Doomsday Fast Travel: Kill That Black Butterfly

Chapter 19 The Pain of Breathing (19)

Author: Jie Wuming

Chapter 19 The Pain of Breathing (19)

Yu Di and the others didn't know what the underground city was facing. The experimental field had been cleared, and the discarded rotten layer had piled up into a hill. For safety reasons, Lanlong placed detectors with signs of hazardous chemical leakage everywhere in the experimental field.

The sign, with its big white skull, is extremely conspicuous even under the dim red light.

Before starting transplanting, Cheng Die sat cross-legged in front of the seedlings and murmured to them. She was cheering the seedlings and praying that they could survive in the harsher open air environment. Yu Di felt that she should be

Feeling uncertain, I was trying to encourage myself. The scheduled time finally arrived. Four people moved the incubators to the car in batches, and Cheng Die drove them to the experimental field himself.

Previously at the shelter, she had used the observation box to teach Yu Di and the others how to transplant. Now, she jumped out of the car, picked up the best-growing tree, and came to the first grid.

"It's up to you." She prayed in a low voice, firmly buried the rhizome in the acid soil, poured in carefully proportioned nutrient solution, and then placed a small number plate on the exposed bud.

Two holes were punched in the number plate on his head and connected with thin threads. Cheng Die carefully arranged the thin threads into a circle with a dot of white in the center, and poked out his little head that was curious about the world.

"Let's begin." Cheng Die turned around and said to his companions.

Yu Di smiled and nodded at her, holding the incubator in one hand and a shovel in the other, and walked towards her area. She was also familiar with this job, digging holes, planting seedlings, cultivating soil, pouring nutrient solution, and finally

Put the number plate on again.

The four people were busy all day long, until the dark red sunset took back its last bit of brilliance, and then they called it a day and went home. A few people sat around playing homemade poker, breaking up nutritional cakes of different flavors and mixing them together as snacks.

This is the most relaxing moment for them during this period. There is no need to train, no need to keep an eye on data, and no need to worry about whether the "neighbor" next to them will suddenly dig out their own small coffin. Mibao lies on Lanlong and Cheng

In the middle of the butterfly, I raised my head from time to time to enjoy the caress of the two of them, which was extremely comfortable.

Leisure time is always the shortest. Starting from the next day, they divided into two groups to patrol in the morning and evening. Cheng Die and Yu Di went out at 4:30 in the morning and stayed outside until 10:30 to record the status of the plants, water them again and return to the shelter.

Therefore, Lan Long and Yan Lin stayed from 2:30 in the afternoon to 12:30 in the evening, two hours longer than them, covering the time period when scavengers appear most frequently.

As the sun sets and the moon rises, the stars change. Two-thirds of the alkaline melons in the experimental field died, but the one-third that survived became stronger and stronger. Cheng Die looked at the dead seedlings and secretly wept, thinking that they had survived.

The joy and excitement, and even Yu Di also placed extra emotions on these plants - whether they can leave this world alive depends on them.

Yan Lin was immersed in the excitement of being the savior, but Blue Dragon, on the other hand, seemed a little depressed recently. Cheng Die was preoccupied with plants, talking about data in his dreams, and they could count on their fingers the time they spent together when they were awake.

Come here, Lanlong is so angry that he hugs Mibao to sleep every night and strokes his dog's head without mercy. His hair is almost bald. Poor Mibao can't struggle, which makes Yu Di unable to sleep well.

She decided to talk to Cheng Die about how irritable the man in her family who had been neglected for a long time was.

Cheng Die heard her hint, and the watering hand shook three times, and she was able to put the water bottle on the head of the No. 48 alkaline melon seedling. She quickly grabbed the water bottle and wiped the water gathered on the leaves.

Zhu lowered his head and said, "What you focus on is really strange!"

Yu Di gritted his teeth: "What's weird! What's weird! Have you seen Mibao's bald head? The whole dog has become ugly! If you don't care about it, even the dog will suffer from depression!"

Cheng Die burst out laughing, blushing and said, "I know, you little brat."

Yu Di was suddenly curious about Cheng Die and Lan Long's previous lives. A few days ago, Lan Long was still talking about Cheng Die's birthday and he had no gifts to prepare. He felt that they were an old couple in their forties, so why didn't they have children?

Woolen cloth?

After such a long time of getting along, the two of them have become very familiar with each other, and such questions will no longer offend each other. Cheng Die looked at Yu Di's curious expression, curled his lips, and looked at the seedlings that were growing happily.

He said softly: "It turns out there is."

"We turned out to have a daughter."

"Didn't survive."

"She was born with a weak respiratory system and couldn't even withstand filtered air."

"We begged the hospital to let her stay in the isolation room until she was almost two years old. Because there were too many patients later, the hospital would not let her occupy the neonatal ward no matter what."

"We had to put her on the best respirator we could find. At that time, we didn't need to carry an oxygen tank like we do now, just wear a mask."

"But the respirator strangled her very hard. She would secretly take it off when we were not around. Her father and I found out several times, but she didn't show any abnormality. In addition, such a large respirator was very difficult for her.

It’s really too heavy for me, so I just turned a blind eye.”

"Later, the pollution worsened, and when she started to show symptoms of asthma, we hurriedly took her to the hospital. The hospital was full of children like this."

At this point, Cheng Die paused and then said: "She didn't survive the age of five."

Cheng Die looked up at the dark red sky, recalling the stars that could still be vaguely seen when she was a child, and smiled helplessly: "I actually regret it. I knew the world was going downhill, so why did I give birth to her?

She suffered like this."

"But that is my child, the child of me and my beloved. When she came into my belly, how could I not look forward to her survival?"

"I thought that this society might not be suitable for children to live, but I still took a chance, and so did he. We selfishly thought we could protect her, but in the end we failed and let her bear all the consequences. Sure enough, people can't let go

If emotions overcome reason, there will be no good results."

Yu Di felt uncomfortable after hearing this. He wanted to comfort Cheng Die and patted her shoulder. Cheng Die looked at her and gently raised the corners of his lips: "I lied to you."

"I've never had a child. That guy can't afford to raise a child." Cheng Die clapped her hand, "I've never seen you cry, so I wonder if you're just a sensationalist?"

After saying that, she shook her head regretfully: "It doesn't seem to be the case. Tsk, tsk, I didn't expect that he is still a stone-hearted person."

Yu Di held back the tears she almost shed for Cheng Die - Sister, you made up such a tragic story just to see me cry? What kind of bad taste is this!

Yu Dixu looked at Cheng Die: "Believe it or not, I'm crying for you right now!"

Cheng Die smiled, turned around, stood up and walked to the next grid.

"Today's data haven't been measured yet, so stop chatting."

Yu Di made a face at her back, which looked thin even though she was wearing a bloated protective suit.

Tsk, who are you kidding?

(End of chapter)