Chapter Eighty-Six: Above the Dome
At this moment, a medium-headed, handsome-looking man walked over quickly and asked with a formulaic smile, "Is this a guest who has come to see the ice cellar?" Tetsuki-hime just informed me, I'm sorry to be a little late. β
Luo Lan nodded dumbly - even if he was experienced in a hundred battles, it didn't mean that he could accept such a terrifying thing! There are actually people in this warehouse ice cellar that has been closed for I don't know how many eras!
The man opened his mouth and laughed, with a gentle smile: "Hello, I am one of the people in charge of the ice cellar, my name is Duanmu Xuan, welcome to visit the ice cellar." Is there anything I need to serve? β
"Here...... Why would anyone?! Luo Lan couldn't help but ask in a shriek, this was really beyond his imagination, could it be that time stood still here? Otherwise, how could there still be people!
Duanmu Xuan laughed: "It looks like our experiment is still very successful!" β
"Huh?"
"Actually, there are no humans in the ice cellar!" Duanmu Xuan shrugged his shoulders and said, "Since Hui Yueji let you down, then Your Excellency's authority must be the same super-level as Marshal Cai Wenjun, please come with me, it is about the orders of Lord Marshal, I can't call the shots." β
Luo Lan glanced at Duanmu Xuan suspiciously, "I don't believe what you said, just because there are people in the ice cellar makes me feel very suspicious, Marshal Cai Wenjun's notes don't say that there is such a thing." β
Duanmu Xuan sighed softly, "Whether Your Excellency believes it or not, come with me now!" We're in the spotlight. β
Only then did Luo Lan realize that he didn't know when the people walking around had stopped, looking at Luo Lan like monkeys, but fortunately, these people were considered highly qualified and highly educated and did not point a finger at him.
Roland's face was slightly gloomy, and he said in his heart, even if this place is very suspicious, but there seems to be no other way, if he leaves the ice cellar like this and finds nothing, it is not his wish, if he does not enter the tiger's den, he will not lose anything by going with this guy.
Only then did he reluctantly nod his head and said, "Then talk while walking, I want to listen to your explanation." β
Duanmu Xuan had already guessed that he would have this reaction, and immediately showed a friendly smile and said, "Your Excellency, go this way." Okay, everyone, this is our director's guest, don't surround it, let's go first. β
The last sentence was said to the people around him, Duanmu Xuan seemed to be very prestigious, and the people around obediently got out of the way, but someone asked: "Mr. Duanmu, who is this Excellency!" β
Luo Lan was about to speak, but Duanmu Xuan took over the conversation, "This is Lord Marshal's cronies, who came to see us on behalf of Lord Marshal, okay, okay, we have to go down to business first!" β
People immediately showed a fanatical expression, like fans who saw idols, eager to come over one by one to ask for an autograph or something, but fortunately they all restrained themselves, but they still paid attention to Luo Lan and watched him and Duanmuxuan walk to the stairs around the corner.
Fortunately, the people on the second floor didn't know what was going on, so Luo Lan finally asked for that kind of infiltrating gaze.
Although he wanted to refute Duanmuxuan's words just now - he had nothing to do with Marshal Cai Wenjun, but Duanmuxuan was not allowed to speak, and if he insisted on saying it, Luo Lan didn't seem to be wrong to say that it was Cai Wenjun's cronies.
It's just that now he can ask what is going on: "Hey, what the hell is going on?" Why do you say that I am a close confidant of Marshal Cai Wenjun? And what the hell is going on with you? What does it mean that there is no one in the ice cellar? What are you without people? β
"Your Excellency has a lot of questions! Where should I answer? Duanmu Xuan smiled at Luo Lan and said, "There is indeed no one in the ice cellar, because we are all already dead. β
"What?!" Luo Lan never expected to get such an answer - he thought that Duanmu Xuan would tell him that it was all artificial intelligence and the like, but hearing such an answer made him suddenly feel creepy.
Duanmu Xuan didn't notice Luo Lan's discomfort, and continued: "I don't bother to say the specific situation, the child is not a long story." As for pulling out the marshal's ......" Duanmu Xuan smiled bitterly and said, "Anyway, the marshal hasn't come to see us for a long time, so it's good to give them a thought." β
Luo Lan was shocked: "What did you say?!" He's not dead yet?! β
Duanmu Xuan smiled: "At least a hundred years ago, he was still alive. β
Luo Lan felt that his brain was completely insufficient, Duanmu Xuan answered two questions but gave him more questions, what is going on in this world? Luo Lan already felt that she was completely confused, like falling into a fog.
He was about to ask, but Duanmu Xuan had already become serious, and he stopped in front of the door at the end of the corridor as if he was reluctant to speak.
"This is it. The director of our institute will tell you everything you want to know. Duanmu Xuan said.
Luo Lan noddedβhe had already come here, and it would be too inconsistent with his military qualities to run away again. And even if he cried and shouted, "Mom, I'm going home," it didn't seem to be much of a use.
Duanmu Xuan knocked on the door, "Director, there is a guest visiting." β
"Please come in!"
Duanmu Xuan opened the door and motioned for Luo Lan to go in by himself.
Luo Lan suppressed the discomfort and weird feeling in her heart, straightened her clothes, and strode in.
It was a very well-lit room, with a transparent ceiling and a window, and in the middle of the room was a desk, behind which was a row of bookshelves against the wall facing the door, and in front of the bookshelves stood an old man in a white doctor's coat and a black suit, who was looking back and smiling at him in a friendly manner.
"Hello, young man, I am the director here, Qiao Fengbai, welcome to the ice cellar."
The old man smiled slightly, the whole space seemed to light up, obviously underground, the bright sunlight was shining through his feet and outside the window, and the sky and white clouds were slowly drifting by, and the whole room seemed to be located above the dome!
Luo Lan glanced at his feet, guessed that it was probably just projection technology, and was not particularly surprised, after taking a second look, he no longer cared, looked at the old man, and asked, "Is this really an ice cellar?" β
He came here by the space elevator and had a very strange sense of disobedience, although in this world that seems normal but actually transcends common sense, this strange feeling is not brought by these people here, but the space itself.
Or rather, when he entered this warehouse, he felt too weird.
Whether it was the huge forest or the guardian lion in front of the Xuanyuan Palace, as well as the stupid book title notes in the Lanyue Tower, and this weird ice cellar, they all made him feel creepy from the bottom of his heart.
Qiao Fengbai put the book in his hand back on the shelf, walked to the table and sat down, and said, "Please sit down, Your Excellency." Can you tell me your name? β
"Luo Lan."
"Your Excellency Luo Lan, hello, this is indeed an ice cellar, although Hui Yueji is not a real artificial intelligence, but her loyalty to humans is undoubted, since she has given you the highest level of permission, then you don't have to worry about you being deceived."
Luo Lan nodded-the old man was right, Hui Yueji would not lie to him or harm him, but it was precisely because Hui Yueji did not have the ability to judge and think that he could not deal with the variables that appeared here, so he was in danger in the warehouse, and as a storekeeper, he did not have the ability to rescue him.
Qiao Fengbai didn't give Luo Lan a chance to speak, poured a cup of tea, and said to himself: "I know you have a lot of questions, I will explain them to you slowly here." But now I want to ask. Your Excellency, what did Cai Wenjun send you to do? β
Luo Lan keenly sensed the hostility in the other party's words, and the suspicion in the old man's eyes was undisguised, and it seemed that he had regarded Luo Lan as an enemy.
Luo Lan felt as if she had caught something, so with that hint of inspiration, she sat on the sofa leisurely, and also picked up the hot tea on the coffee table: "Can I drink it?" β
"Your Excellency, please take care of yourself, this is for you."
Luo Lan took a sip of tea and secretly praised this tea before he spoke: "I heard the marshal say, 'The Strongest Human Project'." β
Qiao Fengbai's face changed, and he looked at Luo Lan in shock: "That madman, did you really tell this matter?!" β