Volume 2 Hello, Xia Mi Chapter 148: The Dream of Exile (Part 3)
Although they sound like a bunch of losers, this group of people at least have one common advantage, that is, they are very good at using computers, including but not limited to programming and physical sense.
Some people say that those who don't understand electronic products in the new century are the illiterates of the new century. This statement is a bit rough, but the truth is there. People who are familiar with the Internet are usually not very old. They can open a web page in just a few seconds every day to learn about all the major events in the country and the family. They can also interject and say a few words about anything. Such people are generally called stupid netizens. They look like they are squatting there weaving the Internet 24 hours a day and don't have to go to work. The key is that they are damn rich. They either show off their figures or their gaming achievements.
The people here are probably the main group of stupid netizens, right? They are always online because they want to work. Programmers are more or less a high-paid profession for young people, so of course they are very rich.
Lu Mingfei zoomed in on the map on her phone and pinpointed the exact latitude and longitude. The landmark Chu Zihang gave was the location of the six-story building in front of them. It wasn't large but it could be considered an office park. Judging from the type of people coming off work, there were probably some e-commerce people in there, pushing piles of packaging boxes back and forth.
"Uncle, uncle! Can I ask you something?" She took out a box of cigarettes like a magician, quietly slipped to the security booth, and handed the box of hard currency in through the window.
"Looking for someone or catching a mistress?" The security uncle was very satisfied. He put away his cigarette and put on an attitude of talking in a clichéd manner, as if girls of this age often come here to make trouble. He has seen too many of them.
"Neither, I just want to ask if there has been an earthquake here?" Lu Mingfei looked flattering.
"What?" The security guard was a little dumbfounded.
"I'm a geology student, and I want to do some social research!" Lu Mingfei immediately gave herself a character, took out an empty notebook and pretended to doodle, "It's not the big earthquake you think it is, just a small shake that you can feel at ordinary times, or an unexplained explosion or collapse in the middle of the night, etc. It's mainly in your park."
"I thought so. This voice-over is like someone who is eager to see the world in chaos." The security guard was relieved. He shook his head and laughed as he thought about it. He clapped his hands, "What a coincidence, isn't it? It really happened!"
"Tell me about it?" Lu Mingfei asked quickly.
"It's the building next door, can you see it?" The security guard stuck his arm out of the window and pointed across the street. "Those over there are all doing e-commerce and selling snacks. An incident happened a few months ago, just like what you said. In the middle of the night, the alarm of the warehouse on the first floor suddenly went off, and half of the wall collapsed, as if it had been blown up by explosives. A group of security guards rushed in with batons to catch the thief, thinking that the thief was so bold that he would even use the trick of blowing up the wall instead of robbing a bank to steal snacks. In the end, the thief was not caught, but a huge rat was encountered. My goodness, they said that the tail illuminated by the flashlight was as thick as a human head! It ran very fast, and it disappeared in a flash after the light was shone on it. We couldn't find it, and the surveillance couldn't check it. Don't you think it's weird? Is there a rat ?"
"Maybe they were too sleepy in the middle of the night and mistook something like a steel pipe for a mouse's tail?" Lu Mingfei smiled.
"That's what I think. If the tail is as thick as a human's head, how big would this rat be? It can't run away no matter how hard it tries. With so many people around, there must be a few who see its true face. Unless, this rat can dig a hole in front of so many people!" The security guard slapped his thigh. It's rare to have someone to chat with while standing guard here. Usually, it's all about boring trivialities. At most, he would just read some gossip about the park. It's nice to have a sweet girl to talk to.
Digging a hole in front of so many people? It was really unintentional, but the listener took it seriously. Uncle probably didn't know that there was such a thing in the world that could disappear into the ground like the old land man, right? The earth element had a very high affinity for the earth and the king of the mountain. It sounded a bit like a mole that lived underground and dug holes, which was totally unlike the behavior of a creature like a dragon. But that didn't mean he couldn't do it. With the blessing of the Word Spirit, the earth was like a fish in water to him. If he was an incomplete dragon king, it would be quite safe to use this method to hide from others.
The only question is...why would the Dragon King attack a warehouse full of snacks? Was the e-commerce store owned by some half-blood Chinese? Did the Dragon King just roll a ball and overturn the factory because he was upset with him?
"Was anything important lost in the warehouse that night?" Lu Mingfei asked.
"What valuable things can a snack shop have?" To the security guard, important things are equal to valuable things. "It's nothing more than how much food is wasted! Candied fruits, dried fruits, small snacks, etc. The most lost things are potato chips. Bags of packaging are all crushed. People walk in and hear the crunching noises."
Lu Mingfei thought to herself that the King of the Earth and the Mountain loves to eat potato chips... If you think about it carefully, it makes sense to attack the snack warehouse just to eat potato chips! For a foodie, what else in the world could be more important than eating? No matter how deep the blood feud between a man and a dragon is, it can't outweigh the sadness of a rumbling stomach. Only when you are full and satisfied can you have the strength to trample a few people into meat patties, right?
The image of a round Bubble Dragon popped up in my mind. He doesn't need to rely on his claws to walk. He can just hold his arms in front of his chest and roll into a ball. How can he walk? Just roll. Don't you know that a round shape is the most labor-saving? Konoha's secret multiplication technique, the meat bomb tank! Lu Mingfei always felt that the King of the Earth and Mountains might be a dead fat pig like Akimichi Choji.
"Thank you, uncle. I'll go ask next door!" Lu Mingfei bowed politely and said goodbye. This dress, coupled with a smile that would make even Huaer fall for her, really increased her lethality to older people. Between cuteness and sexiness, of course, cuteness has the upper hand. Cuteness can become sexy in the future, but it's hard for those who are naturally sexy to pretend to be young and cute. That's why it's said that Loli has three advantages: a delicate body and a soft body that's easy to push down!
The street next door is like any other small shops in the industrial park, with grocery stores, restaurants and printing shops occupying half of the street. When getting off work at night, there are many people who plan to eat before going home. The 24-yuan buffet with two vegetarian and one meat dishes and unlimited rice is really a good deal. The smell of fried chicken wafts through the sign at the door of the store. Even Lu Mingfei, who is just a passerby, can't help feeling a little hungry. She really needs some rest after running all day. Her feet in her shoes are complaining.
She followed the crowd and ordered a standard set meal, then found a corner by herself. She placed the tablet computer in her bag on the table, and while eating, she marked the places she had visited that day, as well as the time, place, and process of what happened.
Stories are everywhere, just like the events that the uncle exaggerated. When nothing is happening, those things will quietly disappear from most people's memories, but if someone mentions them specifically, they will become indelible messages nailed in the memory, perfectly matching what you want to find.
This is a psychological effect. People always naturally imagine certain things as what they want. Lu Mingfei is very clear about this. She simply imagines that the protagonist of every piece of information she heard today is the King of the Earth and the Mountain. The sneak attack on the snack warehouse, the explosion in the women's toilet, and the collapse of the lingerie store are all attributed to the King of the Earth and the Mountain. When she returns, she will sort them out one by one with her senior brother. With the precise logical brain of a science student, she can always find the most correct answer among countless errors.
"Do you know the legend of the BJ subway?" At the table closest to Lu Mingfei, several IT guys wearing pain T-shirts were chatting nonsense. The guy in the lead had a picture of Toosaka Rin performing magic on his chest.
"What? A subway can create a legend?" The guys were obviously from other places, speaking Mandarin with various accents. The one who answered seemed to be from Henan, with Saber painted on his chest.
"You don't know, right? The bigger the city, the more likely it is to have such urban legends! Wuhan, Changsha, Hangzhou, Shanghai, wherever I've been, there's not a single place that's quiet and empty!" 'Tousaka Rin' picked up her chopsticks, looking very proud, "Legend has it that here, there were only two subway lines, the first line and the loop line, and every night after the last train was gone, an empty train would be sent to run the entire line, in order to send the ghosts disturbed by the construction and operation of the subway back to their resting place to rest."
"Nonsense! What do you think is going on underground?" The only boy who was not wearing a T-shirt said with disdain, wearing glasses, "Don't you see where the important subway lines pass through? It has been crowded for hundreds of years. Even if there were ghosts, they would be scattered by the popularity. How dare you come out to dance?"
"Seriously, my uncle is a subway driver, how could I lie to you?"
"Your uncle doesn't run the subway here. Haven't you heard that spirits are not allowed to appear after the founding of the country?"
A few boys laughed out loud. This is how casual conversation goes on at the dinner table. A group of good friends sit together and talk about everything. Each one is more mysterious than the other, as if they know everything. At this time, someone will jump out to spoil the fun. Then they will laugh and play around and clink glasses together.
"You are all telling old stories!" An old man at the next table took a sip of beer and sighed, with an unfathomable look on his face. "Old BJ knows it all. I'm telling you, it's not that mysterious. The first stop on the west side of Line 1 is Pingguoyuan, but the station number of Pingguoyuan is 103, followed by 104, 105, and 106. If you look back, you will find that there is no 101 and 102. In fact, there are two hidden subway stations past Pingguoyuan. 101 is Gaojing Station, and 102 is Fushouling. It's very desolate over there. If you hide at the terminal and don't get off, you can get there. Young people just like to make a fuss about this and exaggerate all kinds of nonsense."
"I know this. It was a military station during the Anti-Japanese War. You can still enter Fushouling, but you can't enter Gaojing Station. In fact, there are two more hidden stations, Heishitou Station and Sanjiadian Station. Going further west, there is an abandoned military base that extends all the way to Xishan. It is full of wreckage of old planes. The entire mountain is hollowed out and planes can take off directly from it. In the ravine next to it, there is a stronghold built by the Japanese army during the previous raid. You will know it if you take a look. It is a small blockhouse with a chimney on top and a locked iron door. You can still see machine gun muzzles and blast holes from the outside. There are also Japanese soldiers' corpses that have turned into skeletons inside, but their uniforms are still intact." 'Tousaka Rin' jumped out and said again.
"You talk as if you've seen it before. There used to be commuter buses running there, but now none of them are running. Can you get through there?" said Henan Saber.
"You can get in." The uncle shook his head and said, "But you have to bring a controller with you. After you get to the apple orchard, plug it into the third pillar from the west on the south side. Enter up, down, down, left, right, left, right, BABA, and you will get thirty lives to go in. But these thirty lives are not enough to fight. There are super elite monsters everywhere. Kel'Thuzad, Sylvanas, and Mal'Ganis are the small bosses respectively. The final boss is Deathwing Neltharion. I suggest that you get a large team of 25 people. The equipment requirements are not excessive. Just bring a high-level warlord's pig-driving stick, wear the coat of Grom'tor's friend's cousin's uncle, and wear the strongest wrist guard in history."
He is an uncle-like character who always talks about Contra and World of Warcraft. It seems that he was also a veteran game geek when he was young. Even after he got married and established a career, he would still secretly take out his game console that had been gathering dust for years and plug it into the TV to play when his wife is not at home. The characters made up of blocks are probably his beautiful youth that has passed away. Even Lu Mingfei could make up a lot of stories in her imagination when she heard them and couldn't help but smile.
"You're wrong. I know the right way."
The diners who were immersed in the boring conversation were suddenly stunned, because the sound came from the corner next to them. The golden-haired girl was eating slowly alone. She looked totally unlike someone who would eat in such a street shop in her gorgeous and exquisite Lolita military uniform. Her menu should be as exquisite as her straight face, with words like royal truffles with foie gras on it, but that pure British English was indeed coming from her seat.
"You need a subway card. Enter every subway station on Line 1 and the Circle Line once a day. Swipe the card each time, and you will see the card turn gold. Swipe it one last time and you will reach the hidden station." The blonde girl said, "It is indeed a land of the dead. You probably can't come back once you go there."
The game uncle doesn't understand English, and the domestic teaching level of the Haichui boys is only enough to understand simple things. They can't understand anything a little more complicated. But Lu Mingfei can. Although Kassel College implements Chinese education, she is exposed to American English every weekend when she goes to Chicago. After a year, her accent has gotten rid of the redundancy of Chinese English and has become very pure, and the same is true for her listening skills.
