This dark-skinned man rushed onto the deck with a roar, shouting loudly against the sound of the sea breeze.
"Um?"
Gu Jiaxuan's eyes suddenly lit up like a light, and he asked with a little expectancy:
"Is it Xiao Gu?"
The first mate was stunned, as if he didn't quite understand the response of their director and captain: "Xiao...who is Xiao Gu?"
"Oh, it's okay."
Gu Jiaxuan said calmly, "Who is looking for you?"
"Deputy Bureau, it's important."
The first mate handed over a satellite phone and said, "I called you and said I want to talk to you. Please take a look!"
Why are you so anxious...
Gu Jiaxuan was also a little confused, but he still took it.
"Hello? What's wrong?"
Gu Jiaxuan smiled and said, "Don't you feel comfortable sitting in the director's seat these days?"
"Have a good time!"
"I've been wiping your butt every day!"
The deputy director cursed and said, "I'll settle the score with you when I get back. I have more important things to talk to you about now!"
"...Okay, you say."
Gu Jiaxuan said.
"You know today is the day of the recruitment exam, right?" the deputy director said.
"I know, what's wrong?" Gu Jiaxuan said.
"Just now, the recruitment exam was in the retest phase."
"The Kuroshio people infiltrated into the interior of the examination room, and then teleported all the students and invigilators in one of the examination rooms to the ruins of [Lava Volcano]!"
"[Lava Volcano]? That ruin is very dangerous." Gu Jiaxuan frowned and said, "Didn't the examination room have security measures in place? How could other people infiltrate it?"
"It was the admissions office responsible for organizing the examination that was negligent."
The deputy director said, "The examiner in that examination room was bewitched by someone from the Kuroshio."
"The poison can destroy the human mind and control and manipulate their mind before detoxification."
"Now the examiner has been treated, but when he woke up he had no idea what happened."
"So what did the Kuroshio people say?" Gu Jiaxuan said, "They must have some purpose in looking for me, right?"
"Yes." The deputy director nodded and said, "They want you to use the key to Muhai Bay [the ruins] in exchange for the lives of those candidates."
"They still have extra [Lava Volcano] teleportation crystals in their hands. Only by getting that thing can we enter [Lava Volcano] for rescue operations."
"That is absolutely impossible."
Gu Jiaxuan said calmly, his tone was not strong, but his attitude was firm:
"The Muhai Bay project has entered the planning stage two years ago."
"This is something that hundreds of people from all over the branch have put in countless efforts."
"Don't tell me what kind of conditions he offered, even if he wants me to die, I won't give up."
The deputy director hesitated for a moment, then continued:
"Um, Lao Gu."
"I have some bad news for you."
"Little Gu Qianjin..."
"I happened to be taking the exam in that exam room."
When I finished speaking this sentence.
The deputy director on the other end of the phone could only hear that the other end of the phone suddenly went silent.
It was as if the computer was suddenly unplugged halfway through the game, and the other end of the screen suddenly fell into a long silence.
The deputy director swallowed his throat and said with some uneasiness:
"Old...Lao Gu?"
He knew the temper of the little old man Gu Jiaxuan quite well.
He and Gu Jiaxuan have been partners for almost twenty years since the Muhai City Branch was established.
Although the relationship between the two cannot be said to be very strong, apart from official business, they do not have many private contacts and exchanges.
But when it comes to work communication, the two have always had a tacit understanding.
He naturally understands how important Xiao Gu is to him.
Although this old guy keeps saying something like "My daughter is so good that she doesn't need me to worry about her" every day.
But in fact, if something really happened, this person would be a hundred times more like a slave than anyone else.
The old man on the other end of the phone had obviously fallen into a swamp of anxiety and was struggling mentally with all his strength.
He felt that he could probably relate to it.
After all, this kind of thing sounds so disappointing.
And the level of despair is far beyond the comparison of idiotic questions like "Who do you save first if your mother and I fall into the water?"
After all, it is obvious how significant the Muhai Bay project is.
In every ruin, it is basically conservatively estimated that a [Holy Skeleton]-level extraordinary prop will be born.
No matter how bad it is, no matter how useless it is, no matter how useless it is, after all, it is still a [Sacred Skeleton] level existence, and it can't be much worse.
How many years have passed since then, but Muhai City has never unearthed any [holy remains].
After waiting so hard for so many years.
This small city, which is inconspicuous in the entire Eastern Xia, is about to have its moment of glory.
so.
This is not only the ideal of Gu Jiaxuan, but also the ideal of all members of the Muhai Branch.
This period of work experience in the Muhai Bay Project will become a medal that will follow them throughout their lives.
"Where are they?"
After a long time, Gu Jiaxuan held back a sentence and said, "Let him interview me."
"I will use the [Teleportation Crystal] directly to meet them."
"I'm afraid it won't work."
The deputy director shook his head, sighed and said, "The Kuroshio gang refuses all negotiations."
"They sent a collection point and asked you to put the key of [the ruins] at the [trading point]."
"There is no room for negotiation beyond that."
The so-called trading point is a setting similar to an "auction house" or "exchange" in [Battleground Game].
But the location of [the trading point] is not fixed.
It may be refreshed in a corner of an alley, on the roof of a rooftop, or in a private room of a KTV.
In the era before smartphones emerged, it was often displayed in a public phone booth.
When the [Trading Point] is refreshed, [Player] only needs to stand at the [Trading Point] position to start the trading mode and interact with all players in the same global server who are in the [Trading Point] at the same time.
Carry out trading activities.
The biggest advantage of this trading method is that it is fast, convenient, free and flexible, and safe and reliable.
As long as you are within the [Trading Point], you can trade with other [Players] as you like without exposing your true ID and identity. It can be called the purest and original trading method.
Under the mechanism of the Lord God, everyone must pay one hand and deliver the goods, or exchange goods for goods.
"It's either a deal or..."
"We can only wait for them to come out of [the lava volcano] themselves."
"..." The two of them were silent again.
In fact, when he said these words himself, the deputy director felt as if he was telling a fantasy.
Wait until they come out on their own?
That's an understatement, it's as easy as queuing up outside the pit for a public toilet.
Dozens of newbies who have just become [players], and two young newcomers...
Let them break through the [Ruins] on their own, even with the difficulty of [Lava Volcano]...
Even he himself wouldn't believe it.
After a long time, the deputy director heard Gu Jiaxuan say: "...let me think about it."
"They seemed to have guessed that you would say that."
The deputy director sighed again and said, "They also said that they don't have much time."
"An answer must be given before sunset tomorrow at the latest."
"Otherwise, their people will not only not hand over the keys, but will also add a layer of defensive barrier at the entrance of [the ruins]."
"By that time, the possibility of entering [the ruins] in a short period of time will be extremely slim."
"Okay." Gu Jiaxuan nodded and said, "Then tomorrow."
"Okay, I understand." The deputy director was silent for a while, "Don't be too tired and pay attention to your health."
"..."
After hanging up the phone, Gu Jiaxuan took a deep breath and looked at the undulating sea in the distance.
The first mate answered the phone and handed Gu Jiaxuan a cigarette quite naturally.
Gu Jiaxuan naturally did not refuse. After the first mate helped light the cigarette butt, he took a big puff and sucked all the tar and nicotine into his lungs.
When the blue-black smoke slowly exhaled, the heavy head seemed to become lighter at this moment.
*
*
Far on the border of Japan.
[Lava volcano] and within.
The hot magma is still flowing gurglingly.
Inside the lava cave.
A peaceful scene.
All the candidates sat quietly in the center and said nothing.
Except for the occasional snoring and sleep talking among the crowd...
Everyone kept Su Ji's words in mind and remained calm.
Fang Peilin is also one of them.
He has always been a perfect academic figure since he was a child. What he is best at doing is listening to the teacher's words, and on this basis, he adds his own in-depth thinking and understanding of knowledge.
Although Su Ji was not a teacher in the true sense, Fang Peilin had never looked at his little cousin seriously.
But under the current circumstances, Fang Peilin still chose to do what he is best at.
He obeyed Su Ji's instructions and kept his mouth tightly shut.
During this period, an old man sitting next to him wanted to talk to him again and again because he felt too bored.
However, every time he tried to pry open Fang Peilin's mouth, he was rejected by the latter ruthlessly.
This young man is quite determined...
My brother was helpless and admired at the same time.
His mentality has never been very good, and it would be too difficult for him to remain calm under such circumstances.
He was really puzzled.
How on earth could these people sit here so calmly without saying a word at a time when it seemed like disaster was imminent every minute.
And Fang Peilin not only didn't speak.
While constantly adjusting my breathing, I finally found a breathing frequency that suits me best.
That is--
First take nine shallower breaths, then take one more complete and deep breath.
When he discovered this breathing method, Fang Peilin was ecstatic.
If this were in the past in school, teachers would have already started to print this year’s learning model certificates for themselves.
Fang Peilin even named this method.
He would like to call it the nine shallow and one deep breathing method.
Through the nine shallow and one deep breathing method, coupled with perfect relaxation and meditation, Fang Peilin is very confident that he can become the one with the best physical strength preservation among all people.
——Until someone in the crowd suddenly screamed.
"ah!"
It was a girl's scream.
It could be heard that she was indeed trying her best to restrain herself from making too much noise.
But the fear that suddenly surged into her heart still made her unable to help but make a sound, breaking the peace around her.
Su Ji was quietly thinking about countermeasures at this moment.
Others can empty their minds and thoughts, but he cannot.
Now they have no way to contact the outside world and have no idea what is happening outside.
So now, the only people they can rely on are him and Gu Li.
If he doesn't do anything, then the situation he will face next is naturally imaginable.
So the girl's sudden cry really startled him.
"I'm so annoyed. Who's making the noise?"
"That's right, I just fell asleep!"
"That one in front of you, please shut up. I don't even want to talk about you anymore. The snoring makes my ears hurt!"
"..."
A scream broke the silence in the crowd.
The chatter suddenly started, as if the tranquility of evening self-study was suddenly broken.
Su Ji frowned, then stood up in front of the crowd.
His vicious eyes instantly pierced the crowd.
"..." Everyone suddenly became quiet.
very good……
Su Ji felt quite satisfied with this.
With this group of people, he seemed to experience the pleasure and majesty he felt when he was the head teacher.
"Who was shouting just now?"
Su Ji asked.
"It's...it's me..."
A girl raised her hand tremblingly and made a sound as small as a mosquito.
"What's the matter with you?" Su Ji asked.
"I...I seemed to have seen something just now..." the girl stammered.
"Huh? What?"
Su Ji said doubtfully.
"Just... right there..."
The girl stretched out her finger and pointed in a certain direction in the distance.
Su Ji followed what she expected.
But except for the red and black stone walls, I saw nothing.
