Little Mushroom

"Last month, one of my ... uncles was bitten by a monster outside and died. Then a few days ago, the other two uncles went out to find resources. In those days, the temperature suddenly increased, and there were sandstorms. They He didn't come back. "The boy named Sibei lowered his head, fingered at the patent leather rolled up on the table, and slowly said," I and Grandpa are left here, but Grandpa's illness is getting more and more serious. Before he was still Can talk to me, these days my mind has been unclear. "

"Sometimes he yells, sometimes he says something I don't understand." Sibe looked earnestly, hoping to land: "Can you cure it?"

Lu Yandao: "Back to the base, we may be able to find out the cause."

He did not make a guarantee that he would be cured. An Zhe looked down at the text on the monthly base. On a certain page, he published an obituary saying that a gentleman who had been contributing to the monthly base had died and died. The serial novel "Mission" was interrupted.

In the base, at least in the outer city, few people can live to the age of 50 or 60. Those who are fortunate enough to step into the elderly face the disease that comes. The intensity of the artificial magnetic field is weaker than the original geomagnetic field, and the human body is still affected by the slight radiation. Therefore, the incidence of genetic diseases, mainly cancer, is still very high, and more than half of the elderly have been taken away. It will also allow the surviving part of people to endure endless stress reactions and psychological trauma, which is also an incurable dysentery.

"Thank you ... Thank you," said Sibei. "My grandfather raised me up. He also taught me how to read it. Our grandfather has been repairing it. Everyone says there is no one else in the world. It was Grandpa who kept us waiting, and he said that there is aurora in the sky, indicating that there are human organizations in the world. "

Lu Yan asked, "Is he always an engineer here?"

"Yes," said Sibe.

Lu Yan narrowed his eyes slightly.

He asked, "Why do you know that Aurora represents human tissue?"

After thinking about it, Sibe explained: "This is a magnetite. Grandpa is an engineer in this area. He said ... said that his teacher worked in a research institute, and that research institute has been studying magnetic poles. Grandpa's The teacher told him that the cause of the disaster was a magnetic pole problem, but the institute was trying to find a solution. "

"Highland Research Institute." Lu Yan Dandao said: "Artificial magnetic pole research base."

Sibe nodded. "It looks like this."

"We are temporarily out of touch with the base," Lu said, without continuing the topic. "After communication is restored, I will take you back to the base."

Sibe nodded strongly.

Then, they stayed here. The communication didn't know when it would be restored. Xibei took them to understand the structure of the mine.

They are located in the core area. Before the catastrophe happened, this is a temporary rest area for absenteeism and engineers. There are rooms for people to live in, basic living facilities, and some mining facilities left behind, including power generation. Machine and many tools. Because it is deep underground and **** all sides, as long as the hole is protected, this is a safe area of ​​its own.

And outside the core zone, there are several deep mines, which are the products of previous excavations, extending along the veins of the mine.

"Although it is dark, there are no monsters in it," Sibei said, "please rest assured."

At noon, Sibe went to cook, and Anzhe was interested in the kitchen here, but he and Sibe were still unfamiliar and did not dare to break into other people's territory. He found something else to do.

Mushrooms like water, and humans also need to drink water. Water is very important and sometimes more important than food. Therefore, people in the mines have put in a lot of effort to collect enough water.

When it rains outside, it is a concentrated water storage time. Each time it can collect a large amount of rainwater, purify it with alum powder, and store it in a large cement bucket. But the weather is unpredictable after all, and no one knows when the next rain will happen, so for many years, people living here have also created a water collection system-lined up along the largest and deepest mine, They cut out complex lines on the entire stone wall. The inside of the mine is extremely humid. Due to the temperature difference between day and night, fine water droplets will condense on the wall. When these water droplets reach a certain weight, they will flow downward. Then, slowly gather along the artificial nicks, and drop it drop by drop in the bottom water collection bottle. After filling hundreds of plastic water collection bottles, there will be nearly 100 liters in total.

According to Sibei, these collection bottles are almost full recently and are ready to be harvested.

——So Anzhe and Lu Yan each took a plastic bucket and a lighting steam lamp, went into the main road of the pit, and helped Xibe to recover the water.

An Zhe first picked up the plastic bottle at the entrance, poured water into the bucket, then put it in place, and went on to find the next one.

At this time he noticed that Lu Yan didn't move, so he looked back.

——This man was leaning on the stone wall, looking at him with a lot of time, and he glanced at him before taking a few steps to gather water with him. An Zhe was puzzled by his attitude just now, but the colonel's next moves were serious and he didn't ask.

The mine extends all the way deep into the ground, with a metal track in the middle. He and Lu Yan are on one side, each filling their own buckets.

This is a magnetite. It is rugged on all sides and covered with traces of excavation. The main body appears wet gray-black. The light of the steam lamp is also dark in a humid environment and misty.

Humans may not like this environment, but the moisture makes Anzhe feel comfortable. He even felt that the spores were rolling comfortably in his body. He was laughed, and he slightly bent the corners of his eyes and rubbed his belly gently As a response to the spores-putting the spores in this place makes him feel safe.

Moving along the mining track, more and more water was in his bucket. When he finally reached the end of the water collection system, this plastic bucket filled with water had become the world's deepest thing.

The last bottle of water was also poured in, and An Zhe turned hard with the bucket.

In front of him was a long, dim and dark mine, and the place where it had arrived had become a faint spot of light like Mars.

The bucket in his hand was so heavy and the road was so far away, he had to go back. He was almost unable to take it now, and it was impossible to carry the bucket back again.

An Zhe suddenly stopped.

Footsteps sounded in the cave, and Lu Yan came to him.

The colonel said, "Not going?"

The epilogue rises slightly, seemingly mocking.

An Zhe said nothing. He looked at the end of the mine and felt that his IQ was extinguished little by little.

Lu Yan glanced at him, and said lightly, "If you come here first, then start to fill the water—"

An Zhe: "."

He's not very good all over.

If he comes here with an empty bucket first, then walks back all the way, and collects water as he walks, then he only needs to take a trip with the bucket. And now-not only did he scoop up the heavier bucket all the way, but he also scooped it back.

He also finally knew why Lu Yan didn't move when he saw his movement.

This person, this person--

This man obviously expected the consequences from the beginning, but as if nothing happened, he just watched him do it.

An Zhe decided to be angry. He is a self-respecting mushroom, so he walked back with a bucket and tried to speed it up.

However, Lu Yan had long legs and could easily go side-by-side with him. Even after walking for a dozen steps, Lu Yan reached out and held his shoulder.

"Look over there," Lu Yan said.

An Zhe looked aside.

A two-meter-square cart was parked on the metal track, which contained a few pieces of ore, apparently a cart used to transport stones.

Suddenly his hand lightened, and it was Lu Yan who picked up his bucket, put it in the car, and put his own.

When An Zhe thought that the colonel simply wanted to save energy by using this means of transportation, he listened to him lightly and said, "You also come up."

An looked at the minecart with a little hesitation. He always felt that Lu Yan wanted to play some strange games.

—Finally, because he did not obey, but did not refuse, he was hugged by Lu Yan.

The inside of the little minecart was very spacious. He turned his back to Lu Yan and sat down with his knees. Lu Yan hung the steam lamp at the front of the car, and the small mine car was slowly pushed forward along the track, and the sound of bones echoed gently in the mine.

An looked at the front, the nature of the mushroom was easy and did not like moving, he was pushed away, he was not disgusted. Although he can't see Lu Yan, he somehow feels that this person is also very happy now. The happiness of the mushroom is obviously based on laziness, and what the happiness of the colonel is based on, he doesn't understand.

He looked ahead and snorted in his heart.