Whether in the city or the main city, judgments are happening all the time.
The journey was short, and by chance, he and the doctor were arranged at the end of the sixth floor, where he once taught the children to recite poems. In the Garden of Eden, he had his first formal lunch in the past few days, a bowl of bean soup. Even though it was not as delicious as the one he cooked himself, it was a rare delicacy after eating compressed biscuits and nutritional supplements for a few days.
The doctor seemed to be worried, and in the evening, Anzhe went out to get him water.
There were people in the tea room. The lady who had clashed with the military officer during the day was sobbing against the wall. Next to her was another researcher, who patted her on the shoulder and said, "Maybe the lighthouse can make it through."
"It's possible." She said in a hoarse voice, "The oxygen content in the earth's air is already half of what it used to be. After the air filtration system is activated, fresh oxygen will only be supplied to the Garden of Eden first. Residential areas, military bases, and even the Twin Towers are the second-order in oxygen supply and can make it through."
At this time, she looked up and saw An Zhe, and asked softly, "Who is this? Is he one of us too?"
The researcher next to her said, "It is said that he is the assistant of Dr. Ji from the testing center."
"Dr. Ji can bring an assistant in..." she murmured, "Because his results are better than ours."
"That's the truth," said the researcher, "I feel sad for him. If we can survive this disaster, we can train new assistants."
Her nose tip was red and her eyes were full of tears. Hearing this, she laughed out loud, then covered her entire face with her hands and trembled all over.
"Why..." she said, "Am I only...only sad because of my assistant?"
"The residents of the main city were glad that they were the ones who were abandoned when the city was bombed," she continued in an intermittent voice, "but they were still abandoned. The reason we can stand here today is because of the sacrifices of all the other people in the lighthouse...but maybe tomorrow we will lose our qualifications. When the sea water submerges an island, the part exposed above the water will only become smaller and smaller. The time is coming soon. What are we...what are we insisting on? For the benefit of all mankind?"
"For the benefit of all mankind."
She bent down and gasped violently, "This era is killing people, but human beings themselves are also killing people."
"But you have to accept it, Dr. Chen Qing." The researcher said softly, "As the beneficiaries, we are not qualified to mourn for them."
"I know... I just find it difficult to accept it emotionally as a fellow human being like them." She finally wiped away her tears and forced a smile: "Or do you want to say that we are not qualified to have emotions?"
"... I know."
They stopped talking, and An Zhe filled the water. He walked out of the tea room holding the cup. When he looked up, he saw Seran's figure flashing on the side of the corridor, opening the door and entering the doctor and his room - so he quickened his pace and wanted to say hello to Seran.
The door was not closed, and a faint light came through. An Zhe put his right hand on the doorknob and was about to push the door when he heard Seran inside say, "Where is An Zhe?"
"I moved with me." The doctor said, "Are you looking for him?"
"Has he been following you?" Seran said, "I just received a call from the Emergency Response Department. The heavy object that was about to be moved in the D1344 laboratory has disappeared."
"Disappeared?" The doctor said, "The one related to Lu Xun? That's a very strange thing. I would be surprised if it died first and then evaporated in thin air."
An Zhe's heartbeat suddenly quickened. His fingers trembled and he quickly turned around and went to the other side of the corridor.
"Not really," Seran said, "The reason the response department wanted to see me was because the instrument recorded several operating messages at six in the morning, and the operator was a colonel. Where is Anzhe? I have to find him."
"He went to get some water," said the doctor.
"Thank you." There was a knock on the door, and Seran walked out.
An Zhe stood behind the wall at the corner, holding the water cup tightly in his hand.
He knew that he would be discovered one day, but he didn't know that this day would come so soon.
The two researchers in the tea room had seen him, and soon, Seran would come here to find him - he would not be found.
After clearly realizing this, An Zhe looked around the corridor, looking for a vent that he could find, but he immediately realized that once he turned into mycelium - his clothes and ID card could only be left here as conclusive evidence.
His chest rose and fell a few times, and he made a decision in just one second, turning around and running towards the miscellaneous room at the end of this auxiliary corridor. There was a small half-open door leading to the emergency corridor, which would be found soon - there was another exit on the 22nd floor of the staircase, and he and Lily had walked through it once. As long as they found the original terrace, they could leave the building - or, or find a hidden place to hide, but they had to leave the 6th floor, the farther the better.
Anzhe found the small door smoothly, he entered, came to the dark stairwell, and began to climb up. This place seemed to be very close to the wall of the building, the wind was loud, and it echoed for a long time, and the air was very hot - it was a humid heat that would suffocate humans.
In the dark, he heard nothing else except the wind, and he bumped into a short thing.
Anzhe's first reaction was that there were inhuman monsters lurking here, but the next moment his fingers touched smooth human hair and heard the violent gasps of a child in fear.
He hesitated: "Lily?"
"Anzhe?" Lily also called out.
"It's me." Anzhe said.
"You're here!" Lily said: "I... I heard that the Twin Towers began to move, and I was just about to find you. Where is Si Nan? Has Si Nan moved?"
"I don't know." Anzhe said: "They said that the heavy ones will also move here."
The next second after saying this, he suddenly remembered that now that aliens and monsters can be infected without contact, the lighthouse will definitely let Si Nan enter the Garden of Eden.
But Lily seemed relieved: "Sinan must be very serious."
She was shocked and leaned on the stairs for a long time before she said: "Are you looking for me too?"
"No," An Zhe thought about his words and said, "I came here to hide for a while."
"Is someone trying to catch you?" Lily asked, and she said, "It's safe here."
An Zhe knew that Lily was a child like other humans.
"I'll stay here for a few days," he touched Lily's hair, "Can you tell others?"
The next moment, the staircase was as bright as day, and the dazzling white light hit him and Lily. Lily screamed subconsciously and leaned against him. He stretched out his hand to protect the little girl, then raised his head.
In the bright light, stood Mrs. Lu in a white dress. They had met once at the lighthouse.
Next to Mrs. Lu were two Eden staff members holding strong flashlights.
"Lily." Mrs. Lu's gentle voice was slightly reproachful. She was clearly talking to Lily, but her eyes were looking at An Zhe, and she said softly, "Why are you still running around at this time?"