About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

"At least lay the groundwork first!"

Although he had guessed such a development, Orson still couldn't help but complain about it.

Because of Orson's special situation, the ward was designed to prohibit ordinary people from visiting.

However, even so, there are still many "unusual people" coming in.

"So-called fighting means that you can fight whenever you want!" - A reptilian boxing champion who studies medicine for some reason.

"Hey, hey, isn't this Orson? I haven't seen you for a few days. How come you're so tired?" "Ghost! (referring to a vampire)" - a top student on the bridge who is obsessed with his own blood.

"Orson, um...are you okay? I brought some oranges. Do you want me to peel them for you?" - The enthusiastic little cat who came to visit the patient with fruits.

"Click!" - The snow rabbit locked the door without saying a word, but was unable to carry out his evil and despicable exploitation because of the arrival of the fire dragon.

I feel like this has nothing to do with 'resting'...

Orson was happy because of everyone's warm care, but at the same time he was troubled because he couldn't calm down.

Of course, with the arrival of Huang Maomao, when this group of people gathered in his ward to watch a horror movie, Orson finally kicked everyone out.

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This time, Orson stayed in bed for only two days. After all his physical indicators were confirmed to be stable, Orson was finally able to leave the ward and attend the "celebration party" prepared by Amiya.

It is worth mentioning that due to the tearful accusation of Junjun, the "acting chief executor" of Che City, Talulah and Shuangxing had to return to Che City first. After all, the distance between Longmen and Che City is not far, and they can come back at any time.

The celebration was not only to celebrate Orsen's recovery, but also to celebrate the official establishment of the world's first "infected-led autonomous region" in Longmen.

After the little rabbit Amiya thanked the operators of Rhodes Island for their guidance and help to Lungmen during this period, as well as Orson's achievements as the "nominal leader of Rhodes Island", the celebration banquet officially began.

Kalsil took this opportunity to set up a stall at the door and said there was a big sale: 3 Originium for one Red Gold, 10 Originium for 3 Red Gold.

The guards started to compete in arm wrestling. After a fierce competition, the winner was Gavial as expected.

By the way, Orson and Rosemary fought hard for half a round, but were eventually defeated.

A group of operators led by Cross competed to see "who could fall asleep in a noisier place". Since there was no referee, they slept until the end of the banquet and it was unknown who would win.

"It feels... really wonderful, Orson."

Amiya looked at the messy banquet hall and said to Orson beside her with a smile.

"A few months ago, everyone was so lost, not knowing which direction to take. But since you, Orson, arrived... I feel like Rhodes Island has finally truly begun its journey."

"It has nothing to do with me. This is the result of everyone's joint efforts."

Orson responded with a blushing smile.

"No! Orson really helped us... Um, Orson?"

Amiya was about to tell Orson not to be so modest, but she noticed that Orson seemed to be blushing from the beginning.

"What's wrong……?"

Orson shook his head and looked at Amiya. On the table in front of them was a bottle of 1.0° 'fruit wine'.

"You, you've been drinking, Orson?"

Amiya looked at Orson in a panic. It was well known that this guy could drink a lot. After all, he relied on vodka as an anesthetic.

"Hehe, it's nothing. I also trained with Ghost Sister when I was in Longmen. Now I'm super brave!"

"I've already had a little too much to drink..."

Amiya complained quietly, while Orson stood up and said he wanted to get some fresh air.

This trip to Longmen was easy, but also dangerous. If Tallulah Texas and the others had not chosen to help him in the end, although Orson had the confidence to stop those things, he had no confidence that he could come back intact.

Orson didn't have many ways to relax. In order to celebrate the smooth resolution of the dragon gate, he finally chose Xingxiong's favorite way, and thought that he could no longer handle this alcohol, which had a different alcohol content than Xingxiong.

And in the end, of course, I still sent it.

"Mmmmm..."

In the corridor of Rhodes Island, Orson sneaked out while making strange noises and wanted to go to the deck to get some fresh air.

"Should be over here... Skadi?"

Relying on muscle memory, Orson came to the deck, but found that it already had an owner.

"—Orson? Why didn't you go to the party?"

Skadi looked at Orson with a confused expression.

"Come out for some fresh air...Where's Miss Skadi?"

Orson slowly walked over to Skadi and asked.

"Being too close to others is not good for me or others. This is our fate - Orson?"

Skadi was halfway through her speech when she suddenly realized that Orson next to her had not responded at all.

"Zzzzz..."

The young man who was standing next to him a second ago was now lying on the cold deck, breathing evenly and falling asleep.

"Well……"

It was obvious that Skadi had never experienced "someone drunk and falling asleep next to her". The deep-sea hunter first looked around to find someone for help, but there was only the cold moonlight on the empty deck.

"..."

Skadi squatted down and looked at Orson's sleeping face. After staring at him for a few seconds, she looked around again, but this time she was not looking for anyone, but to make sure that there was no one around.

Skadi knelt on the deck and gently rested Orson between her legs.

"Go to sleep and have a dry dream."

02.Apologize with a French kiss!

When I came to my senses, I found myself in a damp and dark space.

"Well……"

Consciousness gradually returned from the distant other side. Orson shook his head and tried to get up from the ground.

wow-

The swinging of his limbs stirred the liquid surrounding his body, and circular ripples spread outward from where Orson was sitting, and soon disappeared.

——Is this, sea water?

Although the surroundings were quiet without any wind or waves, and the so-called light source was a dim shadow that came from nowhere, the salty smell still made Orson vaguely guess the true identity of the liquid surrounding him - turbid sea water.

Orson stood up from the ground and found that his calves were submerged in sea water, and there was endless dark void all around him.

Anyway, wait for your eyes to adjust to the darkness.

Orson silently waited for his vision to become clearer, and at this moment, he vaguely noticed that the originally extremely dim light source under his feet seemed to have become brighter.

Orson squatted down and stared at the light source. The dim yellow light was getting closer and closer - and then it stopped at Orson's feet.

There was a wall of flowing sea water between the light source and himself. Orson reached out and tried to touch the light, but the moment his fingers touched the sea water, the light source suddenly disappeared.

But the next second, the dark yellow 'light' appeared again, and surrounded Orson as if it were increasing in value.

The dots of light flickered closer and closer, then stopped just inches away. It was then that Orson finally saw clearly that the dim light wasn't a 'light source' but rather countless eyeballs, blinking and staring straight at him.

"—!"

A chill ran through Orson like lightning. Almost at the same time, the creatures holding those 'eyeballs' gradually appeared and continued to strike the invisible barrier.

Wow! !

The invisible dividing line of the sea surface didn't last long before it completely shattered, and Orson, standing on the surface, fell into the water. Only then did Orson finally see the true appearance of those objects—silver-black skin covered with scales, the whole thing resembled countless earthworms entwined together, with eyeballs hidden in the gaps between the twisted tentacles.

The indescribable creature broke through the barrier and rushed straight towards Orson without any hesitation. Although he still didn't understand where he was, Orson knew very well that these things were not here to chat or reminisce with him.

Orson, who fell into the sea, pretended not to drown and gently raised his hand to the oncoming distortion.

“Rest——Hmm!?”

The pure black pause did not respond. Instead, the distortion in front of him stretched out its tentacles and wrapped up Orson's arm. The force much greater than expected instantly dragged Orson in front of the distortion.

“########”

The monster made sounds that were not understandable to humans. Before Orson could find where the thing's vocal organs were, the tentacles extending from the countless twisted and aggregated bodies had completely shackled his limbs.

“Ah…!”

His arms and legs felt like they were being crushed, and the stabbing pain went straight to his brain. The unavoidable pain made Orson scream.

"Curtain call—woo!"

There was no way to use the curtain call. It was more like Orson only noticed at this moment that his screams were actually coming from the mouth that was supposed to be damaged.

Orson was twisted and fixed in front of him. Dozens of dim pupils opened from the twisted surface, slowly moved and gathered together to form even larger pupils.

Orson could even see himself in this huge eye, firmly fixed, like a doll.

——All my abilities are gone, what should I do now?

Orson bit his lips to stop himself from screaming, because he noticed that the thing in front of him seemed to enjoy the struggle and wailing of its 'prey'.

Although the brain tried to think of countermeasures, the conclusion was reached almost instantly: there was no way.

Without the ability to 'tune', Orson is just an ordinary teenager with a relatively poor physique.

Faced with such an indescribable thing, he could only let the other party play with it and ravage it.

Just before his arms were forcibly ripped off, Orson saw something in the other person's pupils. It wasn't himself desperately enduring the severe pain, but a figure that seemed to be a woman rapidly approaching him.

boom! ! !

A blue shadow suddenly jumped out from behind Orson - it was a girl with silver hair and red eyes, wearing a strange blue dress and a hat.

The white-haired girl kicked the twisted monster's eyeballs with her legs, and the latter flew away like a stone skipping on the water, even bouncing several times on the sea surface.

"follow me."

"Wait a minute... Ugh!"

After knocking the twisted monster away, several more monsters instantly swarmed around them. The white-haired girl grabbed Orson's arm without explanation and dived into the water with the boy.

The distortion followed the two of them, and Orson's vision was swallowed by darkness as the water pressure increased.

But even so, perhaps because he was holding the girl's arm tightly, Orson did not feel any fear and let the girl take him diving into the deep sea.

An unknown amount of time passed, but he didn't lose consciousness from suffocation, nor was he crushed by the water pressure. When Orson's vision returned, the surroundings had become a dilapidated ruin.

"here it is……?"

"My former home."

Orson was originally just talking to himself, but he didn't expect the girl walking in front of him to respond.

"once--"

"This is just another battlefield now. This way, the meeting point is ahead."

The white-haired hunter pointed into the distance and said.

"What were those just now?"

Orson asked, rubbing his still stinging wrist.

"Hai Si, they are the dregs of the deep sea and the eroders of civilization—be careful."

The white-haired girl was explaining the attacker's appearance, but mid-sentence she suddenly assumed a fighting stance.

boom! ! !

With a loud bang, a huge, squid-like monster suddenly emerged from the ruins nearby.

"Get out of the way-!"

The silver-haired girl didn't hesitate at all. She shouted and stretched out her hand to push Orson away. Then, her tentacles, which were thicker than the two of them combined, slapped him down directly.

boom! ! !

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After a period of darkness, Orson opened his eyes and confirmed that he had woken up from an inexplicable dream.

"Are you awake?"