The hall was filled with a deserted light, mixed with the light of the electric lights hanging overhead.
Coming out of the narrow passages filled with pipes, the vast hall dispelled the depression caused by being located underground.
Among them are the windows in the wall that deserve a share of the credit.
At the top of the hall wall, there is a row of narrow windows as wide as the width of a hand, and a row of guardrails on the outermost side. Light comes in from outside the guardrails, and the windows look like sewer openings on the roadside.
The little legs passing by briefly passed by.
It's the sewer entrance.
"If you paid attention to the beach a few months ago, you would have noticed that a certain section of the road in Snowflake Street was under construction for a period of time."
Lu Li looked away and looked elsewhere in the hall: "What if it rains?"
There is no concept of decoration in the investigator branch, and even superficial efforts are not bothered to do it. The gray-blue rough cement on the walls is directly exposed to the air, and there is even one wall without cement, which directly shows the red bricks inside.
It's like a real plumbing repair station.
On the bright side, this simplicity can also be understood as minimalist style.
There are many similar wooden doors opening on the left wall, the purpose of which is unknown. On the right side is a rest area. There are more than a dozen dining tables in front of the bar filled with wine racks, but only three of them are occupied by people.
The four young people sitting separately looked at each other and at the same time observed Lu Li and Tesla who had just entered.
"This is Belfast." Tesla smiled and took off the top hat that blocked his vision. "And there are drainage holes between the guardrail and the window. Don't worry, we are professional pipe maintenance personnel."
"They are the newcomers taking part in the assessment this time. Come and sit down, I will meet with the other persons in charge. I will ask you to come in after the assessment starts later." Tesla motioned Lu Li to find a place to sit in the rest area and tavern, leaning on his palms
Turn around and walk into one of the numerous doors on the right side of the hall.
"I brought the people."
After hanging his top hat on the hanger next to the door, Tesla closed the door, walked to an empty seat at the round table, sat down and said.
Several candles are burning in the silver candlesticks, bringing with them a faint fragrance. Expensive velvet carpets cover the gorgeously decorated room of this study, and the walls are covered with dark oak boards. Dark red curtains are opened to cover the windows, because
Behind the windows are bare walls.
If you don't consider the scene outside the door, this place is more like a study room in a noble mansion.
There are three figures sitting on the other three sides of the round table, a mature woman wearing a dark red dress and a black mesh hat, a muscular man wearing a suspender suit, and a cloaked face hidden in the shadows.
The mysterious person.
Tesla is the most normally dressed among them.
"Then let's get started?" The mature woman unscrewed the red lipstick and applied it to her already bright lips.
The strong man put his palms on his thighs, sat on the soft seat that was extremely small compared to his body and said in a muffled voice: "Okay."
Tesla suddenly said: "Wait a minute, shouldn't this kind of thing be decided by the regional person in charge? What do you think, person in charge?"
He looked at the silent man in black robe.
"If you didn't run away during the checkout yesterday, your words might have more credibility." An unexpectedly normal voice came from the black robe, neither hoarse nor cold. "Ahem... Then the assessment begins,
Let’s start the sanity test session first, Tesla, let him come in.”
Tesla nodded, stood up and walked to the door.
…
Tesla left. With four eyes watching, Lu Li walked to the rest area, ordered a glass of milk at the counter, and sat silently in the most remote corner.
"It turns out he's just like us."
"Who brought him in?"
"Seems more silent and withdrawn than that guy."
"..."
The low voices of several people could be heard talking in a small area in the rest area.
"Want to say hello to him?"
"Forget it, he looks colder than this guy."
"I want a drink too...forget it, I can't drink at this time."
"..."
Lu Li couldn't hear their whispers clearly and didn't care. His eyes fell on the alliance personnel walking towards them carrying milk cups.
At this time, a door in the right area of the hall opened.
In the relatively calm hall, small movements can easily attract attention. When everyone looked at him, Tesla stood by the door and said to the rest area: "Lu Li, you can come here."
Lu Li, who had just taken the milk from the alliance staff, stopped and looked at the alliance staff who was reaching out to take back the cup. He suddenly brought the milk to his mouth and drank it all, returned the cup to the alliance staff, and walked towards the Tesla.
.
The door closed. The empty hall resounded with whispers.
"I came first."
"Maybe the ones who arrive last will start the assessment first."
"Maybe he knows the person in charge. His name is Lu Li, a strange name."
"..."
…
"She is Rachel, he is Tristan, the city manager of Belfast, and that shameless guy is Dylan, one of the regional managers of Allen Peninsula." Tesla introduced the three people to Lu Li.
Lu Li's eyes swept over the three of them, and finally returned to Rachel, who had rich red lips, and said calmly: "Lu Li."
Perhaps because there were many taciturn members among the investigators, the three of them didn't pay much attention to Lu Li's reticence.
"Why are you looking at me?"
Rachel looked back at Lu Li with interest, her eyes were narrow and narrow behind the mesh, with a little mole under her eyes.
"It will look weird to other people." Lu Li replied.
Tesla smiled and walked around Tristan and said, "It seems you don't need me to remind you to relax."
Dylan, the man in black robe, said at this time: "Because you have already taken two tests before this, we will not ask you psychological questions this time."
He took out a dark branch with branches, nearly fifty centimeters, from his bandaged palm.
"Then please touch the branches of the tree of soul first to manifest the sanity value."
Lu Li raised his palm, stretched out towards the branch on the table, and touched it with his fingertips.
The vision of the giant banyan tree appeared again, more intense and more empathetic.
Because Lu Li noticed that this time he was closer to the giant tree than last time.
The huge tree crown blocked the sky and the sun, covering the gloomy sky like an umbrella. An indescribable consciousness spread out from the banyan tree and wrapped around Lu Li, calling his name.
In a daze, Lu Li felt as if he had become the banyan tree. His body began to become stiff, and black horny skin like bark appeared on the outer layer of his skin...
Snap——
The stinging pain on the back of his hand woke up Lu Li. When he came to his senses, Tesla moved his cane and reminded him sternly: "Don't get too immersed in the illusion. Your weird perception level is very high and it is easy to be assimilated."
After regaining consciousness, Lu Li retracted his palm and said, "What does being assimilated mean?"
"That is, it is easier for you to perceive them, and it is easier for you to be perceived by them. It can be understood as a weakened version of the third real phase of the sanity value."
The man in black robe answered Lu Li before Tesla.
The three people at Tesla were looking at the tabletop, and the dark branches had already revealed the results of Lu Li's third test.
