Due to the long phone call, everyone had been waiting for a long time, and the main story had just begun...
Lin Sanjiu was taken aback and quickly turned around.
There was a bespectacled man standing behind her. He looked quite refined, but his brows were furrowed habitually. He had a serious expression on his face, "Did you lose something?"
Lin Sanjiu calmed herself down and put on an embarrassed smile, "Yes, I dropped something by accident, but I can't find it now …"
There was nothing wrong with what she said, but the bespectacled man's brows furrowed even more. Suddenly, he moved his face closer to Lin Sanjiu. Lin Sanjiu couldn't figure out what was wrong with the man, so she quickly took two steps back and looked at him uneasily.
Unexpectedly, the man snorted and said, "You're lying. I've never seen a girl who doesn't lie."
"Huh?" Lin Sanjiu's eyes widened.
"But forget it. The thing is yours. You didn't lie about that … "No matter what the man said, his face was still dark." Alright, since you are the owner, I'll tell you. About a few minutes ago, a short man picked it up. "
A short man … She had just arrived at the oasis, so she didn't know anyone like him. However, it didn't matter as long as Sister Lee and the others didn't find out. Since it was taken away by an unrelated person, she could just pretend that she had thrown it away! After all, she had taken more than one set of walkie-talkies from Field Mouse's car.
However, Lin Sanjiu's mind was no longer on the walkie-talkie. She studied the bespectacled man in front of her from head to toe until he felt a little uncomfortable. Then, she smiled and extended her hand, "Hello, my name is Lin Sanjiu. Thank you for telling me this. What's your name? "
The eyes behind the bespectacled man looked at Lin Sanjiu's outstretched hand. The man didn't even move, "My name is Hu Changzai. There must be a reason why a girl like you suddenly fawned over me."
Even though Lin Sanjiu thought she was a reasonable person, the smile on her face froze.
"Shaking hands is considered fawning over me? This person should really thank the New World! If it weren't for the collapse of human civilization, wouldn't he be facing all kinds of obstacles in society? "
Lin Sanjiu grumbled inwardly. She held back her anger and withdrew her hand. Hu Chang didn't feel that he had said anything wrong at all. He pulled a long face and said, "I'm leaving." Then he turned around and was about to leave.
"Is it your evolved ability?"
The words behind him stopped Hu Changzai in his tracks.
"You can tell if someone is lying?" Lin Sanjiu walked slowly to his side. She felt that she had to get the words out of her mouth. "You are quite powerful and practical. But wouldn't it be meaningless to say it out loud? "
Unexpectedly, Hu Changzai was so shocked that his spectacles slid down. He quickly adjusted his spectacles and stared at Lin Sanjiu, "How did you come to know about this evolved ability?"
Lin Sanjiu was a little taken aback. "The apocalypse has been around for so long … Isn't this common knowledge?"
"Ah — I see. You must have just come from outside." Hu Changzai suddenly realized what was going on. He took off his glasses and wiped them with the corner of his shirt. Then, he put them back on and looked at Lin Sanjiu. "How long have you been here? How long have you been out there? Does that mean you also have an evolved ability? "
[Why do I have to be interrogated by you?] Lin Sanjiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Instead of answering, she asked, "Don't all the people in Oasis come from outside? Don't the people here have evolved their abilities? "
When she asked this question, she suddenly remembered the "medicine" that Sister Lee mentioned. "What's the deal with this medicine and evolved ability?"
Hu Changzai looked at her with a serious expression. "I asked you first. Don't you know how to ask and answer first?"
Lin Sanjiu frowned and decided to leave. "Talking to this person is really suffocating.
Since she knew that the people in Oasis had some problems with their evolved abilities, there was no need for her to ask this guy. There were 1,800 people here. She could ask anyone!
Unexpectedly, she only took a few steps when she heard footsteps behind her. Hu Changzai had caught up to her. As he chased after her, he shouted, "Why are you so bad-tempered? Hey, slow down. I still have questions for you … Slow down. Okay, okay, okay. I will tell you everything. Stop!"
Only then did Lin Sanjiu stop. Even though her stamina was outstanding, she didn't even use one-tenth of her speed. Hu Changzai almost couldn't catch up. She frowned and asked, "Have you ever enhanced your stamina?"
Hu Changzai answered her question with a blank expression behind his gold-rimmed glasses.
"What … What's going on? Enhanced stamina should be the standard for evolved humans, "Lin Sanjiu was puzzled.
"What —" Hu Changzai panted as he looked puzzled. "Let me ask you something first. You must answer me. When did you come to Oasis? "
"Just now, about 30 minutes ago," Lin Sanjiu answered after thinking for a while. She was afraid that this guy would keep asking questions, so she quickly asked, "Don't the people here have evolved abilities?"
Hu Changzai shook his head and said with a serious expression, "Most of the people in Oasis are ordinary people. Logically speaking, they wouldn't even be able to survive the initial warming period and would die like the people outside. However, Professor Bai has developed a drug that can forcibly increase the ability to adapt to high temperatures. This is a necessary survival ability. However, that's it. Without Potential Growth Value, you can't develop new abilities no matter how much you take the drug. It's not a secret. You will naturally hear about it if you stay here longer. "
This Professor Bai … was really a peerless genius!
Lin Sanjiu was speechless. She quickly asked, "What happened to you?"
"I entered Oasis on the seventh day after I entered the new world," Hu Changzai sighed. It was rare for him to have a serious expression. "At that time, I had already evolved the ability to 'remove the false from the real', but I didn't have the stamina enhancement. After so long, I haven't met many people who can evolve naturally like me. So, when I heard you identify my ability, I was a little excited. "
Lin Sanjiu nodded as she listened. Suddenly, she realized a problem and asked, "Wait a minute. You already had this ability at that time? So, what did they say? Did they know about your ability? "
"They probably didn't know about it at that time …" Hu Changzai was a little confused by her sudden question. "The oasis's speech to every new member is the same. This place protects the tinder of humanity, it's very noble. What do you mean?"
Lin Sanjiu didn't know what she meant, so she didn't say anything.
"Your thoughts are too complicated … I used 'remove the false from the real' at that time, and they were indeed telling the truth. After living here for so long, I realized that the people in Oasis don't have any selfish motives. All they want is to save humanity. "
[No selfish motives?]
Lin Sanjiu thought of Sister Lee's words. "These three people should be considered as my friends, right?"
[How can such a selfless place act like a pyramid scheme?]
"But …" Hu Chang Zai suddenly started to stutter. "There's something I want to remind you —"
"Why aren't you guys sleeping?!"
An angry female voice suddenly resounded in the hall and asked in an extremely rude manner. Lin Sanjiu turned around and saw Xiao Yu standing by the staircase. She was glaring at the two of them, "Miss Lin, why did you come here? Don't you know that it's dangerous to stay here when the temperature is so high in the day? "
Before Lin Sanjiu could react, Hu Changzai, who was beside her, cursed softly, "Oh no!" Then, he sprinted out of the house. His movements were quite fast. In a blink of an eye, he squeezed through the door and ran into the scorching sun outside.
"Hu Changzai! I know it's you! Just you wait, I'm going to tell Cadre Chen! " Xiao Yu shouted at his back relentlessly. When she saw that he had disappeared, she turned around and said stiffly to Lin Sanjiu, "Miss Lin, hurry up and go to bed!"
Lin Sanjiu didn't understand why Xiao Yu's attitude suddenly became so bad. She followed Xiao Yu into the staircase. After thinking for a while, she tried her best to explain in a calm tone, "I just happened to meet him, so I chatted with him to familiarize myself with the environment …"
Xiao Yu, who was walking in front, walked quickly. She acted as if she didn't hear anything and didn't say a word. Lin Sanjiu was a little angry, so she decided to keep her mouth shut. Her thoughts quickly turned to Hu Changzai's unfinished sentence. "What is he trying to remind me about?"
When they reached the entrance of basement 1, Xiao Yu looked at Lin Sanjiu. The anger on her face had not completely disappeared. She tried to squeeze out a stiff smile, "Miss Lin, I was too harsh just now. Please don't take it to heart. Oasis has its own rules. For everyone's safety, no one is allowed to leave the basement when it's time. I'm a staff member on the 42nd floor. If you guys don't follow the rules, I'll be the one getting punished … Please understand. "
Lin Sanjiu didn't want to get into an argument on the first day, so she nodded to show that she understood.
Xiao Yu immediately smiled as cheerfully as before and followed Lin Sanjiu into basement 1.
It was very quiet in the basement. It seemed that everyone in Oasis knew about this rule. There weren't many people left in the corridor. Lin Sanjiu lifted the curtain of Room 1629. Her eyes inadvertently swept across a figure in the distance. She immediately froze.
That person was too familiar.
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