Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 448: The Safe Way
The sound of footsteps circling back and forth rang from the side over and over again, and it didn't take long for No. 46 to be disturbed by the noise—the throbbing pain in his temple finally made him unbearable. He raised his head and yelled at No. 45, who had been pacing all the time: "Don't go! You can sit down honestly!"

No. 45 immediately stopped and lowered his expressionless oval face.

When the eyes of the two met in mid-air, No. 46 realized that her eyes had shrunk several times at some point, and there were only a pair of small black spots in the white of her eyes, staring straight at herself—that was not the case. It's not the way the same kind looks at the same kind of eyes.

He fought fiercely, and suddenly thought that no matter what he looked like, the opponent was actually not human anymore—and the fact that his physical strength was not as good as that of a fallen species.

"You let me think about what to do now." No. 46 lowered his voice, "...I don't believe that this copy will arrange a dead end for us."

No. 45 seemed to think about it for a while, and then the feet that stayed not far from him moved again, walked to the side and sat down.

"I said, if it wasn't for you, this guy was arrested," she said coldly at No. 47 as soon as she sat down. "The only one who can hit 49 is not going to jump down—but if I say it, I really don't understand what she thinks; what's the use of going down..."

No. 46 felt that his brain was overwhelmed by her buzzing voice, but he didn't dare to express anything; he took a few breaths, just when he was about to say, "That's to confirm that this method of death is effective", Suddenly, he felt the leaves under him tremble again.

No. 45's body immediately bounced like a spring, and even No. 47, who had only recovered half of his physical strength, hurriedly scrambled to the side of No. 46; The cut edge—they had had enough of such shocks today.

The whole plant was shaking from underfoot, but no one was seen for a long time; at the strange moment, a voice suddenly came from the other side of the plant: "Hey! Where are you looking?"

No. 46's heart sank back into his stomach with a thud, his blood was hot.To him, Lin Sanjiu's voice had never been so pleasant as it was at this moment.

Turning around, he saw Lin Sanjiu who had just poked her head out from another leaf not far away; not only did she look unscathed, but even the big purple flower on her back was still well inserted.

"You... are you okay?"

"Isn't this nonsense?" As she spoke, she climbed to the leaf where they were sitting under the dazed gazes of several people in the same group.

"What about the fourth group? How many died?"

"None of them died—didn't Harry not report anything? I don't know where three of them fell, but I only found the man in the lead."

From the faces of the three people in the fifth group, it seemed that many emotions and thoughts that could not be put into words rolled over in an instant, but there was nothing they could say in a short time.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Lin Sanjiu couldn't stand being stared at by them, "The reason why I brought him back is because of a situation that happened just now..."

Seeing this, Lin Sanjiu waved his hand, and showed a card-shaped thing to several people in the same group.

"Look."

On the card in her hand, a line of [Number Plate No. 31, Area F, Harry Farm] in black characters shimmered in the dim and ambiguous air of the greenhouse.

"...Number, number plate?" No. 47 was taken aback, "This is what it looks like after you put it away? Why is it only No. 31? Whose number is this?"

"The one who led the fourth group just now," Lin Sanjiu glanced at the card, then put it away. "Depending on the division, the number in progress is also different. I asked him after I got this, and it seems that there are numbers starting with 40 in other groups."

"This—" No. 45 hesitated to speak, as if he was full of doubts; after thinking about it, he finally asked: "He didn't have a number plate, and you asked him? So, the person in the fourth group didn't die?"

Lin Sanjiu smiled, without explaining, but turned his gaze to No. 46 - even though her hand was empty now, the latter's gaze was still fixed on her hand at this moment - a picture under his thick bangs A flush of excitement gradually appeared on his face, and it was obvious that he had figured out the key to the whole matter in this short moment.

"...That's right," No. 46 said softly and hastily, "That's right. He won't die, not even if he doesn't have the number plate, because the condition of 'he will die without the number plate', only It can take effect in the cave - at that time, as soon as the number plate left the body, we would be crushed to death by the ground immediately."

"Oh, yes, we have come to the surface now!" No. 45 suddenly realized. "Even if the number plate is taken off, there is no condition that can kill us."

"That's right, the number plate is no longer able to save our lives—" No. 46 gritted his teeth and scolded Harry harshly just like Lin Sanjiu did just now.Looking up again, his eyes lit up with luster: "Then let me ask you, what is it now that distinguishes us from other ordinary evolutionaries on the surface?"

"The most essential difference between an ordinary evolutionary and us at this moment is that we can absorb nutrients in the greenhouse, while ordinary evolutionaries cannot. Our bodies have not undergone any transformation in any sense. The only thing that caused the difference between the two thing--"

Speaking of which, he took out his number plate from his collar and laughed heartily: "Isn't it this one!"

"Wait, what is the identity of the guy in the fourth group now? Plant, or evolution?" No. 47 hurriedly interjected, asking, and involuntarily glanced at the direction where the martial arts vest fell.

"I asked Harry about this." Lin Sanjiu replied in a timely manner: "...that guy doesn't have a number plate, which means that the channel for absorbing nutrients has been cut off by me; but because he has completed the seed and germination period, so it is still a plant belonging to the fourth group, and this will not change for the time being unless he dies."

No. 46 broke out into a burst of laughter, as if he had finally put together the last piece of the puzzle, with a cheerful face: "That's right, it makes sense! Didn't the bastard Harry say it just now?" ? The real matter of life and death is the 'real-time per capita absorption'!"

"Didn't he spend several minutes explaining the definition of 'real-time' after he finished speaking the word? I think Harry did it on purpose, probably to let us all ignore one thing—" No. 46 paced back and forth After a few steps, he showed a mouthful of white teeth: "Why did he say the word 'per capita'? No matter which group of people in the greenhouse dies, the absorption of all members of the group will change together, and the number of changes will also change." They are exactly the same. The use of the word 'per capita' can only indicate that there may be a situation: that is, the number of people has not changed, but the total absorption of the entire group has decreased."

"You mean... now that man doesn't have a number plate, so he can't absorb nutrients, so it directly lowers the per capita absorption of the fourth group?" No. 47 asked while thinking, "But Harry didn't announce The absorption ranking of the fourth group has decreased?"

"Harry never took the initiative to report the nutrient absorption of each group." No. 46 snorted softly, "...the reason why he told us the ranking of the fifth group's absorption is because we asked; don't ask If not, he will only inform everyone that someone has died."

"That's right - we can even ask Harry to keep our ranking information secret; in this way, even if other teams ask, he won't tell." Lin Sanjiu smiled.

At this time, the crazy blood in her eyes had long since disappeared without a trace, and the amber eyes were clear again; after saying "wait a moment", she raised her voice and asked, "Harry, please tell me Let me check the ranking and absorption of the fourth group."

After saying this, the other three couldn't help becoming a little nervous, even breathing a little shallowly—as if they were afraid of disturbing Harry's speech.

When his answer finally echoed in the air, everyone's faces lit up—"The current ranking of the fourth group remains unchanged, and the real-time per capita absorption is 280 micrograms per person."

Lin Sanjiu's eyes rolled slightly.

"It's dropped," No. 45 grinned in excitement, and only then did a few people notice the denser row of teeth in her mouth than ordinary people: "The total amount has dropped, but the number of people has not changed. Said... Well, as long as we get two more people's number plates, the fourth group will be at the bottom!"

"However, the people in the fourth group are all scattered now, so it's not easy to find..." No. 47 had just said this half a sentence, but was suddenly interrupted by Lin Sanjiu—"Just now I put that man wearing a martial arts vest The man from here has also been caught, wait for me, and I will bring him up."

"What are you arresting him for?" No. 46 immediately frowned.Now that the number plate is in hand, people are just a burden.

But before he could say anything else, Lin Sanjiu had already turned around and slid down the branch, jumping onto another leaf perpendicular to their feet.

"...I just tied people here, behind this leaf..."

A clear female voice came up from under their feet, and they lay on the edge of the leaves, only vaguely seeing Lin Sanjiu's figure flashing past the green leaves a few times.

"Where's the person?" No. 45 raised her voice and asked, but the only response she got was her light footsteps.

"Ah, here it is."

As soon as the words were spoken, a black shadow suddenly shot out from the leaves below like an arrow from the string, and rushed in another direction—these people were stunned, and it took half a second to realize that That black shadow was Lin Sanjiu; with a few "crawls", the clump of green leaves she jumped into shook violently, and then another figure rushed out of nowhere, like a rabbit being stared at by an eagle , hurriedly fled to a huge vine in the distance.

The man was so fast that they could only see a flash of red as he quickly approached the vine; however, Lin Sanjiu was already prepared, and he chased after him with a kick, and he had already trapped the man in the blink of an eye .

Several people also realized at this time that Lin Sanjiu's words just now were obviously just an excuse. They probably discovered that there was a person hiding nearby, so they deliberately relaxed that person's vigilance.Even though he still doesn't know who this person is who has been hiding in the dark, No. 45 still shouted: "Catch him!"

The two figures below were entangled in an instant, and at the same time as they held their breath, the tall and long figure suddenly seemed to be unsteady, staggering, He fell backwards in an extremely unnatural posture—the next second, Harry uttered a "tsk tsk" voice: "...you can't use force."

"Is this also called force?" No. 45 shouted immediately, "49 hasn't used his strength yet!"

Harry didn't answer.

Such a short delay was enough for the figure in red to escape; while speaking, the figure quickly jumped onto the vine, and then, using its branches and leaves, disappeared among the layers of plants after a few jumps. Even the last trace was swallowed up by the dense greenery of the greenhouse.

It was not until he could no longer see him that Lin Sanjiu got up.

Looking at the other three people who just jumped off the green leaves and ran towards her, she breathed out and raised her hands.

Following her movements, a belt suddenly hung down from his palm, and a square number plate at the end dangled several arcs back and forth in the air.

"Ah, you got it!" No. 45's face brightened, and even No. 47, who had always been expressionless, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "...Is that person from the fourth group? I remember they ran away from the beginning Got one."

Lin Sanjiu smiled wryly.

"No." She turned the number plate into a card as soon as she flipped her hands. Seeing that the eyes of several people were focused on her hand, she couldn't help but said: "...This is the number plate of Area C, number 56."

That is, not the people in the fourth group.

"Although we don't know which group he belongs to, this does not affect our original plan." No. 47 said softly, "Now that my physical strength has recovered a lot, we can continue to split up to find the fourth group... It doesn’t matter if that guy overhears our conversation, because it doesn’t matter to him that we lowered the fourth group; at the end of the day, the growth period is just a battle between us and the fourth group.”

This logic is indeed correct, but when the sky was about to get dark again and the lights on the greenhouse roof were turned on one by one, the fifth group ushered in a change that they did not expect.

Even though they had changed to a more secret location, the group members of the man in red still somehow came to the door - the person who came was the bald head of the second group that Lin Sanjiu had dealt with before. .Along with him, there was also a member of the third group, tall and thin, with a gloomy expression.

"We already know about the number plate," the members of the third group said in one sentence.

"Old girl, I have an idea, all of us can go out." The bald head smiled at Lin Sanjiu.

　I don’t have many bbs when I’m away from home, I’ll talk about it when I get back~ I haven’t had time to read the page, so I would like to thank all those who rewarded the monthly tickets~
　
(End of this chapter)