Chapter 2: What a Good Day (5,000 words)
"Facts? What information? Xia Mi said while drying her hair, "Senior Brother Lu, read it to me." ”
Seeing that Xia Mi didn't mind, Lu Mingfei read the file: "Xia Mi, born on October 30, 1993 in Baijing, China, female, studied in Baida High School before entering the preparatory department......"
"Senior brother, is this preparatory department what I thought?" Lu Mingfei stopped and looked at Chu Zihang and asked.
"I don't know what you mean, the preparatory department of the college refers to the preparatory classes opened by high school students with pedigree who are screened all over China, and the college will arrange 3E exams in advance for students in the preparatory class, and after passing the exam, they will go straight to the headquarters, and those who do not pass will be treated as ordinary students and graduate to take the college entrance examination." Chu Zihang explained, "Xia Mi's bloodline is very good, and the class is 'A'. ”
"So that's the case, I thought my junior sister was a pure freshman like me!" Lu Mingfei said, patting his chest, "It's okay, junior sister!" If you are a 'A' senior brother, you can cover you! Senior brother's class is 'S'! In the future, if you are bullied in the academy, report the name of your senior brother, and your senior brother will move you to rescue the soldiers! ”
Lu Mingfei continued: "Baijing household registration, family members have parents and an elder brother......
The file is detailed.,Record all the information about Natsumi in every detail.,This part of the student file is in charge of the college's intelligence department.,They are more rigorous than the CIA.,Treat every student file with the attitude of investigating black history.,Until Lu Mingfei read "I joined the anime club in high school.,Because the figure doesn't meet the requirements.,The anime character Asahina Minoru who wants to cosplay was forced to replace it with another anime character Haruhi Suzumiya" and showed the photo of Natsumi cosplay Haruhi Suzumiya, Xia Mi finally stopped angrily: "Don't read it!" Senior Brother Lu! Don't read it! ”
Lu Mingfei closed his mouth and looked at Xia Mi with a serious expression very restrained.
Xia Mi sighed, looked down at her feet, was silent for a moment, and suddenly said loudly: "I hate those girls with big breasts the most!" They're bullies! ”
"Well, I can understand, the festival ......" Lu Mingfei comforted seriously, but this seriousness did not last long, and soon turned into a smile lacking in morality, Lu Mingfei suddenly threw himself on the bed, put his head in the quilt, and let out a muffled laugh.
Lu Mingfei suddenly felt that this junior sister was too terrier, she was beautiful and a little second, and with her, it seemed that staying in Chicago for a week had become less so bad.
"Laugh and laugh, laugh and laugh." Natsumi pouted dissatisfiedly. "Lu Mingfei, hand me the iPad."
"Okay, I've been demoted from Senior Brother Lu to Lu Mingfei so quickly," Lu Mingfei raised his head and still smiled, "Then why didn't Senior Sister Xiami take it herself?" ”
"Don't just give girls this kind of nickname," Natsumi said, standing against the wall, "I'll wait for my hair to dry, and by the way, learn from my senior brother and practice my standing posture." ”
Lu Mingfei noticed that Chu Zihang had been standing against the wall for a long time, and he still had a hardcover book on his head, and he was suddenly surprised: "Senior brother, what are you doing here?" ”
"I'm reading, so I'll practice standing by the way." Chu Zihang showed Lu Mingfei the book in his hand, which was a reference book for "Alchemy Chemistry Level 3", an ancient book annotating the "Jade Record", "I stand like this for half an hour every night, this is good for the spine, I suggest you try it too." ”
"Forget it, I'm not interested in adding an extra workout that needs to be adhered to, Fingal will definitely die of laughter when he sees it." Lu Mingfei said that he felt that this kind of exercise was not quite in line with his temperament, Chu Zihang did this like a monk who focused on cultivation, and he estimated that he would do this more like a piece of wood.
"He ascended from the earth to heaven and descended from heaven to attain power above and below him. In this way, you may be glorified and far from darkness and ignorance. Chu Zihang remembered Newton's translation of "Jade Record", which is claimed to contain all the secrets of alchemy, which is a compulsory content of alchemical chemistry.
"The beautiful junior sister is only looking at the pre-study course. Senior brother is simply a robot set up to follow the program. Lu Mingfei complained as he handed the tablet to Xia Mi, "Senior Sister Xiami, did you say it?" ”
Xia Mi didn't answer, she looked at Chu Zihang and said, "Newton's original text can also be translated as 'Taiyi ascended from the earth to the sky, and then fell back to the ground, thus absorbing the power of the upper and lower realms, so that you will have the glory of the whole world and stay away from ignorance. The crux of this passage is what exactly the 'Taiyi' refers to. ”
Lu Mingfei was stunned, why did the atmosphere suddenly become academic? At this moment, he felt that there was a pathetic thick barrier between himself and these top students.
"It is generally understood that it should be the material used in alchemy." Chu Zihang thought seriously for a while and said.
"It's too broad to understand it in terms of materials, and maybe it can also be understood as 'spiritual'." Xia Mi said.
"The spiritual theory was put forward very early, but after 1972 there was little progress." Chu Zihang said.
"Senior brother didn't pay attention to the latest research progress, did he? Last year, there was a new paper in the spirit of the spirit! Natsumi said.
Two people stand against the wall, you ask me to answer, even the movements and postures are exactly the same, Lu Mingfei is like listening to the book of heaven, as if he has returned to the time when he did the Olympiad questions for the first time in the second grade of primary school, he knows every word, but he can't even understand what the question asks when combined.
"If the 'Taiyi' generation refers to spirits, then do the upper and lower realms refer to the different spiritual worlds of dragons and humans?" Chu Zihang raised a new question.
"It can be understood that the Jade Record describes a process of self-fulfillment by evolving from a human to a dragon." Xia Mi looked at Chu Zihang, her eyes shining.
"Is it possible for humans to evolve into dragons?"
Lu Mingfei pursed his lips, Xia Mi spoke godly, as if he admired dragons very much, as for whether humans can become dragons, he didn't know, but he successfully turned a dragon into a human, if it was really as Xia Mi said, "Jade Record" recorded the process of transforming from humans to dragons, then he could also write a book, the title of the book can be called "Lu Yucui".
"There are many different schools of thought in the academic community surrounding the Jade Record, among which there is a school of thought that it is a work in the name of a god, and that the author may be 'infinitely close to God' and 'steal the law of God', because he is afraid that this law will be understood by ordinary people, and uses unique secret words." Xia Mi said.
"Then the translation you just used says, 'The One ascended from the earth into the sky and then descended back to the earth, thus absorbing the power of the upper and lower realms, so that you will have the glory of the whole world, far from obscurantism.' If according to this interpretation, human beings can evolve into dragons, then there is no need to return to the human world, since the author wants to stay away from ignorance......" Chu Zihang groaned, as if he had encountered some incomprehensible problem.
"Why stay away from cute girls?" Lu Mingfei yawned, he was a little sleepy when he heard these academic questions, "Senior brother, your thinking is wrong, why do you assume that only human beings are ignorant?" If the transformation from humans to dragons cannot be far from ignorance, it can only mean that both humans and dragons are ignorant. ”
Chu Zihang was stunned for a moment, falling into a new contemplation, and Xia Mi glanced at Lu Mingfei with a strange look in his eyes.
This is really a good day, there is a comfortable big sofa in the luxurious five-star hotel, as well as a fruit plate sent by the hotel, and you don't even have to pay for it yourself.
On this sunny and warm afternoon, Lu Mingfei felt that they didn't do anything meaningful, he sat comfortably on the sofa, the handsome men and women on the left and right stood straight, and there was a hardcover book on their heads, they talked about academics, Lu Mingfei could occasionally interject a few words, and when he couldn't interject his mouth, Lu Mingfei began to sing, and the two couldn't talk anymore and began to sing to each other, and then Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi took turns telling rotten jokes and discussing the division of power and gossip in the academy.
Chicago River cruises go back and forth, "The Simpsons" is replayed on TV, and the three of them waste an afternoon.
An afternoon like this sounds like a waste of life, but.
"It's a good day." The corners of Lu Mingfei's mouth curled up slightly, and he sighed.
In the main department of the academy, in the general control room of the library, an aluminum alloy sealed box was placed on the long table, and thankfully, the last CC1000 express train before the strike had delivered it here, otherwise they would have had to use a helicopter.
Schneider turned on a UV lamp and glanced at the edge of the sealed box, then nodded reassuringly: "There are no signs of damage to the seal, and the contents are safe." ”
"This thing shouldn't be sent to the academy, just send it directly to the school board." Manstein frowned, "We'll have to wait for someone from the school board to pick it up." ”
"I asked Chu Zihang to send it back to the academy." Schneider said, "It's better to open it up and see if it's safer." ”
"Hey, that's against the rules!" Manstein shouted a shout, but it was too late, and Schneider picked up the hydraulic pliers and cut the lock with a quick movement.
"Your style of doing things is too rough! Obviously there is a key. Manstein said, "It's better not to touch this thing, it's not what we want anyway, we've already done what the school board has asked us to do, throw it to them, don't get into trouble." ”
Schneider didn't speak, he directly lifted the sealed paper bag in the sealed box, tore it open, and then poured the contents on the table.
The bag was full of photocopied documents printed on transparencies, which slid quickly between Schneider's fingers, and he couldn't take his eyes off the materials as if they were scanning devices.
"Hey! You are crazy! Manstein yelled.
Schneider's behavior was no longer a check, and it was clear that he was going to take a peek at the materials before they were handed over to the school board.
"Do you know what this information is?" Schneider said with a blank face, "It contains a confidential file of 'unknown types of crimes' that have occurred in China in the past ten years. 'Unknown type of crime' is a type of crime that cannot be explained with the current level of technology, most of which is due to the fact that the crime methods are too ingenious to achieve unbelievable results, and a small part is related to dragons. ”
"Take this one, for example." "On July 3, 2004, Typhoon Dandelion made landfall along the southeast coast of China, causing a three-day storm, in which there was an inconclusive accident, a Maybach sedan was abandoned on an elevated road, the body had a large number of unexplained damage, described as 'like being mechanically stamped and cut with a laser welding gun', the driver was not in the car, and since then no one has seen it." ”
"That driver is Chu Zihang's biological father." Schneider said.
"No wonder the school board refuses to let Chu Zihang serve as a commissioner." Guderian looked suddenly enlightened.
Manstein stepped back from afar: "Schneider, I can't stop you from protecting your students, but this matter has nothing to do with me!" You will be punished by the secret party for this! ”
Schneider handed Manstein an envelope bag: "Don't jump to conclusions so quickly, see for yourself." ”
Manstein opened the envelope bag, which contained student resumes, each stamped with a red lacquer coat of arms with the words "Nibelungen Project".
Professor Guderian craned his neck to look at it, and at the sight of a name, his and Manstein's faces changed in unison.
"The Nibelungen Project? What does that mean? Manstein asked in a low voice.
"The Nibelungen Project, a descent screening program led by the school board. Nominally, the elite is selected from among the 'A' and above students for special training, but in reality the school board has another purpose, which is to purge us of suspicious blood. Schneider said, pointing at Guderian, "The students here are all considered to have questionable bloodlines, including your student Lu Mingfei. ”
"Also, Chen Motong." Schneider looked at Manstein and Guderian and said.
"Isn't there Chu Zihang?" Guderian asked, "Judging from the current performance, Chu Zihang's bloodline is the most questionable, right?" ”
"He is Chu Zihang's mentor, even if Chu Zihang is suspected, he will not let him investigate his students, this is the most basic way to avoid suspicion." Manstein explained, then looked at Schneider, "Have you already investigated these students?" ”
"You know the school board's orders must be carried out." Schneider said, "I submitted the investigation report, and according to the information I gathered, I said that there is nothing suspicious about their ancestry, but the school board may not adopt my conclusions, especially for the two most special ones, Lu Mingfei and Chen Motong, they can resonate with Long Wen, but they have no words, especially Lu Mingfei, he is the only 'S' level among the students, but he has no words, and anyone will easily suspect him." ”
"Isn't there any other way to directly test the bloodline? For example, laboratory gene sequencing? Manstein asked.
"No, the only way at present is to analyze their behavior, so the school board issued an 'SS' level task to steal this file, and among the students under investigation, Lu Mingfei, Chen Motong and Chu Zihang, the three key observation subjects are all from China." Schneider replied coldly.
"Ming Fei...... It won't be a problem, right? He doesn't usually show anything outstanding at all! Guderian stammered, "And Nono, she's a good student of character and learning." ”
"Is there a problem, we don't count," Schneider shook his head, "Besides, if your student is really so harmless to humans and animals, how can you explain that he appeared nearby when Chu Zihang disappeared this time?" ”
Manstein looked at the students' resumes in his hand: "If the school board thinks their pedigree is dangerous, then the result is ......"
"You know the style of the school board as well as I do." Schneider looked up at Manstein, "The law of an iron fist." ”
"Cleaning ...... Out. Manstein took a deep breath.
"Kill...... Kill them? Guderian was taken aback.
"They don't kill people because of this, but historically they have generally used 'lobotomy' to cleanse people who are suspected of being in danger of blood." Schneider said.
The entire control room fell silent, except for the beep of the instruments.
Lobotomy, a brain surgery in which patients who have been subjected to this surgery become very docile, at the cost of losing part of their brain function, often sitting and muttering like fools all day, for which the inventor won the Nobel Prize in Medicine, and it is outrageous to cover up one defect with another.
"Now that you are clear, there are students in the academy who are suspected of being dangerous, and once this suspicion is set, the consequences are doomed, and as their mentors, we also have to bear the consequences, so it is necessary for us to take some action." Schneider lit a match and threw the film about Chu Zihang into the ashtray and lit it, "I know there's no student of yours here, Manstein." But I also know some other things, like your agreement with someone. ”
Another match lit and Manstein lit another film with a blank face.
"Mr. Director of the Discipline Committee, this is not like your usual style." Schneider smiled, "Aren't you the most powerful defender of school discipline and school rules and school board orders?" Besides, you are not Chen Motong's mentor, she is a student of Mance. ”
"Did you tell Mance about it?" Manstein asked, "He is Chen Motong's mentor, and you should let him know as well." ”
"Of course, I can't even think of such a problem." Schneider said, "That's what I discussed with Mance. ”
Guderian looked at the ashes of the film in the ashtray and said as if he had discovered a new continent: "I remember! We promised Chen Motong's mother to take good care of her, so I knew that you had a crush on her when she was in the hospital......"
Manstein covered Guderian's mouth with a calm face: "Shut up for me!" Not at all! ”