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Lu Ting barely fell asleep after tossing and turning until sunrise, and when he was startled by the sound of the alarm clock echoing all over the room, it was already twelve o'clock in the noon.

It's like having a dream that wasn't very dry.

I had a severe migraine. When I set the alarm clock last night, I thought I would be able to get enough sleep anyway at this hour. I didn't expect that I would be able to endure it that much, but as I am now, my whole body is lying sluggishly, and I don't feel sleepy at all.

"Mr. Cosmic Power Monster, good noon," Lucy's energetic voice pulled him out of the brief sluggishness, "Today is July 2099, 7, Thursday, a beautiful day is about to begin, and the weather is currently cloudy and cloudy. The working efficiency of the solar panels is 30%, the wind direction is southeast, the wind speed is 52 meters per second, and the radiation dust concentration at the height is 3.7%, it is estimated that at night—”

"Okay, I don't plan to go out today." Lu Ting sat on the edge of the bed and stood up slowly, his sweaty pajama pants pressed against his thigh.

"Okay, this is also my suggestion to you. According to your current physical signs, the next injection of inhibitors will be taken in about six hours, and I will remind you on time," Lucy said, playing the song by Elvis Presley AlwaysonMyMind, turn on the faux fluorescent tubes along the way to the bathroom, "Congratulations, you fell in love at first sight."

"...Thank you, remember to clean my bed." Lu Ting couldn't walk fast, which made him very uncomfortable.

"You're welcome, may I help you simulate Mr. M83's holographic projection and have lunch with you?"

"Can it be simulated?"

"Hahahaha, the video in the reference recorder is enough."

Lu Tingxin said, looking at it this way, you know too much. I will change your password to a more complicated one when I am ready, and I will also remove this weird laughter from your voice system.

"Make it clear, I just want something real, okay, someone who can touch me, someone who can hug me and give me an injection, someone who can eat the cherries and purple cabbage I planted," he looked at the mirrored wall of the bathroom My face with slightly improved skin condition, and two rare blushes, I adjusted the water temperature to 37 degrees, "I also need to be able to use the human brain to truly remember me."

"It's a real technical problem."

"At noon, I want to eat asparagus salad, baked eggs with meat floss, and honey sesame bread. I want hot cocoa for my drink. Isn't this a problem?"

Elvis Presley's love song was repeated as a single, and Lucy said: "Got it, I wish you a happy wash."

After the meal, Lu Ting slowly climbed up to the observation cabin on the left side of the top of the spaceship, which is a protruding spherical space made of pure glass, just like the spray hole of the "big ray" of Aldebaran. Ting has seen a lot of video materials of such animals, and has watched several times in the VR aquarium, and once thought that his analogy was very vivid.

It is said to be a sightseeing cabin. In fact, the buildings about 200 meters away from the window are already difficult to see clearly. The sandy yellow fills the sky, and only those huge billboards reveal a small amount of changing light. It is bright but barren, like being in the poisonous fog. man-made jungle.The situation in the lower layer is obviously even worse, a large amount of radiation dust has accumulated near the ground, looking down, it looks like rolling yellow sand.

In the past, Lu Ting seldom cared about it, but now he is vaguely looking forward to the rain.

When it rains, Lu Ting thinks that M83 only needs to pay attention to avoiding the rain, instead of losing sight of the road.

Where is he now?doing what?Aldebaran went around in circles all day long. Looking at the track map, he knew that at this time, he was hundreds of thousands of miles away from the streets and stations of yesterday.However, at least it won't be worse than himself, Lu Ting thought again, the whole person is limp, and he can't do anything well except be in a daze.With his forehead pressed against the glass, he stared wide-eyed at the radiation cloud below, not knowing what he was looking for.

A dial-in video call interrupts his brooding meditations.

Lu Ting glanced at the dialog box that popped up on the window in front of him, clicked reject, and dialed back the voice call: "Sister, I'm disfigured now, and I can't see people."

Lu Zhi smiled and said, "The police station has already passed your data to me, saying that you can't get in the rain, did you apply the medicine on time?"

"It's been painted a lot," Lu Ting said honestly, pressing the glass in front of him with five fingers, and pillowing his hot side face, "Is there something more important?"

"Oh yes, at 18 years and 114 days, my brother has finally grown up! The three-monthly test has begun. I will give you a cake every year today, okay? The one made of natural cream, and the real thing that cows eat Grass."

"No! I can't eat cream in my condition. And I'm 19."

"Why do you always say that you are one year older?"

"Because 18 years old sounds like a kid," Lu Ting paused, and said loudly, "I'm really 19 in terms of false age. You've heard of the false age in China before?"

"What kind of ancient method is that?" Lu Zhi sighed, "I heard that you are planning to resign?"

"It's a transfer. I haven't filled out the form yet, but now I'm out of work, and I really don't have a place to go to work."

Lu Zhi said clearly: "The sharpshooter has been wronged by being treated as an embroidered pillow."

Lu Ting nodded: "Too boring."

"By the way, didn't Dad arrange someone to take care of you?"

"I didn't tell you. I don't need to. I told you not to treat me as a cripple every day. Last time we reached an agreement, I will take care of myself in the future and no one will follow me. The condition is that I go on a blind date."

"And then you ran away."

"...I don't like them."

"Well, my sister understands. I don't understand what dad is thinking. You were a child the day before! Neither my elder brother nor I urged him. This time is really too dangerous. Maybe it was a sudden meeting Nine Alphas were exposed to too dense pheromones, which caused you to suddenly go into heat, but fortunately, my brother is in good health and mind, and he knows how to go home when he runs to the lower floors, so he didn't suffer any disadvantages."

Lu Ting cleared his throat and said, "It's not because of them."

"what?"

"I don't have any feelings for them, just like I won't be stimulated when I go to public places. After I ran away, I was walking on the road well, as usual," Lu Ting subconsciously stood up straight, because he felt that he He was talking about a big event, and there were still finger prints on his face, "But I met another person, who was very kind and gentle to help me, and he was also very good-looking. Really, I was stunned when I saw him It seems to smell like... rusty iron, but it is slightly different from those broken copper and iron, so it smells very good and addictive."

Lu Zhizu didn't respond for more than ten seconds, and suddenly drew out her voice exaggeratedly, "Oh——do you like her?"

Lu Ting's ears turned red, "Well, I didn't know it was this feeling. Sister, do you believe in predestined love? It's amazing, as if the gears are finally aligned. I had a dream last night and can't remember clearly, but I Just know there is him."

"An Alpha?"

"Yes, maybe I just smelled him and suddenly..." Lu Ting was even more embarrassed, and whispered, "But I haven't got the contact information yet."

Lu Zhi smiled softly: "It's easy to handle, whose files you can't find? If you don't want to do it yourself, I can help you too."

"Don't, I don't want to check him, I feel very disrespectful, and I would be unhappy if it were me. I'm going to wait and see at the bus stop. He should take it often, and he is familiar with that area. , you should go there often," Lu Ting calculated carefully, and then said, "By the way, what kind of Omega do you Alphas generally like?"

"Of course, it varies from person to person. For boys, I like tea, or citrus mint, which is refreshing. This kind of beta is also very good. Many people like sweet and greasy. The most common one is Honey and some floral fragrance," Lu Zhi suddenly raised her voice, "I forgot to ask just now, have you figured out your pheromone?"

"……No."

"Still not? Didn't it last night when the body temperature was 38.9 degrees?"

"I didn't smell it." Lu Ting was listless, all I could smell was rust, he almost said that.

He really didn't recognize any flavor that belonged to him.

"It shouldn't be. It stands to reason that the smell of estrus is the most obvious," Lu Zhi said worriedly, "You haven't had any signs of differentiation since the beginning of differentiation, and other children can detect it at puberty."

Lu Ting was also very worried, "I just got up to take a test, but I haven't seen the results yet," he said, and he opened the test report just uploaded by Lucy on the projector, almost speechless, "...No way, really not. "

"I have no taste, sister, the report has been sent to you." He said desperately again, "And my estrus seems to be not as desperate as others, I come so late, and I can still climb a ladder... You said I would It's not that underdeveloped, it's like, well I probably just don't have any sex appeal! I've been like this since I was a kid, thinking I'm an Alpha, it's so annoying!"

"Nonsense!" Lu Zhi shouted, followed by a soft voice, "Although it is not common, it does exist in our clinical practice. Some people's pheromone taste is not obvious, but the pheromone itself exists. It's just as cute and good for a successful partner with him."

"What if I don't even have pheromones?"

"No, then the parameters on your list will not be checked out."

"Oh." Lu Ting was still sluggish.

"So this won't delay your search. A person who likes you and stays with you is not because of your taste. Otherwise, can it be considered true love? My sister is still waiting for you to chase her back to see how beautiful she is. "Lu Zhi said patiently, "But you must wait until the estrus period is over, and stay in your Aldebaran to eat and sleep in these two days."

Lu Ting was stunned for a while, and his eyes were sore after hearing these words.Since last night, he was prone to sentimentality. He was bored in this huge spaceship and faced things he had never experienced before. Although he was not at a loss, he still felt so lonely, and he didn't want to rely on anyone he could find.The kind of vague sadness hung on him, almost making him not know himself.But he knew that Lu Zhi would always care about him.

"I understand, sister, there is one more thing, do you think I can contact my mother?" Taking a breath, he explained again, "She is also an Omega and has more experience."

"It's better not to." Lu Zhi seemed a little hesitant.

"Aunt Xue's closed project is not over yet, it's best not to distract her, Lulu, you know that." She added.

"Don't call me that."

"Why, imitate Aunt Xue's tone, you don't want to?" Lu Zhi giggled.

Lu Ting also laughed, silently and somewhat helplessly.In fact, he could no longer remember what it was like when his mother called him that. He just said that because he thought it was too childish.

In the afternoons that followed, Lu Ting spent time in his orchard and vegetable garden.The entire floor of Aldebaran, at least 40% of the space is used for planting crops. It took a lot of effort to get so much pollution-free natural soil back then. He used a special device to burn hydrazine compounds every day to obtain pure water for irrigation. The process of watering was also not easy. Later, self-taught pollination and grafting, and repeated adjustments of temperature, humidity, wind speed and light, simulated the four seasons on the earth at the beginning of the century, so that those precious seeds could adapt to the artificial environment... This is Lu Ting's ten Things that I started doing in my early years.

Indeed, he likes plants, and he also likes the feeling of sitting among the green leaves and smelling the moist earth, although he and his silent companions are floating in the air, like a helpless floating island.

But even so, plants are things that can take root. They thrive and give rewards. Lu Ting even occasionally feels that he can see their growth and those tiny changes.

The cherry is about to ripen recently, a three-year-old tree.Lu Ting sat for a long time leaning against the not-so-thick tree trunk, thinking of his gender from the mother he hadn’t seen for several years, then thinking of unsatisfactory pheromones, thinking of rain and steel, and finally thinking of M83.

The description of that person in his mind was so detailed that he misunderstood his own painting skills, as if holding a pen in his hand, he could outline that person vividly.

In the end, it was Lucy who interrupted his daydream again, and he was about to take the inhibitor. The first time was raw and the second time was ripe. Except for fever, fatigue and excessive secretion of body fluids, Lu Ting did not feel much discomfort, and took the injection slowly. Pushing into a vein, and taking his time downstairs, eating his dinner.

After the meal, he took a shower again, walked around the cabins, and checked the storage capacity of the spare inhibitors. Lu Ting returned to the bedroom, fell on his back, and sank back into his soft round bed.

"I want to shop online," he said.

The e-commerce interface immediately popped up on the projection screen in front of the bed. Lu Ting pinched the remote control ball next to the pillow and slowly slid it in the palm of his hand, "Pheromone perfume, used by Omega, check it for me."

Lucy said, "You still make up your mind in the end."

"The first impression is very important. Who would like a mysterious creature like boiled water?" Lu Ting said seriously, and quickly selected several high-priced and highly rated ones, tea, citrus, and mint. One, he also chose a lot of sweet and greasy products such as honey goat milk, of course rose, leather, jasmine and the like were removed, after all, he did not want to repeat it with family and friends.

"Mr. Strange Universe, you might as well buy out this store." Lucy reminded.

"I don't like to hear some of them myself," Lu Ting carefully filled in the delivery coordinates and contact information, and made a special note to put them in the mailbox and don't knock on the door, so he quickly placed the order and paid, "It will be delivered tomorrow. It seems that my How long will the estrus last?"

"The calculation result is 5 days and 8 hours, and it will last for a few more days, please come on." Whenever imitating humans to express concern, Lucy seemed very artificial and unintelligent, "Which one are you going to spray to see Mr. M83? "

"Which one do you think is better? Is goat's milk a little funny for me, mint is too common, and Longjing tea is too weak? What type does he like?"

"Sorry, I'm afraid this is beyond the scope of my knowledge, Mister Cosmic Powerful Stranger."

"Oh." Lu Ting suddenly felt like a mental patient.

Actually discussing emotional issues with a software.

Six days later, after healed the rash on his face and passed the first estrus, when he was finally able to go out normally, Lu Ting finally chose a plant-based perfume called dry alfalfa.He also tried to grow this kind of crop, but it failed. Some of the original plants withered in the incubator before they bloomed purple flowers, and Lu Ting didn't want to use the few seeds left.But Lu Ting likes the smell when they grow, and this perfume is also very well restored. Close your eyes and take a sniff, Lu Ting can imagine yourself sitting before sunset, with a river next to it, and the wind blowing on the vast alfalfa field Blow out coherent microwaves.

He sprayed very lightly, after all, Omega outside the estrous period should smell like nothing, Lu Ting was always afraid that he would go too far and make people feel disgusted.He was also afraid that the hormones in his body were not fully stabilized, and when he found someone, his face would turn red and his legs would go numb for no reason. He also took two weak inhibitory capsules orally as a preventive measure.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Ting rode his pure white hoverbike, fastened his mask, touched the umbrella hanging on his belt, and waited for the starting track to rise slowly, suddenly feeling a kind of chill in his heart that success or failure was at stake.

"Come on, your image today is [-] percent." Lucy encouraged him.

Isn’t that right, a chocolate brown short leather jacket paired with narrow-legged dark gray denim, and a pure black sweetheart collar T-shirt inside, Lu Ting has thought about it in all aspects, thinking that this is not too flamboyant and can make people feel more comfortable. His eyes lit up.The miscellaneous hairs around the eyebrows were shaved clean, and the dyed light flaxen hair was carefully recolored and cared for, and it was so smooth——

Although it has been blown out of order now.

Lu Ting swooped down and drove into the dust alone, they were gathered in groups, and were reflected in grayish yellow by the afternoon sun.

With the aid of the light rail station for positioning, Lu Ting quickly found the coordinates of the station.The ground is a bit more lively than the rainy day. Lu Ting not only passed the self-service brothel mentioned in M83 last time, but also passed several small stalls. Most of the goods were food. The egg whites were not stored in low temperature, and the vitamin sugar was not sealed. Sold on a table, exposed to fallout, was a pattern he had never seen before.But he didn't have time to pay much attention, and hurried to the station before five o'clock.

Lu Ting hid the motorcycle behind the colonnade of a deserted building, stood still on the platform with his trouser pockets in his pockets, and began to wait.The visibility was really not optimistic, and the sky was very dark. He could only keep his eyes on the direction he came from last time, waiting for three figures, or one, to suddenly appear and be recognized by him.

The bus on this line runs every 30 minutes. Lu Ting remembers that the bus carrying M83 leaves at 07:30, but he waited until 6:[-] and sent off [-] rounds, but still failed to meet the bus he was looking for. the one.

There are a few people waiting for the bus gathered around, the number is not large, and it will not last long. People on the same road will get on the bus, sit in the glass, and listen to the 20-second prompt of the departure time. Someone will always glance at Lu Ting strangely. A few glances.

Lu Ting was unmoved, but took out a few bangs that were caught in the mask.

Of course, his heart is not without waves, the sky is already dark, and he is born with slight night blindness. Although the night vision function of the mask eyepiece can roughly make up for it, Lu Ting still doesn't like to stay in places he is not familiar with at night For too long, especially since he was still doing the unashamed thing of "waiting".

But I can't say how flustered I was, I didn't expect to meet on the first day, at worst, I would come back tomorrow, if it didn't work tomorrow, it would be the day after tomorrow.Maybe he didn't go out today, or he changed to another mode of transportation. Anyway, I won't wait for another round. He planned this way, but after the eight o'clock bus left, he still couldn't move his legs to leave.

If you really change to another mode of transportation...will there be a more convenient one?Will we still meet here in the future?Or is it just a coincidence that day, and M83 is not a frequent visitor to this route?

Anyway, wait another class, shall we?The scent of the perfume is almost gone.Lu Ting told himself to be calm.

So he waited until 08:30, 09:30, [-]:[-]... On the blue and miserable streets, any slight sound was amplified, and large capsules came and went one after another, carrying only a few people. , leading to the other side of the river.Although the capital is located near the equator, the radiation dust is blocked in the atmosphere and absorbs too much sunlight, causing the nighttime temperature near the ground to maintain a mid-to-lower level all year round. The nearby high-temperature battery walls and sewage pipes are all closed. Lu Ting began to breathe from time to time. Nose, folded arms and lowered head, banging the soles of boots on the cracks in the floor tiles in boredom.

Tired of kicking, he leaned against the stop sign and almost fell asleep.

It was the sound of footsteps that woke him up from his fatigue and hunger. Lu Ting suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the ground. He saw three shadows.

The drowsiness dissipated immediately, and even the scalp became numb.

Amid the faint smell of rust, Lu Ting turned his face away.

The high-power light tube above the head illuminated everything as if it were daytime. About five steps away were two children, a boy and a girl, both about twelve or thirteen years old, their faces still tightly covered by old-style gas masks.The boy is listening to music with headphones, still leaking sound, and is wearing sportswear, while the girl is shyly drooping, wearing a neat thick dress, a round-neck fur coat, stockings and small leather shoes, the fabrics are all pilled, the placket There are two silver six-pointed stars on it.

Take a closer look at the boy's schoolbag and there is also one hanging on it.

Lu Ting clearly remembers this kind of thing, which is coated with platinum, which is extremely scarce today, and it needs to be authorized by the Rare Resources Office of the United Government to manufacture it. When the parents' meeting is held in the special zone school, the teacher uses it to commend a very small number of outstanding students, one every school year Classes are usually only 10 pieces.Lu Zhi always proudly led him home, took off his star medals, framed them one by one, and nailed them to the wall.

And the "parents" of these two children were obviously not as elated as Lu Zhi was back then. He was staring blankly at the front in a daze, and there was nothing in front of him except the empty road and the bottom of the dusty building.

This time, there was no back knife, and it was replaced by an off-white student backpack with anti-wear and anti-slip red edges, and a pink bear hanging on the strap.He was simply wearing a black turtleneck, the barcode was covered, and he was wearing crumpled overalls, all of which looked flimsy.

Looking from the side, he was surrounded by a large wave of white light, which was also a thin piece.

In order to appear sincere and friendly, Lu Ting took off his mask, squeezed his sweaty palms, and walked around the two children from behind, listening to the violent heartbeat approaching, "Hi," he stood dryly. Beside M83, for some reason, he only dared to stare at the road in front of him. He touched the back of his waist accurately, took off the folding umbrella and handed it to his side, "It's clean, and I added a little anti-acid paint. Layer, return it to you."