Chapter 190 The Rain Became Lighter
Same as the original world?
Xingxing tilted his furry head and thought for a moment, then slowly replied, "It's different."
Qiuqiu also jumped in front of it and waited curiously.
The child's thoughts were still slow but clear, "There are no zombies or mutant creatures here. They will not attack humans en masse, nor will they occupy human living territories, drive humans away, or keep them in captivity."
The danger levels in the two worlds are completely different.
As a zombie king mixed in with the human group, Xingxing knows the gap between them all too well.
Qiuqiu thought about it and said in agreement, "That's right, but natural disasters are uncontrollable. Humans can fight against enemies, but it is difficult to fight against natural disasters effectively and in real time."
"They have a protagonist." Xingxing said softly, "The protagonist has space."
There is space for stars too.
The star was once the savior chosen by the world consciousness to guide the ball.
But it's different.
The space of the star is only small, but it is full of snacks and food that it grows or buys itself.
The protagonist of this world possesses a top-level space that can grow and pause the flow of time.
Compared to her, Xingxing is just a poor little zombie.
He is not qualified to be a savior.
Qiuqiu sighed, "It's okay, kid, we'll work hard on the tasks and accumulate points, and one day, we'll also be able to own a very, very large, super luxurious space!"
The kitten tilted its head in confusion.
The kitten raised its paw and patted the ball of light in confusion.
The kitten meowed and asked, "Should I put a lot of things in it?"
Qiuqiu was also confused and asked back: "Don't Xingxing want a big space?"
Xingxing put down her paw and shook her head obediently: "No, it's big and empty. The small light bulbs given by uncle and mom and dad can't illuminate more darkness."
The small space between the stars is always dark.
Just like when its eyes were blinded by the burns and it couldn't see anything at the beginning, every step it took gave it a horrible feeling of weightlessness.
Stars don't like dark space, so they rarely go in.
Later, when Uncle Hu found out about this, he found some shiny colored light bulbs and other luminous objects for the stars.
They are scattered randomly in the small space, emitting a faint but bright light, so the space of stars is no longer dark, but instead becomes a starry sky at night.
Later, in one small world after another, the stars always received some shiny little gifts.
There are light bulbs, toys, luminous flowers, and night pearls given by my brother.
Xingxing, who had lost his memory, didn't know where these things came from, but whenever he asked, Qiuqiu would explain them to him carefully and earnestly one by one.
So Xingxing knew that he had completed several missions and had been to many worlds.
Most importantly, it is loved by many humans with great care.
The gifts that can be found everywhere in the space, those things that did not belong to Uncle Hu in the apocalyptic world, are all the love and blessings from humans in the mission world.
So when Xingxing heard her mother say that if the kitten encountered danger one day, she should just let it run away on its own, she was not surprised at all, nor did she secretly say in her heart that her mother was lying to the kitten.
The stars already understand a little.
This is called the lie of human love for the stars.
So Xingxing didn't answer, but just kissed her mother and told her with her actions: Xingxing would not be an obedient kitten that ran away.
Mom loves stars.
Xingxing also loves her mother very much.
Mother’s love is like those bright lights in the space. Every additional one can make the stars walk on a smoother, safer and more courageous path.
What about the love of stars?
Xingxing curled up into a small ball, nestling in its mother's warm neck as always. It rested its little head gently on its mother's ear, listening to its mother's gently rising and falling breathing. Its pair of light green cat eyes were particularly eye-catching in the dark night.
The love of the stars is companionship and protection.
Wherever mom is, there the stars will be. Until death, they will try their best to become a ghost kitten and stay by mom's side, watching her eat, drink and sleep well, and be a safe, happy and healthy human being.
"No, no." Qiuqiu reminded quietly, "Baby, after your body dies, we will return to the system space and you can't turn into a ghost kitten!"
Xingxing buried her head in her mother's fragrant neck and raised her two paws to cover the tips of her trembling ears, trying to press them down.
The ball talks, but the stars don't listen.
Refusing to face reality, the kitten began to purr and pretend to sleep.
As I was pretending, I actually fell asleep.
When I wake up again, it's a new day.
But for human beings who are in disaster, every day is so long and difficult.
Li Shan and the other two inevitably started coughing.
Bai Yichen said it was a common cold. It would be strange not to catch a cold after being caught in the rain for so long.
But just like the residents in the resettlement site, even though the three of them drank ginger soup for every meal, and took cold medicine and cold granules as water and meals, after three whole days, there was no improvement. Instead, the coughing became more and more severe. Sometimes, the heart-wrenching coughing sound coming from downstairs could be heard from upstairs
Li Shan completely entrusted the care of the cats to Tan Zhaozhao, and she, Su Mingyue and Chen Yi took the initiative to start a closed-door recuperation period.
In fact, they were not that panicked. After all, they all knew that their physical constitutions were stronger than those of ordinary people, and those who practiced martial arts and exercised had stronger resistance.
Those people in the resettlement site outside have been holding on for so many days. They will definitely be able to hold on longer, and at least they will live to see the day when the heavy rain stops.
Although the three of them spoke so casually, Tan Zhaozhao became more and more anxious day by day.
She took the initiative to ask Bai Yichen many times and asked him to help prescribe a lot of medicine for the three of them.
But at a moment when the hospital was flooded and medical equipment was in urgent need, even Bai Yichen had no idea what to do.
Tan Zhaozhao understood the reasons for the increasing disturbances in the resettlement site.
Indeed, only when you are in it can you understand why you suffer so deeply.
Even if it wasn't her and Xingxing who were sick.
But Li Shan means a lot to Tan Zhaozhao, and she is even willing to exchange her own life for Li Shan's.
But the disease does not discriminate against anyone.
Natural disasters do not discriminate against people.
Tan Zhaozhao could only look at the days on the calendar getting closer and closer to the day when the rain would stop, watch the heavy rain pouring down outside the window, and then prepare various cold-repelling foods for the three people downstairs three times a day.
Every corner of the house was marinated with the sweet flavor of ginger and brown sugar. Xingxing sneezed more than ten times a day, and finally she felt better when her mother hid her in the bedroom and turned on the ventilation system.
This went on for about a week.
The heavy rain has continued for nearly twenty days.
Before going to bed at night, Tan Zhaozhao would usually hold the stars and go to the window to watch the rain outside.
After a few seconds, she froze for a rare moment.
Soon, she looked at the rain outside, then lowered her head and asked the kitten in her arms: "Xingxing, is Mommy's eyes dazzled? Why do I feel that the rain outside... seems to be a little lighter?"
"Meow~" Xingxing stretched out his paws and pressed them against the cold window, and his furry little face was pressed against the glass, looking out carefully.
The rainstorm seemed to have abated a bit.
A hint of joy flashed in Xingxing's round eyes, and it turned its head and let out a soft cry towards its incredulous mother.
The rain is getting lighter, Mom.
Tan Zhaozhao stretched out her hand a little excitedly and opened the window with a "swish". The cold raindrops hit her face, and more of them drifted into the window and onto the floor with the wind.
The sound of wind and rain suddenly became clearer than before.
The stars and their mother faced the rain, squinted their eyes, and watched and listened carefully.
"The rain has really gotten lighter." A strange laugh came out of Tan Zhaozhao's throat, as if he was someone who hadn't laughed for a long time and suddenly began to learn how to laugh out loud.
"Baby, when the sky is clear and the water has receded, mommy will take you out for a walk." Tan Zhaozhao held up the stars in front of her eyes with a little excitement, and kissed the child's head twice as she spoke.
She closed the window again, found the calendar and carefully drew a new circle on it. Finally, after more than a week of torment, she had a good night's sleep.
The next day.
The light rain is more obvious.
The gloomy expressions of Tang Jin and others who had been there for many days began to turn from cloudy to sunny.
Li Shan excitedly told Tan Zhaozhao through the door that they must have a hotpot to celebrate after the rain stopped and she recovered.
Everything is going in the right direction, and everyone's smile never fades.
Qiuqiu and Xingxing were both a little quiet as they watched the humans' behavior of "enjoying life in the moment".
They laughed so happily.
But the worry hidden beneath their smiles was also very obvious.
After all, after the heavy rain, what follows are more serious epidemics and high temperatures.
"Thirteen people died at that resettlement site." Bai Yichen flipped through the report handed over by Tang Jin, raised his eyes and said to the only healthy person left in the team, "If the water does not recede, the spread of the disease will increase exponentially during the period of high temperatures. And have you ever considered how many infectious germs will remain in the building that has been soaked in water for more than half a month after the water recedes?"
Tang Jin rubbed his eyebrows in pain. He was responsible for mobilizing the entire city's disaster response direction. The resettlement site had been forcibly isolated and suppressed because of a death riot caused by a pig. Even though Bai Yichen spent almost all of that week in the resettlement site, there were still thirteen deaths.
Now he finally waited until the rainstorm was about to end, but he was told that even greater tests were still to come, and they would follow closely, leaving him no time to breathe.
When I first met him, he was still a sunny and cheerful boy. But in just twenty days, Tang Jin seemed to have aged ten years. He became much more mature, looking like a bitter orange that had been drenched in water and soaked for more than ten days before being fished out.
Of course, the others weren't much better.
Even the cat at home has changed from a semi-trailer truck to a large orange wild boar due to long-term good eating and drinking and lack of exercise.
Tan Zhaozhao was always afraid that little orange would sit on Xingxing and kill him.
Although this did not happen, she began to put the star on her shoulders or in her hat more often and carried it wherever she went.
What puzzled her was that while all the people and cats were changing, the changes in the stars were not obvious.
It seems to be growing... a little slowly.
So when Tang Jin was worrying about the rainstorm that was about to end, Tan Zhaozhao began to worry that the stars would not grow up.
This "slow growth" becomes more obvious whenever Xingxing accidentally stays with several kittens of his own.
Other kittens grew tall and round like balloons, but Xingxing was the only one who, after more than twenty days, was still the size of an adult male's palm. When he walked on the ground, he looked like a clockwork toy. People always worried that he would get stepped on and make a bubble if they were not careful.
Tan Zhaozhao: "..."
She held the cat and found Bai Yichen worriedly.
Bai Yichen looked at her, then at the cat, his eyes full of the words: Are you serious? ?
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