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Anthropology provides humanity with a giant microscope that allows humanity to see its own infinite variations. - Cheng Yongze

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The London midday sun is so beautiful that you don't want to move, the sky is as white as a white duvet, swans and wild ducks swim on the Jiuqu Lake, the trees are shady, and flocks of little squirrels are looking for passers-by on the lawn to eat, not at all afraid of the most powerful and terrifying creatures on earth.

It's hard to imagine such a vast expanse of forest in the heart of London, as if walking through the gates of Hyde Park is a journey from the fast-paced bustling city to the fantasy paradise in an instant.

The atmosphere here is relaxing, everything passes slowly, everyone is doing their own thing here, reading books, frolicking, even if it is just renting a deck chair and basking in the sun, as if they can wash away the troubles of the world and find their own utopia.

But what can be immersed in it definitely does not include Yan Funing.

He walked briskly down from the blue convertible pedal boat, turned around and saw that Li Jiting didn't seem to have the intention of getting off the boat, so he said, "Boss, I'll go first.... Or ....."

Li Jiting lowered the black and white checkered cap on his head, leaned on the steering wheel of the pedal boat and nodded, "Go ahead!

Yan Funing nodded, walking in the direction of the Lancaster Gate subway station, when passing by the serpentine gallery, Yan Funing couldn't help but froze for a moment, 14 years ago, this fiberglass built like a giant python-like building, once caused quite a stir, when many students of the civil engineering department of Imperial College London came to visit this strange building designed by the famous alumnus Smiljan Radic (Smiljan Radic).

Yan Funing remembered that he had read an interview in the school magazine that the serpentine building perched on a pile of boulders was inspired by the concrete paper model he had designed four years earlier, and that it was a response to Oscar Wilde's "The Selfish Giant," which is based on the religious story of the Passion of Jesus......

To be honest, Yan Funing is not concerned about the extinction of dinosaurs and the origin of human beings, he cares more about where those people at the top want to lead human beings, and the reason why he cares about this is just because he is in it and has to care.

Yan Funing stood at the bottom of the serpentine gallery, squinting at the sunlight shining on the gray fiberglass, those serpentine markings became a little faint, recalling the mystery of the extinction of the dinosaurs that Li Jiting told him just now and the task he had just explained to him on the pedal boat, and felt as if he was touching some core secrets about this world.

However, Yan Funing didn't feel excited at all, at this moment, he seemed to see the strange snake building in front of him, holding high the triangular snake head, staring at him with a pair of blood-drenched red eyes, and a huge sense of unknown fear rose from his heart.

Even though the midday sun was warm, it didn't make him feel the heat.

Yan Funing quietly glanced back at the direction he came, to his surprise, Li Jiting did not continue to swim on Jiuqu Lake on the pedal boat, but came to the shore, he was holding a drawing board, holding a charcoal pen to stop a beautiful blonde girl, it seemed that he wanted to help her sketch.

Yan Funing frowned slightly, he unfolded the dinosaur sketch in his hand and looked at it carefully, and at first he didn't feel that at this moment, he actually found that Li Jiting's sketch level was unexpectedly good, and one dinosaur after another on the sketch paper was lifelike, they were running on the flat grass, and behind them were rugged mountains.

In Li Jiting's pen, the tense muscles, the curved joints, the folds in the skin, and the ferocity in the pupils leap onto the page, creating a sense of urgency that is as detailed and clear as if he had seen a dinosaur with his own eyes.

Yan Funing raised his eyes again and glanced at the serpentine gallery, the serpentine markings on the fiberglass were exactly the same as the markings on the dinosaur skin depicted by Li Jiting, and he muttered softly: "Snakes, lizards, dragons......"

Yan Funing folded the sketch, stuffed it into the black backpack behind his back, took out his mobile phone and dialed Feng Zhenzhen's phone, which was answered quickly, but the phone rang with a "beep", and Yan Funing heard Feng Zhenzhen's brisk and joyful voice.

"Hatasurprise! I didn't expect to receive a call from Yan University in my lifetime..... Incredible....."

Yan Funing continued to walk towards the Lancaster Gate subway station, while holding his mobile phone and said: "Don't make fun of me, you also know that British universities are not easy to read, how to say it, as long as the school is well chosen, the annual exam is like the college entrance examination..... In fact, it's not just you who are stressed, but I'm also under the same pressure? I want to go home and sleep after finishing my homework every day, and I don't even have the strength to eat, so where do I have the heart to make a phone call!"

"Tsk, even though I know you're just giving a perfunctory explanation, I'm still very touched..... Say, let's talk, what's the matter with me? It can't be for Fu Yuanzhuo and my sister, right?"

"Fu Yuanzhuo and your sister, what's wrong with the two of them?"

"It's nothing, it's probably that girls mature earlier than boys, and mature faster, so the two people's outlook on life is a little inconsistent..... Not to mention the two of them, we can't interfere in the affairs of children..... You just say that you have something to ask me for, and if you really want me to help, I won't agree if you don't invite me to dinner....."

"Well, I've wanted to invite you to dinner for a long time, so I called you today to see if you have time to ....."

"Today?"

"Isn't it convenient?"

"No.... No.... Convenient..... You name the time and place, and I'll be there on time....."

Yan Funing heard Feng Zhenzhen's breathing on the phone, it was obvious that she was walking quickly, probably preparing to go back to the dormitory to clean up and dress up, and then come to London, after all, it takes more than an hour to drive from Oxford to London.

"I'm going to Oxford to find you..."

"You're coming to me, eh, is there something in Oxford that you'd like to know about the math department you'd like me to introduce to you?"

"Don't think of me as utilitarian, I've been interested in dinosaurs lately, so I want to go to your university's museum.... I hope you can be my guide....."

"No problem.....! Escort.... Three-Pack Service ....."

Yan Funing naturally knew that according to the Internet terminology, it should be a bag sleep, but he didn't want to have too many emotional entanglements with Feng Zhenzhen, and this time he found Feng Zhenzhen because Oxford really didn't have any other acquaintances.

"Alright, I'll leave now, and I'll call you. ”

"Hmm! Call me when you're almost there, send hat'sapp or WeChat, I'll pick you up at the station......"

"Okay! Oh! yes, Zhenzhen..... Do you know anyone from the Academy of All Souls?" Just as the call was about to explain, Yan Funing pretended to ask casually.

"AllSoulsCollege? How do you know about AllSoulsCollege?

"Oh! I heard from a friend of mine that your All Souls College in Oxford is hard to get into.....

"Yes, AllSouls College does not have an undergraduate department, and the students who can enter AllSouls College are 'thebestofthebest', probably at your level..... AllSouls College does not have its own students, and most of the students who study and work within the college are academicians and researchers. If you want to get in, you can only wait for the recommendation of the college to take an annual exam, which is known as the most difficult exam in the world. However, every year, AllSouls College will only select two of the dozens of candidates recommended by 38 colleges to enter the Academy of All Souls... You can feel the probability... It is a privilege to be admitted to All Souls College, a great honour to be recognized by the whole of the United Kingdom..... If you want to go in and visit, I can't do anything, as the highest college in Oxford, it doesn't exist to want to enter and visit..."

Yan Funing had already heard this information from Li Jiting's mouth just now, in addition to that, he also knew that the Academy of All Souls was established by Henry VI to commemorate the heroic souls of the dead in the Hundred Years War, in fact, the Academy of All Souls is the strongest training institution for the Chosen One in the United Kingdom, and there is also the Holy Trinity School in Cambridge, but the Academy of All Souls in Oxford is only open to nobles.

Yan Funing pretended to know nothing about the Academy of All Souls and said, "It turns out that the 'most difficult exam in the world' really exists! To be honest, I really want to try to see if I can get in.....

"If you're from Oxford, of course, there's no problem, so why don't you think about getting a PhD at us in Oxford? ”

Yan Funing smiled, "If the Academy of All Souls is really as powerful as the legend, I'm really interested, I'm afraid it's just a reputation....."

"Well, I'll ask a friend of mine, her boyfriend is from All Souls Academy, and I'll see if she can get her boyfriend to take us in for a tour. ”

"If it's too troublesome, I'll just ask casually, and you can take me to the museum to see it. ”

"No trouble..... The Academy of All Souls is not a forbidden place..."

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