There were more than ten big light bulbs on the ceiling of the basement, shining a faint light onto the plastic baskets that were either filled with men's and women's clothes or empty plastic baskets on the concrete floor.
The disciples who had just come to the secular world from the Three Gates of Witchcraft, Life, Death, and Sacrifice, walked up to the plastic baskets one after another and took out the clothes that fit their body shape. Then, they went to the curtain by the wall and changed into ordinary people's accessories.
"It's so simple that it's scary …" Zhang Lisheng muttered to himself and looked for a set of canvas denim trousers in the basket to change into it behind the curtain. Just when he threw his black robe into the empty plastic basket, a voice that was neither slow nor slow resonated in his ears all of a sudden. "Senior Uncles, Senior Uncles, and brothers, please come with me. We'll take the SUV escort team and we have something to discuss on the way.
As for Junior Brothers and Sisters, after you're done changing, please take the bus outside from the exit on the left. This matter is confidential so there's no number on the bus. Just sit in an orderly manner and it's not too late to regroup when we arrive at the destination.
"Yes, Deacon Qin!" The instant the voice left his mouth, a series of respectful greetings resonated in the surroundings. Not only were there the Gate of Death's disciples, but the Gate of Life and Sacrifice's disciples also appeared to be sincerely convinced.
Zhang Lisheng was half a beat slower than the others but he still cupped his hands and replied, "Yes." Then, he looked towards the direction of the voice and saw a young man with a height of more than 180 centimeters, who had a jade-like face and a calm temperament, looking at everyone with a smile. He bowed politely to return the greeting, looking very old-fashioned.
It was their first time meeting each other but that person gave Zhang Lisheng a vague sense of familiarity. The young man recalled carefully and suddenly realized that the man's speech and behavior were somewhat similar to Su De's. It was just that one had a natural temperament while the other was deliberately pretentious.
Faintly, he understood why Su Deli was pretending to speak with his tongue sticking out. He was obviously petty but pretended to be magnanimous from time to time, so it turned out that he was just trying to make a fool of himself. When Zhang Lisheng was finding it funny, someone suddenly patted his shoulder. Then, he heard Min Lan whispering beside him, "Lisheng, why are you in a daze? Let's go!"
"Sister Min Lan, I'm not in a daze. I just noticed something interesting." Zhang Lisheng shook his head and followed Min Lan to the left door of the basement passage. He whispered, "Don't you think that Deacon Qin is very similar to Big Boss Su?"
"They are cousins, so it's only right for them to be like each other. Walk properly and don't talk too much." Min Lan was stunned for a moment. She looked like she wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. She took a few steps up the stairs, pushed open a heavy wooden door, and walked out of the basement.
A loud noise came from the opening and closing of the wooden door. Zhang Lisheng followed closely behind the girl and walked out of the door. He realized that it was actually the backstage of a theater outside the door.
It sounded like a small Northeastern drama was being staged. Amidst the noisy drumming, the young man followed the girl out of the backstage. When he went out to take a look, he saw a dusty travel bus parked in the courtyard with its doors open, quietly waiting for the arrival of the passengers.
"Remember, do as Big Boss Qin said and follow the order." Min Lan turned her head and reminded Zhang Lisheng in a whisper. They lined up loosely and boarded a bus before sitting on an empty seat in the middle of the carriage.
Zhang Lisheng, who followed closely behind, sat next to Min Lan. Looking at the hazy night outside the window, he suddenly asked, "Sister Min Lan, do you know where the Oasis World is? Is it far away?"
"It's said to be in Gannan Province. It'll take more than ten hours to drive there. Take your time." After boarding the bus and being separated from the Grand Wizards and the big bosses, Min Lan's attitude became much more relaxed.
"Drive to Gannan? Don't tell me that the Gate doesn't know that there's a means of transportation in this world called an airplane?" Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a moment before asking with his mouth agape.
"This time, our Three Gate of Witchcraft, the Gate of Life, Death, and Sacrifice have done their best to explore the Oasis World. There are thousands of people, so do you think you can still keep it a secret by chartering a few planes?
Besides, it's very difficult to maintain the Gate now. Money is not easy to obtain and there are more and more places to spend money, so of course, we'd better save as much as we can. "
Without his position, Zhang Lisheng, who could not imagine how difficult it was to maintain the Gate of Witchcraft, curled his lips and no longer said anything. Leaning his back on the seat, he closed his eyes and began to rest.
Not long after, he felt the bus start to move slowly and slowly drove out of the bustling town. It drove faster and faster, finally speeding on the highway that was shrouded in the night.
Time passed by slowly. When the sky was bright, the bus that had already driven into the highway refueled at the rest stop and continued to fly towards Gannan. After crossing the provincial border, it drove off the highway and the road that it took gradually became more and more remote. In the end, it actually bumped into the northwest wasteland that was filled with sandstorms.
In midsummer, the direct sunlight of the wasteland seemed to have made the air conditioner of the bus lose its spirit. It could not stop the bus from becoming extremely hot. Adding on to the fact that the bus trip had turned into a bumper car trip, the yellow sand and fine dust entered the bus through the gaps of the bus and landed on the clothes, hands, and faces of the passengers, making them look extremely flustered. After a long time, everyone could be said to have become impatient.
However, when they were enjoying themselves, they could invite a Michelin three-star chef to their house to cook for them.
Zhang Lisheng, who could feed the worms with his flesh and blood in the jungle until his blood was exhausted and could still clench his teeth to activate his wizard power to fight desperately with his veins bulging, was an exception.
When he looked at the electronic clock in front of the bus that showed that it was already 16 o 'clock in the afternoon, he used his hand to fan away the fine sand in front of him and casually asked Min Lan, "Sister, what do you think we should do if the bus breaks down in this Gannan wasteland?"
"Lisheng, why can't you think of something better? Break down? If it breaks down, we'll get off the bus and walk!" Min Lan, who was covered in dust, covered her mouth and closed her eyes as she replied weakly.
"It's not too far to walk." After a moment of silence, Zhang Lisheng suddenly said in a slightly excited and intoxicated tone, "Sister, look! It seems like we're almost at the entrance of the Oasis World.
It turns out that the foreign world's gate on the land actually looks so beautiful! "
"We're almost there!" Upon hearing the young man's words, Min Lan's eyes widened right away. She stood up and looked ahead, and a hint of dark green in the vast expanse of yellow in the distance immediately entered her eyes.
There was no oasis in the Gannan desert since hundreds of years ago. That piece of emerald green that was getting bigger and showing high vitality could only be the color of the Oasis World through the spatial door.
As the Gate of Witchcraft's bus fleet continued to approach, a temporary military camp that occupied a huge area in front of the thick green that was covered by a yellow sand-like camouflage color also appeared in front of the wizards.
More than an hour later, the bus that Zhang Lisheng was sitting on passed through three checkpoints and finally drove into the huge military camp.
Looking at the foreign world's gate that was more than several dozens of kilometers wide that connected to the sky from here, it was as though it was right in front of them. If they had good eyesight, they could even see the bark grain of the giant trees that were more than 100 meters tall clearly.
After getting off the bus, the thousands of wizards stood on a spacious open space in the camp in a daze. Many officers and soldiers walked around them, but they did not look at them at all, as though they were invisible.
There were also some people wearing casual clothes shuttling between the barracks who could see the existence of the wizards, but nobody came up to say anything. It was only until the more than ten SUVs at the foot of the convoy had also slowly driven to the open space that the Grand Wizards and Deacons got off one by one that a middle-aged, fair-skinned, fat, bald middle-aged man of medium build brought a few officers to welcome them with a smile.
"Inspector Li, Inspector Wang … Director Chen, all of you have brought the students here. It's been a tough journey, it's been a tough journey. Let me introduce to all of you." After the bald middle-aged man warmly shook hands with the Grand Wizards, he pointed to the officer beside him and said, "This is the camp's logistics director, Colonel Song Nanxing.
Colonel Song knows that all of you must be tired from the journey, so he insisted on coming to greet all of you personally. The accommodation has already been prepared.
Inspector Li, why don't we do it this way? Let the students rest first. The leaders of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences will have to work a little harder to meet General Wang and discuss the next step … "
As the bald middle-aged man was talking eloquently, all of a sudden, an earth-shattering roar resonated from the other end of the Foreign World's Gate in the distance, covering all the sounds in the military camp.
Upon hearing this terrifying sound, even Zhang Lisheng's heart clenched as he unconsciously clenched his fists. However, the ordinary people in the camp were very calm. They did not even have the intention to stop their footsteps.
By the time the unknown monster from the supernatural realm's roar subsided, it was the bald man who chuckled and comforted the frightened wizards. "Don't be nervous, everyone. Staying in the camp, you'll have to listen to the noise of this supernatural realm's beast at least more than ten times a day. You'll get used to it. You'll get used to it.
Speaking of which, those monsters are also very smart. Most of them won't come to the harsh desert on Earth instead of staying in the big forest. Besides, it doesn't matter even if they really come. There's a mobile defense force deployed at the entrance of the passage. They have real high-tech weapons that are even more powerful than the Steel Warriors of the US … "
"Director Guo, let's stop chatting. The commander is still waiting." Upon hearing the bald man talking more and more, the officer carrying two bars and three stars beside him frowned and said, "Wang Dong, Fu Wei … Bring the guests to settle down and ensure the hot water supply."
"Yes!" Several young officers stood up straight and shouted.
While they were responding to the officer loudly, a tent three to four hundred meters away was opened. A tall woman with short hair, a pair of lightweight black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, and a cold face, who looked to be in her thirties, muttered in a low voice with little ups and downs, "Caiying, it's not about what you can do here, it's about whether you're here or not.
Don't tell me that you don't understand the word 'qualification'? With this qualification of field research and exploration in the Oasis World, no matter if you're going to enter politics or engage in research work in the future, you'll be able to justifiably be one step ahead of your peers.
Uncle has spent a lot of effort to arrange for you and that little friend of yours to come here. It's not for you to make any great achievements, it's just for the sake of the four words' justifiable '. "He walked out.
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