sin of lumen

Lu Ting saved this unfinished M83 galaxy into Aldebaran's mainframe hard drive, projected it in his collection room, and made it light up every moment.The room has been used to house his favorite things, such as a life-sized black horse, an owl skeleton, some crushed vinyl records that cannot be restored, and his teak guitar.

Then he had a good night's sleep.

In the early morning of the next day, Deng Mochi stood at the pier last time, looking around coldly, dressed in plain clothes, but his absent-minded alienation still clearly separated him from the crowd.Lu Ting stood at the cabin door like last time, stretched out his hand to hold it firmly, and connected Dun Mochi to his spaceship.

He noticed that the wounds on the man's face had healed, as did his hands, without leaving any scars.

It's unbelievable. Could it be that the inherited genes have also adapted the healing ability?But it's a good thing after all.

"Good morning! Boss, I miss you so much." Lu Ting said quickly with a cheeky face.The program Deng Mochi wrote last time had the function of automatically adjusting the route according to the wind speed and the direction of radiation dust diffusion, so there was no need to reset the value every time, and Lu Ting seemed to have more time to stick to him.

Deng Mochi just nodded, sat in the back cabin and closed his eyes to rest, holding his electric arc knife.

"We eat burritos, potato salad and pears for lunch today," Lu Ting was busy on the cooking table, and soon came to the back cabin with a tray, "Sandwiches in the morning."

He sat next to Deng Mochi, two sandwiches with tomato lettuce and fried chicken thigh and two cups of banana and blueberry milkshake were placed on the table.

"I did it myself," he laughs.

Deng Mochi's eating speed was still not sloppy, Lu Ting only ate half of it after he finished his portion.

"It tastes good." He said to Lu Ting.It also appears to be the first time he has had non-synthetic meat.Near the block where he lives, the "meat" sold is protein products with various flavors added.

The sweetness of the milkshake is also much more lively than vitamin sugar.

"I think it's a bit salty. The cakes for lunch are already ready, so I didn't put so much sauce." Lu Ting said, and sat closer to Deng Mochi. The thighs almost touch each other.He ate slowly, always chewing slowly, and licked the creamy yellow mustard sauce left on his fingers after eating, and then wiped it with a disinfectant wipe.Afterwards, he sent the glass to the sink to clean it with ultrasonic waves, sat back beside Deng Mochi again, and soon fell asleep without distractions.

When he was awake, he leaned against the backrest, and when he fell asleep, he touched the shoulder next to him in the turbulence of the airflow.

Dun Mo observed Lu Ting calmly, and found that this person's approach to him always seemed to be closer to a kind of instinct, including the bare neck and the concentration when licking his fingers--something that should never appear on an Omega. A kind of defenseless - not with any complicated intentions.Trying to define it accurately and analyze it according to the motivation-consequence theory that I am used to, it is better to simply use the word "like" to describe it.

He was almost sure of it.So is his lack of impulsivity as an Alpha lucky or unfortunate for him?

This question can only be answered by Lu Ting himself.However, when his shoulders sank and he felt the temperature of his upper arms, Deng Mochi thought for a while and put the electric arc knife aside so that his shoulders could be completely spread out and it would be easier for him to sleep on it.

He finds it very strange that for physical contact, every time his younger brother and sister entangle each other like this, they will be slapped away by him.

But the taste of the water calmed him down.

It was cloudy and windy that day, and the surface temperature was a few degrees lower than last time. This is actually more friendly to the work of the two, and they will not be so stuffy and sweaty, and risk dehydration.The big hole has been refilled, Lu Ting clearly remembers its location, and now it is flat.

It can only be done by Deng Mochi, when he is not around.So when he said "something happened" did he refer to this matter?Lu Ting thought, what would happen if the three human corpses were left here for one night, and then left for another two nights?In short, it was what Deng Mochi didn't want him to see.

But of course the police are not afraid of dead bodies.

"Next time something like this happens, I'll bury it with you," Lu Ting said.

"Don't think so much." Deng Mochi said simply, and walked forward.

"Will the decay of the corpse be affected by radiation?" Lu Ting chased him and asked, "Our teacher said that where the radiation concentration is too high, the wound after death may also become cancerous. I have seen the pictures and the slices."

Dun Mochi stopped and turned to look at Lu Ting: "No, it was eaten before it rotted."

Lu Ting became nervous: "What was eaten?"

The mask covered Deng Mochi's expression, and he said things in a horrifying way: "Mutated creatures can jump down and climb up. Only bones are left. This area also haunts during the day."

Of course this is also true.

Sure enough, on the road afterwards, Lu Ting was always nervous and followed him every step of the way, as if he was about to draw his gun at the slightest sign of trouble.

Deng Mochi thinks this is not bad.

They did encounter ferocious creatures, after passing a pile of rubble at the foot of a mountain before dusk.Before they mutated, they were probably hyena-like creatures, but now they are completely unrecognizable, their tails have become as thick as arms, and there are protruding tumors under their fur.A total of more than a dozen of them gathered around them and began to slowly shrink the encirclement. In the past, Deng Mochi would first release tear gas in such a situation, and then hack them one by one if they could not be driven away, or sit directly in the back of the mechanical puppy Stay quiet.This time it was unnecessary, Lu Ting shot a circle, but within a few seconds, the hyenas all fell to the ground before they had time to run a few steps.

Lu Ting gave two more shots to the struggling ones, making them die more quickly.

"I really can't you, how about me?" Lu Ting muttered in a low voice, stepped over the two corpses, and walked side by side with Dun Mochi.In a few flashes, he had the illusion that he had killed a dozen real puppies.

"You can catch up first in the future." Deng Mochi said.

"...I'm sorry. They." Lu Ting said bluntly.

"They have also eaten people. In this state, it may be easier to die." Deng Mochi said again, he felt that he was stupid to explain such a thing.

"En." Lu Ting responded softly, and suddenly held his hand.Deng Mochi pulled it out, and he took it slowly again, quietly and stubbornly without saying a word, but with great strength, through the thick anti-radiation fabric of the glove.Deng Mochi was a little surprised, and finally let him hold it. They didn't separate until they reached a garbage mountain and saw something they wanted to pick up.

In fact, their time was not always spent in the garbage dump. Lu Ting and Deng Mochi picked up the children a few times together, led them from the school gate, walked a few long dark roads, and then took the bus back home.Lu Ting found out that the twins went to a middle school in the Special Economic Zone, which charged lower tuition fees and was closer to the lower level. In comparison, although the hardware facilities were average, the education level was still much better than the ordinary middle schools at the lower level.

As for the comparison with the artificial human colony - there is only one school registered there, and it seems to have become a place for juvenile delinquents.

Lu Ting recalled that time at the train station, when he met three people who had just left the parents' meeting, and the girl had a reward six-pointed star pinned on the lapel of the special zone school.

Deng Mochi's explanation for this is that he entered the school's student status system and added his younger siblings into it. This has been the case since elementary school.

The two children are not yet 15 years old, and the place to print the barcode on the side of the neck is still empty, so as long as the procedure is legal, they are no different from other students.

"What about when you were a child?" Lu Ting asked the person beside him.

Deng Mochi's younger brother - Lu Ting can only call him R179 for the time being. He has been walking in front with his earphones on all the time. He suddenly turned around and answered first: "My brother has never been to school. He is so bored and will be isolated in school. of!"

Sister R180 tugged at Lu Ting's sleeve, and added in a soft voice: "My brother is self-study. He reads books, surfs the Internet, and shuts himself in his room. He does this at night, because he has to earn money to support us during the day, and dad……"

Deng Mochi looked intently at Yelu, as if he had nothing to say.

Lu Ting thought, okay you, you really don't sleep all day.He helped the little girl brush her loose sideburns behind her ears, and said softly: "In the future, I will work with your brother to earn money to support you."

R180 nodded shyly and said yes.

R179 asked: "The police don't catch bad guys, why do they pester my brother every day?"

Lu Ting said loudly, "Is there something bothering you?"

R179 also raised his voice: "You wear different clothes every day. In fact, you are a very rich son. Do you think my brother is good-looking? He is Alpha! I just think you are strange, always going to school Pick us up, the classmates have seen it!"

Lu Ting laughed, and said like a cannonball: "So what if you see it, you think I'm annoying, right? If you have the ability, you should grow up quickly and be able to fight better than me. You can protect your little sister and don't need others to fight." Go pick it up, or keep your mouth shut."

R179 was so choked that he couldn't say anything justified, and began to repeat in a low voice, what are you trying to do wrong.This kind of childish bickering has basically no effect on Lu Ting. On the contrary, he feels a little relieved to see this puberty child muttering to himself with anger.

But Deng Mochi suddenly interrupted the younger brother's chanting: "Because he likes me and wants me to feel better."

This can be said to be an astonishing statement, R179 was so stunned that he almost stumbled, said "boring", turned around resentfully, and walked faster in front. R180 chased after him and pulled his sleeve, leaving Lu Ting alone beside Deng Mochi, biting his lip and blushing, from sneaking glances from the corner of the eye to turning his head to stare blankly.

"Then do you feel better?" He asked.

"Yes." Deng Mochi replied.

"I still want to hold hands," Lu Ting said in a low voice, "I won't let them see it."

Deng Mochi directly held his wrist calmly. Although the fingers did not intersect, the palm of the hand was warmer than the fingertips.He didn't seem to care much about being seen either.

Lu Ting quietly held back his strength, and when the road came to an end, their sweat blended together.Before the day's parting, on the platform of the penultimate bus stop, while the two children hadn't got off the bus, Lu Ting stood on tiptoe, opened his mouth slightly, and kissed the corner of Deng Mochi's mouth. , followed by another click.

"Whenever I can go to your house, I also want to take you back to my house." His pupils reflected the light, and the strip-shaped white light tube was contained in it, and it became round, "Am I in a hurry?" gone?"

"In a few days." Deng Mochi looked at him.

Lu Ting didn't know if it was prevarication, but he sat back in the last row of the bus and watched the back of the girl carrying the schoolbag leading the two little ones out of the edge of light and shadow. He touched his lips, still thinking about it. Filled with a soft satisfaction.

Seeing that Lu Ting's recycling skills are getting more and more proficient, half a month has passed, and it is also the day when the buyer comes to collect things every month to settle the wages.That evening, before it got dark, the two stood side by side in the open space next to the safe house that was used for every delivery, waiting in silence.

Scrap copper and rotten iron had been accumulated for so long, piled high in the truck, but Lu Ting noticed that Dun Mochi had left a small part of the stuff in the safe house, as if to keep it for himself.But he didn't ask too much, just like the one beside him who looked up at the sky and pondered, he kept his pistol in his pocket and held it tightly in his right hand. He looked around and was always on guard against robbers who might show up.

"Tomorrow is a holiday." Deng Mochi said.

"I'm not tired." Lu Ting said immediately.

"I have something to do, so I won't be here for a week," Deng Mochi paused, "You also stay with your family, your sister."

My sister is very busy.Lu Ting thought.

But indeed, from Deng Mochi's point of view, if he stays with him every day, he will inevitably feel fatigued. Lu Ting understands this truth, but he still almost forgets such an important thing as the principle of distance.

So he didn't ask Deng Mochi what he had to do, it would take a week to do it, he just said: "Okay."

At about 30:[-], the sound of propellers sounded in the sky, and a crane helicopter wobbled and landed in the open space about [-] meters in front of them.Then a man came out, with silver hair in a jumpsuit, and a silver jacket outside. He pressed the gas mask on his face and didn't tie it up. He waved to this side and sat on the edge of the cabin with one foot hanging down. Quite suave.

He Zhensheng, the person in the bar who called himself "beautiful sister", Lu Ting was deeply impressed.

So he was the buyer?

Dun Mochi lowered his head and pressed the phone, and walked towards him with the mechanical puppy. Lu Ting walked on the other side, slowly seeing the man more clearly.He couldn't tell the reason, but he had an intuition that this man surnamed He was very familiar with Deng Mochi, at least closer than the buyers and sellers on the surface, maybe they could be called "friends".

I don't know how many years I've known each other, at least better than someone like myself who has only known each other for less than a month.

Lu Ting realized that he was jealous.

But it is also the first time for him to eat, and he doesn't know what to do.

There were only about ten meters left, He Zhensheng jumped to the ground and put down his mask, with a smile on his face, Lu Ting took a breath, and secretly decided that if this person greeted him, he should also say hello seriously, so as to appear sensible and calm .Seeing that Deng Mochi went forward and made a mistake, he blocked himself a little behind, and said suddenly: "I will treat you to dinner when I get the money later."

"Huh?" Lu Ting almost cried out.

"Don't tell the surname He, he will ask to follow." Deng Mochi glanced back at him and added.