In November, it was said that the arctic glaciers were melting. The weather was abnormal. A cold current flowed south, pushing the moist and cold sea winds through the city. Xia City, a coastal city, became unworthy of its name in the blink of an eye. It was as if winter had arrived a month earlier.
A layer of frost had actually formed on the windows of the classroom in the morning. Fortunately, this physics class was held in a large classroom. Three hundred people were packed to the brim. The entire classroom was quite warm without the need for any heating equipment.
Luo Nan sat in a row near the window. He was attentively listening to the lecture and taking notes. Various knowledge points, as well as their corresponding diagrams and formulas, were displayed on the standard holographic screen. They were divided into categories and arranged in a clear order. Luo Nan's serious attitude made him look like a good seedling of a gifted student.
If Xue Lei hadn't been classmates with Luo Nan for over a month, Xue Lei might have been confused just by looking at Luo Nan's current performance.
"Hey, don't you have an appointment this morning?"
"It's a meeting." Luo Nan didn't even raise his head as he corrected him.
"What time?"
"Half past nine."
"You're leaving after class? I'll go with you. "
"...... You want to skip class?"
Xue Lei was baffled. "How do I go if I don't skip class?"
"Then I won't go. The agreement doesn't require me to show up in person."
Luo Nan made Xue Lei dizzy with just a few words. The bell for the end of class rang at this time, signifying the end of the first class of the morning. The lecturer indicated for a temporary break, and the classroom rumbled with voices. It suddenly became noisy.
Luo Nan continued to adjust the structure of the notes on the holographic screen. The core content did not come from him. It was Worker Zhai's handwriting. It practically covered all the knowledge points of the high school level. All Luo Nan needed to do was fill in the details and do the corresponding high-intensity exercises.
Needless to say, Luo Nan felt his thoughts become much clearer after a few tutoring sessions with Worker Zhai. There were some immediate results.
Luo Nan was neither fast nor slow, but Xue Lei was even more confused. He simply gave Luo Nan a push. "What does it mean?"
"It means that you have to split your attention and become an incarnation. You have to take care of both sides... And so on and so forth."
Xue Lei's eyes went wide as he listened. Luo Nan finally finished adjusting the notes while he was in a daze. He stretched his back. Coincidentally, a student opened the window. The damp and cold wind poured in, clashing with the heating inside the room. It actually jolted the spirits of a few drowsy students.
Luo Nan and Xue Lei both turned their heads to look outside the window. Heading northeast from here, passing through the gaps between the buildings, was the wetland jungle at the end of the ash-gray clouds. Right now, it was also dark over there. The colors of the sky and the landscape were mixed together, and it was hard to distinguish them at first glance.
Normally, Xue Lei wouldn't mind looking at this scenery. But when he heard Luo Nan mention those arrangements, Xue Lei couldn't help but think a bit more: "That... It's in the forest right now, right?"
"Yes, as a supervisor." Luo Nan replied without thinking. He suddenly laughed, "It's really useful."
Xue Lei was baffled. He looked at Luo Nan again and felt that Luo Nan's smile was quite cold. It was very awkward.
Luo Nan didn't speak any further. He stood up and walked to the side of the window, gazing into the distant wetland jungle. The sky was gloomy, and the long river that cut through the forest was not visible. It was like a long gray belt, half hidden and half visible, cutting into the depths of the forest. A few water birds flapped their wings and flew up. They could be considered agile, but the scale was far from what it was a few days ago.
"Mutant? Oh, f * cking mutant. That fellow has destroyed this place. Our work will go back ten years! "
When the water birds flew into the sky, a small wooden boat was sailing on the long river that cut through the forest. There were four people on the boat. Two young men held wooden oars in their hands. They used the most primitive method to power the small boat. Right now they were so tired that their tongues were hanging out. They also had to endure the incessant grumbling of the old man. They wanted to jump into the river and commit suicide for a time.
As for Old Man Wu Zunliang, who had given them a great deal of mental pressure, he was already ninety years old this year, but his spirit was still hale and hearty. Even long periods of scientific research in the wild were as relaxed as taking a stroll. The sampling and research within the campus was unable to consume his excess energy, and this made his mouth even more idle:
"I can hear the noise of machinery even though I'm two kilometers away. This is undoubtedly pollution. Those people who issued the construction permit are all grandsons … … "
The great upheaval a week ago had turned the ecosystem of the wetland jungle into a pot of porridge. The sudden cold wave was like adding hail to snow. It made the various departments of zoology, botany, ecology, genetics … … Scholars, professors, and researchers wanted to cry but had no tears.
At this time, some people who disregarded the vile situation and still carried out construction work within the jungle had undoubtedly become the target of loathing. Unfortunately, from a realistic point of view, their negative emotions were completely useless. The construction team at North Bank Gear had all kinds of documents. They held the permits of the environmental protection department and the school. The construction process was also carried out in strict accordance with the relevant requirements. It was done impeccably.
Wu Zunliang had tried to take advantage of his seniority to call the construction team to stop so as to avoid an even more fatal impact on the ecosystem of the wetland that was already on the verge of collapse. But the result left him very disappointed and very unhappy.
He was unhappy and wanted to complain and vent. In any case, his wife wasn't at his side, so there was no one to reprimand.
Before the two experimental dogs, who had changed jobs, went completely crazy, a tall woman wearing hunting clothes at the bow of the boat glanced back and said with a smile: "Teacher, in terms of age, there's nothing wrong with them calling you grandfather. It's just that suddenly having a bunch of big nephews gives me a headache. "
Old Man Wu pointed at her: "At such a young age, you already want to be an aunt. Why don't you find a partner? The one Old Pan introduced, that something … … "
"Teacher, if you can't remember, I can't remember either."
The tall woman adjusted the brimmed hat on her head, and then her gaze cut to the two suffering experimental dogs. "Seniors, are you tired? Let's change hands?"
"No need, no need!" The two experimental dogs stuck out their tongues, shook their heads and wagged their tails, and simultaneously paddled with all their might a few times to prove that they still had strength to spare.
The woman in hunting clothes didn't say anything else, and continued to chat with Old Man Wu. "Teacher Pan hasn't been in good health recently, and often suffers from insomnia. Given her personality, she'll think too much when something happens to North Bank Gear. It's better to take advantage of this mess and finish repairing it as soon as possible, so as to avoid more trouble in the future. "
Hearing the student mention his wife, Old Man Wu smacked his lips and said, "Don't worry about salty carrots" before he didn't say anything else.
However, it didn't take long for Wu Zunliang to look at the messy state of the jungle on both sides of the long river, and he couldn't help cursing again.
"Mutants are f * cking exterminating things, and Cloud City Water Village actually does foster breeding? That dogshit aquarium, I shouldn't. Have. Agreed. To. Help. Ah! "
Old Man Wu's chest drooped, and he stomped his feet. With each word, the wooden boat rocked back and forth, threatening to capsize at any moment. The two experimental dogs' faces were deathly pale, and the woman in hunting attire at the bow of the boat pressed down on the brim of her hat, smiling as she watched him vent.
As an old-school ecologist, Wu Zunliang loathed Mutants to the extreme. The devastation and continuous mutation of these monsters had destroyed the ecological theory of the Third World War, practically negating all the value of his life before the age of fifty.
In the following forty years, he continued to make achievements, and he had numerous works to his name. The people of the world gasped in admiration at his grand feat of changing the field of research in his old age and climbing to new heights. Little did he know that his love for this field of study was about to be exhausted by the ugly and complex genes of the Mutants.
Acumen College's wetland jungle had been practically completely isolated from the influence of the Mutants for the past few decades. It was one of the few places that could evoke the ideals of his original life. But now, even this place had been ruined. Old Man Wu truly felt that death was better than life.
"I'm going to write a letter to the school. No, I'm going to write a letter to the municipal government. Those grandsons of Cloud City Water Village, I'm going to punish them until they go bankrupt!"
"If you want to write, then write." The woman in hunting attire echoed. At the same time, her gaze swept across the river shore, and she said with a light laugh, "I'm actually more interested in that bald crow. With that kind of body, it's already surpassed a raven, right? I don't think a similar giant phenomenon has ever appeared before. "
"Which one?" When Old Man Wu turned his head to look, the large black-winged bird circling in the air had already disappeared into the depths of the forest, disappearing without a trace. It just so happened that the river curved at this moment, and the forest ahead was sparse. Another part of the lake had opened up, and one could faintly see Gear standing on the north shore. It was covered in rust.
When he truly saw the building, Old Man Wu, who had previously been muttering curses, became silent. He looked for a long time before turning his face and asking about the crow, "Did you get a picture?"
"It was sent to my mailbox … Teacher, I have an appointment, so I have to leave early today."
"Oh, oh, you mentioned it yesterday. Go, there's nothing to do right now anyway. Oh, the four sides of this place aren't touching. Let Young Deer and the others row a bit more. "
The two experimental dogs' hearts were filled with tears, but they still had to agree.
"Yeah, it's a bit. Let's row a bit more."
"Just go straight to the shore. It's impossible for teacher's students to get lost in the forest."
Old Man Wu laughed heartily.
A moment later, the wooden boat neared the shore. The woman in hunting attire gracefully leapt ashore, and the small boat moved forward, pulling apart the distance.
Old Man Wu shouted, "Let's go home and eat tonight!"
"No need, someone's taking care of our meals." The woman in hunting attire waved her hand, turned around, and entered the forest, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Old Man Wu sat back on the boat and turned his head to look at the Gear building on the opposite shore. He sighed and patted the side of the boat, "Control the speed. Don't forget to take samples."
In the span of a few days, the north shore Gear, which had burned quite a large area, had already more or less recovered from its exterior appearance. The overall feeling of having been scoured by time made it not require too much of an external appearance.
The current project was mainly the installation and remodeling of the internal equipment. On the day of Headquarters' operation, the destruction caused by that damned Tank had practically razed the central control room to the ground. When the devil ray had put out the fire, the water cannon it had released had also caused a large area of electrical circuit damage. All kinds of pipelines had to be buried anew.
The construction workers and technicians were carrying equipment in and out. It was a scene of work in full swing.
The bald crow flapped its wings to cushion its fall. It steadily landed on the railing of a viewing platform at the top of the building. From this position, it could see the figures of people entering and exiting the building. It could also see some areas inside the building through the glass.
Inside the building, there was a construction worker pushing a high-precision imaging instrument. He openly walked around each floor of the building. From time to time, people would come over and input data obtained from other locations, continuously adjusting the parameters and establishing a database that might be even more detailed than the design blueprints.
The scope and intensity of the construction workers' work, when converted to value, already far exceeded the remuneration they received from the school.
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