The radio seems to be waterproof and has been soaked in water for a while without affecting the use.
"Current interstellar time on May 3, 3015, daytime climate broadcast..."
Ruan Qiu turned off the radio, and his voice stopped abruptly.
The weather forecast has been switched from the 2nd to the 3rd, and the current time is about 5 a.m.
Ruan Qiu sat under the covered ruins and hugged his knees and huddled himself into a ball.
He waited all night, and the water in the stone room quickly stopped spreading, but there was no sign of decreasing, and the whole entrance of the secret door was still blocked.
The water was mixed with mud and sand, and I don't know where it came from. Ruan Qiu did not dare to sneak in easily to check the situation.
Moreover, except for a few clothes that can be worn, there is nothing else valuable in the stone room.
Only in this way, he lost his place.
Ruan Qiu took out a bag of dried meat from his arms, opened it and ate a small piece.
He comforted himself. Fortunately, he woke up early, otherwise he might not be able to escape so smoothly when he was flooded.
After eating the dried meat, Ruan Qiu still stayed in place and went to see if the water had decreased every short time.
It is estimated that until noon, Ruan Qiu finally gave up.
He took the radio and had the dried meat given by Xiyuan yesterday, which were his only supplies left at present.
The hat was also submerged in the stone room and could not be taken out. Ruan Qiu had to tear off the excess cloth at the hem of his coat and tie it to his forehead like a hairband, so that he could slightly cover the sunlight.
When he was ready, he began to set out in the distance.
Previously, he was afraid of losing his way in the endless ruins, and he had to count the total time spent back and forth, so he had never dared to go too far.
Now that there is no place to live, it is a disguise that gives him this opportunity.
Moreover, the clothes that Xiyuan wore twice were a little different from him. Combined with some of his reactions and the dried meat sent, there must be other people here.
Ruan Qiu cheered up, meditated twice in the hope of good luck, and subconsciously went to the direction of seeing Xiyuan yesterday.
As he moved forward, he looked for the sand broad beans along the way. When he was hungry, he ate dried meat. When he was thirsty, he ate sand broad beans, and stopped to rest from time to time, barely maintain his physical strength.
He also paid attention to the fact that there were robots nearby and tried to keep the movement as light as possible when walking.
The radio was never turned on again. Ruan Qiu stopped and walked. At first, he would mark along the way, but in the end, he gave up.
I don't know how long it took. Maybe it was the next day that Ruan Qiu finally saw something other than the ruins.
Those are some things like iron sheets or aluminum blocks. It seems to have been abandoned for a long time, scattered everywhere, and the farther away it is, the denser it is.
It seems that there is an invisible force that divides the earth into two pieces, and there are more weeds nearby than Ruan Qiu has visited before.
Ruan Qiu's eyes were bright, and he felt that he had come to the right place.
But he was so tired that he found a corner of ruins nearby and sat down, trying to rest for a while.
From the night when the stone room was seeping, he didn't sleep well. The deep sleepiness and fatigue made him almost unable to open his eyes.
The narrow corner could accommodate him alone. Ruan Qiu leaned his back against the stone and fell asleep like this.
Before long, a slight sound of footsteps approached.
Xi Yuan stood in front of the ruins and looked down at Ruan Qiu.
Ruan Qiu was still asleep, and the ruins above his head blocked the sun. He was in the shadow and did not notice anyone approaching at all.
The vigilance is so low, isn't it really pretending?
Xi Yuan slowly bent his legs and squatted down, which allowed him to see Ruan Qiu's face more clearly.
Ruan Qiu closed his eyes, breathed evenly and gently, and his eyelashes hung quietly.
His white cheeks were stained with a lot of dust, a piece of rag tied to the top of his head, and an old radio was tightly held in his arms. His whole body looked dirty and pitiful.
Xi Yuan stretched out his hand and seemed to want to touch Ruan Qiu's hair, but he took it back halfway.
He wanted to take Ruan Qiu away directly, but he also wanted to kill him. There was no need to worry about anything else.
However, he did not take action several times.
Xiyuan rarely has such hesitation, but even if Ruan Qiu appears here for a different purpose, it is not enough to pose a threat to him.
It's not too late to kill before he wants to do it, or before he leaves the planet.
The wind nearby suddenly became strong, and a few small iron stones fell down.
Ruan Qiu's eyelashes moved, and there were signs of waking up.
The little iron stone was not heavy, and it hit the ground and made a crisp sound. Ruan Qiu opened his eyes in a daze.
He adjusted his posture and rubbed the slightly sour back of his neck.
He seemed to have heard other voices just now, but there was nothing nearby.
Ruan Qiu came out of the corner of the ruins, tidied up his clothes and "hats" and continued to move forward.
I don't know if it was his illusion that it seemed to be much darker, and there was no red light all the time. Several small birds flew high in the sky.
This is different from what Ruan Qiu has seen before. He was curious and confused. He carefully bypassed the abandoned alloy on the ground and peeled a sand broad bean from his pocket.
After walking for more than ten minutes, Ruan Qiu met a stranger.
A total of three people were together. Looking at them in their thirties, they had a backpack on their back and were bending down to find something in the alloy ruins on the ground.
There was no one else nearby, and the terrain became more and more empty. Ruan Qiu's appearance also attracted their attention at the first time.
It's already night, and the vision of the magnetic suction area will be darker at night, but it's just a little.
The three looked at Ruan Qiu from afar, turned their heads and said a few words to each other, and then one of them came to Ruan Qiu.
"Hey, which district are you in?" The man approached and saw Ruan Qiu's face thoroughly, with an amazing look in his eyes. "Why... it seems that I haven't seen you?"
There are so many residents of Loren Mercury, and there are several habitable areas in the magnetic suction area, which everyone basically knows.
Ruan Qiu is not only a new face, but also seems to appear from the abandoned area, but also... with such a face that as long as you have seen it once, you will never forget it.
The man continued to take a few steps and looked back at his companion.
The remaining two people saw that his expression was not right, and there might be other circumstances, so they all leaned over.
Ruan Qiu noticed something wrong and retreated quietly.
"Am I dazzled?" One of them was shocked, "Who is he?"
"I don't know," the man who came before replied. He looked at Ruan Qiu more and more and stared at his face, "Hey, why don't you talk? What are you doing here alone?
This look is malicious, and so are the other two.
The alarm bell in Ruan Qiu's mind was so strong that he pretended to be calm and said, "I live nearby and I'm going back soon."
The three of them looked even more strange and looked at each other.
"Nearby?" Someone laughed and said, "No one lives around here."
Ruan Qiu's clumsy lie was exposed. After laughing, the man said in an ambiguous tone, "Why don't you go back with us? Our room is very big, and we can sleep wherever we want.
As soon as the words fell, the two people beside him also smiled and constantly glanced at Ruan Qiu with malicious eyes.
The planet is on the edge, and there are few living people in the management office, and there has been no order for a long time.
"How do you know that no one lives nearby?" Ruan Qiu clenched his hands and looked at the distance behind the three people, pretending to have something there. "Look."
While the three of them were sneaded by him, Ruan Qiu immediately turned his head and fled.
"Hey! He ran away!"
"Maybe it was smuggled. Catch him!"
The footsteps behind him chased him. Ruan Qiu did not dare to relax at all. He quickly turned into the ruins of the house with a lot of debris, and hit the radio in his hand into the rear.
He often shuttled back and forth between the ruins, and his figure was so thin that he really didn't catch up at first.
However, Ruan Qiu was exhausted and his speed gradually slowed down.
Not far away, a tall figure stood on the ruins and watched the scene quietly.
In danger, Ruan Qiu always showed a weak appearance.
He is really so simple and weak that he seems to have little mental strength, let alone a weapon to defend himself.
Ruan Qiu was almost caught up by the three people, and he could even hear the sound of breathing close behind him.
He was almost in a panic. He caught a glimpse of a few piled stone walls and immediately drilled into the narrow cracks underneath.
Someone reached in from the outside and grabbed his toes and tried to pull him out.
Ruan Qiu's heart beat like a beat, but before he could struggle, the force that grabbed him suddenly disappeared.
With a scream, someone shouted in horror: "You, who are you..."
I don't know what happened outside. Ruan Qiu tried his best to drill deep into the gap and tried to hide himself.
He listened to all kinds of sounds and his trembling breath.
Until the surroundings became silent, a sound of footsteps came out of the crack.
"Come out."
The voice was hoarse and familiar, with a little cold and meaningless lowness.
It's Xiyuan.
Ruan Qiu was stunned for a moment, confirmed that he did not have hallucinations, and drilled out little by little.
He ran all the way. At this moment, his hands and feet were weak, and his movements were slow and slow. He was still sitting on the ground out of the cracks, looking in shock.
Xi Yuan stood in front of him, and there were two people lying not far away, who were chasing Ruan Qiu before.
There were some blood stains on the ground, and the two of them were motionless, and the remaining one should have escaped.
Ruan Qiu slowed down for a long time before he said softly, "Are they... dead?"
Xi Yuan opened his lips and said, "No."
It's just a serious injury, but if it's not treated in time, it's really not far from death.
Ruan Qiu didn't ask any more questions. He looked up at Qi Yuan: "...thank you."
Is it a coincidence that he met Xiyuan again? But this time it's not Xiyuan. He was caught by the three strangers, and he didn't know what would happen.
Xi Yuan was still so cold and reluctant to talk. He stood against the faint light, and his eyes were as dark as ink.
Before Ruan Qiu could reorganize the language, Xi Yuan turned around and wanted to leave.
Ruan Qiu was stunned for a moment and quickly got up from the ground and chased after him.
The speed of attacking the abyss was not fast. He could barely keep up, and he was not too close, following at a distance.
Gradually, Ruan Qiu found that the speed of attack on Yuan's progress was getting slower and slower.
Until Xiyuan stopped and turned to look at him.
Ruan Qiu was nervous and approached slowly.
Xi Yuan was expressionless: "Don't follow me."
Ruan Qiu gently squeezed his lips, and his eyes were wronged and lost: "I'm just... a little scared."
He just got through the cracks in the ruins, and his clothes were not only stained with mud and sand, but also scratched by sharp stones on the back of his hand and face.
"Afraid?" Xi Yuan whispered and suddenly walked to Ruan Qiu.
He approached step by step, and Ruan Qiu was at a loss. He stepped back a little until he put a low wall behind him.
Xi Yuan bent down and spilled warm breath: "Aren't you afraid of me?"
He was too close. Ruan Qiu's heart beat faster and he didn't dare to move nervously.
It's impossible to say that he is not afraid at all. He has only met Xi Yuan four times and doesn't know him.
But the abyss is so powerful that he can get rid of those three people at once. If he wanted to do something to himself, he would have had a chance to do it.
"I... the place where I live is flooded," Ruan Qiu said aggrievedly, "I don't know where to go."
The dried meat given to him by Xiyuan yesterday also lost a bag, which should have been lost when he was chased by those three people.
He checked it quietly on the way, but what he lost had not been opened.
The more Ruan Qiu thought about it, the more sad he became. He had lived alone for so long that he thought that if he had met someone else, the situation might turn around.
His eyes were hot, he tried to control his emotions, and the ending of his speech trembled faintly.
Xi Yuan stared at Ruan Qiu and raised his hand to touch a small wound on the side of his face.
The rough abdomen scraped the skin, causing a slight tingling pain. Ruan Qiuse shrank and his expression was timid.
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After two o'clock in the middle of the night, Qi Li paced back and forth in the corridor outside the house.
Xiyuan hasn't come back yet at this time. Is he resting outside?
Or what's going on? As soon as this idea came out, it was immediately dispelled by Qi Li.
Even if Xiyuan is found, the mechanical soldiers of the whole planet management office, plus all the residents, are probably not his opponents alone. How could he go wrong?
Qi Li sighed silently, but still didn't dare to go to bed. He was ready to wait a little longer.
At this time, there was a sound outside the courtyard surrounded by iron sheet.
The door was pushed open, and the familiar figure of Xiyuan appeared.
Qi Li hurried forward to greet him, and suddenly saw a 17- or 18-year-old teenager followed by Xi Yuan.
The young man's face was amazing, but his clothes were old and dirty, as if he were rolling around in the ruins.
He looked timid and curious, and carefully looked at him from behind Xiyuan.
Qi Li almost darkened in front of him.
He is sure that there is absolutely no such person among the regular residents of the planet.
Not only black households, but also likely to be star thieves... And if they can be brought back by the attack in person, the identity must be unusual.
Xi Yuan walked into the yard and said, "Settled him."
Qi Li has saved a lot of money over the years, but he has never had time to renovate his residence.
There are only two rooms in the yard. Originally, he and his assistant had one room, but now Xiyuan has taken one room, so he drove the assistant elsewhere first.
Looking at another extra person, Qi Li's face was entangled.
Ruan Qiu saw what Qi Li meant and quickly took the initiative to say, "I can sleep anywhere. Is there... is there a utility room?"
Of course, Qi Li would not arrange such a place for Ruan Qiu. He looked at Ruan Qiu and quietly looked at the abyss.
Both of them are so outstanding. Ruan Qiu was brought back by Xi Yuan. Could it be...
Qi Li was bold and asked Xi Yuan: "There is a small compartment in your room. Do you think it's directly to add a bed on your side, or should I move out?"
Xiyuan hardly hesitated: "Add a bed."
After that, Qi Li found a suit for Ruan Qiu and took him to the bathroom.
Ruan Qiu took a hot bath for the first time in more than three months. There was also a strange device in the bathroom. It took less than half a minute to bury his head, and the wet hair could be completely dried.
There are also some things he has never seen before, and he dares not touch them.
When he returned to the room arranged by Qi Li, Qi Yuan had not slept yet and sat on the sofa in the middle.
In front of the sofa is a hollowed-out coffee table carved from stone, with a plate of round cakes on it.
This was sent by Qi Li not long ago. It has just been heated. It smells very fragrant. I don't know what it is made of.
There was also a smaller chair next to the sofa. Ruan Qiu walked over and sat down. He looked at the round cake several times and couldn't help whispering, "Brother, can I eat some of this?"
Xi Yuan looked sideways and was silent for a moment: "What do you call me?"
Ruan Qiu clenched his fingers and didn't say anything for a moment.
Can't you call it that? When he was hospitalized, the doctors and nurses he was a little familiar with in the hospital were all called brothers and sisters.
He felt that Xi Yuan was willing to bring him here, which helped him again and really wanted to be close to him.
Xiyuan doesn't seem to be more than thirty-five years old at most. He can't... call him uncle.
Ruan Qiu was entangled. Seeing that Xi Yuan sat up slightly, he picked up a round cake from the coffee table.
The sofa and the chair were close. Xi Yuan broke a small piece of the round cake and handed it to Ruan Qiu.
Ruan Qiu looked at him confusedly, but he still took it over and ate it. He saw that Xi Yuan continued to break the cake for him until he finished the whole round cake.
He took a shower and changed into new clothes, which was more pleasing than before, as if he had changed from a stray kitten to a well-behaved pet.
The round cake was a little dry. Ruan Qiu stopped eating a piece and poured water at the table by himself.
After drinking the water, he yawned and rubbed his eyes. When he came back, he continued to sit beside Xiyuan.
Xi Yuan said, "Go to bed."