After opening the door and walking out from the lobby of Pier A-17, there is a long walkway. The surface of the walkway is composed of countless fine pebbles and is coated with a layer of beige paint; except for some unevenness when walking on it
, it also makes people worry that the stones under their feet will slip, causing people to fall from a height of several hundred meters - after all, there are no protective measures on both sides of this extended walkway. When you look down, you will see pedestrians under your feet.
Like a colony of ants, slowly and blackly flowing on the ground.
Looking into the distance from this height, you can just see the waists of the buildings in the cyber area; the gray-black buildings, with the little lights coming from the windows, are still extending upward in the night, extending...as if there is no
It seemed like the end. When Lin Sanjiu looked at them, she couldn't help but wonder what the people living on the top floor were going to do.
There were two rows of indicator lights embedded on the ground on both sides of the walkway. The small white light spots stretched out and disappeared a hundred meters away, as if they were swallowed up by the huge black shadow at the end of the walkway——
This giant beast suspended in mid-air was the spaceship she was about to board this time. Lin Sanjiu stopped, took half a step back, tilted her head and looked at the "spaceship" carefully.
——For a person from the earth, this "ship", like most of the man-made buildings on the Red Nautilus, is beyond her imagination. If she hadn't known what this thing was in advance, I'm afraid Lin Sanjiu wouldn't have known it.
It will be associated with transportation.
Looking at it from a distance, the steel platform in the distance was probably at least several thousand square meters. It was as if someone had dug up a square and placed it in the air... Just as she thought of this, she suddenly heard something behind her.
There were slight footsteps not far away, and before the person behind him could say anything to urge him, he hurriedly walked towards the spacecraft at a faster pace.
The aisle is too narrow for two passengers to walk side by side.
Like walking on a balance beam high in the sky, Lin Sanjiu quickly reached the bottom of the steel platform without squinting.
She didn't know where the main body of the spacecraft was or what it looked like, but apart from the vast flat plate above its head, there was only this huge "box" hanging under its belly - sealed by layers of steel plates.
When looking at the "box" from a close distance, you can't even see the end of it; two of the steel plates are staggered by a certain distance. A pale light shines from inside. She just walked to the door. Inside was a tired, wearing
The young man in work clothes didn't even raise his eyes and shouted at her footsteps: "... Area R on the right is the open space with the door open. Find a place to sit by yourself."
Lin Sanjiu deliberately made herself look like an experienced passenger and got in without saying a word - but her bone wings naturally caused her a little trouble; when she bent over and walked by,
The row of sharp blades at the end of the bone wing was not controlled properly and almost cut the young man's face in half - but at least it got in without any blood.
The young man looked at her back with a pale face for a while. Then he suddenly remembered something and shouted: "Be careful, you will have to pay for any damage to our goods!"
At this time, Lin Sanjiu had already reached the door of Area R. When she heard this, she sighed silently.
"Who told you to only buy the cheapest ticket?" After a while, Teacher Yi muttered.
——After secretly cursing her bone wings again, she squeezed them tightly behind her back and carefully squeezed into the narrow door of Area R. On both sides of Area R, there were rows of iron boxes as big as warehouses.
They filled every inch of the space and were piled up to the ceiling; only the fluorescent lamp above the aisle was still shining light downwards reluctantly.
Sometimes when the cargo ship is full, if there happens to be some empty space, some passenger tickets will be sold at half the price of ordinary passenger ships - but there is no water or seats, and sometimes you can't even stretch your legs.
He opened it and had to squeeze in with the cargo boxes - Lin Sanjiu suddenly felt a little aggrieved when he remembered that he was pleasantly surprised when he saw the ticket.
Area R seems to be only twenty or thirty square meters in size at most, which is pitifully small compared to the size of this spaceship. Even such a small amount of time is not wasted, and Lin Sanjiu doesn't know whether she should feel lucky.
It was her luck. When she walked in, there were already four or five people sitting in the corner - of course, after seeing her bone wings, almost everyone showed an unwelcome look on their face.
.
... She still shamelessly found a place and stood with her arms folded. Perhaps it was because Lin Sanjiu looked really fierce when she had a cold face and no expression, so even though she occupied a large space, she didn't have any space in the end.
What people say.
The footsteps walking behind her just now, with the same weight and frequency, also came to the door of Area R; a young woman poked her head through the narrow entrance. Lin Sanjiu subconsciously looked up and was startled.
A jump - but a low cry was frozen before it could rush out of her throat, and was immediately swallowed alive. She watched the woman walk in in surprise, looked around, and sat down opposite her
.
When he first glanced at her, Lin Sanjiu almost thought this person was Sajie.
But upon closer inspection, this woman is completely different from Sajie - whether it is hair color, facial features, or height and body shape, they are obviously two different people; the reason why they almost admit the mistake is because this woman also has a pair of black
The eyes are almost bursting out, and the thick scarf around the neck.
As if she noticed Lin Sanjiu's gaze, the strange woman slightly raised her lips at her.
Although his heart was ups and downs, Lin Sanjiu remained motionless on the surface and turned his head expressionlessly.
It was impossible to sell many tickets in a space of twenty or thirty square meters; after the tenth person walked into Area R, the young man who was constantly tired followed him to the door.
"Everyone, listen carefully. This flight will take five days. You will disembark at Hubble Port and transfer to another spacecraft." He held the door with one hand and said absently, "...just keep walking along the aisle towards that end.
It's the bathroom. Before takeoff, the entrance you enter will be locked. Although you can move around in the aisle, it's best to stay in Area R... Hey, it doesn't matter, you can't enter these container areas anyway.
Come on. Don't touch our things casually, and don't fight, otherwise someone will be responsible for throwing them out for you."
He didn't bother to look at everyone's reactions. As soon as he said the last word, he turned around and left. After a while, the "click" of steel pulleys and locks came from the direction they came from.
The ten strangers stayed as close as possible to each other in the cramped space and fell into silence.
The silence was soon submerged in the slight roar of the spacecraft when it started up - this sturdy-looking iron guy turned around and felt very unstable when he took off, and the steel hull around him buzzed and shook for a while.
When the trajectory of the spacecraft finally smoothed out, several passengers each found a more comfortable position. They sat or lay down. A middle-aged woman with brown hair walked past Lin Sanjiu, exited Area R, and walked out.
Entered the corridor.
It was only then that she had time to raise her doubts to Teacher Yi.
"...Was I dreaming at that time? Or was it a hallucination?" Even now, when she recalls the real world, she still feels dazed for a while. "It's too realistic, no, I should say that if there weren't those suspicious things, it's completely
It’s another layer of reality… In comparison, this bizarre spaceship, the Red Nautilus, etc. is more like a dream.”
"I can't say..." Teacher Yi said, "This is also the first time I have seen such a thing. But the beautiful red eyes and blue banknotes you saw at that time were actually my doing. I can't tell you.
Even if I wake you up, I can’t reach you. I have to create some images and instill them into you... If not, I guess you are still in the world of your hometown, living an ordinary life day after day."
Lin Sanjiu was shocked and couldn't help but trembled - "No wonder! The other people were completely trapped in that layer of hallucinations and couldn't even wake up..."
If it hadn't been for Teacher Yi, I'm afraid that a few months later, she would be lying in a pile of people with the same dying appearance.
"Then how did you realize something was wrong?" She asked in her mind. On the surface, she was still as calm as water, as if she was closing her eyes to rest, without showing any sign that she was talking to anyone.
"I should say you are lucky." Teacher Yi's voice became a little more relaxed, "Those white smoke made you dream about the world in your hometown, which is perfectly normal for you; so I was confused at first.
, thinking that I am you, living in your body... But soon I discovered that you and I are two different consciousnesses, and you seem to be completely unaware of my existence - it is precisely because I woke up first
, only then did I realize that your condition was abnormal."
Although it was a bit confusing, Lin Sanjiu had experienced the horrifyingly realistic reality firsthand, and she quickly understood it - at the same time, she couldn't help but feel a little scared.
"Indeed, if what I dream about is not my hometown, but a part of the apocalyptic world... fighting, surviving, looking for a visa, etc... then I'm afraid neither of us will realize what's wrong, and then I really won't be able to sleep.
——”
This sentence was choked by her, and a thought that followed hit her like an electric shock.
Her face gradually turned pale.
"You don't mean..." Teacher Yi stammered.
"Was I really sober before I dreamed about my hometown?" Lin Sanjiu said softly in her heart - more like forcing her to find the answer on her own. (To be continued)
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