Returning from the abyss

Chapter 241 An Ordinary Time

The next day, Lu Ning and Shu Xingruo accompanied Fujii Xueyin to the information center to watch her receive the task card.

"Central Gymnasium B1 basketball court locker room."

Fujii Yukine read out the place to go for the mission.

"The distribution center is really arranged in any strange place." Lu Ning glanced at it, and it was indeed written like this.

"If this is the case, I probably need to make some preparations for campus horror stories, as well as ghosts or survival precautions in closed scenes." Fujii Yukine smiled and folded the envelope, "Then I wish you Am I doing well? By the way, send my regards to Ning Yeyi, I will return victorious in seven days."

"We will."

"Get a full score, otherwise I'm going to treat you." Lu Ning joked.

"Okay, I'll work hard. It's rare that you are willing to come out to liven up the atmosphere." Fujii Xueyin said with a smile, "Then send it here, and the next step is my journey alone."

The two watched her leave the information center. Immediately afterwards, Lu Ning also took out the completed certification, ready to officially join the Rosicrucian.

"I still have a class, so see you tonight." Shu Xingruo left in time.

The certification is very simple, submit, sign, and after I announced the confirmation three times, she received the confirmation letter on her mobile phone, and there is also a newcomer guide, which clearly guides the newcomers who join the Rosicrucian process.

The most important are several aspects.

The first is the exclusive communication mailbox, which can be logged in separately in the Crow APP. Even Lu Ning herself cannot change the address book in it. There are only three superior officers who belong to the legion "Sea Snake" she chose, and their names are also code names. There is also an appeal mailbox .

In addition, Lu Ning's relevant authority obligations are also marked in the newcomer guide. She has been opened the internal channel of the organization on the APP, and can directly log in to the internal network of the Rosicrucian and Silver Star Society, and access the huge archives.In addition, members of the Rosicrucian and Silver Star Clubs who are willing to disclose their names are also on the list, divided according to the distribution center, and those who can apply for team formation and upgrade to the team are all listed at the top, and some even have attached resume.

She now understands why people were so in awe of the Silver Star Society before.

People who can survive the first scene, as long as they are not really stupid, even if they use half of the resources to pile up for three months, I am afraid that they can play freely in the first-order scene.

She tentatively sent a message to a superior, and soon received two words.

【Standby】.

This is what freedom of movement means, and there are currently no instructions given to her.

After confirming that the degree of freedom was indeed as high as Li Mingdeng promised, Lu Ning walked towards the coffee shop in this distribution center. Although Zhao Xihua seemed to be joking, she was really not sure whether such a person would really turn down his face and cry at the door.

The decoration style of Lewie Havonie Cafe is the same as that of the first-order distribution center, and the coffee varieties provided are more diversified. According to the clerk, these coffees come from many different worlds, even if it is really coffee, it is not accurate. At most, it is a "coffee-like drink".

Lu Ning took the introduction catalog and chose the one that looked normal.

"This...Cat with Dairy."

"Please wait a moment." The clerk took out a cafeteria and poured coffee beans from it to start making.

"It was supposed to be called 'A Cat's Observation Diary'." Zhao Xihua came a moment late, "But the name was too long, so it was shortened to this."

"But the meaning is very different."

"Is this a problem? The problem is why a cup of coffee has such a name! Brother, Swaying Dream, thank you!" Zhao Xihua leaned against the wooden counter and picked his eyes at the clerk, and then Lu Ning noticed the clerk's face It quickly became red.

After two cups of coffee were served, Lu Ning and Zhao Xihua found a secluded corner to sit down.

"I joined an organization."

"It's really surprising that you didn't join before. Those big organizations will never let go of potential people like you. Their personnel are quite good at selling themselves... I was almost persuaded." Zhao Xihua used a The exquisite little spoon slowly stirred the foaming coffee, with a mysterious smile, "That's fine, it's very tiring to upgrade without any support."

"But you are."

"We are a team that has been closely knit since the first level." Zhao Xihua picked up a lump of sugar from the sugar bowl on the table, "And our team is not so rich in resources, all planning and personal development have nothing to do with those large-scale The organization can be said to be the same. We prepared for the promotion test for a full four months and made sure that all members had no obvious shortcomings before we dared to sign up."

"Sounds exhausting."

"This is the team." Zhao Xihua stirred and melted the sugar cube in the cup, and let go of the spoon.

"Then why do you want to meet me today? You should know that I have no intention of joining your team, and I don't think you will recruit anyone at this time."

Zhao Xihua sighed.

"You were young when you died, weren't you?"

"Uh……"

"Besides, after entering the distribution center, I was busy going through scenes one by one. Even when I came back, I didn't forget to work hard to improve myself. I put all my energy into learning and training, right?"

"What's wrong with that?"

Zhao Xihua closed his eyes and took a sip of coffee, then suddenly opened his eyes wide.

"Socialize! Socialize! Communicate with more people, and go in and out of all the high-end places here for us to enjoy, haven't you done it?"

The corner of Lu Ning's mouth twitched.

"So it's just..."

"It's just normal chatting without any special purpose... Alas, alas, please don't go!"

Zhao Xihua leaned forward and grabbed Lu Ning who stood up.

"I don't have that much time to spend in places like this."

"Isn't chatting a way to get information? You are so comfortable in the scene, why don't you like talking here?"

"I don't think you're going to talk to me about anything of value."

"Even so, don't say it directly!"

After all, Zhao Xihua persuaded Lu Ning to return to her seat.

"Your appearance is not your original character, is it?"

Lu Ning asked suddenly.

"That depends on how you define it." Zhao Xihua smiled, "You can take my ever-changing personality as my personality."

"I can't learn it, it's very troublesome."

"Socializing doesn't have to be the same for everyone, and you don't even have to try to please people who don't like your personality. There's a saying? People with similar temperaments will attract each other."

"Isn't it still natural?"

"But you have to take the initiative to get in touch! The encounter between people also needs to be accelerated by yourself, otherwise you may meet a close friend at the end of your life, isn't it too late?"

"I have a lot of friends now."

"Your eyes were empty when you said that."

"...It has nothing to do with you, does it?"

"As I said, the temperament is compatible. I think some of your characteristics attract me, so I will give you these suggestions. Of course you don't have to listen, just think I am complaining."

Lu Ning nodded.

"Changing the subject, do you know that this coffee shop has a very unusual background?"

"What's unusual?"

"All buildings and stores in the distribution center are owned by the government, only here is a private industry."

At that moment, Lu Ning didn't realize the meaning of this sentence.

"I don't understand? The ownership of this coffee shop belongs entirely to a tourist. In other words, this is the only place in the entire distribution center system that can truly be called a private space."

"What's the difference between this and the outside?" Lu Ning gradually realized that this private space seemed to have a very unusual meaning.

"I don't know. The class I belong to determines my vision. I still don't know what this private space can bring. I only know that... here is not supervised in the general sense of the distribution center."

A small knife slipped out of Zhao Xihua's sleeve. She rubbed her fingertip against the tip of the knife, and a drop of dark red blood oozed out from under the cut skin.

Then, drip, condense the second drop.

Lu Ning suddenly opened his eyes wide.

Except for soul pollution, all treatments in the distribution center are free and fast. Small wounds like scratches will heal automatically even before the blood seeps out. This is one of the reasons why people don't do it in the distribution center, because everyone Knowing that even if you risk your life to beat someone, you won't die, and you can't even injure someone.

"Miss Zhao, it will be more troublesome in our store." The clerk reminded with a voice that the two could hear just now.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm a little proud." Zhao Xihua wiped away a drop of blood on the table with a napkin, and the wound on his hand healed quickly.

"This is……"

"Even the basic services that are widely distributed in the distribution center still need to be authorized here. I still don't know what kind of strategic significance such an environment has, but I know that the difference will always have an important role."

"That effect may not be seen for the rest of our lives."

"But it's better to know than not to know, right?"

This Lu Ning completely agrees.

This conversation lasted for two cups of coffee. Zhao Xihua really didn't talk about too many valuable things, especially about his team and connections, but even so, Lu Ning couldn't feel anything. Unhappy, but there is an illusion that this chat is very fulfilling.

Until the two pushed open the door and rang the wind chime at the door.

"How does it feel?"

"Chat is the way to get information...you're right."

"Then, hope we can meet again next time?"

"Yes, in a less intriguing scene."

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"A performance by a dreamer." Hitomi put a clean glass on the counter, and arranged it neatly like the eleven glasses before.

"But it's very interesting. A group of villains flaunted their righteousness and contributed to such a devastating ending. I think it can be used as a topic for this chat." The man said.

Shi Tong looked at the man, and said with a half-smile, "The big boss of the villain would say that?"

"The perspective of the bystander does not need his own good and evil as a basis for judgment."

At this time, Avata interjected: "This scene itself leads to the end of the advent. Even in the original story line, I didn't even think about Lisufo, and let him 'purify' the entire sin city."

"Purification...that's a good way of saying it." The old gentleman Malablanca echoed, "Among the 90.00 parallel observation records involving the entire scene, the results of the original ending can't be changed as much as [-]%. Four, imaginary With a shot, only [-]% of Lisufo were expelled."

"Oh? Another four percent?"

"Everyone chose to exit early, and the scene was closed before continuing to develop." Avatar said.

"Eh? Are the second ranks so cowardly now?" Yilan's eyes widened in surprise.

"Yi-Yilan, you-you have to know, it's not-not the beginning of the era." Mijialuo stammered and explained.

"Junying, tell your youngest little sister." The man gestured to the girl in the black princess dress.

"Well... because of the outbreak of the final war in the last era, the personnel in the distribution center dropped by nearly half, and about one-third of this half of the people will enter the elimination scene. It can be said that all the remaining organizations at that time were facing a There was a serious shortage of manpower. At that time, as long as the recruitment standard was met, every organization would do its best to train, and at the same time, it would strictly stipulate the completion of tasks in the scene. You were at the fourth level at that time, and I am afraid that you did not understand the lower level. status."

Elaine nodded.

"However, according to the latest data, the number of people in large organizations is basically close to the saturation line. Since there is no need for expansion in the distribution center, and the outbreak of another war is very far away, the people below are living a very nourishing life. "Jun Ying took a sip of the coffee and smiled slightly, "Even the distribution center has raised the death standard to nearly 20.00% five. This is simply unprecedented preferential treatment, and it is not difficult to understand why the people below are scared."

"what?"

"A group of sheep is not only protected by sheepdogs, but also has hunters patrolling nearby with live ammunition. Although there is still a risk of being attacked, there is no need to worry if they run fast." Jun Ying put the coffee cup by hand, " Do you want to say that such a person can't survive a scene in the Dark Era?"

Elaine nodded.

"But the dark age has passed. People who came from that time also started to establish a truly peaceful order, and even now they can still remember everything at that time, and organizations that retained the wolf nature of that time are gradually being domesticated. Only With a few exceptions."

Having said that, Jun Ying nodded slightly to Shi Tong.

"The Astral Sanctuary of Pan-Asian Civilization and our Eternal Night Council can be said to be two of the few organizations. But what is sad is that even our subordinates are gradually being assimilated and addicted to..."

"That's it, Junying." The man raised his hand to stop what Junying was about to say.

"She's still brooding over the person who gave up, even though I think it's unbelievable that it happened to her," Avatar said.

"Shang Chi is an excellent captain. He knows what he needs, and he knows the trade-off between giving up and gaining. But there is not only one person like him. The puppet party still has sufficient backup resources."

"He lived up to his position!"

"Junying, he is spreading his evil to the world he loves as agreed at that time, and it is still the same today." The man crossed his fingers slightly, and said with a faint smile, "Position is not a constraint, and neither are we. To bring them together, they have a natural ability, we send them to a place where they can perform, that's it."

Jun Ying smiled.

"I know this is what you mean on the surface... It's a pity that I can never guess what you are thinking in your heart."

(End of this chapter)