A slight noise came from the window, and Schiller woke up from being sleepy in his chair. After standing up, he walked to the window and found that the postman was coming. The sound was from pressing down the sign on the mailbox.
Schiller opened the door and walked out. The postman was a young Mexican guy. When he saw Schiller walking out, he showed a bright smile, waved and said: "Hello sir, I heard that you are a new resident."
"Yes, did you come here specifically to say hello to me?" Schiller's thinking was still a little slow. He realized that what he said was a bit sharp, so he immediately added: "Don't worry, I will not report a postman who is carrying someone on his back."
It's a stranger's bag, maybe this will give thieves an opportunity to take advantage of it."
The postman realized he was joking, so he smiled again and said: "As much as I'd like to do this, my work schedule is very tight, and a lot of people have moved in recently, so I can't say hello from door to door, so I just
I can wait until they get the first letter."
"Do I have a letter?"
"Of course." The postman took out a letter from the messenger bag, but did not hand it to Schiller directly. Instead, he put it into the already opened mailbox, and then said: "It was sent last night, but it was not delivered.
There is no address or sender, maybe you can take a look."
The postman is waiting at the door. For mysterious letters like this, he usually has to make sure they are not dangerous letters or threatening letters. If they are, the residents will ask him to testify. At that time, it will be too troublesome to run back. The best way
Just wait there until the police arrive.
Schiller took the letter out of the mailbox. He admired the postman's caution. Perhaps this was the biggest reason why he could work in a wealthy area.
There was indeed no ordinary identification sheet on the envelope, which proved that it was an anonymous letter. As soon as the envelope was turned over, Schiller was stunned.
There were crooked Chinese characters on the back of the envelope. As a Chinese in his previous life, Schiller thought it was a ghostly sign at first glance. No wonder the postman's smile was a bit strange.
But he was very familiar with these ghostly drawings, and the content of the ghostly drawings also revealed the sender of the letter. After careful identification, it read "Goodbye, Ah Zhi" written on it.
"Is this some strange letter?" the postman asked.
Schiller hesitated for more than ten seconds without speaking, but he still said: "It was sent by an acquaintance of mine. Do you know how it was sent?"
"Sorry sir, I can't see the mailing process of anonymous letters. If you want to check, you may need to go to the post office, but it may not be fruitful. The post office here is not strictly managed, and we always receive all kinds of strange things.
Weird letter."
"Okay, thank you." Schiller took out two tips and handed them to the postman and said, "If there are any letters like this in the future, please pay attention to them."
"I will, generous sir, but by 'letters of this kind' I mean..."
"It's the letter with this symbol on the cover."
"Well, I wanted to ask before..." The postman rubbed his hands and asked a little embarrassedly: "Is that some kind of religious or magical symbol? Is there a curse or something?"
"This is Chinese, but it's written a little strangely. It's not a magic symbol, and there's no curse. You can rest assured."
The postman was obviously relieved. He waved to Schiller, got on his bicycle and said, "If you confirm that you have received a threatening letter, you can go to the police station to report it, and then ask them to adjust the monitoring to see when the letter is."
Those who were mixed in may be able to find some useful clues. Goodbye."
"Thanks, bye."
Schiller took the letter back to the room and sat on the chair where he had been sitting before. He turned the letter to the front again, looked at the four Chinese characters that had not been seen for a long time, and sighed helplessly.
Each of these four characters is written in one stroke, but they are not written in the order of consecutive strokes that Chinese people are familiar with. Instead, they have their own understanding of which stroke is closer from left to right and which stroke is drawn first.
Moreover, the square characters that were originally supposed to be square were instead written into round shapes that stretched out like letters, and all the squares were turned into circles that circled from right to left.
To put it simply, there is a beauty in creating new characters after China joins the Soviet Union one day.
Schiller was so impressed by this special font that he knew that the person who sent the letter must be Anatole without even looking at the content.
Schiller took a closer look at the four words. They were uglier than those he had seen in his previous life. Anatole must have drunk them.
Before opening the envelope, Schiller had never prayed so devoutly that the text must not be written in Chinese, otherwise he would have to spend the next few days deciphering the code.
Fortunately, after opening the envelope, the text inside was in slightly scrawled Russian. Although there were a lot of circles, it didn't come with the mental pollution effect of magically modifying the native language, so it was barely readable.
"Long time no see, Azhi.
I heard that you have learned that I am still alive and have recently moved to a new home, so I am sending you this letter.
I know you met an annoying guy recently, but at the same time he also brought you exciting news, because that even more annoying country is still on the path of decline that they are destined to take.
What I want to talk to you about is my current work. You should know that in addition to the countless living beings on the surface of the earth, there are also countless eyes watching the universe in the deepest space.
If the universe is compared to a Rubik's Cube, and you stay in the cube, no matter how the Rubik's Cube is turned, you think it is your own will, but in fact, the hand holding the Rubik's Cube is the most important motivation.
I'm trying to get a glimpse of this part of the scenery, so I don't have time to leave for the time being, but I left you something in some interesting universe that you can go look for and use it as entertainment after moving.
Your doctor, Anatole."
After reading the letter, Schiller let out a long sigh. He could only say that everyone will meet their destined Riddler.
Through this letter, Schiller established the following things.
Anatoly is indeed still alive and continues to pay attention to the universe. It seems that he is pursuing some secrets in the depths of the universe.
As for why he is alive, this matter is very important because in Schiller's previous life, when Schiller met Anatoly in the research institute as a child, he was no longer young, and after a few decades, Schiller grew up.
, Anatole was already old and in poor health. Before his accident, he was already on the verge of death.
There may be many reasons why he did not die, but Schiller speculated that the most likely reason was God's compensation for him.
As mentioned before, in order to prevent Lucifer from collapsing, God sent Schiller's soul away, but he didn't want the little boy to die, so Lucifer randomly pulled a soul over, and this soul might be Anatole.
Although this incident saved Anatole who committed suicide at that time, and Anatole also taught Lucifer a lesson, in the end all the tragedies that happened later originated from this.
More importantly, Lucifer's regret for Anatole was obviously greater than his anger, and God couldn't bear to let Lucifer's friend die like this, so maybe the subsequent time travel and the later death were God's handiwork.
Otherwise, it is really difficult to explain how an ordinary person's soul can travel through so many worlds and still be alive and kicking.
Another important thing is that Anatole found a communication channel with him, and it will be difficult for him to stop talking in the following days.
As for whether this letter was sent by Anatole, there is no need to doubt it. Except for him, no one can write Chinese characters in this style. The unique anti-counterfeiting mark belongs to it.
To talk about why he wrote Chinese characters in this style, we have to start with his life in the institute. Schiller remembers that there were no Chinese teachers who specialized in teaching Chinese to foreigners, only Chinese teachers who taught Chinese people. And this
The language teacher does not know Russian, and the translator who knows Russian does not know how to teach Chinese.
Anatole's Chinese is a wild thing, especially writing. This is a bizarre language that is difficult to write and almost impossible to learn without a teacher.
Especially Anatole was impatient and didn't want to follow the dictionary and write stroke by stroke, so he followed the Russian writing style, focusing on what a Chinese could understand.
Chinese people can indeed understand it. As a native speaker, even if there are only a few strokes where they should be and the whole text is just similar, you can still barely understand it.
This kind of writing style, with its form and spirit scattered, is not something that ordinary people can imitate. Even if they can imitate the appearance, they cannot imitate the charm of writing that looks like they drank two kilograms of vodka. It can be said to be the best anti-counterfeiting mark.
Schiller was not very excited about Anatole's letter, because he knew it meant more trouble.
Sure enough, even before the afternoon, the postman pressed down the sign on the mailbox again. Schiller went out to take a look and saw another letter with a ghostly symbol on the cover.
"Seriously, sir, is this friend of yours really not a wizard from China?" The postman still looked a little uneasy. He seemed to be sure that the ghostly drawings on the cover had certain magical powers.
Schiller shook his head slightly. He reached out and took out the letter inside. Then he handed the envelope to the postman and said, "Just find a place to burn it."
The postman was so frightened that he almost threw the envelope away. Schiller said: "This is witchcraft from the ancient East. It can keep you safe."
The postman glanced at the envelope in surprise. He really thought the symbols painted on the envelope were very beautiful, so he carefully stuffed the envelope Schiller handed him back into his bag.
Taking the letter back again, Schiller found that this letter contained some interesting things mentioned in the previous letter. The letter still didn't say what it was, but it described Anatole's use of these things in more detail.
Where was it placed?
"...My hometown is cold and empty. The heavy snow will bury the house until only the weathervane on the roof is left. It rotates in the cold wind and makes a squeaking and piercing sound. It makes people want to drink and collapse by the fireplace.
Big sleep...
There is a lake after going out. On the opposite side of the lake is a large forest. In winter, all the leaves will fall off and the snow will fall on the branches. When the wind passes through the woods, it looks like there is a brown-black train on the other side of the lake.
Walk through.
Do you still remember the pile of comics I brought you one day? There is a story in it that I like very much. It is full of American arrogance and their deconstruction of us, but I still like this absurd story very much...
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I know Anatole must have been drinking a lot, Schiller thought.