How to Feed an Abyss! - Chapter 67

When Lu Tinghan was tossing about the control room, Shi Yuan was wandering around.

He thought that a grass or a flower might grow out of the gravel, and he could pick it and give it to Lu Tinghan. But he searched for a long time and found nothing.

There is a theme restaurant not far away, and the logo is the skull of the pirate flag. Half of its walls collapsed, Shi Yuan stepped in and saw several tables and chairs with dust three to four centimeters thick.

The theme colors of the restaurant are black and red.

The tables and chairs are dark red, and the front desk is black and mottled. There are still some characters on the high menu that can be read. Shi Yuan saw “Pirate Ship Children’s Set Menu”, “BBQ Pork Chop”, “Cool Lemonade” and “Beach French Fries”.

He hadn’t heard the names, and tried to imagine—

“Snapped!”

There was a crisp sound above his head, and his tail exploded in fright.

The dim light fell, and the only two lights left on the top of the restaurant lit up, and the sound of electric current sizzled.

Shi Yuan hugged its tail to comfort it, and looked out the window, Lu Tinghan was still in the control room, probably he turned on some power.

[Dear customer, hello! 】

There was another electronic sound.

Shi Yuan turned his head sharply.

The electricity came back, and a small robot was not broken, and even came to the front desk from the back kitchen. It is round and pier, and most of its shell is rotten, exposing the hideous wires.

The face of the robot is a screen, showing an electronic smiley face, looking at Shi Yuan and saying: [Dear customer, hello, what do you need? 】

Shi Yuan was a little surprised: “Hello. I want to try your pirate ship children’s package.”

[Okay, do you need anything else? 】

“No need, thank you.”

The robot turned around and returned to the back kitchen.

The wall of the back kitchen also collapsed, and Shi Yuan saw it walking around in the ruins, holding a rotten dinner plate, following the procedure, stopping in front of the no longer existing dining cabinet, grabbing the empty food, and putting it on the dinner plate inside.

Finally it came back with an empty plate and put it on the counter: [Your children’s meal is ready]

Shi Yuan said, “There’s nothing here.”

Robot: [I don’t understand what you are talking about – please pay 158 yuan, thank you]

Shi Yuan:? ?

Shi Yuan, who earns 2 yuan an hour, doesn’t know that this is the price before the end of the world.

He also didn’t know that most of the restaurants in the amusement park were rip-offs, and the prices were ridiculously high.

The robot spoke again: [Please pay 158 yuan, thank you]

Shi Yuan said: “I can’t pay that much for an empty plate, I’m really poor, and I still have to support my family.”

The expression on the robot’s face turned around: [The customer’s refusal to pay has been detected, and the eviction will be executed, and the eviction will be executed! Judgment! fire! capital punishment! war! 】

It headed straight towards Shiyuan.

Shi Yuan:? !

He was about to escape from the restaurant when he saw the robot stop. The electronic smiley face appeared again, and it said: [Payment has been received, thank you, I wish you a pleasant meal! 】

It returned to the foreground and stood still. The holographic projector above the head flickered, and the girl in the white skirt sat on the front desk, dangling her feet: “Hello, Shi Yuan.”

“Alice!” Shi Yuan was a little surprised, “How can you come here?”

“Have you forgotten, I will be there wherever there is electricity and the Internet.” Alice blinked her green eyes, “You just turned on the power in the area, and I’m here.”

Shi Yuan asked, “You paid for me?”

“Well, it doesn’t count, I didn’t really give it any money.” Alice said, “For data, as long as it doesn’t violate the three laws of robots, I can fake it at will.” She looked around, “My information Curry has information about this restaurant. Before the apocalypse, it was rated as ‘the most deceitful restaurant in Fengyang City’, ‘Top Ten Restaurants with Bad Service’ and ‘Top 20 Who Eats Who’s Stupid’ for many times. There was a scandal in which a robot waiter beat up a customer violently, and the three bosses ran away with their sister-in-law.”

Shi Yuan: “Oh…”

He was terrified.

“But its lemonade and French fries taste good.” Alice said with emotion, “It’s a pity that I can’t eat it.”

The lights flickered for a while, Shi Yuan suddenly remembered about electricity, and asked Alice: “By the way, do you know how to start the carousel?”

“The power of the carousel has been restored, and you can play normally. Your little friend is still testing the equipment.” Alice smiled slyly, “Shi Yuan, you are here for a date, right?”

“Yes.”

Alice said: “Fengyang Amusement Park is most famous for the roller coaster ‘Alpine Snake’ and fireworks. An hour before the park closes, tourists will gather in the central square to watch the fireworks in the park. It is a holy place for dating, and many couples come to check in. “

Shi Yuan: “Wow! Can we still set off fireworks now?”

“No, it has long been impossible.” Alice replied.

“Is there really no other way?” Shi Yuan asked, “I really want him to watch the fireworks.”

Alice rolled her eyes: “I think about it… I can still do it if I set off virtual fireworks. There are two large screens available next to the carousel. You just need to help me connect the power, and you will have a firework It can be seen – it depends on whether you are willing to find a power source, which is quite troublesome.”

“I still have to go.” Shi Yuan looked back, Lu Tinghan was still in the control room, “He took me to see a lot of things, I want…to give him a firework.”

“Okay, you come with me.” Alice jumped down from the front desk, walked towards the back door of the restaurant, and patted the little robot, “There is no holographic projection in other places, so you can’t see me. You follow it, What it says is what I say.”

Shi Yuan nodded.

Alice looked at him, data pulsating in her eyes, but there was something… something else.

It is alive and surging.

Alice said, “If only we could see real fireworks. I love fireworks.”

Thus, Shi Yuan remembered Alice’s fall.

She is still living on the last day before the end of the world, living in the gorgeous summer fireworks.

Once out of the restaurant, Alice disappeared. And the little robot got her order, and led Shi Yuan to walk through the ruins with difficulty. When he reached the rotten wall not far away, he said to a pile of rubble: [The power supply is behind, and it’s not buried very deep]

Shi Yuan didn’t have a shovel in his hand, and those waste materials could easily scratch his hands. Fortunately, he has a powerful tail, and the scales are not afraid of being scratched, pushing away stones and debris layer by layer.

Dust bursts, provoking tears and coughing. There was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead. He climbed up and down, and accidentally fell down. His calf hit the steel bar, and he felt a sharp pain. Finally, he finally reached a small yellow power box.

The power box was crushed to the point of deformation, so he broke it with his hands.

“Bang!” With a sound, the entire power cover flew out.

The robot said: [Please remove the yellow wire and connect the red wire to port 3]

Shi Yuan complied.

【Please dial the 3rd, 5th and 11th buttons on the left】

Shi Yuan followed suit, but the circuit failed, and they had to try other methods.

It took 20 minutes of tossing like this before they found a suitable interface to ensure that the two large screens could light up.

[Congratulations, the circuit has been connected, you can go back] The robot said so, [Please pay this service fee: 3500 yuan]

Shi Yuan:?

Shi Yuan ran away with a whoosh.

It was also a coincidence that Lu Tinghan came out as soon as he returned to the control room.

He asked, “Where have you been playing for so long?”

“I was just wandering around and went to a theme restaurant.” Shi Yuan couldn’t help bending his eyes and smiling when he saw him, “I prepared a surprise for you!”

“What surprise?”

“Secret. You’ll know.”

Lu Tinghan raised his eyebrows, didn’t ask any more questions, and said, “Come and sit here.”

They went into the control room.

The control panel lights up and the chairs have just been cleaned. When Shi Yuan sat up, Lu Tinghan knelt in front of him on one knee, took out a wet towel, lowered his eyes, and carefully wiped off the dust between his fingers.

“How can you be so crazy?” Lu Tinghan said, “It’s even on the face.”

——Lu Tinghan’s hands are beautiful, and everything he does is graceful, whether it’s putting on white gloves, signing a document, pulling the trigger, or wiping Shi Yuan’s fingertips with a little patience.

When the mud and dust were gone, he frowned slightly: “There was a cut.”

On the index finger and the back of Shi Yuan’s left hand, there were two small bloodstains drawn by gravel.

This was all caused by Shi Yuan’s tossing about the power supply.

Shi Yuan said: “Well… I went to dig the pile of rubble for a while. Whether it hurts or not, I didn’t find out just now. Fortunately, you came out with a tissue.”

“I don’t usually wear it.” Lu Tinghan checked the scratches, made sure that the blood was no longer there, took a new wet wipe, and wiped off the black marks on Shi Yuan’s face, “I just thought you might run like crazy. “

After using up several wipes, Lu Tinghan got another clean Shi Yuan.

Then, under Shi Yuan’s supervision, he threw the dirty wipes into the discarded trash can.

“Okay,” Lu Tinghan said, “Now we just need to sit on the merry-go-round and wait for the wind to come—you can pick a horse you like.”

Shi Yuan went to the carousel.

The wooden horses held their heads high, wearing colorful long feathers, and saddles with different patterns. There was a black horse, a white horse, a bay red horse, a dark green horse, and even two donkeys. Shi Yuan was dazzled by the sight, and after turning around, he saw Lu Tinghan sitting safely in the pumpkin cart.

Lu Tinghan asked: “Have you chosen?”

“Not yet, it’s too difficult to decide. I’ll get on the horse when the wind blows.” Shi Yuan also got on the pumpkin cart, and joined Lu Tinghan, “I quite like the pumpkin cart.”

Lu Tinghan asked, “What’s the story about the pumpkin cart?”

Shi Yuan: “Don’t you know?”

“I don’t know. Tell me.”

Lu Tinghan didn’t understand fairy tales at first glance.

Shi Yuan rarely gave Lu Tinghan a science popularization, and said: “There is a fairy tale called “Cinderella”. Cinderella is not liked by her stepmother and sister. The fairy turns a pumpkin into a carriage and a mouse into a horse. Go to the dinner party. As soon as she is present, the prince is charmed by her and invites her to dance. But the fairy has a condition: Cinderella must be back by 12 midnight.”

Lu Tinghan: “Otherwise?”

“Otherwise, her skirt, pumpkin cart and horse will all return to their original state.” Shi Yuan continued, “Cinderella ran away when it was almost 12 o’clock, leaving only a crystal slipper. The prince sent someone to find someone who can The girl who wore these shoes. Cinderella’s two sisters wanted to marry the prince, and cut off their heels for the crystal slipper. But in the end, the prince found Cinderella, and they lived a happy life.”

Lu Tinghan said: “Why is she hiding from the prince? If the prince knows the truth and doesn’t love her anymore, then it’s just for sex, and there’s no need for them to be together. Let me tell you, she shouldn’t have run away from the dinner party.”

This question overwhelmed Shi Yuan.

He thought for a while and said, “I guess, maybe everything about her is a lie. She knows that they are all fake and never existed, so she doesn’t want people she likes to see them.”

— After saying this, he was stunned for a few seconds.

Shi Yuan was never good at hiding his emotions.

Lu Tinghan remained silent.

But Lu Tinghan didn’t say anything after all.

He put his arms around Shi Yuan so that he could lean into his arms, pointed to the big clock not far away pointing at 5 o’clock and said: “…It’s far away from 12 o’clock now, the dinner party hasn’t started yet, Cinderella doesn’t have to worry about turning back. And didn’t you say, they had a great ending.”

“Yes! I like that ending very much.” Shi Yuan immediately cheered up, “The pumpkin cart we’re riding is also very beautiful!” He looked around, “When will the wind come?”

“Looking at the weather forecast, the wind will not be small tonight.” Lu Tinghan said, “We can just wait.”

They were waiting in the pumpkin cart.

Every time there was a gust of wind, Shi Yuan would ask Lu Tinghan, “Is the wind strong enough?”

“Not enough.” Lu Tinghan replied.

After a while, Shi Yuan asked again: “What about this time?”

“Not enough.” Lu Tinghan rubbed his head.

Shi Yuan: “Hurr, snort, snort.”

They waited for a long time until seven or eight o’clock.

Shi Yuan fell asleep on Lu Tinghan’s shoulder.

He was gently pushed awake by Lu Tinghan.

The lively music sounded, and when he opened his eyes, the world was full of radiance.

— The carousel is moving.

A gust of wind passed over Beicheng District, driving a huge windmill. The blades turned, and the current ran along the line through the ruins, and ran happily all the way to the paradise. So the colorful lights shine, and the heads of the horses are held high, galloping along with the music.

Shi Yuan: “Wow!”

As soon as he finished wowing, the world went dark and nothing moved.

Shi Yuan:?

Lu Tinghan coughed twice: “The wind has stopped.”

They waited in the dark for more than ten minutes, and the evening wind was long overdue.

This time it didn’t stop, blowing up colorful.

Lu Tinghan helped Shi Yuan get on a white horse. The white horse galloped up and down, Shi Yuan was a little nervous, and tightly grasped the pole on the horse’s back.

“Relax.” Lu Tinghan said, “I can’t fall off.”

“What if I really fall?” Shi Yuan still held onto the pole tightly, “I’m not very smart, so I can’t fall again.”

Lu Tinghan smiled: “I will catch you.”

With Lu Tinghan’s promise, Shi Yuan felt more at ease.

The wooden horse spins round and round. He saw that the whole area was lit up, the skull of the pirate ship was shining blue light, the headlight of the small sightseeing train was also on, and half of the neon lights in the restaurant were broken, flickering and buzzing, colorful lights outlined the travel Paradise sign. Through the light, he saw the silhouette of the roller coaster and the unmanned ferris wheel slowly spinning.

Looking far away, the dead Beicheng District is scattered with light, and they are the brightest place.

“It’s so beautiful.” Shi Yuan said.

Lu Tinghan: “Yeah.” His eyes were equally bright, “It’s also the first time I’ve seen it.”

On this day, Shi Yuan didn’t know how many rounds of carousel he played. Cheerful tunes were played one after another, and the black horse and the white horse were bay red horses, carrying him forward. He also sat in a pumpkin cart with Lu Tinghan and talked about fairy tales about other princesses.

In the end, the wind slowly died down.

Shi Yuan said, “By the way, I have another surprise for you.”

Lu Tinghan: “What?”

Shi Yuan looked at the two large vertical screens next to them. They were more than ten meters high and surrounded this small square. He knew that Alice would definitely see him and understand what he meant.

That’s right.

Three seconds later—

The screen lights up, and the fireworks are mottled and colorful, bursting into colorful flowers.

They are really too bright, one after another rising and blooming, blue and bright yellow and garnet, obviously silent but like a feast. With the flick of a finger in the past 70 years, on this night, the amusement park came alive. The horses that have become black silhouettes continue to run, every step, the world is gorgeous.

“…” Lu Tinghan slightly opened his eyes wide.

“This is my surprise!” Shi Yuan swayed the tip of his tail, “I think you will like it!”

Lu Tinghan: “What are you…”

“It’s a secret.” Shi Yuan said.

He got off the horse, and Lu Tinghan caught him.

“I like this surprise.” Lu Tinghan whispered, “It’s really beautiful.”

He bowed slightly—

They kissed in the silent fireworks.

The wind died down.

The light dissipated, and the fantasy of the amusement park sank in the darkness, waiting for the next wind to blow.

The two got into the car, and it was a long journey home, Shi Yuan fell asleep by landing on Lu Tinghan.

The clock points to 12 o’clock.

It’s midnight, and it’s time for the pumpkin carts and pretty dresses to disappear.

Lu Tinghan turned his head sideways, looking at Shi Yuan’s soft black hair and beautiful side face.

He thought to himself, hasn’t this changed, and it’s still in his arms.

Tonight at least, the fairytale comes to fruition.

…

Half a month later, the battle situation was urgent.

Shi Yuan received a notice that the psychological counseling hotline would be suspended.

“Why?” He asked Lin Yelian, “I still have a lot of calls to answer every day.”

Lin Yeran said: “There is not enough manpower, and there is really no time to care about mental health. Anyway, you can continue to work in the welfare center, so it is not considered unemployed.”

“Where are you going?”

“Me?” Lin Yeran was stunned for a moment, “I might go back to the data center, that’s where I came from.”

Shi Yuan knew that Lin Yelian was a top student and a researcher in the data center before. After the fall of Tiecheng, he resigned and came to No. 4 Tower.

“Okay.” He said, “Mr. Lin, I hope you enjoy your work.”

On the last day that the counseling center was closed, the entire office was left with Shiyeon. He had to work the last half of the night shift, and he started answering the phone in the evening, and when he got off work at 2 o’clock in the evening, he turned off the lights and left.

However, Shi Yuan had already reached the tram stop, and remembered that he didn’t seem to have locked the door.

In fact, it really didn’t matter whether the door was locked or not, but he went back anyway. The office is empty and dead silent, and there will be no more conversations in the future. He buried his head in locking the door, and suddenly heard the phone ring.

“Jingle Bell-“

It sounded like this, echoing in the hallway.

It’s time to get off work, and Shi Yuan has no obligation to answer the phone. And, who’s calling at this hour? If he hadn’t forgotten to lock the door, if he hadn’t made an unnecessary return, no one would have heard this call forever.

The bell still rang.

Shi Yuan had a strong intuition: he wanted to answer this call.

No matter who is on the other side of the phone, he must answer.

He unlocked the door, rushed over, and picked up the phone at the last second: “Hi, this is the psychological counseling hotline, how can I help you?”

silence.

There is a very light breathing sound.

Shi Yuan: “Hello?”

Still silent.

The other party didn’t seem to expect that the call would be connected.

Shi Yuan: “Hi, may I ask if you need help? I am willing to listen.”

This time, there was finally a ring on the other end of the phone.

Lin Yelian said in a low voice, “I want…to tell a boring old story.”