Lin Sanjiu was taken aback and quickly turned around.
There was a bespectacled man standing behind her. He looked quite refined, but his eyebrows were knitted together habitually. He had a serious expression on his face, "Did you lose something?"
"As long as he doesn't know me, I can just brush him off." Lin Sanjiu composed herself and smiled sheepishly, "Yes, I think I dropped something around here, but I can't find it now …"
Her appearance was not bad, with a pair of big cat eyes that made her look very convincing.
However, the bespectacled man's frown deepened. 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 not telling the truth! Girls nowadays are all like this! "
"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 will tell you. About a few minutes ago, a short man picked it up. "
A short man … Lin Sanjiu had just arrived at the oasis, so she didn't know anyone like him. However, it wasn't bad 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 lost it! Anyway, 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 the man felt a little uncomfortable. Then, she smiled and extended her hand, "Hello, I'm Lin Sanjiu. Thank you for telling me this. What's your name? "
The eyes behind the bespectacled man looked at her outstretched hand. The man didn't even move, "My name is Hu Changzai! A girl shouldn't take the initiative! "
Even though Lin Sanjiu thought she was a reasonable person, her smile froze on her face.
"He took the initiative just by shaking hands? Women can't shake hands? This person should really thank the New World! If it weren't for the collapse of human civilization, he would have met with many obstacles in society! "
Lin Sanjiu grumbled inwardly. She held back her anger and retracted 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 girl's words stopped Hu Changzai in his tracks.
"You can tell if a person is lying?" Lin Sanjiu walked slowly to his side and put on a fake smile, "You're pretty good and practical. But wouldn't it be meaningless to say it out loud? "
She felt wronged in her heart and wanted to mock and ridicule this person.
Unexpectedly, Hu Changzai was so shocked that his spectacles slid down. He quickly adjusted his glasses and stared at Lin Sanjiu, "How did you know about evolved abilities?"
"It's been more than a month since the arrival of the new world … 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? From what you said, you also have an evolved ability? "
'Why do I have to be interrogated by you?' Lin Sanjiu rolled her eyes inwardly. Instead of answering his question, she asked, "Don't all the people in Oasis come from outside? Could it be that none of the people here have evolved abilities? "
When she asked that question, she suddenly remembered the "pills" that Sister Lee mentioned. "What's with the pills and evolved abilities?"
Hu Changzai looked at her with a serious expression, "Why are you so impatient as a girl? You should answer me properly first."
Lin Sanjiu rolled her eyes, turned around, and walked away. She felt a surge of lust rising in her heart. [Would it kill you to judge others less?]
Since she already knew that the people in Oasis had some problems with their evolved abilities, there was no need for her to question this old Taoist. 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 couldn't even use a tenth of her speed when she was walking. Hu Changzai almost couldn't catch up. Lin Sanjiu 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? Shouldn't enhanced stamina be the standard for evolved humans? "Lin Sanjiu was puzzled.
"What — —" Hu Changzai gasped for breath and straightened his back. "Let me ask you something first. You must answer me. When did you come to Oasis? "
"This morning. About thirty minutes ago, "Lin Sanjiu answered after thinking for a while. She was afraid that he would keep asking questions, so she quickly asked, "Don't the people here have evolved abilities?"
Hu Changzai shook his head with a serious expression, "Most of the people in Oasis are ordinary people with no Potential Growth Value. Logically speaking, they wouldn't even be able to survive the initial warming period and would die like the people outside … However, Professor Bai developed a medicine 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, no matter how much medicine you take, you can't develop new abilities. It's not a secret. If you stay here longer, you will naturally hear about it. "
[This Professor Bai … is really a genius!]
Lin Sanjiu was speechless. She quickly asked, "What happened to you?"
"On the seventh day after I entered the new world, I entered Oasis," Hu Changzai sighed. It was rare for him to have such a serious expression. "At that time, I had already evolved my 'Dispel the False and Retain the Truth' ability. However, I didn't have that 'enhanced stamina' ability. After so long, I have rarely met anyone 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? What did the members of Oasis say to you? Did they know about your ability? "
As soon as she asked these questions, she realized that subconsciously, she didn't believe what Chen Jinfeng said at all.
"They probably didn't know about it at that time …" Hu Changzai couldn't figure out what Lin Sanjiu was trying to say. "Oasis tells every new member the same thing. They say that this place protects humanity and is a great place — Hey, wait a minute. Don't tell me that you think those words are fake?"
Lin Sanjiu felt a little awkward when her not-so-noble thoughts were exposed. She could only put on a straight face.
"Sigh, a girl can't be like you. You're too dark …" As expected, Hu Changzai used his cliché again. However, when he sensed the murderous aura emanating from Lin Sanjiu, he changed his words, "I used the 'Dispel the False and Retain the Truth' ability at that time. They were telling the truth. After staying here for so long, I realized that the people of Oasis have no selfish motives. They only want to save humanity. "
"No selfish motives?"
Lin Sanjiu recalled Sister Lee's words. "These three people should be considered mine, right?"
How could such a selfless place be treated like a pyramid scheme to recruit people into a club?
"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 Yu standing at the staircase. She was glaring at the two of them with a slightly angry face, "Miss Lin, why did you come here? It's very dangerous to stay here when the temperature is so high in the day, don't you know? "
Before Lin Sanjiu could react, Hu Changzai, who was beside her, shouted, "Sh * t!" and ran out of the living room. 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! " Yu yelled at Hu Changzai relentlessly. After he disappeared, she turned around and said stiffly to Lin Sanjiu, "Miss Lin, hurry up and go to sleep!"
Lin Sanjiu didn't understand why Yu's attitude suddenly became so bad. She followed Yu into the staircase. After thinking for a while, she tried to explain in a calm tone, "I just happened to meet him, so I chatted with him to familiarize myself with the environment …"
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 also a little angry, so she shut her mouth.
When they reached the entrance to basement 1, Yu looked at Lin Sanjiu. The anger on her face had not completely dissipated. 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 cause trouble on the first day, so she nodded her head to show that she understood.
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. At this time, there was no one walking in the corridor. Everyone was sleeping in their own individual rooms. Lin Sanjiu lifted the curtain of room 1629. Her gaze inadvertently swept across a figure in the distance. She immediately froze.
"It can't be, right? Did I see wrongly? "
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