On a map of the United States, California and New Mexico are both in the southwest, separated by only one Arizona, but it is more than a thousand kilometers to travel more than 1,000 kilometers from Orlando, where the University of California is located, to Albuquerque, the largest city in New Mexico. Lynn and the three of them wanted to charter a four-person box on the train, and it would be more than a dozen dollars to buy an extra ticket, and it was really cost-effective to be able to settle quietly, but people were not as good as the sky, but this train was overcrowded, and they almost didn't even buy a box ticket, and they didn't want to wait one more day, so they made do with buying tickets to get on the train, and they were tinkering with people to change seats, and the three of them finally sat in a box.

The person who shared the box with Lynn was a kind-looking young man, with slightly brown blonde hair combed into three or seven points, a short-sleeved shirt on top, a pair of loose jeans underneath, and a shoulder strap hanging from his shoulders, except that he was not handsome enough, he was quite similar to Leonardo's appearance in "Titanic".

Because of their poor English, Tanze and Titchmel didn't talk much after getting on the bus, but Lynn, who was dressed as a son, ran around to exchange tickets, and after booking a seat, Lynn and the man named Thor. The American youth of Parmarote talked to him about the situation. Coincidentally, 20-year-old Parmarot is also a student at the University of California, studying applied mathematics and living in Roslunas, New Mexico. Although the summer vacation started in June, Pamarot stayed at the school for an extra month to help his mentor with a project, and only now has he embarked on a vacation home.

Although applied mathematics and her goal, molecular physics, are completely different subjects, Lynn is unfamiliar with the place when she first arrives in the United States, and Lynn quickly decides to establish a good relationship with this unsuspecting young American.

"Carter. Holm is an exchange scholar recommended from the National University of La Plata in Argentina, specializing in molecular physics. Lynn introduced herself fluently in English, and then introduced him to Techmel, who played the role of his servant, and Tanze, who played the role of Communication Scholar No. 2.

"Fortunately, I will be lucky!" Pamarote shook everyone's hands amicably, and then naturally asked, "Are you going to New Mexico for a tour right now?" ”

"Sort of!" Lynn smiled kindly, "If it's convenient, I hope you can give us some guidance on the route and attractions of the tour." ”

"Okay!" "I have some personal business to do in early July, and if you can stay until the second half of July, I can lead you around my hometown." ”

Because of the temporary adjustment of the plan, Lynn is now taking one step at a time, and he is not sure about the time arrangement, so he neither refuses nor accepts it, he flips through the national travel brochure he bought in Boston, finds the page in New Mexico, and asks: "I heard that the desert scenery here is spectacular?" Is it mainly in the mid-state region? ”

"That's right, the central and southwestern parts are deserts. In fact, deserts, red rock cliffs, and Native American culture are among the three major characteristics of New Mexico, and many famous movies have been filmed here. Our state is not only very developed in traditional agriculture, but also very rich in minerals, with large reserves of coal, copper, molybdenum, potassium carbonate and so on. ”

"I heard that there are uranium mines with a caste?" Lynn asked tentatively.

"Uranium?" Pamarot tilted his head and thought for a moment, "I think I've heard of it." ”

Lynn explained: "Uranium is a very common radioactive material in molecular physics, and my mentor specializes in this direction. ”

"Oh!" Parmaro nodded in understanding, apparently because of his profession, he didn't say anything more, and he couldn't say anything.

"People say that the best way to see the nature of a place is to go through the area, and the fastest way is to take a flyer, and although I always like to go the first way, this time we still have a lot of places to go, so ...... By the way, Saul, did you know that there are companies that offer tourist flight services? ”

"Did you say airlines?" "Ordinary airlines can rent planes, but they are very expensive, so it's best to find a smaller airline or private jet, but I don't know anyone who does that." ”

"That's a shame." Lynn returned to the atlas, for the convenience of travelers, the map page was marked with different colors, the yellow desert occupies a small area of the State of Mexico, which is almost 100,000 square kilometers, not to mention hiking, even if it takes a long time to go around by car.

Pamarot buried his head in reading for a while, and suddenly raised his head and said to Lynn: "Ah, I remember, although it is expensive to rent a plane, there are also hot air balloons!" I have a playmate who used to play hot air balloons with his dad when he was a kid, and some of the rich people in the city would rent their hot air balloons to go on desert adventures when they had nothing to do, but I heard that they were going to move their family to San Francisco, and I don't know what the situation is now. ”

Listening to this guy say two words, Lynn's mood was like riding a roller coaster, hoping to go up all at once, and said that the person may have moved away. Fortunately, the battlefield had sharpened his endurance, and when Pamarot finished speaking, Lynn asked back, "He is also in your hometown of Roslunas?" ”

"Our family lives in the north of the city, and their family lives in the suburbs of the north of the city." Pamarot replied casually.

Lynn looked down on the map of New Mexico, and fortunately, the city that Pamarot said was just south of Albuquerque, which was basically in the desert area.

"If that's the case...... I think we can adjust our itinerary and go to Roslunas first, which must be a beautiful city. ”

"Oh? It's true? Pamarote looked pleasantly surprised, happy that he had more of his peers on the trip, and surprised that these people from Argentina had come all the way to his hometown, and as for whether he had any other ideas, Lynn didn't see it for the time being.

With the strength of the rich son, Lynn could have invited the three people in the box to eat and drink spicy food at every meal, but during the conversation, he keenly felt that Parmarot was a person with strong self-esteem, and the family conditions were very ordinary, so he deliberately avoided showing off his wealth in front of this new friend, and ate dry bread with them at every meal, and only bought a bottle of beer for everyone for dinner, chatting and drinking happily with the sun, warm breeze and the scenery on both sides of the railway line. With these simple and small means, Lynn successfully won the favor of Pamarote during this short trip. After arriving in Albuquerki, they directly bought tickets to transfer to Roslunas, which was only about 30 kilometers apart, and it took more than 20 minutes by train.

Despite its population of tens of thousands, Lynn saw Roslunas as a small place between a city and a town that was not as large and dense as Wartime Oranienburg. The atmosphere here is very peaceful and calm, and the characteristics of the era and region are the coexistence of cars, trains, carriages and riders, especially at dusk, which is very reminiscent of scenes from Westerns.

When he arrived at his own territory, Pamarot immediately showed the enthusiasm of the Americans, how could the guests stay in the inn, he waved his hand, and directly beckoned a carriage to take Lynn and them to his home. It was a typical family of four, with a mother in a dress and a handkerchief as a headscarf, a kind and skilled cook, a father in a cowboy hat and big jeans, a strong and loud voice, and a young sister in her prime, who was innocent and smiling shyly, despite the small freckles on her face.

The hospitality of the American family did move Lynn a little, but that weak heart had been tempered incomparably strong in the war, the alcohol did not anesthetize his consciousness, and the comfortable bed did not weaken his fighting spirit, and he looked at the road ahead soberly. Get up before dawn to exercise, hundreds of push-ups, half an hour of curly squatting, and stick to the necessary amount of exercise without making noise, and strive to restore the physical condition that has declined during the long voyage to the optimal level as soon as possible.

At breakfast, Lynn was very careful to "pick up" the hot air balloon very skillfully, and this time before Pamarot could speak, his father said angrily: "The Hughes family's hot air balloon has long been bought by the military, and there have been no balloons, planes, etc., here for more than two years, and even the flights taking off and landing in Santa Fita and Albuquerque have been reduced, and I heard that they have all changed routes." ”

Regret is a regret, but if we think about it carefully, we can show that the US government has set up a highly classified military zone in the nearby desert area more than two years ago, and if it were only the test site for the first atomic bomb, I am afraid that there would not have been such a long time to prepare for it -- the prediction of the power of the atomic bomb by people in the United States would not have been so advanced. To explain this phenomenon, Lynn believes that at least some of the important institutions that designed and developed the atomic bomb were located in the desert of New Mexico.

In order to achieve her goal, Lynn had no choice but to continue to use sensational tricks: "This is the case, Mr. Pamarot! The primary purpose of our visit to the United States was to seek advice from one of the top physicists at the University of California on the core problems of physics at the moment, and my mentor in Argentina was now seriously ill, and his greatest wish when he was dying was to solve this problem that had plagued him for a long time, and we knew that the physicist would be able to solve it. But...... We waited a long time at the University of California to find the physicist, only to learn that he had been hired to work on the physics of the New Mexico desert test site. We wanted to talk to him in person, but that's all we know about him, and no one in the school knows exactly where the test site is. ”

After listening to this explanation, Mr. Pamarote did not express his position lightly, he frowned and thought for a long time: "We are just ordinary people, we really can't help you, and some news is also forbidden to be talked about by the political axe." But...... I heard that the Hughes kid secretly built a second hot air balloon, so you might be able to try your luck, and that's all we can do as a family. Do you understand? ”

Lynn was a sensible person, knowing that the elderly father didn't want his son to take any risks for this matter, he nodded: "Don't worry, even if I am stopped by the military, I have enough confidence to persuade them to let me meet the physicist, even if not, we can go back to the University of California and continue to wait." ”

(To be continued)