How to Feed an Abyss!

Shi Yuan went to meet the troupe members.

With no restaurants open and few fresh ingredients available, a few people found a table at the food allotment and ate rice, dehydrated vegetables and fried potatoes.

This meal was to wash Shi Yuan off, Cheng Youwen and Qin Luoluo were so curious that they desperately asked about Shi Yuan's story along the way.

Shi Yuan tried his best to recall and told them the ins and outs.

After hearing this, Cheng Youwen took out his notebook and wrote desperately, saying that he would definitely be able to use it when writing scripts in the future. And Wolfgang was as taciturn as ever, eating slowly, listening to stories, smiling from time to time, and finally he said that Tracy wanted to be a princess when she was very young.

Qin Luoluo raised her head and asked, "What about the fusion agent? Will it really help us?"

"Doctor Chi said yes, and Professor Guan also said that it is of great research value." Shi Yuan thought for a while, "So it should be useful."

Qin Luoluo was very happy: "That's great! Maybe it can make the inhibitor more effective, and just eliminate the sequelae of infection."

Shi Yuan took a bite of his meal, listened to Cheng Youwen share the latest script idea, and heard Qin Luoluo sigh sadly, if only he was like Shi Yuan, his face is still so pretty after the wind and sun.

Everyone told Shi Yuan what had happened in the city in the past few months. They all said that in order to carry away the black crystals, manpower and material resources were used. The delivery robot took the large crystals to the wasteland, and the small crystals were collected manually.

—The people in the city still don't know the existence of Shiyuan.

They just lamented that it was fortunate that Abyss No. 0 erupted suddenly, bought time, and miraculously did not infect humans.

Shi Yuan laughed when he heard it.

He thought that maybe one day, they would know their secret too.

"The next thing is to see how to simulate the abyss signal." Qin Luoluo curled the tail of her curly hair, "I don't know who will go to the 'deep dive'."

"I heard that they found the pilot of the former space center, who seems to be called Qi Hong." Cheng Youwen picked up a piece of potato.

Wolfgang finally spoke: "The admiral should go."

"Ah yes, I also think he will go." Qin Luoluo continued, "No one knows Abyss better than him, but..." She suddenly stopped talking, realized something, and looked at Shi Yuan.

Shi Yuan looked normal and said, "Yes, he will go."

Everyone looked at each other, Qin Luoluo said: "I heard from others that the frigate is very strong - it was originally prepared for the universe. It will be fine."

That's what she said. As for how true, only she knows.

"Wow—" the child of the guest next door cried, waving his hands to catch the toy. When it was time to eat, more and more people crowded over to eat, making it impossible to get through.

Cheng Youwen sneezed hard, and the atmosphere became active again. Shi Yuan took a big mouthful of vegetable soup and told the story of Ye Rancheng and the camel. After hearing what happened to Alicia, everyone was stunned.

When saying goodbye, Qin Luoluo said: "You have worked **** this journey. Welcome home!"

There are still many affairs to be busy in the city, everyone has their own responsibilities, waved goodbye.

Instead, Shi Yuan became the most leisurely person, sent several messages to Lu Tinghan, but didn't reply, probably his humans were busy.

On the way home, Shi Yuan ran into Alice.

The projector in the alley flickered, and the girl in the white skirt hugged the unicorn doll, humming and leaning against the wall.

"Shi Yuan," she said briskly, "We haven't seen each other for a long time!"

Shi Yuan: "Yes, hello!" He thought for a while and asked, "Have you found your brother yet?"

Alice says she's seen the fireworks and just wants to find Leonard Philippa.

"Not yet." Alice's figure flickered a few times, "I still don't have the authority and computing power to find someone." She tilted her head, "Who knows, so many things happened, maybe he already dead."

"I still have to try." Shi Yuan said, "I will continue to help you find it."

Alice was very happy, and passed on to Shi Yuan a few more copies of her treasured "Kou Kou Kou Kou Kou Kou Kou Kou", "Superb Monarch and Minister Kou Kou Kou Kou Kou Kou Kou in Public!" "

She finally said: "Shi Yuan

, I'm running out of time. "

Shi Yuan: "What's wrong with you?"

Alice's projection flickered a few times again, and she said, "They said, my brain is weakening, and I won't be able to assist optical brain computing soon." She opened her hands and twirled around, her skirt flew up, and said with a smile , "After all, it's been so many years, right? According to the age of human beings, I should be an old man long ago."

Shi Yuan promised again that he would try his best to find Leonard.

Alice disappeared.

Shi Yuan still had nothing to do, he wandered on the street, took out the communicator and sent a message to Lu Tinghan: [Lu Tinghan, I might have to go out of town]

He added: [I will be back as soon as possible! 】

Lu Tinghan was still busy, and after more than 20 minutes, he sent a message: [Okay, pay attention to safety, don't get lost]

——The attention to safety does not refer to monsters, but to fear that the terrain will be rough, and Shi Yuan will bump into it while trekking.

Lu Tinghan gave him a pass, and Shi Yuan left the city like this.

He still didn't dare to turn into a black mist, and walked slowly on the wasteland, the ground was either thick or soft under his feet. The city is far away, the wind from the wilderness is blowing in, the dead grass, trees, gravel and tall forests in the distance...everything is so familiar.

Monsters are afraid of black crystals, and it has been a long time since a large number of monsters approached the city.

Shi Yuan walked for a long time without encountering a single monster. Until he could see a large block of black crystal from a distance—a large monster was condensed in it, and was carried here by the soldiers. He didn't know how many monsters he had infected. Looking around, there were many crystals in this area, shining deep in the sun, like a strange forest.

Time freezes here.

They wait for the day when they wake up.

Shi Yuan stood on the spot and watched silently for a while.

"Swish Swish Swish—"

The long grass was bent, and a black shadow quickly fled from the side.

When Shi Yuan came back to his senses, he saw a monster in the woods beside him.

"Wait!" He subconsciously shouted, "Don't go!"

"Swish Swish Swish—"

Hearing his call, the monster ran even faster. Shi Yuan chased after him, and saw a group of gray-black furry things jumping over the tree roots and rocks, smashing into a large area of ​​weeds.

He shouted again: "Wait for me!"

He kept running, struggling over twisted tree roots, gravel, and streams. He was out of breath, and every time he took a deep breath, the fresh air in the forest hit his lungs, bringing new motivation.

The stamina of that group of little things is obviously not good, even Shi Yuan didn't run.

They were exhausted by Shi Yuan, and a few furry clumps spread out on the ground. Shi Yuan came panting, holding on to the trunk, and saw a few beams of sunlight passing by the leaves, shining golden on those creatures between rabbits and hamsters.

Shi Yuan approached slowly.

The monsters looked at him and huddled into a big ball.

"...Don't be afraid," Shi Yuan squatted down, "Hello, my name is Shi Yuan, how about you?"

monster:? !

Shi Yuan continued: "I am Abyss No. 0. I have lived in the city for a long time in order to find my human beings."

monster:? ? !

Shi Yuan thought for a while, and then said: "Although you are very rude, I won't call you nicknames." The sun fell on the side of his face, and the boy's cheeks were almost transparent, and he shook slightly. Wiggling the tip of its tail, he looked at the monsters seriously, "I just want to hear your stories."

…

Three days later, the league announced the candidates for the "deep dive":

General Lu Tinghan, Pilot Qi Hong, Academician Ke Zhengrong and Academician Zhou Qian.

The execution time of the plan is on October 27, 245, that is, two months later.

Shi Yuan had dinner at the food distribution place and was about to walk home. When passing First Avenue, he smelled the fragrance of flowers.

The fragrance of the flowers is too weak, and it will be fleeting in the breeze, and other people will not notice it at all.

However, Shi Yuan likes flowers.

It was a taste he was all too familiar with.

He turned around, asked a few people, and finally found the source of the flower fragrance: it was the hand next to the construction site.

factory.

What this small factory was originally used for is no longer known, but now it is a good place for workers to take a lunch break, with ventilation, shade and spaciousness.

As soon as Shi Yuan entered, his pupils were lit up by a gleam of light—

A few budding Xuejian stood quietly in the glass-colored flowerpot.

Shi Yuan: "Wow!"

He was very pleasantly surprised, never expecting to see Xue Jianhua.

Several workers were sitting on the table carrying lunch boxes for dinner, and they all smiled when they saw him.

One person said: "Little brother, isn't it a surprise!" He waved the chopsticks in his hand and tapped Xue Jian from the air, "This is the only flower."

"Who said that!" The others immediately retorted, "Mr. Bradley just said that he would bring his potted flowers here later."

"Oh oh oh—" the man rubbed his nose embarrassedly, "Did he say that? I forgot."

Shi Yuan took another two steps forward and saw piles of gorgeous flowers of different colors.

If you look closely, they are all paper flowers. Some are made of white paper, some are red, yellow or gray, and even newspapers are stacked on the former handicraft table, full of them. Four or five people sat by the stage, laughing and chatting while stacking flowers.

"What are these?" Shi Yuan asked them.

"Paper flowers, for the executors of 'Deep Dive'." They explained, "It was supposed to be real flowers, and it would be best to send them all to Xuejian, but now there is no condition—"

Shi Yuan looked at Huahai: "Why?"

"Why do you ask?" They were a little surprised, "...of course heroes should be accompanied by flowers."

Another person said: "Those few are always worthy of respect, especially the land generals." He looked at Shi Yuan, "We just stack up when we have time, before the 'deep dive', how much can we stack up? Do you want to come together?"

"Okay." Shi Yuan smiled.

He sat down and a young man patiently taught him how to fold.

For the first time, Shi Yuan knew that there are so many patterns in folding paper, different kinds of flowers are all lifelike, roses, lotus, peonies, small peach blossoms... Xuejian is the most popular, and it is also the most difficult to fold. The petals are too gorgeous, and it takes a lot of flowers Kung fu can imitate forty to five percent.

In the next half month, whenever he had nothing to do, he came to the handicraft factory to help fold flowers.

Lu Tinghan has always understood that the family members of a high-ranking person should keep a low profile. He protected Shi Yuan very well, until now, many people still don't recognize Shi Yuan.

Shi Yuan sat among the crowd and listened to them discussing "Deep Dive", discussing the Empire, Dun and the Mole Man, discussing inhibitors and fusion agents.

Some people said that he found it incredible that they were going to leave their hometown soon, and hoped that the plan would go well, and that the weather in Dunton would be better so that they could see the sun; What kind of temper are those people, can they get along well;

Some people were eager to discuss the enlightenment that the fusion agent might bring to the research. Some people complained that another paper flower was ruined by her. , and even paraded against him, unexpectedly, now the general is the person he admires the most.

They also said that General Lu has paid so much, and the road has been full of ups and downs, but it is a pity that he cannot see the end.

Even ordinary people know that the executors of "deep diving" cannot survive.

Shi Yuan listened to them silently, and folded a very beautiful snow flower, which was admired by everyone.

A week later, the mysterious "Mr. Bradley" finally appeared.

He was very old, walked slowly, and pushed a small cart alone, and there were more than a dozen pots of unopened Xuejianhua on the cart.

Everyone was very pleasantly surprised, and put the flowerpots in a good position facing the sun, and the wind blew, and the room was filled with fragrance.

Bradley sat at the workbench and said that he had opened a flower shop for more than 30 years, and it was not until the fall of Gleaner City that he changed his career to be a clerk.

"I kept the last few pots of flowers in the store and took them with me." He said hoarsely, with a proud tone, "Fortunately, they have survived until today."

Everyone got together to have dinner, and the chatterbox opened up, chatting.

Bradley said that he was actually young

At that time, what I wanted to open most was a fireworks store, but the conditions did not allow it, so I had to give up my dream.

He said: "Fireworks are very beautiful. Especially the fireworks in summer, when they explode in the sky, there are all kinds of colors and everything. Children especially like them."

Everyone here is younger than him, and they have never seen fireworks, so they can only imagine.

When Shi Yuan heard Bradley talk about fireworks and flower shops, he gradually felt that something was wrong.

A very strange feeling rose in his heart. He looked at Bradley for a long time, seeing familiarity in the green eyes and old face.

When Bradley left, Shi Yuan chased after him and shouted, "Sir! Sir! Please wait a moment!"

Bradley was deaf, and it took a long time to react and look back at him.

Shi Yuan stood in front of him and asked, "Mr. Bradley, do you know someone named...Alice?" He added, "Alice Philippa."

Bradley: "…"

Seeing that he didn't respond, Shi Yuan said, "Okay, maybe I've got the wrong person. I'm sorry to bother you, I...!"

Bradley grabbed his shoulders tightly!

The old man opened his eyes wide: "You, how do you know this name?! Is she still alive?!"

"No." Shi Yuan let out a long breath, relieved, "You are Mr. Leonard, right? She has been looking for you for many years."

Two days later, Shi Yuan and Bradley came to the supercomputer center.

After Alice's death, the brain was taken out and placed here, connected to the optical brain for calculation.

—On July 2, 170, the last day before the end of the world, 8-year-old girl Alice Philippa met her brother to watch fireworks by the river.

She stumbled and fell to her death on the path next to the embankment.

For more than seventy years since then, she has always dreamed of summer. The fireworks linger, and the dream is bright and fulfilling.

Year after year, the function of her brain was almost unbearable, and finally it was time for her to rest.

On the way, Bradley explained the past to Shi Yuan.

After Alice died, his mother took him to remarry. Later he changed his name and surname and has been living in Gleaming City.

"...I really can't believe it," he murmured, "her consciousness is still there, if, if I knew earlier..."

His voice trembled too much to continue, and he asked carefully, "Is Alice here? Will she come to see me?"

"She will." Shi Yuan said.

He asked Lu Tinghan for an authorization card, and they went to the bottom floor of the computer center.

There are servers in the computer room, and in the deepest part, after passing through three gates, they saw the brain in the container. It is connected to countless neural sensors, red and blue mixed lines are all over the room, and trillions of data are dancing in it.

The girl in the white skirt was standing next to the machine, hugging the unicorn doll, with data flashing in her green eyes.

She is waiting for them.

"Alice!" Bradley rushed forward, tears running down his old face.

He wanted to hug the girl but was in vain. Alice was just a holographic projection, just an illusion from the past.

Bradley said incoherently that he should have held her hand tightly that day, that they shouldn't have walked that trail, or maybe they shouldn't have watched the fireworks in the first place.

"But," said Alice, "the fireworks were really nice that day, and I liked that summer."

Her figure flickered.

Bradley burst into tears, wiped the corners of his eyes, and stretched out his hand: "... let's go, let's go, brother will take you home."

At this moment, knowing that it was impossible for the two of them to hold hands, Alice still put her hand on it lightly.

She said, "Well, let's go."

The old man is holding the girl's hand, as if back in the summer of 170, when the younger siblings were walking together on the road watching fireworks, chirping and waiting for the colors to bloom. They want to watch the most beautiful fireworks in the world.

Shi Yuan looked at them.

Until Alice's figure became transparent and disappeared into the void.

Shi Yuan continued to fold paper flowers at the handicraft factory.

He went to the wasteland many times and stayed for a whole day, seeing all kinds of monsters.

One day after half a month, when he returned home from the handicraft factory, Lu Tinghan was waiting for him.

"Lu Tinghan, touch!" Shi Yuan quickly flicked past.

After not seeing each other for a day, Lu Tinghan rubbed his head frantically, and Shi Yuan purred in satisfaction.

"Shi Yuan," Lu Tinghan said, "go out with me tomorrow."

"Where are you going? Snoring..."

"Fengyang City, and then go to Gleaner City."

"Ah, are you going to install a signal meter? Or do you do something else?"

"Neither of them." Lu Tinghan replied, and kissed Shi Yuan, "Neither of them this time, just to play."