Earth time: April 25

Otherworldly time: April 22 at 1 p.m. daytime

I followed the direction I was looking for the second basement floor, room two. To be honest, it's completely different from the lab scene I imagined, it's a little too ordinary, so ordinary that it's like visiting the corridors of an ancient building on Earth. Even the whole building was quiet, without the noise and chaos I imagined for experiments.

Maybe I'm thinking too much, and the experiments in this world are not what I am familiar with. I doubt myself as well.

One by one, the wooden sliding doors were closed, and although the papier-mâché windows made me feel that I could not withstand the results of the intense experiments I imagined. But there they were, as quiet as the windless water.

Everything, even the room, was too quiet.

I stepped on the plank under my feet in confusion, only the creaking sound echoed my doubts, and I don't know why the wind blowing here made my back cold.

Each room is hung with a small wooden sign showing the corresponding floor and room number from top to bottom.

I followed the numbers and finally found room number two in the corner. What makes me suspicious, the order of the second basement floor, and the order of other numbers are normal, but the second room is arranged here, which makes me really suspicious.

I looked around, and finally I reached out and tried to knock on the door, when the number plate at the door suddenly twisted. I was startled and took a step back, watching as the number plate distorted and eventually turned into a wooden human face.

"Who are you??" The face asked in a deep male voice.

"Kita, Hokutoya One," I replied stunned for a moment.

"Oh, it's you" The voice of the human face suddenly changed from a deep male voice to a crisp female voice, "I've been waiting for you for a long time, come in".

"Huh?" When I hesitated, the door suddenly opened automatically, but it was different from what I imagined, it was not a room, but a stone wall, and I could only ask in surprise, "This, how do I get in?" ”

"Oh, just walk in, it's not so troublesome" The girl answered my question succinctly, but this voice sounded familiar to me.

"But, but it's a stone wall, are you sure?"

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just an enchantment effect, it's a separate space inside, just come in" The girl urged again: "Hurry up, we have other things to do"

"Oh, good" I swallowed, although it was an enchantment, but this was too realistic, even if I was a Qi Master with a certain foundation, I couldn't see the authenticity of this enchantment, I thought it must have been set up by a higher class, a deeper cultivator, thinking, forget it, bump into it. He took a deep breath and rushed forward with a big stride.

As I entered, suddenly, the seemingly hard stone wall suddenly became like air, and I felt like I was walking on a wide road, and naturally stepped into the stone wall. Looking back in surprise, I found that the door had closed very quickly, and as soon as I entered the space, I smelled a strong smell of engine oil.

"Hello, I've been waiting for you for a long time" The voice of the girl just now suddenly came from behind me, I looked down and found that the girl standing in front of me and smiling at me was actually Shangguan Rong.

At this time, she was holding an identical card in her hand, and the other hand was greeting me.

"Hello," I replied politely, and after looking around, I found that the space was unusually wide, and it was a hundred meters high. On the side of the door was a mountain of steel parts and scrap metal, as well as a few sets of messy tables and chairs with tools, and the deep place was separated by several small doors, and on the other side was a large open space made of steel, scattered with various large tools, and in the center was the failed mechanical puppet I had seen in front of the dragon gate before.

She stretched out her hand to interrupt my glance and drew attention to her: "I haven't introduced myself yet, I'm Shangguan Rong, the second-year Imperial Object Department, and the leader of this laboratory."

"Hokuto Yaichi, a first-year transfer student of the Imperial Qi Department"

"I know, Uncle Hong's external investigation team member," she said calmly, revealing my current identity.

I looked at her in surprise and asked, "Could it be that you are the answer from Hong Lao's mouth?" ”

She smiled slyly: "Yes, who else can write to you?" ”

I frowned, and I read the mischievous meaning in her eyes: "Although I don't know what's going on, I'm still not stupid, who is the person named Yuheng in the letter?" ”

"It's me," Shangguan Rong replied in a bland voice.

I looked up and found a man wearing a black cape and a school uniform, with a mechanical arm linked to his right hand, one eye wearing round-framed lenses, a small metal chain hanging naturally down behind his ear, inky eyes, and a naturally drooping pigtail behind long black hair, "You are that Yuheng?" ”

He nodded, "Yes, my current identity is the second-year Imperial Department, Yu Heng" walked towards me and threw the faded mechanical arm aside, and picked up two cups with water from the messy table, "Drink?" He handed me the cup.

I smiled apologetically, "Thank you, no"

"Okay" he nodded, and then handed the cup to Shangguan Rong, who was half a cut shorter than him. Although he is about 1.7 meters tall and thinner than me, compared to Shangguan Rong, he is like a giant, or rather, Shangguan Rong is like a child.

"Huh? Why didn't he give it to me if he didn't want you? Do you have an issue with me? Shangguan Rong, who took the cup, said indignantly.

"No, it's just that he doesn't drink and can't waste it, so shouldn't it be given to you?" He looked down at her faintly.

"Then if he wants it, what will I do? You're not going to pour me a glass? Are you doing this by a man? ”

"You go and pour it yourself, who cares about you"

"You! You're looking for a fight! Shangguan Rong wanted to rush at Yuheng with her fist, who knew that Yuheng's long arm was directly pressed on her forehead, calmly drinking the water in the cup, how to look at this picture makes me want to laugh.

"You're too nitpicky" Yu Heng let go, turned to the table next to him and put the cup, because Shangguan Rong, who had been relying on Yu Heng's palm support, suddenly lost her center of gravity and fell to the ground along with the cup.

"I'm your boss, the leader of this group! You have to listen to me!! ”

"It's tentative, just let you have a good time for two days, I'm the leader of this group"

"Damn, you're just finding fault!!" Shangguan Rong, who got up, angrily waved her fist towards Yu Heng again, her eyes were like a little tiger, but she was blocked by Yu Heng with her palm.

Yu Heng didn't care about the angry Shangguan Rong who kept swinging his fist at the air, but looked at me: "You are Beidou Yeyi, Director Hong sent you?" ”

"Director? Isn't he the captain? ”

"Externally claiming to be the captain, internally being the director of the investigation bureau, is just a special rhetoric in a special environment"

"Oh, yes, that's right, I came here to help you with the mission after listening to Elder Hong, but" I looked at Shangguan Rong, who was still angry: "It's just that I only heard that it was a person who answered me, so won't it be exposed?" ”

He shook his head: "No, the Shangguan family has a good relationship with Director Hong, so he acquiesced to this girl." However, she took advantage of my research to write to you without authorization, regardless of the seriousness of the situation, and I haven't settled it with her yet."

I smiled awkwardly, thinking that it was no wonder that they fought as soon as they came up, and Yuheng didn't give her a good face at first, it turned out to be because of this incident.

"I remember you were two people, what about the other?"

I chuckled: "I'm sorry, I'm here by myself, she can't get out of the situation temporarily, after all, she just transferred to another school, I'll tell her myself, what is the mission for me to come here this time?" ”

Yu Heng waved his hand: "Don't worry, I've heard what Director Hong said about your matter, although I'm sorry for you to be involved in this matter, but the matter has come to this point, there is no other choice, you just need to enjoy a short study time in the academy now, if you have any questions, just come to me, as for the task, I will naturally tell you at that time, remember, about the investigation of this matter, and your identity must not be told to anyone except the two of us, this matter is not even known to the principal of the school, so I hope you can keep it secret"

I wondered, "What the hell is so mysterious?" ”

Yu Heng waved his hand: "At present, we don't have a clear clue, and we haven't needed you yet, when the time comes, you will naturally know, this is also an agreement between us, isn't it?" ”

I smiled and said, "That's fine, I usually look like a suspect in the province, so it will attract the attention of others, and it will be more natural to know nothing."

Yu Heng nodded: "For the rest, do you remember the monster card I gave you?" ”

"Yes, yes," I said, pointing to his side, "she's been biting your arm since the beginning, is that okay?" I looked at Shangguan Rong, who had a fierce face, biting Yu Heng's arm.

But Yu Heng glanced at it and said calmly: "It's okay, I've been used to it for a long time."

I snorted, took out the monster card from my pocket and handed it to him.

He took the card and glanced back and forth: "Okay, wait for me from here" As he said that, he looked at Shangguan Rong again, and roared softly: "You have worked silly, don't let go!" He shook his arms as he spoke.

Shangguan Rong let go of her mouth: "Hahaha, you lost!! I can't help it!! The true nature is exposed! What a deep pretend!! ”

"Damn! I'll bite you for ten minutes and try it!! Yu Heng scolded and walked into the innermost hut, which he had just walked out of, and it seemed that it should be his exclusive workshop.

Shangguan Rong looked proud, as if she had won a battle, and shouted at the door: "90 to 0!" Shame on you! ”

I had to laugh on the sidelines.

Shangguan Rong saw that I was still standing at the door, so she stretched out her hand and signaled: "What are you still standing there for, come in and sit, you will come here often in the future, just like the base."

I smiled politely, after all, I was not the kind of self-familiar character when we first met, so I would seem a little reserved, sitting on the nearest chair, looking at the puppet that had been worn on the ground in the middle.

And Shangguan Rong naturally poured herself a glass of water, sat on the chair next to me, and followed my direction: "The No. 8 experimental puppet was originally intended to be used in the spring steel competition, but it turned out like this, how does it look and feel?"

"Very serious," I replied truthfully.

"Yes, you also think it's serious, it's all those goods who don't listen to me, and change my puppet without authorization, saying that in order to improve the puppet's athletic ability and fire output, the furnace should be expanded, and at the same time, the output of the core should be increased, and as a result, the puppet can't withstand the explosion, if the teacher hadn't arranged for me and Yuheng to take them, I would have to kill these fools" After speaking, Shangguan Rong took a sip of the water in the cup and slammed the cup on the table.

"Are they the ones who are often with Huang Tianhao?"

Shangguan Rong was surprised: "How do you know?" ”

"I saw it when I came, you reprimanded a few of them in front of the dragon gate, and then I just ran into them"

"Aren't they all annoying?"

I nodded, "Indeed"

"Then I advise you to be careful, Huang Tianhao is not easy to mess with, relying on the family power to have a few good dogs in the school, he is very arrogant on weekdays, but I am not afraid of him, if you are found by him one day, even if you report my name, or come to me, I don't believe he dares to take you."

I smiled lightly, I didn't plan to tell her about the conflict with him in the morning, otherwise I would be afraid that it would make things bigger. And if she knows that she was subjected to this kind of person's 'door-to-door service' on the first day of school, will it become a laughing point.

"Okay," I whispered.

"By the way, when are you going to bring another person to meet? I've heard she's still a girl, but how about you come to our group? We are all a group of stinky men with big nerves, and my head is big in front of them every day, let alone safe experiments, and I feel more comfortable with a girl."

I smiled and said, "Then I'll come back and ask her" To be honest, I don't have much interest in the production of this kind of machine, steel and other things, so I don't have anything to talk to Shangguan Rong about.

On the contrary, Shangguan Rong asked me a lot of questions, where did I come from, which family's young master or which official's son, I could only be vague about this, and I was too young to reveal the official position.

And Shangguan Rong still didn't let go of gossiping about my relationship with Yaoguang, I hurriedly shirked it, saying that the eight characters hadn't been skimmed yet, and she continued to ask, and I also unconsciously answered her question. Just to hear her giggle, apparently I was fascinated by this little girl's way. It seems that no matter how long it has been, men are not as sensitive as girls emotionally.

The atmosphere was obviously very relaxed, and it didn't take long for Yu Heng to come out with my card: "I have made some changes, since the card is formulated by the school, there will be some restrictions on it, I helped you lift the restrictions, so that you can give full play to the true strength of the card"

"Is this a private change, is it okay?"

"It's okay, those are just the school's protection restrictions to prevent them from being stolen by outsiders, and when you get to the tournament, you know that there are more people who change the cards, and I'm just simply lifting the protection, which is all trivial to me."

"So what should I do?"

Yu Heng looked at Shangguan Rong and pointed to the puppet in the center: "Move your pile of rags"

"You're in tatters! That's the number 8 puppet I worked so hard to make! ”

"What a broken puppet, it exploded after just half a day of testing, it's no different from rags, I'll make a better one when I have time, I guarantee that it's stronger than your pile of rags"

"Say it again! It's not rags!! Although Shangguan Rong scolded Yuheng for not being human, she still walked in front of the puppet and stepped on the pedal on the side, but a distorted space suddenly appeared on the wall, and then the puppet was sucked in, and the scene suddenly became empty.

My eyes widened, and Shangguan Rong clapped her hands: "Don't be surprised, it's just another space for failed test specimens, otherwise there are so many puppets of that kind, and our small place would have been full."

It dawned on me that there was nothing ordinary about the laboratory building from the outside, and I doubted that this small place could be used for experiments, but there was a lot of mystery inside, and one independent space after another was connected by a principle similar to a portal, and if it wasn't for the technology tree setting of this world, I really suspected that I had come to a high-tech planet. It's hard to imagine that in a world where technology is not developed, such a thing is done by human power or some kind of magical energy.

"Try the card, we know what monsters you can summon"

"Monsters? Speaking of monsters, I remember that in your investigation department, that badge, like a mouse but with wings, what kind of monster is that" I thought of this, and thought of taking this opportunity to ask about this kind of trivial matter.

"That's not a mouse, it's a bird, a bird in the northern mountains, a symbol of resisting soldiers, this is the director's intention to set up the investigation bureau in the first place, and it is also the meaning of the investigation team in the steel city, so as a badge" Yu Heng explained to me simply.

I nodded, relieved the doubts that suddenly came to my mind, and then held up the card again: "Then what should I do?" ”

"It's very simple, you just need to inject your qi, and then throw it into the sky when the card changes, and you will see it then" Shangguan Rong smiled: "It's okay, even if something goes wrong, you just need to use your gas to take back the card, not to mention that we will help you watch it, rest assured."

"Then I'll start" To be honest, I didn't have any reliable feeling in my heart, I always felt that something would go wrong, but in the end I silently mobilized my own qi, ran into the card, injected into it, gradually, the card suddenly changed, and then I threw it into the sky.

Suddenly, the card I threw into the air gradually expanded, and it grew bigger and bigger, and finally formed a huge copper door, this small card can become so big, this alone made me even more shocked, the inside of the door flashed a copper light, and I suddenly had a premonition in my heart that something was going to appear in the light and shadow.

Immediately after, a nine-petal copper-colored lotus slowly floated out of the door, the flower was not yet **, the appearance of the lotus flower surprised us all, and we were all surprised that I did not summon any monsters, but a lotus.

"Lotus, it's amazing, it's the first time I've seen a Qi Master summoning a lotus," Shangguan Rong exclaimed.

"Well, it's the first time I've seen it, but it seems to be weak and can't help much, it should be for support, not combat," Yu Heng analyzed.

"It doesn't seem to be interesting" Shangguan Rong instantly lost interest.

I wasn't too happy with this result, it was very different from what I thought in my heart, I thought it would be like summoning some powerful monster in the comics, but it turned out to be just a copper-colored lotus, I frowned, I didn't think it was interesting to read it, so I wanted to reach out and recall it.

"Don't, let's see what you can do first," Yu Heng interrupted.

"And what should I think?"

"Simple, follow me to the dragon gate to test, the place here is still small, I can only do simple experiments" Shangguan Rong said and took out the same card as me from his pocket, but it seems to be silver, giving me the first feeling that the ability of this card is above me. She glanced at Yuheng: "Are you going?" ”。

"I don't want to go, it's almost a big game, and I'm going to change my stuff"

"Okay, then the two of us will go" Shangguan Rong excitedly waved the silver card in her hand.

I pointed to the lotus flower that was still floating on it: "Then can I recall it?" ”

"Yes, but first tell you that this summoning is with you for a lifetime, unless you evolve your cards, the monster will evolve accordingly, otherwise no matter how many times you summon, it is this lotus, I hope you have a mental preparation" Shangguan Rong patted me on the back, I guess she originally patted me on the shoulder, I guess she couldn't shoot it.

To be honest, I didn't know much about this, so I didn't feel anything special, just nodded symbolically to show that I understood.

Shangguan Rong took me out of the room door, I saw the quiet corridor in front of me again, and smelled the relatively fresh air, and this time, I didn't think that this laboratory building was ordinary, but there was a lot of mystery, it is estimated that in this room, there are all such laboratories, and those students are also conducting their own experiments in the space.

I suddenly asked curiously, "By the way, why is the order of the house number of the laboratory different, and when I inquire, everyone else's faces seem to be embarrassed, did you do something?" ”

Shangguan Rong turned her face and smiled evilly: "It's all my credit."

"Huh?"

"By the way, you don't know yet, the laboratory on the Oriental Campus is used by three departments, but it is mainly the laboratory building for the students of the Imperial Weapon Department, the teaching building is the Imperial Qi Department, and the Martial Arts Hall is also used by the three departments, but it is mainly the Imperial Soul Department."

"That's?"

"When the first grade was assigned, it was originally assigned to room three, but for me the number two is my lucky number, so I won't let this opportunity go, so I want to go to the group of people in room two to change the house number, but those guys don't change their lives, they want to die, what is the house number is the face, the house number is assigned by the school should abide by the school rules and other nonsense, change it can die, at that time I couldn't stand the gang of twittering people, and in a fit of anger took out the shocking thunder brought from home, towards the space, The whole space inside exploded, and the students were so scared that they finally gave me the house number, so I wouldn't have had so much trouble if I had already given it up."

I was stunned for a while, and even felt a little helpless and wanted to laugh at the wayward eldest lady in front of me, and the reason and reason were so absurd: "Didn't the school say anything?" ”

"How is it possible, I was confined in the dormitory building for two days, and I was stabbed at home, and I almost dropped out of school, but fortunately, my father came forward and asked the school to let me stay, so I could continue to study. Although the house number was taken, the location was arranged in the corner, which is where you can see, but the news spread in the school, and since then, the whole building has been respectful to me, and I am happy that they don't bother me, so good."

I smiled helplessly, thinking that it was good that I didn't provoke her in the first place, otherwise it would have been another trouble.

Just as the two of us walked out of the teaching building, we found Yaoguang standing at the door of the laboratory building looking around, his face nervous, as if he was looking for something.

I took two steps and asked, "Yaoguang, why are you here?" ”

She turned around and saw that I was immediately relieved, but she still said eagerly: "Oh no, Yeyi, something happened"

My heart sank: "Don't worry, speak slowly"

Yaoguang subconsciously saw Shangguan Rong beside me, and was immediately surprised: "This? ”

I waved my hand: "It's a long story, tell me first, what the hell is going on"

She said with a solemn expression: "Wang Hao has an accident"