The old man had been talking in a fog. ”

"Last time, it was clear that the time had not yet arrived, so the door of the building had not been opened, but he had to say 'behind him', which made people think about it a few more times. ”

"Did you understand those words?"

Leaving Feiyuan, Zheng Qing chattered all the way about the old man's obscure speech, and at the same time hoped that Xiao Xiao could solve the mystery of the old man's plate for him: "That old man said that the black tide outside the island...... The Silent Black Tide has passed. Could it be that he's talking about next year's Kuroshio?"

"It's the old gentleman," Xiao Xiao corrected Zheng Qing's inappropriate words before replying cautiously, "As for the tide he mentioned, I don't think it's the real tide...... It's the general trend. The general trend of the world. ”

"The world...... Zheng Qing hesitated for a few seconds, and finally waved his hand: "Well, since it's such a big problem, let's not think about it...... It's cool to live our own little life honestly. ”

"We're different. Xiao Xiao glanced at the young public-funded student, and complained: "The so-called 'cats and dogs, children in pairs' is a winner in life, you are now only half the distance from becoming a winner in life, and you naturally want to live your own small life." And those of us who don't even have a dog need the tide of the times to realize our dreams......"

Zheng Qing thought seriously for a few seconds.

He has a group of cats, a dog that can grow into a pack, and a little fox.

So, I'm just missing a son!

He muttered to himself in his heart, and his spirits suddenly lifted a little, so that he was only a quarter away from winning in life.

"What are you muttering in your heart?" Xiao Xiao asked as if he had heard Zheng Qing's heart.

"There's a mouse there, do you see it?" Zheng Qing pretended not to hear the doctor's question, but instead pointed to a plane tree not far away and shouted, "I'm wearing a red vest...... Do you think you know them?"

Xiao Xiao looked in the direction of Zheng Qing's finger.

Under the plane tree, a mouse in a red vest was looking back at them, then turned around, burrowed behind a tree, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

......

......

The rat in the red vest burrowed into the tree hole and ran wildly, soon reaching a fork in the road.

There were two branches at the junction, one of which was narrower than the one beneath it, and the other wide enough for two large rats to walk side by side.

The rat in the red vest stopped for a moment at the intersection.

Soon, there was a rustling sound in the narrow fork of the road. Suddenly, another large rat in a red vest jumped out and nodded at the mouse that arrived first.

There is no squeak.

The two rats, one after the other, silently rushed into the wider fork in the road.

That's it.

One fork, two forks, three forks.

As more and more forks passed, the rat path under him became wider and wider, and more and more rats jumped in the rat path. The vests on their bodies are no longer limited to red, and cyan and even yellow vests have appeared. And the original mouse in the red vest was drowned in all kinds of vests very early and disappeared.

The surging rats surged in the burrows in all directions like a tidal wave, and their hurried steps were intertwined, smaller and grander than the summer downpour.

Above the heads of these caves.

The ground is far away from these rats.

Located in a small shop at the end of the pedestrian street in Beta Town.

The yellow civet was squatting on the highest bookshelf in the Sanyou Book House, with his ears sideways, his head lowered, listening to the sound of the rat tide surging underground, his pupils narrowed slightly, exuding orange brilliance in the morning light, dripping out a little deep.

Although the bookstore is closed, it is not empty inside.

In addition to the yellow civet, there is also an uninvited customer in the store.

Lao Yao bit his pipe and sat cross-legged on the thick carpet, his wide black robe like a shadow, spreading from the corner of the house to the center of the room, and then abruptly ending in the sunlight from the window.

In front of him was a tea tray.

There was a small plate of red sauce, a few peanuts, a small red clay teapot, and a square-mouthed teacup. Silver-white mist poured out from the spout of the teapot, like a snake walking to the sky.

Lao Yao picked up a peanut with chopsticks, threw it into a small plate and rolled it, dipped it in some sauce, and then stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it slowly, and his voice was a little muddy under the action of the sauce:

“...... Both Reich and Augustus agreed to retire and hold early general elections. This made the disputes between Jiuyou Academy and Alpha Academy much less during this time...... The kids were focused on the general election. They have not yet degenerated to the point of using external contradictions to create election favorites. ”

"That's certainly a good thing. It can make the pressure on the school a little easier. You know what? I haven't had a good rest since that tree bloomed...... It's either fighting against yourself or fighting for the school. But that's not the worst. ”

"The worst part is that we know that the school – or on Phuket Island – has the eyeliner of Xiangliu, but we still can't pull it out. It's like the head of the old kraken, cut off an old one, and a new one emerges. It always finds the right collaborator among us......"

The yellow civet shook his ears and glanced at Lao Yao with slanted eyes.

There was mockery in his eyes.

Lao Yao turned a blind eye, picked up another peanut, and dipped it in the sauce:

“...... I'm here today not just to complain. I just want to analyze the current situation with you. ”

"The situation right now is that the schools are understaffed. Xuan Huangguo saw that it was about to land in ten days and a half months, and we didn't know where Xiang Liu was attacking. My old relationship over there didn't even know there was such a thing. Of course, their words are not very credible. ”

"Therefore, two days ago, at the joint meeting of professors, it was decided to further shrink the forces and deploy most of the forces in the black prison. to protect against any surprise attack...... And this will weaken the school, especially the defenses on the perimeter of the school. ”

"You know, we can't count on the other side ......"

As he spoke, Lao Yao pointed to the wandering bar diagonally opposite the Sanyou Book House with his chopsticks, paused, and then added: "We can't count on that old guy to help defend it, thank God he didn't make trouble...... It just so happens that you've been in town again lately. So, can you take care of the town...... Don't worry about the school, the guardian circle is still very stable. ”

The yellow civet finally withdrew his gaze from the empty floor.

fell on Lao Yao.

"It's my business. Its beard drooped downward, and it was clearly in a bad mood.