1923.

Miskanitok University, women's dormitory.

It was summer vacation, and the dormitory was extremely deserted. But there are still some people who still live in the dormitories, some of them students who do not want to go home, and some female visitors who take advantage of the vacancy of the dormitories to pay for temporary accommodation.

Arkham has a "women's apartment", but it fills up at this time of year – Miskatonik University was one of the first universities in the country to open coeducation, and one of the first to start training female graduate and doctoral students, and many women seeking higher education come to this beautiful campus to see it in person. Dormitory administrators saw an opportunity to allow students and their parents who were not yet enrolled to live in the dormitory at a low price.

From time to time, bored students in the boys' dormitories would run out into the street and buy alcoholic beverages at high prices at the speakeasy. Prohibition made the public sale of alcoholic beverages a de jure prohibition. However, people's love for alcohol continues unabated.

Formal restaurants that could not serve alcohol went out of business, underground taverns flourished, the poor used alcohol to satisfy their sorrows, and members of high society felt that they were not within the restrictions. Clubs and salons secretly engage in the business of high-end liquor, and even doctors are willing to trade the recipe for medical liquor for profit.

In contrast, the girls' dormitory is a little calmer. It was late at night, and the sound of Lang Lang reading was still ringing in the common room. Compared to the scorching sun, the cool night is a good time to read.

"'This is the best of times, this is the worst of times, this is the age of wisdom, this is the age of stupidity; This is the time of faith, this is the time of doubt; This is the season of light, this is the season of darkness; This is the spring of hope, this is the winter of disappointment; There are all kinds of things in front of people, and there is nothing in front of them; People are going straight to heaven; People are going straight to hell......'" A girl with braided hair lifted her glasses, "Who of you knows which writer this is?" ”biquge.biz

A blonde girl sitting across from her raised her hand.

"This is not a classroom, Lily," the glasses girl said kindly, "but you can answer." ”

"It's Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities." Lily, the blonde girl, replied.

"That's right," the glasses girl smiled and nodded, "You're always welcome at the School of Language and Literature, Lily." ”

"I'm not going to be welcome," complained another girl, "I'm going to school next month, and Lily will have to wait until next year." ”

It was past midnight, and there were only three people left in the lounge.

"It's almost time to rest." The eyed girl said.

"I'd like to talk a little bit more about Dickens." Lily said regretfully.

"'It's the best of times, it's the worst of times,'" said the glasses girl, "do you agree with that, Lily?" ”

"Come on. Dickens had died fifty years earlier, and he was imagining the story of fifty years before he was born. The soon-to-be-enrolled girl yawned.

The other two girls frowned.

"If Dickens had lived to see the great war in Europe, he would have known what a golden age of opportunity people were going through in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and what dangerous and boring conditions we face today." With that in her words, the soon-to-be-enrolled girl left the lounge.

The glasses girl smiled reluctantly: "That's how she is." ”

"My father used to say that people always think that a certain era in the past was a golden age, but only the present is our time, and history is always glorified by memories," Lily said, "and he said that times are always progressing — so I really want to see what the world will look like in a hundred years." ”

She looked out the window. In the distance of the town, colorful aurora lights light up at night.

"Will Arkham have an aurora?" Lily asked, confused.

"I've heard from the seniors about the strange weather phenomenon," the glasses girl muttered, "maybe we should report it to the professors." ”

……

Outskirts.

The aurora stops.

Helena felt lucky: she knew how dangerous this sudden physical time travel was, and it was normal to miss arms and legs, and it was easy to fall into the cracks of space, or get stuck in walls or even the ground.

"Is everyone alright?" Chen Qiang's voice came.

【Chen Qiang's physical fitness test 49/50 success】

The experience of crossing was spinning, and his stomach was tumbling, but he could barely endure it.

The crowd agreed. Except for Helena, who has long been accustomed to time travel, several people seem to be in the same pain as Chen Qiang.

"It looks like this planeshift is safer than we thought," Helena breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that everyone was safe, "and the whole land has crossed with us." ”

Behind them, a 21st-century abandoned factory building that had been converted into a temporary base stood intact. For safety and confidentiality reasons, the factory did not connect wires from the outside world, but used an internal generator, and even the lights were not turned off.

[Cessie Lu's constitution test failed 98/70]

[Cecilu Detection Test 84/46 Failed]

"No, the question is that have we really crossed over?" Mao Mei wanted to protect Chen Qiang handsomely, but the dizzy crossing experience made her lean against the wall and mumble.

[Chen Qiang's investigation and verification 70/72 success]

"Why don't you take a look at Arkham's lights," Chen Qiang said, standing up strongly, "It's obviously not our 'Arkham'." ”

[Qin Lingxue's physical fitness test 7/55 was successful]

[Qin Lingxue's investigation and verification 27/44 success]

"There are also roads," Qin Lingxue showed a complicated expression, this was not the first time she had crossed, "The concrete road has turned into a dirt road. ”

【Qin Yat-sen's physical examination 13/70 success】

"Leave one person to watch the wind, and everyone else will go in," Qin Yixian said, "We can't confirm what era it is." Also, lights out...... If this is really the town of Arkham a hundred years ago, we want to try not to attract attention. ”

Green Delta has double-digit manpower in the factory, but there are obviously not so many people in the room at the moment.

……

Chen Qiang and his companions didn't know that compared to him who completed the crossing with the ground under his feet, the fate of the other traversers was much more tragic.

When they came to their senses, Pickman and Mr. Shaney found themselves in mid-air—the orthopedic clinic building hadn't crossed with them.

The next second.

The two mythical creatures, bound by gravity, fell straight from a height of three stories.

“F**K”

“Teke————li-li？！？！”

[Pickman Jump Test Failed 98/60]

[Mr. Shani failed the jump test 87/55]

The two managed to roll over to unload the impact, but ended up falling face down to the ground in an embarrassed position.

[Pickman's physical fitness test 92/95 success]

The hapless Pickman feels like he's almost thrown out of his prototype, and Shani turns into a viscous colloid when she lands on the ground, and then slowly switches back into her human form.

The two "people" who were covered in dirt looked at the large meadow with nothing and looked at each other.

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