Patsy stood on the marble steps at the entrance to the ground floor of Euphrates and waited patiently. His eyes passed through the neat apple trees and shrubs in the garden and fell to the end of the flower-filled garden path, where a figure emerged from
Walking slowly up the ramp outside the courtyard, the wind blew through the airy bangs on her forehead, revealing her white forehead and curious eyes looking around. Those clear and smooth eyes reflected the fiery red of the English roses pouring out from the wall of the garden.
Fresh and beautiful.
Carrying the stainless steel insulated lunch box, Xia Mi opened the carved and hollow iron door and walked into the apple orchard. Looking along the road, he saw the docile boy in a suit standing upright in the distance. He raised his hand to say hello to him from a distance.
.
Patsy, who was at the end of the stone road, didn't rush her. She put her hands behind her back slightly and lowered her head, waiting for this beautiful and radiant girl to walk up to her at her own pace. Then she introduced herself, "Hello, I'm Patsy. I'm the current president.
Secretary of the investigation team, I received an order from my superiors to guide you."
"Oh, hello, Patsy, I'm Xia Mi, a freshman in the alchemy department in 2011." Xia Mi, who was holding an insulated lunch box in both hands, could only nod towards this gentle boy with blond hair.
"I saw your student file at Norma's." Percy looked carefully at Xia Mi, who was wearing a dark green school uniform, and matched him with the young and beautiful girl in the file photo he had seen. Next, you are entering the Garden of Eden.
I will be responsible for all subsequent itineraries, including personal safety. Similarly, if your behavior violates the ban, I will also take action to stop it and report everything truthfully to the investigation team and the execution department. On this point, please
Can we reach a consensus?"
"Let me ask, what behaviors does the ban refer to?" Xia Mi asked, raising his hand, like a student asking a question in class.
"Walked through unauthorized areas without permission, acted aggressively towards me, revealed what he saw in the Garden of Eden to a third party, and secretly passed items of any size or material to visitors," Patsy said slowly.
He spelled out several prohibitions clearly, and finally added, "Ignoring visiting your family for now, it is really not easy to pass the visitation rights for students who violate the regulations. Naturally, there will be a lot of rules during the visitation. I hope you can
Understand, if you violate a certain prohibition on the way, you will not receive a first or second warning, and I will directly ask you to leave here."
"I made it very clear. Okay, no problem. I'm just here to deliver food. I don't have any bad intentions. You don't need to remember so much!" Xia Mi nodded readily, thought for a while, then raised the stainless steel insulated lunch box and asked, "
I made Yangzhou fried rice with tomato and egg soup, would you like some?"
"No, I've eaten." Faced with the girl's hospitality, Patsy declined.
"That's such a pity. When I went to the canteen at noon, I found that most of the food in the canteen seemed to be German food. The occasional Chinese food was not very authentic. Their Kung Pao Chicken didn't put sugar in it. I guess you guys said
My brother doesn't eat, maybe because he can't get used to the German food in school." Xia Mi followed Patsy up the steps carrying an insulated lunch box.
Following Patsy, Xia Mi walked into the ground floor of Euphrates. The building was as empty as the Garden of Eden. Not even a single person could be seen. In the cold building full of scientific research atmosphere, only the footsteps of Passi and Xia Mi were empty.
Wander.
As Patsy walked, he motioned to Xia Mi to look to the left and right. The corridors between the three-body buildings they passed through were actually constructed with glass pipes. Outside the glass walls, the green scenery of the Garden of Eden was unobstructed, as if they were in an apple forest.
"We are now walking in the direction of Bison Building. As you can see outside, the three buildings in the Garden of Eden are connected together through a circular corridor to form a three-tower complex. What we are passing now is the tributary.
The corridors are called 'umbilical cords' by people in the former Technology Department. The scientific research results of the three buildings are transported through these corridors, just like nutrients are transmitted in the umbilical cords to feed the 'babies' who have not yet been born in the buildings."
"As soon as the unrelated personnel involved in the Chicago incident entered Cassel College, they were sent to the dormitory of Beeson Hall by the Executive Department for placement. Your brother was one of them. There is no need to worry about his safety, except for him
He did not suffer any harm except the spontaneous hunger strike."
"Recently, after we discovered that he was on a hunger strike, the investigation team stopped conducting interviews on him to avoid questioning him.
He caused further stimulation. Similarly, Norma is monitoring his vital signs all the time. Once a situation arises, we will directly intervene to ensure his personal safety in the school."
"Even if your family member is unable to move freely for the time being, you can rest assured about his safety."
Patsy was dressed more like a secretary than he was. He looked more like a student at Cassel College than Xia Mi. He was still the kind with seniority. He clearly came to the college with the investigation team and had just passed the exam.
Within a few days, I had a clear understanding of the current environment.
Xia Mi also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Xia Wang was safe and sound. Patsy glanced sideways at the girl's reaction but said nothing.
"However, since there is the Euphrates Tower and the Bison Tower, isn't that one less building?" Xia Mi suddenly asked.
It is obvious that Shami understood the mythology of the biblical system. The names of the Tower of Euphrates and the Tower of Pison come from the four rivers in the Garden of Eden. In addition, there are the Tigris River and the Gihon River. This should also correspond to the third tower in the Garden of Eden.
There is a high probability that scientific research buildings are named according to this rule.
"In addition to Euphrates and Pison, Tigris is the third scientific research building in this three-body building... But Gitton is different. It is not a building, but an underground building." Passi said with a normal expression.
"Underground building?" Xia Mi looked down at the white floor beneath his feet.
"The basic training floor is part of the ice cellar of the college. You need to go through the "central garden elevator" of the scientific research building and swipe your card to get there. The building below is a secret laboratory built to ensure the safety and confidentiality of scientific research."
"What's down there?" Xia Mi asked subconsciously.
"There are a lot of things, but they were all moved after the last invasion of Kassel College. Now there is only an empty shell left. A large number of laboratories and ecological warehouses are vacant, waiting to be used when needed in the future.
"Patsy said.
Here, Patsy paused for a moment and then said, "The location where you applied for visitation is also at the basic training level underground. Chu Zihang, Lu Mingfei and others were all interviewed individually by the investigation team at the basic training level."
"Is this a secret interrogation in the basement?" Xia Mi suddenly turned to stare at Patsy and said seriously.
Patsy looked into the eyes of this strange girl, feeling that she seemed to be saying something weird that he didn't understand, but he still nodded.
But at this moment, Patsy suddenly stopped in the corridor, turned his head and looked at the glass wall of the corridor, with an unobstructed view of the apple orchard outside.
"What's wrong?" Xia Mi also looked outside. There were green apple trees and blooming flowers everywhere. Outside the white wall, you could see the white doves flying on the corner of the clock tower in the distance.
"Nothing," Patsy said.
While he was talking, his eyes still stayed on the apple orchard. There were fiery red wild rhododendrons growing in the bushes in the corner. It was not until a few seconds later that he turned back and said, "Let's keep walking."
Passing through the corridor, Patsy took Xia Mi to the dormitory area of Bison Building. Patsy stopped in front of a metal door, then took out the magnetic card in his suit pocket and looked at Xia Mi.
Xia Mi thought for a while, put the insulated lunch box on the ground, knocked on the door rhythmically, and then picked up the lunch box.
"This is the secret code my brother and I have had since childhood. When I was young, I was afraid that he would open the door to a stranger, so I made an agreement with him. If someone knocks on the door in this rhythm, you can only open the door. If he keeps knocking, he will yell.
, you just call the police, not only me, but everyone in my family knows this code." Xia Mi looked at Patsy and explained,
"It was a joke to say that he couldn't get used to German food. In fact, I think the reason why he didn't eat was probably because you went in without knocking on the door. He couldn't stop you, and he couldn't call the police for help like I said, so
That’s why I went on a hunger strike.”
"Is it because of fear? It's like a frightened rabbit who won't eat the vegetable leaves in front of him." Passy said. He thought he had met Xiawang, so he had such an association.
"Indeed, he is afraid, but not of you." Xia Mi shook his head and said, "He is afraid of me. He probably thinks that if I know that he ignores you unreasonable bad people, I will be angry with him.
Is he ignored?"
Patsy nodded and expressed his
Understand, swipe the magnetic card through the sensor and the green light and buzzer will light up, "Then if you come in person, then these problems will be solved easily."
The metal door opened with a sound. Xia Mi picked up the insulated lunch box to thank Patsy and walked in.
Passi stood at the door and did not check what was going on inside. Instead, he left his private space to Xia Mi and Xia Wang. After waiting for about half an hour, Xia Mi walked out carrying the empty insulated lunch box.
Percy turned his head and glanced at the scene inside the door, and looked into the blue eyes of the boy sitting on the bed in the empty room. When he saw rice grains remaining in the corner of his mouth, he made sure he had eaten before swiping the magnetic card.
Closed the door again.
"Will he go on hunger strike again?" Patsy asked.
"I don't know, so I think I have to come here at night." Xia Mi said, "His mental condition is quite unstable. You have kept him alone these past few days to scare him."
"Can't we also imitate the secret signal for knocking on the door?"
"I'm afraid not. He no longer trusts anyone except me. He refuses to communicate with anyone. Even if he is beaten and scolded, he will not say a word." Xia Mi shook his head regretfully.
Patsy nodded and said, "Then this means that in the next few days, until the end of the hearing, you have to be responsible for his food issues... Regarding this issue, I need to report it to the investigation team to see their opinions."
After saying that, Patsy took out her mobile phone and walked to the corner of the corridor to make a call. Xia Mi was bored and waiting by the metal door against the wall with an empty lunch box. Less than a few minutes later, she heard
She heard footsteps and looked up to see Patsy at the corner of the corridor putting away her phone and nodding to her, "The investigation team agreed."
"That's great, it's so humane!"
"Let's go then," Patsy said.
"Where to go?" Xia Mi asked.
Patsy paused and looked at Xia Mi. Xia Mi was also stunned for a moment, then he hit his head in realization and said, "Ah, I forgot to mention that the Tremella Soup I made for Senior Brother Chu Zihang and the others is not ready yet.
Well, after lunch, I was in a hurry when I went to the back kitchen to prepare the freshly cooked meal. The white fungus soup had to cook for a long time. The chef in the back kitchen should still be helping me watch the fire, so I visited Senior Brother Chu Zihang and the others.
The time has to be moved to the evening... This shouldn’t affect anything, right?”
Passi was also stunned, because as an Italian, he had never eaten Tremella Soup, and he didn't understand the procedures for making Tremella Soup, so did he have to make another call to the investigation team to ask for their opinions?
"Isn't it possible?" Xia Mi said worriedly.
"Please wait for me a little longer." Patsy thought for a while but maintained a rigorous attitude, took out her cell phone and turned to the corridor.
After a while, he came back again and nodded to Xia Mi. Xia Mi suddenly smiled and narrowed his eyes when he saw his movements, and a small tiger tooth could be faintly seen at the corner of his mouth.
Patsy took Xia Mi to the door of the building along the way and watched her leave the carved hollow iron gate of the Garden of Eden. It wasn't until Xia Mi's back was completely invisible that he walked down the stone steps of the gate and walked into the Apple of Eden.
Lin, after passing through the lush apple trees and shrubs, he stood near the white wall.
Percy stood there, looking around. He was surrounded by birds singing and flowers fragrant. The left and right boundaries of the apple orchard were blocked by white-painted swastikas. He walked forward for half a meter, and suddenly stopped and returned to his original position. He repeated the words to the left and right again.
move.
No, he thought.
Percy closed his eyes silently and remained still.
After a few breaths, he opened his eyes. The original warmth in those eyes was a little less, and there was more of an aura of indifference and coldness that did not belong to him at all.
He started walking, stooping slightly, and walked quickly through the apple orchards at a strange pace. In the process, he made no noise at all - the dense shrubs and wild growths could be seen everywhere in the apple orchards.
No blade of grass touched him, and when he moved quickly, it only missed his clothes by a hair every time.
At a sudden moment, Patsy stopped and stood in an inconspicuous corner of the apple orchard against the wall.
As his rickety waist straightened, he
The emotion in his eyes gradually faded, and he returned to his original gentleness and peace. He looked up at the height of the stone wall. The digital surveillance camera on the black wall twenty meters away was slowly swinging from side to side, but at this angle he was standing
But it happened that he couldn't be absorbed into it.
And when he looked straight ahead, what came into view was the glass corridor connecting the Euphrates Building and the Bison Building. There, it happened to be the place where he had stopped when talking to Xia Mi. At this time, he
Standing here and looking there, it seems that I am looking at myself forty minutes ago.
...but who was standing here peeping at him forty minutes ago?