Chapter 86
Hanging Island, inside the Support Institute.
The instruments around were beeping, and Triana was standing in front of a large suspended screen. Without exception, her brows were furrowed.
Qiao Ran hurriedly pushed the door open and walked in: "At the Lighthouse Research Institute..."
His tone was anxious, and at this moment the Lighthouse Research Institute with a blaze rising from the sky appeared on the real-time screen again.
"We have to hurry!" Qiao Ran was so anxious that he couldn't even hold his gun steady. "Colonel Si and Su Ran are still there."
The moment he finished speaking, he hurriedly reached for the military dagger placed beside him, but because he was too anxious, it dropped to the ground with a bang.
"Don't be impulsive," Triana said. "Anna and the others have already arrived. What we need to do first is to investigate the fog and ensure the safety of the Hanging Island."
Qiao Ran looked at her and took a few quick breaths.
After forcing himself to calm down for a few seconds, he regained some of the rationality and control a military officer should have: "Got it. I'll go check on the situation on the Hanging Island right away."
As he spoke, he tapped the large screen on Poke. "The suspension position is normal, the radar guidance is normal...Aside from the underground laboratory, are there any other abnormal areas on the Suspended Island?"
"Not yet," Triana said, "but it's just an underground laboratory, which is enough to make trouble."
"What's the meaning?"
"We discovered that the underground laboratory is summoning something." Triana switched the screen, "It has attracted some mysterious things from underground."
"You mean that tree monster?" Qiao Ran said, "He's not Siertu at all."
"I know that. He's just borrowing a body right now," Triana said. "But according to some reports, he's closely connected to the Transmutation Institute and Tariel and the others."
The moment the words fell, Anna's communication came in hurriedly.
"We've arrived at the Lighthouse Research Institute. Squadron 1311 is currently collecting signals." Her tone was the same as before, but with a heavy sadness. "We can't contact the Colonel and Su Ran. I'm afraid they've..."
She paused for a few seconds and said, "Completely lost contact."
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Su Ran had no idea what was going on.
The last moment he was standing by the shelf, wanting to try the button as a rose.
And now, accompanied by a loud noise, his eyes blurred.
Before he fell into darkness, he heard Si Chengyan shout, so Su Ran stretched out his hand with all his strength - just a few seconds, the scorching heat wave brushed across the back of his hand, and then he fell into complete darkness.
When he woke up again, he found himself on a very small platform.
Below was the ground hanging nearly a hundred meters in the air. Su Ran shook his head, his voice almost drowned out by the whistling wind: "Colonel——"
Before he could finish, a powerful force came over him.
He was pulled into a strong embrace.
Si Chengyan hugged Su Ran's shoulders tightly, his movements seemed to be a little stagnant, and then he took out the gun he carried with him and pointed it at the iron box and bricks not far away -
Bang bang bang.
Three gunshots were heard.
They rushed out of the gun holes at a high speed and hit the crumbling steel plates accurately.
With a loud bang, the steel plate fell down and landed ten meters behind them, becoming a fulcrum, steadily blocking some falling gravel and sparks.
After a few seconds, Su Ran came back to his senses: "What happened...?"
"It should be the explosion at the research institute."
"explode?"
"Yes." Si Chengyan said, "We should be in the lower middle part of the Hanging Island now. This platform was blown out."
"But, there is no fire source..." Su Ran looked at Si Chengyan, "Then why is it..."
He didn't finish this sentence.
At this moment he understood something, lowered his head and said, "That's right."
After all, in this world, anything can happen.
From the initial vehicle mutation, inanimate objects could gain consciousness due to damage, to people being injured at any time and anywhere, and their flesh and bones being melted away... everything here has long become unpredictable.
Fog?
It is possible that the Lighthouse Research Institute exploded directly without any fire source.
Perhaps in the future, those indescribable beasts hiding in the fog would not even need to reveal their shadows, but would be able to easily take the lives of these weak creatures with just a sigh.
Su Ran forced herself to calm down and looked at Si Chengyan: "Now...what should we do? Should we go back?"
This time he didn't get an answer.
Si Chengyan looked at him and shook his head.
"In this situation..." Si Chengyan said, "According to my judgment, we should proceed to the final step."
Su Ran opened her eyes wide: "What?"
"The original floating urban area of the new city was based on the design concept of the current suspended island." Si Chengyan's eyes fell on the steel plate not far away. "Countless times of splitting, then reconnecting, and splitting again - we call it the Star Project."
"You mean..." Su Ran said, "We can split the suspended island into small floating areas, so that we can completely abandon the underground research institute and stop Siertu, right?"
Si Chengyan nodded: "Yes."
"Then you can go up from the broken part on the side, and I can stay here..." Su Ran said halfway, as if he thought of something, waved his hand, said sorry, and whispered: "I can't change it now."
He paused for a few seconds: "We can't go up together."
As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes accidentally fell on Si Chengyan, and he saw the other party frown for a moment. When he saw Si Chengyan's eyes become strange and look at his palm, Su Ran suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Could it be..."
Si Chengyan sighed softly and hugged Su Ran tightly: "That's why I can't leave."
"The fog is more intense than before." Si Chengyan looked at him and raised his hand to ruffle Su Ran's hair. "My special ability can't control this. Even my physical strength has been backfired."
"Wait a moment. When the Lighthouse Institute burns completely, it will be the best time to launch the Star Project." Si Chengyan's tone remained steady. "I believe in the judgment of the Support Institute, and I also believe that Triana will definitely do this at this time."
As he spoke, he lowered his head again and gently buttoned Su Ran's collar. Then he used all his strength and pushed his elbow to the side. The two narrow iron blocks suddenly moved and reassembled.
——That is the entrance to the mid-level warehouse. Humans cannot pass through, but very small creatures can.
"Can I turn back into a little rose?" he asked.
Su Ran opened her eyes wide.
He knew what Si Chengyan wanted to do and struggled instantly: "No, I don't want to..."
Si Chengyan grabbed his wrist, nudged his palm with his thumb, and rubbed it a few times: "Just listen to me one last time."
Su Ran couldn't help crying again.
Strangely enough, he wasn't a fragile rose that cried all day long.
Tears streamed down his eyelashes, soaking his clothes. Amidst the endless fog, amidst the howling of distant monsters, it seemed all he could do was cry.
He wondered if he could help share some of the burden, just a little bit.
But what about now?
Si Chengyan stood in front of him, enduring the pain of the rising fog and the backlash of his supernatural powers.
He himself was just a small and frail rose - the hanging island he saw and those indescribable shadows gradually became blurred, and the countless days and nights that the colonel had spent with him kept appearing before his eyes like floating shadows.
He was about to lose him.
The fog is corrosive to humans. Even though Si Chengyan has superpowers, he can't do anything about the fog - it can make those eyeballs have the same functions as the brain and have the ability to invade cities.
——It must be painful.
But even so, Si Chengyan still couldn't see much change in his expression.
He just looked at the other person calmly, with his eyes lowered - for some reason, his eyes were not as deep as before, and his light blue pupils were closer to a gentle ocean color.
Su Ran saw herself in it.
He reached out and touched the other person's cheek.
At this moment, a faint light gathered from his fingertips again. Compared to the healing power of the first superpower, it was a warmer power. From the inside out, it turned into tiny fragments of light and fell around them.
Si Chengyan raised his hand and wiped away the tears from the corners of Su Ran's eyes.
He rubbed the other person's hair again, just like he rubbed the small leaves when he was growing roses. After a while, he lowered his head and kissed her.
His brows didn't show any trace of the pain caused by the mist, and at this moment, he smiled again. As if the time had come, he slowly released Su Ran's wrist.
The fragments of the lighthouse suddenly scattered at this moment.
In the distance, tiny stars dotted the wilderness like fireflies, lengthening their silhouettes for the last time.
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