The morning was filled with constant noise, an adult complaining endlessly in his ear, then the slight sound of someone getting dressed, and then the iron bed starting to shake.
Lorenzo closed his eyes, trying not to let this annoying thing disturb his exquisite meditation. He lay flat on the bed with his hands clasped together, like a dead person who died in the holy light.
After a brief shake, Lorenzo could hear gasping for breath. The guy might have slipped and stepped in the wrong place.
He stepped on empty air and let out a scream, which completely broke Lorenzo's tense nerves.
"Red Falcon, can't you just roll over and go to sleep?"
Lorenzo's eyes were red as he glared at his new roommate.
"Ah? But there's only the warehouse left."
Hong Jin was wearing pajamas, with one hand on the railing and the other hand scratching his back. He looked sleepy, with his hair standing up, and he didn't understand what Lorenzo was talking about.
"Are you praying?"
He pointed at Lorenzo's clasped hands and wondered if there was something wrong with these religious people, as they were still praying even though they were lying on the bed.
In the eyes of the Red Falcon, the bed is a rare safe haven. Apart from sleeping, anything else is a blasphemy to the bed.
It’s a pity that Lorenzo didn’t know what was in Red Falcon’s mind. If he knew, he would definitely cry bitterly and accuse the Purification Agency of turning people into ghosts. Red Falcon had been numbed to this state.
The fact was that Lorenzo held his breath and wanted to curse but couldn't.
Hong Xun completely ignored him, opened the closet beside him, put on some clean clothes, and scratched his head hard to make himself look okay.
Lorenzo also stood up and crawled out of the quilt. Only then did he realize that this guy was already dressed. This startled Hong Xun and he couldn't help but ask.
"You do this at home too?" Hong Xun was surprised. "Is this Mr. Holmes? He is fully armed even when he sleeps."
"Are you worried about being embarrassed in your pajamas when you're attacked?"
Hearing the Red Falcon's voice, Lorenzo felt a headache. He should have left him at the port of Maluri.
"I got up early!" Lorenzo shot back, "I just wanted to lie down quietly for a while."
He sat on a chair nearby, looked at the damn bunk beds, then looked at the not-so-big dormitory. The sound of the fan overhead made Lorenzo even more irritated.
This is the dormitory Arthur arranged for him, located in the perpetual motion pump deep underground in Old Dunling.
Lorenzo tried hard to ask for a single room, but Arthur said that every inch of land was valuable in this damn place, so he shouldn't be too picky... Lorenzo suspected that he was targeting him.
"What are you doing today? Checking those big Geiger counters?"
Lorenzo asked.
This was the third day that he had moved in. With the arrival of Jiuxia Anonymous, they began to make further changes to Old Dunling. For example, Lorenzo was in charge of placing anti-memetic weapons on large Geiger counters throughout Old Dunling these days. When excessive erosion was detected, the anti-memetic weapons would be triggered to reverse the erosion of the entire area.
It’s unclear how effective it is, but it’s much more efficient than the methods used before the elimination agency.