Jiuhua's hesitation made Qingmei's heart sink, but then she thought that the other party had no obligation to help her, and they met for the first time today.
She was actually quite comfortable staying in the sea, and working in the furry shop was busy but enjoyable.
But recently, she occasionally felt dizzy and wanted to vomit, her hands and feet were weak, and her body was unwell.
Out of an unspeakable instinct, she felt that she should go back.
Jiuhua felt uncomfortable looking at Qingmei's appearance, and recalled the news.
The news was actually not very popular, like a drop of water falling into the vast and boundless ocean, just stirring up a ripple, and was swallowed by the bigger waves.
She just took a closer look when collecting materials.
The news report said that the girl found a job in the central city and had not contacted her family for three years. The parents were worried that she had an accident while out, so they went to look for her. However, the daughter disliked her parents' farm background and refused to let them in.
The mother cried bitterly outside the girl's residence, attracting the attention of neighbors. The girl opened the door and tried to drive her parents away.
The rental house had poor safety facilities, and the girl accidentally fell from the second floor while arguing with her parents. She
was sent to the hospital for rescue, but has not woken up since then.
The news was harsh and clear in its stance, and also included a clip of an on-site interview with the girl's parents.
The couple from a remote farm looked simple, and they both expressed grief and incomprehension for their daughter who accidentally fell from the building and fell into a coma.
When the news was first released, it aroused sympathy from many people.
Due to her profession, Jiuhua's ability to capture emotions is different from that of ordinary people, which often makes her feel tired.
When she saw this news, she frowned slightly, and two words emerged in her mind - lies.
Pulling away from the memories, Jiuhua's slack shoulders slowly straightened up and looked at Qingmei: "What do you want me to do?"
She is used to being passive, likes to observe things from a safe distance, and rarely takes the initiative to agree to anything.
Jiuhua has always felt that she has no empathy, and her world does not need anyone.
Just like a mushroom growing in the shade, quietly absorbing nutrients, growing arbitrarily, and withering alone.
Before withering, providing nutrients to another mushroom to help her through the difficulties, Jiuhua thinks it is not a bad experience.
Qingmei held her hand tightly, tears about to flow out: "Thank you."
She asked Jiuhua to do the same thing as before, and wanted Jiuhua to go and see how she was doing.
Lu Yao hadn't said anything until the two finished talking, and then said: "If it's inconvenient for you to go alone, I'll go with you?"
Jiuhua blinked and silently took a step back, "You want to come find me?"
Qingmei was also surprised: "Owner, can you leave here?" Lu Yao
nodded: "I just floated to the surface and saw the coastline. Jiuhua, do you know where that is?"
She actually asked casually, trying to collect clues to determine the location, and she felt that it was not such a coincidence.
Jiuhua nodded hesitantly: "Yeguang City is a water city, and that coast is just outside the city. I...occasionally come here to see the sea, I'm more familiar with it." Qingmei was still
digesting the fact that the owner was able to leave the garbage sea, and Lu Yao had already agreed with Jiuhua to meet at the coast.
In order to ensure that Jiuhua would remember the plan as soon as possible when she returned, Lu Yao wrote a note and stuffed it into her pocket.
According to past experience, the note would be taken back by the customer.
Lu Yao wanted to ask Jiuhua about using a pen instead of a knife on the sea, but she had turned into a starfish at the speed of light and flew away slowly.
"You really come and go freely." Lu Yao had to suppress his curiosity for the time being and prepared to go ashore.
At this time, Harold came out of the bathroom.
He had just come from the Alexandria continent, and when he heard that Lu Yao was going ashore, he must accompany him for protection, which was his most direct purpose for coming to this world.
When Lu Yao and Harold went out, they met a group of killer whales.
They enthusiastically sent the two to the coast. Visually, the garbage sea was less than 100 meters away from the coastline, but the actual distance was much longer.
Lu Yao felt that he had swum at least 500 meters before finally approaching the coast.
The killer whales lingered in the shallow sea waters, tilting their round heads and whimpering. It was impossible to get closer, and there was a danger of getting aground if they got any closer.
Harold stepped on the magic circle and took Lu Yao ashore, glancing at a male killer whale in the group of killer whales intentionally or unintentionally.
Killer whale A tilted its head towards Lu Yao, made a "whimper", and swam back into the sea without looking back.
Harold's face was slightly grim. This guy occasionally reminded him of the feeling when Mumu just arrived at the nail salon.
Lu Yao did not notice the eye contact between Xiao Heilong and Killer Whale A.
The sun was blazing, the waves beat against the rocks, there was no one on the coast, and Jiuhua had not arrived yet.
She was the first to step onto the beach, clasping her fingers together and resting them on her forehead, "Looks like I have to wait a while and find a place where I can't get exposed to the sun to hide."
About two hours later, a black sports car stopped by the coastal road, and Jiuhua got out of the car with a bag on her back.
Lu Yao got a system reminder and stood up immediately, "Jiuhua! Here!"
Jiuhua picked up the two and immediately returned to Yeguang City. Lu Yao
sat in the co-pilot seat and looked at Jiuhua sideways.
She looked a little different from when she was in the sea. Her appearance had not changed, but her temperament and state were very different.
Jiuhua wore a black uniform with slightly curly long hair draped over her shoulders. When she was driving, her dark pupils looked straight ahead, focused and indifferent.
Except for a few words she said to them at the beginning, she did not speak again after getting in the car.
It was just that there were obvious dark circles under her eyes, giving people a feeling of forced fatigue.
Her condition was not really good, and her facial muscles were slightly tense. Lu Yao began to believe that Jiuhua had social phobia.
Harold sat in the back seat, his body stiff, looking a little nervous.
This kind of transportation occasionally appears in comics, and he has always been curious about it. This time he actually sat on it.
It's different from a carriage, and it's also different from flying.
The scenery outside the window began to change, and Lu Yao was a little dazed.
The trees along the road looked a little strange, with blocks of color forming the shape of trees, and each tree looked exactly the same.
Lu Yao couldn't help but ask, "Why do those trees look like that?"
Jiuhua: "Those are artificial trees. They have the same functions as real plants, purifying the air and beautifying the environment, but there will be no fallen leaves or garbage, and no need to prune them."
Lu Yao didn't quite understand this plan.
Compared with artificial trees, she still felt that the role of plants was irreplaceable.
From the suburbs to the urban area, gradually getting a glimpse of the full picture of this alien city, Lu Yao gave up thinking.
Nightlight City, the style of this city can be summarized in three words - pixel style.
The green belts, buildings, residential areas, and shopping malls in the city are almost all composed of block-shaped color blocks, with cold and severe tones, and a hard texture of a steel forest.
Lu Yao also found that there were almost no real plants in this city, and all the potted plants placed on the roadside were replaced by artificial plants.
The streets were crowded with cars and pedestrians, but Lu Yao always felt that it was a bit monotonous and deserted.
She frowned and thought for a long time, then came up with an uncertain answer, "It seems that there are only people here."
Harold was lying in front of the car window, his blue eyes shining, and he didn't pay attention to what Lu Yao said.
Jiuhua understood what she meant: "You are right. Nightlight City is the central city, developing rapidly and with a large population. It is a metropolis that many people yearn for. The living space in both the physical sense and the abstract concept has reached its limit. There are no pets or real plants here, only people who are like screws." The
city is already full of people, and there is no room for other creatures.
If there is anything that can be considered a landscape in this city, it is only the group of sparrows that occasionally fly across the sky.
According to Jiuhua's observation, the number of sparrows is decreasing significantly every year.
After all, there are no trees here, and there is no ecological space suitable for them to survive.
The sparrows left in this city are a group of rogue sparrows who have trained their ability to rob food.
When necessary, they will team up to rob passers-by.
Lu Yao: "Without plants and animals, what do you eat?"
Jiuhua: "Other cities around the central city have special farms and ranches. Vegetables and meat are ordered from farms in the countryside. They are cleaned when they are sent to the mall. Just buy them on demand."
The car drove through a square, and a huge statue about fifteen meters high stood in the center.
The lines of the statue were smooth and majestic. Even from a considerable distance, Lu Yao could see that the statue was wearing a gorgeous waist chain similar to pearls.
The whole statue is intricate and exquisite. The figure stands in mid-air with a strong aura and a head that hangs down lightly, revealing an indescribable gentleness and tolerance.
"What is that?" Lu Yao couldn't help asking.
Jiuhua took a look and said, "It's the statue of the Deep Sea Goddess Cuihuangxing, the last god left in this world in the myth, and also our Mother Goddess." Lu
Yao couldn't help but stick his head out, "Is that the Deep Sea Goddess?"
Jiuhua's eyes curved a little, and there was a hint of a not-so-obvious smile in her tone: "Well, she is our belief. I once thought it was just a myth, until that day I found myself turned into a starfish. We have not been abandoned by the gods, and the Mother Goddess does still love humans."
The appearance of the garbage sea is not an accident, but where did the Mother Goddess go?
Lu Yao's eyes stayed on the statue and fell into deep thought.
The car turned left and right, and the statue of the goddess of the deep sea quickly disappeared from sight. Lu Yao recalled the original intention of this trip and tried to ask: "Have you tried to contact Qingmei's parents?"
She was not quite clear about the status of the autistic fish in this world. Was it that both the body and soul turned into fish, or was it only the consciousness that went to the deep sea.
Jiuhua shook her head, raised her hand and pulled out a microcomputer with functions similar to those of a tablet, clicked it and handed it to Lu Yao: "This is the previous news. She is different from us. Her time is passing, although it is very slow."
In reality, it has been almost half a month since Qingmei's accident.
The text and language of this world are actually different from what Lu Yao is familiar with, but as before, she can still read without any obstacles.
After reading the entire report and watching the interview with Qingmei's parents, Lu Yao's face became solemn.
Qingmei couldn't leave the garbage sea because she fell into a coma in reality and had not been able to wake up, which means that her consciousness was trapped in the sea.
Lu Yao's feelings about the content of the interview report were similar to Jiuhua's.
She was more familiar with Qingmei than Jiuhua, and it was definitely not what was written in the news report. There must be something hidden.
Jiuhua: "What do you want to do? Go directly to the hospital to find her parents, or go to my place first?"
Lu Yao made a decisive decision: "We don't have much time, we must go back before closing the store in the afternoon. Going directly to the hospital doesn't necessarily mean we need to see her parents."
Jiuhua: "Then just go to see her?" Lu
Yao: "Find out the reason for her coma and physically wake her up."
Jiuhua said with a light "tsk", "It seems that I really brought a deep-sea witch ashore. Do you really not have a fish tail?"
Lu Yao reciprocated: "Your social phobia symptoms seem to have eased?"
This reminded Jiuhua, and the car fell silent again.
The warm atmosphere suddenly dissipated, making it difficult to get used to it for a while.
Lu Yao spoke again: "Morning, why could you do that?"
If the deep-sea goddess really loves humans, she must have a preference for Jiuhua.
Among the closed fish, she is the only one who can freely enter and exit the garbage sea, and can even use a pen as a knife to do incredible things.
Jiuhua tightly grasped the steering wheel, blinked her eyes quickly, and asked a question that seemed quite jumpy to Luyao: "Do you like to read novels?"
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