usatvline Chapter 43: Mutation - C1
Chapter 43: Mutation - C1
Next, the staff stopped talking nonsense and threw each person into the transporter one by one in a quick and efficient manner.
Anjiu took the lead and walked in.
At that moment, I felt like I fell into a warm holy light, or like I was back in my mother's womb. My mind became light and I felt extremely comfortable.
The sleepiness entangled her like a strand of hair, making her fall into a half-asleep and half-awake state, with her brain blank and dull.
I don't know when it started, but more than ten photos kept sliding past my eyes. The golden badges on their chests flashed brightly, and above the photos, a line of red words stood out:
Please remember his/her appearance↓, even in death, they are the people you must protect.
Please remember his/her appearance↓, even in death, they are the people you must protect.
Please remember his/her appearance↓, even in death, they are the people you must protect.
...to protect him.
Outside the transmitter, the staff held a special instrument and checked each person's "concentration" in turn. If there was an exception, he would press a button to increase the output energy.
……
Tick.
The cold water splashed on Anjiu's face. She frowned and opened her heavy eyelids.
The field of vision was dark gray. She blinked several times and finally focused her vision. She saw that above her head, at a very close distance, there was a protruding tip with water droplets accumulating downwards.
It gradually becomes rounder and fuller, and finally enlarges in the field of vision.
pat.
She closed her eyes subconsciously, and the icy feeling passed through her forehead and into her brain again, and the drowsiness receded like the tide.
Anjiu was completely sober.
She immediately realizes that she has been transported to another world and the mission of survival begins.
This is a very narrow space with pointed corners. There is rough concrete surface above and on both sides, making it very difficult to sit up.
Anjiu stepped on the ground and twisted his body left and right to move outward. The friction under his body made a loud rustling sound, which was very obvious in the silent environment.
Anjiu suddenly stopped what she was doing, held her breath and listened attentively. Three minutes later, she continued what she was doing.
When the space above her head doubled in size, she turned over and sat up, looking around vigilantly.
She was in a patch of weeds, and the tall grass just barely obscured her figure.
There was silence all around, but from time to time one could feel the vibration of wheels rolling over the ground from the top.
——She is in a corner under the bridge.
Anjiu tried to use the space first to make sure he could take out a fruit knife for self-defense at any time.
The environment was unfamiliar, so she planned to go outside to observe first, first to speculate on the impending disaster here, and second to collect as many necessary supplies as possible.
Before leaving, she went back to search the place where she had lived before, hoping to find something to eat to fill her stomach.
On the bare and messy straw mat, there was a shiny black pillow. When I turned it over, I found half a leftover sausage hidden underneath.
Anjiu picked it up, tore open the outer packaging, and calmly ate it bite by bite.
The pillow is too dirty and black, so throw it away.
There were still traces of water stains on the fingers that had just picked up the pillow. They felt a bit sticky, like non-sticky glue. Anjiu used hay to wipe his fingers clean, then got up and left.
The weather outside was the same color as the concrete wall she saw. She was currently standing in a dried-up riverbed filled with weeds more than a meter tall.
Anjiu walked along the trampled path toward the river bank, using both hands to push aside the grass leaves on both sides to avoid getting cut and bleeding on his face.
There was a rustling sound under his feet. Anjiu looked up at the bridge as if he had sensed something. There was a person standing near the bridge head.
The gray sky was like a huge reflector. Anjiu could see him but could not see his face clearly.
Fortunately, she won't be coming back here to rest tonight.
Walking up to the river bank, she bent down and brushed off the dead grass and dust on her body. Looking at the bridge again, the man had already left and only the vehicles were passing by slowly.
Anjiu walked onto the bridge and headed towards the tall building not far away.
She was the only pedestrian on the entire bridge. When the third car passed behind her, Anjiu was certain that the car windows in this world all used anti-peeping glass - it was pitch black from the outside and one could not see the scene inside at all, even through the front windshield.
At this moment, her itchy nose interrupted her thoughts, and she suddenly realized that something fell in front of her, but when she looked down at the ground and at her clothes, there was no trace left.
Anjiu looked up at the sky and found that the entire sky was covered with a gray, unknown substance. It was neither rain nor snow, and he couldn't see its shape clearly. Moreover, if it fell into his palm, it would disappear instantly.
At the same time she had no sense of touch.
Anjiu suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis. She put on her hood, dropped her sleeves to cover her hands, pinched the brim of her hat through her clothes, hid her entire face under her clothes, and tried her best not to expose her skin to the air.
After doing all this, Anjiu ran to the nearest building - the public restroom.
She didn't know how long this situation would last, but her intuition told her that it was dangerous to continue staying in the open air.
The cause of the changes in this world is still unknown, so anything that goes against common sense must be avoided.
Anjiu rushed into the bathroom in one breath and closed the door behind him to block out any unknown substances that might float in.
The door closed with a loud bang. Anjiu immediately turned around to look at the two doors marked men's and women's. If there was someone inside, they might be startled by the noise and make a sound.
This is her second purpose.
The bathroom was very quiet and seemed empty.
To be on the safe side, we need to check again.
Anjiu's fingers left the door handle, and he approached the male guard with very light footsteps, and looked inside along the open door along the wall - there were five doors in total, all half-closed, and it was certain that there was no one there.
She reached out and closed the men's bathroom door, and the lock tongue popped out with a slight click.
Anjiu immediately turned around and looked at the female guard.
She didn’t know if it was her illusion, but just at that moment, she seemed to hear a startled gasp?
Anjiu chose to trust his intuition while frowning. He didn't react to the loud noise just now, but got woken up when he spoke more quietly?
It doesn't make sense.
She leaned against the wall and tiptoed to the door of the female guard.
Just as he was about to take the next step, he heard someone inside say, "Hey, who's outside?"
"..."
The woman continued, "Whether you are a man or a woman, go to door number one to use the toilet. I just cleaned up the other pits, so don't use them to make them dirty."
He sounded like a normal person, An Jiu stepped into the female guardhouse.
There were also five doors in front of him. The first one was half open, the middle three doors were closed, and the last one was completely open.
A middle-aged woman with her back to the camera was squatting inside. She was wearing a dark blue work suit on the upper body and black pants on the lower body. Her hair was held up with a navy blue hairnet, and the mask strap could be seen behind her ear.
She should be the cleaner here.
Anjiu relaxed a little and replied, "I just came in to wash my hands."
The sounds coming from the public toilet door and the women's toilet door sounded different. The cleaner paused and looked back subconsciously.