"Why are you covering your face?" Sun Xiao next to him asked curiously.
"nothing."
Cheng Lin silently took back his hand and did not look at the busy group of scientific researchers. "I just feel that the sun is dazzling."
Sun Xiao raised his head and glanced at the sky covered with thick clouds, thinking that you really know how to joke.
"Cheng Lin?"
Suddenly, a slightly familiar voice came from behind. Cheng Lin turned his head, saw the person clearly, and raised his brows.
It turned out to be Liang Pi from the Second Courtyard, the rich man who was treating guests to dinner.
"Who is this?" Fu Zhongting asked.
"Students from the Second Academy, we met before." Cheng Lin explained, and then walked forward.
Before he could think of how to say hello, Liang Pi sighed deeply, with a hint of shame and complexity on his face, and whispered: "I didn't expect... such a thing to happen. It's a pity."
Hmm... It seems that Liang Pi already knows about Xu Dong... It's not surprising. This guy is ranked 11th in the Second Academy, and his family background seems to be very powerful. It's normal to get some information.
"You know." Cheng Lin said calmly.
Liang Pi smiled bitterly, shook his head, and sighed: "I heard that, I really... I didn't expect such a thing to happen. Xu Dong actually... Sigh... He is usually a bit taciturn, but I always thought he was a good person.
."
"Rogue cultivators are not necessarily bad, they just have different stances." Cheng Lin said calmly.
"Do you think so...Okay, but this incident still makes me very...sigh."
A hint of bitterness appeared on Liang Pi's face. When he first heard the news, he was filled with disbelief. Although he had heard about illegal casual cultivators many times in safety education classes, Liang Pi never thought that he would
There was something lurking next to him, which gave him a sense of absurdity, followed by emptiness and sadness.
"How much specific information do you know? For example, is he a member of the black organization?" Cheng Lin asked tentatively.
Liang Pi shook his head, "I don't know much, but our dean just mentioned that there is no problem with Xu Dong's file. At least, there was no problem before entering the college. I initially suspected that it was the last time he went out to explore the projection.
He was bribed or threatened by the black organization. The details are still under investigation, but it is probably like this. This is good news for the leaders. At the very least, it shows that there are no problems in the file review."
Is that so... He was bribed after entering the academy?... This speculation makes sense. Judging from Xu Dong's previous performance, he is obviously not a "professional" traitor, which is why he was so panicked after being discovered by Cheng Lin.
He was so confused that he made a mistake in his response later. Now, if Xu Dong was mature and professional enough, there would be no need for him to kill himself in the woods...
"Well, that's it." Cheng Lin nodded.
Liang Pi added: "But this can be considered a wake-up call for us. No, it is a wake-up call for all four of our departments. If nothing else happens, when the exploration is over, there will be more patriotism education in our respective colleges.
The proportion of classes in the curriculum should be increased again.”
Speaking of this, Liang Pi couldn't help but smile.
Cheng Lin also smiled knowingly.
Sun Xiao, Fu Zhongting and Xie Qingke, who were standing next to them, were confused. Only then could they help but interrupt and ask: "Cheng Lin, what kind of traitor? What kind of black organization? It feels like you have done something extraordinary.
ah."
Hmm... If this is considered "awesome", then what does my creation of projections mean?
Cheng Lin thought in his mind, thought for a while, and briefly described the process to them.
After hearing the whole incident, Sun Xiao, Fu Zhongting and Xie Qingke all felt their hearts sinking, and their originally bright moods suddenly became a little depressed.
These words were too unfamiliar to them. They had no idea that those dark struggles were happening silently around them. In fact, Cheng Lin had already participated in them and made great contributions...
Things that seemed far away at first are actually right in front of you.
Looking down at the small lapel uniforms on their bodies, the three of them suddenly felt that their shoulders were a lot heavier.
"Is this what a real little lapel needs to face? Not just exploring mysterious projections, mining resources, maintaining local security, those trivial things, but also facing the hostility of certain organizations."
The three of them were thinking, and suddenly felt a little nervous about their future after graduation.
But then, the eyes of several people became firm.
As one of the most outstanding colleges in the Ninth Academy, they are not afraid of danger, otherwise, they would not have applied to enter the projection.
If you want to be safe, wouldn't it be better to just go to class quietly like other students, and then graduate and find a city to enter the special agency system as a civilian employee?
But since they have chosen this path, they are not prepared to avoid those. At a high level, it is to protect social tranquility and peace. At a low level, this is also the price that must be paid to gain power and privileges. There is never anything in the world that only enjoys endless benefits.
A good thing to give.
"So, you have made a great contribution this time? Okay." Sun Xiao smiled and patted Cheng Lin on the shoulder.
"Cheng Lin secretly performed meritorious deeds. Alas, we can't be friends anymore. Next time you have such a good thing, remember to take us with you." Fu Zhongting joked.
Even Xie Qingke, who has always been cool and reserved, also smiled: "Well done."
What about "playing well"... Do you think you are rubbing the hearth stone...
Cheng Lin complained in his heart, but he was also happy that his friend could see it openly.
Now that you have chosen this path, if you are afraid, then you might as well be willing to be a salted fish... like Hua Bei.
Hmm... Speaking of Huabei... I don't know how she is doing now...
Cheng Lin was thinking about this, and suddenly he heard the crowd in front of him became restless. Some researchers in white coats suddenly stood up and entered the back mountain.
"What happened?"
"I heard that the chiefs discovered the source of the cloud and mist column in the back mountain, which was an ancient well. The most amazing thing is that there is a mysterious stone covered with patterns on the ancient well!"
"Stone? What is that?"
"I don't know. A team of experts is being convened here to conduct testing. Are you moving the instruments without even looking?"
A group of people discussed one after another.
"Ancient well? Stone? Let's take a walk and have a look together." Sun Xiao said hello.
Cheng Lin and others looked at each other, nodded and walked happily towards the back hill.
…
Back mountain.
Beautiful mountains, clear waters, and lush trees.
The back mountain shrouded in clouds and mist is like a fairyland, and the dark green pool exudes a refreshing atmosphere.
The minds of powerful people at the top of major departments and bureaus have been affected by this environment and atmosphere, and have become much more peaceful and calm.
"If nothing else happens, this is the formation eye that caused the cloud and mist, which can make the entire island invisible. This is a way of using spiritual energy that we are currently unable to know. Its system seems to be the same as the spiritual energy behind the last 'Icon' projection. Can scientific and technological civilization be different."
The chief of the Sixth Division looked at the clouds and mist rising into the sky in the lake and said.
The head of the 10th Division, Sun Sishou, had a rough and arrogant personality. He narrowed his eyes and said, "I don't understand these scientific things. I just want to know if the inheritance of Senior Cheng lies here!"
The Chief of the Second Division stood quietly in the center of several people, and the entire exploration was vaguely headed by him. He was a tall man with the same stature as Shen Shanjing. His aura was vague and misty, and he was also at this moment. Open your mouth and say:
"It should be here. This is the center of the entire island and the source of the clouds. If Senior Cheng really left the inheritance, then the most likely place is here. The question is, is it in the well or the stone? ?”
Shen Shanjing, who was standing nearby with a slight smile on his face, heard this and said: "I'm betting on a stone. By the way, do you really want the expert team to study? The conditions here are simple. With only the instruments carried by the expert team, I'm afraid I just can’t cope with it.”
"Oh? So what's Mr. Shen's advice?"
"Don't take your opinions seriously. Sometimes it's better to be direct about many things. How about I open the way?" Shen Shanjing said.
The heads of the three families looked at each other, pondered for two seconds, and then nodded.
Shen Shanjing laughed and jumped up. Instead of using the stepping stones in the lake, he flew across the lake and landed next to the ancient well.
Then he glanced at a few people on the shore, reached out and pressed down on the strange stone.
The next moment, everyone felt that the mountains and forests were shaking, the remaining clouds were rolling in the wind, the clouds and mist columns were swaying and circling, thousands of trees were rustling and shaking, and the spiritual energy of the huge valley was shaking!
The fairy stone on the well burst out with light reaching into the sky, became transparent, and a figure in white appeared in the stone!