Chapter 3: .Ronghua Tiancheng

Women's toilets are indeed smaller than men's toilets, and they are more than a little bit smaller.
Yuan Rong was standing in front of a men's toilet at least three times larger than the women's toilet. He searched the women's toilet, it was too clean, and there were no signs of use like it was just built.
After Odrent came out, he shook his head at Yuanyuan: "I don't care."
"You said, has this stadium just been built and has not yet opened?"
"This still cannot explain the lack of biological traces."
No biological signs...
Yuan Rong shuddered in his heart: "I have a bad guess... I have traveled through a small world that has been extinct for a long time. In order to commemorate the civilization of the earth, aliens have made an entire planet-like planet into a tourism museum. The environment There is no trace of living creatures, but robots clean it regularly, which is cleaner than this."
Odrent's eyes were dull: "You mean, this is similar to a museum, but it's abandoned?"
Yuan Rong looked down: "I was wondering when I was awake, why the proportion of water molecules in the air is so low, it can be understood as an artificial environment."
Odrent interrupted his speculation aloud: "No, not yet."
"Nothing yet?"
"I don't feel the existence of intelligent systems. There is no biological breath here, but no high-tech factors. So I think... the situation is more complicated."
"Yes," Yuan Rong insisted, "the proportion of water in the air is too abnormal, obviously not in line with the suitable living environment for humans."
"So the conclusion is that humans have mutated."
The original look surprised.
"You mean... mutated into a new human being with a disproportionate male to female ratio?"
"Not only that, but the shape of the human body should also have changed. For example, the skin is more adapted to dry air, and the respiratory system is more adapted to the hypoxic environment..."
Yuanrong didn't dare to think about it anymore. He only felt that his back was cold. The world he experienced was nothing more than monster invasion, war outbreak, or evil spirit erosion. The most difficult thing to adapt to was the alien experience after the destruction of the earth. But human variation, he never thought.
Once he thought of the bustling crowds of the past that had become deformed and cold-blooded "variants", he would be hard to accept.
His reaction, Odrent, looked at him in full, and he comforted softly: "These worlds with a higher derailment rate will be faced sooner or later. I think, as a small world that you experienced through the "pseudo-order", there is still Not too deformed."
Yuan Rong looked down: "Thank you for caring. I just can't imagine that humans will really have such a day."
In his original small world, even with the growing problem of nuclear pollution, he never thought that these things that benefit mankind will one day truly retaliate against humanity.
His complicated emotion of ignorance or pity was captured sharply by Odrent. He thought for a long time, and the hand that he didn't know where to put was so strange that he caressed the soft and thin hair of the boy who was shorter than him.
Very thin, very cold, like a shallow stream flowing across the palm.
The teenager looked up in shock, widening his black eyes, as if venting.
He was clearly very arrogant and proud, but when he met him, he always showed a subdued, succumbing expression, which made Odrent feel a little bored.
"You don't have to be like this," Odrent murmured. "You don't have to be careful. I told you, I'm not malicious. I didn't hurt you intentionally, and I won't do it in the future. So, you don't have to..." .
The boy still looked at him like a vigilant stag with his black eyes open for a long time before showing a smile.
"it is good."
The two eventually agreed to go to the outside world to investigate what happened to the world, and then go back to the gym to find clues.
The front door was tightly locked, and Odrent devoured the size for one person to enter and leave, and then made up after the two went out. Before he could marvel at Odrent's closeness to the law, he was stunned by the outside world.
It seems... different from the traditional city concept in his mind.
It's too quiet.
Rather than being quiet, it is better to describe it as "death." As if the time is still, the backwaters are not moving.
There is no wind, no fog, only the dark clouds, and the grey sky where the sun is.
Everything is broken and unbearable, and all negative words can be overwhelmed by this.
Dust accumulated on the two buildings that could not see the original color, like the tombkeeper waiting for the end of the day.
Judging from these two scenes of disrepair and desertion in the early years, the degree of civilization development is not low, but it has been placed for at least ten years.
The original content felt the moisture in the air, and it was true: "There is no difference between the air composition and the gymnasium."
Odrent nodded: "What must have happened here will be abandoned by humans."
"It's not all right to say abandon. Otherwise, we won't be sent to the gym. You said, will humans change their living environment?"
Yuan Rong explained to Old Odrent's eyes that he still couldn't see his face, explaining: "It's like adapting to an environment with a sudden decrease in water content, instead of living underground or living in the water?"
But soon, Yuan Rong directly overturned his speculation.
Evolution and mutation cannot be accomplished overnight. This city is abandoned for up to ten years, and even if it is not short, it will not reach the level of evolution.
"Assuming that the human form is really mutated, there should be little difference," Yuan Rong looked around. "You see, the shape of the residential building, the size and orientation of the door, and the corresponding facilities have not changed much."
"If there is no great variation, there is only one possibility left," Audrent said solemnly, "the number has suddenly dropped."
This explanation is the most common.
Among the tasks the two have experienced, there is no lack of abandoned cities caused by the sudden decline in human numbers after the end of the world.
The world will not give people a hint, nor will they put them on the world line that cannot be saved, and the biggest clue in the hand is this stadium.
Looking back, the blue glass on the outer surface of the stadium looked dilapidated and gray under the gray sky. If it is normal sunlight, it must be beautiful.
What disaster will strike and the stadium will be blocked when the number of human beings diminishes?
The gym facilities are complete and the interior is clean and tidy. It is not just closed after construction, nor is it abandoned in a hurry. If floods, earthquakes, nuclear radiation leaks, or outbreaks of cults, this is by no means the result.
The two had to find clues on the street first.
Rundown is the biggest feature.
In the abandoned car halfway, the windows were broken, and the items inside were snatched out; most of the small shops on the street were broken into the door, and all the messy items were taken empty. After walking out of the two nearest streets around the stadium, it should be a commercial pedestrian street. There is no residential building. After walking out of one block, a community was found. Where people live is always the place with the most clues.
At this time the sun had moved westward, and it was speculated that they woke up at noon and explored exchanges for about three hours, and it was going to be dark.
"Separate search, it's getting late. When the sun goes down, let's gather at the gate of the community."
Odron features a head. He kept silent all the way, and only responded seriously when Yuanrong thought, which made Yuanrong feel at ease.
This community is called Ronghua Tiancheng, which is very close to the commercial pedestrian street. The environment is also good, with pine trees and sycamores growing all over the street, and cobblestone trails. The gate of the community is made of marble, with stone lions squatting on both sides. Behind the four gilt gold frame of "Ronghua Tiancheng" is a fountain made of the same marble, and a tiger-like creature squats in the middle.
Before the end of the day, the luxurious decoration of the atmosphere is now dusty. The dry fountain is full of fallen leaves and garbage.
A sudden color made Yuan Rong stop looking: Is that...? He looked closely again, but it was a few bones!
This broke the worldview he had just established.
He assumes that this is not a world where monsters are rampant-he has experienced a world of biological variants, omnivorous monsters are rampant on the streets, and there are corpses and feces everywhere: both human and weird. Even if the streets are run down, they are clean, and there are no features other than the breakdown of the social order.
Bone was found at the bottom of the fountain.
Fresh and clean. I don't know if it was eaten or if the carrion fell off naturally.
Is it a coincidence?
The original appearance does not dare to underestimate the enemy. The derelict streets do not mean there is no danger.
He quickly summoned a turbulent torrent to surround him, and Odrund was nowhere to be seen. He must have gone to the second floor of the community according to the division of labor. He looked at the sky and accelerated his pace.
Step into the unit corridor and only hear a clear sound.
At the foot of my eyes, there is a bone that has decayed for many years! The corridor is dark, and the original content can only be seen when you are close. It is a human calf bone.
Looking at the surrounding walls, there are vaguely traces of blood spattering, but very few.
Did this person lose only one calf when he was injured in the corridor? It's a pity that the time is too long, except for the blood marks left on the wall, the scattered marks on the ground are gone, and no more signs can be seen.
The size of this high-end community is very large, with four units on the first floor and only one household on each floor in the unit building, less than five floors, which greatly narrows the search scope of the original content.
A doubt also emerged: the prime location around the commercial pedestrian street, with less than five floors of buildings? In his original small world, there were ten layers missing and he didn't dare to think.
Although this building is dilapidated, it can be seen that there are very few traces of use: the wall is removed and the dust is very new. It should be a building that has been put into use few years after the new building.
The large apartment in the new building is so low, do developers not like to make money?
The original content can only be preliminarily understood as the level of economic development of this city is not high.
The door on the first floor was locked, indicating that the master left Kung Fu to lock the door, leaving Yuan Rong relieved. If the door to the door opens, the situation is not good.
I skipped the first floor to the second road, and just turned the stairs and was stunned by the sight of the prospect: a corpse of a dog was lying on the ground, the dark blood dried up, and the rotten wound exposed outside gave off an unpleasant body smell, no It's not so much a dog as a canine creature-it's huge.
The lighting in the corridor is not good, and the light from the gray windows makes many details unclear. The original looks down to see. This is a creature with a length of more than 1.5. The standing position is estimated to be about 80 centimeters.
Alsatian? Or a wolf? The important thing is, why is the body here? Throw a corpse, or kill?
Yuan Rong put his doubts in his heart, crossed the dog corpse, the single-family door on the second floor was open, and looked carefully at one meter away, the furniture inside was messy.
There was a controversy here, and Yuan Rong concluded that he tipped his feet carefully not to touch the broken vase at the door or the fallen shoe cabinet, and slowly entered. What did he think of, returning to the low cabinet of the entrance and pulling open the drawer, only to find two large batteries whose contents leaked after being used, which should be of the flashlight type.
He frowned, indicating that the disaster occurred after the dispute and someone used or took out the flashlight.
The signs in the living room were worse than the entrance, the glass coffee table was dumped on the carpet, and the tea set was broken; the magazine was thrown everywhere, and the TV remote control was vigorously thrown out, and it was broken into black plastic pieces.
In the corner, Yuan Rong found two broken photo frames, which were broken with dark blood stains. Perhaps they were used as weapons and were glued on to wipe off the blood stains. The above is a photo of three men and one woman, and the other is three men and one woman. Group photo of two children. From the age point of view, women are older than three men, generally less than thirty years old, but the children are one or two years old, all in their infants.
A photo of a newlywed family and brother? It was inferred that the head of the household should be a couple with two children under the age of thirty, and the head of the household should have at least two brothers.
He put the group photo carefully on the sofa and went to observe the other rooms.
The living room leads to four rooms. The most entrance is the kitchen. The kitchen passes through the bathroom. The other is the master bedroom, a two-meter double bed. The decoration is light and luxurious. Looking at the design, it is a modern style that young people like. Also verified the speculation of the original newlyweds, but the next second, he overthrew the idea: the remaining two rooms, actually have a double bed of two meters.
What does a newlywed couple want in three bedrooms with double beds? Could it be that the parents of both husband and wife, but did not see the elderly supplies in the house? Yuan Rong hurriedly turned over the wardrobes of the three bedrooms. It can be seen that many of the slightly empty wardrobes were taken away, but they were all used, and both men's and women's. A bad idea came to mind, and he rushed to the toilet to verify the original speculation.
There are four tooth cups in front of the wash mirror. One pink, three blue.
This is not a newly married couple, but the home of one wife and three husbands.
Is the ratio between men and women dysfunctional, and is polygamy legalized? In a normal male-dominated society, it is difficult to imagine that the lopsided ratio of men and women would lead to such a system. So, is the source of doomsday a gender imbalance? However, the sudden decrease of newborns does not mean that humans will be extinct. When the general world consciously saves itself, technology will tend to develop in this regard.
World consciousness saves itself? Yuan Rong shook his head. Although this idea was slightly illusory, it was not unreasonable. In his small world, there were developed countries with negative population growth.
The world will not put them in a time period that must be destroyed. During this time period, there must be problems.
Unfortunately, most of the personal items in the three bedrooms were packed away, and the rest were all useless items, novels, playing cards, accessories, etc. Only the bedside table found a lighter with very little margin.
He cares about the relationship between three men and one woman. And who is the blood on the photo frame? Intruder? There are no dead bodies here, and there is a dead dog outside. The fatal injury was not caused by the photo frame.
Originally unbelievable, he turned back and forth again, still no clue, he looked at the watch on the wall-gratifyingly still walking, he wasted nearly 40 minutes here.
The dog corpse may have been made by people on the second and third floors. Too high-ranking in the troubled times did not intend to throw the corpse too far, you know, the dog is estimated to be at least a hundred pounds before his death.
Yuan Rong closed his eyes, and the possible scene was quietly portrayed in his mind: the dog monster attacked and disturbed the family of four. They tried to kill the dog monster and decided to go out to take refuge.
A contradiction made him care: Will only one dog monster panic to move?
He noted down the time and hurried upstairs at 16:10. A fairly new blessing was affixed to the door of the third floor, and there was not much dust. It was posted a few months ago, and the door was locked. There are two bags of domestic garbage at the door of the fourth floor, which are locked. Yuan Rong tried to knock on the door and no one responded.
On the fifth floor, Yuanrong frowned.
The ground is full of blood. Sporadic drops of steps, as well as stair rails, are all dry blood stains. Judging from the number, it is bottom-up. On the fifth floor, there is more leakage at the door of the residents-the injured enter the door.
Realizing this, Yuanrong quickly went upstairs, but the door was locked. He observed the blood again, and the blood was not touched by the footprints, that is, no one went out or entered before the blood was completely dry.
-It is very likely that the injured person has already died at home.
The door was locked. He is beware of the murderer.
There must be clues here. Yuan Rong did not care about the courtesy of the deceased and summoned a turbulent impact on the door lock. Once, twice, the door lock shattered a big hole. Yuan Rong reached out carefully to open the door, and it was a dry corpse.
shocking.
Looking at the body with a complex look, this man is nearly forty years old, wearing a dark gray sports suit, his eyes are closed, and the degree of decay is not high, sitting quietly on the blood-stained sofa, his hands unable to slide down, A sharp saber was inserted deeply into the chest. From the surrounding furniture, he committed suicide.
The thighs, calves, and arms are all marked by biting teeth. If the inference is correct, the blood at the door is from me, and the murderer is the dog corpse on the second floor.
What puzzled Yuan Rong was why did he commit suicide? Normally people are injured, shouldn't they go to the hospital for help? Taking a step back and saying that it is a troubled world, it is also dealing with wounds, so that you will not commit suicide if you are bitten by a dog monster? The weird ratio of men to women, the weird abandoned city, the weird fresh bones, and the man who committed suicide after being injured, the one who was scared by the dog monster and moved to the house-the affordability is too low?
He investigated this room, a typical single man's residence, furniture only necessities, no decorations, water cups are gifts to buy jewelry, bed linen is the most common blue and white grid, clothes in the wardrobe only a few sets of sportswear, change in threes and twos piled on the bed head. There is still no clue.
Originally irritated and rational hair, the simple alarm clock at the head of the bed reminded him that it was already 16:35, and he inspected a unit without any progress.
The difficulty of each world is different, and it is reflected in many aspects. For example, the last world and its intractable venomous snake. He happened to be in charge of the restraint of the water element to win the game. The corresponding salvation clues are also easy to find; and this world does not seem to be too dangerous. , But no way to start.
Without much thought, he must complete the exploration here before the sun goes down and meet with Odrent.
The sun goes down is a unique timing method of the main plane.
In many small worlds, there are no timing supplies, such as primitive society, or a completely collapsed society, because primitive timing is particularly important. And when the sun goes down and darkness comes, it is often a source of danger. Many strange heterosexuals are only active at night. If no clues are found during the day, the possibility of danger at night is extremely high. He and Odrent must find a refuge before the sky is completely dark.
Yuan Rong silently commemorated the deceased's rest, pulled the soldier's knife from the corpse's chest, and summoned clean water to wash it away. With his hands on his hands, his weight is just right for a person of his moderate physical fitness. In the last days, even with abilities, he never refuses any weapon.
He quickly ran to the second unit, dumbfounded.
The unit door of the second unit was sealed by an iron railing, and the thick iron chain of the arm was sealed from the outside, which made him unable to start: the rough water flow did not focus, and the thin water flow did not break the lock. He had to make a note of it, and when Odrent had some way to go, he went to Unit Three.
There are some potted plants in the three-unit corridor, most of which are the surviving Chlorophytum, cactus and the like. The original content noticed that the cactus is still very fresh, even if there is a lot of ash, it is also green. □: The residents here have not left for long. Not more than half a year.
This time period has been shortened again: What happened within six months that would cause an emergency evacuation? From the point of view of the rundown of the street, it should be no more popular in the past ten years.
Tenants on the first floor also committed suicide.
This is an old grandfather less than seventy. His hair is not completely white, but he committed suicide in the same way: a kitchen knife pierced his chest. The body was observed as originally, and there was no trauma on the old man. In the bedroom, Yuanrong found an old photo that was well preserved. It was a couple and a pair of daughters. From clothing and background, it was taken about twenty years ago. The old man who committed suicide should be the master of the photo. There are several dresses for young women with limited mobility in the bedroom wardrobe. Xing is the daughter of the photo, but none of them were taken away. No sportswear or sneakers were seen in the wardrobe. In the kitchen, apart from the kitchen knife in the hands of the elderly, there are no other sharp objects-the daughter or daughters have planned to leave.
The portals on the second and third floors were wide open, and things were messy. The original contents were carefully observed and found that useful things, such as flashlights, weapons, and food, all disappeared.
The door on the fourth floor was stuffed with a piece of A4 white paper. The original eyes lit up, unfolded, and understood something.
The above is not a neat typeface, as if it was written in a hurry, or it is too hard to be serious:
"Residents:
With this certificate, please quickly evacuate to the 11th district of China, from the entrance of Dongdaemun,
The ANTI-SE-1-2 vaccine has failed.
The SE-3 variant appeared.
Ronghua Central Security Committee