Chapter 2 Holes in the Basement Wall
5 p.m. on April 20
The regular bootstrap test ends.
Sixty-fifth failure. There are seven chances left.
Of the forty-seven students in the eighth class of the second grade, none of them passed.
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Actually, this is normal.
Congenital evolutionaries account for about 40% of the total number of evolutionary people, and the remaining half will mutate before the age of three, and then the proportion of evolution will decrease significantly as the age increases. Those who mutate after the age of seventeen are less than 1/10,000 of the total number of evolutionary people. By the age of eighteen, the possibility of mutation is completely terminated – so that all natural beings can have the opportunity to receive a free education before the age of eighteen.
Almost all schools are the same in this regard, and students who are not evolutionaries begin a leisurely life of herding sheep once they enter the third year of the intermediate college. Whether it is a cultural class or a physical training class, it will be taught by the terminal, and no one will care if you don't go to it.
The reaction of the students in Class 8 was not very large, and most of them have been mentally prepared for their future after living so hard to this day. Shu Yu's other roommate was still in the dormitory and explained himself: "Forget it, a weak chicken is weak**, anyway, you can earn something to eat, you can't die!" ”
Chi Chuanle was a little depressed, and Wang Yue, one of his roommates, was also lying on the bed, staring at "Optoelectronic Times", but he didn't turn the page for a long time.
After a long while, Wang Yue turned over and asked, "Where is the crispy fish?" ”
Crispy fish is Shu Yu's nickname, and his classmates call him that.
Chi Chuanle said: "I haven't looked at others since I came back today, I should have locked myself in a small black room again......"
Wang Yue said: "He hasn't died yet? He's not alone. And to be honest, it's most normal that he can't evolve, who doesn't know that there hasn't been an evolutionary in his family for several generations! ”
Chi Chuanle said unhappily: "How did you speak? Your family is full of evolutionaries, why did you come out? ”
Wang Yue jumped up all of a sudden, even more unhappy than him: "How are you talking!" Who's not like that now? Who can guarantee that not a single weak chicken will come out? But it is written in the books that evolution is related to heredity, and I have at least a lot more chances than Crispy Fish! ”
The remaining roommate saw that they were getting more and more rushed, so he hurriedly came up to play a round, and said with a smile: "Hey, don't argue, don't argue, isn't there still a year, maybe something will happen, and all of us have evolved!" ”
Hearing his words, everyone was happy. Wang Yue pushed him and said with a smile: "What kind of dream, how can there be such a good thing!" ”
He didn't say any more, and Chi Chuanle didn't say much. yes, who doesn't have such a dream......
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At this time, Shu Yu was standing alone in the dark basement, his eyes were slightly closed, and the whole person seemed to be relaxed but not relaxed, and fell into an extremely wonderful state.
His mind resounded over and over again what his father had said to him the last time he came home.
Shu Yu's family has been in the past eight generations, and there has never been an evolutionary, and such a "weak chicken family" is simply the bottom of society. But his father has always been happy and calm, always smiling on his face.
That day, Shu Yu reviewed the family boxing technique under his father's training, and when he thought that he was only more than a year away from graduation and might never have the opportunity to evolve, his heart was confused, and his fist momentum was all messed up.
"Horse step!" My father's face, which was usually smiling, suddenly became stiff and he shouted. Shu Yu reflexively pressed down and squatted up. The father turned behind him and kicked him in the crook of the leg, and he shook his body, but he did not fall.
The father snorted with some satisfaction, turned to him, stared into his eyes, and asked, "What are you thinking?" ”
Shu Yu looked away slightly uneasily, and his father snorted heavily, before he muttered, "There is only one and a half years left......
He said vaguely, but his father immediately knew what he was talking about, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "It's only a year and a half before graduation?" A year and a half before you become a weak chicken, feeling very uneasy? ”
The father said very sharply and directly, and Shu Yu could only nod.
The father pondered for a while and said, "Are you a little resentful of being born in our family?" ”
There hasn't been an evolutionary for eight generations in a row, and in this era of respecting blood, it's indeed a desperate thing. But Shu Yu immediately shook his head vigorously and said with extreme certainty: "Absolutely not!" ”
He was telling the truth. Since childhood, his family has been very happy and happy. Although the living conditions are very limited and the circle within reach is only so large, everyone in the family is always calm and peaceful, and does not feel sorry for their situation.
Moreover, his father taught him to have a normal heart since he was a child, no matter what he encountered, he must stick to his own heart, and he also specially taught him this boxing technique to sharpen his mind......
Thinking about this slowly, his heart gradually calmed down, and he only heard his father say in his ear, "Even if we can't choose our future, we can decide how to accept it!" Everyone lives in the world and has their own mission, what is your mission? ”
What is my mission? What is my future?
Shu Yu recalled his father's words and asked himself secretly. The shadow of another failure, the fear of the future gradually faded from his heart.
He bowed his legs slightly, pushed his palms flat, and began to throw a set of punches extremely slowly. Squat with your left foot open, raise your hands flat, and bend your knees...... The white crane flashes its wings, the left hugs the waist and walks, the left single whip, and the left pipa style...... His demeanor is leisurely, his movements are round, there is a continuous momentum, the dark basement is very small, and there are some clutter on the ground, but he has not touched anything, and he has obviously developed a deep attainment in this set of boxing techniques.
Shu Yu's mood became more and more calm, and there was even a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth, happy and stable, tepid.
After a set of punches, the depression in his heart disappeared completely, his mood became extremely happy, he couldn't help but let out a long breath, a naughty smile appeared on his mouth, and he snapped a few times, and came a few times against the wall next to him. His punches were all in the same place, and the force was swift and fast. I didn't feel anything for the first few times, but the last one suddenly made a strange sound!
Shu Yu retracted his fist and frowned. The sound was strange, with a slight echo, and it felt as if the wall was empty!
Although he didn't turn on the lights, he knew very well that this basement was empty, and there was nothing but a door. This basement is very old, probably a remnant of the recent Earth era, with concrete on all four walls, not even paint. He was now sitting against the wall opposite the door, and why did he make such a noise when he banged his fist on the concrete wall?
He stood up and touched the wall, which was cold and slightly prickly, and there was a noticeable feeling of uneven cement. He knocked again, his voice muffled, and he punched again, and the hollow sound rang out again.
It seems to be really hollow! And the wall is quite thick, as if you want to hide this hollow in the depths of the wall!
Curious, he walked over to the door and turned on the light. Although the basement is completely abandoned, and there is masonry and rubble everywhere, it is still electrified. The six lights on the top lit up together, and the blue-white light illuminated the empty room, which looked a little gloomy.
Turning on the light, Shu Yu walked to the wall and groped for a while, but found nothing. He groaned and remembered the legend of this dormitory.
This dormitory is officially called the "Zero Dormitory" in the Seventh Academy, and it is specially provided for male students who have not evolved, so it is called the "Weak Chicken Building" by the students of the whole school. Naturally, it is not a good place for non-evolutionary people, and it is said that this place was once a research institute that had been abandoned for many years, and before it was abandoned, all researchers were killed due to a major experimental accident.
It has only three floors above ground, but there is another layer underground, which is very large. Most of the basement has been so old that the walls have collapsed and blocked, and it is impossible to get in, and only a few rooms are still empty. The school left a clear sign here, prohibiting students from entering, but Shu Yu liked that there was no one to harass here, and he often came in alone to meditate or practice boxing, and never found anything strange.
The basement was quite unstable, and after just a few punches, the dust on his head squirmed down, making his head all over his face, and after a few more blows against the wall, he didn't know if the place would collapse. He hesitated for a moment, but finally his curiosity overrode his sense of safety, and he took a stance, aimed at the place where he had just hit, and threw another punch.
His punch was quite skillful, first he didn't charge his strength, and then he exhaled violently when the punch reached the wall, and this time the dark power was much stronger than the previous punches, and the old and dilapidated wall instantly cracked a large number of cracks, and the masonry shattered one after another, falling to the ground with a clatter.
The wall still didn't penetrate, he used the same method to punch again, and with a "bang", the light flashed, and the wall was knocked through!
No, it's not, the wall is not worn, it's just that there is a space hidden in the wall, and now this space has been forcibly broken by him!
The gap between the hole and the outer room was filled with cement, and there was no sign of a secret door, as if it had been forcibly sealed. If it weren't for the fact that it was too old, the cement would gradually decay and become brittle, and he would have hit this place with several punches in a row, and this dark room would have been sealed inside and would not have been discovered at all.
Thinking of this, Shu Yu suddenly felt a little in a trance, and a vague feeling passed through his heart, and his father's words echoed in his ears again: "Everyone has their own future!" ”
His heart was beating fast, but he didn't want to follow this train of thought, but forced himself to think about what might be in the hollow.
This thing is actually quite weird...... Generally, there are only two kinds of things that are sealed in this way, one is a particularly secret item that needs to be hidden in this way; The other, which is particularly dangerous and needs to be firmly sealed in this way...... Even for a moment, he thought of legends such as corpses built into walls.
He stretched out his hand and went into the hole.
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