[a]

(Sunday, December 23, 2012, afternoon;

Today is the Emperor's birthday. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Due to the fact that Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are in succession, the institute has a special holiday these days. Although there are still many researchers who continue to carry out their research work as usual, it is clear that Sora Akiyama is not included in this group. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he decided to go home to accompany his parents, and at the same time, he had a rare meeting with Nanamiya Tomoyin.

"Akiyama, don't you have winter vacation at university?"

Akiyama shook his head helplessly and said, "It's a vacation for college students, and it's impossible for the institute to have a holiday like that." Some research work needs to be followed up continuously, and even if it is a holiday, I am afraid that many people will still insist on going to work. Even with this short vacation, at least sixty percent of the people will still go to work at the institute. ”

"Oh, that's a lot of work. ”

"They don't necessarily think so. Sometimes, when the experiment is carried out, it is not uncommon to stay in the institute for several days at a time. ”

"By the way, do you have any plans for tomorrow?" Nanamiya winked at him.

"I haven't had it in the morning, but I'm going to try holographic projection equipment in the afternoon. What, does the Seven Houses have a plan?"

"Well, my plan is to go on an expedition to Qingtuba tomorrow!" said the other party with excitement on his face, "Can you take me with you in the afternoon?"

"Absolutely. Qingtu Dam...... The distance of tens of kilometers is not too far. Akiyama thought for a moment, "Anyway, is there anything there that can be talked about as 'exploration'?"

"Of course, Akiyama has ever heard of such a thing as a spillway?"

"Well, it's a channel to vent excess flooding beyond the capacity of the reservoir, right? What's wrong?"

"The water level has been low lately, and I'm going to go down and find out. Nanamiya Tomoin waved his small fist.

"Huh, are you sure?" Akiyama was taken aback, "That's not a normal place to go down!"

"Of course it's going down, otherwise how can it be called an expedition? Don't worry, I've made full preparations, and I've bought a safety rope or something. In ancient Greek mythology, there was a sea monster named Charybdis who devoured the flood, and in ancient Chinese legends, there was also a setting of the 'Returning Ruins Sea Eye', which may lead to another world...... It's exciting to think about!"

"Well, do your parents know about it?" The stakes were so high that Sora Akiyama had to confirm it once.

He said he was a rock climber when he was younger, and that was much more exciting than that. ”

Sure enough, it's Uncle Nanamiya's consistent style! This girl's personality is largely influenced by him, right?

Sora Akiyama didn't feel any real danger at all. Just kidding, he can still die in an accident, at most he can cheat a little bit with the ability to correct reality when something goes wrong.

"Will Uncle Qinomiya also go with him tomorrow?"

"Well, Dad will drive us there then. Nanamiya nodded.

[two]

(Monday, December 24, 2012 in the morning; Qingtuba)

The weather is pretty nice today, the sun is shining, and there is nothing more comfortable in winter. Sora Akiyama and Tomoon Nanamiya took the latter's father's car and traveled from home to Qingtuba in just over an hour.

Mr. Nanamiya's car was parked in a vacant lot on the side of the road. The mountains on both sides are covered with trees, the leaves are greenish-yellow, and the weeds on the roadside are dry and drooping.

Akiyama looked at the almost vertical slope and said in a deep voice, "This slope, even if it is assisted by a rope, it is difficult to come up after going down, right?"

"Don't worry, my uncle investigated before he came, and there is an iron ladder embedded in the wall of the hole that the maintenance personnel went down there, and you can go down from there. Ropes are more about ensuring safety. ”

"The scenery here is so open!" Nanamiya sighed as he stood on the edge of the dam and looked at the slender and dry river below.

This time they carried safety gear including harnesses, ropes and locks, which are commonly used in rock climbing. Nanamiya's father fastened the main rope to the iron ring on the edge of the dam hole, pulled it hard to confirm the reliability, and then motioned for them to prepare to go down. Sora Akiyama and Tomoon Nanamiya fastened their seat belts respectively, connected the locks and ropes in turn, and slowly climbed down the ladder.

Perhaps due to the dry weather, the walls and ladders are not very slippery. The ladder was rusty from years of soaking, and the gloves they prepared came in handy.

When I first hit the ground, the sunlight shone down along the hole above, and I could see the illuminated mottled walls. The ground in this location is fairly dry. Tomoon Nanamiya took out his phone here and took a few photos.

As we went deeper, the passage quickly darkened, and the ground began to feel slippery. The bright light of the exit can be seen not far away. Sora Akiyama and his party turned on their flashlights one after another and walked cautiously along the spillway. A faint smell of mud filled the air.

The passage was not very long, and it didn't take long for them to come to an end - the water outlet. Looking down from here, you can see the dry and bare riverbed downstream, with a trickle in between.

"Entering a dark tunnel under a clear blue sky and then reappearing in light feels like walking through a dark place. ”

The seventh house is still the second in the same place as always.

"Well, it reminds me of the sewers of the Undercity. ”

I didn't expect Uncle Nanamiya to be a loyal player of World of Warcraft.

"It's starting to get darker, and it seems like the clouds are obscuring the sun. Sora Akiyama pointed to the sky outside the water mouth, "The darkened passage has a deeper feeling. ……”

The three of them stopped for a while, then began to walk back. The process of going up was very smooth, the metal handles on the walls of the cave were so strong that they didn't have a chance to use the rope.

When Sora Akiyama returned home, it was just time for lunch.

[three]

(Monday, December 24, 2012, evening; Duplex apartment in Sora Akiyama)

Before the official transmission was completed, "Akiyama Sora" had already operated several exquisite online games with advanced mathematical logic knowledge that was ahead of its time and using artificial intelligence technology. The servers of the game are based on a virtual host rented on a cloud computing platform, and the carrier of artificial intelligence is in this apartment. A few months ago, Sora Akiyama had planned to move here, but chose to stay in the apartment he had rented because he was curious about Yuta Tomigashi and Yurokuka's secondary illness.

"Wow, when did Akiyama buy the apartment?" asked Nanamiya Tomoon curiously.

"A few months ago. I made a few games in my spare time, and these things needed a computer with strong enough performance, and I couldn't use the research institute's, so I just placed them here. ”

Sora Akiyama took out his phone and turned on the holographic projection device in the living room. Half a month ago, he transferred the imaging equipment at home to this apartment, plus the existing video equipment, which is enough to communicate with holograms. Du Mu's family has recently purchased such a set of equipment, and they have made an appointment to try it today.

Calculate the time, it was morning on Du Mu's side at this time.

"This is the hologram device, and I made an appointment with a friend in the United States to try it out. ”

"Eh, has the current technology reached this point?"

"There is still a gap with the technology in the movie, and it is far from being true. Akiyama replied, and then sent a message to inform Du Mu.

Even so, this is an astonishing progress, and this is inseparable from the covert manipulation of the [Galaxy Federation].

With the preparation on the other side of the ocean, Du Mu's figure appeared in the living room.

"Well, it's been a long time. ”

"Hehe, long time no see. Du Mu beckoned to him, "Qingyi and Xu Mingshan are also here." ”

"The bandwidth estimate is not enough, so turn the resolution down. ”

Nanamiya asked, "Do you speak Chinese?"

"Well, this guy doesn't speak Japanese, so you have to speak to him in English. But there's one who can speak Japanese later. ”

Not long after, the figures of Lu Qingyi and Xu Mingshan also appeared. The scene from the opposite room is then transmitted by several surveillance cameras and displayed on the wall as a background.

"Akiyama-kun, who's that guy next to you?

"Well, that's not it, it's a childhood sweetheart. Akiyama waved his hand and looked at the blushing Nanamiya, "Yo, look at this arrangement, are you planning to have a party over there?"

"Well, tomorrow is Christmas, and there will be classmates and friends coming to play at home. ”

"Are you going to sing K? I saw that there were microphones and stereos and things like that. ”

"No, it's just something that's already in the entertainment hall. But I can try it, I haven't used the equipment here yet. Du Mu looked at Xu Mingshan with a wicked smile, "I haven't seen you sing when everyone went out to play together in China, so now you have to try it, right?"

"Huh?me?" Xu Mingshan pointed to himself, "That, I don't usually listen to songs, and now I suddenly want to sing......"

"Try it, what are you afraid of. ”

"Well, okay. I want to think about it...... The song "You Are Not Really Happy" is enough. ”

"Cut, that's stingy. But how did you come up with the idea to sing this song?"

"Uh, what's this......" Xu Mingshan looked a little embarrassed, "Because this song is often played in Dad's car, I remember this song more familiarly." ”

"It really fits your personality!"

After a while, Du Mu adjusted the equipment, and the wall of the living room on Akiyama's side changed from the background of the entertainment hall to a karaoke screen. Although Nanamiya Tomoyin couldn't understand the above content, he also showed a very curious look.

As the prelude sounded, Xu Mingshan also began to sing.

"Crying in the crowd / You just want to be transparent colors

You'll never dream and/or hurt and/or beat again

You've already decided/You've decided

You quietly endure / tightly hold yesterday in / the heart of your fist / clench.

And the sweeter the memories / are / the more hurtful they are

The more dense and shallow knife cuts are left in the palm of the hand—"

In Akiyama's opinion, Xu Mingshan's singing skills are decent, not bad, but they can't talk about how good talent they are. But it's not bad to be able to sing like this for the first time.

"You're not really happy / Your smile is just the protective color you wear

You've decided not to hate / And you've decided not to love

Shut your soul in a shell locked forever –

This/the world/laughed/and you were gregarious/together/laughed.'

When survival is the rule / not / your choice

So you stumbled with tears in your eyes—

You're not really happy / Your smile is just a protective color you wear

You've decided not to hate / And you've decided not to love

Shut your soul in a shell locked forever –

You're not really happy / Your wounds never heal completely

I stand on your left side / But it's like across the galaxy

Do you really hold regrets until you are old / and then regret -

You're not really happy / Your smile is just a protective color you wear

You've decided not to hate / And you've decided not to love

Keep your soul in a shell that is locked forever

You're not really happy / Your wounds never heal completely

I stand on your left side / But it's like across the galaxy

Do you really hold regrets until you get old?

You deserve real pleasure / You should take off the protective color you wear

Why should you be punished for losing/losing it?

Can you just let all the grief end at this moment-

Coming alive again—"

After singing, Xu Mingshan asked a little nervously: "Is it okay, the first time?"

Akiyama Sora and Du Mu applauded in unison. Although Nanamiya didn't understand the lyrics, he applauded along with them.

"It's okay, Xu Mingshan!" Du Mu patted him on the shoulder.

The five of them then chatted for a while, and Nanamiya Tomoyin also talked to Lu Qingyi in Japanese. When parting, Du Mu mentioned that they planned to travel to Japan in August next year, and wanted to see the fireworks display that they had not seen last time.

"Yes, I'll see you then!"

"Well, I'll see you then!"

After saying goodbye to Du Mu and the others, Akiyama looked at the time, and it was already night.

"Well, Nanamiya, there are no ingredients prepared here, let's go out for dinner. ”

"Hmm!"