Hesta threw aside the "Rule of Use of the Ascension Ship Card". She did not continue to read the next document, but laid out every document in the portfolio on the table.
Some of these things are thick, some are thin, the binding is not uniform, and the text layout styles are also different - in general, one ship ticket, one hard-shell paper specification, two thin volumes and three blank sheets Registration form.
Among them, the thicker volume was a photocopy of a diary. Hestad flipped through a few pages. Judging from the date and the writing tone, this diary had a high probability of belonging to Robbeglier in the golden age.
This person obviously loves painting, and you can see his sketches with just a few strokes every few pages. Among them are a group of whales emerging from the sea, a woman holding a transparent silk scarf high, and a half-split pig. Withered roses hanging from their disks amid the joy of a feast...
Hesta's hand suddenly stopped, and she suddenly turned over a huge banyan tree.
It has lush branches and leaves, with countless vines hanging down from the branches. Even the underground root system is clearly drawn. Those intertwined roots that penetrate deeply into the soil are as if only the branches are left after the leaves are removed from the banyan tree. reflection.
Hesta vaguely felt that she had seen such a big banyan tree somewhere before. This sense of déjà vu was so strong that she could almost grasp it. But when she held her breath and thought hard, something suddenly came to her mind. Becomes empty and can't think of anything.
Next to the ink drawing of the banyan tree, the owner of the diary spent a lot of space writing about his expectations for the next voyage. Hestad saw a summary description at a glance: "A grand event that belongs to us. , a paradise of joy that lasts for months and is completely isolated from the rest of the world.”
This made her instinctively feel disgusted.
Hesta put down the diary and picked up another bound, color-printed manual. This manual had about forty pages. The cover and contents of the manual had been torn off. Its bare front page was the title of the first chapter: "Sheng Ming" Passenger Rules.
A sticky note was taped next to the title, with several lines of text written in dark blue ink.
Notice:
- Please ensure that the adjudicator ensures that the relevant documents of the "Shengming Cruise Guide" are safely stored in a place out of the reach of ordinary passengers.
-If a very few passengers have read it directly, they will be designated as the next adjudicator and can be exempted from one **security check**
-Designate a referee in advance. The successor needs to bring an uncontaminated invitation letter to board the ship and go to the self-service station on deck 2 with the current referee. Please note that this behavior must be completed within 1 hour after the reading occurs, otherwise it will be regarded as an invalid designation.
Si Lei narrowed his eyes, "What does this mean..."
"Heinrich Gobelin?" Hestad was not sure, "I guess it's his initials."
Li Ge narrowed his eyes: "...This man is dressed like a dog, and his handwriting is so ugly."
"When did we start seeing these things?" Hesta asked.
"Almost nine o'clock."
The three of them glanced at the time in unison. It was now 9:44.
"Would you like to go to the -2 deck first?" Hesta said softly, "If you don't have a ferry ticket, Rico is not considered a passenger and is not within the limits of this rule. But Officer Si Lei should be classified as an 'ordinary passenger', right?"
Si Lei was silent for a moment: "...What will happen if I don't go?"
"It's not clearly mentioned here, but it's said that we can be exempted from a 'safety inspection'." Rico touched his chin and returned his eyes to the note, "Then maybe, if we don't make this trip, the inspection on the ship will be Will it be temporarily added?"
"I remember last night Gobelin called everyone to the Bishop's restaurant at three o'clock in the morning. That's why," Hestad said softly. "This security check sounds not only unsafe, but also very dangerous. Just Judging from Gobelin's performance last night, this risk may affect everyone."
"Does any of these documents explain what a 'security check' is?" Si Lei asked.
Rico picked up the manual: "I'll find it."
Hesta looked at Si Lei, "The manual does not have a table of contents. Reading it now may time out. After all, there is less than twenty minutes left... If we want to go, we'd better leave now."
Si Lei didn't answer immediately. She looked at the last note on the note with some concern.
The room became quiet, and for a while the only sound was the sound of Rico turning the pages of the book. She quickly searched for keywords in the text. However, there were only a few places in the manual that directly mentioned this matter, and there was no explanatory text. .
"...It's not in this," Rico closed the manual. "Maybe I read it too rough. Do you want to check it again?"
"No need... Look here, it says that the act of appointing the adjudicator in advance needs to be completed within one hour," Si Lei scratched his nails under the corresponding text on the note, "But if this time is from my reading The Guide starts counting...how does the approver know when I started reading?”
"Assuming this rule is true," Hesta said softly, "it only means that there is always a pair of eyes around us. These eyes stare at and record the actions of each of us, day and night, all the time - —”
"...The more you talk, the scarier you become." Rico looked around the room. "If there are such eyes, there's no way I wouldn't be able to detect them."
Hesta laughed: "Then you can bet it's a bluff."
Si Lei looked at the alarm clock again. It was already 9:51.
"Let's go out first."
…
"They're going out."
In the same dark room, Zero was broadcasting the progress of the actions of the three Hestads in real time.
"Judging from the previous conversation, they should be going to the self-service station on the -2 floor now."
"...Really." Anna was still lying on the bed, and the bed board on her upper body slowly rose, supporting her to sit up halfway.
Anna took off her blindfold and looked at the screen not far away, "I thought Si Lei would ignore that suggestion. She was the one who advocated directly publishing the entire contents of the "Guide" before. Why did she just follow Gobelin's suggestion? ”
"Maybe it's because the 'security check' will threaten other passengers."
"If you threaten other passengers, you won't persist, or you are not determined enough," Anna said softly, "Where did they put those documents?"
"It's in Rico's hand, and she's carrying it with her," Zero said softly. "At present, they have only read the navigation instructions and ship card usage regulations of the old ticket. Hesta and Rico have roughly flipped through the diary and Shengming respectively. Manual, it’s hard to say how much effective information this level of reading can bring.”
"Hey," Anna yawned, "it's easy to suffer a loss if you run down there with such little knowledge..."
