Chapter 84
When Triana finished speaking, someone let out a small exclamation.
"There's a huge dent ahead!" the man said. "Should we keep going?"
"Take a detour—"
Before he could finish, the sound of more bricks falling was heard. Su Ran looked forward in the direction they were looking and saw some bricks and stones moving in front of him.
"Who destroyed it?" Su Ran asked.
Si Chengyan shook his head.
Seeing him like this, Su Ran thought for a few seconds, then reacted and looked up suddenly: "Could it be..."
Could it be that the bricks moved by themselves?
As soon as this thought came to mind, Su Ran stood on tiptoe and tried to see through the car window as much as possible.
Then he saw a lot of small gravel.
Whether they are rectangular bricks or small bricks, they seem to have great bouncing power, bouncing across the uneven ground.
"It's the same as always. The mist gave them the ability to be active, and the damage opened up this gap." Anna stood behind Su Ran without knowing when. "The intermediate state classification from a long time ago is no longer applicable."
"What's that plan?"
A cold voice sounded, and Si Chengyan took a few steps forward. His eyes returned to their normal blue color, a normal deep blue, just like when he had no special abilities.
"According to previous speculation, there's a secret testing ground in the temporarily sealed underground laboratory," Triana said. "We need to go to the Lighthouse Research Institute to confirm if it's as we suspected, but according to previous theories, that's where the fog was hatched."
"It might be the old Sirtu... Oh, no, he has the original name... When he was on the exploration team, he registered as Kane."
As she spoke, Triana's gaze fell on Si Chengyan, then shifted away after a few seconds. "Three days ago, the base's data was retrieved and verified. During his time as a treeman, he had communicated with the support institute. It can even be said that he provided invaluable data for the support institute's fog research."
"It looks like we're almost at the Lighthouse Research Institute," Triana said. "Come with me, Qiao Ran should be there."
When I got out of the car, I saw the Lighthouse Research Institute standing not far away. The wooden boards used for previous repairs had been removed, and only the wooden boards around it had not been removed, with scattered screws scattered around.
When Si Chengyan went up, he put his arm around Su Ran's shoulders and said, "The stairs here are quite narrow. You just turned into a human form, so you should be careful."
Su Ran smiled and said, "I'll pay attention."
He had just finished speaking when he stumbled accidentally.
Su Ran sighed softly, not knowing whether he was blaming himself or something else, and at this moment, his hand was once again tightly grasped. He subconsciously raised his head and met the other person's gaze.
It was still a clear blue, the same color as the stars falling on the ocean.
Su Ran was stunned and clenched the other person's fingertips.
After an unknown amount of time, a soft cough was heard from upstairs. Qiao Ran was standing there and waved his hand: "I'm here."
He scratched his head again as he spoke: "I seem to have disturbed something... Never mind, Colonel Si, come with me here."
After saying this, he turned around and led the way.
"Based on Triana's speculation just now, we retrieved the underground laboratory's surveillance footage and some on-site data," Qiao Ran said. "All signs indicate that there's a centralized collection point in the center of the laboratory, filled with a large amount of fog and a lot of experimental gas."
He paused for a few seconds and said, "If my inference is correct, much of the mist in the world has changed its composition because of this. It's a force that promotes life. For example, the original bird's deformation only had four wings, but with this mist, it might have eight wings and six claws."
Su Ran: "How many meters underground is that?"
Maybe that was where he and the colonel were going.
"According to our deduction, although we are in the research institute, the real control room is not here." Qiao Ran's voice suddenly became very low, "but in..."
He said, tapping the railing with his hand: "You predicted it, Colonel."
"Has the specific floor been determined?"
"The highest attic in the lighthouse."
"It's been sealed off all year round, and even during this renovation, the workers couldn't open it," Qiao Ran said. "As you suggested, we've isolated it with special isolation panels and successfully opened the attic—there's indeed a control button rack inside."
Hearing this, Su Ran's eyes lit up.
He couldn't wait to say, "If that's the case, does it mean that we can manipulate this button..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard Anna interrupt him: "No, cub."
"Before Colonel Si came back, we once studied this button rack." She shook her head. "It can indeed destroy the fog in the underground laboratory, but..."
Anna didn't say anything else.
After several seconds, she said, "Someone must be in this monitoring room from beginning to end, because the moment the button is pressed, the entire attic may experience a violent fog-like reaction."
Su Ran opened his eyes wide, and at this moment, Triana said, "This means that someone must sacrifice themselves in the attic to ensure that the fog in the underground laboratory is completely destroyed."
*
Su Ran and his friends lived in a temporary camp not far away.
I don’t know how many times Su Ran has been with the colonel, but this time, he obviously spoke much less and even lost interest in taking a bath. He just took a quick bath, wrapped himself in a blanket, and moved a small stool to sit outside.
He kept looking in the direction of the Lighthouse Research Institute and the faint light flickering above.
After a few minutes, a cup of hot green tea was placed next to Su Ran.
Su Ran turned around and looked at Si Chengyan: "Is this Biluochun?"
"This thing can't be grown on the Hanging Island."
"Hmm...what a pity."
Si Chengyan smiled faintly: "It's okay, ordinary green tea will do."
After saying this, he sat down next to Su Ran.
After a while, he said, "Are you worried about something?"
Su Ran waved his hands quickly when he heard it. After a few seconds, he realized that he couldn't hide it, so he nodded and said, "It's nothing, actually."
He clutched his blanket tightly and looked towards the distant lighthouse. "Just thinking... about what we'll do next."
Si Chengyan lowered his voice: "Don't worry."
"Um?"
"I won't let anyone bear any more responsibility." Si Chengyan said, "I already knew this after the previous accident, so... don't worry about it. There will definitely be a solution."
He rubbed Su Ran's hair and whispered, "And now, I also have a new and important mission here."
Su Ran looked at him for a few seconds.
This conversation did not continue. For some reason, both of them seemed a little silent that night.
As the silent dark night fell, mixed with the crimson stars in the distance, a slender figure appeared on the ground floor of the Lighthouse Research Institute.
The night light fell on the quiet boy. He looked up for a few seconds and gently pulled off the blanket covering his body.
Su Ran climbed all the way up from the lowest point of the lighthouse.
He held a small lamp in his hand, swaying it, and showed Anna's pass to the guarding soldier - he also left an apology letter to the other party, saying "I'm sorry" in both rose language and human language.
In fact, from the beginning, Su Ranjiu made up his mind and strengthened his ideals.
——He was going to the attic of the lighthouse alone.
Then, when the moon is dark and the world is quiet, press this control panel alone.
This is what he considers the optimal solution.
Without the colonel, he would never have been alive and here.
After being carried away by the strange bird, he probably couldn't escape the fate of being crushed to pieces.
At a certain moment, a small rose will appear and leave quietly, just like all living creatures.
This is the fate of his rose.
Even if he had superpowers and perhaps the ability to live forever, he could still die for various reasons—just like other roses.
Moreover, this situation was caused because he gave the healing power to this bad human.
After putting so much pressure on himself, Su Ran lowered his head again and couldn't resist for a few seconds.
As long as Elder Rose and the Colonel are fine, and all his human friends and rose companions are safe, that's enough.
Thinking of this, Su Ran raised his hand.
His long, thick eyelashes cast a shadow, and his gaze was determined as he fixed on the button in front of him. Now that he had come this far and had made this decision, he no longer had any fear.
Same as before.
Still a brave little rose.
The dim light stretched out his figure. Without any hesitation, he raised his hand and slammed it down. Just as he was about to press the button, his wrist was firmly grasped.
Su Ran heard a low voice, a different tone from usual, like the clouds before a storm, on the verge of erupting, yet clear and measured, each word falling into his ear: "What are you doing?"
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