Little Mushroom

"Last month, one of my...uncle was bitten by a monster outside and died. Then a few days ago, the other two uncles went out to find resources. The temperature suddenly rose in those few days, and there was a sandstorm. They He didn’t come back either.” The boy named Xibei lowered his head, clasped the rolled up paint leather on the table with his fingers, and said slowly: “Grandpa and I are left here, but grandpa’s illness is getting worse and worse. Being able to talk to me, my mind has been unclear these days."

"Sometimes he complains of pain, and sometimes he says things I don't understand." Xibei looked at Lu Feng earnestly, "Can you cure him?"

Lu Feng said: "Back to the base, maybe we can find out the cause of the disease."

He didn't promise that "it will be cured". An Zhe looked down at the words on the monthly magazine of the base. On a certain page, an obituary was published, saying that a certain gentleman who had been contributing to the monthly magazine of the base had died of illness. , The serial novel "Mission" was interrupted.

In the base, at least in the outer city, very few people can live to the age of 60 or [-], and those who are lucky enough to reach old age are faced with diseases one after another.The strength of the artificial magnetic field is weaker than the original geomagnetic field, and the human body is still affected by subtle radiation, so the incidence of genetic diseases mainly cancer is still high, taking away more than half of the elderly, and the life of licking blood in the wild for many years It will also make the surviving people live in endless stress reactions and psychological trauma, which is also a chronic disease that cannot be eradicated.

"Thank you...thank you all," Xibei said, "my grandfather raised me, he taught me how to read, and our generator is always repaired by him. Everyone says that there is no one else in the world. , Grandpa kept telling us to wait, he said that there are auroras in the sky, which means that there are still human organizations in the world.”

Lu Yan asked, "Has he always been an engineer here?"

"Yes." Sibei said.

Lu Feng narrowed his eyes slightly.

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

After thinking for a while, Xibei explained: "This is a magnetite. Grandpa is an engineer in this field. He said... that his teacher used to work in some 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 problem with the magnetic poles, but the institute is trying to find a solution."

"Highland Research Institute." Lu Feng said lightly: "Artificial Magnetic Pole Research Base."

Xibei nodded: "It seems to be called this."

"We have temporarily lost contact with the base," Lu Feng said without continuing the topic, "After the communication is restored, we will take you back to the base."

Sibei nodded vigorously.

Then, they stayed here, and the communication did not know when it would be restored. Xibei took them to have a general understanding of the structure of the mine.

The place where they are located is the core area. Before the catastrophe happened, it was a temporary rest area for absenteeism and engineers. There are rooms for people to live in, basic living facilities, and some mining facilities left over from the beginning, including power generation. machine and many tools.Because it is deep underground and surrounded by extremely hard ore, as long as the entrance of the cave is well protected, this is a safe zone of its own country.

Outside the core area, there are several deep mines, all of which were excavated by the predecessors, extending along the veins.

"Although it's pitch black, there are no monsters inside." Xibei said, "Don't worry."

At noon, Xi Bei went to cook. An Zhe was interested in the kitchen here, but he didn't know Xi Bei well, so he didn't dare to rush into other people's territory. He found something else to do.

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

When it rains outside, it is time for concentrated water storage. A large amount of rainwater can be collected each time, purified with alum powder, and stored in large cement buckets.But the weather is unpredictable after all, no one knows when the next rain will come, so over the years, people living here have also created a set of water collection system - lined up along the largest and deepest mine, They carved complex lines on the entire stone wall. The interior of the mine is extremely humid. Due to the temperature difference between day and night, fine and dense water droplets will condense on the wall. After these water droplets reach a certain weight, they will flow downward. , and then slowly gather along the artificial notch, drop by drop into the bottom water collection bottle. After hundreds of plastic water collection bottles are filled, there will be a total of nearly one hundred liters.

According to Xibei, the recent batch of water collection bottles is almost full and ready for harvesting.

——So An Zhe and Lu Feng each took a plastic bucket and a gas lamp for lighting, walked into the main road of the mine, and went to help Xibei collect the water.

An Zhe first picked up the plastic bottle at the entrance, poured water into the bucket, put it away, and continued walking to find the next one.

At this moment, he noticed that Lu Feng hadn't moved, so he looked back.

——This person was leaning on the stone wall, looking at him leisurely, and after being glanced at by him, he took a few steps forward and gathered water with him.An Zhe was puzzled by his attitude just now, but the colonel's next actions were very serious, so he didn't ask.

The mine stretched all the way deep underground, with metal tracks paved in the middle. He and Lu Feng were alone, each focusing on filling their own buckets.

This is a magnetite, rugged on all sides, full of excavation marks, the main body is wet gray black, the light of the gas lamp is also dim in the humid environment, and it is foggy.

Humans may not like this kind of environment, but the water vapor made An Zhe feel very comfortable. He even felt the spores rolling comfortably in his body. He was amused, slightly bent the corners of his eyes, and gently rubbed his stomach , in response to the spores - having them in this place made him feel safe.

Moving forward along the mining track, the water in his bucket was getting more and more, and when he finally reached the end of the water collection system, the plastic bucket full of water had become the heaviest thing in the world.

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

In front of him was a long dark and deep mine, and the place where he came had turned into a faint spot of light like a spark.

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

An Zhe suddenly froze.

Footsteps sounded in the cave, and Lu Feng walked beside him.

The colonel said, "Aren't you leaving?"

The ending sound raised slightly, as if mocking.

An Zhe didn't speak, he looked at the end of the mine, feeling that his IQ was going out bit by bit.

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

An Zhe: "."

He's not all right.

If he came here with an empty bucket first, and then walked all the way back, collecting water while walking, then he only needs to take the bucket for one trip.And now—he not only carried the heavier and heavier bucket all the way over, but also carried it back again.

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

This man, this man—

This person clearly anticipated the consequences from the very beginning, but he just watched him do it as if nothing happened.

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

But Lu Fen had long legs, so he could stand side by side with him without any effort. Even after walking a dozen steps, Lu Fen reached out and pressed his shoulder.

"Look over there." Lu Feng said.

An Zhe looked to the side.

A two-meter-square trolley was parked on the metal track, which contained several pieces of ore. It was obviously a mine cart for transporting stones.

With a sudden light on his hand, it was Lu Feng who took his bucket, put it in the car, and then put his own on it.

When An Zhe thought that the colonel just wanted to use this vehicle to save energy, he heard him say calmly: "You come up too."

An Zhe looked at the mine cart, hesitating a little, he always felt that Lu Feng wanted to play some strange games.

——In the end, because he didn't obey but didn't refuse, he was carried up by Lu Feng.

The interior of the small mine car was very spacious, and he sat down with his back facing Lu Feng, hugging his knees.Lu Yan hung the gas lamp on the front end of the car, and the small mine car was slowly pushed forward along the track, and the sound of bone-luo echoed gently in the mine.

An Zhe looked ahead. Mushroom's nature was comfortable and unmoving. He didn't feel disgusted by being pushed away.And although he couldn't see Lu Feng, he somehow felt that this person was also very happy now. Mushroom's happiness was obviously based on laziness, and he didn't understand what the colonel's happiness was based on.

He looked ahead and snorted coldly in his heart.