When she woke up, Shi Wanyun was already dressed and lying on a very hard and even somewhat rough stone slab.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked at the three or four meter high ceiling.
The ceiling is made of metal, and under the dim light, it has a metallic luster.
Where is this...
Although her head was still a little dizzy, she did not act rashly, but slowly closed her eyes again.
The surroundings were very quiet, there was no sound, and it seemed that there was nothing else around.
Before... She must have been brought here by that plump and mature woman.
Is that woman gone now
After waiting for a while and listening carefully, there was still no sound. She opened her eyes, slowly sat up, looked around, and began to look around carefully.
A room of about thirty or forty square meters.
What’s different from before is that the walls, floors and ceilings here are all made of special metals, rather than the textured wooden boards commonly seen in tree houses.
The whole room was like a prison. Although it was not small, it gave people a very depressing feeling.
Moreover, the entire metal room was empty except for a tightly closed metal door and not even a window.
It wasn't completely empty, either. The metal bed beneath her... no, maybe it couldn't be called a bed. It was just a bed-shaped metal block. It was the only object in this space.
There are some blood patterns engraved on this block of metal, which are the same as those on the blood pattern mutant creatures.
"Huh...?"
She was somewhat horrified to see that the blood streaks on the metal block were actually...
Like a bug, it crawled all over her body!
She subconsciously wanted to jump off the metal block and get away from this strange metal block.
But something even stranger happened.
These blood lines that crawled on her body like worms were like ropes binding her, tightly binding her body. With blood lines crawling all over her body, she was unable to leave the metal bed at all!
I can only maintain the sitting position on this metal block, but I can't leave!
She struggled tentatively twice, and at this moment, the metal bed and the bloodstains all over her body suddenly lit up!
Then, she felt as if her strength was absorbed. Her whole body suddenly became limp and she fell backwards, returning to the lying position she was in when she woke up.
After taking a few breaths, Shi Wanyun sat up from the bed again.
"The current situation..."
She was a little unclear, but at least her life should be in no danger for the time being.
She vaguely remembered that when the mature woman grabbed her, there was a hint of joy in her eyes.
It seems that I am still useful to them for the time being.
She clenched her hands and found that the power that had just been absorbed had been restored.
She tried to struggle again, and sure enough, the blood lines lit up again, and she lost her strength again, falling limply onto the hard and cold metal bed.
She looked at the metallic ceiling, feeling a little powerless.
It seems that she can't do anything now.
It seems that we can only wait.
Shi Wanyun lay on the cold metal bed, thinking about the current situation while quietly waiting for the arrival of someone who could break the current situation.
She didn't have to wait long before there was a clicking sound from the metal door.
Before the door opened, she closed her eyes and pretended she was still asleep.
Because she heard the footsteps of two people.
The footsteps gradually approached and came to her side.
"She should be waking up soon."
A hoarse and old voice sounded in front of her, like the voice of an old woman in her seventies or eighties.
"Based on the amount of red mist she inhaled, she will be able to wake up within half an hour at the latest."
The sound of this sentence is very familiar.
It's that mature woman!
"Okay." The old woman's voice sounded again.
"I didn't expect that someone among this group of survivors could actually do such a thing. How about this, when she wakes up, you can ask her about how she got here. I don't need to teach you anything else."
"Yes, don't worry."
"Hmm..." The old woman's footsteps sounded, and she slowly walked towards the door. "I'll leave the opportunity to you. I, an old woman, will not participate. I won't live much longer."
“…but your research results will be passed down from generation to generation.”
"Haha, okay, I'm leaving."
The old woman walked out of the house.
Shi Wanyun, who was lying on the bed, heard a click. It must be that she closed the door.
The mature woman sighed visibly after the old woman left.
Then she walked to Shi Wanyun's side.
"I know you're awake, so don't pretend." A woman's calm voice sounded above her.
Shi Wanyun did not continue to insist, but slowly opened her eyes.
The mature woman had changed into another set of clothes.
Just now in the baptismal room surrounded by red mist, the outfit she wore could be said to be very gorgeous, but now, she has changed into a relatively simple outfit.
Moreover, his expression became much softer, no longer giving people the inaccessible and superior feeling as before.
Shi Wanyun sat up from the bed and asked in confusion: "Excuse me, what is the situation now?"
She felt that now this mature woman should be able to communicate normally.
"… You can actually sit up?" The woman looked surprised.
"… I can only sit up. If I move again, I will feel weak all over." Shi Wanyun decided to tell the truth for the time being to gain the trust of this woman.
Judging from other people's attitude towards her during the baptism just now, she should be someone with a very high status here.
"That's already very strong." The woman showed a satisfied smile, "Sure enough, this batch of survivors is much stronger than the previous ones."
Her words made Shi Wanyun's heart move slightly.
This woman seems to know something about survivors!
The woman reached out and patted Shi Wanyun's shoulder gently.
Shi Wanyun felt that the sense of restraint on her body suddenly eased a lot.
Looking down, she saw that the bloodstains on her body were slowly fading away, fading to the stone bed beneath her, blending into the carvings on the stone bed, and then slowly dimming.
She moved her body and found that her energy was no longer absorbed like before.
She looked at the mature woman with a puzzled look in her eyes.
The mature woman smiled and said, "I admire you very much, so I will be nice to you, but don't think about running away, you are still too weak now."
"I… "
"Don't say you won't run away." The woman interrupted her, "I know your situation. You must be thinking that if you stay here, you will become a weird monster like those people, so as long as you have a chance, you will leave here, right?"
Shi Wanyun opened her mouth slightly, not knowing how to answer.
In other words, she didn't know what kind of answer the woman wanted.
Does she really understand her situation
Finally she nodded: "I really don't want to become like those people outside, but I don't want to run away because I know I can't run away."
“Haha, you are quite self-aware.” The woman chuckled. “Don’t worry, your mentality is very common among the new batch of survivors. You don’t have to worry about me blaming you.”
As she spoke, she reached out and gently lifted Shi Wanyun's chin, looking at her face: "I understand, such a beautiful girl, surely she can't stand turning into a monster, right?"
Shi Wanyun did not resist and just looked at her quietly.
She was just a little surprised.
I actually heard the word "monster" from this woman's mouth.
Aren't they the same kind
However, this woman does seem to...
There is no strange part on the body.
She is almost exactly the same as a normal human being. At least for now, she is not a monster.
If it weren't for her red eyes and the respectful attitude of others towards her, she would really think that this woman was a normal person.
"It seems that you have also noticed that my appearance doesn't seem to have changed at all." The woman let go of the hand that was lifting Shi Wanyun's chin, clasped her hands in front of her body and smiled.
“… You are stronger than them, but your body hasn’t changed much.” Shi Wanyun said softly.
“That’s right.” The woman nodded and smiled, “Because I don’t want to become as weird as them.”
"... Can you not become like that?" Shi Wanyun raised her eyes slightly.
"The change in the body is just one of the mutation directions. I chose another direction, a mutation direction that is more suitable for humans, so my body did not change too much."
Shi Wanyun looked at her and already knew what she was going to say.
"The potion required for this type of mutation is very rare, and I happen to have one in my hand. If you can meet my requirements, then you can also become someone like me."
The woman's words even made Shi Wanyun feel a little moved.
Or rather, very excited.
She already knew the identities of these people here; they were the previous batch or even the previous few batches of survivors.
Although she still hasn't figured out what this place is and why it exists, it is obvious that these former survivors are living well here and don't want to leave.
Although these original survivors were like monsters, she also understood the reasons for their behavior.
It's just genetic modification that makes these original humans become a little bit like monsters.
Putting this aside, these people are real human beings, and they are human beings who can communicate in a friendly manner.
So, this place is basically equivalent to a gathering place for humans!
Thinking of this, her resistance to this place was greatly reduced, and she even felt a little close to it!
If I could stay here without turning into a monster...
Compared to living in a tree house with no safety risks, this place might really be much better!
Of course, there is one thing she still cares about very much.
Who is the master they are talking about
Obviously, it was not the woman in front of him, because those people called her "Supervisor" instead of "Master".
Could this so-called master be... that mysterious voice
At this moment, Shi Wanyun, who didn't know anything about the alien invaders and the fate of the earth, suddenly felt her heart beating faster.
She felt that she might have touched upon the true secret of this world.
She even wondered in her heart, if she found the truth, would she...
Can we return to the original world
Back to the world... where she belonged
The woman clearly sensed her emotional change, and a smile appeared on her lips: "You are a very good embryo, and there is a great possibility that you can become someone like me, so..."
"You are also a survivor before, right?" Shi Wanyun suddenly interrupted the woman and asked.
"Of course, I am the first batch of survivors, and you are the fifth batch." The woman did not get angry because Shi Wanyun interrupted her, but answered patiently.
"Then... have you ever tried to return to the original world? Is there still a possibility for us to return to the original world?" Shi Wanyun looked at the woman and asked the question she wanted to ask most.
There was a vague look in her eyes and her heart was beating very fast.
She wanted to get the answer she wanted from the woman.
"Why do you think we, a group of survivors, gather here?"
The woman smiled and asked, "You have talked a lot with No. 228, you should also know that we can't just come here if you want to, but need to be selected, and only the selected ones are qualified to come here, so why do you want to come here so much?"
"What you mean is..." Shi Wanyun's eyes lit up slightly.
"Yes, we can really return to our world in the future."
Shi Wanyun's eyes suddenly lit up because of these words.
"Not only will our group of people have extremely long lifespans and extremely strong abilities due to genetic modification, we will also be the first group of people who can return to our homeland, back to Earth!"
As the woman spoke, red light flashed in her eyes and a look of nostalgia appeared on her face.
Although she had only lived in her original world for twenty years, far less than the nearly fifty years she had lived here, her obsession with the Earth was still as deep as ever.
People here are like this.
Everyone wants to go back to that Earth, which is their home.
"We can really go back!" Shi Wanyun finally couldn't help but stood up, and her originally gentle voice became a little excited.
"Well, we can go back, but... it requires our joint efforts." The woman smiled because of Shi Wanyun's reaction.
Shi Wanyun looked at the mature woman's face.
She smiled as she looked at Shi Wanyun's eyes and expression, as if she was looking at her younger self, and even had a hint of relief.
"If there were a few more strong adaptors among your group of survivors, then our plan might be completed sooner and we could return to our original world."
The woman's words struck Shi Wanyun's heart over and over again.
A strong adaptor... is that her
Thinking that she had found a way to return to her original world, her breathing became slightly faster.
Can I really go back
Should she believe what this woman said
have no idea.
But her heart urged her to believe what the woman said.
… Judging from the tone and expression of this woman, she should not be lying.
So is that true
Finally, after a long struggle for survival, do you see hope of returning to your original world
"What should I do?" Shi Wanyun looked at the woman and her voice returned to calm, but her obviously rising and falling chest still exposed her restlessness at the moment.
"Since you have almost understood the situation, now it's my turn to ask you questions."
The woman restrained the gentleness in her tone and spoke.
Her tone at this time was similar to that during the baptism, a tone of serious business.
"How did you get here?"
"I..." Shi Wanyun opened her mouth and hesitated.
Should she tell everyone about what happened to Xu Xin and the others
"By the way, I hope you can tell the truth." The woman said in a cold voice, "Although I personally admire you very much, there are also rules here."
"You have been baptized, and your body has undergone some changes."
"If you don't behave yourself..."
The woman bent down slightly and whispered in her ear, "The master can turn you into a humanoid monster covered with fur at any time."
Shi Wanyun's originally active mind froze in an instant.
… ah
The furry monster is... the furry monster
In addition to turning into those monsters, she will also turn into a furry monster?!