March 1, 2019, sunny.
Qin Li’s mood changed from light rain to heavy rain.
“It’s just a make-up exam, don’t look so bitter,” Yan Yongfeng comforted him, “We have so little class time, there will inevitably be failures, didn’t Minister Yu communicate with the school, as long as you pass the make-up exam, the original score will be erased, and there will be no record of failing the exam in the file.”
Qin Li glared at him fiercely, jealousy burning in his eyes.
Shortly after New Year’s Day in 2019, everyone ushered in the final exam of the first semester. Several of them didn’t attend classes for more than half a year, and the teachers of various subjects were not very happy. Fortunately, the Ministry of State Security asked the teachers to record their usual grades for them on the grounds of special tasks. As long as they didn’t fail the final exam, they could pass.
The ‘void’ was also very quiet this time, and did not come out to make trouble during the exam week, giving everyone breathing time.
Everyone helped each other, crammed before the exam, and finally learned most of the subjects. Unexpectedly, it was only one day before the exam that they found out that the Civics that they didn’t pay attention to at all had changed from an open book to a closed book this year!
Qiu Qizheng stayed up all night, memorizing all the key points, and finally got a score of over ninety on the next day; Cui Heyu has never entered the ‘void’, and the exam is nothing to him; With his outstanding ability, Yan Yongfeng turned the closed book into an open book; Only Qin Li, honestly memorize the questions, his eyes turned red, but still flunked the Civics.
“That’s right, what are you afraid of, you just failed a subject,” Cui Heyu leisurely walked over and pointed to Tan Yan and said, “Over there, only one subject Civics passed, and the rest failed.”
Tan Yan: “…”
Civics is the focus of his review all the time, and it is also a memorized coursework. As long as he is willing to work hard, he will not fail the subject. But other courses…
Hey, don’t mention it.
“There’s someone even worse,” Cui Heyu ran up to Tan Yan, gloated and said, “Liang Xian didn’t take any exams, and all the subjects are red. If he doesn’t return in July this year, he will be demoted to repeat the first grade next year.”
Thinking that Liang Xian might become his junior in the future, Cui Heyu was overjoyed.
Tan Yan wasn’t angry either, Cui Heyu was just a kid who liked to fight with Liang Xian.
“He’ll be back soon.” Tan Yan replied calmly.
The last time he went to see Liang Xian, Liang Xian had already killed another fifth-level zombie in the zombie world with his own strength. His strength was getting stronger and stronger, but he showed no sign of turning into a zombie. On the contrary, his rationality became clearer.
Liang Xian is also more confident in defeating the Evil Consciousness.
Of course, Tan Yan also told him that he had failed all the subjects, but Liang Xian was not worried. Since the results of the make-up exam can be included in the file as official exam results, as long as he comes back, he can pass the exam.
Instead, he was more worried about Tan Yan.
The organization will definitely not let Tan Yan leave the interest group, but perhaps he will be demoted! Tan Yan is such a strong person, he must not be able to bear the blow of demotion, Liang Xian is anxious to return to the real world to make up lessons for Tan Yan.
Seeing his anxious look, Tan Yan didn’t tell Liang Xian that Qiao Zhixue promised him that he would get 60% special extra points in the make-up exam, that is to say, even if he got zero points in the exam, he wouldn’t fail the exam.
If his concern can make Liang Xian return sooner, Tan Yan is very happy to see it happen.
Speaking of which, he has been hiding a lot of things from Liang Xian recently, he hopes he will not be angry when he returns to the real world.
Tan Yan secretly smiled.
Few students are making up the exam, so the time is arranged to finish the exam on the 1st day. The students of the Central Military Academy are already excellent, and there are at most 2 students from the ordinary course, and there is almost no one taking make-up exams from the special class these years. Tan Yan lowered the average score of the entire class by himself, which is also very powerful.
After taking the exam for a day, the dizzy Tan Yan and the frustrated Qin Li were taken back to the base by a special car. They heard that Tu Zishi had foreseen a new ‘void’, and they had to go back to prepare quickly.
Unexpectedly, after returning to the base, they heard Ah San’s words: “March 8, 19:23 pm, Shijiazhuang XX Khan Steaming Age1汗蒸時代 Hàn zhēng shídài: Khan Steaming Age. T/N: This is a bathhouse, in China there are two kinds of bathhouses, 澡堂 zǎotáng, public bathhouse; and 洗浴 xǐyù, spa-style bathhouse. Traditional public bathhouses are simple and functional, while the spa-style bathhouse is a luxury version of its more functional counterpart and establishments go all out to be as luxurious as they can be. Khan Steaming Age seems to be a Korean-style Sauna. Some bathhouses in Shijiazhuang: Link. , women’s bath? This location is a bit…”
Tan Yan, who heard Ah San’s words from a distance, stiffened slightly.
Tu Zishi said awkwardly: “This… I can’t help it… ‘void’ doesn’t listen to me…”
“I think your concern should be that the ‘void’ has shifted to Shijiazhuang,” Qiao Zhixue said solemnly, “Don’t study what Tu Zishi has ‘seen’.”
When he said that, Tu Zishi blushed even more.
His prediction ability that predict the ‘void’ is currently manifested in the form of sleep and dreams. This time, he did dream of some… more beautiful scenery. After waking up, Tu Zishi said the time and place, and then he ran into the bathroom to take a cold shower. When he came out, he was still chanting, listening carefully, he was reciting the Core Socialist Values2社會主義核心價值觀 Shèhuì zhǔyì héxīn jiàzhíguān: Core Socialist Values, a set of official interpretations of Chinese socialism promoted at the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012. The 12 values, written in 24 Chinese characters, are the national values of “prosperity”, “democracy”, “civility” and “harmony”; the social values of “freedom”, “equality”, “justice” and the “rule of law”; and the individual values of “patriotism”, “dedication”, “integrity” and “friendship”. repeatedly.
“Fortunately, it was predicted a week in advance. If it were predicted an hour before the appearance of the ‘void’ like the previous times, the people in the women’s bathhouse would suffer.” Cui Heyu shook his head and said, “Now that the time is so long, as long as the business is closed on March 8th, this is still easy to operate.”
“It has been developed to Shijiazhuang?” Tan Yan frowned as he entered the door.
‘Void’ has been appearing in B City and its surroundings these days, and now it suddenly happened in Shijiazhuang, which is really worrying.
The expansion rate of the previous forty years is not even comparable to this one year.
“Sooner or later, everyone should have been prepared.” Qiao Zhixue is very calm, “From New Year’s Day to now, counting this time, there have been ‘seven times’ of void in two months, while Tu Zishi only saw three times, so during the week, we still have to be prepared for ‘void’ to appear in other locations, and we can’t just look at this time.”
“Fortunately, the few times he didn’t see it were in the suburbs and on the highway, it didn’t encounter people at all, otherwise it would be a big deal.” Ah San said happily.
“It should be said that because there was no one around the ‘void’, Tu Zishi couldn’t see it.” It was Tan Yan who spoke this time.
“Liang Xian told you?” Qiao Zhixue asked.
“Um,” Tan Yan is not greedy for merit, and explained to Liang Xian, “Liang Xian said that what Tu Zishi cares most about is not the appearance of ‘void’, but that he does not want any more incidents involving ordinary people to happen, so his abilities are more directed at people rather than objects.”
“It makes sense,” Qiao Zhixue wrote down this statement, “You shouldn’t turn off the camera, I really need the analysis of Liang Xian in the other world, although your notes are very complete, but I still want to receive first-hand information.”
Tan Yan only turned on the camera during the first space smuggling, and as a result, the two kissing and Liang Xian acting like a baby were all filmed and brought to the research team. Qiao Zhixue, Minister Yu and a group of old professors analyzed what Liang Xian said in front of the video, Minister Yu was so angry that he almost hung up the oxygen cylinder on the spot.
Immediately afterward, Cui Heyu secretly obtained this video from Qiao Zhixue’s computer, and brought it back to the supernatural team and everyone laughed at the video together, even Yang Da Ma patted Tan Yan on the shoulder in embarrassment.
When being laughed at, Tan Yan doesn’t respond, doesn’t gossip, doesn’t express emotions, and doesn’t look angry at all. But the next time he returned from visiting Liang Xian, Qiao Zhixue found that the camera had a black screen. When Tan Yan didn’t want to be filmed, he directly turned off the camera and turned it on when he returned to the real world. He simply didn’t let everyone see it.
When Qiao Zhixue asked him what was going on, Tan Yan said that everyone has seen this world many times, and there is nothing to study, he took notes for some useful analysis Liang Xian had said, Professor Qiao can use the notes to read.
Now everyone knows that honest people will get angry too.
Qiao Zhixue thinks that this kind of psychological state of Tan Yan is not good, because he did not cooperate with the organization’s actions, so he went to Minister Yu and asked him to do the ideological work of the team members.
Minister Yu endured the pain in his heart to talk to Tan Yan, but he got such an answer from Tan Yan.
“Minister, I know that all social relations of the supernatural team should be reported to the organization, and I have no intention of hiding it. According to the 《State Secret Law》, only when a lover is suspected of endangering national security or leaking state secrets, is it necessary to monitor the whole process of getting along with the secret-related person and his lover, so as to prevent him from accidentally leaking state secrets. But Liang Xian is not in this range. He is also a national soldier. I think the organization has no right to monitor the relationship between the two of us. This is personal privacy.”
Minister Yu: “…”
He took out a Suxiao Jiuxin Pill and pressed it under his tongue before speaking slowly: “Memorization of legal provisions is good.”
“I used to be a police officer, I can’t enforce the law if I don’t know the law.” Tan Yan said modestly.
He has said it like this, what other explanation can Minister Yu give? With Tan Yan’s age and experience, when something happens, Minister Yu may have to ask Tan Yan for an explanation.
Moreover, Minister Yu has not yet passed the hurdle of Liang Xian and Tan Yan’s relationship. Every time he sees Tan Yan, his first reaction is to check if the Suxiao Jiuxin Pill is in his pocket. He is the one who needs psychological counseling!
After Tan Yan left in triumph, Minister Yu asked Xu Mingyu to help him contact a well-known domestic psychologist, hoping that the other party could help him overcome this difficulty.
So the matter was left unresolved, and Qiao Zhixue had no choice but to frown at the notes every time he returned.
Cui Heyu got another punishment again, and was punished by Minister Yu to stand on his head on the school playground for an hour wearing only his underwear, and also experienced the feeling of being surrounded by people watching his privacy.
After that, Cui Heyu became honest, and never dared to joke about the matter between Tan Yan and Liang Xian.
“Back to the main topic,” After Qiao Zhixue complained about the camera, he said, “In the next ‘void’, you can’t go to Liang Xian again.”
“Why?” Tan Yan asked, “Liang Xian may be able to return this time.”
“There are exchange students joining.” Qiao Zhixue said.
“Let me explain this matter,” Xu Mingyu knew that Qiao Zhixue was not good at this kind of thing, so he stepped forward and said, “Minister Yu has been in contact with some developed countries, hoping to exchange their advanced technology for helping other countries train supernatural beings.
It was slow going until the ‘void’ half a month ago, which happened in a no man’s land on our side, and the other related ‘void’ appeared in New York, at a major commercial exhibition.”
“I know about this incident,” Cui Heyu took out the computer and said, “At that time, the ‘void’ lasted for a full twenty hours, five hours was when Lao Tan went to find Liang Xian, and the remaining fifteen hours were for our round trip. Since there were so many people present at the time, and they were all celebrities, this matter could not be sealed at all. There is also a Forbes top 100 billionaires directly swept in by the ‘void’ and never returned.”
Xu Mingyu said: “That’s right, other countries have been very lucky in the past, every time the ‘void’ location was in a no man’s land, the government immediately controlled public opinion, just like Ping County in the past forty years. But this time, there is no way to hide it. The capitalists are aware of the potential crisis, and they strongly demand that the government solve the problem of the ‘void’ as soon as possible. After all, no one wants their company to be swallowed by the ‘void’ one day.
The pressure of capital finally made several developed countries take the initiative to extend an olive branch to our country. After ten days and nights of unremitting efforts by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we were able to get three exchange students.
They demanded to film the whole process of the ‘void’ from its appearance to its disappearance. Only by determining the danger of the ‘void’ can the countries be forced to unite.”
“Filming the process of the appearance of the ‘void’?” Cui Heyu was very sensitive and immediately captured the key information, “You tell people abroad that we can predict the ‘void’?”
“Of course, there is no mention of Tu Zishi,” Minister Yu also walked in, “How can we tell the other party our trump cards, we just revealed a little bit of information, saying that our country has a way to predict the ‘void’. After all, we have been affected by the disaster for forty-one years, so it is not surprising to have some methods.”
“So that’s how it is.” Cui Heyu approves this answer.
Minister Yu looked at Tan Yan: “Since this time we need to film from before the ‘void’ appears, you can’t see Liang Xian. We can’t let them know that there is another person in our country who can transmit information with consciousness in a different world. This is a kind of protection for Liang Xian.”
“Understood.” Although the heart is very reluctant, Tan Yan will still obey the order.
“Don’t worry, Liang Xian is very important to us now, whether it’s consciousness transfer or speculation about zombies, what level of strength will he reach after absorbing countless crystal nuclei, all this information requires him to come back to confirm. He must come back.” Although Qiao Zhixue’s words were only explaining the importance of Liang Xian, they were a kind of comfort to Tan Yan.
The organization will not give up on Liang Xian, not because he is Tan Yan’s lover or Minister Yu’s son, but because Liang Xian’s own strength prevents the country from losing this outstanding talent.
He grew up, and he also became too strong to be given up on.
Tan Yan showed a gratified smile.
After a period of counseling by a psychiatrist, Minister Yu was able to face the smile calmly instead of reaching for the medicine.
“Regarding this operation, I hope everyone can pay attention to a few points,” Minister Yu continued, “First, when conditions permit, we must show weakness.”
“Show weakness?” The supernatural team is very puzzled, shouldn’t it be time to show how strong our country is, and then let other countries have to come up with technology and ask them for help?
Seeing that everyone didn’t understand, Minister Yu changed his words: “It means that Tan Yan can’t make a move if he doesn’t have to make a move. You have seen the growth of the supernatural team these days, they have become stronger. Even if they face the Schumann resonances world again, they will not be helpless. In this case, shouldn’t we hide the biggest trump card?”
“That’s true.” The members of the supernatural team agreed with this statement, that is, they only showed average strength. Let’s hide the one that raises the average. After all, it’s not good for the humanoid arsenal to be known by people from other countries.
“Second, Tu Zishi can no longer enter the ‘void’ this time, we have to hide your ability, understand?”
Tu Zishi agreed, his predictive ability is actually a great help in another world, but his own strength is actually mediocre. When encountering disasters beyond human power, he is also an existence that needs to be protected just like Yang Da Ma. So his absence, in fact, has little effect on the supernatural team.
“Third, let them know firsthand how dangerous the world beyond the ‘void’ is.”
When Minister Yu mentioned the third point, his tone became colder.
Qiu Qizheng raised his hand and asked: “Does it mean that one or two people can die or be traumatized beyond recovery?”
“Don’t let people die unless necessary.” Minister Yu said, “After all, people who come back alive are evidence, but injuries must be there.”
Seeing that everyone was a little depressed, Minister Yu said again: “I understand that everyone becomes stronger in order to protect others, and it will be very uncomfortable to accept such a task suddenly. But that’s the way politics works, if you don’t use some kind of tactics, it’s impossible to make them understand that this is a global catastrophe, and the entire race is suffering from the disaster. Countries have been fighting each other for many years, and it is difficult for human beings to unite if they do not bear the pain.”
The start of Volume 2, while the author said that they don’t want to write story without their darling baby, Liang Xian is still nowhere to be seen for several chapters, he was mentioned a lot though. XD