City of Black Gold
While cleaning up, they chatted idly about what happened after he fell unconscious. Liu Xia also roughly understood what happened on their way here, and couldn't help but hug Ding Ruotong, whose eyes were bloodshot, with heartache.
It can be seen that during the time she was unconscious, Ding Ruotong hardly closed her eyes while taking care of them. She must have been bullied a lot, otherwise she would not know the temperament of black market doctors so well.
Liu Xia thought that after the body in the real world died, the body in the wasteland world would also die, but he didn't expect to come back alive. He felt like he had gained a second life.
After giving up on everything in the real world, she now feels that everything in the wasteland world has become more real than the unreality brought by the first time she consciously entered this body. Perhaps this is a sense of belonging.
After they finished packing, they checked He Tianlin's condition again and confirmed that there was no problem before walking out together.
The burly man guarding the gate saw Liu Xia for the first time after she woke up. He didn't do a strict inspection when letting her in. He just looked at her inexplicably and smiled twice, as if he had heard of Liu Xia before.
As soon as Liu Xia walked out of the hospital gate, she saw Song Xuan, who looked exhausted, walking in from outside the wall carrying a bag. The sudden meeting made Liu Xia let out a soft "ah".
Ding Ruotong, who was walking behind, looked over intently in confusion when she saw Song Xuan, who always had a deadpan expression and never smiled, walking towards her with a broad smile. His cold voice trembled slightly with excitement, and echoed clearly in the courtyard.
"Xia... I miss you so much..."
Even if Ding Ruotong was dull, she had already realized from their time together that this cold and handsome guy named Song Xuan had more than just a simple mind.
Although he saved He Tianlin, he was always mysterious and unpredictable. Perhaps it was because he was unhappy that someone close to him was being missed or for some other reason, Ding Ruotong unconsciously took over He Tianlin's position and was somewhat wary of Song Xuan's undisguised contact with Liu Xia.
Just as Song Xuan's fingers were about to touch Liu Xia, someone quickly stepped between them, a hint of caution in his eyes: "Sister Xia just woke up and is still weak. We need to go get something to eat now."
Looking at the girl in front of him who was always following Liu Xia and was somewhat wary of him, Song Xuan took a deep breath and suppressed his dissatisfaction.
If you want to have a closer relationship with Liu Xia, it is inevitable to build good relationships with her friends. Recently, I have been busy getting the supplies that the black market doctor wants and have indeed neglected these things.
Liu Xia was reborn this time. No matter if it was because of herself or He Tianlin, she always felt that she owed the other party a great favor. In addition, since she occupied the original body, she felt a special kind of guilt and pity towards Song Xuan.
This obstruction actually made Liu Xia, who was at a loss as to what to do after being so bluntly told, feel relieved.
Noticing the awkward atmosphere between them, he smiled faintly, put his arm around Ding Ruotong's shoulders, and looked at Song Xuan, saying, "Let's go get something to eat. I haven't thanked you properly for saving Xiao He yet. After waking up, I heard Atong say a lot of good things about you."
The former is the real thought, and the latter is half and half to ease the atmosphere.
Song Xuan's eyes, which had dimmed, brightened up again because of Liu Xia's words. Liu Xia's response was a little closer than before, no longer as distant as before. This discovery made him feel a little excited, and even the corners of his eyes and eyebrows brightened up.
"I'll take you to a delicious restaurant." Song Xuan happily walked around Ding Ruotong who was blocking his way, and smiled with all eight teeth against Liu Xia's other arm. Afraid that she would feel uncomfortable holding her head up, he slightly bent his back and whispered in her ear, "I guarantee it will taste a hundred times better than the food in the garbage area!"
In the final analysis, Song Xuan's thoughts were almost entirely focused on Liu Xia, and he once again ignored the idea of building good relationships with other people.
Not long after walking out of the hospital area, you can see some residents slowly appearing on the road. It is midsummer now, and some are half-wrapped in protective clothing, some are just wearing ordinary coats because they feel too hot, some are busy with the work at hand, and some are squatting on the side of the road eating lunch from their lunch boxes.
Although the ground on the street was a bit broken, it was still clean. There was no messy garbage piled up. There was a garbage area set up on the corner of the street with four huge trash cans. Obviously, someone came to clean up the garbage regularly.
After listening to Ding Ruotong's explanation, Liu Xia knew that they were in the Black Gold City, located on the edge of the contaminated area. However, unlike what he had imagined, the sky here was not as clear and was rather dark, but the radiation index in the air was lower than that of the Eighth Garbage Area, which was slightly further away from the contaminated area.
It is not known whether this result is due to the geographical location or whether the rulers of the Black Gold City have taken some defensive measures.
The newly acquired "black lead body" can actively absorb radiation in the air and convert it into energy, which allows Liu Xia to feel this clearly.
Liu Xia's two sets of protective suits had long since rotted away in the mine. She was now wearing a set of blue and white protective suit that Song Xuan had found for her. The material of the suit was very similar to the purple protective suit on Song Xuan. It was light and tough, and it was obviously a good thing. Ding Ruotong had put it on her when she was washing and cleaning her.
She was originally dressed warmly in the cool hospital, but as soon as she came out, she felt hot and took off her shirt and hung it around her waist. She only wore a dark gray tactical T-shirt inside. The constant radiation was absorbed by her and converted into energy. The hunger in her body, which had not eaten for a long time, was relieved a lot.
Liu Xia looked at the pedestrians on the street with curiosity. Almost everyone had mechanical prosthetic limbs modified to varying degrees, which made her and Ding Ruotong look like two different species. However, the natives here did not seem too curious about them.
Apart from the fact that most people here have mechanical prosthetic limbs, whether from the city's level of modernization and maintenance or the people's mental outlook, compared to the Leviathans described by Shen Wanren as a group of lunatics, the people in the garbage area are more like a group of lunatics who only know how to kill and fight.
The three of them didn't walk long before they arrived at a restaurant that served Henan braised noodles. The restaurant was not big, with a total of six tables, and the menu was hung on the wall for customers to check.
Because it was lunchtime, half of the tables were already occupied by guests. The room was filled with the aroma of rice and the smell of motor oil. Some people sat at a table alone, while others sat at tables of three or five people, each slurping hot noodles or ordering two or three dishes to eat and chat.
The entire store's design is almost the same as that of an ordinary small restaurant in reality. What surprised Liu Xia was that there were noodles and stir-fried dishes here.
Although she didn't know what the raw materials of the meat were, the vegetables were real, something that would never be seen in the garbage area. She couldn't help but feel a sense of familiarity as if she had returned to modern society.
I guess the City of Black Gold has areas for growing vegetables, wheat and rice, otherwise there wouldn't be so many fresh ingredients available.
Unlike the barter trading method in the garbage area, the currency traded here is non-physical. All transactions are conducted by swiping cards. It must be a unique currency system here.
As Liu Xia got deeper into the wasteland world, he was more shocked by the things that subverted his imagination. The City of Black Gold had its own complete ecosystem.
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