Chapter 11
“It won’t become Deep Lake.” Shi Changyuan looked at the little flower demon’s serious face, seemingly genuinely worried about this matter, feeling both helpless and amused. He explained to Lin Ling,
“The Abyss can devour floodwaters.”
Lin Ling could understand the Abyss swallowing small objects or other mutated creatures; it was like falling into a giant chasm, a normal case of vanishing without a trace. But he couldn’t quite grasp what swallowing floodwaters would look like.
“This devouring, does it mean completely eating it?” Lin Ling gestured, “So the floodwater goes in, and then it’s gone?”
Shi Changyuan didn’t quite understand this description, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.
“Wow.” Lin Ling’s eyes sparkled, full of praise for his good friend. “So amazing!”
“A super big eater!”
Shi Changyuan: …
Sensing the little flower demon’s teasing, Shi Changyuan flicked Lin Ling’s forehead.
The little flower demon yelped, covered his head, and ran away, then after a while, he came back, nudging and rubbing against Shi Changyuan, pointing at his forehead, which wasn’t red or sore, and said to the Abyss, “Blow on it.”
Shi Changyuan froze, subconsciously reaching out to rub the little flower’s forehead. “Did I hurt you?”
“Mm… a little bit.” Lin Ling blinked. In that moment of hesitation, Shi Changyuan knew his seed was lying.
“Okay, I’ll blow on it.” Shi Changyuan looked at the little flower demon’s evasive gaze, not exposing him, and actually blew on his forehead as Lin Ling requested.
The yellow-haired young man on the side watched their interaction with a somewhat distorted expression, then became dazed.
Finally, he understood.
It was just lovers’ play!
As a single dog, the yellow-haired young man watched the two of them being lovey-dovey, feeling the deep malice of the world. But he also obtained a lot of useful information from the Abyss and Little Flower’s exchange and kept relaying it to Team Leader Mo.
“I don’t know when this heavy rain will stop.”
The little flower demon sat on the railing of the balcony, looking at the gradually rising water outside, somewhat worried, “Will it be submerged?”
Shi Changyuan just glanced at it and gave a very certain answer, “Yes.”
The building they were in was the largest building in the human base, dozens of stories tall, standing out among the flat-roofed buildings in the base. It was the official building of the Seventh Base.
Lin Ling’s eyes widened. “Even such a tall building will be submerged?”
“Mm.” Shi Changyuan carried Lin Ling from the balcony railing into the room, patiently answering every question. “So we have to leave.”
Hearing their conversation, the yellow-haired young man’s heart sank.
The location of the Seventh Base wasn’t considered a lowland. If even the main building here would be submerged, wouldn’t humans have to build an ark to survive this disaster?
Even Team Leader Mo on the other end of the communicator fell silent. She looked at the sky, which seemed to have been torn open, and at the alarm that sounded every ten minutes, and suddenly recalled the experiences of the past ten years.
From the global species mutation, to the earthquake, then the appearance and expansion of the world-class disaster, the Abyss, the high temperatures, and now this heavy rain.
Almost every step had been compressing the living space of humanity.
The base’s top brass in the video conference with her all had worried expressions, and the scene fell silent for a moment. Then, her communicator rang again.
“Team Leader, Sister Mo! I eavesdropped again! The Abyss said he could take Little Flower to these places, all mountain ranges around the base. I guess these places won’t be flooded. We’ll wait for Little Flower to choose, and then we’ll occupy the rest as shelters.”
The yellow-haired young man’s voice suddenly broke the silence.
The places he mentioned were large enough. Given enough time, they could indeed minimize losses. After all, no one would question the Abyss’s abilities.
But… it was still a risky move under the Abyss’s nose. Some of the top brass, who only knew the Abyss’s name and didn’t really understand it, were instantly alarmed.
Listen to what these youngsters were thinking! Were they not satisfied with how fast humanity was disappearing?
Team Leader Mo listened to the yellow-haired young man’s report, lost in thought. She looked at the base’s top brass with their various expressions and smiled. “Everyone, it seems you haven’t read the report we sent you yet?”
So, one by one, the base’s top brass opened the email titled “A Plan to Save the World with Love.” Before they even finished reading, their expressions gradually became dazed.
Instantly, the word “cooperation” tacitly appeared in everyone’s minds.
…
“These places are so far away.” Lin Ling looked at the map Shi Changyuan took out, somewhat reluctant to move.
Plants didn’t like moving long distances. After all, a plant’s roots were in the soil, and it might not move once in its entire life.
“You said before, besides higher ground, we could also move into the Abyss.”
The little flower demon had a good memory and remembered what Shi Changyuan had said in the rain. He poked Shi Changyuan’s arm, “Can I choose this?”
Shi Changyuan felt Lin Ling’s breath on his ear, turned his head to look steadily at the little flower demon, and asked softly, “You want to choose this?”
He seemed to want to say something more, but the little flower demon seemed to have thought it through clearly. He nodded and brought up a very old matter.
“Didn’t you say before that I could also put my roots in the Abyss, so I wouldn’t be limited by the range of my roots?”
Shi Changyuan hadn’t expected the little flower demon to remember those words. His eyes instantly darkened.
“Have you really thought it through?” Shi Changyuan almost immediately wanted to take his seed back, but at this moment, he was worried that Little Flower would be disappointed. He couldn’t help but remind him, “The Abyss… might be a little different from what you imagine.”
“It doesn’t matter! I won’t mind.” The little flower demon thought to himself, he would be very tolerant of his good friend, even if his good friend’s house was a little messy, it didn’t matter, he could help clean up!
“Then it’s settled? When the rain stops, I’ll go back to the Abyss with you, and we’ll spend the rainy season nestled at home together.” Lin Ling had it all planned out, his eyes sparkling as he looked at Shi Changyuan.
The little flower demon was a man of action. As soon as the rain let up a little, he rushed out wearing the little yellow duck raincoat Shi Changyuan had found for him from the bottom of his chest, returning to the Abyss’s territory.
From the human base to the edge of the Abyss, there was a lot of accumulated water on the ground. Lin Ling was already prepared for the small white flowers he had planted at the entrance of the Abyss to be submerged, but he found that as soon as he stepped onto the Abyss’s territory, the soil was noticeably drier.
As if it had been deliberately controlled, the pouring rain only moistened the little flowers, and the excess water was completely cleared away. So after a heavy rain, the small white flowers Lin Ling had planted were even more vibrant.
The outside world and the Abyss suddenly seemed to have switched roles.
“You’ve taken such good care of them!”
Lin Ling happily looked at the small white flowers on the ground, looking left and right, touching them, and even fertilizing them again. Shi Changyuan stood beside him, not urging or taking credit, just quietly watching the happy Lin Ling.
In the field of white flowers with golden stamens stood a young man in a little yellow duck raincoat, his sparkling eyes like a rainbow after a passing storm.
When the raindrops started falling again, Lin Ling hurriedly ran to the edge of the Abyss and looked down.
The bottomless, cliff-like abyssal pit, seen from above, truly resembled a man-eating monster, making one’s legs weak.
Lin Ling looked, shuddered, and backed away.
Shi Changyuan looked at the hesitant, cowardly little flower demon in front of him. He could have directly taken Lin Ling back to the Abyss, but a playful thought came to him.
“Ling Ling, aren’t you going?” Shi Changyuan deliberately asked in a slightly hesitant tone.
“No.” Lin Ling shook his head, looking at the large pit at his feet, feeling the wind blowing from within. His survival instincts made it difficult for him to “court death.”
Before, he only dared to approach the edge of the Abyss while sitting down. Now, standing on the edge, he was always worried that he would lose his balance, fall, and regret it forever.
Listening to Lin Ling’s rambling thoughts, Shi Changyuan chuckled and coaxed the little flower demon, “I’ll take you down.”
Lin Ling blinked and asked, “How?”
Shi Changyuan extended his hand towards Little Flower.
But Lin Ling didn’t put his hand up. Instead, he threw himself into Shi Changyuan’s arms—
“Can I close my eyes?” Lin Ling nestled into a comfortable and safe position in Shi Changyuan’s arms and asked.
Shi Changyuan looked at Little Flower, who had buried his entire face in his chest and asked to close his eyes, and couldn’t help but laugh again.
He didn’t answer Lin Ling, but just jumped down. In the rapid feeling of weightlessness, Shi Changyuan didn’t know if Lin Ling had closed his eyes, but he felt Little Flower clinging to him with both hands and feet.
He couldn’t help but chuckle.
The little flower demon felt the vibration of Shi Changyuan’s chest and immediately reacted. Lin Ling’s roar echoed throughout the giant pit.
“You’re so mean!!!!”
The falling speed was initially extremely fast, but for some reason, the further down they went, the slower Lin Ling felt they were going. He tentatively opened his eyes and then fell into a soft mass of cotton.
“We’re here.”
The laughter in Shi Changyuan’s voice hadn’t disappeared.
The little flower demon immediately jumped out of Shi Changyuan’s arms, grumbled a few times, and began to explore the legendary bottom of the Abyss.
To prevent his good friend from feeling anxious, even though he had just been teased, the little flower demon kindly said, “Don’t worry, even if your house is a little messy, I’ll—”
Lin Ling looked at the pitch-black, empty space and froze. As far as the eye could see, there was only a table, and on the table were a flowerpot and the two or three gifts he had given before.
“Ah…” The little flower demon stammered.
“It’s… quite tidy.”
