Chapter 9
Su Ran grabbed the communicator.
To be honest, it would be a lie to say he wasn't afraid. He was so anxious that he almost cried. He shook the gray little flower bud and dragged the walkie-talkie into the crevice of the rock with difficulty.
At this moment, a loud noise was heard above the church, more bricks and stones fell down, and more exclamations and screams were heard from the soldiers outside.
"Hurry up, please." He whispered, concentrating all his attention on it, "Why hasn't the call been connected yet..."
After an unknown amount of time, there was a beep from the intercom.
Su Ran was saved at once, and she lifted up the small flower bud, focusing all her attention on it.
Then, a deep glass opening slowly appeared on the screen.
A cracking sound was heard, and the cracks continued to widen, until a long scratch appeared.
Creak.
Just like that, the crack seemed to control itself and crossed the diagonal of the screen!
Su Ran was stunned for a few seconds and took three or four steps back.
"Difficult, could it be that..."
Does this walkie-talkie, like the armored vehicle, have a life of its own?
Su Ran was completely unable to think.
He held the flower bud and took several steps back. At this moment, the walkie-talkie stood up in front of him. The two small camera holes emitted faint light, facing him, like a human or other creature, looking him up and down.
The crackling sound of electricity continued.
In the chaos, a loud noise was heard from the right, and several soldiers fell down.
Su Ran did not hesitate any longer. Even though the stones were still falling and there was a risk of being hit, he still struggled to move between the cracks in the stones and head towards the light.
Just then.
There was a sudden loud noise.
The stone fell heavily, and a huge statue appeared before his eyes.
Su Ran took a breath and slowly moved his eyes upwards.
Finally, this god-like figure that subverted his cognition appeared in his sight.
——It is a statue of a god, but not entirely.
Its limbs were grayish-white, and after combining with humans, they acquired reddish-purple veins. These continued to grow, connecting all the way to its neck and merging into the angel wings behind it. Moving upward, within Su Ran's limited range, the statue's facial features merged with those of the priest, resulting in four eyes, a half-nose, and two mouths that constantly opened and closed, searching for their next prey.
With just one glance, Su Ran saw red and white flesh between its teeth.
To him, such scenes could only occur in the jungle. Whenever a deformed monster appeared around him, he could see the prey between its teeth and even smell the fishy smell.
Su Ran: “!!!”
It's over now.
It's really going to become a pool of rose mud.
It might even be eaten as a snack and swallowed in one gulp.
This thought developed into a vivid scene in his mind. Su Ran didn't know where he got the courage from, but he gathered all his strength and ran in the opposite direction of the statue!
Everything in front of him was blurry. He didn't know how long he had been running. It might have been just a few meters for a human, but it felt like a century. Until a huge force hit him, Su Ran found himself suddenly lifted into the air and firmly grasped in the palm of the statue.
"Ugh, let me go!" Su Ran slapped the small leaves frantically, snapping and shouting, "Let me go!"
Despite this, the power of a rose is ultimately no match for that of a deity.
Facing Su Ran, it didn't need to spend much effort at all. It only needed to hold on for a few seconds, and then it would show its long fangs, open its mouth, and wait for the rose to enter its mouth.
Su Ran closed her eyes in fear——
Suddenly there was a loud noise.
With bangs, several bullets grazed Su Ran's small flower bud and flew forward rapidly.
Before he could react, he felt the statue loosen its grip and fall directly downwards. In just a few seconds, it fell into a warm palm and was put into the pocket.
"Don't be afraid." The man's voice came through his pocket. "Hold on tight."
As soon as she heard the first syllable, Su Ran started to cry.
His human colonel has finally arrived!
He was almost there, just a little bit, and was about to start his rose life again.
Even when he was about to be eaten, he had made up his mind to be a human being instead of a rose that could be crushed into a flat at any time.
Su Ran could hardly remember what happened afterwards.
In a trance, he heard many people's voices, including Qiao Ran and Leah. Apart from that, there was the continuous sound of gunfire, which sounded one after another and receded like the tide.
It was not until the last moment, when he dug into his pocket and stuck his head out, that he saw them standing in the center of the church, with the stone statue lying on the ground in front of them.
At this time, Si Chengyan put away his gun and rescued Su Ran with peace of mind.
They stared at each other for a few seconds.
After a while, he touched Su Ran's small leaf and said, "Don't be afraid, it's over."
Su Ran seemed to be still in a daze: "I...Anna..."
"Anna is fine." Si Chengyan said, "She was slightly injured, but there's no risk of infection. I'll go back and bandage it first."
"Um……"
Su Ran responded.
He looked at Si Chengyan, then looked around. Qiao Ran and Liya were talking about something. Behind them, a large number of soldiers entered the scene and began to clean up.
It seems that we are safe for now.
Su Ran followed Colonel Si and evacuated the church.
In a low building on the side, he was placed on a clean stone and examined from top to bottom.
"I'm not injured." Su Ran waved the leaves, "It just turned a little gray..."
Before he finished speaking, his leaves immediately felt a cool breeze.
"When we get back, there's a small pond there." Si Chengyan poured the water from the kettle while carefully washing his leaves. "You can take a bath then."
"The base?"
"No." Si Chengyan said, "I'm at my house."
Su Ran straightened his roots.
Perhaps seeing his reaction, Si Chengyan said again: "Do you need something else besides the pond?"
Su Ran shook the little flower bud to express her denial.
He is very easy to feed!
As long as I stay by Colonel Si's side from now on, that will be enough.
Just when Su Ran was about to say something, he saw a long wound appear on Si Chengyan's hand.
So he asked, "Is your palm injured?"
"It's no problem."
"That hurts too!" Su Ran said, "Let me help you heal it."
Si Chengyan looked at the small rose, thought for a few seconds, and didn't refuse. He raised his palm, exposing the wound. Then Su Ran climbed onto his fingers with ease.
The colonel's fingertips were slightly calloused, rough, yet inexplicably reassuring.
Su Ran focused all his attention on the wound.
He thrust his blade forward, gently caressing the wound with the tip. In a split second, his palm was enveloped in a white light, a healing glow.
Despite this, Su Ran still didn't dare to relax.
Unlike general healing plants, humans need to spend more effort.
This was felt in the previous rescue.
But Su Ran felt that he was very lucky to have the power of healing.
If possible, he would stay behind the colonel and become his personal Rose Cub therapist.
Under the healing light, the wound gradually faded and healed... In the end, Su Ran seemed to have lost all his strength and sat down on the stone.
The healing power at this time did not stop, causing the vines beside to bloom small white flowers, all the way to the roof. He lifted the flower bud and saw Si Chengyan frowning with a look of worry: "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Su Ran, a qualified colonel rose, waved her leaves and said, "It's not uncomfortable."
After saying that, he stood up and spun around, waving the blade.
Only then did Si Chengyan relax his brows.
Just then, Qiao Ran suddenly interrupted.
"I'm injured too." He whimpered for a long time, "It hurts so much, and I need healing power too..."
When Su Ran heard this, she thought to herself, this is terrible, and she must get cured quickly.
So he jumped off Si Chengyan's wrist, clattered, and ran to Qiao Ran. He held his index finger and looked at it for a long time, wondering, "Where is the injury?"
Qiao Ran: "Look."
"Where exactly is it?" Su Ran looked around, almost wanting to stick the flower bud close to it, "I can't see it at all."
"You're treating me differently. I'm seriously injured." Qiao Ran had unknowingly started to imitate Anna, calling her "Cub," and then slowly concluded, "Cub, I'm so sad."
He paused for a few seconds and pinched his fingertips with a look of grievance.
I saw that a very shallow layer of epidermis was scratched on the red skin, but not even blood was shed.
Su Ran: “?”
Is this considered an injury, or a serious injury?
Su Ran was angry. He slapped the back of Qiao Ran's hand hard and then jumped down to protest. But Qiao Ran still felt wronged and even wanted to take the opportunity to touch his little flower bud.
"Bad Qiao Ran!"
Su Ran imitated the human gesture of putting her hands on her hips, curled the tips of her leaves against the rhizome, and became an angry little rose.
When the other party was fearless and wanted to continue teasing him, Si Chengyan spoke.
"Qiao Ran." Si Chengyan said calmly, "Next month's bonus."
Qiao Ran just shut up.
So they stopped talking and began to detect the distortion values around them.
Su Ran was not idle either. He found an injured mantis in a small crack. Its forelimbs were completely folded and it looked very painful.
Without hesitation, Su Ran untied the headband from the flower bud.
With the remaining healing power, the mantis's foot recovered and was bandaged with a small bow by Su Ran.
At this time, the instrument was still beeping, and the infection index dropped from 100 to 60.
"It's very strange." Qiao Ran said, "No matter where it is, even if those ghost things are eliminated, the maximum it can be reduced to is 60."
Si Chengyan didn't say anything. He squatted down and reached out to touch the scattered lime. Just with this action, the detector on his wrist began to beep.
Just then, a soldier rushed in.
"Colonel Si, something bad has happened!"
He looked so nervous that he almost fell into the door. The moment he saw Si Chengyan, he said incoherently: "Street, street corner, Colonel Si, the radar there has detected an unidentified object."
"type?"
"I don't know." The soldier spoke quickly. "It seems to be a combination of human beings, but not... square..."
As the words fell, the ground shook.
"There might be a new mutant." Qiao Ran held his forehead, "Can you please be quiet for a while?"
"According to the radar image, if there is no further distortion, that is the last uncleared area." Si Chengyan said, "If everything goes well, we can return to base tomorrow."
Qiao Ran: "That's what I said..."
He sighed and followed the soldier out of the building.
Seeing Qiao Ran's back, Su Ran led the little mantis and looked at Si Chengyan.
"Are you leaving again?" he asked in a low voice.
"Um."
"Can't I go with you?"
"It's dangerous out there."
Su Ran tilted the flower bud.
He is so distressed.
Just then, he saw Si Chengyan squatting down and looking at him.
Si Chengyan: "I'll be back soon."
Su Ran: "Really?"
"I'm not lying to you." Si Chengyan looked at him, "Give me ten minutes."
Seeing that Su Ran didn't say anything, he lowered his voice: "Or, count the petals here. When you finish counting, I will come back."
Su Ran picked up a handful of flowers. There were dozens of small white petals, gleaming faintly in the dim light.
"Then after I finish counting, can we go back?" he asked.
"Yeah." Si Chengyan touched his little bud, "We'll be able to return to the main base soon. Let's go home."
Su Ran: "Wow."
What does Colonel Si’s home look like?
So Su Ran no longer asked to go out together. She sat on the stone seriously and counted the petals obediently.
"One, two, three..."
Accompanied by a soft voice, Si Chengyan stood up.
The moment he turned around, his expression changed and became extremely cold, even his brows were chilled.
He took out the damaged pistol and disassembled it one by one with an expressionless face. The barrel, the revolver, the grip... the parts fell to the ground, clinking and making crisp sounds.
The little rose didn't look at Si Chengyan again. He believed in this human colonel and believed that soon he would be able to get into his pocket again, continue humming, and stay by his side.
Compared to Su Ran, the mantis next to him was not so calm.
It waved its newly grown thin legs and grabbed the gravel, making a coughing sound.
"Are you scared?" Su Ran held the little white flower in her hand. Seeing the mantis's appearance, she rolled up its legs with a small green leaf. "This human is very powerful!"
He spoke with a beaming expression as he waved the small blade, imitating Si Chengyan's movements as he fired a gun, accompanied by a whoosh sound: "Just like this, and then bang, the monster is knocked down."
"Don't be afraid."
"Count the petals with me."
…
The sounds outside the building became clearer.
Qiao Ran and some soldiers were standing on the wall outside the building, which was the last place that could block the deformed objects. Seeing Si Chengyan coming out, he threw a complete pistol to him.
At this time, a huge unidentified object was walking along the street, and its shadow slowly appeared under the red moonlight.
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Little Rose: The colonel I believe in is super awesome!
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