Because the essential difference between day and night is not "time", but "security inspection".
"Security inspections usually occur at night and early morning hours, so it is best to leave one person standing vigil during the night break to remind each other."
——Article 2 of the Night Activities Guidelines.
Hestad dotted the word "usually" and underlined the words night and early morning.
As a former adjudicator, Hestad knew one thing clearly: although the rules tried to link the so-called "security check" with night, in fact it was not determined by time.
Security inspections either come from the transfer of power between adjudicators, or directly from the adjudicator's own will: with the right to search "prohibited and restricted items", the adjudicator can initiate a "security inspection" at any time, without any restrictions.
For all passengers on the ship - whether she is a guardian or a risk passenger - the security check means unknown, danger and bloodshed, but for the adjudicator, the security check means a window to do whatever they want: During the "security check", the adjudicator The author's power is nearly unlimited.
...Perhaps, the relationship between "time" and "safety inspection" on the ship can be viewed in reverse:
When the referee decided to initiate a "safety inspection", the Shengming entered a deeper night.
Thinking of this, Hesta wrote the four words "security inspection" in huge fonts on his notebook.
As if he felt that this still did not reflect the importance he attached to this image, Hestad drew several circles on the word in succession.
Different from the "Day Activity Suggestions", the entire "Night Activity" has more rules related to guardians, or even directly from the guardian's perspective, such as:
"5. At-risk passengers can travel together with their guardians. Increasing the frequency of night travel will help at-risk passengers regain their rationality and gain peace. However, please be careful not to separate from your guardians during the activity."
"6. Each deck restaurant on this ship has prepared special meals for passengers with various allergies. Guardians can also customize health packages for at-risk passengers."
"7. Guardians should wear their identification badge in a prominent position in front of them."
"8. Guardians can take one or more at-risk passengers to participate in night activities at a time."
The rules claim that at-risk passengers are safer when a guardian is present, while at the same time each guardian wears a pin - another way to help everyone easily identify the guardian.
Considering that the first rule of "Nightlife" is "The Shengming Hao at night may be different from the daytime, but this is still the Shengming Hao", then the fifth rule of "Haihuo" - every passenger should do his best to Provide help to guardians if possible - the same is probably true here.
Although there is also a fourth piece of advice in "Nightlife" that directly encourages passengers to go out and do activities, the rules written in the second half of it are almost intimidating - obviously, the Ascension is dangerous at night, however, in such situations as Places such as Shop Restaurant, Grace Theater and the stern observation deck only have activities at night, so only those passengers traveling at night can participate in these activities.
Therefore, although nighttime is dangerous, traveling at night is more rewarding than during the day.
…
The clock was approaching one-thirty in the afternoon, and Hestad still had half of the text left to read. All the sporadic inspirations have been written down in her notebook at this moment. Before preparing to go out, she picked up the pen she brought from the Shengming again and scrawled three short sentences under the four characters "Safety Inspection":
1. Expand the scope of daytime activities
2. Night activities
(The time is due to nighttime activities/high-risk events/violating cultural taboos or public order and good customs...other?)
3. Risk passengers? guardian? The arbiter?
(Characteristics and differentiation methods/conversion methods/quantity?)
Putting down her pen, Hesta stood up and started to sort out her things for going out. She kept walking around the room, but her eyes were still glued to her notebook. Her thoughts were still jumping between words and sentences, deducing things related to the rules.
On the Shengming, the identities of most passengers are clear and mutually exclusive: except for the adjudicator himself, who can also become a guardian, all ordinary passengers have a single identity after boarding the ship, and the order of power of the four categories of identities is equally clear. : Adjudicator>Guardian>Ordinary Passenger>Risk Passenger.
The passenger ship is a closed and simple small world. This order is easy to maintain, but once it arrives in Orange Town, the situation will become more complicated, and the results of many actions will be more unpredictable... Hesta feels that her current position It was roughly between an ordinary passenger and a risk passenger. She couldn't say whether this situation was better or worse, but she knew that this status must be temporary.
As she stays in Orange Town for a long time, her identity will inevitably change in a certain direction, just like every ordinary passenger will inevitably evolve into a "guardian" or a "risk passenger" after boarding the ship... and even this is not The end. Hestad clearly remembered that in the detailed explanation of an activity proposal somewhere, there was a rule that mentioned: there may be series connections between at-risk passengers, and the relationship between a small number of at-risk passengers and their guardians may also change. In this case, a decision will usually be made. The person involved in the judgment...
Yes, everything changes, but whether it's on the Ascension or in Orange Town, one thing remains constant:
"To understand everything, you have to be in the game yourself. If you don't take risks, you can't get in."
All this made Hestad feel an almost absurd excitement: last night she was lamenting to Si Lei that it seemed harder to stay out of trouble in Orange Town, but as the night passed, this problem suddenly no longer existed.
She took a deep breath and sat down in the chair again. At this moment, she thought of Anna again, the handwriting she had left behind, and the messages she had written on the backs of different invitations - this woman who loved inviting people to guess riddles had left all kinds of intriguing clues on the ship... Now looking at Now, these clues used to solve the puzzle seem to be reshaping a new mystery.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
"Jane?" Xu Ruyi's voice came, "It's already half past one, are you awake? Don't miss the time."
"Wake up," Hesta walked to the door in a few steps and opened it, "Thank you...I'm already getting ready to go out."
"What time will you be back? Will you have dinner at home?"
"I should come back to eat," Hesta replied, "but I don't know if Yuqing has any other arrangements-"
Xu Ruyi took Hesta's left hand and suddenly stuffed a few folded banknotes into her palm. Hesta was startled and just about to refuse with her backhand, Xu Ruyi's other hand pressed up.
She took a step forward and almost hugged Hesta's entire arm.
