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The situation in Asher is not optimistic.

Sudden and unexpected heart problems, before which he had been healthy.

Today is the day Anya officially retires. Asher, who loves his daughter dearly, comes to the wasteland to pick her up personally. However, Anya obviously doesn't love her father that much. After seeing her old father, the first thing she says is "You've lost weight", and the second thing she says is "Where is Lorraine?"

All soldiers, during their military service, will not have any access to external networks or messages except for talking to their parents and family members. After Asher said, "Lorraine is married," Anya picked up her gun.

Only after hearing the words "we're gone" did Anya let go of her hand, her palms covered in blood from gripping so tightly.

Asher began to regret breaking up Anya and her first boyfriend, the weak young man, but because he was just an ordinary civilian, even though Anya doted on him to the point of even planning to quit her job to prepare for pregnancy——

They were all forcibly taken apart by Asher.

He used money and power to force the frail young man to leave District 1, and constantly used consecutive social gatherings to help his daughter get over the shadow of a broken heart; each of those carefully selected men had a clean family background, was in good health, had a bright future, and was young and promising.

Anya had been looking at men of different styles for three years, and she was tired of aesthetics, so she ended her relationships hastily.

She finally fell in love with Lorraine.

This is the man that Asher is trying to win over.

When Lorraine's position was not so high, Asher had thought about letting his daughter marry him; unfortunately, Lorraine never participated in similar tea party invitations, and her coldness made the arrogant Asher a little angry, and he was too lazy to use his power to force him to marry Anya.

Fate is so unfortunate. When Asher can no longer use his power to force him, Anya comes and tells Asher firmly that she has set her eyes on a man who perfectly meets her and her father's requirements, whether in terms of body shape, appearance, character and morality, or power and ability.

The only bad thing is that she doesn't meet Lorraine's preferences for a partner.

A few years before the mate selection survey was officially released, Lorraine had never revealed anything about his private life in any public occasion; hearing that the person who knows a person best is often his mortal enemy, Anya got Ci Li drunk and used a lie detector to extract a lot of information from him.

"Lorraine is actually quite sullen. Do you know what sullen means? He knows everything, but he is very restrained."

"Which women does he like? Uh... When he was in school, the one he chatted with the most was probably the auntie who was in charge of serving food in the cafeteria. Because Lorraine eats a lot, he needs to eat a lot of bread every time... If it's lunch, he will eat 800g of rice at a time... He needs to ask the auntie to give him more rice."

"Ah, partner preference? He won't talk about it. I've already said that he's stuffy and never shares such things."

"However, a long time ago, he did say that he would appreciate women who are sexy, mature, and skilled; the kind who are resolute, brave, bold, and careful..."

Anya believes that each of the above criteria is suitable for her. She is a very decisive woman. In order to be closer to Lorraine's aesthetic requirements, and as she grows older, there are more and more new people on the TV station - Anya also wants to follow the military and political route arranged by her father, so she signs up to join the army.

She didn't expect Lorraine to get married and divorced so quickly in such a short period of time.

Asher never expected that his daughter was still thinking about Lorraine.

Not sure if it was the climate in the wasteland or the fact that "why is my daughter still thinking about an impossible man" was too much of a shock, but in accordance with Anya's wishes and out of selfish desire to try to win her over, Asher finally chose to go to Lorraine's base.

But unfortunately he suffered a heart attack.

Yu Mo tried his best to rescue the child all the way to the base. The expedition vehicle was equipped with limited equipment, and he had tried his best to keep Asher's heart at a normal level.

But the atmosphere at the base was not very friendly. Herman came out to greet them personally and tactfully said that a bionic man had appeared in the base tonight... and they needed to have a blood test before entering.

Anya's gun was against Horman's head. She asked coldly, "My father is suffering from heart disease and is on the verge of death. Do you still want him to take a blood test?!"

Herman smiled as usual: "I'm sorry, this is Admiral Lorraine's order... We can't make concessions, this is the army. We can't let other soldiers take this risk."

Anya's gloomy face improved after hearing the word "Lorraine". Then, Yu Mo came running over. His silver-white hair made Herman dazed: "Aren't you with Lorraine..."

"He was jealous and left me out," Yu Mo said, "It's too late. Can we take a blood sample from Mr. Asher first? He has a serious heart problem..."

Special matters should be handled specially.

Homan ordered the medical staff at the base to take blood samples from Yumo and Asher first, and the rest of the people still lined up and waited for the test. Team Green was in the front, swaying and chewing mushroom-flavored candy.

When Yu Mo passed by, Dangdang found that the stale and decayed smell on him had completely disappeared.

Gone.

Instead, there was the strong smell of old age on Asher's body, so strong that it could not be ignored, and the smell of death became more and more obvious.

Anya strode away calmly. Her scent was very distinct, like spicy stir-fried chili peppers, very aggressive. Dangdang coughed and heard Anya ask Herman in a low voice.

"Why can't I get in touch with Lorraine?" she asked. "Where has he gone?"

Homan said truthfully: "Admiral Hector said that according to the data model calculation, it is speculated that there are some important drug samples in the nearby underground city laboratory..."

Yu Mo and Asher had successfully passed the blood test and entered the base. All the doctors in the base surrounded them and nervously carried Asher to the medical vehicle inside the base, put him on the listening device, and tested him...

A doctor wearing black-framed glasses shook hands with Yu Mo. Yu Mo briefly and clearly explained Asher's current symptoms and medication. The doctor's expression immediately became serious.

"There is no fast-acting medicine on base to treat heart failure," said the doctor in black-framed glasses, "and the nearest supply point is six hours away by car—"

"Didn't Admiral Hector say that there were important drug samples in the nearby underground city laboratory?" Anya, who was very good at hearing and seeing, said calmly, "Why don't we go get them?"

Horman hesitated: "You need to apply in advance to enter and exit the dungeon."

Lorraine wrote the name "Ivy" on the initial application, so when Ivy wanted to prepare to enter the dungeon, Herman did not stop her, which was in principle.

But Lorraine had no intention of letting anyone else pass.

"It should be in time to apply now, right?" Alice blinked. She was sweating a lot. The excessive and non-stop exercise made her skin look rosy. "Besides, Admiral Hector hasn't come back for so long. Could he have encountered a trap in the dungeon? We have two expedition teams, both of which can go over to help."

Herman's head felt like it was enlarged, and he felt like there were bees buzzing and flapping their wings inside.

"Well, well, well," he began weakly, "you have a point, but ..."

"No buts," Anya said word by word, "I will go write the application now and go to the dungeon... to find the medicine that can save my father."

Having said this, she turned her head and looked carefully at Alice's face. Alice responded with a sweet smile, and Anya withdrew her gaze coldly.

The girl's face made her feel a little uncomfortable.

Maybe it's because she looks too much like Anya's aesthetics - like 'cute aggression'. When humans see something too cute, such as a furry kitten, puppy, or rabbit, they always feel like biting it hard.

This is a hormone secreted by the brain in a timely manner to balance the mind that is overwhelmed by cuteness.

Now Anya really wanted to bite Alice hard, open her lips, bite her cheek, gently hold it in her mouth, suck it, and bite it.

She suppressed this unnatural impulse, turned around, and began to write an application to enter the dungeon.

At the same time, Alice hummed a song, her skirt fluttering in joy. She passed by Rong Qi, who was blushing and nervous, and Yu Bai, who was silent. She walked directly to Song Feng and tilted her head curiously to look at him: "What's wrong with you, Song Feng? Why are you so restless today?"

Song Feng said nothing.

The internal injuries from being beaten by Ivy and the emotional turmoil had not yet fully recovered, so he was unusually silent and distraught.

The scent of coconut milk belonging to Alice mixed with the scent of Rongqi and Yu Bai was brought by the wind. Song Feng looked dazed. He looked up at Alice, but he felt that through her, he saw another stubborn face.

They look exactly the same.

Obviously...

"Alice," said the kind-hearted Song Xu, "Don't pay attention to my brother. He is now shocked and stupid."

"Strike?" Alice wondered, "Because you lost to Ivy?"

"Well... not exactly," Song Xu tried his best to explain Song Feng's current strange state while ensuring Ivy's privacy. "Well, actually, have you seen those recent commercials? They're the kind that say 'President, your wife has been hanging on the building for three days, and your heirloom fell from her', and now my brother puts himself in the shoes of the regretful president'..."

Alice couldn't understand, but left respectfully.

Only Song Feng was left, holding Song Xu's hand tightly.

He had already realized something from Anya's question and reaction, and whispered, "If Lorraine and Anya are together, will Ivy leave him?"

Song Xu's mouth is big enough to fit a goose egg.

After a long time, he strongly condemned: "Brother, you want to use such a vicious method to break up a couple of lovers, you will be punished by God!!!"

"Can't you learn from me?" Song Xu asked, "Wouldn't it be good to be a gentle and kind third party like me, who doesn't ask for anything in return but gives silently?"

Song Feng did not answer Song Xu. He took a step forward and leaned slightly towards Anya.

"Ms. Anya," he said, "the dungeon is full of dangers. The Iris Expedition Team is willing to provide you with some assistance."

Dangdang, who had been silent all this time, also raised his hands.

"I'm going too," he said. "I can smell Lorraine and Ivy... I think you guys need this skill."

——Smell the scent?

Rong Qi, who had been silent all this time, was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at Alice's legs. He broke out in cold sweat, and he clearly remembered that under the warning, he pulled out a second before he could get it, so as not to dirty Alice; but Alice, who had not yet gotten the cake, clung to Yu Bai again, as if she didn't see him, and started passionately until she was given up by Yu Bai. Unlike Rong Qi, Yu Bai had the supreme honor of being able to get it, and gave it all to her without any concealment.

He was not sure if Dangdang could sense this. He had crossed the line with his best friend's sweetheart. This betrayal and guilt made him feel uneasy. He looked away in pain and confusion, but after three seconds, he couldn't help but look at Alice again and couldn't look away.

Rong Qi knew that he and Alice were not a good match.

He also knew that he needed to meet the woman who was more than 80% compatible with him this month.

But he couldn't bear it.

Alice said she liked Ivy very much, even more than she liked herself - just like a daughter likes her mother, like a kitten depends on a big cat. If there was no Ivy, she would not exist in this world -

Ivy must be rescued, brought back intact to Alice, and made happy.

"Yes," Rong Qi said, meeting Herman's puzzled gaze, "Iris is willing to go."

Boom—boom—boom—

The deep black night was filled with the sound of thunder and lightning. Dark clouds slowly gathered in the distance, covering the silent desert and the foggy city beneath it.

Ivy did not faint.

She lowered the hand holding the zipline device and it just caught the muscle of her forearm. She gritted her teeth and sank down with difficulty. The length of the zipline was limited. She had tried her best to release it as late as possible when falling into the abyss, but this length was still not enough for her to land smoothly.

The further down they went, the stench of rotting corpses disappeared, replaced by a soft, elegant, dreamlike fragrance. Ivy used her good left hand to put on a protective mask to prevent it from having any hallucinogenic effects.

In the novel, this kind of aroma with psychedelic effects can either drive people crazy and kill people, or drive people crazy and have sex. Given her current physical condition, if she had to choose one of the two, Ivy hoped for the latter.

Nothing is more important than life.

She thought.

But this thought flashed through her mind, and Ivy asked herself again.

——Then why did you jump down?

——Ivy?

She doesn't know.

Her little arm tried to swing on the chain, and after a few shakes, she used the force to easily swing to the rock wall in front of her. She picked up a stone with her left hand and tried to throw it down.

Soon the sound was heard.

Judging from the sound, she should be less than ten meters away from the "bottom".

Ivy breathed a sigh of relief.

At this height, she should have no problem jumping down wearing protective clothing and having received training - ordinary people definitely can't do that -

Ivy took a deep breath, retracted the zipline, and jumped down lightly - she prayed that there would not be a sea of ​​corpses below, and if there were, she hoped there wouldn't be too many bugs...

The further she went down, the stronger the scent of calm and elegance became. She sat down on the ground smoothly, rolled over, and got up quickly.

There was no sea of ​​corpses under her feet, only a thick layer of soft, delicate green grass. It was the fragrant, fresh grass and the soft, silicone-like soil underneath that absorbed most of the impact of the fall and prevented Ivy from getting hurt.

It was too dark all around, but strangely, there were little yellow lanterns floating around.

Ivy was stunned.

——It’s a firefly!

——The firefly that was declared extinct a hundred years ago!!!

She took a few steps forward and found that the firefly threads were not afraid of her at all. They gathered slowly around Ivy like stars of light, and some even landed on her wrists.

"If there were more, I could find where Lorraine is."

Ivy thought.

As soon as this thought came to mind, suddenly, more fireflies flapped their wings and emerged from the green grass on the ground. They gathered in a rush and rushed towards Ivy. The faint and tiny lights slowly gathered into a brilliant galaxy. Ivy asked in surprise: "Can you hear me?"

The fireflies in front of me flapped their wings actively, and the wings pumped the air, making tiny, fragmented sounds. When these sounds were aligned, they converged into a sound close to that of humans.

Just like the most primitive 0, 1, 0, 1 in a programming system——

Fireflies from billions of years ago share the same sound frequency that belongs to humans.

"elder sister!"

"elder sister!"

"elder sister!"

Ivy's face turned pale.

She found that she had a good mental state, otherwise she would have suspected ghosts and run away.

"Help me find the man who just fell," Ivy begged, "He is very important to me... Okay?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the fireflies slowly gathered together and flapped their wings: [Okay!]

[OK!]

[OK!]

They actively guided Ivy forward, and the bright and bright fire illuminated a clean path. Ivy had good grades in biology, but she also knew how difficult it was to achieve a dialogue between humans and these tiny insects. These little things that were not even as big as a fingernail... had been exterminated, so who successfully "bred" them?

Ivy tried not to think about "yuan".

Even though she admits that humans have indeed brought too much disaster to the earth, destroyed the ecosystem, and believed that they are at the top of the food chain, they have uncontrollably harmed other creatures on the earth for various interests.

But that is not a reason for "Yuan" to be high and mighty and criticize humanity.

Countless flashing fireflies finally gathered together peacefully, and Lorraine was lying quietly on the ground.

Looks like he passed out.

Ivy walked over quickly: "Teacher!"

No response.

She fearfully put her hand under Lorraine's nose, and only felt relieved when she felt the hot and steady breath.

Ivy looked up and watched the fireflies flying beside her.

etc.

Yuan can control fireflies and create identical "humans". So, is the Lorraine lying on the ground now still the same Lorraine?

Ivy was suddenly alert. She was worried, so she reached out and touched the wound on Lorraine's abdominal muscle. She felt the wet blood, then took off her mask, leaned over, took a deep breath, and smelled the cold, special icy metallic scent on him.

No...not entirely sure yet.

She was extremely cautious. She opened Lorraine's belt, reached in, and touched the edge of his wound. The light of the firefly was too dim, so dim that she couldn't see the details clearly. Ivy had no choice but to lean down again to see more clearly.

"What are you doing?" Lorraine's cold voice sounded. She had woken up from her brief fainting, but her head was still a little dizzy.

Facing Ivy who buried her head in his waist and abdominal muscles and sniffed around strangely, Lorraine did not feel strange or surprised, but just thought, "Ah - she's here again."

Fool.

I have clearly told her Xin Lan's power-on instructions.

She had clearly been safely delivered to the platform.

This idiot.

Still jumped down like this.

Fortunately, her developed yet fragile limbs were not broken. Judging from the way she was moving her head around like a puppy, she should not have suffered any injuries.

……Fool.

Lorraine said wearily, "Don't tell me you have some hidden sleeping habits."

"...No!" Ivy was surprised and happy, "You're awake? That's great... Because I can't see clearly here, and you smell a lot of blood, I want to confirm from a close distance whether it is you..."

"Close inspection of the wound to confirm the identity?" Lorraine said, "I'm sorry, I thought you were going to observe the biological instrument closely to identify the identity."

Ivy's eyes lit up: "What a good idea! Why didn't I think of it just now..."

"Student Ivy," Lorraine rubbed his forehead and was about to scold her sternly, but the words softened unexpectedly when they reached his lips - like a bullet shot with all his strength, penetrating layer after layer of soft cotton. He said, "Why did you jump down? Didn't I tell you to stay up there and run to find Xin Lan?"

"The corridor outside is also full of lasers," Ivy stressed, "I may not be able to escape alone. Besides, do you want me to watch you stay here... and abandon you?"

"This is not abandonment. Who promised me to protect my life?" Lorraine said, "Don't you even listen to your teacher?"

"Don't use your status as a teacher to pressure me," Ivy shouted, "I don't want you to die, I want to save you, I want to leave safely with you - is that not possible?"

"I thought your smart little head would have more rational ideas," Lorraine frowned slightly, "Don't be too emotional."

Ivy shouted, "Can't you say something nice? Like I said, I don't want you to die. Can't you just admit that you're worried about my life, too?"

Lying on the ground, Lorraine sighed deeply.

"Ivy," he said, "come here and help me take off my shirt."

Ivy said: "Using beauty and temptation will not solve the problem. Don't think that I can forgive your condescending attitude just by showing me your breasts, muscles and abdominal muscles."

"I never know what's in your little head," said Lorraine. "Help me take off my shirt and check my arms. I think both of them are dislocated."

Ivy was startled.

She changed her position and deftly unbuttoned Lorraine's shirt, asking humbly, "Teacher, do you smell it? It smelled like a corpse up there, but when I came down, I found it smelled so good here... Why is that?"

"Maybe it has something to do with the concentration in the air. When feces is diluted to a certain extent, it also smells like jasmine," Lorraine said. "However, it is not the smell of a corpse. The smell of a corpse is not like this - it is the smell of a bionic corpse that has been soaked in bionic blood for a long time."

"…Uh, you're going to make it so I can't enjoy sniffing jasmine flowers anymore," Ivy said. "Also, how do you know the difference between a dead body and a bionic body? That's amazing."

"Because I'm a soldier," Lorraine said, "I'm not that great. After you've been in the expedition for two more years, you might be better than I am now."

Ivy felt that this might be the highest compliment Lorraine could ever receive.

She had already taken off Lorraine's shirt. In the hazy, dark abyss, with the faint light of fireflies, Ivy saw his full and smooth muscles again, so handsome that it made her palms itchy.

"Did you just wake up?" Ivy asked, trying to divert attention, "or when did you wake up?"

"I was awake for a while," Lorraine said. "Something that felt like stone, smelled like stone, and felt like stone was dropped from a great height and hit me in the chest, and that woke me up."

Ivy shuddered.

As she helped Lorraine unbutton his shirt, she accurately felt under his arm the stone that she had just plucked out and thrown to the ground to test the depth.

"In the dimness, I heard the sound of the fool falling to the ground and seemed to be shouting for the teacher," Lorraine said, "and the stone hit my chest, which made me cough several times - do you have any clues?"