Hao Ren doubted very much whether Raven 12345 was a freak of the Empire's Space-Time Administration—anyway, he couldn't believe that a dignified super civilization was actually composed of such unreasonable guys. It's a pity that he hasn't had the opportunity to get in touch with other members of the Space-Time Administration or senior leaders from the Xiling Empire: Raven 12345 said that this small place is poor and the administrative level is not enough, and no one has come to see it for many years It's all possible...
But no matter what, Hao Ren no longer doubts the identity of Raven 12345 and the authenticity of that super civilization, let alone... just this big house in a different space, and the high-end atmosphere and low-key in the big house It is absolutely impossible for human beings to create luxurious and connotative facilities! For example, the place he is in now, the room called the New Employee Intensification Center... It looks like a science fiction movie.
Raven led Hao Ren around the bungalow for half a day, passing many strange rooms piled with crystals or strange equipment. The latter walked to the end with his mouth open like a country bumpkin. When there was no end to the house, the raven led him into a hall that was incompatible with other places.
This hall is full of technological atmosphere, and the overall shape is a regular hexagon. Each wall is glowing with a metallic silver-white luster, and there is a blue-white light flow slowly pulsating like a blood vessel. The hall is extremely high, and there are many shimmering crystals floating on the roof, filling the entire room with a light blue glow. Along the wall of the hall, Hao Ren saw many incomprehensible strange devices. They looked like some kind of consoles, but there were no buttons or joysticks at all. Every "control console" was floating above the sky. The only possible control part of the "console" itself is a hexagonal crystal plate - completely different from the mechanical equipment on Earth.
"This is the reinforcement center, miniaturized," Raven 12345 pointed at the equipment in the hall, with a rather smug expression on his face, "In the earliest days, the inspectors had to carry out unified reinforcement and training in the capital of the empire, that is, Shadow City. Assessment. At that time, the scale of the Space-Time Management Bureau was not large, and there were not so many things in the macro world, so it was still busy, but now it is no longer possible, so the assessment, primary training, and reinforcement of the new examiner are all decentralized to each node. Even the basic world. Our place is relatively remote, and the nearest void node has to jump several times to get there, so I simply applied for such a place in my own home. Speaking of which, I wanted to apply for magic energy equipment at the beginning. I really can't play with the side device... But I made a mistake when I wrote the report... "
Hao Ren listened dazedly. Raven 12345 has a problem with talking to herself. Once she speaks, it doesn't care whether the audience can understand or not. Now Hao Ren is completely confused about all kinds of common sense of the Space-Time Administration. This white-haired witch balabal said a lot, who knows!
"What kind of enhancement are you talking about...what the hell is it?" After all, Hao Ren has not been bombarded by a lot of information, and he still maintains the minimum vigilance: the atmosphere of this place is so overwhelming that he can't help it. Thinking of those scientific research centers that study shredded slices all day long, and the Xiling Empire is still an "alien group" in his heart (after all, he has been atheist for more than 20 years, and the word "god" is far from the same in his mind. aliens are easy to understand). Let's think about it: a person on Earth who falls into an alien's biochemical laboratory needs to be strengthened... If this drama is thrown into the hands of Hollywood directors, it will be regarded as a waste of this subject matter if there is a bloody screen!
Those guys in the novel who were overjoyed when they heard that aliens were going to strengthen their bodies were obviously not as far-sighted as Hao Ren. Of course, if you insist that Hao Ren is a shy guy, there is no way...
"It's just an ordinary body adjustment, don't worry, it won't make you unaccustomed to it, and it won't be harmful." Raven 12345 pushed Hao Ren to the center of the hall. "Hundreds of new inspectors receive reinforcement every day. , there has never been an accident, so don’t worry! The standard we pursue has always been humane... stand here and don’t move! I’ll raise the adjustment cabin up.”
Hao Ren stood there tremblingly, and then saw the raven reach out and press a few times out of thin air, the ground under his feet shook slightly, and then a technological device slowly rose from the rectangular opening in the ground.
This is a silver-white metal box more than two meters long. It is roughly rectangular in shape. One end is large and the other end is small.
The top cover of the metal box slowly slid open, and Hao Ren became more and more puzzled the more he looked at it: "...Why do I feel that this thing looks familiar?"
Raven 12345 immediately glared: "How is that possible! This is the latest model of general-purpose adjustment and strengthening integrated warehouse. The packaging was just unpacked two days ago. Where did you see it?"
Hao Ren thought for a while, then slapped his forehead and shouted, "I remember! This shape is like a fucking coffin!"
Raven 12345 slapped Hao Ren on the shoulder: "Forgot the employee rules? You are not allowed to swear in front of the leader! If you want to swear, you have to wait until the leader finishes talking!"
Hao Ren slanted his shoulders and backed away vigorously: "Are you sure you want me to lie down in this box? Let me tell you, I am a principled person, and the shape of this thing is enough to infiltrate people... Hey, don't push me! I Absolutely don’t go in! Don’t think that it’s not a coffin if you plate it with silver! You even have a cross on it and you…”
Raven 12345 picked up Hao Ren with one hand and threw him into the "coffin": "Masters, you are so hypocritical! Go in, you!"
Hao Ren couldn't resist this crazy white-haired witch at all. After a while, he found himself lying in the big box. At the same time, a transparent barrier extended from the four walls of the metal box, completely trapping him in the box. in.
Hao Ren could only accept his fate, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't find any further movement. He poked his neck and looked to the side, and found that Raven 12345 was holding a data terminal and was fascinated by it. He patted the metal box hard. Liangbi: "And then? Then what?"
Raven 12345 didn't look up: "Don't shout, I'm looking for the manual... Everything on the technology side is so complicated, where is the switch?"
Hao Ren: "...I'm fucked! I want to resign! I break the contract! I quit! You are so unreliable at all! I..."
"Oh, I found it!" Raven 12345 slapped somewhere beside the "coffin", and Hao Ren's majestic protest stopped abruptly. The last scene he saw was a dazzling white light that pierced through his retina.
Dark, cold, boundless chaos, the space seems to have lost its meaning, Hao Ren felt that his soul left his body at that moment, floating in an ethereal and indescribable dimension, he tried hard to find even the slightest familiar five senses, But nothing was found, no sound, no light, no temperature and touch, the human spirit was locked in a small bottle, floating alone...
Well, it drifted for about ten seconds, and then Hao Ren heard a "bang" sound next to his ear, and then he was pulled up by his arm, and his vision began to gradually recover.
The light and lines in the field of vision condensed into a figure, which was Raven 12345's beautiful face and signature silver hair. She patted Hao Ren's shoulder with a happy face: "Okay, it's done."
Hao Renteng jumped up all of a sudden, only to realize that he was still standing in the coffin-shaped metal box, and almost fell off his feet. He stabilized his figure and jumped to the ground cautiously: "Is this the end? I How does it feel like it's only been a while?"
"Well, twelve seconds," Raven 12345 raised the data terminal in his hand, "it is the same as written in the manual: press the switch, select the fool mode, wait for twelve seconds, after hearing a 'ding', the red light turns on, and the hatch cover It automatically pops open and lifts the user out - but you jump off yourself."
"Is this thing a microwave oven?!"
Raven 12345 shrugged: "Anyway, the method of use is similar, isn't the process of all fool-like devices the same?"
Hao Ren was dumbfounded by the calmness and face of this white-haired witch, and finally could only comfort himself: at least there was no accident, and all the parts on his body seemed to be still there.
Then he clenched his fists, as if to check whether the alien's enhancement technology is reliable, whether he has really walked the route of a master in the novel who comes and goes like the wind in white clothes, but he was surprised when he checked Discovery—more on that in the next chapter.