Chapter 18: Re-entering Su Shijun's laboratory
"I don't know anything about this experiment!"
"Moreover, the shadow I am now is not the one that ran back from the laboratory in the first place. ”
"I don't know where the shadow that came back after 'detachment' has gone. All I know is that before the freshman race, it was still on me, but after the freshman race, it ran away...... Not only did it run away, but it also packed up a lot of the knowledge and experience it brought back before!"
The young public scholar looked at the 'Great Researcher' in front of him with a sincere expression in his sincere tone, trying to clear his relationship with the damn shadow, lest he accidentally catch him and stuff him onto the dissecting table.
Of course, even so, his description still has some reservations - in fact, according to Xiao Xiao's explanation afterwards and the communication between the relevant department person codenamed 'Forty-One' brought by Lao Yao and him, Zheng Qing can probably guess where his shadow that 'detached' from the two-dimensional world is now.
It's just that in his opinion, this kind of thing is very important, and the fewer people who know about it, the better.
Dr. Chen, who was floating in mid-air, tilted his head and stared at the young public-funded student, without saying a word, and the person staring at him with sparkling eyes was covered in hair.
For a long time, until Su Shijun broke the atmosphere of silence in the field.
"We can all see that he is not lying. Su Da Mei helped the wide red glasses on her face, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly: "In this case, it is useless for you to cut off his shadow again." ”
"Honesty and facts are not the same thing. Dr. Chan smiled kindly, but the meaning of his words was very sharp: "Even if he tells the truth, it does not mean that this is the case. ”
"The truth is, I can allow him to help you complete some questionnaires and then provide a portion of the DYDX-S-NO.1 experimental data. That's all. Su Shijun's tone became a little colder.
"Thank you very much. In mid-air, Dr. Chen's illusory figure nodded slightly, and after briefly expressing some of his gratitude, it turned into a streamer and disappeared into the darker and darker night.
Zheng Qing's eyes chased the streamer, watching it pass through the corridor, skimming the shadows of the treetops, branches and tall buildings in the distance, and finally seemed to disappear into the sky, and there was a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart.
"Are you going to stand outside all night?, or do you want to go back now?!" Su Shijun's cold voice sounded behind Gongfeisheng, and immediately drew his distant attention back.
Turning around, the upper members of the Moon Council had already walked into the laboratory building, and the figure was about to turn into the corridor of the hall on the first floor. Several fox maids followed her silently, ignoring the wizard who landed outside the experimental building.
Zheng Qing scratched his head.
He would love to leave now. Reason kept warning him that staying by the side of the number one beauty in the wizarding world would lead to a steady stream of troubles coming to the door - but listening to the tone of the witch's voice just now, Zheng Qing felt that if he really slipped away quietly, he might be tied up by a group of fox maids and thrown into Linzhong Lake.
Moreover, like any male wizard in the wizarding world, Zheng Qing also liked to stay with Su Shijun for a while. This is true from the heart, not cowardice.
With these thoughts still spinning in his head, the young public scholarship student had obediently followed the figure of the witch.
"Fluttering!"
The sound of wings flapping sounded in the air, blocking Zheng Qing's footsteps, and a hoarse and vague shouting sounded in the empty and quiet hall:
"This is the First University Institute of Applied Magic, the Ascension Experiment Research Institute...... Please register when entering and exiting the gate, and please avoid irrelevant personnel......"
Zheng Qing listened to this familiar line, his eyes widened, and he looked at the fat budgie squatting on the birdshelf at the front desk, and after a while, he pointed to the figure of Su Shijun and his party in the distance, and said, "I am with them......"
"Are you a vixen?" the budgie tilted its head, its small mung bean-sized eyes blinking and blinking, looking stupid.
"I'm a Terran wizard. Zheng Qing felt that his head was full of black lines.
"Then are you working in that lab with a long name? Do you have a badge? I remember you're only a freshman! Hong Kong Zhen, we're acquaintances, you can't fool me. "The budgie flapped its wings and chattered incessantly.
Zheng Qing sighed and took out a quill and a handful of bird food from the gray cloth bag.
"I'd better fill out the application form. He resigned himself to pulling out a visitor's sheet from the front desk, commanding the quills to sign it hastily while stuffing the bird food into the budgie trough.
"Polite kids. The parrot on duty praised it, didn't look at the form filled out by Zheng Qing, lowered his head and buried his head in the pile of bird food.
At the same time, it said in a sullen voice from the trough: "Just fill out the form and go straight in...... We don't have to go through that troublesome process!"
After Zheng Qing finished filling out the form and put away the quill, he glanced suspiciously at the parrot that was eating with relish—he suspected that he had been stopped because the budgie wanted to fight the autumn breeze and ask for food.
But more is better than less, and Zheng Qing will not go to debate with a parrot whose brain is not as big as a walnut for a handful of bird food.
"That's excuse me, see you later!" Zheng Qing flicked the filled form to the front desk, and after a polite greeting, he turned around and planned to go to Su Shijun's laboratory.
"GOOD LUCK!" THE BUDGIE RAISED ITS WINGS AND PEEKED OUT OF ITS TROUGH WITH A SMALL EYE, "I HEARD YOU WERE CUT OFF BY THOSE FOXES LAST TIME...... You are a good person, and a good person has a safe life!"
Zheng Qing tugged at the corners of his mouth, and finally decided to pretend that he hadn't heard the parrot's blessing.
After walking down the corridor into the depths of the laboratory building, Zheng Qing found the laboratory—the same door, the same door number, and the same decoration compared to the previous visit.
In the laboratory, it is still as square as a bomb shelter, empty, and closed, with blue-gray walls, metallic skin, neatly arranged hexagonal stone platforms, and large milky white balls of light on the stone platforms.
Everything was the same as Zheng Qing's previous visit, as if there had never been an explosion here - although Zheng Qing was not at the scene of the explosion not long ago, based on the vibration and fire he felt in the distance, he thought it was already in ruins.
"That's the power of magic. The young scholar thought secretly in his heart, his eyes swept over the black-robed researchers around him, as well as the big balls of light, and walked skillfully towards Su Shijun's office.
Maybe it's because Su Da Mei has already spoken, maybe it's just because those researchers are focusing on their work, and on the way, there is no one to guide or stop Zheng Qing, who is walking alone.