Chapter 152: Start Working
Liu Xingquan was a little upset.
"Liu Xingquan! Liu Xingquan!!" "Class monitor, I'm calling you!" The classmate at the next table gently touched him.
Liu Xingquan came back to his senses and saw Teacher Li staring at him seriously. He stood up hurriedly and turned the page. "Ah, yes..."
His mind was blank and he had no idea what question Teacher Li was asking.
(The second sub-question of the sixth question on page 78.)
A voice appeared in his mind, and he quickly turned to page 78, glanced at the question, organized his thoughts, and said the answer.
But Teacher Li did not seem satisfied. He nodded and motioned Liu Xingquan to sit down, adding: "Don't be distracted during class."
Liu Xingquan's face flushed. Some students behind him were whispering, "Look, our monitor is actually absent-minded in class..."
I'm not a robot, Liu Xingquan thought to himself.
In the next class, he was touched by the classmate next to him again, "Monitor, monitor! The teacher is asking you a question!!"
Liu Xingquan raised his head and Teacher Feng looked at him helplessly.
(The third question on page 92 of the book on your right) The same voice echoed in his mind again. He opened the book, stood up and answered the question.
After they sat down, the class began to buzz with discussion again. Liu Xingquan lowered his head. The voice in his mind just now sounded very much like Yan Zhen's voice. Was he distracted and hallucinating?
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"Liu Xingquan." Liu Xingquan raised his head and saw Yan Zhenzhen standing beside him. "get out of class is over. It's time to go home."
"Ah? Oh." Liu Xingquan said blankly, "Is the get out of class over already?"
"Yes."
"I have to be on duty today, so I will leave late," said Liu Xingquan.
"Oh." Yan Zhen looked at him, "What's wrong with you recently? Are you troubled by something?"
Liu Xingquan looked at his friend, thought for a moment and said, "I think Cui Mingzhi looks more upset than I am."
Yan Zhen smiled: "You are right."
"I'm really fine, don't worry about me." Liu Xingquan put the books on the desk into his schoolbag one by one.
"Are you really okay?"
Liu Xingquan smiled and said, "I'm really fine. I'm just worried about other people."
"Who is it?"
"A friend."
"friend?"
Liu Xingquan's eyes fell on the glass bottle in his schoolbag. He pondered for a while and said, "I haven't figured out what's going on yet. But I'll tell you in a couple of days."
"What? You're so mysterious."
"Well, I'll tell you in two days." Liu Xingquan said.
"Okay, I'll be leaving first then."
"Well, bye."
Yan Zhen waved to him and disappeared at the classroom door.
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All the students in the classroom have left.
Liu Xingquan took out a glass bottle from his schoolbag and whispered, "Where did your letter come from? Do you really exist?"
He received another letter from his pen pal yesterday. But unlike the previous times, this time the letter in the bottle came suddenly and strangely.
He had not finished writing the last reply, so Liu Xingquan did not send the glass bottle back to school but kept it at home. Yesterday, when he picked up the glass bottle and was about to put the reply in it, he unexpectedly found that the letter in the glass bottle had been updated. His pen pal had sent a new letter.
But I left the glass bottle at home since I received the last letter.
The handwriting and tone of the new letter in the bottle were exactly the same as before. Liu Xingquan was sure that it was from his pen pal. But why did the bottle at home receive a reply? He was confused. In his mind, his pen pal should be a student or teacher of the Fourth Middle School. He put the bottle back in the bushes under the laboratory building, and then the unknown student or teacher put a new novel series in the bottle. This was the tacit understanding between him and the mysterious pen pal.
But now, the message in the bottle left at home is automatically updated.
This makes absolutely no sense.
He and his pen pal didn't know each other's identities, and it was even more impossible for the pen pal to run to his house and replace the letter in the bottle in the drawer.
He and his mother were the only ones at home. Was his mother playing a prank on him?
Liu Xingquan immediately rejected this idea. His mother was so busy running the store that she didn't have time to play a trick on him. Moreover, the reply in the bottle was obviously from the pen pal himself.
Could it be that his bottle can automatically update the incoming letters?
When this thought popped into Liu Xingquan's mind, he quickly realized another thing. If his bottle could automatically update the incoming letters, then who was the writer?
He recalled his pen pal's original description of the bottle - "Most drifting bottles will be thrown onto desolate uninhabited planets or caught up in void storms" and "I never thought that drifting bottles could be received by anyone."
Could it be, could it be that this really is a letter from outer space?
After realizing this, Liu Xingquan's heart pounded. He was excited and uneasy. Students of this age are full of curiosity and fantasy about all unrealistic and fantastic events, and Liu Xingquan, a model student, is no exception. Interstellar, UFOs, aliens from distant stars, mysterious drifting bottles, every element can make him excited and unable to sleep at night. But after the initial excitement, his mood immediately dropped when he thought of the content of the letter.
If, if what his pen pal wrote was true——
The situation he was in was really bad...
Liu Xingquan pulled out the letter from the bottle again. In fact, he had read the contents of the letter several times, but he still wanted to find some flaws in the letter to try to prove that it was just a fictitious prank . At this moment, he hoped that his pen pal was an alien as described in the letter, but also hoped that the contents of the letter were false.
Dear Xingquan:
【“Good morning everyone… Today is also a day full of energy!】
【Work hard for your dreams! 】
【Every moment you work is for your happy future...】
[Do you want to have a good partner? Do you want to achieve a bright future for your offspring? ]
【Join your fellow workers and cheer for them...】
[I am your good friend Ajin, let’s start a new day of working hard for the company together...]
【Amid the joyful broadcast, I started my work again today. 】
[Although I have never met this announcer, Jin, I think every employee in the company has engraved his frivolous voice into their brains. It comes several times a day, and it is hard not to remember it. To be honest, if he dared to appear in front of me and talk to me in this tone, I would definitely punch him hard in the face.]
[Aesa is a very mysterious planet. The mine where we work is in a mountain range that towers into the clouds. This mountain is completely different from the natural mountains I know. Its shape is regular and strange, and it is definitely not created by nature. There is no grass on the mountain. We can't see any traces of any living creatures, not even the smallest weeds. Lianna said that the mountains in her hometown are covered with dense forests, and even in the barren mountains, there are tiny creatures living on them. She said this mountain is very strange.]
【She was telling the truth.】
[In this mining area, it is basically impossible to use intelligent mechanical equipment. There is a mysterious force field barrier in the mountains, which disrupts the electric current magnetic field and other equipment such as heat and light energy, causing most of the automated equipment we are accustomed to to be unusable after entering. Robots are directly paralyzed as soon as they arrive nearby. Therefore, the company can only use the most primitive method and rely on the manpower of our employees to mine. ]
[After entering the mine, we found that Uncle Toye had arrived earlier than any of us. He was a Gnus man, with a tired face, but his bulging eyes looked very excited.]
[“Uncle Toye, you’re here so early.”]
[Uncle Toye didn't even turn his head, but just waved his shovel and worked. ]
[Lianna stared at the equipment on the ground and said, "He didn't go back last night."]
【"What?"】
[“His backpack was like this on the floor when I left last night, and it’s exactly the same now.”]
[Hearing this, Tita and I were shocked , "Uncle Toye! You're going to wear yourself out like this!"]
[But Uncle Toye didn't answer us. He just kept working hard, as if even talking to us was a waste of his time. We didn't say anything more and went into the venue to get ready to work. As I passed him, I heard Uncle Toye muttering in a low voice: "Performance, performance, work harder..."]
[It was damp and cold inside the mine, as if something cold had penetrated into the mountain from underground. Even wearing the cold weather clothing provided by the company, we couldn't help shivering. Due to the company's confidentiality agreement, I can't describe what we were digging for. In my opinion, this magnificent mountain may be the legacy of an ancient civilization.]
【During the excavation process, we often found smooth walls and stones with delicate geometric patterns and lines engraved on them. Such heraldic patterns appeared repeatedly. Even senior company employees could not explain what race or ancient civilization this heraldry came from. It is very beautiful and mysterious. Every time I see this pattern, I can't help but be attracted to it. When I think of the ancient civilization that forged such great mountains with supernatural power, it is now just a relic buried in the rocks and soil, my heart will throb from time to time. It seems immortal, but in the eyes of the galaxy, extinction is only a moment. 】
【While working, we all kept silent. It was not until the timer sounded that I realized that I had already worked for most of the day. Hungry, Titta and I took out today's lunch from our backpacks. After entering the mining area, there was no time to go back to the canteen for lunch. We ate a kind of compressed dry food called Jiaozi, which looked like a small yellow triangular block, only one-tenth the size of a palm. Put the Jiaozi in a small bowl and pour a little water on it, and the Jiaozi will immediately expand into a soft cake as big as a palm. It tastes a little sweet. Lianna contributed her tea, which was made from a kind of dried leaf fragments with a special aroma that she brought from her hometown. For us who had just finished work, this tea was no less sweet than mellow wine.】
[Just when we were enjoying our lunch break, a low cry suddenly came from the side. ]
[It was a young Homo sapiens crying. He was very young and looked like he was not even an adult. Even though he was crying, he did not stop digging.]
"Hey, don't you want to take a break?" I shouted to the boy.
[The boy shook his head, "I don't have enough work." He wiped away his tears with his hands, "You are the newcomers."]
[“Yes, we are all.” I introduced myself, Tita, Xiong Shi, and Lianna to the boy.]
[An expression similar to pity appeared on the boy's face. "The supervisor will tell you tonight. You will know then."]
