Little Mushroom

After speaking, An Zhe ignored him and went straight forward.

There was no footsteps behind him until he opened the door with his ID card, and Josie hurried over here, grabbing his shoulder: "Are you really Anze? But you--"

An Zheshun handed the stack of genetic test reports on the table and handed them to Jossi.

Josie: "This is ..."

An Zhe bowed her head, and found that the outermost piece of paper was the phrase "against the judge's brutality".

He slowly yanked the paper away. Josie looked at the report.

"You ..." He glanced hurriedly and looked up at An Zhe: "You really escaped from the abyss?"

"I was saved." An Zhe said, "Others, I forgot."

Josie shook her hand holding the genetic report, then yanked the corner of his mouth, looked at him, and smiled: "I ... I'm so excited, I didn't expect you to come back."

He put the genetic report on the table, leaned back to An Zhe, even the muscles of his eyebrows were beating slightly, with a slightly excited expression: "How much have you forgotten?"

An Zhe took a step back.

"Forget it all," he said, "please don't disturb my life."

"Don't you remember who I am?" Jossi's voice dropped a little. "We grew up together."

"Thank you." An Zhe: "Can you go out now?"

"I—" The opposite Jossi apparently did not expect that he would treat himself like this, and hesitated, "You weren't like this before."

But after a moment, his attitude softened again: "I don't disturb you, take a good rest, I'll see you tomorrow. I'm so happy. Anza, we are the closest people in the world."

An Zhe remained silent, until Jossi turned away and gently closed the door for him.

Josie was able to let him go so easily, leaving the room, he felt unrealistic, but it may also be that Josie fled too guilty.

The room was quiet, An Zan leaned slowly on the bed, hugging the pillow, he felt a kind of light smoke uncomfortable. This discomfort is not for himself, but for Anzai.

The agreement between humans and humans is probably so fragile, Jossi will not be the closest person to Anze. When he retrieves the spores, he will return to the abyss, find the quiet cave, take root next to the white bones of Anze Xuebai, and spend the rest of his life as a mushroom.

……spore.

Outside the window, the night was already deep, and the aurora was rolling on the dark sky as before, sitting at the table and turning on the lamp.

First, he has to find a job so that he doesn't starve to death. At the same time, he was looking for news about spores, and the only clue was the brass-colored cartridge case.

Thinking of this, An Zhe touched his pocket anxiously, and he was always afraid of losing it-fortunately, still. Mushrooms can hide it in humans, but humans cannot. It is too small, as if it may slip out of the pocket at any time.

Eventually, Anzhe found a small black leather cord in the drawer of the room and hung the cartridge case around his neck.

There is also a small black machine in the drawer. He worked hard to observe the details of its appearance, and finally found some messages from the memory. This is the communicator. The ID number of each person is the communication number. Humans can communicate over long distances using the communicator. But only inside the base-because there is no signal outside.

He charged the communicator—although he didn't need it, the “powered up” thing seemed to make humans feel a great deal of joy.

After doing this, he finally settled down and started looking at the desk.

The notebook on the desktop had what An Ze had written, and the handwriting was beautiful. On the side near the wall, more than two dozen books were erected, probably all that An Ze had loved to read before. An Zhe browsed the name on the spine of the book, reached out and picked up a simple grey book with the title "Base Manual".

He opened it, and the title page had only one sentence.

Human interests are above all else.

An Zhe subconsciously pursed her lips and continued to turn back. The second page is a table of contents. The entire manual is divided into four parts: base law, base life law, functional area introduction and map.

An Zhe skips the legal part. He knows that he is a mushroom that is safe and secure. A mushroom that is safe and secure will not violate the laws of any species. This section of the law of life explains in detail the schedule of the living area. Every day at 6 o'clock in the morning, power, water and food will be available for one hour. At 12 noon, power, water and food will be available for one hour. For dinner, it will start at 6 o'clock in the evening. . Each residential area is equipped with a tall alarm tower. There are three types of alarms, namely "collection", "evacuation", and "emergency evacuation". The collective alarm is a short high-frequency beep, and the evacuation alarm is a wave-graded sound signal. The evacuation alert is sharp and long. Residents of the base must follow the rules of life and the instructions of the alarm tower, and the rest of the lifestyle can be at their disposal.

When seeing this, An Zhe was a little puzzled. He thought that under this rule, everyone just had to lie in the room and eat and drink regularly-but soon he realized the intention of the base.

Although everyone can live freely, living in the base must pay a cost, and there is a fee. In order to obtain the currency circulating at the base, people must go out to find work, or become mercenaries, collect valuable materials from the outside and hand it over to the base in exchange for compensation.

But ... In this case, everyone will go to the place with the lowest danger level, take whatever they want, and maintain the need to eat and drink.

Anzhe continues to turn back, the next part is the introduction of functional areas.

The first area that appears in this section is called the "supply station". The supply station is divided into 1, 2 and 3 in total, of which 1, 2 belong to the military, built at the entrance and exit of the base, responsible for currency and combat readiness The verification and exchange of materials. When each mercenary team returns from the field, the staff at the supply station will calculate the materials they have harvested as currency, and the rest of the killing weapons and armored vehicles will be deducted. The mercenary team cannot reapply for use until the next departure. The mercenary team uses guns, bullets, armor, fuel, etc. for currency exchanges and can even buy armored vehicles of different models.

Different from the first two supply stations, the third supply station is located in the city. It is responsible for the exchange of civilian goods. Using the base currency, you can exchange life supplies, food and ingredients, spirits, electronics and many other items in the supply station. , Can also conduct housing transactions.

Opposite to the 3rd supply station is the "free market". Sometimes, the mercenaries obtained in the human sites are not the military supplies. At this time, they can bring the confirmed safe items into the city and trade freely. .

At this time, Anzhe saw a line of small print notes below.

Note: Free market is not an official base facility.

Note: The employment and contract relationships established through the free market are not protected by base law, and the consequences are at your own risk.

Nothing else, Anzhe alone saw the word "employment".

In other words, the free market is also a place where jobs can be offered.

Continue down to a brief introduction of each residential area. The densely populated areas are Areas 6 and 7. The remaining areas have very few humans and the buildings are vacant, while Area 8 is a centralized refuge with complete safety facilities.

After that, there is a brief introduction of the trial court.

An Zhe remembered that Colonel, the judge with cold green eyes, reading much slower, reading it word by word.

The trial court's role is not only to identify the heterogeneous one at the city gate, they will also conduct daily patrols in densely populated areas in the city, conduct secondary screening, and eliminate hidden dangers. The main patrol point is around the supply station, but the residential buildings are also inspected from time to time-especially those who behave abnormally and are reported.

Somehow, An Zhe remembered the phrase "You better be."

If possible, Anzhe hoped that Lu Yan would stay at the gate forever, and the judges would not have to save their honor and come to the residential building.

If you turn back, the other areas have little to do with him-like the city affairs office, the city defense office, the main city and the like. As mentioned above, the base is composed of the outer city, or the acropolis and the main city. The main city is the base of important scientific research and armament facilities and the center of energy and politics. All persons are prohibited from entering unless they hold special permits or residence permits.

After finally browsing the base map, An Zhe closed the book. He once again realized that human beings are different from mushrooms.

The second book he opened was called "Supply Station Assessment Manual." As soon as he saw the cover, the memory related to it came to mind, much clearer than other memories. An Zhe thought, maybe this means that it is very important for An Ze to go to the supply station.

In this case, why promised Josie to go with him in the wild?

He pondered for a long time, and finally thought that Anzai was such a human.

An Ze missed the exam, and the supply station's admission examination this year was held fifteen days ago, when he was already a bone.

But it doesn't matter, An Zhe thought. One year later, when the supply station recruits people again, if he is still alive at the human base, he will try it. In this way, after returning to the cave, you can tell what Anza is like.

Reading for a long time consumed him a lot of energy. After reading the two-page "Assessment Manual", An Zhe was drowsy, and finally went to bed. The next morning, in order to avoid meeting Jossi, he left the room at four in the morning, went downstairs, came to the traffic point, took the train to the supply station-he was going to the free market opposite to find a job.

It was seven o'clock in the morning when I got out of the car, and there was still a thin white mist in the air. The Free Market is a large circular building with four entrances and exits. He enters from the nearest one.

The breath of hard alcohol penetrated into his nasal cavity.

Four long tables were set up at the entrance. People dressed as mercenaries punched in front of the long table and talked aloud. There was wine in front of them. Sometimes someone asked to add wine. At this time, the waiter filled the liquor and used one The small machine is affixed to the ID card handed out by the guest and charges.

A dark-skinned, mercenary was drinking alone, seeing him, raising his eyebrows, grinning, and shaking the glass in his hand: "Child, what are you looking for? Come and learn to drink?"

A short-haired woman next to him immediately banged his elbow against his chest, his voice was rough, but filled with joy: "Article 32, minors can't drink."

The man said, "Drink and drink. Will it still be taken away by the judge?"

The woman laughed loudly: "Underage children don't know the power of judges yet."

"He will know soon."

An Zhe stood beside, trying to justify the phrase "I'm not a minor", but in the gap in which he was thinking about the wording, the two men were already pinched together, their lips facing their lips, tangled up. He realized that no one really cared.

So he looked away from here and looked elsewhere.

The smell of potato soup wafts to the right of the doorway-but it is much richer than the potato soup served in the lobby on the first floor of the residence building, mixed with a meaty flavor that can make humans happy. A mercenary is buried in a white plastic soup bowl for his breakfast.

This smell made Anzhe a little hungry, and he didn't have breakfast.

Further down, there are similar scenes. The lively atmosphere is crowded in the hall. In addition to the long tables selling food and alcohol, there are many stalls selling clothing, backpacks and gloves. Going further, there are fewer and fewer stalls selling fixed items, and there will be many strange and different kinds of miscellaneous things on one stall, which An Zhe can't recognize.

"The newly unearthed smartphone in 511 Waste City can be powered on with electricity." As he walked, a young man in black clothes with a backpack carried him in front of him like a monkey. He was very thin, his eyes narrow, and his eyes slipped. The next moment I stopped Anzhe, I quickly pulled out a black cuboid from the bag and shook it in front of Anzhe: "Would you like to see it? Give you a 10% discount and send the charging line. You can play games."

An Zhe: "Thank you, no need."

The youth quickly took another white out of the bag: "Change the model, this color is suitable for you, the new one, the last fruit machine before the advent of the cataclysm era, at that time the price was 10,000, now it is 100. . "

An Zhe: "Thank you, I don't need it."

The person continued to pull out another object: "No need? Do you have a mobile phone, do you need a charging treasure? You can use this when the base is powered off. The capacity is sold out, and this can only be recharged twice. Give you a discount, just thirty. "

An Zhe watched him honestly, "I have no money."

The expression of the young man in black clothes was frozen, and he immediately took things back to the backpack, turned around, raised his legs, ready to leave, and whispered, "No money comes to a black market."

"Wait." An Zeng stopped him.

He turned back, but his attitude was extremely negative: "What's wrong?"

"I ... want a job." An Zhe said, "Do you know where to go?"

The young man frowned, turned back, and looked him carefully from head to toe: "... it was looking for a job."

An Zhe answered truthfully, "Yes."

"Then you have good qualifications," said the young man. "If you have money, remember to ask me to buy a mobile phone. I will stay in the black market this month."

An Zhe: "..."

He asked, "Where am I going?"

"Well, over there," said the young man, pointing in one direction in the corner. "Go down, three floors underground, find the boss."

An Zhe was very grateful and smiled at him: "Thank you."

The young man said: "You look good. Find a reliable one. If you are developed, remember to buy me a mobile phone!"

An Zhe: "... Okay."

Three floors underground.

Humidity-This is the first impression Anzhe has of this place. The mushroom should like this water-sufficient air, but the pungent scent that came with the humidity made him frown.

Looking around, under the dim light, this is a beehive-like space. The corridor twists and turns, and the walls are made of countless small compartments with simple plastic plates. There is no air flowing, and water vapor condenses on the plastic plates Dense and small drops of water. The entire space emits a subtle buzz like a tide. Listening carefully, it is the effect of many people's whispering voices converging and echoing, with occasional high-pitched laughter.

An Zhe hesitated and took a few steps forward.

He looked at the small compartments on both sides. The left-hand side was empty, and the right-hand side was a long-haired woman with her head down. After hearing his footsteps, she looked up and lowered again.

An Zhe continued to move forward, he heard the voice, first of all a woman.

"What's the climate like in Basin 2?"

"It's okay," this time it was a low-soft male voice, a little sticky, and the tail trailed for a long time. Anzhe suspected that his nose was blocked. Three earthquakes, the worst of them, they were all outside, I was alone in the car and almost thought they would not be able to return. "

The woman's voice smiled: "They can't come back, you drive away."

"Last time, the captain said he was going to teach me to drive. As a result, it wasn't coaxing me. He said he would bring me next time and coax me. I stayed with them for a month, and only three hundred in total Is this still expensive? "

"It's okay to listen to the mercenaries," said the woman. "You haven't been cheated?"

Anzhe's footsteps stopped.

-He remembered Hawson's face and greedy coveted eyes, and suddenly knew what was happening with the work on the third floor.

And the sentence in the base manual-the employment and contract relationships established through the free market are not protected by base law and the consequences are at your own risk.

He didn't want to be conceited by this consequence.

An Zhe silently planned to leave, but as soon as he turned around, he was caught in a soft body.

"Yo," a high-pitched female voice rang, "little baby, come for the first time?"

The word "little baby" gave him too much shadow, and Anzie stepped back reflectively.

In front of her was a tall woman with honey-colored skin and blue eyes, long brown hair curled at the ends, her eyes slender and upturned, and her lips were smiling at him.

"Are you buying someone or selling yourself?" The woman sighed in his ear and laughed.