Chapter 3
Su Ran did not expect this situation.
He thought he would "bang" into rose mud, or scatter into a pile of flowers.
The result was a cup of rose tea?
The key point is that there are a lot of tea stems and sharp thorns in this water, which hurt the flower buds - just like the cup of water his elder drank from, there was not much water, it was all tea leaves and wolfberries.
Maybe the owner of the teacup is about the same age as the elder.
Su Ran, in line with the excellent virtue of "respecting the elderly and loving the young", climbed up from the edge of the cup wetly, tore off a piece of paper towel from the side, and then waved the small paper towel and lay on the edge of the cup to wipe the surroundings.
After doing all this, Su Ran planned to leave.
Then he focused his attention on the nutrient beads in the air.
——Just like before, it was still glowing red.
Su Ran looked up for a while.
Then he sat down on the edge of the teacup and thought about countermeasures - for example, asking the vines to help him climb to the same height as the water droplet.
Or, use the pen next to it to increase the height?
At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the shell, coming from far away and floating to his ears on the ancient breeze in the cave.
Su Ran: “?”
There's something a little bit wrong.
In front of him was a teacup and a notebook, and directly in front of him was a square radar screen and a surveillance device. On the shelf beside him were two coat-like garments.
Could it be that...
He entered the big monster's house? !
With a "click".
As if to prove his point, a little light came through the big shell.
Su Ran was so scared that she fell back into the water cup.
A few seconds later, a young man wailed, "It's over! The car is a complete wreck. I'm going to get scolded again when I get back to base."
At this time, Su Ran was hiding in the cup, with only two small leaves holding onto the tea stems, floating around, and he didn't dare to look up.
But the footsteps were indeed getting closer.
Judging from the voices, there should be two people.
Su Ran then raised her wet eyes and looked at the human in front of her.
Weak and helpless.
In front of him was a blond man wearing a black human combat uniform, with delicate features and a faint smile at the corners of his eyes.
He stared at Su Ran for a while. Then he touched his velvety little bud and said, "Colonel Si, it seems... this is the aberration that illegally invaded."
Su Ran was anxious: "I, I'm not a freak!"
He was just a small rose that accidentally gained some supernatural powers. But when this thought appeared in Su Ran's mind, he seemed confused and said, "Hmm... maybe, maybe."
"But I'm not one of those distorted villains! Like that bad bird! I don't eat people."
While trying to excuse himself, he kicked the short roots and tried to swim up, but he struggled for a long time and finally had to hold on to the tea stalks and soak in the water.
The man who had been silent raised his eyes. He was taller than the blond man. He reached out and took Su Ran out of the cup.
Su Ran was so scared that she hugged her little flower bud.
"Aren't you afraid that we're bad guys?" Qiao Ran observed Su Ran carefully for a while, and wanted to poke the little bud again, but Si Chengyan moved aside and blocked him: "Don't make trouble."
"Can you speak human language?" Si Chengyan asked calmly.
"Um."
"Who taught you that?"
"Elder..." Su Ran answered quietly, "No, I think I learned it right away, but I can only speak to myself. The beetles and vines can't understand me."
Si Chengyan nodded and looked at Qiao Ran: "A kind of supernatural power after level 6 distortion."
"You said level 6 distortion..." Qiao Ran touched his chin. "Indeed, out of the highest level of 10, level 6 can disrupt the plant's language system."
After saying this, he sighed, "The distortion has been getting more and more rampant recently."
Su Ran didn't understand what they were saying. At this moment, the captive rose had its buds drooping, and was hugging its small leaves tightly, staying in Si Chengyan's palm.
Well-behaved and pitiful.
Si Chengyan tore off a piece of tissue and handed it to Su Ran, who was soaked all over.
He still had no expression on his face and didn't say anything, but Little Rose felt that this was not a sign of attack. On the contrary, this person's palm was very warm, just like the feeling when Elder Rose hugged him and told him stories.
So Su Ran took it carefully.
The cold colonel continued, "The key point is that now, who knows how many aberrations have learned human language."
Su Ran was waking up with a sniffle, and when she heard this she felt aggrieved: "I didn't mean to learn it."
Qiao Ran smiled and said, "Don't be afraid. It has nothing to do with you."
"Really?"
"Look at the detector in this guy's hand." Qiao Ran leaned over and pointed at Si Chengyan's wrist. "If you were the dangerous aberration we're looking for, you would have been shot dead by the colonel by now."
After saying that, she wanted to poke his bulging little bud again.
This time, Qiao Ran didn't even touch the leaves. Si Chengyan directly put Su Ran into his shirt pocket.
"Colonel Si, so you like roses."
"You talk a lot."
"Just kidding."
Qiao Ran just shut up.
After confirming that Su Ran was not the dangerous mutant they were looking for, they began to reposition themselves.
With a roar, the armored vehicle slowly moved forward.
It broke free from the vines, and even though half of the car's shell was damaged, it still gained power after a creaking moment.
Su Ran poked his head out of his pocket.
He looked around and searched for a long time, but couldn't find even a trace of the nutrient beads.
At this time, Si Chengyan was still checking for dangerous deformed objects - whether it was from the supernatural detection system or the watch he carried, the value was still the full value of 100, without any change.
"How strange." Qiao Ran said, "If it's not this little rose, what other deformed thing could it be?"
Si Chengyan's gaze fell on the radar screen, which was empty.
There is no signal of distortion.
So he ordered: "Let formation 1311 gather at the cave entrance, we will follow later."
Qiao Ran responded and ordered Poke to pass on the message.
This is the formation number for this mission.
From their conversation, Su Ran learned the reason for this mission - there was an infected crisis in a human city not far away, but the cause was unknown.
For modern humans, there's no need for control unless a large-scale crisis breaks out. But a deadly infection broke out in that city.
The source is still unclear.
Some say it is due to increasingly frequent abnormal activities, while others speculate that it is caused by a certain type of bacteria or fungi.
Therefore, this time, the base sent the military to collect samples in the wild. At the same time, the Institute of Qualitative Change was responsible for the extraction and research of genes.
In such a conversation, Su Ran caught a word.
Su Ran: "Infection mechanism?"
"They're generally divided into two categories: radiation-related and bacterial," Si Chengyan said. "Radiation-related infections are more common in the abyss and mining areas, while bacterial infections are common in the wild and can occur anywhere."
"oh……"
Su Ran nodded.
Perhaps because he looked so adorable with his flower bud drooping and nodding, Qiao Ran added some scientific knowledge: "For example, if you were pricked by a tea leaf, and it happened to be a poisonous one, you would get infected."
“This is my Biluochun.”
"It's just an analogy, Colonel Si," Qiao Ran said. "According to existing human theories, infection between organisms is limited to living things, just like in zombie movies. Tea leaves, as inanimate objects, cannot be infected because they are not alive. Just like the radar screen of an armored vehicle, they are inanimate objects, so any damage to them doesn't matter."
After he finished speaking, Qiao Ran suddenly lowered his voice, "But this kind of infection...we humans, or you deformed little monsters, can't escape..."
Su Ran was so frightened that he hid in his pocket.
"Qiao Ran." Si Chengyan frowned.
"Alright, alright." Qiao Ran waved his hand. "I'll go look for the distortion object on the radar screen first. I'll get off the car later."
When Su Ran said this, he was still so scared that he didn't take the money out of his pocket.
According to Qiao Ran, he will also be infected. What will happen then?
Big monster Huahua?
Or is it the ferocious carnivorous plant that makes a crunchy bite?
Su Ran tried very hard to think, but still couldn't imagine what it would be like to be infected. At this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he saw two small white flowers at the other end of his pocket.
*
Si Chengyan put on his gloves again and brought a sharp short blade.
For them, these are necessary.
"What are you going to do?" Su Ran poked his head out curiously.
Si Chengyan: "Investigate outside the car."
After saying this, Su Ran followed Si Chengyan back to the cave.
Si Chengyan: "Do you know the way back?"
Su Ran shook his head.
"I can let you go." Si Chengyan held Su Ran in his hands and placed him on the stone. Then, he looked at him with his light blue eyes, "But it's very dangerous here. I must warn you that it will directly threaten your safety."
Su Ran grabbed the small leaf and said, "Then I..."
In fact, he didn't really want to go back.
I finally found a nutrient bead and can't give up like this.
Besides that, the man's pockets were quite warm, much more comfortable than his vine tent.
Su Ran raised the flower bud and looked at Si Chengyan for a few seconds.
"Can I..."
He had just opened his mouth when a loud noise was heard from outside the cliff.
Immediately afterwards, a white light suddenly lit up, and heavy rain swept into the cave.
The weather in the wild was always unpredictable, but such heavy rain was still rare. Soon, a faint plume of white smoke rose from the cave. A shimmering green light mingled with the flash of lightning, flickering. With each flicker, the fog thickened throughout the cave.
"Look at this." Qiao Ran interrupted them from a distance. He waved a flashlight in the dark corner. "There are a lot of parts from armored vehicles here."
He paused for a few seconds, then said, "That's really strange."
"What's wrong?"
"This isn't a damaged part," he said. "Look at the lights and the exterior detectors. It looks more like someone deliberately dismantled them and left them here."
…
The heavy rain was still falling outside the cave. Su Ran sat obediently on the rock, playing with leaves.
In the empty cave, there was only heavy rain, besides armored vehicles, glowing fungi and some ancient skeletons.
As a rose, Su Ran was also shivering from the cold.
For some reason, I always feel that the rain is so cold.
It's not very comfortable when it hits my body.
He stretched his roots and finally decided to sit next to the armored vehicle to keep warm by the heat of the headlights.
Si Chengyan and Qiao Ran were still investigating. At some point, they disappeared from sight. In the light green mist, only their distant figures were left.
It seems that he has to go back to the car to look for the nutrient beads and let them find the dangerous mutant.
So, where is this aberration?
Su Ran used a small branch to draw a small flower on the dirt to represent herself. She then drew two stick figures beside them: one with a stern face holding a teacup, representing Si Chengyan, and the other with a smiley face, representing Qiao Ran.
"The virus can spread between living things..." He muttered softly as he drew, "So we must find living things..."
This is the conclusion Su Ran came to.
He is a cute creature, while Qiao Ran and Si Chengyan are humans with two hands and two feet.
But in short, they are all living things.
According to human theory, any living thing that is injured is at risk of infection. However, he is not injured at the moment, and neither are Si Chengyan and the others. The row of flowers, plants, mushrooms, and parasols here are also safe.
It seems that all living things have been excluded and there are no other biological infections.
So where will it be?
Suddenly, the small branch in Su Ran's hand snapped and broke into two pieces.
He froze for a moment, rolled up the leaf, looked at the broken piece in his hand, and then went to pick up another. The shadow behind him continued to spread, and an indescribable sense of strangeness quietly arose.
Just then.
The armored vehicle roared, and all its lights went dark. When they came back on, the lights whirred around, and two large, fly-like compound eyes slowly appeared, as if they had taken on a new life, like a human.
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