Opening his eyes, Marin was stunned for a moment when he looked at the unfamiliar ceiling. He turned around and glanced around him. There was no trace of Cross, and the soft big bed was gone.

Sitting up, I found that I was sleeping on the floor. It was the first small room I saw when I came into this world.

Located in the basement of Chengnan District.

At this moment, dust was ruling the room. Marin saw the small withered bones hugging his knees in the corner. He was silent for a moment - why did he enter the slit again?

Is this a timeline where I fail to get out of this room and eventually starve to death?

Glancing at his hands, he saw that the twigs of the World Tree did not follow him, so Marin subconsciously opened the sacred residence. There was no wailing of the ghosts being transcended as he imagined, nor the screams of other spirits dying. In the end, Marin

When he reached the door of the room, he stretched out his hand and pushed the door open, then kicked it open.

There was no noise as expected. The city was shrouded in fog, and the roar of machinery came from a distance. Marin could smell the smell of burnt and rust in the air... This is the smell of pollution.

After recalling his location, Marin walked north along the street and began to look for the girls.

The first stop was the Harvest Goddess Church. Marin stood in front of the abandoned building in silence for a long time, and finally chose to go to Jessica's house. No surprise, the building was still empty.

Marin didn't give up and searched all the way, only to find that all the houses were empty. The city seemed to be abandoned, with only the roar of machines, and wild animals running past Marin from time to time. They were not afraid of people at all, and they were very dangerous.

What was curious was that he discovered a spirit bear. The latter glanced at him and had no intention of attacking at all. Instead, he moved his body, which was obviously well fed, and turned away.

The villa outside the city is a bit far away. With the current situation, Marin really doesn't have the confidence to go there - God knows what will happen outside the city. Without knowing anything about it, it's better to put safety first.

So Marin finally followed the path in his memory and came to the Master District - during which he found that the roads and neighborhoods had changed, and he also found traces of human activities. With curiosity, Marin followed the traces all the way to the Master Tower, and finally

He stopped outside the mage tower of Cross's house.

He saw lights on in the windows of the mage tower.

Stepping forward, Marin pressed the doorbell on the door.

The small window on the door was quickly opened, and a double-barreled shotgun was first handed out, and then the person inside let out a hoarse voice, but it was definitely Cross's voice, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Marin stretched out his hand awkwardly: "Klose, it's me, Marin."

The person inside the door was silent for a while. Finally, the door opened, and Cross standing in the door was completely beyond Marin's imagination - what appeared in front of Marin was an old rabbit that was losing its fur.

Girl, if it weren't for the white hair on her chest, Marin almost wouldn't have been able to recognize this as Cross.

"I have never known a child like you. Where did you come from? There is no one alive in Carter Castle." The old woman frowned, but looking at Marin, she finally gave in.

took the seat: "Come in, I haven't received a guest in almost fifty years."

"Kloss..." Looking at the old woman in front of him, Marin felt a little heartbroken - if this was a slit, then Cross in this world should have never met him, and she should have lived in loneliness for so long.

Year.

"Who are you?" Closing the door, Cross looked at Marin: "Are you...a living person?"

"Of course, you can touch me, feel my heartbeat, my origin... Do you know the slit?" Marin asked straight to the point.

"I know, but I've never... no, I've never seen it before today. Are you really... really..." The rabbit put down the shotgun, stretched out his hand, touched Marin's face, and then

She put her hairless hand on Marin's chest. Although she was separated by her nightgown, she could still feel her heartbeat.

"Welcome to Carter's Castle in this world, young visitor from another world." Cross retracted her hand. She walked to the table nearby, took out one from the rows of cans, and pried one open with a dagger.

Then he walked up to Marin with it and said, "Sorry, we only have this here."

"Canned?" Marin took the canned food and found that this thing and the canned food produced by his factory were two different types of canned goods - although everyone was canned vegetables, they definitely did not have the strong smell of preservatives like this one.

"Yes, ever since the Machine Soul awakened and Carter's Castle was abandoned, I have been living by eating this thing."

Handing the can to Marin, Cross glanced at Marin, then walked to the calendar hanging on the wall: "This year should be 1879."

"You said you haven't seen a living person in fifty years?" Marin held the can, firstly because he was still full, and secondly because the taste was so weird.

"Yes, fifty years ago, in 1819, the mechanical soul of the food processing plant awakened. It put a twisting machine in the can, turning half of the people in Fort Carter into alien species. After people eliminated the alien species, the cleverness was completed

In order to avoid more casualties, people abandoned the city." Cross sat on the chair opposite Marin. She looked at Marin: "Aren't you going to eat?"

"It doesn't smell good, thank you for your kindness." Marin put the can on the table and pushed it back in front of her.

"The food across the slit is very good." Cross took the can, picked up the spoon and started eating.

Marin watched her wolfing down the food in the can. He didn't know why, but he wanted to cry: "It must be very lonely to be alone."

Cross, who was drinking the soup, paused for a moment, then tilted her neck to finish the soup and put the can on the table: "Yes, at first, there will be people coming in to take a look, but as Smart starts mass-producing the mechanical body.

, not many people dared to come in. According to the message delivered by the pigeon, Ji clever seems to be satisfied with occupying the northern district of the city. We have patrols here, but they will not attack me..." At this point, the rabbit smiled

He stood up, revealing his missing teeth: "Maybe it's because I'm also a twisted monster."

"You are not a monster. In that world, you are my lover." Marin stretched out her hand to grab the rabbit's hand, but she retracted her arm and looked at Marin in surprise.

"Really...?" she asked.

"Really." Marin said with a smile.

"...I don't believe it." Cross shook her head: "Since I was a child, I have been a monster in everyone's eyes. Even clever people who like to hunt humans think that I am not a human being. How could you fall in love with such a cute child?

A monster like me, even if I was still young when you were around, but...a monster is a monster."

The old rabbit stood up, took the can and walked to the door, threw it into a small bucket, then turned to look at Marin: "You can find a room by yourself, but don't go to the second floor, it will be dangerous.

"

"Fafa?" Marin asked.

"...It looks like you are real." The rabbit girl really laughed for the first time. She raised her head and said, "Fafa, come out and meet your guest. Remember, don't hurt it."

Marin raised his head and saw the huge scorpion with compound eyes protruding from the top of the steps. It clamped its pliers and then retreated away from the door.

"You even know Fafa. It seems that you are real, and you are indeed my boyfriend in your world... I am so lucky in that world." The old woman sighed after saying:

"I don't know how you came here safely, but I have to advise you not to go out. Next time you go out, I will bring back some more canned meat for you and Fafa."

"Don't you want to know your story in that world?" Marin asked.

"...No matter how happy I am in that matter, what does it have to do with me." After answering this, Cross walked to the workbench: "I am already eighty-six years old, Mr. Marin, an old woman who does not know tomorrow today, death

For me, it is no longer a philosophical concept, but a very urgent question, let me quietly walk through the road of life."

"...Okay, but what are you doing, bullets."

"Yes, for self-protection, but sometimes I also hunt to get some fresh meat for Fafa." After saying that, Cross turned to look at Marin: "Can you do it?"

"Of course, I will also have some others."

Marin smiled and began to help Cross make the bullet. Marin's magic power could quickly complete the shaping and copper coating of the bullet.

After all this was done, the old woman finally sighed: "Thank you, Mr. Marin."

"You're welcome. In fact, you in that world are not as cheerful and independent as you." Marin looked at Cross in front of him: "Although we are people from two different worlds, I still want to say that when I see you

, I am very happy, because here, I only have you."

"Do you have another lover?" Cross asked with a smile.

"Yes, Faye, do you know him?"

"Of course, how could our queen not know that in the Disaster of Clever, her two brothers and father were both killed in battle? She had no choice but to choose to become the queen to stabilize the country." Cross said this.

Sighing, she packed her things and walked to the second floor: "I'm going to take a rest."

Marin looked at her body. She was indeed a waning old man. Her tail had lost hair so badly that her body could already be seen.

Maybe it was caused by a lack of various vitamins, or maybe it was caused by eating cans for a long time. Anyway, in Marin's opinion, she needed to hold on to the wall when she walked up the steps.

She... has really begun to count down her life.

With this thought, Marin walked to the side and sat down. Marin, who wanted to take a rest, quickly fell asleep.

………………

After being pushed awake, Marin opened his eyes and saw the familiar ceiling. Then he turned around and saw the familiar Cross. The rabbit girl looked at Marin and smiled shyly: "Good morning, Mr. Marin."

Marin stretched out his hand and stroked the rabbit girl's ears: "I just had a dream, and you were in the dream."

"Really?" Cross seemed very happy.

"Yes, you in the dream, although you don't know me, are still so cute." Marin said with a smile, then sat up: "Get up, let's go downstairs."

"Yeah." The bunny girl jumped out of bed and began to change her clothes in front of Marin. The beautiful fluff completely wrapped her body.

Noticing Marin looking at her, Cross tilted her head: "Is there any problem, Mr. Marin?"
Chapter completed!