MTL - How to Feed an Abyss!-Chapter 22 Change

Shi Yuan said, "I don't know you."

The man's badge says 【Shi Yi】, that's his... that's his former name, he's no longer him. "Shi Yi" twitched, more vines surged out, climbed up the wall, bent the street lamp, and extended down the stone road, breaking the ground.

For a moment, Shi Yuan couldn't tell whether it was a human or a monster.

It is between the two, it has the language of a human, but it has the thinking of a monster—Shi Yuan is very sure that what it said just now was to him as a monster.

In the wasteland, most of the monsters were hiding from Shi Yuan, never approached actively, and had absolutely no language expression ability.

It was the first time Shi Yuan had seen such a half-human, half-monster existence that happened to be in the process of transformation.

Shi Yuan said again: "I don't know you, you recognized the wrong person." He urged, "Hurry up and get out of the city, or humans will kill you if they find out—don't hurt humans, they are all very good of."

The man looked at him steadily, stepped forward a few steps, and faced him face to face.

Shi Yi's physique was originally medium. After the infection, the bones and muscles were forcibly elongated, and the joints were filled with plant fibers. Now he is two or three times as tall as Shi Yuan, and the erupting vines made his body swell several times, like a hill.

And such a monster, knelt down in front of Shi Yuan, lowered his body as low as possible, looked at him with green eyes: "I don't know where to go, there is no place that belongs to me."

Shi Yuan looked at it.

In the mist, his skin became whiter and more delicate, and his facial features and neck were the lines of a work of art.

"...I know." He stretched out his hand and stroked the blood flow from the monster's eyes, his tone was very soft, "I know this feeling, it must be very lonely."

The vines are endless, emerald green covers the five or six floors of the newspaper office, and every inch of the cracked ground is crowded with rhizomes. In the blink of an eye, this place has become a miniature jungle. The man was still kneeling, and his sharp claws lightly grasped Shi Yuan's wrist so that his hand could rest on his cheek.

Pious like a knight kissing the hand of the king, fanatic like a believer who visits the gods.

It said: "Take us to war, destroy everything, this will be our new home."

Shi Yuan said: "This is wrong, you can't do this." He withdrew his hand, "I'm sorry I'm stupid and timid, I can't do many things, the hourly salary is only 6 yuan, the tail always It's knotting... I ruined all other people's clothes, and the flowers are withered, and I may not be able to pay the money all my life, so I am a poor man."

The other party was obviously dumbfounded by what he said, stayed for a few seconds, and said hoarsely: "How come it's only 6 yuan?"

Shi Yuan was also very sad: "Look. I can't fulfill your wish, I just want to stay with my human beings."

The man looked at him blankly: "But you are obviously..."

Vines wrapped around its face, covering its features.

The last wisp of sanity disappeared, and the words turned into roars. It shook its head in pain, took a few steps back, and when it looked at Shi Yuan again, its expression was exactly the same as that of other monsters—fearful and uneasy.

It didn't dare to approach Shiyuan, and Shiyuan said again: "You go, human beings are coming soon—"

"boom!"

There was a gunshot, and blood burst from the monster's forehead. A heavy-caliber pistol/gun blasted it in the head, followed by several more shots. The vines danced wildly, seeming to have hit a few comers, but soon withered away.

it died.

The sound of the police siren approached quickly, and Shi Yuan's hand was still scarlet, which was the blood and tears he stroked away for it.

"Good night," he said.

…

Shi Yuan held a cup of hot tea, sat on the hospital bed, and drank it slowly.

Professor Guan pushed the door open and came in: "The blood test report is out, you are not infected, you can go."

"Thank you." Shi Yuan said.

His last blood test was also done by Professor Guan.

Professor Guan sighed: "Fortunately, nothing happened to you. Otherwise, how would we explain to the general? He was fighting outside, but his family members were attacked by monsters in the city. This is something that no one can accept."

Shi Yuan said, "No accident will happen to me."

"Why not? I heard from them that the monster almost kissed you." Professor Guan sighed again, "As for that editor-in-chief Liu, he is not so lucky, he is still lying in the ICU."

He explained to Shi Yuan: "The person who attacked you is Shi Yi. He is the fourth abyss watcher to mutate in the city in 27 years. Because of this incident, the work of other retired watchmen has been stopped. Ready for evaluation, and further observation."

The City Defense Force actually came very quickly. The monitoring center found the pollution value. It took a total of 6 minutes from Shi Yi's mutation to the time he was killed. Only Liu Hongzheng was injured.

Shi Yuan left the medical center and went to the Garcia Theater.

On the way, he received a call from Lu Tinghan.

Lu Tinghan asked about his situation, his tone was calm and steady, no different from usual - he even understood what happened earlier than Shi Yuan, and saw his blood test report sooner.

He finally said: "Shi Yuan..."

The first time he hesitated to speak.

Shi Yuan: "What's the matter?"

"It's nothing, just be safe." Lu Tinghan said, "Wait for me to come back."

Shi Yuan continued to take the wobbly bus, and on the city wall of the main city, the elite troops standing guard looked into the distance. As far as they could see, the fog was thick, and there seemed to be a huge monster.

Lu Tinghan hung up the call. Beside him, a huge sniper turret was aiming at the distance, high-frequency buzzers were arranged in a matrix, and teams of mutants stood in the cold fog, with strange appearances and tall statures, most of their faces were covered by tactical eyepieces, Only the firm, steel-like lips and jaw are exposed.

This is a proactive hunt.

The adjutant reported to him the types of monsters that had been observed, and the infected clusters in Abyss No. 3 and No. 5.

"...I see," Lu Tinghan lowered his eyes, and put on the gloves slowly, "Let's get started."

The turret rotated, the aircraft roared past, and the eagle split the sky like an eagle.

At the same time, Shi Yuan went to the theatre, and everyone in the troupe knew what happened to him, and they all comforted him and said that it was fine. Wolfgang also plans to grant him three days of paid leave, so that he can calm down and have a good rest.

Shi Yuan said, "I'm really fine."

Qin Luoluo asked suspiciously: "Are you all right? Are you not afraid?"

"That's right," Shi Yuan was sure, "Look, my tail isn't even knotted."

This is indeed strong evidence.

Everyone was dubious and asked him to clean up the backstage.

Shi Yuan was busy for a while, saved 20 yuan for Isabella, and put it in the safe on the second floor. When he went downstairs, he happened to see Qin Luoluo's camellia blooming. He opened his eyes wide and looked in front of the vase, wagging the tip of his tail happily.

Xia Fang was greatly shocked, and said to Qin Luoluo: "As expected of the general's fancy, he is different. He really looks like a normal person! He's so awesome!"

"Maybe it's his nerve." Qin Luoluo muttered, "I really hope he can be that big on stage."

Going home at night, Shi Yuan changed the water for the flowers.

Turning on the radio station, the host excitedly announced the good news from afar: [Today, the alliance's initiative was a great success, and the infection group in Abyss No. 6 was wiped out. Under the command of Admiral Lu Tinghan, the alliance army set out from the main city, cleared away the potential threat of the southwest outpost, and continued to advance towards the infected group in the No. 2 abyss...]

Shi Yuan lay on the bed, listening with his head propped up.

The host said a lot of words that he didn't understand, such as "pincer attack", "armored spearhead tactics" and "defense in depth". All behaviors and tactics are impeccable.

Since he was praising his human beings, even though he couldn't understand, Shi Yuan still listened to the two-hour radio interpretation.

He changed the channel again, and heard the host say: 【Today, there was an injury incident on Xinyue Road, Gleaming City. The victim, Liu, was being attacked by infected organisms, and his life was not out of danger yet. It is reported that the suspect, Shi, is the editor of the New Moon News Agency. He began to behave abnormally on the 26th. At 8:00 this morning, he was mentally polluted by the abyss and mutated...]

[This station learned that Shi was once an abyss watcher. This is the fourth case of a retired monitor being infected in the past 30 years. At present, many institutions in the city have reported that they have received a notice to suspend the work of the retired monitor. 】

[This station reminds all listeners to maintain physical and mental health in extraordinary times and tide over difficulties together. At the same time, this station appeals to everyone to abandon discrimination against monitors. This is a great job, and being mentally infected is only a case after all...]

Shi Yuan listened for a while, feeling a little uneasy.

Before he could figure out why he was uneasy, the phone rang, and it was Lu Tinghan calling.

Lu Tinghan is always very busy when he is away from home, and it takes a long time to reply text messages, let alone make two phone calls a day.

Or a video call.

After accepting the call, a soft ball of Shiyuan wrapped in a quilt appeared on the screen.

And Lu Tinghan didn't know where he was, he was wearing a military uniform, sitting under the bright light. The fight went on all day, and he was not tired, and there was a wave in his eyes that hadn't subsided—it was imperceptible, but it was almost a belligerent light.

According to Su Enqi, Lu Tinghan was born for war, regardless of talent or character.

A commander who is getting more and more courageous, tireless and tough, is a nightmare for the enemy and a natural enemy for monsters.

When Lu Tinghan saw Shi Yuan, his emotions subsided.

"How was your day?" he asked.

Shi Yuan opened up the chatterbox, chattering about the troupe as usual, saying that he cleaned up the backstage and found a lot of things, for example, Qin Luoluo had been looking for two months of head flowers. He also emphasized: "I donated 20 yuan to Ms. Isabella!"

"It's pretty good." Lu Tinghan paused, "How was that thing in the morning? Are you still afraid?"

"Not afraid." Shi Yuan replied.

Lu Tinghan obviously didn't believe him: "Show me your tail."

Shi Yuan hugged the tail and showed it to Lu Tinghan: "Look, it's not knotted at all."

A lively and smooth tail with docile scales really speaks volumes.

Shi Yuan can lie, but his tail can't.

Lu Tinghan's expression softened: "Why are you only afraid of people but not monsters?"

"Yeah, I said that a long time ago, it's anthropophobia." Shi Yuan said, "But when will you come back?"

"still unsure as of now."

"Okay," Shi Yuan thought for a while, "I've been listening to your record on the radio for a long time today. You have to come back quickly, no one is touching my head anymore."

——This is indeed a very serious problem for Shi Yuan.

Lu Tinghan agreed, and they said good night to each other.

After two days like this, the battle reports on the radio continued.

Commanded together by Lu Tinghan and Su Enqi, they wiped out the infected groups from multiple fronts, often victorious, and occasionally lost. It's a pity that the fog lingered for a long time, slowing down their progress.

"I've never seen such a long fog," Qin Luoluo combed his hair in front of the vanity mirror, with a hair tie in his mouth, and said vaguely, "It's as if the world is going to be destroyed."

Tracy said: "I like the fog and I can play hide and seek."

Cheng Youwen hummed: "Everyone doesn't want to go out in foggy weather. Look at our tickets. The audience has dropped by 30% in the past two days. Yesterday, the neighbor's little **** couldn't see the road clearly when he was riding a bicycle. He knocked on the steps and sewed Four stitches."

Several people were chatting, while Shi Yuan was beside him in a daze.

Everyone quickly realized his reticence.

Qin Luoluo said in a low voice: "He must have been frightened by the monster, otherwise why would he talk so little?"

Cheng Youwen: "Then he reacted too slowly. He was frightened two days ago and only reacted now. How long is the reflex arc?"

Qin Luoluo asked back: "Don't you think it looks like what Shi Yuan could do?"

Cheng Youwen: "... also."

"Ah, what are you thinking?" Xia Fang crossed his legs, "His man is on the battlefield, can he not be in a hurry? Besides, the recent public opinion situation is not very good for his man—it's just the matter of the newspaper office. .”

Shi Yuan was indeed in a bad mood.

He hasn't seen his human beings for three whole days. Yesterday Lu Tinghan told him that he couldn't come back on time, and he wouldn't be able to catch the first snow to see the flowers bloom.

Without company, Abyss will become sad.

After get off work, he took the bus home.

The vehicle swayed forward until the road was blocked by people, and there was a lot of noise. He looked ahead and saw a large crowd of black marchers.

They held up signs: [Oppose the Monitor to Power! 】

【Don't leave our fate in Lu Tinghan's hands! Today's murder is a wake-up call! 】

[Why should you trust him? Why make every command a game with the devil? 】

【We are not without choice. Admiral Su Enqi is still alive and supports Admiral Su to seize power! 】

Shi Yuan had never seen so many marchers.

"...I heard that Editor-in-Chief Liu died." A passenger whispered to his friend, "It happened 3 hours ago, and he couldn't be rescued. It's so pitiful..."

"Oh no wonder," replied the friend, "no wonder they are so angry."

Demonstrators occupied small squares and main roads, and all public vehicles were immobilized.

Shi Yuan walked up to the car and said to the driver, "Hi, can you open the door?"

The driver looked at him: "Do you want to get out of the car now?"

"Well," Shi Yuan said, "I want to go home."

The driver opened the door, Shi Yuan got out of the car, followed by several passengers.

He walked forward and walked among the marchers, and clearly saw the angry or determined expressions on their faces...their eyes said "never compromise", they gritted their teeth, and they all wanted to pull Lu to listen Get off the horse.

Shi Yuan was very confused.

On the one hand, he felt that these people seemed reasonable. After all, it was reasonable to worry about a potentially dangerous person taking power, and Shi Yi was a living example;

On the other hand, he remembered what Wang Yu said, and remembered everything about Lu Tinghan that he had secretly checked on the Internet: Lu Tinghan had defended the city, and many times, since he was a monitor, he used his optical brain to carry out From the beginning of his command, he returned to the city and visited the battlefield in person after leaving office. He won large and small battles, many of which were life-and-death battles.

They said that Su Enqi was getting older, and the alliance decided to disperse his military power and train new talents.

They said that Lu Tinghan refused to take power at the beginning, but the alliance gave him the command and allowed him to sit in this position step by step.

In the final analysis, when Lu Tinghan went to be a watcher, he was already prepared to never be promoted or become an official for life, and the alliance was reluctant to part with Lu Tinghan's talent, so he took the initiative to make such a big exception.

Still the same sentence: No one knows why he wants to be an abyss watcher, no one knows why he wants to guard the No. 0 abyss.

Assuming that Lu Tinghan behaved himself and followed the procedure, all these contradictions should not have existed.

Shi Yuan walked among the crowd, curling his tail sadly.

He really wants to tell these people that he is really a good abyss, he never infects creatures, and of course he doesn't affect people's thoughts. But no one would believe him. If he confessed, he would only be killed as a monster.

He couldn't prove his innocence for his fellow humans.

Through the mist, he saw a woman with a distorted face. She screamed angrily: "The murder is already in front of you, why can't you see it?! All the watchers in the city will be infected, and Lu Tinghan is still in high-frequency contact. Monsters, how can they not be affected by them! If his command is selfish, we will all die."

There was another man with bulging veins on his neck: "How can this kind of person be trusted? No normal person can understand the thinking of monsters! One day he will be bewitched by this kind of thinking, and then he will become the most terrible enemy." ! From the very beginning, he was not on the side of humans!"

The noisy voices are mixed together, noisy.

Shi Yuan didn't dare to listen carefully, the same picture always appeared in his mind—

He remembered how Lu Tinghan walked into the fog alone in that deserted morning. The fog is really terrifying, as if it is going to drown the world, but Lu Tinghan will not be afraid, nor will he hesitate, perhaps many times he has traveled like this, leaving the stable city, and facing the most dripping blood and fear.

He also remembered that he and Lu Tinghan were standing side by side on the balcony, the night was too deep, and he heard the death knell ringing over the city, three full tolls, majestic and mournful. Lu Tinghan didn't say anything, but Shi Yuan understood that he was still a little sad.

He felt that no one hoped for the safety of mankind and the prosperity of the city more than Lu Tinghan.

Opponents soon came forward.

A passer-by shouted: "It is enough that he can lead us to victory and defend the city! This risk is completely acceptable!"

Several marchers stopped and surrounded him: "Admiral Su can also win the battle, he is enough!"

"Su Enqi is getting old, and one day he won't be able to beat him!" the man shouted, "When he is gone, will there be anyone in the entire alliance who can compare with Lu Tinghan? Who can be the leader?" Will? You are choking and giving up food, you want to die, I don't want to die!"

Another female passer-by bit her lip and said timidly: "This city was also guarded by the land general... I think he is very good..."

The scene became more and more chaotic. Refuters and demonstrators screamed at each other and abused each other, almost turning into a chaotic battle. The security team arrived quickly, and the fog obstructed their vision, making their deportation plan very difficult.

No one noticed Shi Yuan.

Amidst the noise, Shi Yuan heard singing.

Strange, ethereal singing voices floated from the wasteland in large swaths.

...something is wrong.

The singing is approaching rapidly.

Shi Yuan grabbed a person and told him: "The monster is coming, you should hide quickly."

The other party spat on the ground: "Can you come up with a reason for this kind of nonsense?" He knocked off Shi Yuan's hand, and continued to raise his arms and shouted, "20 years have passed, and the peak period of infection has not come again! That is enough to destroy the city The tide of monsters? I have never seen it again!"

"Now is the best time! Take advantage of the favorable situation and dismiss Lu Tinghan. There are so many talents in the alliance. It's normal for another genius like him to come out. It's not because of him, we can afford to wait!"

"Yes!" Someone beside him echoed him, "Now is the best time! Dismiss Lu Tinghan! We..."

Screeches of sirens streaked across the sky.

The dispute came to an abrupt end, the action froze, and the world was suddenly pressed on the pause button.

This alarm sound is louder and harsher than before, it is the highest level black alarm.

Among the countless terrified and stunned faces, someone murmured, "It's them...they're here..."