Chapter 64
Looking at the three big words "No" on the page, Su Ci nodded involuntarily.
In other words, this human base does not support the use of cubs for experimental research, which is consistent with the impression Su Ci has formed of Base 24 in recent days.
In the base, there are people like Yan Ping who are full of righteousness, people like Gu Qingchen who can generate purification abilities under the stimulation of red mist, and researchers like Zhuang Shisong who are working hard to cultivate fine varieties and cultivate purifying green plants...
There were indeed some shortcomings in the raising of the cubs, but that was due to lack of ability. At least, except for A-Yan who was relatively special, the other children were raised to be fair and cute, and there was no deliberate harsh treatment.
There may be some sinister people, but the overall impression this base gave Su Ci was not bad. Otherwise, he might have chosen a different way to stay instead of continuing to be a breeder.
"Okay, I understand. Thanks for the answer."
Su Ci waved his hand again, and the work manual that was quietly floating in the air retreated again. Finally, with a whoosh, it returned to the wall and fit perfectly into the original groove.
I thought that I could finally reveal the prototype of the Book Spirit this time:???
Is this your way of saying thank you? Huh?!
After a moment of deep doubt, a wave of violent and angry emotions emanated from the workbook again, and the entire book began to tremble.
It seemed as if it would do something terrible in the next moment.
Sensing this fluctuation, Su Ci raised his eyes and glanced at it lightly.
“…”
The angry prototype of the book spirit calmed down instantly. The body of the book stopped shaking and its emotions were no longer out of control. It calmed down and once again played the role of a wall decoration.
A Yan, standing by, was curious about why the breeder asked Shu Ling this question. Was there a cub taken away by the research institute? But he did not ask.
Anyway, the breeder will tell him anything sooner or later if he can tell him.
The child obediently crawled into the bed and used his body temperature to warm up the slightly cold quilt, so that the breeder could sleep comfortably!
After Su Ci finished his "friendly exchange" with Shu Ling, he turned around and saw the child lying obediently in the quilt. He immediately felt sleepy.
Never mind. The world is big, eating and sleeping are the most important. Let’s deal with everything tomorrow. What’s more, it’s late at night. Even if we can pick up No. 4, the earliest we can do so is tomorrow.
Su Ci lifted the quilt and lay down in it, casually pulling A Yan over to use as a pillow. Before closing his eyes, a golden light flashed in his eyes.
As the golden light appeared and disappeared, all the cubs, except for those who were already quiet, who were making a lot of noise in their rooms, closed their eyes and fell asleep.
The entire nursery fell silent, and even the nanny robot No. 4586 entered a dormant state.
The night is quiet and peaceful.
Not only in the nursery, but also in Base 24, the lights in most buildings were dimmed. Only the guards and the operations department were still on duty in the cold night wind.
The red clouds in the sky were flowing slowly. At a certain moment, the clouds, which were originally calm, suddenly increased in speed, surging and roaring, making bursts of wailing.
The operations team patrolling the base was the first to discover the anomaly.
"The temperature seems to have dropped?"
Xun Xiaoyu had a serious expression. After being on Prison Star for a few years, she knew deeply that any small change must be taken seriously, otherwise it might lead to big trouble.
"Everyone assemble!"
She summoned the team members to gather together, and then called on the base's intelligent computer to report the situation.
In just the time it took to say these two sentences, the temperature dropped directly to zero degrees and was still dropping.
The dewdrops that originally condensed on the buildings have been frozen into frost flowers. As the concentration of pollutants increases, the frost flowers, which should have been snow-white, have turned blood-red.
As the temperature continued to drop, the blood-red color became darker and darker, and frost flowers continued to spread around. Even in places without water vapor, frost flowers froze when the red mist passed by.
At this time, Xun Xiaoyu had just called out the base's intelligent computer and had no time to respond to the situation.
A shrill alarm sounded throughout the base.
"Warning! Warning! Weather monitoring indicates that blood-colored frost flowers are forming at Base 24! All personnel outside Base 24, please immediately take shelter in nearby buildings!"
"Warning! Warning! Meteorological monitoring results show that blood-colored frost flowers are forming at Base 24..."
Hearing the alarm, Xun Xiaoyu decisively canceled the report to the base's intelligent computer, and then led the team to the nearest base building.
Although their combat uniforms have a temperature regulation function and automatically turn on the automatic temperature control mode when the temperature drops, in the bloody frost weather, the temperature can drop to minus 100 degrees Celsius.
Fighting in this kind of weather is very disadvantageous. Once the combat uniform is damaged, not only will their mobility be greatly reduced, but they will also face the risk of being directly frozen.
Therefore, in frosty and snowy weather, even members of the action team must take shelter in buildings as soon as possible.
Fortunately, blood-colored frost flowers usually form at night, because the base stipulates that except for patrolling guards and members of the action team, few people go out at night, so there will not be many people who need to be rescued by the action team.
Xun Xiaoyu had just led his team into a nearby building to take shelter when he saw someone talking in the group chat.
[What a close call! I just got back to the dorm and it was already frost-falling. I’m freezing cold.]
If Xun Xiaoyu remembered correctly, the person who spoke should be from the maintenance team. She frowned slightly and typed, "Why are you still out so late?"
Good evening, Captain Xun! I didn't want to do this either. I went underground with my colleagues from the aquaculture garden to collect water samples today, and we were delayed on the way back.
Xun Xiaoyu suddenly realized that she had indeed heard about the aquaculture garden investigating water samples, and they had discussed it in the small group today.
So she continued to ask: [Well, has everyone returned to the dormitory?]
[It's back, everyone's back. Don't worry, Captain Xun, you've worked hard too.]
Xun Xiaoyu replied with a smiley face and closed the group chat.
She looked outside the building. At this moment, a thick layer of frost had condensed on the glass windows, and everything looked blood red. Even the surveillance cameras distributed in every corner of the base had lost their sight one after another.
Under this terrifying natural force, no human or machine can operate freely.
Xun Xiaoyu's expression became extremely solemn.
In the past, as long as they hid in buildings, they could ensure their safety. However, after experiencing the bloody weather before, no one dared to guarantee this.
Without the surveillance camera's field of view, the action team lost the base's intelligent computer as its "eyes", and had no way to accurately determine the monster's location, and could not rescue people trapped outdoors in time.
Not only that, they were scattered and could only act on their own, unable to rush to places where fighting might occur to provide support in time.
At this moment when they are about to face an unknown battle, Xun Xiaoyu and all the members of the action team are more aware of the severity of the situation.
At this time, Xun Xiaoyu suddenly frowned.
She stared at the glass window that was almost covered with frost, and vaguely seemed to see a figure outside, staggering forward against the night wind.
However, just as she was about to see more clearly, the alarm sounded again.
"Those still outdoors, please take shelter in buildings immediately! All building access points within the base will be closed in one minute! The countdown begins!"
As the alarm sounded, the metal protective plate on the window fell down with a bang, completely blocking Xun Xiaoyu's sight.
Xun Xiaoyu sighed and could only tell herself that she had not received any distress messages from people outdoors, so... she must have seen it wrong just now.
She raised her head and looked towards the nursery, hoping that the little ones would behave themselves tonight and not attract the attention of the monsters...
On the fourth floor of the nursery, when the bloody frost flowers fell, a small light was still on in rooms four and five.
The little girl was lying on her small table, holding a light red paintbrush in her hand, carefully painting on the drawing paper. Next to her hand, four star chain fruits were neatly placed.
The fruit, with bright red skin and a faint sweet fragrance, slowly became eerie from the moment the bloody mist began to spread outside the window.
The little girl was oblivious to this, her paintbrush constantly sketching and smearing on the white paper. Her colors were bold and abstract, making it difficult to tell what she was painting.
She was so focused that she didn't even notice the bright red paint on her palms.
As time went by, the temperature outside the window became lower and lower.
In this closed and not spacious room, strange movements gradually began to occur.
First there was a person's laughter, a shrill, crazy laugh. It was impossible to tell whether the owner of the laughter was a man or a woman.
The laughter was originally very vague and could not be heard clearly unless you listened carefully, but as the little girl continued to paint, the laughter became louder and louder, and more and more sharp and piercing.
In addition to laughter, the sound of various people mumbling began to appear. The mumbling sound echoed in the ears, which could make any normal person feel dizzy and have a headache when hearing it.
Finally, the little girl's paintbrush stopped.
Red mist spread from her painting, filling the small room, and the whispers and laughter merged into a sound full of illusion.
"Oh, my little cutie, we meet again!"
After that voice fell, the room was once again filled with sharp laughter, as if countless men and women were laughing wildly.
The little girl who had been concentrating on drawing finally raised her head.
There was no trace of fear on her face. Her lovely brown eyes had turned into the vertical pupils of an animal, and seemed to have been stained with blood, turning into a strange deep red.
"I want a brother," she said.
"Oh? My dear little baby, your brother hasn't come back yet? Has he been taken away by those hypocritical humans to do something bad? You're so pitiful, little baby. You won't have a brother anymore. Hahahaha..."
The laughter echoed in the room, sometimes gentle, sometimes malicious.
"Shut up!"
Number Five roared angrily, clenched her hands into small fists, and hammered the table hard. The paintbrush in her hand broke into two pieces, and the fragments pierced her skin, causing blood to flow.
The laughter stopped for a moment, and then became crazy. The red mist that filled the room gathered and swam around the little girl's hand like a shark smelling blood.
The laughter in the room became even more crazy.
"Little cutie, don't be angry. You have to remember that we are in the same group."
That illusory voice coaxed gently, "As long as you offer me your soul and lend me your power, as long as we merge together, I can save your brother."
"That way, we can leave this nasty place and live happily together as a group. Don't you think that's a good idea? What are you still hesitating about?"
The little girl, who had just turned five, still had a childish face. She listened to the strange voice in the red mist, lowered her head slightly, and her eyes fell on the four neatly arranged star chain fruits.
Tears rolled down from her crimson eyes, splashing onto her painting with a sound of dripping, forming a red teardrop.
Finally, the little girl said softly, "Okay."
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