The department store is located in the old town of G City.

When Bai Yiquan came here again, he felt like he was in a different world. It's true that he hasn't been here for a while, but he didn't expect it to decay like this. Time is a terrible poison, which can erode everything in the world, and this department store, which was a landmark building in G City more than ten years ago, looks a little dangerous at the moment, and its popularity is also deserted.

"In a few years, this place will probably be demolished. The old man said, "Just like human beings, they will eventually reach the end of their lives." ”

The old man's name is Fang Hua, a rather poetic name. And the man in the suit and leather shoes was named Fang Yuan, who seemed to be the old man's nephew. Bai Yiquan thought that the two of them should be quite rich, and the car they drove was also an Audi that was relatively rare in G City, and he added another 100,000 US dollars to Bai Yiquan's remuneration.

So Bai Yiquan sank gorgeously. 600,000 US dollars, no matter how you look at it, it's a huge amount of money, and the other party's request is just to accompany them here to have a few looks, which can almost be said to be giving him the money for nothing.

Ani, who was sitting in the back seat, nodded Bai Yiquan's shoulder: "What is mung bean cake?"

"A dessert. Bai Yiquan was a little speechless, "Why is it that no matter where you go, the first thing you see is food?"

"Is that delicious?"

"It's okay, you can try it when you get out of the car. ”

Hearing the conversation between the two, Fang Yuan parked the car in front of the small shop selling mung bean cakes. There are also a few dilapidated battery cars scattered here. Bai Yiquan bought a few pieces of mung bean cake for Ani, and then entered the department store with Fang Hua.

As seen from the outside, the interior of the building is also deserted. Although it is not a weekend, there will not be too many people, but it will not be less than this. There are hardly a few people in the lobby on the entire first floor, and it is a situation where there are more clerks than customers. And the clerks are also listless, and they don't even bother to raise their heads when they see the customers coming.

The four of them did not stop on the first floor and went directly to the basement level. The basement floor used to be a parking lot, but now there is not a single car parked here, and the lights are not even turned on.

"It seems that the income of the building is no longer enough to maintain the daily operation of the whole building. Fang Yuan explained, "So the underground parking lot is only open on weekends, which can reduce some expenses." ”

"Hey, hey, hey, it's all like this, why don't you close the door yet. Bai Yiquan was a little speechless, "Do you want to hollow out the foundation, it's the same as taking drugs." ”

"The owner here would have wanted to close the building for a long time, if I hadn't been investing in it. Fang Hua said lightly.

"All the time investing money?" Bai Yiquan was a little puzzled, "What's the difference between this and throwing money for nothing? No matter how you look at it, this building can't be restored to the way it was before." ”

"It's really a waste of money. But if the building goes out of business, the city government might just tear it down. "In that case, the α tunnel will be completely annihilated." ”

"So I've always wondered why you're so attached to that deserted space-time tunnel. And the department store has been declining for a day or two, have you been investing money for so many years?"

"I have always been one of the shareholders of this building. Although it has been declining for many years, there were still profits in the first few months, but there have been some losses recently, and it is generally acceptable. Fang Hua said lightly, "I'm not stupid, I will withdraw in a month, no matter what the result is." ”

Bai Yiquan looked at the square painting with an indifferent expression, thought about it and still didn't speak.

The four of them walked through the underground parking lot and came to a hidden wooden door. Fang Yuan took out the key and opened the wooden door, and behind the door was a staircase down.

"Hey, why is there another layer?"

"Yes, this is where the α tunnel is located below, the second basement level, which is not open to guests. ”

"So the reporter you mentioned earlier is the picture taken below? ”

"It can't be helped, it's been abandoned for too many years, and the locks are old. The reporter accidentally found the second basement floor when he was parking in the parking lot, and went down out of curiosity, and then took a photo of the Z375. But after that, we came here many times, but we never found any trace of the Z375. Fang Yuan shook the lock in his hand, "But for safety reasons, we still changed to a new lock." ”

"Where is this little lock safe......

The four of them crossed the stairs with flashlights. The second basement floor is no less than the basement parking lot, but it is more empty than the parking lot, and there is a thick layer of ash on the ground, so that the air quality is very poor. It was so bad that even Ani didn't want to eat anymore, so she just covered her nose and followed behind Bai Yiquan.

Fang Hua took the lead in the forefront, and he led everyone to a wall with a gap, which looked like a tunnel. Other than that, however, there is not a trace of a space-time tunnel.

"Twenty-three years ago, the Z375 came out of this tunnel. Fang Hua leaned against the wall and said softly, "The gods of the other world are all in contact with this world here. ”

"It sounds sentimental. Bai Yiquan couldn't help but say, "But there's nothing." ”

"Because α tunnel is deserted. If the space is not connected to the space, it will look like the most ordinary wall on the surface. ”

Hearing Fang Hua say this, Bai Yiquan remembered the Nirgani site, which was in the body of a small mountain. Before the space-time train passes through the space-time tunnel, it looks like a normal karst cave, but when the space-time train passes through space, the space-time tunnel opens in the middle of the mountain, and the rails are paved along the train.

Thinking about it this way, Bai Yiquan can imagine the Z375 passing through the time and space tunnel.

"But it's useless for you to let me come. Bai Yiquan scratched his head, "I won't build a space-time tunnel." ”

"Not necessarily, would you like to wait?"

"Wait?"

"Yes, according to Thomas Murray, if there is anyone in this world who can reopen α tunnel, that person must be you. Fang Hua stared at Bai Yiquan with burning eyes.

The corners of Bai Yiquan's mouth twitched: "Hey, hey, what kind of theory is this? That guy's words are never credible, okay?" ”

Ani suddenly grabbed Bai Yiquan's sleeve, and Bai Yiquan looked at her puzzled.

She made a gesture of silence.

Bai Yiquan just wanted to ask, but he was stunned.

He heard the distant humming.