“… Remember that death is not to be feared. There is a way back home, and we will meet again one day.” The young people’s voices harmonized, from high to low, and finally returned to calm.
Both of them felt an unprecedented sense of peace in their hearts.
Suddenly, the young man seemed a little helpless and said, "I was thinking of hearing your thoughts, but I didn't expect that I would be the one to answer the question for you."
Jiang Hui raised his eyebrows: "So you are quite clear about this, right? Are you still confused?"
"Thanks to you... I've figured it out." Huan Xian raised a smile, very faint, but more genuine than ever before, as if it came from the joy deep in her heart rather than a fake emotion.
The two sat under the windowsill for a while before going back.
The moonlight was still shining down the long corridor, but the laughter from not long ago left no trace, as if nothing had happened.
———————
The school was suspended, so they stayed at Zhou Xiuwen's house for the time being to see what would happen.
Although Stark had warned everyone not to fall behind in their studies, it was difficult to do so because the star network on Planet 732 was completely disconnected the next day. Except for the military route, other network lines were blocked and restricted to a certain extent, and ordinary people could not contact the outside world at all.
Many things derived from the Internet are no longer usable, so everyone is left to rest on their own.
Jiang Hui slept in the room until she woke up naturally, and then followed the staff's instructions to find the dining hall. The host Zhou Xiuwen and Hillman seemed to have just arrived. They greeted Jiang Hui and asked her if she had a good night's rest.
Everyone was gathered except for one person. Zhou Xiuwen wanted to notify Huan Xian to come down for dinner, but the staff member in charge of contacting and picking people up told him that Huan Xian had been called away by his father's people early in the morning and was probably busy with something, so there was no need to wait for him.
The few of them did not ask what Huan Xian was called to do by Zhou Yuanjing. Bendang did not know. The three of them sat at a small round table and had breakfast.
Jiang Hui listened to Hillman complaining to Zhou Xiuwen that the hollow sculptures on the edge of his bed were a bit scary, and he was almost scared to death when he woke up in the middle of the night, which resulted in him not sleeping well the whole night.
Zhou Xiuwen listened to his friends' complaints patiently. He noticed that Jiang Hui seemed a little careless and asked, "Student Jiang, didn't you get enough rest yesterday? Why do you still look listless?"
"Maybe I'm a little mentally exhausted. I'll be fine after resting for two days." Jiang Hui said honestly.
It turns out that fatigue really has a lasting effect. I didn't feel it yesterday because of the tension. I just felt ordinary tiredness, but when I woke up, my bones were about to fall apart. My muscles were sore and my legs felt like they were not my own. Jiang Hui lay paralyzed on the bed for a long time before he recovered.
She thought she had come downstairs quite late, but she didn't expect Zhou Xiuwen and Hillman to have just arrived. Did everyone sleep in
Oh, except Huan Xian. That guy is really strong. Last night, when we were having a night out together, he was able to get up early to go to work. He is truly a new generation of model worker.
Zhou Xiuwen and Hillman were surprised to hear this: "We walked around the garden outside before coming back for lunch..."
So she was the only one who slept in? Jiang Hui was speechless.
Hillman waved his hands and said, “Sleep, sleep, sleep. It doesn’t matter if you go back and take another nap. There’s nothing to do anyway, and I can’t even log into the optical computer.”
Zhou Xiuwen checked the military communicator and read the notice on it word by word: "… Normal communications will be restored at 05:49:37 pm. Please pay attention."
The recovery time can be accurately measured to the minute... It's outrageous.
Zhou Xiuwen also said that they put a lot of effort into governing the entire planet this time, intending to catch all the rats that were hiding filth everywhere in one fell swoop, and restore peace to Planet 732.
Zhou Yuanjing was probably frightened by the military's mistake, so in order to prevent future troubles he simply cut off the source of the problem. Not only did he target the remaining secret agents in the local area, he also did not spare any of the people temporarily stationed here by the military. None of them were spared.
Since the military was hesitant and unwilling to clear out the enemy, he would do it. As for the thoughts of the superiors, they were not within his consideration, because they had brought the storm to Zhou Yuanjing's star without considering his thoughts at all.
However, these shady things have nothing to do with Jiang Hui and the others.
Although he was experiencing a life-and-death crisis the day before, he has now calmed down and returned to real life.
As students, no matter how much they love studying, they will all long for a holiday.
Their studies at Beska Intermediate College were actually quite heavy. They had a lot to learn, not only military subjects, but also cultural subjects. In addition, they were all relatively hardworking, so sometimes their rest days were also fully scheduled, especially Jiang Hui, who was really the type who studied even in his dreams.
So these few extra days of vacation can be considered a way of relaxation to some extent, since they cannot contact the outside world anyway.
After lunch, everyone dispersed and went about their own business.
Hillman said he wanted to go back and catch up on some sleep. He was really frightened by the row of statues at the head of his bed and couldn’t sleep yesterday. I heard that the considerate staff had already replaced them for him.
Zhou Xiuwen naturally had to go back to the main house. If he was willing, there were plenty of things waiting for him to do.
Jiang Hui had nothing to do, but she was still very tired, so she returned to her room. However, unlike Hillman, she did not catch up on her sleep. Instead, she took out the newly purchased books from the space button and read them.
I don’t know if it was because I overdrawn my physical energy yesterday, but my “CPU” was running at overspeed. Later, when I entered the space, my entire consciousness was hazy, as if I had been eating, and then fell asleep after repeatedly overeating.
Jiang Hui knew that this was a special manifestation of her current physical recovery, and it was good for her. Having had previous experiences, she was not surprised by this, and even extended some related guesses.
She vaguely realized that this space might not just be a mental space, but had a close connection with her body, mental power, and even soul. Moreover, it was not just one-way, but might be... some kind of two-way or even multi-directional connection.
Everything that exists in this space points to her current conscious cognition, that is, everything I know can be constructed into the reality within it.
Therefore, cognition... or knowledge is the only standard force circulating in that world.
If she wants to further control this strange space, she must constantly acquire and expand her knowledge. Reading is undoubtedly the most intuitive and convenient way to expand knowledge.
Sometimes Jiang Hui even felt as if he was not actually learning these cold knowledge and data, but was instinctively absorbing some kind of power to maintain his own life pulse.