In the world's last wonderland, day and night are not stable concepts. In fact, "night" is just a category of weather. All kinds of nights are possible at certain times of the day. starry night. Fire night. Frosty night. Aurora-filled night. The extremely dark night where you can’t even see yourself. However, in terms of people's life experience, the frequency of nightfall is not high.
Midnight is another story. There’s no iron-clad rule for how a day should end, but it’s rarely too short or too long. Here, everyone can have a clock, but the clock does not have a unified time. Lethargy or sleeplessness is just a lifestyle choice. The significance of midnight is that the question and answer must be completed, so the basis for judgment all depends on the time when the golden bell rings.
Such irregularities rarely cause distress. Because after all, the Endless City has the most fair and convenient road planning among all cities in the world. No matter what kind of body people choose for themselves to perform activities, they always have time to cross a street and return to their homes after three golden bells ring, which is exactly thirty quarters of time.
If they are doing something that makes it difficult to stop, or if they miss the ring because they are too focused, that is not an irreparable mistake. The Ethics House does not immediately go to those who stay up all night, but allows them to delay for a while. Those who missed midnight could rush home as quickly as possible to make up for the questions they had failed to complete before being taken to the compulsory urban service. But then the front room would not look so gentle. The more it deviates from its normal routine, the more fearful it appears to the owner of the house, and may even completely devour the rest of the house.
However, everything is to make the residents live a better and more satisfactory life. As long as the owner completes the questions and answers, the front hall will immediately return to its former appearance, gentle, simple and humble. The layout of all the vestibules in the city is the same. Occasionally there are differences in size or material. That is because some homeowners find themselves some that are particularly huge or cannot fit into the metal body.
Except for those who have a particular preference for sleep schedules, the day always begins at the end of midnight. After passing the questions and answers, a doctor with a good reputation in the city was ready to go out to find more people who were curious about history. At this time, his brother stopped in front of him and warned him not to cause trouble.
How do you define much ado about nothing? he asked with interest. But Jing Huang refused to answer and claimed that he would stop his plan to send messages. Changes are happening, and they don't need to continue to attract 0312's arrival.
The physician showed good courtesy and patience toward his past family members. He emphasized that no matter what, trying to attract the attention of 0312 or others, and finally attracting a person with sufficient defense and computing power, would be of great help to them in getting out of trouble. Not everyone is qualified to be called a helper, which is one of the reasons why he puts a reading barrier on the message. Now, if someone wants to come to that city, he must solve the two questions he left behind in succession. The piece of paper that was sent to Gate City in advance, and the model of flowers and trees he left in Frost House.
This is enough to eliminate everyone except the members of the base, and even within the base, people who only have basic computing power - such as the one with the longest life span among them - will find it difficult to complete it in a short enough time. parse. It is best for them to carry a spiritual field blocker with them, otherwise they will not be able to occupy a room of their own. Evaluated from various angles, 0312 is the best candidate, followed by 0206.
That was just one sentence in the conversation, but as the doctor expected, the reference to "the longest living man" made his opponents irritated. They soon got into a quarrel, but it was not difficult to win a verbal victory over a mountain man who believed in taciturnity and contemplation. The other party soon stared at him with that fatal look, a loser's embarrassment and anger.
"Then don't blame me." Jing Huang said this coldly, and then left.
This threat did not alarm the homeowner at all. He still responded with a smile, emphasizing that he would not restrict Jing Huang's freedom to do anything. After Jing Huang disappeared, Toba slipped out of the black tower silently.
"I wonder what he can do," it said.
"You can also go and take a look." Ji Xun replied, "He won't hurt you. Because he doesn't know that you have done anything wrong."
"You mean he never attacks anyone who's right?"
"This is what he has been taught since he was born."
The doctor gave a few brief instructions and then went to the city to start a new day. And Toba thought about it for a few seconds. Then, the blouse covering its terrifying appearance collapsed. It turned into a rapidly spreading pitch-black blanket, like a flat snake swimming out of the study and the ice field.
When it passed Ji Xun, the latter obviously noticed it and showed a meaningful smile on his face, but said nothing. It continued to move forward and caught up with Jing Huang, who was striding like a meteor in the front hall. This was a very rare thing. On a day when Ji Xun didn't make any requests, Jing Huang went out early.
Tracking over long distances is difficult in this city. Given that there are countless roads with the same starting point, missing an intersection means tracking failure. For this reason, Toba had no choice but to stick close to Jing Huang's heels. It tries its best to be as discreet as possible, and the other party may not notice it, or may be too lazy to pay attention. Anyway, it succeeded and walked on the same street as its goal.
bad luck. The street they were crossing was experiencing a particularly extreme thunderstorm. Milky white and shiny lightning balls were on the edge of the street, and each one was absorbed into the soft and colorful walls. There was a gloomy, wet mist hanging over the river, which seemed to indicate that something ominous was about to happen. Toba followed Jing Huang through such a street, and then found himself in House No. 3.
Jing Huang sat down in front of the door without saying a word. Now things become simple and clear. Tuoba knew that he was here to find Wei, undoubtedly to persuade Wei to stay away from Ji Xun. It secretly laughed in its mind because Jing Huang's vision in selecting targets was not very good. No, it likes Wei very much from certain angles, which reminds it of its past self. However, if a person can be attracted repeatedly for more than three hundred times, it means that the things that nature yearns for are difficult to change. How can a man who advocates taciturnity and contemplation shake his yearning for freedom? This is destined to be a failed persuasion effort.
It slipped to the side of the house and waited. Not long after, the door opened from the inside, and the boy who had received special attention from the doctor ran out happily. At the first glance, he saw Jing Huang sitting on the steps. He was first surprised, and then shouted with joy.
"Magic!" he shouted happily, "you have made yourself grow up!"
Jing Huang slowly stood up from the steps. His usually cold tone that suppressed emotions changed, and he was obviously imitating Ji Xun's speech.
"Wei?" he asked, "Where are you going today?"
Toba guessed it was a confirmation of identity.
"Go find Yi!" Wei said.
This was the last confirmation procedure, and Jing Huang nodded slowly. Under the watchful eyes of Toba and Wei, he slowly pulled up his sleeves, wrapped the wide cuffs around his upper arms, and tied a knot deftly.
"What are you doing?" Wei asked.
Jing Huang visibly took a deep breath.
"Hit you," he said. He slammed Wei to the ground and kicked the latter hard in the butt. Wei cried loudly in surprise and pain.
"Magician!" he cried in bewilderment and begging for mercy.
"Keep shouting." Jing Huang said, and then added another kick. This brutal scene made Toba shrink himself quietly and hide in the darkest corner of the room.
