Chapter 17: Escape from the Asylum (14)
The white light flashing in front of him, the clouds of mist behind him, and the void realm in the mouth of the middle-aged man surnamed Chen...... Everything seems to be getting more and more bizarre and unbelievable, at this moment, Liu Tiandong can't use words to describe the complicated feeling in his heart, only as if the previous sense of fear is gradually being slowly diluted by another thought, as if a cup of strong black coffee is suddenly dripping into white milk, and his thoughts are undergoing subtle changes.
Liu Tiandong's heart was difficult to calm down, and he lowered his head and followed Chen and Feng silently as they walked between the paths, even if the warm sunshine, fresh air and quiet environment around him did not relax him at all. Because he couldn't tell whether what was happening was true or not, why was there only one wall but such two worlds? What kind of secret and bizarre things was this mysterious organization doing?
"We're here!" It didn't take long for someone surnamed Chen to say softly.
Liu Tiandong retracted his thoughts, raised his head and looked at it, only to see that at the end of the dense planting all over the winding paths, a chic courtyard with a slight Chinese classical architectural style suddenly appeared in front of him, gray walls and tiles, two dark wooden doors were closed, and there were two stone beasts that could not be named by squatting on the left and right by the door, the whole building was simple and elegant, and the surrounding scenery fit perfectly together, although it was not possible to talk about the majestic momentum of the carved beams and paintings, but it had a unique meaning.
"This, what kind of place is this?" asked Liu Tiandong in surprise.
"This is the office and residence of One, and of course, your home for some time to come. I listened to the young man surnamed Feng who walked in the front.
"Yes, in the future, Mr. Liu and Chen will work together under the same roof. The surname Chen also said.
"You're saying that's where your so-called project takes place?"
"Haha, yes or no, one or two sentences are not clear, let's talk about it in detail first. The surnamed Chen said again, and nodded to the tall and thin young man in front of him. The surname Feng comprehended, walked a few steps to the door, and then stretched out his arms and pushed hard, and the "crunch" dark door opened.
"Mr. Liu, please come in!" the surnamed Chen made a gesture of invitation to Liu Tiandong.
"Good. Liu Tiandong answered, no longer hesitated, and walked along the stone steps in front of the door.
The surname Feng led the way in front of the head, Liu Tiandong and the surname Chen stepped through the threshold one after another into the courtyard, stopped to watch at this time, there is another charm in the courtyard, Liu Tiandong has also been to Suzhou Yu Garden, although it is not as big as Yu Garden, there are no layers of courtyards and winding corridors, but there are eight or nine points of similarity in style and artistic conception, rockeries, potted plants, pavilions and water pavilions are all available, but it is only a lot smaller. If this place is a health resort, people would believe it, but it is hard to accept that it is a secret research institution.
"The three houses in front of the front yard are Chen's office and reference room, the east and back yards are my bedrooms, the west yard is the residence of Xiao Feng and several other staff members, and Mr. Liu's room is ready and is also in the west courtyard. Wait a minute, let Xiao Feng lead you over, and now, please come to my office and sit down. The surname Chen gave Liu Tiandong a brief introduction, and Liu Tiandong completely heard the implication, it turned out that this group of people had already calculated that Liu Tiandong would eventually cooperate, that is to say, everything was in the hands of others step by step.
"Hey, but what can happen now?" Liu Tiandong sighed slightly in his heart......
"To introduce myself formally, my surname is Chen, my name is Qishan, and I am the general leader of Group A of the 'Mirror World' project, and of course, as Mr. Liu heard, they all call me 'No. 1' here. It's okay if you call me Lao Chen in the future, or Teacher Chen, I don't like the name 'No. 1', it's too ostentatious. Sitting in a large, quaint, Chinese-style office, the middle-aged man named Chen introduced himself to Mr. Liu, who formally referred to the so-called mysterious project of the "Mirror World."
"It may be a bit abrupt to say this suddenly, Mr. Liu will definitely have a series of questions, these are clear, just because the whole system is too complex, and it also involves a lot of cutting-edge science, even supernatural phenomena, that is to say, most of the theories here are non-mainstream, and some of them are still contradictory to those modern scientific theories, contrary to them, so I need to explain slowly. Of course, with Mr. Liu's own qualifications, it must be easy to understand what Chen meant, but I still want to slow down as much as possible and give you time to absorb and digest. The surnamed Chen continued, and after speaking, he picked up the teacup and took a sip gently, but his eyes secretly observed Liu Tiandong's expression.
There were only two people sitting across from each other in the large room, and there was a large desk in the middle, which was neat and tidy and did not have some documents or anything like that.
Although Chen Qishan's words seem to be understood, the amount of information is very huge, and it is actually related to the so-called cutting-edge science. "Could it be that they are really engaged in some kind of secret scientific research, am I wrong to blame them? But what does this have to do with me? I am not a scientific researcher, so why should they waste their energy and time on me?" Hearing Chen Qishan's words, Liu Tiandong stared at the teacup on the table in front of him, pondering wildly in his mind.
Chen Qishan waited for a while, and when he saw that Liu Tiandong did not express his position, he continued to ask: "Mr. Liu, have you ever heard of the 'wormhole' theory?"
"What?'wormhole'?" Hearing him mention "wormhole", Liu Tiandong was stunned again, of course he had heard of the "wormhole" theory, although those esoteric astrophysical theories and terms were simply heaven-like existence for Liu Tiandong, but fortunately, with the help of modern literature, film art processing, the basic principle of the "wormhole" theory is not jerky, it is a theory proposed by Einstein, it is said that time and space travel can be achieved through wormholes, but "wormholes" It is still only at the theoretical level, and has not really been discovered and mastered by humans.
"Could it be that I am lonely and unheard, this topic that almost the whole world of science maniacs are concerned about, has been overcome by these people in front of me?" Liu Tiandong couldn't help but think crankily in his heart.
Perhaps it was Liu Tiandong's suspicious expression that made Chen Qishan misunderstand, thinking that his words had not yet been made clear, so he leaned forward a little and said: "'Crossing', Mr. Liu will always know this word, right? ”
Liu Tiandong nodded slightly.
Chen Qishan then said: "To be honest, the 'realm' project is an experimental exploratory research based on the theory of 'wormhole', and if it succeeds, it will be a unique, epoch-making and subversive feat in the history of human science." Those so-called space and time travel will also be made possible and realistic by legends and dreams. Mr. Liu, please think about how extraordinary it is to be fortunate enough to be a part of the Realm project, and even to be a vital part of the 'realm' project! You say, right?" Chen Qishan became more and more excited, and finally simply stood up from his seat, as if he was giving an impassioned speech.
Now, Liu Tiandong finally understands that in this secret place, such a group of crazy people with mysterious whereabouts are actually doing this, but the living experience is warning Liu Tiandong, what kind of scientific research institution will act like this? What does the number from 1 to 38 represent, is it a living experiment?
"So, it's still that question, what exactly do I do to you?" After a moment of silence, Liu Tiandong asked word by word.