked to her side quietly.
Youxi woke up the moment the door was opened, but she still lay there motionless, wanting to see what the other party wanted to do.
At present, she could not judge whether this world was a complete world or a fragmented world. If it was a complete world, the system tower would definitely send someone else.
Maybe Xiyuan has been replaced by other taskers, so he showed an emotion that was different from his previous arrogant and willful behavior.
In the dark, the other party's hand reached out to her, and she could feel the subtle changes in the air flow when the other party moved his arm.
Before the other person's hand could get close to her, You Xi grabbed it and pulled him over fiercely, then stood up and turned around, instantly suppressing him: "Who are you?"
The person she suppressed struggled hard twice, but couldn't move at all. She was extremely cold, especially the wrist held by her fingers, as if it was imprisoned by ice.
There was also something extremely cold, lying on the side of his neck, cold and sharp, making him smell the breath of death...
You Xi noticed something wrong, she frowned slightly, put away the ice blade, and used one hand to turn on the light. The warm yellow light of the desk lamp lit up, dispelling the darkness in the room and illuminating the person she suppressed.
The boy below was tied up by her with his hands behind his back, lying on his side and unable to move. He was only wrapped in a thin, almost transparent bathrobe, and because of the struggle, the loose collar was even more open.
He didn't know whether it was because he struggled too hard or for some other reason, but his fair face was now red.
He saw her frowning and looking at him, but she just restrained herself and didn't do anything else. Her eyes gradually revealed embarrassment, frustration and self-mockery: "You don't like me at all, right?"
You Xi: ...? ?
He gritted his teeth and seemed to have made up his mind: "Hei Mu has been your butler for many years, Jian Shou has never left your side, Yan Shang... ever since he became your servant, you have always doted on him... only I am nothing. Those words you said during the day were actually spoken to me alone. You want to abandon me, right?"
You Xi was a little surprised. No matter how his brain circuit worked, he had to admit that his guess and intuition were very accurate.
"So, what are you doing now?" You Xi looked at him, not softening her heart because of the reddening eyes. "Recommending myself to be your bedmate? In your opinion, once there is something between you and me, you can ask to stay? This is the method you spent an afternoon and an evening to come up with? Is this all you can do?
I know you are a companion-type servant, and I also know that I bought you back, but didn't I say that now is different from before, the situation outside is starting to get worse, you can choose according to your needs! You can leave or stay, just ask directly."
He stared at her blankly, with tears in his eyes: "I... can choose to stay?"
"..." You Xi was speechless, "So if you didn't understand, why couldn't you just ask? I let you choose for yourselves, and told you that if you want to leave, I can sign the warrant, but if you want to stay, of course you can."
Xi Yuan looked at her, as if to confirm: "Really? Even if I do nothing, nothing... you are willing to keep me? You won't chase me away?"
"Yes." You Xi nodded, "I won't chase you away."
For some reason, looking at him, she seemed to see an insecure young beast. Helpless and urgent, wanting a definite answer.
On second thought, he and Yan Shang had just left the Congren School, which meant that they were only a few months away from being "made".
In addition, Congren were born with a lower status than natural humans, so it was understandable that he was suspicious of her words and didn't believe them because of his lack of security.
You Xi loosened her fingers and took a step back: "Do you understand now? If so, I hope you remember that I don't want something like this to happen again."
Xi Yuan certainly understood what she meant by "something like this". His fair face turned red again. He turned his head away awkwardly: "Don't worry, I will never do anything to you unless you ask me to..."
He tightened his collar and walked to the door of the room. Before opening the door and leaving, he said softly: "...Thank you."
**
You Xi locked the door and confirmed with the system while pressing his forehead: "Xi Yuan should not have been betrayed by the tasker, right? Although I am 70 to 80 percent sure that it was not the case, I am still afraid of omissions."
No one answered.
"......?" Although she was used to Xing Min's silence, he hadn't spoken a word since she entered this advanced world. Could it be that he was directly blocked by the world?
[......]
Oh, it doesn't seem to be blocked...
[Although I don't know why, the tasker shouldn't be able to enter the body of a servant.]
You Xi was surprised: "How do you know?"
[......]
[I tried.]
You Xi:? ?
[It's not them, it's a dying servant outside, but he can't get in. 】
"Yes, you can't enter a healthy body, it will be detected." You Xi thought for a while, and then said, "Maybe there are some differences between humans and natural humans that we don't understand... But it's good this way, at least you don't have to worry about the people who stay behind suddenly becoming taskers. Some of them can help, especially Jian Shou and Hei Mu. In this way, you don't have to spend energy to enter the mission world. The four of them are actually enough..."
[……]
You Xi:? ?
That night, her conversation with Xing Min ended inexplicably.
The next day, when she called him again, she didn't get a response.
But You Xi didn't have time to dwell on this matter, because in the sinkhole area that could be seen from a distance in her apartment, "Red Lotus" appeared for the first time.
**
The weather was very sunny that day, and the current news was broadcast 24 hours a day on the large stretch screen in the living room.
Youxi likes to stay on the balcony outside the living room recently. This balcony is very large, and the view is also good at the height of the 18th floor.
She usually stands in front of the fence for a while to observe the changes in the ground fissure zone, and then sits on a rattan chair beside her in the aroma of coffee, drinking Hei Mu's hand-brewed coffee and his homemade brownie.
After the conversation with Xiyuan that night, he was much more restrained than before, and no longer made a few sarcastic remarks from time to time to seek attention.
Hei Mu had already stated that he would not leave. Although Jian Shou was a man of few words, he also carefully told her the next day that he would not leave.
As for Yan Shang, Xiyuan must have said something to him, and he didn't want to leave in the first place, so naturally everything remained the same.
The ground fissure zone diagonally opposite has now been listed as a high-risk area because red lotus may appear at any time. Most of the rescuers have evacuated, and many machines have been sent in, plus some people, to continue the search.
But even these people have evacuated before today.
The golden rescue time has passed. If they continue to search at this time, they may find corpses.
The people above have circled the area that may be affected by the appearance of "Red Lotus", put up warning fences, and prohibited all passage. The people in this area also quickly packed up their luggage and evacuated.
This is a scene that "Youxi" did not appear in his memory. The public disclosure of the existence of "Red Lotus" and the listing of its characteristics have more or less changed the status quo.
At least, the people who originally lived in the high-risk area have avoided death this time.
But for a decision, there are always people who support it and those who oppose it.
Before lunch, many people holding banners came to the high-risk area. They were the relatives of the victims on the day of the earthquake. They had come to make trouble once when the search and rescue efforts were greatly reduced.
The search and rescue operation was completely stopped yesterday, and this place was also listed as a high-risk area with no entry. This made them unable to accept it.
Their family members have not been found yet. Even though they know that the murder is more likely than not, they still hold on to the last bit of hope that he (she) is still alive, but is trapped under layers of buildings for several days, and is dying waiting for rescue.
How can the rescue be withdrawn like this?
Those are human lives! They
are natural humans!
If the higher-ups are not willing to send natural humans to rescue, why can't they send people to continue?
Since the people are dead, they are dead. There are plenty of them in the factory anyway. They can be "manufactured" again after they are used up. Why should the rescue be withdrawn?
The families of the victims have been worried for several days. Many of them have not slept for several nights and have gone crazy. At this moment, they gathered together with banners and quarreled loudly, as if they would break through the cordon and rush in to find the bodies of their relatives if the rescue was not continued.
Youxi stood on the balcony and looked at the chaos over there.
Although Hei Mu beside her could not hear what those people were saying, some things had already been called out on the Internet, and he could guess it with a little guess.
"As we all know, followers are not human beings..." He said slowly, and when he saw Youxi looking at him, he added some coffee to the cup in her hand, "Sorry, Master."
Youxi looked at the other's handsome and clean jawline and spotless white gloves, and was not in a hurry to say something.
What the other said was the fact, the overall concept of this world. Comforting the other cannot change the reality, and it will only sound fake.
Diagonally opposite, the people who ran to protest had torn off the cordon and were shouting wildly there, as if they would not go out unless the other party sent followers to continue the search and rescue. Some people even rushed to the fissure area.
Now that the natural human population is low, it is not surprising that the people regard themselves as a key.
Hei Mu didn't seem to want to watch anymore. He put down the coffee pot in his hand, indicating that he was going to go to the kitchen to get her some freshly prepared snacks.
You Xi hummed nonchalantly, and his eyes swept across the sinkhole area and suddenly stopped.
The city was full of high-rise buildings, and each ground fissure area was covered with various building wreckage and debris, so that when the "Red Lotus" appeared, its speed was much slower than that in the wasteland.
But when the first "petal" successfully stretched out from under the building wreckage, the collapse movement quickly became louder.
Snap - there was a heavy slapping sound,
and the people who were rushing towards the sinkhole area suddenly stopped. Although they broke through the cordon, they were still outside the scope of the sinkhole. They had never thought of really running to the sinkhole area, but just wanted to threaten.
They also watched the video on the Internet, but that thing appeared with the ground fissure, and the ground fissure in the city was just a ground fissure. It had been several days, and if there was something underground that wanted to come out, it would have come out long ago.
They never thought it would be such a coincidence that the terrifying thing would suddenly appear at this time.
Everyone was completely frightened by the blood-red soft body. Even from such a distance, they could still see it dancing in the air.
And there was a second and third piece of this kind of software... As the number of blood-red software increased, the entire ground was shaken by their beating, dust flew, and a huge roar was heard. The building debris in the ground fissure area became the first batch of "food" to be swallowed.
They finally reacted and wanted to escape, but the "Sharp Teeth" had already begun to stir. The huge suction force was like a Category 10 typhoon, or even stronger, sweeping up everything around, as if wanting to clear out everything nearby...
People at the edge of the cordon were also fleeing, but such a huge suction force made it difficult for them to move. Some people fell to the ground, struggling to grab everything around them and holding on tightly.
Someone was not strong enough, just hugged a tree by the roadside, and the next second his body was suspended in the air. He didn't hold on for long before he was pulled away from the trunk by the suction. The next second, this person hit the wall of a building with a bang. He screamed in pain, and then his body was in the air again, like a leaf, swept into the brick fragments by the wind and disappeared...
In the apartment, the four men who were doing their own things ran out.
Even standing on the balcony of the apartment, Youxi could feel the reverse wind. In the center of the ground fissure area, the huge suction has formed a wind speed flow visible to the naked eye, and the surrounding things are disappearing bit by bit.
Starting with the wreckage of buildings, damaged vehicles, fallen trees, street lights, billboards... new buildings were smashed by the long "petals", and then swept and swallowed one by one.
"Oh my God..." Yan Shang, who was standing next to her, cried out in panic.
**
On this day, "Red Lotus" appeared in three ground fissure areas in this city, and the high-risk areas became death zones.
The same situation occurred in every city and wasteland on this planet.
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