Philip and his son Jimmy followed the soldiers into Red Rock City.
Looking around, he saw that as soon as he entered the city, he was greeted by a huge square. The length and width of the square were more than two hundred meters, which was very wide.
Outside the square, there is a group of buildings divided into many areas. The stone buildings are either three or five stories densely packed together. People kept coming in and out of the stone building, but they were all in a hurry, as if they were busy with something.
There are many soldiers patrolling and stationing in the streets and squares, and the security is quite tight.
The soldiers who took him into the city took him and his son to a corner of the square, where there were several tables with people sitting behind them.
There were nearly a hundred people queuing in front of the table. Under the instructions of the soldier, he and his son queued to the end of the line. After queuing for nearly half an hour, they finally reached the table.
At this time, he already understood that the person behind the desk was responsible for registration and recording some information about him and his son.
The other party asked him and his son's names, ages, addresses, experiences and other information in detail. After asking, he pointed to the side and asked him to take his son to line up in another corner, this time to check his health.
Philip and his son spent most of the day in various queues, performing information registration, physical examination, receiving items, etc.
Toward the evening, the entire process was completed, and he and his son returned to the starting point. At this time, they had all been forced to take a shower, put on new clothes, carried backpacks stuffed with various items, and were instructed to wait in line.
The soldier who had brought him here reappeared after disappearing for a long time. He glanced at him and the others in formation and said, "Follow me."
Then he, his son and the others were taken to a special area in the city, entered a huge stone building, and were arranged to stay.
Each accommodation room was assigned to eight people, each with its own bed. To his surprise, his son Jimmy Jr. was eligible to be assigned a bed. It seemed that even a child in Red Rock City would receive equal treatment. treat.
In fact, during the day's process, he could see to some extent that Red Rock City did not have any contempt for little Jimmy because he was a child. He even felt as if Red Rock City valued little Jimmy more than him.
why is that
With doubts, Philip fell asleep - because he had gathered for dinner twice during the day and his stomach was full of food, so he was able to fall asleep quickly.
…
During this sleep, he slept very deeply, and Phillip didn't wake up until he heard a rapid "beep" sound.
When a new day arrived, a strange bell came from outside the door, and then special soldiers came in to wake them up and instruct them to line up again. After queuing up, we were led to the cafeteria and started having breakfast.
Breakfast is very simple, similar to what I ate during the day yesterday. It is a light green thick porridge that is bland but filling. For Philip, this was much more delicious than dried mushrooms or earthworms. He drank three bowls in a row before stopping, while little Jimmy drank a bowl and a half.
After the meal, they were taken back to the room again and were ordered not to come out casually or talk to each other casually.
Considering that we are in a strange environment and have food to eat, no one dares to violate it.
In this way, the morning was spent in boredom.
The occasional disturbance is that from time to time someone is called out of the room and goes to another room to be asked questions.
Most people can come back safely after asking, but a very small number of people just disappear.
Later, Philip heard that the missing people had failed the review and exposed their identities as spies. From a long time ago, there were people under the control of the forces behind the scenes, pretending to be various identities and trying to infiltrate the sarin system. city, destroying it.
But Sarin had already planned for this and had an extremely complete review process, making it almost impossible to let in people with ulterior motives.
After hearing about this, Philip asked curiously, what happened to these exposed people
The person who told him the information smiled slightly and said that of course it was dealt with, without further explanation.
Philip: "..."
…
When the boring morning is finally over, it’s time for a wonderful lunch.
After lunch, the mandatory nap begins.
What followed was a long and boring afternoon.
The afternoon passed and it was time for a wonderful dinner.
Not long after that, I started to fall asleep.
…
The following days were not much different from this day. To describe it, it was like being in jail.
But Philip was very satisfied. After all, in these days, if you can do nothing, you can have a warm place to sleep, and have enough to eat three days a day, what else do you want
It is worth mentioning that the people here seem to really pay attention to his son Jimmy. In addition to calling him out to ask questions more often than him, sometimes they also ask Jimmy to do some tests. For example, find patterns among many weird patterns, or guess what the next pattern after a string of weird patterns is.
Phillip was puzzled, but when he saw little Jimmy, he wasn't very resistant and didn't ask any questions.
Just like that, a week passed.
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A week later, at noon, after another long morning, footsteps sounded outside the door.
The people who lived with Philip were all shocked and looked outside the door, thinking that the person who took them to lunch had arrived.
Phillip was the same, but while he was looking forward to it, a thought flashed in his mind: Today's lunch seems to be a little earlier than usual.
Just as he finished thinking, a figure appeared outside the door, but it was not a familiar soldier, but a middle-aged man. Wearing a gray officer's uniform, he looked to be forty years old, with a serious face and two jet-black mustaches on his mouth.
The other party glanced at the people in the room and said: "Let me introduce myself, I am Norton Vant, and I am here to tell you two news - one good news and one bad news.
First the bad news: your lunch has been canceled today, so you're probably going to go hungry. Then the good news: Although your lunch has been cancelled, congratulations on passing the review. Next, I will take you to Red Rock City. "
Um
After hearing Norton Want's words, Philip couldn't help but be stunned... Heading to Red Stone City? Isn't the place where he is now Red Rock City? Did he come to the wrong place
Norton didn't give him or the others time to ask questions. After speaking, he turned around and walked out. Philip quickly followed with his son Jimmy.
Walking all the way behind Norton, he walked out of the stone building where he lived, lined up with hundreds of people who had been waiting here, and then was directed to walk deeper into the city.