Chapter 31
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Yi Shi Si Zhou
Holding the handle, An Zhe said dumbly, "Am I not committing a crime of indecency now?"
"No," Lu Feng turned back to the bedroom, and said, "Whether the crime of indecency is established or not depends on the victim's will."
This man has the guts to call himself a victim.
An Zhe had seen through this man. After pulling the box home, he put it in the most inconspicuous corner of the room. He would not let Lu Feng inside see the sun.
At this time, the news on the TV has finished broadcasting, and it has become tomorrow's weather forecast. The sweet host's voice said that the plain where the base is located will usher in a rare windy day. Please close the doors and windows.
When An Zhe first made mushrooms, he was afraid of strong winds, because the wind would destroy the mushrooms.Later, after the fracture, his body changed, and he was no longer afraid of the wind, but liked the feeling of being blown by the wind.
After washing up, he returned to the bedroom and read his textbook for a while.After the night gradually darkened, An Zhe planned to sleep.
At this time, a low and strange sound rang in his ears.
Long, undulating, like the sound of wind echoing in the narrowest canyon.Sometimes, it was a very low whining sound, and sometimes it suddenly became sharp.It was like the wind outside, and it seemed to be ringing in the whole room, but the source of the sound could not be found.
It was not the first time he heard this sound. During the many nights in this room before, the low and distant sound was accompanied by the sound of dripping water in the kitchen. There was a strange harmony. The combination of these two sounds often Let him feel that he is still in the abyss—outside the cave, the wind blows from the depths of the dense forest, and the mucus and saliva secreted by plants or animals drips on the mossy stones. Sometimes, the wind and the structure of the cave will produce a kind of There was a strange resonance, and there were low-pitched sounds in all directions, like the ravings of some kind of creature.
But tonight the sound was louder than ever before, and An Zhe was finally able to confirm that the source of the sound was in his room.
He frowned, closed his eyes and carefully perceived his surroundings, except for the sound of the wind outside the window, that sound, the sound near his body——
He opened his eyes suddenly, got up from the bed, stood barefoot on the floor, picked up the flashlight on the table, turned it on, half knelt down, lifted the sheets, and shone the flashlight on the bottom of the bed.
A dark circular hole appeared in front of his eyes - on the wall next to the bed, where it meets the floor.
The mouth of the cave was the size of a human head, like a man-made pipe mouth, inside a black hole, nothing, nothing to see, he felt a wind blowing out of it, the sound that troubled him for a month was exactly the sound of the wind in the pipe .
After looking at the hole for half a minute, An Zhe put down the sheet and climbed back on the bed. Human rooms always have some weird structures.He has to go to bed early tonight, tomorrow is a big day.
"Your body
still struggling
want to return. "
"And nameless wildflowers
It is full on the head. "
An Zhe watched Bai Nan silently write a poem on the test paper. Today is the final exam for this group of cubs. He is responsible for patrolling the test room to prevent cheating.
The deep voice from last night was also recalled in the classroom, but everyone seemed to be used to it. An Zhe also found such a hole in an inconspicuous corner of the classroom. It seems that this is a common thing in human buildings. He I didn't notice it before because it was too noisy during the day to cover the sound, but today, the windy day outside made the wind in the cave stronger.
Passing over Bai Nan's position, he walked forward. Ji Sha's test paper was in a mess, full of traces of obliteration and alteration, only some neat words were filled in scattered on the English test. To several.
The situation of most of the cubs was the same as that of Ji Sha, and the other part didn't even make any effort to scribble and correct, and the paper in front of them was almost blank.Of course, there are a very small number of seven or eight cubs who have completed the test papers very well.
An Zhe walked and watched, and he came to the corner of the classroom, next to the indifferent cub named Si Nan.
——Sinan's papers have all been completed, and the exam has just started for half an hour, he is faster than everyone else.
At this time, he did not check, nor was he in a daze, but used a black pen to draw in the blank space of the test paper.
It’s actually not appropriate to call it a painting, it’s some irregular black lines, they are chaotically entangled, like vines in the abyss, there is a kind of madness breaking through the paper.By the time the one-and-a-half-hour assessment was over, the crazy lines had covered the entire test paper, and only the handwriting could be seen in the answer area.
After collecting the papers, the cubs were taken back to the dormitory by the life teacher, An Zhe carried the papers back to the office, Lin Zuo and Ke Lin were inside.Lin Zuo had just finished correcting the mathematics and logic test paper. Seeing An folded in, he took the paper and said, "You and Collinden will divide."
An Zhe complied obediently and came to Ke Lin's side. Colin read out the names and grades of the cubs, and An Zhe entered the grades into the computer form.
"Sinan." Ke Lin read: "100."
An Zhe recorded the results, and he said softly, "He's so good."
He has read the mathematics and logic test papers, and addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are already the simplest content in it. An Zhe thinks that he may not be able to solve those geometry and logic problems.
At this time, Lin Zuo, who was correcting the language and literature test papers, said, "Sinan is a very rare genius."
An Zhe: "Yes."
"But I don't plan to let him be promoted to Class A." Lin Zuo said.
After this month's life, An Zhe already knew the rules for the cubs to go to school.
The life teacher has a table for adding and subtracting points, and there is also a sheet during class. These records of adding and subtracting points are added to the usual large and small assessment results, and finally the scores of the final exam are added to become the cub's final grade. .The top few cubs with the best grades in this class will be promoted to class A, continue to receive education in the main city, and enter various institutions in the main city according to their own specialties when they grow up.Other cubs entered the military base for training and assessment. A month later, the military also selected a dozen or so B-type cubs to continue training according to the situation. When the cubs grow up, they will become soldiers of the military.The rest of the cubs were classified as Category C and sent to the outer city to be adopted by the residents of the outer city. If no one adopted them, they would continue to live collectively in the area allocated by the outer city and become residents of the outer city ever since.
But Lin Zuo said that he did not intend to let Sinan enter Class A.
An Zhe asked, "Why?"
"He has a personality problem." Lin Zuo said: "He is not suitable for joining the military either. He lacks emotion personally, and at the same time has hatred for the base, and cannot serve the main city. Eden also agrees with my assessment of him. He will I was placed in class C, and I will trouble you two in the future."
An Zhe: "...Okay."
"He is a very strange child," Lin Zuo said again. "The life teacher told me that he would wake up frequently at night and sometimes tremble, but the cause could not be found out. I heard from the childcare teacher who took care of him before he was three years old that he Lost a friend, probably left a psychological shadow."
One morning passed, and the final score calculation was completed. Five cubs including Bai Nan were picked away. They were sent to the seventh floor of the Garden of Eden to receive education together with other outstanding cubs in the class, and Lin Zuo was transferred to the third floor. , start a new level.An Zhe and Ke Lin officially became the class teachers of the remaining cubs. Their task was to bring the cubs to the military base and supervise them to accept military training and assessment.
The efficiency of the main city was very fast. In the afternoon, they took a shuttle bus to a military training ground on the side of the city. Together with them were the cubs from the rest of the class.
The training ground was very windy, bringing up fine sand, but the cubs were very excited, running and jumping in the open field - the military personnel in charge of screening the cubs were about to come to take over them, An Zhe and Ke Lin were free , they just need to watch from the side.
Sitting side by side on the iron bench, Colin suddenly spoke - An Zhe and he hadn't communicated with each other for a month.
"I'm willing to let go of my hatred for the Judge," he said.
An Zhe looked at him, and found that his gaze passed through the layers of buildings, looking at the gray corner of Eden in the distance, it was a very cold gaze.
"Because the entire main city is as indifferent as a judge." Looking there, Colin said.
An Zhe: "Why?"
"Have you seen the Garden of Eden?" Colin said, "It's like a beehive."
The Garden of Eden is a huge hexagonal building that does bear a resemblance to a beehive.An Zhe didn't speak, and Colin continued on by himself.
"The Garden of Eden is the queen bee. It produces tens of thousands of children every year. They have been subjected to difficult assessments since they were three years old, in order to select a small part with the highest IQ, and let them stay in the main city for future scientific research, or other What. These children are useful to the main city, they are drones, so they can get the superior living conditions of the main city." He said: "The others are all worker bees, who are assigned to the outer city with poor conditions. The base controls food and water. Supply, the worker bees can only become mercenaries, go to the wild and bring supplies back to the base in order to survive. Those supplies are used by the base to benefit the main city."
He sneered: "This is the way the entire base operates. The people who are valuable to the main city are people. When they blow up District 6, they don't feel bad at all, because the people in the outer city are what they lost."
An Zhe said: "But the main city is only enough for a few people to live on."
Colin turned to him: "Do you think what they did was right?"
After hesitating for a moment, An Zhe nodded.
"You think they did the right thing because you survived. You stand here, and you stand on the ground of the main city." Colin became emotional, and his chest heaved violently a few times.
"Human interests are above all else, so what they do is right." He said: "But those people who died, those who were bombed by them, your relatives, friends, what did they do wrong? They are not Human?"
An Zhe didn't speak. He was not confused by Colin's questioning. There are also social creatures in the abyss. After his long-term observation, for a single animal, life is the most important thing, but for a group of animals living in groups The continuation of the entire group is more important.He didn't think Colin was wrong, but this person might be more suitable to live in the Virginia base.
Colin looked into his eyes, and finally said: "I see. You have no feelings at all."
Their conversation stopped there.
An Zhe turned his gaze back to the cubs, who were much cuter than Colin.
However, there was chaos in the cub group at this time, and some people fought.
An Zhe stood up and walked into the group of cubs. Colin also came over.
It was Sinan and another strong boy who were fighting.Si Nan's eyes were a little red, and he pinned the boy to the ground.
"Let go of him." Ke Lin said, "Sinan, points have been deducted."
Sinan still didn't let go of the boy, so Ke Lin could only step forward and forcefully separate them. After all, adults are much stronger than children.
Si Nan stood aside with a cold face.An Zhe looked down at him and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Si Nan didn't speak, but another boy said loudly: "You talked in your sleep at night, you called Lily's name! Lily was taken away and locked up long ago, anyway, you can't find her!"
An Zhe saw Sinan clenched his fists.
Lily, sounds like a little girl's name.
He asked, "Who is Lily?"
Si Nan finally answered him this time: "My friend."
"Where is she?"
"Garden of Eden." Sinan said coldly.
An Zhe remembered what Lin Zuo said "he lost a friend", and he guessed the reason for the dispute. The boy mentioned Sinan's sad story.
"Don't be angry anymore." He half knelt down, looked at Si Nan at the same level, and patted his shoulder lightly: "I told him not to mention such things in the future."
Sinan's expression didn't change. He was obviously a cub, but he had a kind of indifference that was different from all cubs.
An Zhe could only touch his hair, stood up, the cubs were in a mess on the training ground, and Colin beside him was educating another cub, his education was much more successful than An Zhe, as long as he said With the word "point deduction", the cub will be obedient immediately.
An Zhe was inspired, and said to Si Nan: "Next time, no fighting is allowed, and points will be deducted."
The corner of Si Nan's mouth curled up, and he said, "Anyway, you don't want me to stay in the main city."
——When the other cubs were stumbling and stumbling about even talking, this cub knew everything.
An Zhe felt helpless, but no one could help him.
At this moment, a black car stopped in his peripheral vision, and three people walked out of it.
An Zhe looked over and met the eyes of the person in the middle.
He blinked.
Lu Feng also saw him, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and walked towards this side.
An Zhe: "Are you here too?"
"Have a meeting," Lu Feng said, "What's wrong with you?"
An Zhe's voice was helpless and asking for help: "There are two children fighting."
"It's enough to beat each of them." Lu Feng said.
What he said made An Zhe smile involuntarily. He leaned down and said to Sinan: "Next time we fight, I will beat you."
Lu Feng looked at him.
"You are so talkative," he said coolly, "not only will they continue to fight, but they will also beat you."
An Zhe: "..."
He adjusted his expression and tried to make himself look a little fierce. If Lu Feng was one-tenth as fierce, he would be able to educate the cubs and everything would go well.
Lu Feng looked at him, curled his lips, and shifted his gaze to Sinan.
His eyes suddenly stopped.
"Stay away from him." The next moment, Lu Feng said coldly.
An Zhe didn't know, so he listened to Lu Feng's words almost reflexively, and took two steps back.
Lu Yan took two steps forward, between An Zhe and Sinan, put on his gloves, grabbed Sinan's jaw, and forced him to look at the sun.
The sun was glaring, and Sinan's pupils shrank.
"He has a problem." Lu Feng grabbed Sinan with his backhand: "Contact the lighthouse."
The author has something to say:
The opening poem is "The Charm of the Forest" by Mu Dan.
"No," Lu Feng turned back to the bedroom, and said, "Whether the crime of indecency is established or not depends on the victim's will."
This man has the guts to call himself a victim.
An Zhe had seen through this man. After pulling the box home, he put it in the most inconspicuous corner of the room. He would not let Lu Feng inside see the sun.
At this time, the news on the TV has finished broadcasting, and it has become tomorrow's weather forecast. The sweet host's voice said that the plain where the base is located will usher in a rare windy day. Please close the doors and windows.
When An Zhe first made mushrooms, he was afraid of strong winds, because the wind would destroy the mushrooms.Later, after the fracture, his body changed, and he was no longer afraid of the wind, but liked the feeling of being blown by the wind.
After washing up, he returned to the bedroom and read his textbook for a while.After the night gradually darkened, An Zhe planned to sleep.
At this time, a low and strange sound rang in his ears.
Long, undulating, like the sound of wind echoing in the narrowest canyon.Sometimes, it was a very low whining sound, and sometimes it suddenly became sharp.It was like the wind outside, and it seemed to be ringing in the whole room, but the source of the sound could not be found.
It was not the first time he heard this sound. During the many nights in this room before, the low and distant sound was accompanied by the sound of dripping water in the kitchen. There was a strange harmony. The combination of these two sounds often Let him feel that he is still in the abyss—outside the cave, the wind blows from the depths of the dense forest, and the mucus and saliva secreted by plants or animals drips on the mossy stones. Sometimes, the wind and the structure of the cave will produce a kind of There was a strange resonance, and there were low-pitched sounds in all directions, like the ravings of some kind of creature.
But tonight the sound was louder than ever before, and An Zhe was finally able to confirm that the source of the sound was in his room.
He frowned, closed his eyes and carefully perceived his surroundings, except for the sound of the wind outside the window, that sound, the sound near his body——
He opened his eyes suddenly, got up from the bed, stood barefoot on the floor, picked up the flashlight on the table, turned it on, half knelt down, lifted the sheets, and shone the flashlight on the bottom of the bed.
A dark circular hole appeared in front of his eyes - on the wall next to the bed, where it meets the floor.
The mouth of the cave was the size of a human head, like a man-made pipe mouth, inside a black hole, nothing, nothing to see, he felt a wind blowing out of it, the sound that troubled him for a month was exactly the sound of the wind in the pipe .
After looking at the hole for half a minute, An Zhe put down the sheet and climbed back on the bed. Human rooms always have some weird structures.He has to go to bed early tonight, tomorrow is a big day.
"Your body
still struggling
want to return. "
"And nameless wildflowers
It is full on the head. "
An Zhe watched Bai Nan silently write a poem on the test paper. Today is the final exam for this group of cubs. He is responsible for patrolling the test room to prevent cheating.
The deep voice from last night was also recalled in the classroom, but everyone seemed to be used to it. An Zhe also found such a hole in an inconspicuous corner of the classroom. It seems that this is a common thing in human buildings. He I didn't notice it before because it was too noisy during the day to cover the sound, but today, the windy day outside made the wind in the cave stronger.
Passing over Bai Nan's position, he walked forward. Ji Sha's test paper was in a mess, full of traces of obliteration and alteration, only some neat words were filled in scattered on the English test. To several.
The situation of most of the cubs was the same as that of Ji Sha, and the other part didn't even make any effort to scribble and correct, and the paper in front of them was almost blank.Of course, there are a very small number of seven or eight cubs who have completed the test papers very well.
An Zhe walked and watched, and he came to the corner of the classroom, next to the indifferent cub named Si Nan.
——Sinan's papers have all been completed, and the exam has just started for half an hour, he is faster than everyone else.
At this time, he did not check, nor was he in a daze, but used a black pen to draw in the blank space of the test paper.
It’s actually not appropriate to call it a painting, it’s some irregular black lines, they are chaotically entangled, like vines in the abyss, there is a kind of madness breaking through the paper.By the time the one-and-a-half-hour assessment was over, the crazy lines had covered the entire test paper, and only the handwriting could be seen in the answer area.
After collecting the papers, the cubs were taken back to the dormitory by the life teacher, An Zhe carried the papers back to the office, Lin Zuo and Ke Lin were inside.Lin Zuo had just finished correcting the mathematics and logic test paper. Seeing An folded in, he took the paper and said, "You and Collinden will divide."
An Zhe complied obediently and came to Ke Lin's side. Colin read out the names and grades of the cubs, and An Zhe entered the grades into the computer form.
"Sinan." Ke Lin read: "100."
An Zhe recorded the results, and he said softly, "He's so good."
He has read the mathematics and logic test papers, and addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are already the simplest content in it. An Zhe thinks that he may not be able to solve those geometry and logic problems.
At this time, Lin Zuo, who was correcting the language and literature test papers, said, "Sinan is a very rare genius."
An Zhe: "Yes."
"But I don't plan to let him be promoted to Class A." Lin Zuo said.
After this month's life, An Zhe already knew the rules for the cubs to go to school.
The life teacher has a table for adding and subtracting points, and there is also a sheet during class. These records of adding and subtracting points are added to the usual large and small assessment results, and finally the scores of the final exam are added to become the cub's final grade. .The top few cubs with the best grades in this class will be promoted to class A, continue to receive education in the main city, and enter various institutions in the main city according to their own specialties when they grow up.Other cubs entered the military base for training and assessment. A month later, the military also selected a dozen or so B-type cubs to continue training according to the situation. When the cubs grow up, they will become soldiers of the military.The rest of the cubs were classified as Category C and sent to the outer city to be adopted by the residents of the outer city. If no one adopted them, they would continue to live collectively in the area allocated by the outer city and become residents of the outer city ever since.
But Lin Zuo said that he did not intend to let Sinan enter Class A.
An Zhe asked, "Why?"
"He has a personality problem." Lin Zuo said: "He is not suitable for joining the military either. He lacks emotion personally, and at the same time has hatred for the base, and cannot serve the main city. Eden also agrees with my assessment of him. He will I was placed in class C, and I will trouble you two in the future."
An Zhe: "...Okay."
"He is a very strange child," Lin Zuo said again. "The life teacher told me that he would wake up frequently at night and sometimes tremble, but the cause could not be found out. I heard from the childcare teacher who took care of him before he was three years old that he Lost a friend, probably left a psychological shadow."
One morning passed, and the final score calculation was completed. Five cubs including Bai Nan were picked away. They were sent to the seventh floor of the Garden of Eden to receive education together with other outstanding cubs in the class, and Lin Zuo was transferred to the third floor. , start a new level.An Zhe and Ke Lin officially became the class teachers of the remaining cubs. Their task was to bring the cubs to the military base and supervise them to accept military training and assessment.
The efficiency of the main city was very fast. In the afternoon, they took a shuttle bus to a military training ground on the side of the city. Together with them were the cubs from the rest of the class.
The training ground was very windy, bringing up fine sand, but the cubs were very excited, running and jumping in the open field - the military personnel in charge of screening the cubs were about to come to take over them, An Zhe and Ke Lin were free , they just need to watch from the side.
Sitting side by side on the iron bench, Colin suddenly spoke - An Zhe and he hadn't communicated with each other for a month.
"I'm willing to let go of my hatred for the Judge," he said.
An Zhe looked at him, and found that his gaze passed through the layers of buildings, looking at the gray corner of Eden in the distance, it was a very cold gaze.
"Because the entire main city is as indifferent as a judge." Looking there, Colin said.
An Zhe: "Why?"
"Have you seen the Garden of Eden?" Colin said, "It's like a beehive."
The Garden of Eden is a huge hexagonal building that does bear a resemblance to a beehive.An Zhe didn't speak, and Colin continued on by himself.
"The Garden of Eden is the queen bee. It produces tens of thousands of children every year. They have been subjected to difficult assessments since they were three years old, in order to select a small part with the highest IQ, and let them stay in the main city for future scientific research, or other What. These children are useful to the main city, they are drones, so they can get the superior living conditions of the main city." He said: "The others are all worker bees, who are assigned to the outer city with poor conditions. The base controls food and water. Supply, the worker bees can only become mercenaries, go to the wild and bring supplies back to the base in order to survive. Those supplies are used by the base to benefit the main city."
He sneered: "This is the way the entire base operates. The people who are valuable to the main city are people. When they blow up District 6, they don't feel bad at all, because the people in the outer city are what they lost."
An Zhe said: "But the main city is only enough for a few people to live on."
Colin turned to him: "Do you think what they did was right?"
After hesitating for a moment, An Zhe nodded.
"You think they did the right thing because you survived. You stand here, and you stand on the ground of the main city." Colin became emotional, and his chest heaved violently a few times.
"Human interests are above all else, so what they do is right." He said: "But those people who died, those who were bombed by them, your relatives, friends, what did they do wrong? They are not Human?"
An Zhe didn't speak. He was not confused by Colin's questioning. There are also social creatures in the abyss. After his long-term observation, for a single animal, life is the most important thing, but for a group of animals living in groups The continuation of the entire group is more important.He didn't think Colin was wrong, but this person might be more suitable to live in the Virginia base.
Colin looked into his eyes, and finally said: "I see. You have no feelings at all."
Their conversation stopped there.
An Zhe turned his gaze back to the cubs, who were much cuter than Colin.
However, there was chaos in the cub group at this time, and some people fought.
An Zhe stood up and walked into the group of cubs. Colin also came over.
It was Sinan and another strong boy who were fighting.Si Nan's eyes were a little red, and he pinned the boy to the ground.
"Let go of him." Ke Lin said, "Sinan, points have been deducted."
Sinan still didn't let go of the boy, so Ke Lin could only step forward and forcefully separate them. After all, adults are much stronger than children.
Si Nan stood aside with a cold face.An Zhe looked down at him and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Si Nan didn't speak, but another boy said loudly: "You talked in your sleep at night, you called Lily's name! Lily was taken away and locked up long ago, anyway, you can't find her!"
An Zhe saw Sinan clenched his fists.
Lily, sounds like a little girl's name.
He asked, "Who is Lily?"
Si Nan finally answered him this time: "My friend."
"Where is she?"
"Garden of Eden." Sinan said coldly.
An Zhe remembered what Lin Zuo said "he lost a friend", and he guessed the reason for the dispute. The boy mentioned Sinan's sad story.
"Don't be angry anymore." He half knelt down, looked at Si Nan at the same level, and patted his shoulder lightly: "I told him not to mention such things in the future."
Sinan's expression didn't change. He was obviously a cub, but he had a kind of indifference that was different from all cubs.
An Zhe could only touch his hair, stood up, the cubs were in a mess on the training ground, and Colin beside him was educating another cub, his education was much more successful than An Zhe, as long as he said With the word "point deduction", the cub will be obedient immediately.
An Zhe was inspired, and said to Si Nan: "Next time, no fighting is allowed, and points will be deducted."
The corner of Si Nan's mouth curled up, and he said, "Anyway, you don't want me to stay in the main city."
——When the other cubs were stumbling and stumbling about even talking, this cub knew everything.
An Zhe felt helpless, but no one could help him.
At this moment, a black car stopped in his peripheral vision, and three people walked out of it.
An Zhe looked over and met the eyes of the person in the middle.
He blinked.
Lu Feng also saw him, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and walked towards this side.
An Zhe: "Are you here too?"
"Have a meeting," Lu Feng said, "What's wrong with you?"
An Zhe's voice was helpless and asking for help: "There are two children fighting."
"It's enough to beat each of them." Lu Feng said.
What he said made An Zhe smile involuntarily. He leaned down and said to Sinan: "Next time we fight, I will beat you."
Lu Feng looked at him.
"You are so talkative," he said coolly, "not only will they continue to fight, but they will also beat you."
An Zhe: "..."
He adjusted his expression and tried to make himself look a little fierce. If Lu Feng was one-tenth as fierce, he would be able to educate the cubs and everything would go well.
Lu Feng looked at him, curled his lips, and shifted his gaze to Sinan.
His eyes suddenly stopped.
"Stay away from him." The next moment, Lu Feng said coldly.
An Zhe didn't know, so he listened to Lu Feng's words almost reflexively, and took two steps back.
Lu Yan took two steps forward, between An Zhe and Sinan, put on his gloves, grabbed Sinan's jaw, and forced him to look at the sun.
The sun was glaring, and Sinan's pupils shrank.
"He has a problem." Lu Feng grabbed Sinan with his backhand: "Contact the lighthouse."
The author has something to say:
The opening poem is "The Charm of the Forest" by Mu Dan.
