Chapter 51
When Si Chengyan came back, he saw Su Ran asleep.
He fell asleep with Guji in his arms. There were a lot of idiom books scattered around him, which the colonel picked up one by one and put them into his backpack.
Without saying anything else, he sat down next to Su Ran.
The Pokemon on his wrist displayed the pollution value from before. He didn't seem to care and just sat quietly aside. Until the young man leaned over gently, a hint of hidden emotion flashed in his eyes.
Si Chengyan sighed.
He hugged Su Ran and gently stroked the boy's hair. After a while, he opened Poker again.
Subsequent reports on pollution values also appear before your eyes.
According to existing human standards, Si Chengyan's wound is not potentially dangerous and is between a benign and intermediate state - just like Su Ran, he can still maintain the rationality that a living being should have.
In other words, he may even have some stronger genes.
But this is only a theoretical detection value and does not mean that it can survive the pollution process.
They need to transform, and these toxins enter their bodies, causing widespread contamination, and then undergo changes in their genetic chain under these toxins. In other words, during this period, the flesh, blood, hair, and body shape of humans may all change.
During this period, there will definitely be a lot of pain. Si Chengyan once saw a soldier who could not bear the pollution and jumped off the cliff resolutely under the dual pressure of hallucinations and pain.
Just as he was lost in thought, he heard Su Ran mutter.
“Hmm…”
He seemed to be still in a dream, and he grabbed Si Chengyan's sleeve again, pulling him towards him, just like grabbing and rubbing the bud of a small rose.
After three or four seconds, he finally opened his wet eyes, which he kept half closed for a long time before coming back to his senses.
After the colonel rubbed his fur, Su Ran said vaguely: "Well... I seem to have fallen asleep without realizing it."
"It's okay, you can rest for a while."
"No, no." Su Ran yawned and got up from the colonel's shoulder. "Does the wound still hurt?"
Si Chengyan shook his head: "It's all taken care of. It doesn't hurt."
As he said this, he turned off Poke's display and put it aside.
Hearing this answer, Su Ran finally felt relieved. She hugged the colonel and said happily, "That's good."
He was terribly worried.
In the dream just now, I dreamed that the colonel was contaminated, and then leaned against a big tree root on the side and fell into a coma.
No matter how he called out to the colonel, there was no response.
Fortunately it was just a dream.
So Su Ran was completely relieved.
He took Si Chengyan's hand again and looked at his expression, which was gentle and serious.
After all, it was not easy for them to survive in that cave, and the accumulation of such emotions over the past two days was mixed with a bit of unknown emotions. It seemed that being able to be with the colonel now was already a precious thing.
Just when he was about to ask about the next plan, he heard footsteps.
"Colonel."
A man with wings called out to Si Chengyan.
Su Ran looked in the direction of the voice and saw a man who looked to be about a teenager, with short gray hair and black bat wings growing from his back, hanging down on either side of his waist. Underneath the wings, a huge cloth bag was tied to his body, stuffed to the brim with stuff.
He doesn't seem to be a soldier,
More like adventurers in an exploration team.
Seeing Su Ran's curious look, he smiled and said, "You guessed it right."
"You know what I'm thinking?"
"Of course." The man said, "I have the ability to read minds."
Su Ran: "Wow..."
"It's nothing special. Two rounds of pollution turned me into this," the boy said. "The first round of pollution was obvious, so I have these ugly wings. The second round of pollution didn't change my appearance much, so it must be invisible."
He smiled again as he spoke: "Then the second time, I had the ability to read minds."
Su Ran: "Will you know everything?"
"Not necessarily." The boy sighed and spread his hands. "I can't control it."
As soon as he finished speaking, his hand was held by Su Ran.
"Me too!" Su Ran said, "I can't help but turn white."
The boy smiled again.
It was very strange. Although it was a terrible distortion, everything seemed a little brighter in his eyes, like sunlight shining through the haze.
As a rose, Su Ran likes such humans very much.
Just as he was about to have further conversation with the boy and wanted to invite him to sit under the tree, the silent colonel said, "It's time to rest."
Su Ran: "But..."
"I may have more trips later, so I need to recover my strength as soon as possible."
Su Ran responded obediently.
He let go of the boy's hand, then lay back down with Guji in his arms. But as soon as the blanket was pulled over him, he began to snore softly, and he really looked tired.
When Si Chengyan stood up, he tilted his head and gestured to go to the testing point behind the big tree.
This is a place surrounded by wooden boards, with countless Pokers placed on them. They are installed on radars and report dangers through intelligent detection.
As they got there, a certain Poker lit up red.
"It seems you've been contaminated as well." The boy's tone was different from before. "I'm sorry about that."
As he spoke, he took out an old Poker from his inner pocket and said, "I haven't used this for a long time. How about giving it to your little rose?"
"It doesn't matter."
Si Chengyan's words were always brief. Except for Su Ran, he was always concise and to the point. He looked at the boy: "Any progress, Luter?"
"You mentioning that really excites me." Luter took back the Poker. "Actually, ten days ago, I went to a place and discovered a very magical area."
"Don't keep me in suspense."
"I was sleeping upside down in the cave, and I saw a few roses," Luter said. "The distortion factor there is very high. Many creatures grow strange things when they go there, let alone these powerless plants."
When he said this, he looked in the direction of Su Ran: "However, these roses were not affected at all, so I quietly followed them back to their residence, and found out that it was..."
Before he finished speaking, Si Chengyan said, "Deep Tree District."
"Yes," Luter said, "I didn't want to scare them, so I turned into a little bat and found out that they had just held a worship ceremony."
"Two of the roses were very hospitable and told me about their ceremony. They collected small crystals and placed them in a mold. After being absorbed by the ancient tree, they were sprinkled on the ground again."
"Then what?"
"Maybe that's why they are not contaminated by danger. You see, whether it's your little rose or the large rose field there, there is nothing dangerous about them."
Si Chengyan fell into thought.
He leaned against the tree trunk with his hands in his pockets. Although his figure was still neat, his frown showed that the contaminated wound was eroding him.
Finally, Luter called out "Colonel" and came to his own conclusion: "So I think the crystals in the Deep Tree Zone should slow down this pollution process."
"Or maybe the crystals aren't just in the Deep Trees area, they could be somewhere else." Lutel crossed his arms. "Well... I don't know."
Si Chengyan: "You always ask questions."
"Well, there's nothing I can do about it."
Lutel couldn't help but complain, "Those roses told me that only their rose elders know the location of the crystal. I also heard that one of the crystals was shaped like a blood droplet and has been kept safe by the elders. But for ordinary roses, this is a very confidential matter, so they can only take me there to visit."
As he spoke, he was afraid that the colonel would not believe him, so he took out the walkie-talkie from his bag and turned out the photo.
Everything in the Deep Tree Area was as usual, and Luter had indeed arrived at the elder's residence - next to the rattan bed, the small packages he had prepared for Su Ran were barely unpacked and placed aside one by one.
"When I went to visit, I didn't think it would be so difficult," Luter said. "Elder Rose didn't see anyone and sat alone on a half-high vine with us on his back."
Si Chengyan's expression suddenly became serious: "Is he sick?"
"No," Luter said, "because the other roses said that the elder is always in good spirits."
"It just so happened that I heard that Elder Rose had some trouble," Luter said, "and then I heard some explosive news."
Si Chengyan looked at him.
His expression remained indifferent towards Luter who was keeping him in suspense, but from his eyes, it was clear that he was willing to continue listening, even if it did not help him locate the crystal.
"I heard from a gossipy rose that one of his precious children was bathing with a human, which made him very angry." Luter said with a chuckle, "He hasn't seen anyone else for five whole days."
"How could a human bathe with a rose? That's ridiculous. How could it be possible? Especially a rose... Oh my."
Luter suddenly realized something and covered his mouth.
After a while, he said cautiously, "Can I take back what I just said?"
Si Chengyan: "..."
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