After that, An Zhe ignored him and walked forward.
There was no sound of footsteps behind him until he swiped his ID card to open the door. Qiao Xi hurried over and grabbed his shoulders: "Are you really An Ze? But you——"
An Zhe picked up the genetic test report on the table and handed it to Qiao Xi.
Qiao Xi said: "Here..."
An Zhe lowered his head and found the sentence "Oppose the atrocities of the judges" on the outermost paper.
He slowly pulled the paper away. Qiao Xi looked at the report.
"You..." He glanced at them quickly and looked up at An Zhe: "Did you really escape from the abyss?"
"I was rescued by someone." An Zhe said, "I forgot the rest."
Qiao Xi trembled as he held the genetic report, then pulled the corner of his mouth, looked at him and smiled: "I... I was too excited, I didn't expect you to come back."
He put the genetic report on the table, leaned towards An Zhe, even the muscles on his eyebrows were twitching slightly, with a slightly excited expression: "How much... have you forgotten?"
An Zhe took a step back.
"I forgot everything." He said, "Please don't disturb your life."
"Do you remember who you are too?" Qiao Xi's voice lowered a little: "We grew up together."
"Thank you." An Zhe: "Can you go out now?"
"You--" Qiao Xi on the opposite side obviously didn't expect him to treat her with such an attitude. He was stunned for a moment and said, "You didn't act like this before."
But after a moment, his attitude softened again: "I don't want to disturb you. You should have a good rest. I will come to see you tomorrow. I am so happy. An Ze, we are the closest person in the world."
An Zhe remained silent and didn't say anything until Qiao Xi turned and left, and gently closed the door for him.
He felt it was unrealistic that Josie could let him go so easily and leave the room, but it might also be because Josie was too empty to flee.
The room returned to silence, and Anzhe slowly leaned on the bed, hugging the pillow. He felt a kind of discomfort like a light smoke. This discomfort was not for himself, but for Anze.
The agreement between humans is probably so fragile. Josie will be the closest person to Anze. When he finds the spores, he will return to the abyss, find the quiet cave, take root next to Anze's snow-white bones, and spend the rest of his life as a mushroom.
... Spores.
Outside the window, the night was deep, and the aurora was rolling across the dark sky as usual. An Zhe sat at the table and turned on the desk lamp.
First, he had to find a book to save himself from starvation. Meanwhile, he had to look for news about the spores. The only clue was the brass bullet shell.
Thinking of this, An Zhe anxiously reached into his pocket. He was always afraid that this thing would be lost - fortunately, it was still there. Mushrooms can hide it in their bodies, but humans cannot. It is too small, and it seems that it may slip out of the pocket at any time.
Finally, An Zhe found a small black leather rope in the drawer of the room and hung the bullet shell around his neck.
There was also a small black machine in the drawer. He tried to observe the details of its appearance and finally found some information from his memory. This was a communicator. Each person's ID number was the communication number. Humans could communicate over long distances using the communicator, but it was limited to the inside of the base - because there was no signal outside.
He charged the communicator - although it was not in use, the "power" thing seemed to be able to make humans feel very happy.
After doing this, he finally settled down and began to measure the desk.
The notebook on the desk contained things written by An Ze, and the handwriting was very beautiful. And on the side close to the wall, there were more than twenty books placed vertically, probably all of which were An Ze's favorite books in the past. An Zhe glanced at the names on the spine of the book, then reached out and picked up a gray book with a simple binding, titled "Base Handbook".
He opened it, and there was only one sentence on the title page.
Human interests are above all else.
An Zhe pursed his lips subconsciously and continued to flip back. The second page was the directory. The entire booklet was divided into four parts: base laws, base life rules, functional area introductions and maps.
An Zhe skipped the legal part. He knew that he was a well-behaved mushroom, and a well-behaved mushroom would not violate the laws of any species. The life rules part detailed the rest time of the residential area. Electricity, water, and food were supplied for one hour at six in the morning, and electricity, water, and food were supplied for one hour at twelve noon. Dinner started at six in the evening, and the power supply time was slightly longer, and the power would be cut off at nine in the evening. Each residential area is equipped with a tall alarm tower. There are two types of alarms, namely "assembly", "evacuation" and "emergency evacuation". The assembly alarm is a short high-frequency sound, the evacuation alarm is a wave-shaped gradual sound signal, and the evacuation alarm is a sharp and long sound. The residents of the base must abide by the rules of life and the instructions of the alarm tower, and the rest of their lifestyle can be at their own disposal.
When seeing this, An Zhe was slightly confused. He felt that under such rules, everyone only needed to lie in the room and eat and drink water on time - but he soon realized the intention of the base.
Although everyone can live freely, life in the base must be paid for. In order to obtain the currency circulating in the base, people must go out to look for it, or serve as mercenaries, collect valuable materials from outside and hand them over to the base in exchange for rewards.
But... in this way, everyone can go to the place with the lowest level of danger, take something at random, and maintain the needs of eating and drinking.
Anzhe continued to turn to the back, and the next section introduced the functional area.
The first area that appears in this part is called the "Supply Station". There are a total of supply stations 1, 2, and 3. Among them, No. 1 and 2 belong to the military. They are built at the entrance and exit of the base respectively. They are responsible for the verification and exchange of currency and war reserve materials. When each mercenary team returns from the field, the personnel of the supply station will calculate the materials they harvested into currency and issue them. The remaining lethal weapons and armored vehicles will be confiscated and are allowed to be taken into the city until the next time the mercenary team sets out and can reapply for use. The mercenaries use the currency to exchange for guns, bullets, armor, fuel, etc. needed for field exploration, and can even purchase armored vehicles of different models.
Like the first two supply stations, the No. 3 supply station is located in the city. It is responsible for the exchange of civilian supplies. Using the base currency, you can exchange daily necessities, food and ingredients, spirits, electronic products and many other items at the supply station, and you can also trade housing.
Opposite the No. 3 supply station is the "free market". At that time, the mercenaries can bring the items they have confirmed to be safe into the city and trade freely.
At this time, Anzhe saw a line of small notes at the bottom.
Note: The Free Market is not an official facility of the base, and all actions are at your own risk.
Note: The employment and contractual relationships established through the Free Market are protected by the laws of the base, and the consequences are at your own risk.
There is nothing else, Anzhe only saw the word "employment".
In other words, the Free Market is also a place that can provide jobs.
Continuing down, there are introductions to various residential areas. The densely populated areas are Districts 6 and 7. The rest of the areas have very few people and the buildings are vacant. District 8 has a centralized shelter and complete safety facilities.
After that, there is an introduction to the court.
An Zhe thought of the Inquisitor Colonel with cold green eyes, and read a lot slower, word by word.
The Inquisition's duty is not just to identify aliens at the city gate, they will also patrol the crowded areas of the city on a daily basis, conduct secondary screening, and eliminate hidden dangers. The main patrol point is around the supply station, but they will also regularly check the residential buildings - especially those humans who have abnormal behavior and have been reported.
Inexplicably, An Zhe thought of the phrase "You're better".
If possible, An Zhe hopes that Lu Xun will stay at the city gate forever, and the Inquisitor will condescend to come to the residential building.
Turning the pages further, other areas had little to do with him - like the city office, the city defense station, the main city and the like. It said that the base was composed of the outer city, or the defensive city, and the main city. The main city was the location of the base's important scientific research, military facilities, energy, and political centers. No one was allowed to enter unless they had a special pass or residence permit.
After finally browsing the base map, An Zhe closed the book. He once again realized that humans were a kind of creature that was similar to mushrooms.
The second book he opened was called "Supply Station Assessment Book". As soon as he saw the cover, the memories related to it came to his mind, which were much clearer than other memories. An Zhe thought, maybe this means that going to the supply station is a very important thing for An Ze.
If that's the case, why did he agree to go to the wild with Josie?
He thought about it for a long time, and finally thought, Anze is just such a human being.