Chapter 13
Hearing the old man's order, Su Ran was so scared that she shrank into the colonel's palm.
He's not going to arrest him, is he?
So scary, so scary.
I am just a small rose, why should I be arrested?
Just as Su Ran rolled up the small leaves and shook her flower bud vigorously, she heard Si Chengyan say coldly: "Dr. Tariel."
Su Ran had never heard such a cold voice, nor had she seen the colonel so serious. In her impression, even if the colonel usually spoke in a cold tone, it was not like this.
"We just received a notification that an unknown infection has appeared at the testing point." Tariel said, turning to the soldiers, "Orders from the base, capture this plant."
After he finished speaking, Si Chengyan took a step forward.
The soldiers looked at each other.
No one wanted to offend Si Chengyan, especially since he was the highest commander of the military. Even though they were working hard for the institute now, they would definitely have a hard time when they returned.
"Colonel, we are just following orders," one of the soldiers said. "Please hand over the rose."
Si Chengyan didn't say anything. His eyes fell on Tariel: "Instructions?"
Tariel snorted and tapped the cane in his hand, as if to hide something. "This was left at the research institute."
"Without written instructions, no distorted objects are allowed to be taken away from here," Si Chengyan said. "Also, the military is responsible for cleaning up all damaged and dead objects."
After saying that, Si Chengyan put Su Ran on the table, held the communicator in one hand, and clicked a few times.
"Military Command, Si Chengyan." His voice was calm and even, with an unquestionable tone. Immediately, the communication was connected, and it was the base's highest command.
A mechanical sound similar to that of Pokemon was heard. This is a voice-changing process, the highest level of complete encryption.
"Hello, Colonel Si, please give me your instructions."
"Seal off the inspection area and screen all the deformed objects."
"learn."
Si Chengyan paused for a few seconds and continued, "Clean up all damaged items in the city and issue a three-day cleanup order to residents."
"receive."
"We have only one goal, to find out the cause." Si Chengyan turned off the communication and said calmly, "As for other matters, the military has no obligation to cooperate with the institute."
"you……"
Tariel blushed.
Whitebeard was so angry that he trembled, but in the end he had no choice but to instruct the personnel of the institute to collect the glass pieces and bring them back for testing.
Seeing Tariel's back, Su Ran exclaimed.
It seems that the relationship between the Institute of Qualitative Change and the military is indeed not good.
But Su Ran didn't know why, but if he had to choose, he would always stand on Si Chengyan's side. In addition to his own little rose filter, there was another reason.
This old man is so fierce!
And he kept staring at him.
Don't like him, humph.
In just a few seconds, Su Ran calmed himself down, and Si Chengyan also gave an order at the same time, sending out twelve teams from the military to simultaneously start a search of the base and the outer city, including all buildings, vehicles, stone statues, etc., without letting any of them go.
Si Chengyan took Su Ran for a test. The researcher cut a small piece of rhizome from his body and placed it on a glass slide. Perhaps because they were worried about the pain, they gave him a small candy while he waited for the results.
Su Ran in the observation room was troubled by the candy.
He could only drink sweet liquids or nutritional beads.
How should I eat this hard thing?
Su Ran didn't know about this, and even held up the flower bud in melancholy, staring at the candy in a daze. After thinking for a few seconds, he suddenly straightened his roots and suddenly thought of -
Yes, he can give it to Colonel Si.
Just think of it as a small gift.
So Su Ran wrapped the candy again, rolled up the two ends of the paper and tied them together, making it a small bundle, which he placed diagonally across his slender stem.
While he was waiting, he heard noises outside the door.
"Baby, your results are in." Anna came in with the report. "Benign aberration, value 29."
When Su Ran heard this, she immediately jumped around several times with the candy in her arms to express her happiness.
Now he can be with the Colonel!
Stay at the Colonel's house and drink Puppy Ball Juice with him. Go out into the wild and find nutritional beads, watch the stars, and listen to stories together...
The most important thing is to take good care of the colonel.
Su Ran grabbed the small leaf, placed it on his chest, and knew his mission.
You have to be a qualified rose.
"What about the colonel?" Su Ran stretched out his stem. "Where is he?"
"He has an urgent meeting," Anna said, "so please let me take you back first. He will be back when he finishes his work."
Su Ran said "hmm" and said nothing more.
He stayed obediently in Anna's palm, and then was taken to the living area of the base.
This is a suspended platform located between the outer city and the base.
They are connected by light strips on both sides, like floating islands, and the buildings are the parts on the upper part. I heard from the soldiers traveling with me that there was originally an abyss below, with many unknown distorted objects, but in a distortion more than a hundred years ago, all the distorted objects here disappeared.
The specific reason is unknown, but as a human settlement, it is obviously much safer than the wild.
"This is the military's living quarters," Anna explained. "They're assigned to different units. The colonels are in Area B, the highest command office."
Su Ran responded, lying in Anna's palm, looking out the window curiously.
I saw that the buildings were the same color as the outer city, the color of steel, and they glowed a cold white light under the sky.
Because of the military's inspection orders, there were almost no people on the road, only speeding supply vehicles, trucks, and military vehicles.
According to Anna, the situation is not very ideal.
The mechanism of infection remains unclear, and it can even be said that there has been no progress.
In addition to the military's swift action, this time it really went beyond human theory and was completely shattered.
After arriving at Area B, Anna showed Su Ran's test report and ticked the 0-29 benign aberrations.
"Baby, stay in your room and be good." Anna swiped the card and took Su Ran into the colonel's room. "I'll put this card on the cabinet. When the colonel comes back, tell him it's here."
Su Ran: "Yeah."
The Colonel's room was just as he'd imagined, simple in layout. At the entrance were two wooden cabinets, housing his collection of Biluochun tea, goji berries, and tea sets. Further in, he found a neat living room, empty except for a coffee table and a sofa.
On the right side are the bedroom, living room and open kitchen. Just like the feeling given by the colonel, the furniture also has a cold tone, mainly gray and white.
Other than that, there are no extra frills.
In this distorted era of limited resources, such conditions are common in the military, and are not special because Si Chengyan is a colonel.
In such an environment, Su Ran saw a place near the windowsill.
The colorful colors make it look particularly out of place.
Su Ran: “!”
This was prepared for him by Colonel Si!
There are small straw pillows, school bags made of vine leaves, idiom story books, and... a soft little quilt!
Su Ran ran over to the cupboard, lifted the corner of the quilt and got in: "Quilt!"
He really likes this feeling.
It's super warm, and the feeling of wrapping the roots is just like the soil in the wild.
After a while, Su Ran took the small tissue and once again demonstrated her excellent character as a little rose. She cleaned the colonel's house and recorded her progress in a small notebook.
See the nutritional beads written on the first page.
Su Ran remembered the agreement he made with the colonel a few days ago.
It seems that after this incident is resolved, he will have to go find the nutrient beads quickly.
After all, only by growing up quickly can you pollinate and raise cubs... maybe you can even help the colonel.
So what is he going to do now?
Su Ran sat in front of the windowsill, shaking the roots, and thought for a few seconds.
Then, his eyes fell on the boxes of dry military rations in the kitchen not far away.
That’s right.
He can cook.
In the past, the Colonel always made dog ball juice for him, but never let him cook.
If the colonel goes home and sees something soft and warm, it will definitely taste much better than these dry ones.
After making the decision, Su Ran hurried to the kitchen anxiously.
Everything here was huge, and the cupboard became a small mountain before him. He finally climbed up the cupboard, but was almost knocked unconscious by the wooden spoon. He barely avoided it, but it fell into the sink with a splash.
Life is not easy.
Colonel Little Rose sighed.
However, perhaps because he had been following Elder Rose since he was a child, Su Ran had seen a lot of human cooking, so he followed suit and dragged out white sugar, butter, and flour from the cupboard.
He planned to make a simple pancake.
It’s simple, just like the colonel’s feeling, you will definitely like it.
Su Ran felt that although there was a distortion crisis now, it was also important to live in the present. They would also face many unknown dangers in the future. However, no matter what, he would stay with the colonel and keep going.
Su Ran strengthened his belief.
After the butter melted, he added a little flour and stirred it with hot water. He couldn't pour the water directly into the mold, so Su Ran could only use a small spoon to scoop it in continuously.
Just after adding the last spoonful, he heard movement outside the door, and a familiar voice came through the door.
Wow, the Colonel is back!
Su Ran happily threw down the spoon, wiped the sticky leaves, and said to the door: "Don't worry, I'll open the door for you!"
Before he finished speaking, he dragged the small plastic stool and climbed up with a grunt, but Rose's strength was too weak to move the thing.
So he told the colonel not to worry, and at the same time he gathered all his strength, grabbed the handle with the blade, and pulled it down hard.
Just then—
A biu sound.
The powerful spring force turned Su Ran into a small catapulting rose.
Accompanied by bursts of exclamations, he drew a graceful arc in the air, and at the moment the colonel opened the door, he fell into the soft batter with a plop.
The author has something to say:
Colonel Si: I haven’t seen my wife for just a short while, and she’s become a flower cake?
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Will there be a recipe for flower cakes in the next chapter? I'm still thinking...
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