Chapter 2 Selection
Walking straight along the alleys of the Workshop Forest, I finally saw some living people, some of whom were mildly poisoned as he was, and some were spontaneous rescuers with various respiratory devices.
At a corner connecting a small alley, Geno saw a group of orphans under ten years old shouting around a girl. This was the noisiest place he had seen, unlike the dead street.
The girl was dressed in exquisite clothes, with a pleated skirt with a wrapped leather jacket, beige hair tied with a bun, her exposed white ears, and she was carrying a canvas bag and a breathing mask, so she couldn't see her appearance clearly.
"Everyone will get a mask, line up well, don't worry!"
She was half-squatting by the wall, helping those pale but thin but energetic wanderers put on breathing masks, and it seemed that they were still paid for free.
It is rare for a kind girl from a wealthy family to be a disaster relief volunteer in the chaotic Zu'an slum area.
The girl distributes masks according to her age. None of these children have ever been exposed to such complex instruments, so naturally they cannot help the girl share the pressure. Everyone needs her own help.
"That girl over there, come here too!"
The girl waved to Jeno in the direction of the direction of Jeno. Jeno looked around and found that she was calling her.
It’s strange that my body is obviously a male, so why is it considered a girl? Is it because of malnutrition and thinness?
Geno said that he would look in the mirror and get to know himself when he had the opportunity.
Geno silently gathered over. He had no money to whistle, and it would be great if he could get a breathing mask, so that he could take the mask to harvest the dead and enter the houses abandoned because of his master's escape. With money, he could barely survive in Zuan.
The girl was very quick, and took out the mask from her backpack and helped the children put it on for less than ten seconds, as if she was fighting against death. She had to hurry. Some children had already had adverse reactions and began to cough violently, bleeding noses and vomit. On the contrary, Geno only had some mild sore throat.
This is probably because of time travel. After all, he had been poisoned to death once before, and perhaps the poison resistance became higher after time travel and rebirth.
Soon, everyone except Geno put on a breathing mask and could breathe with confidence for the time being, but the threat of poison gas is still there, and no one knows what kind of harm the poison gas that has been inhaled will cause to the body in the future.
"I'm sorry... I thought the mask was enough, and there was nothing left just after it was your turn... I'm really sorry!"
The girl came to Geno anxiously and lowered her head to apologize. She wanted to save Geno, but in the end she let the other party stay in the poisonous fog for a few more minutes.
Another kind-hearted person did something wrong, Jeno sighed why he was so unlucky.
"It's okay, I shouldn't die."
Geno shook his head and walked away, but someone grabbed his arm.
"Don't go! I'll put my mask on you, and then I'm about to leave Zuan. It should be fine to inhale a little bit of poison gas..."
While the girl was speaking, she began to untie the cingulate behind her head and wanted to remove the breathing mask.
"You don't have to do this for a stranger."
Although Geno doesn't want to die, he doesn't want others to risk death to save himself. Moreover, in Zuan, even if he can survive the gas leakage accident, he is likely to die of starvation or various accidents.
The poor people in Zuan are not considered humans.
His current desire to survive is not strong, and he does not have the belief that he must live. He even feels that he may be able to return to his original world after death.
Perhaps Geno's voice was beyond her expectations, and she realized that the long black hair Zuan in front of her was a teenager.
"Stop shirking, we have to hurry up."
The girl was stunned for a while, then took off her mask and put it on Geno's face.
In that moment, Geno saw her face clearly, frowned slightly, her fair and elegant pupils were like a clear spring. If you ignore a few inconsistent freckles, you can say that they are very outstanding faces.
But perhaps because everyone around me is dirty, this illusion appears against the backdrop.
The girl walked around behind Geno to help wear it. The air inlet of the mask was still left with the water vapor attached to the girl when she was breathing.
"You are a good person, what's your name? Where did you come from?"
Geno did not resist. He felt that he could not let down the girl's kindness and wanted to live well with the girl's kindness. Ask the girl's name clearly to repay her in the future.
"My name is Oriana Leevik. I live in No. 29 Lambo Street, Picheng. It is a workshop and is easy to recognize. If you need any help after this, you can come to me at any time."
As soon as the girl finished speaking, a sudden voice appeared in Geno's mind.
The absolutely cold voice, without any emotion, sounds like reading a line.
Please make a choice:
1. Accept Oriana's mask, and the host will survive the danger safely, at the cost of Oriana being poisoned. (Reward unknown)
2. Reject Oriana's mask and the host will be poisoned. (Junior Hex Technology)
The sound that suddenly appeared in my mind did not surprise Geno. If he was poisoned to death just after traveling, why would the system have to work hard to travel through time? The degree of poisoning has not deepened, and it is very likely that it is due to the protection of the system.
Geno knew the name Oriana, and there was no doubt that it was this name that triggered the choice.
Because of this name, Geno finally realized how terrible the accident he was in and how terrifying the poison gas around him was. When this poison gas first entered the body, it would only cause some minor problems on the surface, such as coughing, nausea, dry retching, nosebleeding... But in the body, the internal organs will begin to fail and cause various complications. The rate of failure depends on the intake of the poison gas, and a mental state similar to the attack of rabies will even appear in the later stage.
Originally, Oriana, whom he knew, was a robot, but she looked like this girl in her youthful age around her after being poisoned.
After the poisoning, Oriana's failed organs were replaced by her father with precision clockwork devices, and except for the heart, she completely turned into a robot, because only in this way could she survive.
The two choices represent two completely different lives of Oriana in the future.
Before traveling through time, Geno was just an ordinary person, and he was not treated badly by the world or treated well. He toughly brought the mask to Oriana again. After watching the wear process so many times, he had already mastered the way of wearing it.
The reason he chose the second option was that this poisonous gas would not die quickly. If he was slightly poisoned, he would have at least several months of breathing time. As long as he seized the opportunity, he could still recover. Moreover, the rewarded Hex Technology is an alternative to cure diseases, which is that he may not become a pure human after treatment.
"What are you doing? Are you desperate?..." After the mask, Oriana's surprised voice came, and a pair of terrified eyes could be clearly seen through the lenses.
Chapter completed!