At the end of July, in a suburban county outside Zhongshan City.
"Sister Deng, what do you mean by guarding the door and not letting us in? There's no one inside already, right? Then don't occupy this room."
The explosive tenor penetrated the eardrums and shook Xiao Mo out of that strange world.
"Cao Xiang, don't go too far! You know clearly that our Xiao Mo is still recovering there. What's the matter? The Deng family compound is not enough for you to live in, so you still care about such a rotten bungalow?"
Hearing his sister-in-law's angry voice, Xiao Mo struggled to open his eyes. His vision was blurry, and it took a while before it became clear.
Well, he didn't expect upgrading to be so painful! And he fainted immediately, leaving him no time to prepare. I wonder if his sudden coma frightened Xue Lihong
Xiao Mo smiled again when he thought of this. I'm afraid nothing can scare that kid, right
"Sister Deng, you can't say that." A soft voice said: "We, Cao Xiang, are the most soft-hearted people. Look outside the wall, so many poor people are begging for a place to stay. If you can If we let this house go, we can accommodate a family, right?"
Before Deng Anjie could reply, the tenor said in a weird voice: "That's right, you said that the second son of the Xiao family is recuperating, but he hasn't recovered after a month. Who knows if there is really someone in this house?" Recuperation? I have never heard of a vegetative person who was in a coma for such a long time for unknown reasons and could live for a month without any medical facilities. Sister Deng, are you sure the second child of the Xiao family is really still alive? "
"Cao Xiang! Keep your word!"
"Yes, Ah Xiang, don't talk nonsense. Do you think you've made the eldest sister so angry?" the soft voice complained.
The tenor smiled strangely, "I'm sorry, Sister Deng. But seeing how nervous Sister Deng is, those who didn't know better thought it was your husband sleeping inside, not your brother-in-law..."
"Axiang!"
"Cao Xiang!"
"Hey, my husband, my husband is here. Hello, brother Xiao. Look at Sister Deng. We came to visit Brother Xiao with good intentions, but she blocked us at the door and refused to let us in."
Inside the house, Xiao Mo's face was cold, but he could not move his limbs. He could only stare at the beams of the old house, as if he wanted to stare down the spider webs hanging on the beams.
The weather was quite hot and muggy, which made him feel more and more chest tight and short of breath.
There was only a small skylight in this room, and once the door was closed, it was almost suffocating. But the strange thing is that the sheets under him and the thin blanket covering him are as if they have been soaked in deep well water. They are very cold and comfortable. In this way, the two offset each other, and the body will not suffer particularly hard.
But body and mood are two different things. Being physically comfortable may not necessarily make you feel comfortable emotionally, especially when there are people rushing to make things difficult for you.
A tender finger stretched out and poked him in the face.
Xiao Mo turned around and discovered that there was a child lying on the bedside... Xue Lihong!
Without his repair, Xue Lihong turned back into a child
Xue Lihong finally saw him in his eyes and poked him again in a praising manner.
Xiao Mo raised his head slightly, opened his mouth and pretended to bite him, but Xue Lihong rudely pushed him down on the pillow with one finger.
Outside the door, the eldest son of the Xiao family suppressed his anger and said: "Thank you for your kindness. Our second son needs to rest. Cao Xiang, you and your sister should get out of here as soon as possible. Don't come here every two days to cause trouble!"
"Brother Xiao, when did we come to make trouble? It's okay if you and your wife don't let us visit Brother Xiao, but leaving your own brother at home and refusing to send him to the hospital is too... heartless, right? "
The tenor clicked his tongue several times and turned to his sister: "Sister, look at this. Although I have so much food, I refuse to spend some money to send my brother to the hospital. Do you think this is hiding a disease and avoiding medical treatment? Or is it just a human being? Are you really so heartless?"
"Cao Xiang! Don't slander me! You know why you want to send Xiao Mo to a temporary hospital! Is that place a place for people? It's better to die at home!"
"Listen, listen! Sister, do you hear that? He really plans to torture his own brother to death!"
Xiao Mo frowned and wanted to open his mouth to speak, but he didn't know if he was too hasty, and all he made was a "ho ho" sound.
Xue Lihong, who was on the bedside, looked at him, then suddenly bent down and took out a plastic basin from under the bed, and staggered towards the door.
Xiao Mo turned to look at Xue Lihong. What do you want to do
Xue Lihong opened the door, and the adults outside the door muted their voices and looked at him.
A soft female voice spoke: "Isn't this Xiao Er's child? My child, is your father in there? Poor child, he has to live with an infectious person at such a young age, ugh."
"Get out." Xue Lihong's toneless voice sounded.
"you!"
"Sister, don't pay attention to this ignorant little brat. He is an illegitimate child after all, and he has no tutor at all. I don't know how his mother taught him... Hey! What are you doing, little brat!"
"Axiang, don't say that...ah--!" A female voice screamed.
Xue Lihong picked up the plastic basin on the ground and splashed it on the targets. After splashing, she immediately turned around, closed the door, and returned to the house.
There was constant cursing outside the door.
here you go!
Xiao Mo inside the door looked at Xue Lihong with a slightly amused expression, and asked with his eyes: What is in that basin
Xue Lihong roughly guessed what Xiao Mo wanted to ask, put the basin under the bed, raised her head and said, "Our bath water is from last night. There is still your excrement in it."
Xiao Mo... was silent. Rather than Xue Lihong splashing people with dirty water, he was more concerned about Xue Lihong's behavior of putting the dirty water under the bed and leaving it there overnight.
Did he know in advance that someone was coming to cause trouble, so he specially prepared this basin of chemical weapons, or was he just too lazy to dump the dirty water
"Call that little bastard out! I must teach him a lesson today!"
"Sister Deng, is this how you teach children? What kind of water is this? Why is it so dirty? You are going too far!"
The noise outside the door got louder and louder. The tenor clamored to pull Xue Lihong out and teach her a lesson. The soft female voice kept saying that Xue Lihong had no tutor and it was too shameful.
"Get out of the way and don't block the door!"
Xiao Wen and his wife watched with cold eyes as the Cao brothers and sisters made a fuss, until Cao Xiang angrily pushed the door open to grab someone, but Xiao Wen blocked the door with a stone axe.
"Whoever dares to go in and try! If any of you dare to touch a hair of my child today, I will chop him to death!"
"Cut it, you dare to try it!"
"See if I dare."
"Xiao Wen! Stop!"
Seeing that the trouble was about to get out of hand, Deng Anjie stopped her husband and said coldly to the Cao brothers and sisters: "It's almost noon, a little bit faster."
The Cao siblings suddenly fell silent. After a moment, Cao Xiang cursed: "You're so lucky, that little bastard! Sister, let's go!"
The soft female voice seemed to be extremely angry, and said with a trembling voice: "We came here with good intentions, but you treat us like this. You Xiao family are really... uneducated!"
"Ah, you are well-educated, your whole family is well-educated! Cao Tong, for the sake of Anjie, my eldest brother, I have only tolerated you until now. If you f*cking cause trouble here again, believe it or not, I will slap you with a big ear. ?”
"Xiao Wen! What does it mean for a grown man like you to threaten my sister? If you have the guts, do it to me!"
"Okay, come on, I can't kill you, you coward!"
"Axiang, let's go. They are delaying time on purpose. They want us to... Humph, this family is so bad!"
"Yes, this family is too poisonous. If you put an infected person in the village for a month, you don't know how many people will be harmed. Last time, the child of the old Liu family fell ill and died. Maybe it was the second child of the Xiao family who infected it... Xiao asked what are you doing! Sister , run quickly, the man named Xiao is going crazy!"
"Run? Let me see where you are running to? I will chop you two nonsense beasts to death!"
"Xiao Wen! Come back!" Deng Anjie shouted anxiously.
Xiao Mo lay on the bed and took a deep breath.
He can't lie down anymore, he must stand up as soon as possible, quickly!
"Don't worry, your brother won't chase you. He will be faster soon." Xue Lihong said as she took out a small bottle of liquid from her backpack and poured it into a water gun that looked like a child's toy.
a little? What's the meaning? Xiao Mo looked at Xue Lihong in confusion.
Xue Lihong lowered her head to work and didn't see the man's face eager to explain.
Sure enough, Xiao Wen came back not long after, and the couple started bickering at the door.
"What's there to chase? Those two people are mean-mouthed, so just ignore them."
"What did you listen to what they said? How vicious were the words Cao Xiang said? If word got out and those villagers believed it to be true, do you believe that the second child could be dragged out and beaten to death by them!" Xiao Wen was furious.
Deng Anjie had nothing to say.
Xiao Wen couldn't hold back his anger and continued to scold: "The Cao family is not a thing, and your eldest brother is not a good thing! Last time, he openly and subtly said in front of so many people that our Xiao family are just poor relatives who come to knock on the autumn wind. I Xiao Wen is just a coward who takes advantage of his wife. Your brother said this himself!"
"Then what can I do? Fight with them desperately? I am just a married daughter, how can you ask me to argue with my brother?" Deng Anjie couldn't help crying anymore.
Xiao Mo was anxious. He didn't want his brother and sister-in-law to have a grudge because of these nonsense. He wanted to get up and comfort them, but after several attempts, he couldn't move any part below his neck.
Xiao Mo tried hard several times and became anxious. He was breathing heavily with his mouth open.
Xue Lihong looked up at him strangely, poked his mouth with her finger, and commented: "You are like a fish that has been washed up on the beach and is about to be dried."
Xiao Mo motioned him with his eyes to go out and adjust the atmosphere.
Xue Lihong poked her fingers into his mouth and touched his teeth, "Please beg me. Just go ahead if you beg me."
Xiao Mo was dizzy.
Outside the door, Xiao Wen and his wife were silent for a long time.
"Ahem," Xiao Wen cleared his throat and lowered his voice, "Stop crying, I'm not talking about you."
After a long while, Deng Anjie replied: "Yes."
"Um... have you gone in and looked at the dick?"
"Not yet, I'm about to go in and see him." Deng Anjie was still choking.
Xiao Wen's voice was even deeper, "Anjie, I know you are in trouble. I was just mad because I was angry just now. I didn't want you to argue with your brother."
"I know... I'm not angry with you."
"As long as he's not angry. Hey! You said our second son is also interesting. He doesn't fall down sooner or later. But he fell down at a time when the world is in chaos and people can't survive. He closed his eyes and didn't do anything. Don’t bother.”
Deng Anjie was angry at him for speaking indiscriminately and slapped him, "Look at what you said? My own brother also slandered me!"
"Why don't I just talk about it."
"Stop talking nonsense. You're in a bad mood. Don't make everyone uncomfortable. The second child doesn't want to lie down on his own. Xiaohong said he might wake up in the next two days, so be careful what you say in front of him." Deng Anjie calmed down her emotions and wiped away the tears on her face.
"What does Xiaohong, a little kid, know? You are the only one who always takes what he says seriously."
"Don't look down on Xue Lihong. If it weren't for him, would we have been able to get here safely all the way?"
Xiao Wen was blocked for a long time and couldn't speak. Finally he muttered: "Someone came to the wheat field to promote again. I'll go over there and have a look. I'll be back later."
"It's only one o'clock in five minutes. You run faster. If you see people on the road, it's best to go with others. Don't be alone. Come back early and be careful on the road." Deng Anjie warned her over and over again until her husband ran away with the ax in his hand. , then sighed, knocked on the door, and opened the door.
Xiao Mo heard the door knock, turned to look at the door, opened his mouth, his mouth and throat were sticky, he coughed dryly, and found that he could barely make a sound, and immediately shouted: "Sister-in-law..."
Deng Anjie was startled and almost threw the thermos bottle in her hand.
Xiao Mo woke up and the whole family was happy.
But no one knew that Xiao Mo had actually "awakened" as early as ten days ago, but he could not open his eyes, but he could hear and feel everything that happened.
The Xiao family and Xue Lihong often murmured beside his bed, and the Cao family often came to make trouble, letting him know that he had been lying in bed for a full month and what happened to him after he fell into coma.
That day, he completed the last task of the first level and was immediately promoted to the second level. After that, he lay down and fell into a deep coma as soon as he lay down.
At that time, people from the National Institute of Biological Sciences tried to take him away by force, but Xue Lihong broke through the siege and rescued him. For this reason, they had to temporarily leave the protection of General Qiu, because Qiu Feng was a little too busy to take care of himself at that time.
Later, with the help of Qiu Xin, they took their family away from the base and came to his sister-in-law's hometown, which was actually in the suburbs of Zhongshan City.
When he woke up again, he was already at his sister-in-law's parents' house. He didn't know how he got here or how he settled down. However, the fragmented conversations between the Xiao family also allowed him to spell out most of the process. In short, there are only three words: It is not easy!
That's really not easy.
During this month, the situation outside can only be described as chaos.
He passes out, and the new school his nephew attends suddenly collapses.
Then a major earthquake occurred again, buildings collapsed, and the city was completely uninhabitable.
The urban population was forced to evacuate urban areas, and the government began to build temporary resettlement areas in various places.
Animals and insects have changed their diets and become extremely fond of metal. The animals in the zoo simply chewed off the metal cages and escaped.
Mineral deposits of precious metals such as gold and silver have disappeared in large numbers, and no one knows where these metals have gone.
Plants that have always been able to survive as long as there is water, sunlight, and land have also been found to be very interested in metals. The roots of these plants are deeply rooted in the ground, and they are most fond of common metals such as copper, iron, and tin.
Few people would cherish the things that are usually at hand, but now once they find that they are gone, people realize that various metals have long been integrated into their daily lives. Once they are missing, it is like having a broken limb.
The lack of metal will not completely defeat mankind. What really puts mankind into panic is the mutation of food and water!
In fact, when scientists discovered that plants began to swallow and digest metals, they were already worried about the problem of grains, fruits and vegetables. After all, grains and vegetables also belong to the category of plants.
Sure enough, half a month after Xiao Mo was in coma, all the grains, fruits and vegetables that had reached maturity had mutated to varying degrees. Not only did the roots and fruits become difficult to pick, but the picked ones also contained a large amount of metal, making it impossible for ordinary humans to Inedible.
The same goes for water. Many water sources have been found to contain a large amount of metal molecules. Drinking it is like a slow suicide for ordinary humans.
If food can still be cultivated, even if the house collapses, as long as it is rebuilt, daily life can be restored quickly. But the current situation is that all newly produced food, fruits and vegetables are inedible to most humans, and the drinking water sources have also become Got less and less.
Humanity is in complete chaos.
Grabbing food and drinking water has become everyone's primary goal.
In just one month, humans killed nearly one-tenth of the population through cannibalism.
In order to survive, the word civilization quickly moved away from everyone.
"At the same time, there are many strange animals and insects that come from nowhere similar to the giant-winged blood mosquito beasts we saw before," Xue Lihong said.
Xiao Mo looked at him.
"These animals and insects that are not like earth creatures will not eat metal directly, but will prey on the earth's native creatures that have changed their diet. Of course, they also eat humans."
Xiao Mo frowned.
"In addition to these changes, during this period, many people have discovered that their bodies can secrete a kind of synthetic metal. The synthetic metal usually condenses in the palm of their hands and is about the size of a broad bean. The secretion time is fast. Some people can secrete one particle a week on average, but some people can secrete one particle in about three or four days. Scientists have named this thing carbon-based alloy particles."
"You mean... not only Wang Chengqian Yunkai's group of people who were first infected with the carbon-based synthetic metal virus can produce alloy particles?"
"Yes, similarly, the number of people with supernatural powers is also increasing." Before the Xiao family got the news and rushed over, Xue Lihong mentioned some key points of what happened during this period to Xiao Mo.
After Deng Anjie had the surprise just now, she took Xiao Mo and talked for a long time. Halfway through, she remembered that she wanted to find a doctor to see him. She gave the thermos to Xue Lihong, explained a few words, wiped away the sweat, and then got busy again. Fuchi ran away.
Xiao Mo noticed that when his sister-in-law left, she grabbed a piece of bamboo that was as thick as a child's wrist and sharpened at both ends.
"It is said that scientists are concentrating their efforts on studying the role of these metals synthesized by the human body, hoping to find the cause of the sudden change in the earth's ecological environment."
Xiao Mo digested all the information he just heard, cleared his throat, and asked with difficulty: "Is it... safe here?".
"Can't talk about it. But there is a large military area nearby, and the latest resettlement area in Zhongshan City is also there. The soldiers have been patrolling the area in order to maintain law and order. The village has also built a wall at the main entrance, so the situation here Slightly better than other places." Xue Lihong shrugged.
If he was in troubled times before, he would definitely find the safest place and a kind-hearted and responsible family to protect him. But now that Xiao Mo suddenly fell into a coma, and he was counting on Xiao Mo to help him recover back to his adult state, he could only stay in this small village that could be attacked at any time.
"Um...a little bit...what's going on?"
"There are big killer locusts out there now, both day and night, but they don't seem to like the heat. Their shadows are almost invisible between 11 noon and 1 p.m. They also appear between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Not much, it’s a sub-safe time period.”
"Big locust?"
"The giant locusts are not locusts, but they look similar. They appeared about half a month ago. They are the same size as an adult golden retriever. They move three together every time. They can fly and jump, and they also have a pair of forelimbs like a mantis. Their blade arms can cut open a human body in one go. They like to eat human hearts."
Xiao Mo cursed, "Where... did this thing... come from?"
"I don't know." Xue Lihong disliked the man's unpleasant voice, poured him a cup of hot water, lifted his head and fed him some saliva.
"Well... thank you for your hard work during this period." Xiao Mo knew that Xue Lihong was taking care of him most of the time, although he seemed a little impatient.
"I would like to give you two doses of nutritional injections directly, so that you won't starve to death even if you lie down for another half month. But it's too troublesome to explain, so I can only feed you one can of soup every day." Xue Lihong opened the door. Blanket, "Since you're awake, let's change your diaper. Can you move?"
Xiao Mo, "..."
The process of changing diapers was awkward. Xue Lihong poured a basin of hot water from another plastic basin and placed it next to the bed. Regardless of his strong resistance, she skillfully lifted his thighs and put them on her young shoulders, and then Leaning forward, he tore and pulled off the adult diaper wrapped around his butt with both hands.
The child pulled off the diaper and threw it into the trash can next to the bed. He twisted a towel hanging beside the bed with hot water and wiped Xiao Mo's butt repeatedly. His movements and expressions looked like he was a skilled worker who had done it many times.
Xiao Mo's face was so red that he was almost bleeding.
He never imagined that when he was only in his early thirties, he would enjoy the treatment of being waited on personally, and that he would be fed, wiped, and peeed.
During the ten days before he was conscious, he received the same treatment every day, but since he could not open his eyes, he could still pretend not to know anything, but now...
The intense shyness was followed by an even stronger emotion.
These things are cumbersome and dirty, and even a biological son may not be able to do them. Haven't you seen that his two biological brothers and a biological nephew have not reached this point
At least when Xiao Mo became aware of the outside world, he only felt that the third child Xiao Da and his nephew Le Duo had fed him soup, and they almost choked him to death, but Xue Lihong was doing all his personal affairs for him. Take care of.
And whenever he thought that Xue Lihong was actually an adult like him, he felt even more embarrassed.
"There are many people coming to your sister-in-law's house, and the rooms cannot be allocated. You are a patient and are forced to move here. I will live with you." Xue Lihong said suddenly.
That's why you "reluctantly" and "have to" take care of me? Xiao Mo tried his best to make his expression appear natural.
Xiao Mo tried hard not to think too much, but the feeling coming from his lower body made him blush. I was lying in front of me, afraid that my body would lose consciousness, but I finally felt it... Ah! Why are men all lower-body animals
I didn't expect a reaction, really!
Brother, please, can you just wipe it there once? You don’t have to wipe it so carefully, just let me beg you, okay
Still looking at it so engrossedly... What is there to see there? The lower half of a man's body is used for excretion, and you can't even see a flower there!
Xue Lihong stared at the man's slightly raised part with a rather strange expression.
It is a super complex expression that combines envy, jealousy, unwillingness, desire, curiosity and other emotions.
The little boy couldn't help but poke his head lightly with his finger.
"Well..." A weird squeaking sound sounded.
The man stopped him shyly and angrily: "Don't touch it! Are you finished?"
An extremely cruel thought suddenly arose in Xue Lihong's heart, break it off! Crush it! Let it never be able to show off its power in front of itself!
"Ah... don't squeeze hard, it hurts!" The man couldn't help but scolded in a low voice, but he obviously didn't think much about it. He thought Xue Lihong was just grabbing it with his hands for the convenience of scrubbing.
It was hot in the palm of my hand, and I seemed to be able to clearly feel the pulse full of life.
This is a characteristic of the adult body. Only when a man matures here can his body truly grow up and his life be able to continue.
Xue Li's red pupils glowed with a strange light, and her fiery eyes followed the burgeoning vitality and looked down below, which was also carefully cared for by him.
The brown, small entrance shrank slightly.
Xue Lihong's pupils also quickly contracted.
A strange burning sensation rose from the groin area, and the scorching heat gathered and coiled under the lower abdomen little by little, but had nowhere to go.
Xue Lihong stared there for a long time, then she suppressed the unventable flames just like many times before, picked up a wet towel from the hot water basin, wrung it out, and gently covered it with the hot towel. She continued to clean the man seriously, and her expression returned to normal.
Xiao Mo took a deep breath, his face burning.
Why did he find today's cleanup time particularly difficult? Is it because the shame has increased since I just woke up
"Look at you... you seem to be very used to taking care of others when you do these things." Xiao Mo said in order to distract his attention and reduce the embarrassment in the air.
Xue Lihong rubbed the towel and scrubbed it carefully three times. After making sure that her territory was well maintained and that there were no acne or red spots, she put on a new diaper.
Hearing Xiao Mo speak, he used his fingers to stimulate his thigh muscles one by one, watching his muscle reaction, and casually replied: "If you live long enough, you will be able to do it all."
How long have you lived
"The response is good. I will increase the frequency of stimulation and massage for you later. You should be able to move tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." Xue Lihong put down the man's lap, climbed out of the bed, and put the water basin next to the bed under the bed. , and put another pillow under his head. The pillows are also cool.
"Get up and have some soup, you'll have to deal with a lot of people later."
"Thank you, Xiaohong, I want to... brush my teeth and rinse my mouth first." Xiao Mo could already smell the peculiar smell coming from his mouth, and it was rare that Xuelihong didn't dislike it and talked to him for a long time.
But why did this kid stuff the used dirty water under the bed again? Does he only dump out the dirty water in front of him every time he uses it