Chapter 06

“That’s it!”

Lin Ling's eyebrows curved, and he looked around again, as if he had thought of something. He quickly lowered his voice, tiptoed to Shi Changyuan's ear, and whispered, "But there are a lot of distorted creatures here, and everyone doesn't seem to like being disturbed, so let's keep our voices down."

The warm air suddenly blew to his ears, and Shi Changyuan dodged to the side unconsciously.

When the little flower demon saw what Deep Abyss was doing, he thought he had frightened his good friend, so he moved closer and quickly comforted him, "It's okay. Although those aberrations don't want to be friends with me, they seem to pretend not to see me."

He patted his chest and said righteously, "I will protect you!"

Shi Changyuan smiled when he heard this.

The human base not far away detected the fluctuations in the abyss again. The researchers in the base looked at the fluctuation data with solemn expressions.

The mutant that had been hiding in its own nest in the city ruins also trembled, and its breathing, which had already slowed down, suddenly stopped.

They all burrowed deeper into their own nests, fearing that the abyss would be too happy and would pull them out to play the hero and save the beauty.

Fortunately, I didn't bully that little flower. All the aberrations thought at the same time.

But the little flower demon was unaware of all this. He stared blankly into Shi Changyuan's deep eyes.

Originally, those eyes were as dark as ink, like the abyss, but now they were slightly smiling, as if stars had fallen into the abyss, giving Shi Changyuan a warm look.

Shi Changyuan looked at Lin Ling's dazed look, and the curve of his mouth became more obvious.

For some reason, Lin Ling suddenly felt like he had no idea where to put his hands and feet. He rubbed his face, put his hands behind his back, and was busy for a while before he asked.

"You, you don't believe me?"

"I don't doubt it." Shi Changyuan said with a smile.

"Thank you Lingling for protecting me."

Shi Changyuan's voice was originally low and deep, but now it fell into Lin Ling's ears with a smile, and the little flower demon felt as if it had burned her.

Lin Ling suddenly jumped up, took several steps back, and stammered, "No, you're welcome!"

After saying that, the little flower demon turned his back and carefully touched his ears to make sure that his ears were intact.

It must be because the weather is too hot! Lin Ling thought calmly, he was in danger of spontaneous combustion.

"It's a pity that humans moved the base, otherwise I could ask them for ice." Lin Ling turned around and looked at Shi Changyuan, rubbing his ears again, still feeling that it was too hot here.

"Lingling likes humans very much?" Shi Changyuan stared at the little flower demon's fingertips and earlobes and suddenly asked.

"Of course." The little flower demon shook his head, his face full of longing.

"The humans all like me and take good care of me. When I first sneaked into a human base, I was so amazed that I didn't want to leave."

"And human things are so interesting! They can make cool things in the summer and warm up the whole house in the winter."

"I still have a lot of friends!"

When talking about these things, Lin Ling's eyes sparkled, but this also inevitably reminded Lin Ling that his friends have now moved to other cities.

The sparkling eyes suddenly became lonely. The little flower demon lowered his head, kicked the stones under his feet, and said slowly, "Relocating the city is a decision made by the human base. I can understand, but, but..."

Lin Ling's voice became even quieter.

“I didn’t even say goodbye to them.”

Shi Changyuan looked at the whorl of hair on the little flower demon's head and couldn't help but rub it with his hand. "Why do you have to say goodbye?"

Lin Ling knew that Shenyuan was comforting herself. She rubbed her head against Shi Changyuan's palm and was about to explain what farewell meant when Shenyuan continued.

"You can take Lingling to find humans."

"Really?! Do I need to prepare anything?"

The little flower fairy raised her head suddenly. Although her words were inquiring, there was no trace of doubt in her tone. Her eyes were full of admiration.

"Um."

Shi Changyuan looked at the admiration in Lin Ling's eyes, and then looked at the little flower demon in front of him, "Yes, I need your body."

By storing the main body in the abyss, it will not be restricted by the distance of the root system.

Because the abyss is empty and boundless.

Before Shi Changyuan had a chance to explain, Lin Ling nodded quickly, without any guard at all, not worrying at all that exposing his true identity would put him in danger.

Storing the original body in the abyss is like handing one's life to others. After all, the root system of a plant is its biggest weakness, even for the most powerful mutants.

"Let's go!" Lin Ling happily took Shi Changyuan's hand and pulled him towards his own body.

The little flower demon took two steps forward, but Shi Changyuan still stood there and couldn't be moved no matter how hard he tried.

"Forget it." Shi Changyuan said suddenly.

His seed has not yet learned how to hide and protect itself, and needs to be taught.

As soon as Lin Ling cast a doubtful look, Shi Changyuan hugged him.

He cried out in surprise and quickly hugged Shi Changyuan's neck to steady himself. Then he felt his eyes quickly shake twice, and what came into view was the tall city wall that was both familiar and unfamiliar.

It is a human base, but not the seventh human base.

"Wow, is this the legendary shrinking the area by 300 miles?" Lin Ling's eyes widened, very curious.

He sat on Shi Changyuan's arm, not daring to get down. He could only stretch his neck and look towards the gate of this unknown human base.

This base was the same as the previous seventh base, with a long line of people waiting to enter the city in front of the gate.

“Beep, beep, beep—”

"Alert, alert, abyss fluctuations are approaching the base, abyss fluctuations are approaching the base, please evacuate as soon as possible, please evacuate as soon as possible--"

The moment Shi Changyuan brought Lin Ling to the human base, the alarm of the instrument caused chaos in the base's surveillance room.

Researchers began to check their instruments, but except for the instruments that monitored deep-sea fluctuations, other devices did not observe any response from the abyss, nor did they find any signs of deep-sea expansion.

"Scan all biological fluctuations near the base."

Shi Changyuan felt the gazes from humans. He looked up and saw a small drone hovering in the sky.

But he ignored it.

Soon, through the comparison of the completely synchronized fluctuations, humans were surprised to discover a message they had never known before:

The Abyss has another form, one that moves at high speeds, is unpredictable, and more dangerous.

Immediately, the highest alarm in the entire Sixth Base was sounded.

The alarm sounding through the sky startled the little flower fairy. Then, the content of the alarm sound startled the little flower fairy again.

"Did they... discover your identity?" Lin Ling listened to the broadcast and looked at Shi Changyuan.

"Um."

Shi Changyuan spoke in a calm tone, seemingly not caring about the matter.

Lin Ling saw the same commotion at the gate. The people queuing at the gate to enter the city were scared and panicked. They listened to the urgent alarm, but nothing dangerous had actually happened, so they could only stand there in confusion.

Lin Ling looked at them, then looked at Shi Changyuan whom she was holding.

"That's all."

The little flower fairy wrapped her arms around Shi Changyuan's neck and hugged him tighter. She even imitated Shi Changyuan and patted his head, speaking carefully.

"It seems that today is not a good day to visit friends. Let's go back."

Shi Changyuan had no objection and left it to Lin Ling to decide. After a few flashes in front of his eyes, the little flower demon returned to the side of the huge pit in the abyss and landed on the familiar big rock.

That old place where they used to give each other gifts.

After Lin Ling landed, his expression remained dazed, as if he was struggling with something.

"I don't care."

"Don't be sad."

They both spoke at almost the same time.

"They just have some misunderstandings about you." Lin Ling looked at the man in front of her, unable to think of any words of comfort. She could only walk forward again and hug him again.

"They'll know you're a good person!"

Feeling Lin Ling's intimacy, Shi Changyuan seemed to have suddenly discovered a new continent. He lowered his eyes and spoke slowly.

"I will devour. It's normal for humans to be afraid."

There was a tone of unskilled and fake disappointment in the tone of these words, but the little flower demon couldn't hear it at all.

"Who said that?"

The little flower demon looked at the man in front of her and emphasized loudly, "I'm not afraid."

As he spoke, Lin Ling struggled out of Shi Changyuan's arms, walked to the land that had been eroded by the abyss, squatted down, then stretched out his fingers to touch the ground in front of his toes, and a small white flower instantly appeared on the ground.

Lin Ling continued to poke forward, and wherever he touched, a small white flower the size of a fingernail emerged.

The small white flower followed Lin Ling's fingertips and slowly approached the boundary between normal land and the black abyss...

"look!"

Lin Ling stood up at once, looked at the other party with a frown, and showed Shi Changyuan his masterpiece.

In the lifeless black soil that was considered a place of death, a small white flower swayed in the wind.