The room was divided into two extremes. The children on one side were laughing and playing, unaware of the feeling of worry.
The three teachers here were all silent, as if there was a dark cloud floating above their heads that refused to dissipate.
Qi Mi nodded, answering Du Rui's question. She quickly added, "What I'm worried about isn't the monsters that failed to advance."
"What is that?" Du Rui frowned.
Qi Mi subconsciously glanced at the child next to him, moved his chair forward, and lowered his voice: "I'm afraid that we will also advance here."
As soon as these words were spoken, Zheng Yuanyuan and Du Rui's expressions turned pale.
Obviously, they realize how terrifying [Advancement] is for them.
The advancement was successful. Although I have the skills to save my life, I don’t know if there will be any side effects.
Failed to advance and turned into a monster.
If you don't advance, you will become the kind of porcelain person that breaks at the slightest touch.
There are three roads, and the ends are all despair to varying degrees.
Qi Mi looked at them and continued, "According to what that man said, when the sun stops rising for about a hundred days, the species in this world begin to advance, and the fittest will survive. It's obvious that those who can survive now are not good people... I'm afraid that if we can't go back for a while, we still have children. I don't know what will happen to us."
She had dealt with monsters that failed to advance twice and knew how terrifying it was. Du Rui had also seen it twice with his own eyes, once dead and once alive. The monsters' appearances were like nightmares rooted in his mind, and even thinking about them now made his scalp tingle.
Only Zheng Yuanyuan was still a little confused. She blinked and asked, "What does a monster that failed to advance look like?"
Qi Mi thought for a moment and replied, "It can be considered a human-shaped mosquito..."
She was already trying to beautify the monster's image as much as possible.
Zheng Yuanyuan was silent for a few seconds, her lips moving, "Is it the same monster that just hit the glass?"
Qi Mi was stunned and immediately looked up at Du Rui. Du Rui also looked confused and spread his hands to indicate that he didn't know.
Both of them thought they had concealed the secret from the child and Zheng Yuanyuan.
Zheng Yuanyuan curled her lips: "After all, I am an adult who is almost thirty years old. Do you really think I am as easy to fool as a child? I heard your voices, I heard your screams, and here--" She paused, wiped the back of Qi Mi's ear with her fingers, and her fingertips were instantly stained with dried blood.
Qi Mi saw it and hurriedly wiped it with his hands: "Fuck, I didn't wash it clean?"
Zheng Yuanyuan smiled, stood up, took out a tissue and handed it to her.
At this time, the boiling kettle made a sound.
Qi Mi wiped the back of his ears while taking out two packets of instant noodles. Just as he was about to hand them to Zheng Yuanyuan, he changed his mind and threw them to Du Rui.
Both of their hands were stained with the monster's blood, and she couldn't bear to touch the food again.
"Come on, come on, come with me to wash your hands." Qi Mi pulled Zheng Yuanyuan up, asked Du Rui to cook the instant noodles, and then went out together.
A few minutes later, the noodles were cooked and the two came back.
The three of them shared two bags of instant noodles and continued the previous topic while eating.
"But don't worry for now. I heard that there is a place called [Shadow] here. I heard that it was built by the advanced people in this world to protect humans. It is close to the sea. If we can find it, we should be safe." Qi Mi said while chewing instant noodles.
Zheng Yuanyuan nodded, then suddenly frowned: "The seaside... We're quite far from the sea."
"Yeah." Qi Mi lowered his head, blew on it a few times, and took a breath. "We have to know the direction and position of the shadow before we can move."
Du Rui hummed in agreement.
The three of them fell silent again.
Their conversation was intermittent. Sometimes one child would call the teacher, and sometimes that child would have a conflict. They had to deal with it before coming back to continue the conversation.
Du Rui finished his cold instant noodles, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and suddenly changed the subject: "Where did you find so much food?"
"Yes, I want to know too." Zheng Yuanyuan agreed.
"My home." Qi Mi said lightly. After eating and drinking, she wrapped herself in a down jacket and leaned back in a chair, feeling lazy and comfortable.
Du Rui and Zheng Yuanyuan exchanged glances, looking puzzled.
At this moment, Qi Mi suddenly remembered something, sat up straight, lifted up his down jacket and rummaged through it, "Oh, right, let me show you something fun."
After a while, she took out a photo.
It was a wedding photo. The girl had her hair down and was smiling happily. The man's face was unclear, scratched by horizontal and vertical lines.
Zheng Yuanyuan took a closer look at the girl in the photo, blinked, then looked up at Qi Mi and took a breath.
The girl in the photo looks exactly like Qi Mi.
Just a slightly chubby face.
"Is this... your sister?" Zheng Yuanyuan asked uncertainly.
Qi Mi smiled and shook his head.
Du Rui leaned over to look, then sat up straight and adjusted his glasses: "That's her."
Zheng Yuanyuan was stunned, her mouth formed an 'O'.
Before she could ask again, Qi Mi revealed the answer: "It is indeed me, the me in this world, the parallel world."
Zheng Yuanyuan seemed to be thinking about something and then looked at the photo in her hand.
She didn't know how to put it, but she felt that the Qi fan in the photo was a little ordinary. Although they looked the same, she always felt that the Qi fan sitting next to her seemed more charming.
Although I can't tell why.
"I was just trying my luck to see if my own version of myself lived in that apartment... but I didn't expect she was actually there. And just like me, she likes to keep a spare key under the doormat." Qi Mi chuckled. "She and I took completely different paths. She fell in love, got married, had children, and lived a normal and happy life, while I, at nineteen, was still rolling around in a post-apocalyptic game with a bunch of monsters."
"What a coincidence! We both have the habit of hoarding things, and I found all this food at her house. At first, I thought it was incredible to see so much food, until I walked into the bedroom... and then I understood."
Qi Mi paused and continued, the smile on his face suddenly became meaningful, even a little sarcastic.
Zheng Yuanyuan hesitated again and again, but still couldn't suppress her curiosity: "What's wrong?"
Qi Mi raised his lips and said, "I originally wanted to take the things on the bed with me, but when I lifted the quilt, I saw a complete set of pajamas on the bed, including underwear, panties, and socks, all neatly spread out on the bed... and my intuition told me that this is the kind of clothes I would wear."
“!!!”
Zheng Yuanyuan's eyes widened, and Du Rui also raised his head.
In the firelight, Qi Mi's eyes were bright.
Qi Mi laughed out loud, and there really was a group of alpaca horses galloping in his heart.
When the pajamas caught her eye unexpectedly, she remembered
The clothes scattered on the street were all humans who were sucked by monsters until not even bones were left...and she in this world ended up like this.
Because you are dead, you are no longer needed.
Because she didn't eat the food she stored, Qi Mi was able to get such a big box.
Qi fans couldn’t tell whether they were happy or sad.
Her smile made Zheng Yuanyuan feel creepy.
Zheng Yuanyuan moved her small stool over to comfort him, but she really didn't know what to say. She pointed at the photo in her hand and abruptly changed the subject: "So, you scratched this man's face?"
Qi Mi lowered his eyes and remained silent.
Help! Zheng Yuanyuan regretted asking the question the moment she finished. What if this world's Qi Mi's death was related to this man? Wasn't she just asking about something that was irrelevant?
She looked at Du Rui for help. Du Rui frowned and couldn't find any good solution for a while.
After a few seconds, Qi Mi slowly let out a sigh and said calmly, "No, it was a cat scratch."
"Cat?" Zheng Yuanyuan tilted her head.
Du Rui suddenly remembered the black cat he had seen before: "It can't be that one..."
"That's it."
Speaking of this, Qi fans still don’t understand what the cat wants to do by following her.
Not only did it follow her, but when she picked up the wedding photo on the table, the cat suddenly jumped out. Even though she threw a knife, the cat was not afraid and even hit the photo frame hard.
Just like that, the photo frame in her hand was smashed to pieces.
Qi Mi glanced at the black cat speechlessly and was about to walk over to pick up the photo when he saw the black cat suddenly stretch out its claws and scratch the man's face several times with a decisive movement.
It looks like venting.
Afterwards, it returned to its obedient and clingy self, walking over lightly to try to rub against Qi Mi.
After being stopped by Qi Mi's cold face, he drooped his ears in grievance and lay on the side.
So, Qi's fans took back a photo in which the groom's face was not visible.
After a brief explanation, Zheng Yuanyuan returned the photo to Qi Mi, seemingly understanding what was going on. Coincidentally, a child started yelling, interrupting the three teachers' chat.
Zhao Yize stood up slowly with his legs tucked under him: "I can't take it anymore, Teacher, I need to pee."
None of the three teachers spoke yet. Wang Xiaohu, who had learned from his previous experience, calmly chewed on the chicken bone: "Ah, can't you just go pee in the back? Be careful not to pee your pants like me~"
"Who would wet their pants like you?" Zhao Yize rolled his eyes and put on his shoes quickly.
At this time, the twins Ye Shushi and Ye Shuci also raised their hands: "Teacher, toilet."
Qi Mi looked around at the children, all of whom were looking at her eagerly. Two hours had passed, and it was indeed time to go to the toilet.
As long as they didn't run into monsters, encountering bugs shouldn't be a problem for these kids... She clapped her hands, calling the attention of all the children: "Girls, raise your hands if you want to go to the bathroom."
All four girls raised their hands.
Qi Mi asked again: "Boys, who wants to go to the bathroom?"
Except for Wang Xiaohu and Wu Muchen, everyone else raised their hands.
Qi Mi: "How about this, the boys follow Teacher Du, and the girls follow me, and we go to the bathroom together, okay?"
The children said in unison: "Okay!"
Wang Xiaohu tilted his head, and the chicken bone in his hand instantly lost its flavor: "No, teacher, why didn't you let me go just now?"
Qi Mi was stunned for a moment, turned to look at Du Rui, and stammered: "Just now..."
Du Rui took over the conversation expressionlessly: "Teacher Qi was not back just now, but now Teacher Qi is back."
"Oh..." Wang Xiaohu touched his head in confusion.
After comforting Wang Xiaohu with a bag of snacks, Qi Mi led four girls and Du Rui led four boys, and they finally walked out of the Douding class.
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