Chapter 346 The most beautiful toy, good night
The tiles were replaced and dirt began to fall from the dark hole below.
The torn bloodstained clothes and the cell phone fell down and fell into the hole in the drainage pipe.
The deep underground drainage pipes have existed since before the Cataclysm, like an invisible network of veins, winding under the skin of the city.
The walls of the pipes were covered with thick layers of moss, which were slippery and cold. The stone-like and metal-like pipe walls had faint rusty cracks, and dark liquid seeped between the cracks, like the black blood that had not yet drained out of an ancient corpse.
Thick iron pipes were driven in, some were blocked and dried up, while others were still leaking water, like capillaries filled with corpses.
Circles of rust spread outward from the mouth of the iron pipe like tree rings, and every line is embedded with years of dirt.
A sweet smell of decay floated in the humid air, a unique smell of sewers, mixed with the body odor of mold and unknown creatures.
A rustling sound came from deep within the pipe, like countless tiny claws scratching the metal inner wall.
Suddenly, a deathly pale face emerged from the darkness - it was a face that looked almost human, but was covered with fine scales, and glowed with a sickly fluorescence in the dim light.
Its eyes were unusually large, with pupils that were vertical slits that contracted in the dark like a cat's.
The monster's body twisted and crawled out of the pipe. Its limbs were abnormally slender, and its skin was translucent, with wriggling blood vessels faintly visible under the skin.
It seemed to be searching for something. Its deformed neck slowly rotated like a rusty mechanical axis, making a teeth-grinding sound of bones rubbing against each other.
Suddenly, its movements froze and it pressed its scaly face against the clothes on the ground.
The soft touch of the clothes and the faint body odor unique to humans were like a warm current injected into its cold body, making it tremble with excitement.
A gurgling sound came from its throat, like a child getting a favorite toy in a dream.
Then, it clumsily but skillfully untied the clothes and put them on itself.
It is said to be skilled because it can obviously unbutton and put on clothes. It even knows which holes on the clothes should be put on the head and which should be put on the arms.
It was clumsy because, relative to its strange body shape, the dress was too small, so that the opening had to be deformed to fit around its neck, and its arms could not be put into the sleeves.
However, it did not take it off, and let the clothes hang around its neck like a colorful scarf.
Then, it picked up the phone from the ground, played with it for a while, then pointed the broken screen at itself and made a gesture with its sharp fingers next to its head.
It seems like it's learning to take selfies from humans?
But it seemed to be able to use the phone, but not completely, because it didn't seem to realize that the phone was broken.
Click——
The flashbulb emitted a blinding light, dispelling the darkness.
But this beam of light did not come from the monster's mobile phone, but from a figure farther behind it.
It was a man wearing a white coat and black-rimmed glasses. He had a gentle smile on his face and was taking pictures of the monster with his mobile phone, as if he was a considerate boyfriend recording a beautiful moment for his girlfriend.
Behind him, several similar monsters were crawling, each of them making low whimpering sounds in their throats.
"As expected, you are the most beautiful one among all the toys. You still like taking selfies so much. I remember that I chose you because of your selfie."
The man waved his hand in a magnetic voice.
There was a hint of anthropomorphic fear on the face of the monster in clothes, and it lay down obediently, arched its back, like a dog trying to please its master, and slowly crawled towards the man, opening its mouth and sticking out its long, bright red tongue.
"Oh, no, no, no, it's not appropriate for you to do this now, even though I still like you very much."
The man reached out and gently stroked the monster's cheek, then touched the clothes on the monster's neck. He took the broken phone from the monster's hand, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes, but soon he regained his composure, as if these trivial matters were not worth his attention.
His voice was low:
"Don't worry. A cell phone can't capture your beauty. I have already chosen the stage for you and all of you. Soon, you will get what you want and stand in the center of the stage surrounded by flashing lights. Let countless cameras record your figures and let countless people see your beauty."
The man paused for a moment, as if he was already in that exciting moment, with an intoxicated look on his face:
"I seem to have heard countless people screaming for your beauty. If not tomorrow, then the day after tomorrow, or at the latest the day after tomorrow, okay?"
As if they had received the man's promise, a group of humanoid monsters gathered around him, and at the same time, they all made sounds like a snoring kitten in their throats.
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"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm not lying to you. When have I ever lied to you? Yeah, I'll give you the signal to go on stage when the time comes."
As the man spoke, he put the broken phone screen into his pocket.
The monster in clothes bared his teeth, with some reluctance in his eyes.
The man noticed this, smiled, and pulled out a brand new cell phone from his pocket.
He flicked on the phone's screen and casually stuffed it back into the monster's hand.
The monster carefully took the phone, his eyes fixed on the glowing screen, with excitement flickering in his pupils.
"When this phone vibrates, that's your stage cue. You can go out on stage, understand? Until then, you can enjoy yourself, but..."
It was unknown whether the monster in clothes could understand human language, but it just held the phone carefully. Several monsters around it wanted to reach out, but were glared back by it with fierce teeth.
The man didn't care and continued, "Just help me bring the girl in the photo back here. She will be your new partner in the future!!!"
….Slowly pushing open the dormitory door, Feng Yuhuai glanced inside the room. Cuicui was sleeping soundly wrapped in a quilt, her teeth still grinding unruly. Zhang Liyou's face was pressed against the wall, the back of his head was half covered by the quilt, his breathing was even and low, and he seemed to be sleeping very soundly.
Feng Yuhuai quietly crawled back into bed, the smile on her face returning to the lively and vivid smile she had when she first entered school. She closed her eyes and murmured in a dreamy voice:
"Good night, everyone!"
She was not saying goodnight to Zhang Liyu and Cuicui who were already asleep, she was saying goodnight to Lu Yazhi and Xiaojuan who were hugging her in the same bed! …….(End of this chapter)
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