Chapter 108: The End of the World (3)
"Let's play chess." said Tao Xing.
"Okay, what is chess?"
"Um...let's play cards, shall we?"
"Okay, what's the card?"
“…”
However, after a morning and half an afternoon, Tao Xing managed to teach Tian Zai how to play chess, and the two of them had a lot of fun.
It was already afternoon. A faint light shone through the door and windows. The flower seedlings on the balcony swayed in the wind. Tianzai stretched lazily, as if a little tired.
"Take a break." Tao Xing put away the chessboard and stood up to fold the bedding.
When I came back and walked into the room, I saw Tianzai sleeping on the sofa. A ray of sunlight was caressing his body, and his long eyelashes cast a shadow.
Tao Xing covered him with a blanket, then sat opposite him and flipped through a file.
A breeze blew, turning the pages of the book. He raised his head to look at the green seedlings, then turned back to look at the sleeping person. No matter what was happening outside, time suddenly became peaceful at this moment.
In the evening, Tianzai woke up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, the setting sun fell on the door frame, and the tender green leaves on the balcony swayed gently.
This is the way humans sleep, and it was the first time he slept this way.
He felt unprecedented comfort, and when he turned around and saw the person opposite him, he suddenly felt unprecedented happiness.
The person opposite him felt his gaze, put down the booklet and stood up: "Awake, what do you want to eat?"
Tian Zai curved his eyebrows and said, "All good. They are all delicious."
He felt happier.
At night, the temperature difference was large. Tao Xing brought the seedlings into the house, closed the doors and windows, and the two played chess for a while. He watched Tianzai crawl into the bed and wrapped him tightly. He made sure that he was not cold before leaving.
Tianzai probably isn't afraid of the cold, and maybe he doesn't need to eat, but Tao Xing really wants to care about his warmth and hunger. Even if he doesn't need it, wouldn't it be more comfortable to be full and warm?
Three meals a day, half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
In an environment where there are no electronic entertainment devices and it is difficult to go out, life is actually not easy to pass. The two of them basically cook, eat, play chess, and play cards every day. Tianzai learned some about the base situation, and Tao Xing learned some about the forest situation.
Occasionally I would go out and look for uncontaminated plants nearby to see if they could be eaten or grown, but the results were minimal. Apart from humans, it was difficult to find uncontaminated plants and animals.
At first, Tao Xing watched Tianzai lie down and cover himself with the quilt before he left. Later, Tianzai seemed reluctant to leave and always wanted to pull him aside to talk more. Gradually, he would watch Tianzai fall asleep before leaving.
Then, because it was too cold at night, one heater in the room was not enough to keep out the cold. After weighing the pros and cons, the two moved Tianzai's bed to Tao Xing's room, with the two of them sharing one room and turning on two heaters.
This way he didn't have to go to the other room at night. Amid the howling cold wind, the two of them stayed in the warm little room, wrapped in quilts, looking at each other and chatting.
Sometimes, Tao Xing would tell him stories from the past, stories about their first encounter and reunion.
He talked a lot, then looked at the other bed through the crimson light of the radiator: "We live the same life every day, do you get tired?"
Tianzai's eyes were moving back from the flower seedlings, and he shook his head: "These days, I am happier than all the times before." He smiled with curved eyebrows, "I feel very comfortable with you."
"Comfortable?"
"Yeah." Tianzai nodded seriously, "I really like being with you."
"Okay." Tao Xing smiled. When she was about to turn off the light, she heard a buzzing sound from the bedside. It was another message from the communicator.
After Tao Xing replied to his message last time, Dr. Qi guessed that Tao Xing was not in a position to reply, so they did not have much contact. During this period, he only sent one message, which was sent about a week after the natural disaster, saying that its pollution activity had decreased.
The activity has decreased, which means that its range will not expand so easily. Dr. Qi said that it will not expand for the time being, so there is no need to rush and let Tao Xing lure it slowly.
That day, Tianzai said very seriously to the line of words "temptation": "It's still the weather forecast."
Tao Xing: “Oh.”
Today, it seems that the message was also sent by Dr. Qi.
Tianzai picked up the communicator in a serious manner and looked at it for a while. He was not sure what he was thinking. After a long while, he suddenly said, "They have something to talk to me about. I need to go out for a while."
"Ah?" Tao Xing was surprised.
Can he read?
No, if you can read, you will understand the previous message and you won’t react like this.
It's a made-up reason.
Tao Xing was worried, so she looked at the communicator on the table in the middle. The screen was still on, and it was indeed a message from Dr. Qi: [It was detected that the pollution intensity of the natural disaster tonight fluctuated, and it completely disappeared for a minute. I don't know what you did, but... keep up the good work.]
Tao Xing was stunned. He really didn't know what he had done and couldn't get on with it.
However, it is certain that the natural disaster was indeed a made-up reason, and he did not understand the words.
He asked the person in front of him: "Are you going back to the base? Take me with you?"
"No, I'm just going out for a while and will be back in two days." Tianzai dodged the question, "I will bring you with me when I return to the base."
"Okay, you...be careful."
"Don't worry."
Actually... there is nothing to worry about. After all, he is the most dangerous one.
Early the next morning, the Scourge left.
There was only one person left in the small building, and it suddenly seemed very deserted.
Tianzai didn't bring the communicator, so okay, Tao Xing just dealt with some things, replied to the messages that needed to be replied to, made the calls that needed to be made, and then he found Dr. Qin from the Academy of Science and Technology of the Research Center and contacted him for half a day.
At night, the temperature began to drop again. Tao Xing closed the door, turned on the radiator, and made the bed.
Just as I was about to turn off the lights, I heard a knock on the door downstairs. I opened the door and saw Tianzai standing outside with his arms folded.
He said he would be back in two days, but he came back in less than a day.
The thin young man said softly, "It's too cold."
Tao Xing hurriedly pulled him upstairs: "Where have you been? What happened?"
"I..." Tianzai hesitated, turned around and didn't answer.
This is a bit difficult to talk about.
He was born in that heavily polluted jungle. He was formed from the foul air produced by animals and plants after long-term pollution and mutation. His original form was a ball of black air surrounded by red vines.
Most animals have estrus periods and plants have pollination seasons. Although he is neither an animal nor a plant and does not have estrus or pollination behavior, he can still be affected.
He would become restless at certain times.
The specific manifestation of this restlessness is that he wants to find something to kiss, an animal, a plant... as long as it is living.
But... not everything is acceptable. He wants something that is not polluted. Those pollutants have a very unpleasant smell and he can't eat them.
But since his transformation, there has been very little in the world that has not been contaminated.
After gaining consciousness, he watched humans for a long time and realized that humans were different from ordinary animals and plants. He slowly learned a lot from them, including language, habits... and shame.
At this time today, he didn't feel like telling Tao Xing and went out to look for a partner by himself.
But I just can't find it.
He had been pampered recently and began to miss the warm little house and soft bed at night. He didn't want to stay outside at all. The howling cold wind was unbearable for him.
So he came back.
He tidied himself up, wrapped himself in the quilt and sat on the bed, his face slightly flushed, still very uneasy.
Tao Xing walked to his bedside and touched his forehead: "What's wrong with you?"
The pair of red eyes like pearls and gems raised up and suddenly flashed: "Yes, you are not a pollutant."
"I am a human being." Tao Xing said, "Aren't you?"
"Me too, of course I am." Tianzai sat up and was about to say the rest of the words, but hesitated.
I arose some strange feelings in my body. I wanted to kiss her, but I was a little hesitant. A matter of resolving my restlessness had inexplicably become a little cautious.
But now...it's not just restlessness, but also mixed with a strange yearning and joy.
Finally, the joy overcame his timidity, and he looked at the person in front of him eagerly: "Can I kiss you?"
Tao Xing: “…”
So...direct?
Why not?
Tao Xing probably guessed that he might have such a need for physical reasons, so he leaned forward slightly and asked, "How do you want to kiss me?"
"That's fine." Tianzai stretched out his hand from under the quilt, hooked his hands around the neck of the person in front of him, tilted his head back and kissed him.
It's like a clear spring blowing across the body, soothing the anxiety and restlessness, irrigating the dryness and heat, and letting the coolness penetrate into the heart, making every part comfortable and relaxing.
The red light shone on his face, making his eyebrows and cheeks red. He kissed gently and seriously, but Tao Xing was not as calm as he was.
Tao Xing looked at the trembling eyelashes, slowly put her arms around his shoulders, slowly leaned forward, and took the dominant position.
The person sitting on the bed fell back with this trend, half leaning on the head of the bed. Tao Xing pressed on him, lips and teeth entangled with him.
The person under him finally opened his eyes. Perhaps because he was a little suffocated, or perhaps because the heat was too strong, his face was even redder than before.
Tao Xing said in a gentle voice: "Are you ready?"
"alright."
"Yeah." He slowly got up and covered him with the quilt.
The person on the bed covered his face, which was not only red but also very hot. He then held his chest, and his beating heart was about to jump out.
After a long while, my mood finally calmed down, but I couldn't fall asleep. I couldn't wait to see the person opposite me.
They were clearly in the same room, within arm's reach, yet he still felt deeply reluctant to leave.
Although he felt comfortable that night, he did not sleep well, so he was unable to get up the next day.
The temperature would rise during the day, so Tao Xing quietly turned off the heating, changed his blanket, and opened the windows for ventilation.
At noon, the sleeping person woke up, a cool breeze brushed his hair, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the green seedlings outside the window. The room was so quiet and peaceful, but Tianzai's heart suddenly palpitated.
The green seedlings swayed, startling him out of his thoughts. The aroma of food filled his nostrils. The door was gently pushed open, and someone stood there in the sunshine: "Are you awake? Are you getting up to eat?"
The young man's eyes lit up and his heart began to beat rapidly.
At night, the communicator buzzed several times. At this time, the two people were sitting on a bed wrapped in a quilt and playing chess.
Scourge looked back, his eyes rolling back and forth.
Tao Xing said, "Is it the weather forecast? This kind of news always comes out very frequently."
"Really? Yes, it's the weather forecast." Tianzai breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that he would be exposed if he kept using the same excuse.
"But how's the weather lately?" Tao Xing asked again.
Tianzai, who had just relaxed, became nervous again. He cleared his throat, picked up the communicator in a serious manner, and "read" the two messages carefully several times: "It has been sunny since last week."
"Last week?"
"Um."
Tao Xing stroked his eyebrows and said, "Let’s just say, last week’s weather...do we still need a forecast?"
The other party seemed to have discovered the problem and quickly added: "I mean, it's been sunny from last week to next week. Very sunny."
"Oh." Tao Xing nodded and looked at the person in front of him with a probing look.
He had read the messages clearly. There were two messages, both from Dr. Qi. From the words, he could tell that the other party was very excited: [Admiral Tao, the pollution of the natural disaster has disappeared again. This time, it disappeared for 12 hours. 12 hours, from 11 o'clock last night to 11 o'clock this morning.]
[Admiral Tao, do you know what contamination disappearance means? It means that he will not contaminate other things at all, no matter how close he is. He is just like an ordinary human being. How did you do it? I know it is not convenient for you to reply to messages, but if you have any discoveries, you must find a way to let us know.]
Tao Xing still didn't know why, but he had a vague guess.
It was 11 o'clock last night, three hours after they kissed. Could a kiss make his contamination disappear?
This is also difficult to verify.
"Hey." The person in front of him called him, "It's your turn. What are you thinking about?"
Tao Xing came back to his senses and the chess piece was placed: "Nothing."
The young man sighed slightly: "I lost, I won't play anymore."
"Okay, let's go to bed." Tao Xing got up and got out of bed.
"Wait a minute." Tianzai called him, paused for a moment, and said, "Can I kiss you again?"
Tao Xing: “…”
"Are you still feeling unwell today?" he asked.
"No more." Tianzai pursed his lips lightly, "I just want to kiss you."
Tao Xing was stunned for a moment, then she smiled faintly and turned closer.
The person on the bed gently hooked her arms around his neck, tilted her head back and kissed his lips.
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