Chapter 25: The Ice Cellar
Familiar places and familiar tastes, Li Su couldn't help but sigh that the muffins specially provided by the principal had the best taste.
Compared with his feasting, Lu Mingfei beside him has returned to his usual Yanba. No wonder, they were now on the third floor of the principal's office, with the large desk in front of them.
Yesterday, the two of them received a special invitation - "Principal's Afternoon Tea", in the face of this rare honor, Li Su's reaction was "The principal's muffins are really delicious", and Lu Mingfei behaved calmly, after all, the principal's office or something has been to many times.
As a result, everything was normal at the beginning, and everyone happily drank tea and ate cakes to talk about life, and there was harmony. Suddenly, the style of the painting changed, and Ange first said that something was going to make them wait, and then the voices outside became noisy.
The chaotic footsteps indicate that there are many people, and the vanity in many footsteps indicates that their owners are dying.
Li Su, who had read the script, looked indifferent, and Lu Mingfei seemed a little uneasy, but fortunately, the faint conversation between Guderian and Manstein solved his doubts.
"Oh my God! That's Doug Jones! A milestone in the history of nuclear physics! Without him, the United States could not have built an atomic bomb! The whole world thought he was dead! Guderian's voice trembled, "And Jean Grus!" It was he who allowed the United States to get to the moon ahead of the USSR! And he turned down the Nobel Prize! Americans still think that he converted to Lamaism and went to Tibet to retreat 30 years ago! ”
"Ahhh That's Blair Bittner, the 'King of Solomon in Mathematics'! An Einstein-like man in the field of mathematics! ”
These names are so far-reaching that even Lu Mingfei, who is often the goal, was trembling with fright. Li Su leaned on the railing and looked down, and now these men who raised the banner of "science" were gathered around the oak conference table in the patio, looking solemn, as if they were ..... Mom and Dad who are dead.
If we jump down and kill all these old guys, will the human tech tree be delayed for fifty or a hundred years? Li Su suddenly had a little mischievous thoughts.
Manstein's taunt came from downstairs, "The so-called milestones in the history of science are the sacrifices of mankind to the monster of science." Look at them, their complexions are pale and dry, but their pupils are as burning as torches. Some of them hadn't been out of the lab for half a century, spending all their time researching just a few more steps closer to the kingdom of truth before they died. Their bodies are constantly declining, and only the brain is developed. Of course, they probably don't mind that their limbs are degraded and only one brain is left to think, because their lives have no meaning other than thinking. They are a group of scientific fanaticists, a group of madmen who bear the name of genius. Do you want to live like that? ”
The monster of science? Li Su's heart was full of contempt. Those professors just love science with all their hearts, and there are painters who are obsessed with painting and musicians who are obsessed with music, but I don't see you say "the monster of music" and "the monster of art", in the final analysis, it is just people's fear of the unknown.
The old people downstairs were discussing the two strange accidents in full swing, Li Su picked up the bone china cup on the table, raised it slightly and said softly, "Respect science." Then he drank it all.
Eventually, the discussion came to an end, and the professors agreed that the king of the earth and the mountain had awakened. After this meeting, the entire Kassel Academy will be mobilized, tens of millions of orders will be issued and executed, countless ideas that were originally just drawings will be approved and produced by the Equipment Department, the commissioners of the world will be carefully searched in their own territory like ploughing, and the academy secretary "Norma" will mobilize the world's Skynet images for analysis, all in order to face the ghostly immortal enemy, the king of the earth and the mountain.
It's just that I didn't expect that "Quan" woke up more than ten years ago, and now he has mixed into the school, and "Li" has shrunk back to play poker in the Nibelungen......
At the end of the meeting, the tenured professors stood up one after another, and together with the "young professors", they pressed their hands to their chests, and their voices were solemn, "Good will overcome evil, like where the light goes, there is nowhere to hide in the darkness." ”
Yes, where the light goes, there is no darkness to hide. But you can't push away the obstacles, but you can... It's just us. Li Su remembered the conversation Ange had had with him earlier.
The tenured professors left one by one, and President Angers returned to the third floor.
"Mingfei, don't you try muffins? You see how happy Li Su is eating. Ange sat across from him, lit a cigar and picked up his tea.
"How can you be in the mood to ......" Lu Mingfei sighed, "I said principal, can I eavesdrop on this kind of meeting?" You know I'm a bit of a big mouth sometimes, and I accidentally say it......"
"This meeting happened to be during the time period of the 'Principal's Afternoon Tea', and you are the student I invited to have tea today. I'm sorry for interrupting our pleasant coffee break, so please wait for me here. Ange shrugged.
"But you're talking about some secrets."
"Is there anything more confidential than this, do you want to listen to it?"
Lu Mingfei covered his ears: "Forget it, even if I can control my mouth, what if I accidentally leak out of my dream?" Anyway, this kind of thing has nothing to do with me...... I said, Headmaster, if it's really the Dragon King who awakens, there won't be me in the Dragon Slayer Rangers this time, right? I risked my life to go to the Dragon King's house to play, and this kind of thing is very detrimental to people's character...... I think I'll have to save at least a hundred years of character before I can go out again! ”
"I can't help it. It's time to reveal some secrets to you, and as our only 'S' Class, there are some things you'll have to know sooner or later. Ange put down the teacup and gently pressed the red button hidden in the drawer.
The ground shook, then slowly sank, and the three of them fell into darkness, and the smell of tea in the air indicated that the desk with a pot of hot tea had also been brought down.
"Ahh Was there an earthquake? Was there an earthquake? Lu Mingfei shouted.
"No, we're just sinking." The cigar butts of the dark Lyon fever flickered and went out. "Sinking?" Lu Mingfei was stunned, "Where did it sink?" ”
"The other half of the Kassel Academy."
"Principal's next plot, is it that after we stopped, the spotlight above our heads turned on, and a huge head appeared in front of us, and then you put on a pair of sunglasses, propped your hands on the table, pressed your chin and said, 'If you don't turn on the first machine, get out of here'?"
"Do you still think that the king of the earth and the mountain will attack the school next, and then a girl with bandages on her body will be pushed over on a hospital bed?"
"That's the best!" Li Su's voice was full of excitement, "Ayanami has always been my goddess!" ”
"But EVA is all mediated by the soul of the driver's mother, are you sure?"
"Then forget it...... Li Su's voice was a little low, "I'll lower my requirements, and the Freedom Gundam will do it." ”
"You should go to the equipment department and ask......" The principal, who had just answered in passing, forgot that he was the most unreadful student in the entire academy in front of him, and held his forehead with one hand.
The floor and table shook again, slowly slowing down, and finally the sinking stopped. Suddenly lit up in all directions, Li Su shut up, and looked at the shark in front of him, his eyes straightened.
Not only the giant malllet shark, but also a languid turtle on his left, and a bluefin tuna more than two meters long on his right, swimming at high speed around his huge school of mackerel, the light and shadow of the rippling water everywhere he looked.
"This is our fish tank." Ange took over the voice again, feeling much more relaxed. "We're now in an underwater passage under the fish tank."
"Fish...... Fish tank? Lu Mingfei was stunned, "How can we be in the fish tank?" ”
"To be precise, we were in an elevator. VIP elevator for the principal. Ange said.
"Elevator?" Lu Mingfei became more and more confused. "It's the size of this floor, surrounded by transparent glass walls. This is my elevator. "My elevator just sank into the underwater passage. ”
"What level of VIP elevator can even put a desk in? Too extravagant, right? ”
"People with great dreams of saving the world still care about spending this little money?" The old guy argued weakly.
Li Su's attention was completely outside the elevator, and even the voices of the two people behind him were much weaker, and the "fish tank", "garden" and pyramid of the academy were displayed in front of him one by one, which made him feast his eyes.
Coming back to his senses, Ange had just revealed the truth about the ice cellar to Lu Mingfei, he was silent for a long time, looking up at the top of his head, a black iron box was being transported from the suspended track to the depths of the earth, "Do we really have a chance?" ”
"I don't know," Ange shrugged, "remember what I told you in Chicago?" That's all I have, and for that, I will do whatever it takes. ”
"That's not how Norse mythology ends. You didn't say the last sentence. Li Su suddenly spoke, turned to face Ange, his voice was calm and unusually frivolous, as if he were reciting an ancient proverb. Although the catastrophe destroyed the universe, it also burned away all evil, and a new order was re-established. ”
His voice suddenly rose high, like a devout believer praising the glory of God.
"When the sun turns into darkness, and the earth sinks into the sea,
Fiery stars fall from the sky,
And the flames leap in the air,
will create a new world,
In the degree of splendid brilliance,
The house is topped with gold,
The field is fruitful without sowing,
Live in happiness forever. ”
"You should know that the professors all think that this is just a fragment added by the hybrids who narrate the history of the dragon clan themselves, and they can't be true."
"No, this is the deepest hope in our human hearts, and it will be," he said, looking into Ange's eyes, his gaze burning. "Our Future."
"Maybe." Eventually, Ange looked away and clapped his hands. "Alright, that's it for the principal's afternoon tea, and my dear students can leave." Inadvertently, the elevator had already circled around the ground and returned to the small building.
"You go first, I'll have some more muffins." Li Su saw Lu Mingfei look back at himself and smiled at him.
Lu Mingfei nodded and pushed open the door and left, leaving Li Su and Ange in the room, one with a cup of black tea.
After drinking all the black tea, Li Su took a small handful of muffins and got up. "Why not live together? You've got a lot of good students this year," he walked to the door, not looking back. "Caesar and Chen Motong are a match made in heaven, Xia Mi is attacking Chu Zihang, a guy who lacks roots, and Lu Mingfei will also find a girl who belongs to him. If you think that everyone is happy to invite an old man to their wedding and expect him to send blessings, don't you want to see such a beautiful scene? ”
"I'm really looking forward to it, and it's going to be a great day." Ange replied softly, his eyes slightly closed on the couch, as if imagining that day. "And what about yourself?" He put down his glass, and there was some sarcasm in his words.
"It's miserable not to find a suitable girl, it seems that I am going to die alone." Li Su also smiled, turned around and closed the door.