Chapter 35
The elders had told him this when he was very young.
Don't explore alone.
Because if you are not careful, you may be stepped on and flattened, or even eaten by something.
Si Chengyan also said this, and his nagging manner was no different from that of an elder, with a serious expression on his face.
Su Ran understood this.
But this time, he really wanted to grow up quickly and become the colonel's right-hand man.
So this time——
Let him be a vigilant rose.
Su Ran turned on the positioning mark on his body, and then, step by step, quietly slipped in along the corner of the wall.
Rose's vision was limited, so he searched carefully, hoping to see something.
The best-case scenario is that he can get the bead and get away with it.
But many times this rose cannot be fulfilled, such as now - he just took a look and there was a noise behind him.
The sound was very slight.
Su Ran suddenly became alert. He couldn't cause trouble to anyone anymore, especially Colonel Si. Therefore, he needed to be more vigilant.
And when he turned around, an even subtler sound was heard.
“Wuwuwu…”
Accompanied by faint crying sounds, Su Ran hid in a small gap, and at this moment, two black shadows suddenly appeared in front of him!
Su Ran: “!!!”
While he was surprised, he heard the sound first.
"Gugu, gugu, gugu..."
The two voices mixed together, but they were surprisingly familiar, just like the two creatures he had rescued.
"Gugu! Lulu!" Su Ran poked out the flower bud, "Are you here too?"
Gugululu both nodded: "Of course!"
Plants need nutrient beads to grow, and some deformed animals also use them to recuperate after being injured. Su Ran felt that the little octopus really needed something like this.
"If I get it, I'll give you half." Su Ran said, "Well...if it's not enough, we can see if there are any other nutrient beads."
Gugu quickly waved the little tentacle that had just been repaired and said that it was okay and there was no need to rush to find those things.
They were just attracted by the bead and came here - after all, if they want to survive, they have to grow up quickly.
Su Ran made a "hush" sound.
"It's too dangerous here." Lulu patted Su Ran's leaves with his small silver tentacles. "Even where there are nutrient beads, it's dangerous."
"It's okay." Su Ran whispered, "If we see that it's not a good match, we'll just run away."
Lulu and Gugu reached a consensus immediately.
Seeing their curious looks, Su Ran pointed to the small microphone on his body and said, "There are communication channels here, as well as positioning and even routes. We can simulate them."
If he really can't find the nutrient beads, he can return the same way.
When there was no movement outside and only a faint red light remained, Su Ran held Gugu in one hand and held Gugu in the other hand, and walked forward along the crack in the wall.
For some reason, the further in I went, the more damp I felt. This was unlike any other building I'd ever been in. While it was generally damp in Haicheng, it had never been like this. Even the walls were dripping with water.
Until finally, even Gugu felt uncomfortable.
It was like an innate feeling, without any signs, but an intuition in the era of distortion and superpowers told them that this building was not strong enough.
"Should we evacuate first?" Su Ran said softly, "I've already noted the location."
In this way, he can go back and tell Si Chengyan that this place also needs to be investigated.
but……
For some reason, an indescribable feeling still enveloped them.
They were clearly very familiar buildings and very familiar walls, which were the foundation of human architecture and something they had become accustomed to as benign aberrations.
When Su Ran recorded the location and was about to leave, he heard a click.
Drops of water fell and splashed on his roots.
Su Ran subconsciously looked down and saw the water droplet rolling and rolling. It slowly circled around his root and then rolled to the right.
Su Ran took a step back in disbelief.
Could it be that this water droplet——
Before he could react, he raised his eyes and saw that all the water droplets on the wall began to swirl in an instant!
There were countless compound eyes, with blue, purple, and white inner eyes, and the outside was covered with water droplets, just like a fly, covered with an indescribable inner hard shell.
They were densely packed and tightly packed together, but there was no sign of them falling down - they kept turning with a sticky sound, in a regular and strangely enthusiastic manner, welcoming Su Ran.
Just then, a burst of human laughter sounded from not far away.
Carrying a sticky liquid with a unique fishy smell, it slowly moved towards them.
Su Ran looked in the direction of the sound.
It turned out to be an old man, the same age as Tariel.
However, he possessed Stan's appearance, the only difference being that he had almost no gray hair, as if his energy had been drained away. His back was no longer covered in sharp beetle hooks, but with the powerful soft arms of an octopus, which tapped constantly and with a very noticeable presence.
But even so, he was still too old, or perhaps his octopus form had absorbed too much nutrition. His eyes were cloudy, as if covered by a thin white film, and his human limbs had atrophied, with the knees completely shrunk into the flesh and curled up into a ball.
"This is... the little flower that can heal? How interesting! I came across it..."
The man spoke, his tone was very similar to Stan's, but there were some differences. It carried an indescribable madness and stubbornness.
It seems that he is happy with it.
Su Ran perked up immediately.
This is the tone of a big villain in a fairy tale!
Only a super villain would speak to him in such a tone.
However, before talking to this bad guy, he still needed to do... Su Ran looked at the small microphone, and while the man was not paying attention, he quietly turned on the switch and located it.
Su Ran took a few steps back and said, "...Who are you?"
"The man you should know is my brother," the man said. "Terilner Stearn, a hopelessly stupid researcher."
Su Ran recalled for a few seconds.
Indeed, Stanel had told him at the time that the purpose of the Qualitative Transformation Institute was to transform humans, and they wanted to gain a more powerful network of power and power through distortion.
And this person said that Stan was stupid, which was equivalent to...
Are they in an antagonistic stance?
"Are you from the Qualitative Change Research Institute?" Su Ran took a few steps back, thinking while confirming that the microphone was on. "This is just an ordinary place near a medical center... What do you want to talk to me about?"
The man laughed: "Huh."
"My name is Stanchi," the man said. "Before you become a useless flower, you must first know who sucked away your supernatural powers."
"Draining the superpowers?"
"Hahaha, don't you know yet?" Stanchi said, "Everything here should be very clear."
"Disappearance without reason is, at best, a distortion and a sleight of hand."
Su Ran: "...What do you mean?"
"Haicheng is close to the sea. Long ago, in many myths, the sea possessed gods," Stanchi said slowly. "Those tangible things became people's beliefs, and as a result, they came to believe that everything was their due, and that they should ask the gods for what they wanted."
Stanchi slowly stroked the tentacle, as if it were a treasure. "But, you know what? Now we have something even more powerful. It's more authoritative than even a god. It's invisible and intangible, yet it can silently instill fear in humans and control everything..."
Before he finished speaking, a tentacle suddenly stretched out and knocked down the water droplets that were rolling around on the side.
Gugu and Lulu were completely frightened and fainted just like that.
Su Ran remained calm. While thinking and delaying time, he came to a conclusion secretly... It was very likely that this bad experimenter was the target the military was looking for.
"You mean... distortion?"
"You could think so," Stanchi said, "but you're being too petty. Distortion is just a law of this world..."
Stanchi moved his tentacles again, and just by doing so, it seemed that he had sucked away some nutrients. The suction cups on the back of his spine kept wriggling, and he seemed to have grown a little stronger.
"The disappearance of these humans is nothing more than something in the ocean needing nourishment."
"Thus, it spread its distorted power through the sea breeze and water vapor, acting as an invisible carrier and began to attempt to absorb humans."
While listening, Su Ran took a few steps back.
Behind him was a glass panel, about two meters high, and further back was the entrance - but now he couldn't sneak out of the door in broad daylight under Stanchi's gaze.
"So today," Su Ran said, "are you here to absorb my supernatural powers?"
"This way I can become even more powerful, and that thing in the sea can swallow the entire Sea City."
Stanchi paused for a few seconds. His half-human, half-octopus face made his silhouette even more eerie. He suddenly became ferocious. "You idiots, you deserve to die for treating Tariel and his experimental results like this!"
The moment he finished speaking, his back bulged and two huge tentacles emerged from it.
"Just let me eat you, little rose... Your healing power... can bring me even greater strength, hahahaha..."
Su Ran did not move.
He didn't say anything, but just supported the flower bud with the leaves and looked at the two tentacles calmly, as if waiting for an opportunity.
There is no longer the fear and trepidation of the past.
Originally, he could become a chirping little flower like the fainted Gugu and Lulu.
But he chose the Colonel.
Choose to be with humans.
Then he was destined not to be at all chaotic when faced with danger. Although he only had the power of healing, he could also consider other methods -
Stanchi's tentacles rushed towards him from the front.
As he giggled, the microphone suddenly made two clicks.
The time has come!
Su Ran stretched out the small leaf.
Without hesitation, he spoke word by word, "Then you also need... one person's consent."
As the words fell, Su Ran raised the tip of the leaf towards Stanchi.
It was like he had a human gun. The moment he pointed the blade and fired, the glass panel behind him smashed down heavily and a bullet rushed forward at high speed.
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Su Ran: I want to have a small hand/gun! Stand shoulder to shoulder with the colonel!
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