eurekapd Chapter 408: Mutation - Loneliness 17
Chapter 408: Mutation - Loneliness 17
Anjiu walked back holding the candle, the small flame burning straight upwards, enveloping her in the orange-yellow light.
After finding the door, she opened it and walked in.
The lock tongue popped out with a slight "click" sound, which seemed to be magnified several times in the silence.
Anjiu looked back at the automatically locked door and walked towards the clan leader's bedroom.
The candles that once glowed quietly in the hallway had long since gone out, leaving the darkness as thick as ink.
She approached slowly, with light steps, like a ball of light, bringing light wherever she went.
Pushing open the door of the patriarch's bedroom, in an instant, the orange light squeezed out the darkness, and a very simple room appeared before my eyes.
After locking the door, Anjiu walked to the table, tilted the candle sideways, dripped two drops of wax on it, and then stood the candle on top, which would make it more stable.
There was only a thin mattress and an equally thin quilt on the patriarch's bed.
Anjiu took out the sheets and quilt from the space, folded them on top, and after finishing his unfinished dinner, he lay down straight with his clothes on.
She looked at the roof dyed red by the candlelight, and subconsciously slowed down her breathing.
The environment was so quiet that any sound seemed unusual.
She knew she should go to sleep, but the more she was in such an environment, the more tense she became.
I was afraid of a sudden knock on the door, a hand suddenly reaching out from under the bed, or the silent appearance of the egg representing the clan leader in the pool not far away...
She lay quietly, but her mind was a mess, with all her thoughts in disarray.
Anjiu couldn't imagine how much mental pressure the patriarch would be under living in such an environment.
Gradually, she felt tired.
The tense nerves begin to relax, the quick thinking becomes dull, and sleepiness follows.
However, because he was in an unfamiliar environment and knew that he was the only living person in the snail house, he could not sleep well and kept switching between being half asleep and half awake.
In the end it's more tiring than staying up late.
This feeling is so uncomfortable that my heart almost stops.
Anjiu could only take out the sleeping pillow he collected in the last other world and force himself to sleep for more than two hours.
When she woke up again, she felt full of energy and all her physical discomfort had disappeared.
Put away the bedding you took out and drink a few sips of water to moisten your intestines.
Taking out a bunch of candles from the drawer, Anjiu walked to the door and gently turned the lock.
She kept her shoulder against the door, and after making sure there was no sound outside, she opened the door a narrow gap again.
After waiting for more than ten seconds, he opened the door with confidence.
The overly sophisticated structure of the spiral house also affects the lighting of the corridor, which can only rely on manual labor.
Therefore, Anjiu could not use the visibility to determine whether it was day outside or not.
Use the tip of yesterday's disposable chopsticks as a tool to clean the solidified wax on the candlestick.
Place the lit candles on top one by one.
Flames lit up one after another, and the soft light illuminated the entire corridor.
Afterwards, Anjiu went to the room of the clan leader’s wife.
There was a white egg and two moldy eggs floating in the pool.
The clan leader's wife sank quietly into the water.
Her hair was like an octopus with countless tentacles, floating quietly in the water.
Anjiu found the cart and searched it thoroughly but didn't see a pair of gloves.
She rolled up her sleeves, ready to take action.
The ripples caused when it breaks into the water cause the hair to sway slightly.
When his fingers passed through her black hair, they touched the clan leader's wife's skin - it felt extremely smooth and delicate.
But when it got stuck in her armpit, it felt a bit slippery, like grabbing fat.
Anjiu used both hands to pull the clan leader's wife out of the water.
After she sat down steadily, Anjiu took off the towel and gently dried her wet hair. Then he took out the bottles and jars and applied them layer by layer on the cheeks and exposed skin of the wife of the clan leader according to the clan leader's operation process.
During this time, the huge insect belly under her was slowly wriggling.
Anjiu guessed that another egg might be laid. After using the tools in the space to fish out the two moldy eggs, he planned to wait a little longer.
The worm's abdomen squirmed more and more frequently, and a round egg shape was gradually moving downwards.
Anjiu stared at the end and watched the egg "spit" out very smoothly.
The white egg spun several times underwater and then floated to the surface in a spiral.
After laying eggs, the insect's abdomen became quiet and silent, like a specimen of an alien corpse.
After determining the location of their floor and room, Anjiu put the two eggs in his pocket, returned to the patriarch's room, took a bunch of candles, and went downstairs.
On each landing she had to light a candle.
In fact, she felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction as she watched the darkness recede like the tide.
Inside the room, the pool of water was almost dry, and Anjiu easily found the location of the egg. After cleaning the base, he placed the white egg firmly on it.
The whole process was quick and took only an hour.
After "finishing" the tasks assigned by the patriarch, Anjiu returned upstairs and entered the operating room to check the progress.
But the display showed that we had only walked 2 km from last night to now.
Even if the snail moves very slowly, it is impossible for it to travel only such a short distance in one night!
Something must be wrong.
But the reason was not shown on the display screen. Anjiu did not change the previous settings and let Luoju continue to move forward along the established route. She planned to go to the platform to see what was going on.
As soon as I went out, an extremely cold breath hit me in the face, and it stung me all the way from my nose to my lungs, as if I was frozen.
Looking up, I saw that the vast sea was covered with floating ice!
Countless ice floes of various sizes and shapes are scattered randomly on the sea.
Anjiu walked onto the platform. He could not feel any sea breeze on his cheeks, but floating ice appeared around him overnight.
This is why the snail only moved 2 km overnight.
At this time, the snail house is still moving under the control of the program, but it is affected by the floating ice and its speed is getting slower and slower.
In the distance, the pushed ice floes collided and rubbed against each other, making a dull rumbling sound.
...Very good, life is back.
Before working, Anjiu had to eat something to fill his stomach.
After rummaging through the drawers and cabinets in the operating room, she finally found a special ice-breaking hammer.
...Small, very small indeed.
Anjiu held it and gestured at the ice cubes outside the platform. It was better to have something than nothing.
He swung the hammer downwards as an experiment, but unexpectedly, the ice surface suddenly cracked.
Seeing that there was hope, Anjiu swung the hammer again. This time the crack became even bigger, and small pieces of ice on the edge fell directly into the sea.
It saved her a lot of trouble.
Lying on the edge of the platform, Anjiu held two special ice-breaking hammers in his hands - one of which was copied using a copy card.
Although the hammer is small, it is very efficient.
With her powerful assistance, Luoju gradually increased its speed and "quickly" crashed into another larger piece of ice.