Chapter 6
As soon as Si Chengyan came out, he saw Su Ran.
He ignored Qiao Ran's wailing and swiftly climbed up several layers of cliff rocks to reach Su Ran. Before he could speak, he saw that he was drooping his little leaves, looking very sad.
"What's wrong?"
"The home I wanted to go to is gone... Unit 1311 has also disappeared..."
Su Ran felt more and more aggrieved as she spoke. She wanted to point the direction, but she was so sad that she could only hug her flower bud with leaves, whimpering and making sobbing sounds.
He was really sad for a while.
At this moment, Si Chengyan's voice came over: "The 1311 troops have disappeared, but we are still here, don't worry."
"What they want to protect is humanity, a race, just like you, Rose." He paused and continued, "So you must cheer up and work hard to survive."
Su Ran looked at the colonel in front of him.
His tone was very flat. Little Rose's intuition told her that he was not the talkative type like Qiao Ran, but he seemed to be trying very hard to comfort him.
Human Colonel...why would he comfort a little rose?
Su Ran didn't know the reason.
But the only thing that is certain is that the colonel is a kind man, just like the beetles and vines he meets.
They are all very good creatures.
"But..." Su Ran whispered again, "If I lose my home, I will have no family."
Si Chengyan didn't speak immediately. His eyes fell on the small rose. After a few seconds, he said, "Yes."
Su Ran: "Hmm?"
"If you want to find a place to grow up properly, the human base welcomes you."
Su Ran was stunned when he heard this.
This colonel is inviting him to the base?
Si Chengyan's suggestion left Su Ran stunned for a long time. In his stunned state, he heard him add, "We have soil and water. If you need anything else, we can buy it at the base."
When Su Ran heard this, she shook the little flower bud.
That’s not the point at all!
He was surprised that he could go to the human base and be with this nice human.
Su Ran: "Is it really possible?"
The colonel raised the corners of his mouth slightly, although the curvature was almost insignificant.
He replied calmly, "Okay, just stay here with me."
After he finished speaking, Su Ran became happy again, and the leaves clasped together, making a clapping sound, as if he was applauding.
"Can we take the beetle with us?" Su Ran asked softly, "And the vine. Although it's blooming, I'm afraid it will wither again."
He knew that making demands was not a good quality for little roses, but in such an environment, he was still very worried about them.
Si Chengyan shook his head: "No."
"Why?"
"Because they are intermediate aberrations."
He extended his hand, letting Su Ran jump up, and added, "Intermediate state distortion is a manifestation of negligible danger. Simply put, it is a dangerous distortion that can be classified as part of the base at any time."
Su Ran understood now.
They are not "benign aberrations," but organisms somewhere between "benign" and "dangerous."
Such creatures are safe if they remain in the intermediate state.
However, once you are classified as a dangerous distortion, you will be cleared by the base at any time.
After sorting out her thoughts, Su Ran lowered the small flower bud.
After just a few seconds, he said to Si Chengyan: "I asked for too much, I'm sorry."
A hint of imperceptible tenderness flashed in Si Chengyan's eyes.
Such a small rose, a weak creature under natural disasters, can still look upon all this with kindness. Just like them humans, it is trying hard to survive.
It's hard not to feel compassion.
*
The base dispatched the 1312th detachment for support.
Due to the complex terrain, the rescue team did not use armored vehicles but instead sent out small fighter jets.
No matter how reluctant we are, it is time to say goodbye.
The sun was rising and the morning light was dim, but the wilderness still lacked the warmth it should have, and instead became even more desolate.
In such an environment, Su Ran watched the fighter jets fly over the top of the mountain and land with a rumble on a flat mountain not far away.
Su Ran is saying his final goodbye to the beetle.
He was very happy to meet the beetle and was very happy to cure it.
But, but, you have to be careful on your own from now on.
If they were injured, he would no longer be in the cave and could no longer heal them.
Su Ran: "Woo woo woo."
Facing the beetle with tears in its eyes, he took the tissue from Si Chengyan's hand, wiped his nose, then stretched out a leaf and pinched the beetle's little claws.
"We'll meet again in the future!" Su Ran said word by word, "If the big monster comes, you can hide under the big umbrella. When I grow up, I will play with you..."
As he spoke, he stroked its paws with a small leaf.
Although it's sad, there's nothing I can do.
Human regulations cannot be changed, and intermediate mutants may be classified as dangerous. Taking the beetle back may harm it.
In the end, Su Ran could only wave a small tissue and bid farewell in tears through the glass of the fighter jet.
The order from the base sounded at this moment.
A huge roar shook the sky and earth, dust flew up, and the fighter jet took off smoothly and headed towards the human base.
As a small military aircraft, its space is not large, but it still has two floors. The upper floor has ten seats for soldiers to rest, and the lower floor is for storing supplies, connected by two very small corridors.
The 1312th team dispatched this time consists of three people, two pilots, and an accompanying doctor named Anna.
Su Ran fell in love with her the first time he saw her. She had brown hair and black eyes, loved to laugh, and even called him "Rose Baby." She looked like a very easy-going young lady.
Anna said that the original 1312th team had fifteen members, but many of them disappeared in the previous distortion activities, and the remaining ones were seriously injured and recuperating in the hospital.
"The base asked you to go to the Manlot area first," Anna said. "The situation there is terrible. I don't think they can hold on."
"What are the specific circumstances?"
"unknown."
"The base is currently investigating the armored vehicle incident," Anna said. "Regarding the infection mechanism, the initial solution is to check whether the object is damaged. For example, this time, we made sure the aircraft parts were intact before setting off."
Si Chengyan responded.
"But the base's current focus is still on Manlot." Anna paused and took out a key from a cabinet on the side. "Communications in the city are down. The troops who went in said that there are too many mutants and it's difficult to clean them up, and..."
As she spoke, she looked at Si Chengyan and Qiao Ran: "The news just now said that the mutation of the aberrations is extraordinary, and it may be related to the mutation of inanimate objects such as armored vehicles."
Si Chengyan: "Well, let's go to Manluote to collect clues first."
He looked at Su Ran, who was just climbing down from the glass window. When their eyes met, he waved his little leaf and asked, "Can I come with you?"
Si Chengyan: "It's very dangerous there."
"It's okay." Su Ran said, "I'll just stay here, don't take care of me."
Si Chengyan said nothing more and tacitly agreed to Su Ran's request.
The three of them and the rose plant said nothing more.
Perhaps the atmosphere was too heavy, Anna smiled and said, "Okay, there are still two hours of flight time to Manlot, we can rest for a while."
As she spoke, she used her key to open the refrigerator: "I made dog ball juice, would you like one?"
"That's great! I'm thirsty." Qiao Ran smiled, looking saved. But when his eyes fell on the purple juice, he exclaimed, "Oh my God! Is this edible?"
Anna poured out the juice, and the sticky liquid slid down the wall of the cup. "This time, we used wild purple mushrooms, firefly shells, foxtail grass, bark, and honey."
Qiao Ran: “…”
"Don't underestimate this juice." Anna put her hands on her hips. "Look, how happy Rose is drinking it."
Qiao Ran looked in the direction of the sound.
Si Chengyan held the juice in one hand and let Su Ran hold his fingers and move slowly down.
Su Ran stretched out her small leaf and began to test it. As soon as the tip touched the juice, she heard a "pop" sound, and the leaf immediately absorbed the sweet juice, and the leaf was full of vitality.
Delicious!
Su Ran felt a surge of joy.
He wanted to drink more, so he tightened the leaves.
But he didn't notice, and with a plop, even Si Chengyan didn't have time to catch him, and he fell into the juice cup with flowers and leaves.
The little rose became a purple rose.
After flapping several times, the whole leaf was gurgling and emitting small bubbles. Si Chengyan sighed and picked him up.
Then, continue to share the juice with this little rose.
…
After an unknown amount of time, the purple juice was gone, and at this moment the plane roared and lowered its landing gear.
It will be landing in a while.
Anna and Qiao Ran went to the supply room to make the final preparations for landing. Si Chengyan just finished the meeting with the base and put down the radar and walkie-talkie.
"Are you hungry?" he suddenly asked Su Ran.
"Um?"
"You Roses," Si Chengyan said, "Do you usually need to eat?"
Su Ran held the flower bud and thought for a moment before answering, "Now, all we need is water and sunlight."
He is very easy to feed! In addition to these two things, there are nutritional beads.
Of course, he would be happy to try human food.
For example, the dog ball juice is delicious.
Su Ran twisted her body and jumped down from Si Chengyan's intercom with a grunt.
When landing, the center of gravity was unstable and the little flower bud fell to the ground with a "bang". I was dazed and dizzy.
At this moment, he seemed to hear Si Chengyan chuckle.
Su Ran was stunned for a moment, and before he could come to his senses, he felt a familiar body temperature. He was held in the palm of his hand and then carefully placed on the seat.
A human seat would be huge for a rose, but Su Ran had the entire seat to himself.
He saw Si Chengyan put on his seat belt and imitated how he used the small blade to hook the strap.
But he was too weak and too small, so every time he pulled the seat belt a little bit, he would be bounced back into the seat by the elastic seat belt.
Life is not easy, Little Rose sighed.
"Colonel Si, we'll land in ten minutes. The temporary camp is ready - eh?" Qiao Ran walked up from the lower supply cabin and happened to see Colonel Si helping Su Ran fasten his seat belt.
Qiao Ran: “?”
He rubbed his eyes, and when he looked at Su Ran again, it was still the same scene.
Qiao Ran was a little confused.
Is this the Si Chengyan he knows?
That cold-blooded Si Chengyan who treated killing monsters like eating and sleeping? Now he was helping a tiny aberration... fasten its seatbelt?
Was he hallucinating, or had the colonel hit his head?
Qiao Ran thought that it must be that cup of strange juice that affected his consciousness, so he secretly decided to put Dog Ball Juice on the blacklist.
Even though the colonel had just ordered him to add to the standing supplies and prepare small straws.
At this moment, mechanical instructions came from inside the plane.
"Location locked."
"Speed normal, visibility normal, preparing to land."
"50 meters, 40, 30..."
Su Ran's blades were wrapped around his seatbelt, his gaze fixed on the screen in front of him.
He is about to reach the human world.
A little curious, but also a little nervous.
After all, after the level 6 distortion, the whole world changed into a completely new look, and they were not going to the main base, but a small city that temporarily needed support.
It sounds like the situation is not good.
However, since he has the power of healing, he can also contribute, as a return gift for growing up in the human world in the future.
Su Ran thought about it, rolled up the belt with leaves, and waited carefully for landing.
But no matter how much mental preparation he made, when the dense buildings and unidentified black shadows appeared on the screen at the same time, Su Ran still took a breath and held on to his seat belt tightly.
"Is this... the human world?" he asked softly. "How, how could this happen?"
The author has something to say:
Su Ran: This juice is delicious!
A colonel: If my wife likes it, I'll have another cup.
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