Volume 1 The City of Desire Chapter 31 The Ice Cellar
"Principal, tell me this isn't true......"
"It's not true, right......"
Zou Yi held the principal's hand tightly as if he had grasped the only straw.
"She should be playing the piano and singing in her little cottage now, or sitting by the window in a daze, basking in the sun after lunch and sleeping beautifully."
"How can you die...... She's still so young! β
"She obviously wants to enjoy the beauty of this world with him. They will travel the world to see the lavender flowers of Provence, soak up the sun on the beaches of Hawaii, and maybe even have a romantic wedding together in an ancient castle in Athens. β
"There are still so many things that haven't been done together......"
"It's a dream, isn't it? I'm not awake yet...... It's a dream! β
"It must be a dream!"
Zou Yi rubbed his hair desperately, turning his originally neat hair into a messy chicken nest.
He was on the verge of madness.
He obviously decided to spend his life with Yang Ruirui.
She's his heart!
She's his life!
"Is it Bai Qiluo? Is Bai Qiluo looking for Ruirui? It had to be him! He's put Rui Rui into a dangerous game. β
He rehearsed a dozen possibilities in his mind, and finally came to this conclusion, which seemed to be the most probable.
If it was really Bai Qiluo, he would definitely kill him with his own hands!
Give him eighteen kinds of torture and make him regret coming to this world!
"Calm down, Bai Qiluo has only looked for you. Yang Ruirui's death had another reason. The principal said.
"Is Rui really dead??? Zou Yi still looked incredulous.
His face was flushed, his body was shaking violently, his heart was racing, and his adrenaline was increasing at a rapid pace.
Zou Yi felt that he was going to explode with a 'bang' at any moment, and the violently increased adrenaline already made him feel a little suffocated.
"Dead, not dead...... The reasons for this are a bit complicated. I'll show you there. The principal replied.
Zou Yi, who heard this, quickly calmed down, and the principal's words were a reassuring pill for Zou Yi at this time!
The adrenaline in the body decreases rapidly, and the red face returns to its normal color.
But Zou Yi was still panicked, because Yang Ruirui was now uncertain about her life and death.
If there is still hope, no matter how slim it is, he will definitely do his best to save his lover.
"You just stay here." The principal said to the others in the office.
"Zou Yi, follow me."
Zou Yi followed the principal out of the office, and then walked all the way to the elevator door.
Walking into the elevator, dense buttons surround the touch screen in the shape of a hollow word.
The touch screen has a large and small adult face.
The principal put the palm of his right hand up, and the originally dark touch screen suddenly lit up.
The blue circle of light begins to ripple rapidly around the palm of the hand like a wave.
Then a synthetic female face appears on the screen.
"Start certifying......" said an intelligent synthesized female voice in the elevator.
"Start identifying yourself."
"Comparison of Palm Print and Fingerprint Detection......
Shannon Hill Richardson, President of the Ethiopian Academy of the United States and Secretary of the U.S. Department of Operations. The bloodline level is S, and the relevant Demon God Pillar ability information is confidential. β
"Genetic testing...... Searching the gene pool, comparisons are underway. β
"Drip ...... Detection done. β
"Please point your left eye at the screen."
The principal is asked to point his left eye at the screen.
"Pupils are being detected, database searched,...... Comparing ...... Detection done. β
"Identification done."
"Permission activated."
"Hidden floors open."
"I'm Super Brain Noah, and from now on I will open all the permissions related to you."
The light on the touch screen faded, and three virtual buttons were gradually formed, which were Ξ±, Ξ², and Ξ³, and the light on the surface of the buttons was blue, adding a bit of sci-fi feeling to this confined space.
"This is the hidden floor of the inn, and we are going to the ice cellar marked Ξ± now, which is more than a hundred years old. Yang Ruirui is not dead yet, don't worry too much, just go and see. The principal said.
The elevator descended smoothly and as usual reached the lowest level, which is the third basement level, which is usually designed as a parking lot.
Zou Yi breathed heavily in the elevator, as if he wanted to calm himself down by taking a deep breath.
The basement three floors of this security building are indeed designed to be used as parking lots.
But the elevator did not stop, and continued to fall to the original basement three floors.
The elevator continued to descend for dozens of meters, and then rushed forward, obviously taking the elevator, but it made you feel like you were sitting out of the tunnel.
The sound of metals rubbing against each other came from Zou Yi's ears, like fierce bright sparks from the train as it moved on the tracks.
"Oh, by the way, our elevator is specially designed, there are hidden tires under the elevator box, usually these tires are put away, and when the hidden floor is authorized, it will be opened on the corresponding floor."
"Then the elevator will turn into a small train that will carry us through the ground like earthworms."
"Not only is it highly confidential, but it's also convenient."
"This is the proud work of those crazy people in the scientific research department, what is it called...... Dual-purpose elevator tunnel train. β
"Their product names are always weird, just as weird as the product's features." Principal Shannon spread his hands, expressing helplessness.
"Although the products that those crazy people usually make are always strange in terms of function and appearance, I think this thing is not bad."
This is probably Principal Shannon's rare appreciation for the group of genius lunatics in the scientific research department.
Principal Shannon sat down.
Zou Yi, who thought that the principal would sit on the ground, found that the elevator suddenly had two more leather recliners.
What is this operation?
The distraught Zou Yi didn't want to sit down, he chose to ignore the seat.
He kept moving around in the elevator, and he needed constant body movements to ease his inner anxiety.
"You'd better sit down." The headmaster, leaning on the recliner, said slowly. "It's going to be a rush in a while, fasten your seatbelts."
Safety belt?
Zou Yi subconsciously looked at the seat, and sure enough, there was a buckle on each side of the seat.
He just wanted to see Yang Ruirui in the shortest possible time and know her life and death.
As for the recliner, he was not in the mood to sit on it.
He and Yang Ruirui are two pairs of black swans, and without Ruirui, he would lose his heart.
Know the Black Swan?
Black swans are the most loyal animals in the world.
When they looked at each other, their necks were joined into a loving heart, in the shape of affection.
After becoming a husband and wife, the black swan will be inseparable, the husband and wife will follow, and the case will be raised.
Once one of the parties dies, the other black swan will not eat or drink for the sake of his beloved partner until he dies of martyrdom.
But he can't die, if Rui Rui really dies, he will definitely find out the cause of death and avenge her.
Moreover, since something as magical as the Demon God Pillar can exist, why can't an artifact that can bring people back from the dead.
It's like the dragon ball in "Dragon", or the tree branch in "SΓ©ance"!
As long as there is a little hope, he will not give up.
"Sit me down." The principal roared angrily, pulling Zou Yi's scattered thoughts back at once.
He quickly sat down and fastened his seatbelt.
The elevator train, which had always been gentle, suddenly made a sharp turn and then stopped instantly.
After the sharp turning action was completed, Zou Yi still felt scared for a while.
If he was still pacing in the elevator like he had just done, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"The door is about to open, please add clothes in time, Noah will broadcast for you immediately." Noah's voice came.
The compartment at the back of the elevator suddenly opened, and inside were seven or eight sets of thick down jackets, plush hats of various colors, scarves, and different types of leather gloves.
"Put on your clothes, it's going to be cold when you go out, this is the ice cellar."
Principal Shannon, who was fully armed, rubbed his hands together and began a simple warm-up exercise.
He is quickly stretching his meridians and speeding up the flow of blood throughout his body, so that he can adapt to the low temperature of the underground ice cellar in the shortest possible time after going out and restore his mobility.
Zou Yi also quickly got dressed after hearing the principal's words.
"It's about to open, so get ready. I am Noah, and I wish you gentlemen a pleasant journey. β
The door opened, and there was a silvery world.
The whole world is wrapped in thick ice, and here is the world of ice. It's cold and biting, but it has a different kind of beauty.
Zou Yi, who followed the principal out of the elevator train, was still fiddling with the scarf around his neck, and a chill suddenly hit him, making him shiver.
Fortunately, wearing a down jacket in advance would not cause frostbite, so that he still retained a good ability to move.
"Noah, how many degrees below zero is it now?" The headmaster put his hands in his pockets and began to walk around the ice coffin.
Every time he walked in front of an ice coffin, the headmaster had to stop for a moment.
He folded his hands, he bent over, he mourned in silence, he prayed silently for the deceased in front of him.
"It's minus ten degrees now, and after my logical calculations, in order to keep the body in the ice coffin intact, the temperature must not be lower than this number." Noah replied in a cold voice.
She's just an AI and can't understand what the headmaster means by doing this. But she can carry out orders, meticulously, and this is the meaning of her existence.
"Headmaster, you've been silent for a whole minute. After my calculations, the chances of these people waking up are almost zero, and it doesn't make any sense for you to do that. Noah said.
The headmaster didn't answer immediately, he folded his hands and continued to pray.
It wasn't until the time of prayer and silence reached three minutes that the headmaster stopped moving.
"Noah, you don't understand human feelings, that's not code." He replied.
"I know, Headmaster. I'm learning about human emotions, and after my calculations, learning about human emotions might make my system better. Maybe emotions can push me to evolve. β
Hundreds of ice coffins are neatly placed on the ground, and there are hundreds of ice coffins in which people are lying in them, male or female, old or young, lifelike.
Zou Yi also mourned in silence on the spot, he knew that these people must be warriors.
Or fight against the demon gods, protect the human race, defend the homeland, in short, pay the price of falling into a deep sleep, or maybe not being able to wake up.
The brain and body are still functioning, but the mind has stopped moving.
It's no different from death.
From a medical point of view, it is already possible to declare brain death.
Before the principal brought him to the ice cellar, he said that he was here to see Yang Ruirui, that is, Yang Ruirui was also lying in the middle of this group of people?
What's the difference between that and dying?