The footsteps came and went in circles, ringing from his side again and again. After a while, No. 46 was distracted by the noise - the pain of his temples jumping, and finally he couldn't help raising his head and yelling at No. 45, who had been pacing, "don't go! You can't sit down honestly!"
No. 45 immediately stopped and lowered an expressionless oval face. ≧
When their eyes met in midair, No. 46 found that her eyes had shrunk for several rounds, and there were only a pair of small black spots in the whites of her eyes, staring straight at herself - it was not the eyes of the same kind looking at the same kind.
He suddenly fought a war, and suddenly thought that no matter what it looked like, the other party was not human anymore - and the fact that his physical strength was not as good as a degenerate.
"You let me think about what to do now." No. 46 lowered his voice, "... I don't believe this copy will give us a dead end."
On the 45th, he seemed to think for a while. His feet, which were not far away from him, moved again, walked to one side and sat down.
"I said, if it weren't for you, this guy was caught," as soon as she sat down, she sneered coldly at No. 47. "The only one who can hit 49 won't jump - but if I say, I really don't understand what she thinks; what's the use of following..."
On the 46th, in her buzzing voice, I just felt my brain was big, but I didn't dare to say anything; He took a few breaths. Just as he wanted to say "that's to confirm that this way of death is effective", he suddenly felt the leaves under him tremble again.
The body of No. 45 suddenly bounced up like a spring. No. 47, who only recovered half of his body strength, also hurriedly crawled to No. 46; All three of them were on alert and stared at the cut edge of the leaf - they had really had enough of such a vibration today.
From the foot came the shaking of the whole plant, but for a long time no one was seen; Just at this strange moment, a voice suddenly came from the other side of the plant: "Hey! Where are you looking?"
On the 46th, a heart plummeted back to the belly, and the blood was hot——
For him, Lin Sanjiu's voice has never been as pleasant and pleasant as it is now.
As soon as he looked back, he really saw Lin Sanjiu who had just put his head out of another leaf not far away; Not only did she look unharmed, but even the big purple flowers behind her were still well inserted.
"You... Are you okay?"
"Isn't this nonsense?" As she spoke, she climbed onto the leaf where they were in the dazed eyes of the same group.
"What about the fourth group? How many people died?"
"None of them died - didn't Harry report anything? I don't know where three of them fell. I only found the leading man; but just before I came up, I left him where he was."
From the faces of the three people in the fifth group, it seemed that a lot of emotions and thoughts that could not resort to words rolled away in an instant. However, what they could say for a time was nothing.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Lin Sanjiu was also stared at by them and couldn't stand it. "The reason why I brought him back is because of a situation that just happened..."
Lin Sanjiu waved his hand and showed a card like thing to several people in the same group.
"Look."
On the card in her hand, there is a line of black font [No. 31 number plate in area F of Harley farm]. The dim and warm air in the greenhouse is shimmering.
"... number plate?" On the 47th, he was stunned. "Is this what it looks like after you put it away? Why is it the 31st? Whose number is this?"
"The leader of the fourth group just now," Lin Sanjiu glanced at the card and then put it away. "The number in progress is also different according to the division. I asked him after I got this. It seems that other groups also have numbers starting with 40."
"This --" No. 45 was about to speak, and seemed to have a stomach of doubts; After thinking for a while, he finally asked, "he didn't have a number card. Did you ask him? So, the person in group 4 is not dead?"
Lin Sanjiu smiled, didn't explain, but turned his eyes to No. 46 - even though her hands were empty now, the latter's eyes were still staring at her hands at this time - on his face under the thick bangs, there was an excited flush gradually, and it was obvious that he had figured out the key of the whole thing in this short moment.
"... that's right," No. 46 said softly and hurriedly, "that's right. He won't die, nor will he die without the number plate, because the condition of 'death without the number plate' can only take effect in the underground cave - at that time, as soon as the number plate leaves, we will be immediately crushed by the land."
"Oh, yes, we have now reached the surface!" It suddenly dawned on the 45th. "Even if we take off the number plate, there is no condition that can kill us."
"Yes, the number plate can no longer protect our lives -" No. 46 grinned, and even scolded Harry in a low voice like Lin Sanjiu just now. Looking up again, his eyes had brightened: "then I ask you, what is it that distinguishes us from other ordinary evolutionists on the earth?"
"The most essential difference between an ordinary evolutionist and us at the moment is that we can absorb nutrients in the greenhouse, but ordinary evolutionists cannot. Our bodies have not been transformed in any sense, and the only thing that has caused this difference between the two -"
Speaking of this, he took out his number plate from his collar and laughed happily, "isn't that it!"
"Wait, what is the identity of the guy in the fourth group now? A plant or an evolutionist?" No. 47 hurriedly inserted a sentence, asked, and involuntarily glanced at the direction in which the martial arts vest fell at that time.
"I asked Harry about this." Lin Sanjiu timely replied: "... That guy has no number plate, which means that the pipeline for absorbing nutrients has been cut off by me; but because he has completed the seed and germination period, he is still a plant belonging to the fourth group, which will not change temporarily unless he dies."
On the 46th, he burst into a burst of laughter, as if he had finally put the last piece of the puzzle together, with a straight face: "that's right, that makes sense! Didn't Harry, an asshole, just say that? What really matters is' real-time per capita absorption '!"
"After he finished the word, didn't he spend several minutes explaining the definition of the word 'real time'? I think Harry was absolutely intentional, probably in order to let us all ignore one thing -" 46 paced back and forth, A white tooth appeared: "why did he say the word 'per capita'? No matter which group of people in the greenhouse died. The absorption of all members in the group changed together. The number of changes was also exactly the same. Using the word 'per capita' can only indicate that there may be a situation: the number of people did not change, but the total absorption of the whole group decreased."
"You mean... Now that man has no number plate and can't absorb nutrients. So did he directly reduce the per capita absorption of the fourth group?" No. 47 asked while thinking. "But Harry didn't announce that the absorption ranking of the fourth group was reduced?"
"Harry never took the initiative to report the nutrient absorption of each group." Number 46 snorted softly. "... the reason why he told us the absorption ranking of the fifth group was that we asked; if we didn't ask, he would only inform the whole group that someone died."
"That's right - we can even ask Harry to keep our ranking information confidential; in this way, even if other groups ask, he won't say." Lin Sanjiu smiled.
At this time, the crazy blood color of her eyes had long disappeared, and the amber eyes were clear again; After saying "wait a minute", she immediately raised her voice and asked, "Harry, please tell me the ranking and absorption of the fourth group."
As soon as they said this, the other three people couldn't help but get a little nervous, and even their breathing was lighter - as if they were afraid to disturb Harry's speaking.
When his answer finally reverberated in the air, everyone's face lit up - "at present, the ranking of the fourth group remains unchanged, and the real-time per capita absorption is 280 micrograms per person."
Lin Sanjiu's eyes slightly turned.
"Down," on the 45th, under excitement, the corners of her mouth widened, which made several people notice a row of teeth in her mouth that were denser than ordinary people: "the total amount has decreased, but the number has not changed, which means... Well, as long as we get two more number plates, the fourth group will be at the bottom!"
"But the people in the fourth group are scattered now, so it's not easy to find..." after saying so half a sentence on the 47th, Lin Sanjiu suddenly interrupted - "just now I caught the man wearing a martial arts vest. Wait for me, and I'll bring him up."
"Why catch him?" No. 46 frowned immediately. Now that the number card is in hand, people are just a burden——
Just before he could say anything more, Lin Sanjiu turned around and slid down the branch and jumped on another leaf in the vertical direction under their feet.
"... I'll tie people here, behind this leaf..."
The clear female voice came up from under their feet. Several people were lying on the edge of the leaves, and they could only vaguely see Lin Sanjiu's figure flash past the green leaves several times.
"Where are people?" No. 45 raised her voice and asked, but the only response was her gentle footsteps.
"Ah, here it is."
The voice of this sentence just fell, and a dark figure suddenly shot out from the leaves below like an arrow, and quickly jumped in the other direction - a few people were stunned, and it took half a second to realize that the dark figure was Lin Sanjiu; With a few "clatters", the clump of green leaves she rushed into shook violently for a few times, and then suddenly rushed out of another figure, like a rabbit staring at by an eagle, hurriedly fled to a huge vine in the distance.
The man was so fast that a few people could only see a flash of red and quickly approached the vine; However, Lin Sanjiu had already been prepared, and immediately caught up with the man with a kick under his feet.
At this time, several people also realized that Lin Sanjiu's words just now were obviously just an excuse. It was probably that they had found a person hiding near here, so they deliberately relaxed that person's vigilance. Although I don't know who this person has been hiding in the dark, No. 45 still shouted, "catch him!"
The two figures below entangled in an instant. Just as several people immediately held their breath, then they saw that the tall and long figure suddenly seemed to be unsteady. With a stagger, he fell back in a very unnatural posture - the next second, Harry "tut tut" out: "... You can't use force."
"This is also called force?" On the 45th, he immediately shouted, "49 hasn't worked hard!"
Harry didn't answer.
Just such a short delay is enough for the figure in red to escape; While talking, the shadow jumped on the vine quickly, and then disappeared in layers of plants with its branches and leaves. Even the last trace was swallowed up by the dense greenhouse green plants.
Lin Sanjiu didn't get up until he couldn't see him anymore.
Looking at the other three people who had just jumped off the green leaves and ran towards her, she breathed a sigh and raised her hand.
With her action, a belt suddenly hung down from his palm, and a square number plate at the end swayed back and forth in the air, making several arcs.
"Ah, you got it!" No. 45's face lit up, and even No. 47, who has always been expressionless, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "... Is that person in the fourth group? I remember they ran away from the beginning."
Lin Sanjiu smiled bitterly.
"No." As soon as she flipped her hand, she turned the number card into a card. When she saw several people's eyes gathered on her hands, she couldn't help saying: "... This is the number card in area C, No. 56."
In other words, not the fourth group.
"Although we don't know which group he belongs to, it doesn't affect our original plan." No. 47 whispered, "now my strength has recovered a lot. We can continue to look for the person in group 4 separately... It doesn't matter even if that person hears our conversation, because we have lowered the ranking of group 4, which has no impact on him; at the end of the day, the growth period is just a battle between us and group 4."
This logic is indeed correct——
But when the sky was about to darken again and the lights on the greenhouse ceiling were on one by one, the fifth group welcomed a change that they didn't expect.
Although several people have changed to a more secret place, the members of the group of people in red still somehow found the door - the person who came was the bald head of the second group who Lin Sanjiu had dealt with. With him, there was also a member of the third group, tall, thin and gloomy.
"We already know about the number plate," said the member of the third group.
"Old sister, I have an idea that all of us can go out." Baldheaded and smiled at Lin Sanjiu. (to be continued.)
Ps: I don't have much BB when I'm out. I'll wait until I get back. Before I have time to read the page, I'd like to thank all the people who gave me monthly tickets~