Chapter 13
The crowd that was seeing them off gradually dispersed.
Gu Liangyi finally managed to squeeze out of the dense crowd, and his glasses were even squeezed crooked.
He was just worrying about what kind of reason he could come up with to ask Yan Beichen and Zhuge Xiao to help him ask for leave, when two of them each held up one of his arms and half-dragged and half-lifted him towards the dormitory.
"Wait, wait," Gu Liangyi's eyes widened. He was so shocked that his toes left the ground. He asked in panic, "What...what are you going to do? Put me down now!"
"As the saying goes, good brothers share hardships and happiness. We can't let you go back to the dormitory and eat alone," Yan Beichen and Zhuge Xiao exchanged glances, "Don't you agree, third brother?"
"That's not right, my second brother is right."
At this moment, Zhuge Xiao was smiling and calling him "Second Brother", as if he was not the one who shouted at Yan Beichen to die this morning: "Did Brother Yi give you something good yesterday? Don't hide it, we all saw it!"
"Confess honestly and be treated leniently; resist and be treated severely!"
Gu Liangyi had no choice but to tell them what was in his dormitory drawer. He then nervously looked around to see if anyone was eavesdropping, and whispered, "You two, don't tell anyone. This is the secret of our dormitory."
Yan Beichen and Zhuge Xiao immediately patted their chests and promised that they would never leak the secret. Zhuge Xiao even asked someone to help their dormitory take a collective leave, saying that they ate the food brought from their roommate's hometown, and because they didn't check the expiration date, all three of them died.
"Don't worry, the two of us will definitely keep it a secret for Brother Yi!"
Yan Beichen patted the worried Gu Liangyi's shoulder hard, telling him to relax, but unfortunately his hand was too strong and Gu Liangyi grimaced in pain for a while.
"Don't worry, the three of us will keep it a secret for Brother Yi."
"Don't worry, the four of us will keep it a secret for Brother Yi!"
"Don't worry, all 1,080 of us brothers will keep it a secret for Brother Yi!"
"...We, the 1.4 billion people, will keep this secret for Brother Yi! I guarantee it with my brother's character!"
On Earth, netizens who saw this live broadcast began to frantically scroll through their screens and post posts.
During this period, many anchors have started broadcasting live the vortex scenes with high-definition cameras.
Moreover, the popularity of this type of live broadcast room is surprisingly not low. If the equipment is better, the number of viewers can easily reach 100,000, and it is not uncommon to see it reach over a million.
There are also websites that specialize in replaying highlights and abridged versions. As the influence of the collective time-travel incident of Mobei University of Technology in society has gradually weakened, people's lives have begun to return to normal, and most people have gradually become accustomed to the strange visions above their heads. The traffic on the website for these time-saving edited videos is also gradually increasing.
Precisely because of the increased interaction with live broadcasts of other worlds, many people no longer view the vortex as a sign of the coming of doomsday. Instead, they begin to treat it as entertainment, giving rise to many interesting Internet memes.
The confrontation with alien civilizations has gradually become a topic of conversation among people.
This trend is also the result of deliberate guidance by officials of various countries. It is conducive to stabilizing social order and calming public sentiment. It is one of the main strategies implemented after the establishment of the Earth Command.
"Minister Lu, is it really necessary not to communicate Gu Liangyi's situation with Principal Zong?"
In the headquarters, a subordinate questioned:
"Didn't the experts say that if the advance team suffered casualties, it would very likely trigger the potential negative factors in Gu Liangyi's character? But now Instructor Jiao not only gave him a monitoring device, but also a communication headset. Isn't this a bit too much?"
Lu Lang looked at the big screen and saw Gu Liangyi, who had returned to the dormitory with his roommates and turned on the surveillance camera and headset at his seat. He sat in his seat with his arms folded and smiled helplessly.
"The headquarters has just been established. Our experts are all elites from various countries. The conservatives and radicals have different opinions. Didn't you see how they argued about the infiltration plan a few days ago? For such a small matter, let them do whatever they want."
Upon hearing this, the subordinate immediately showed a sympathetic expression, obviously he had also witnessed that scene.
"However," Lu Lang suddenly changed the subject, "I personally support what Instructor Jiao did, because I really want to know how Gu Liangyi would react if an emergency really occurred."
"……Why?"
"I've been working in intelligence for many years," Lu Lang said. "When I was young, I went to the north as an exchange student and studied micro-expressions and criminal psychology. I'm not bragging, but for ordinary people, I only need to communicate with them for about 20 minutes to find out 99% of their details."
The subordinates looked at him in confusion, as if they didn't understand why Lu Lang suddenly mentioned the past.
“So, I trust my instincts.”
Lu Lang stared at the screen, showing Gu Liangyi sitting in the dormitory, frowning slightly and debugging the equipment, his eyes revealing a thoughtful look.
"After so many days of live streaming, haven't you noticed that when Gu Liangyi does certain things or says certain words, there is a slight sense of disharmony."
"Are you trying to say that his behavior was a performance?" The subordinate guessed, "It's normal for him to behave this way after knowing that his every word and action will be broadcast live."
Lu Lang shook his head.
"It's different," he insisted. "There's no camera in the Whirlpool Live, so there won't be such a big contrast. Besides, the histrionic personality is to show off oneself, but Gu Liangyi - have you seen his speech in the student union activity room?"
The subordinate nodded: "Of course, that video has been widely circulated on the Internet, and everyone says that the academic master is indeed invincible in his professional field."
"The netizens only see the surface," Lu Lang smiled, "Those of us who work in intelligence should pay more attention to details that others don't notice. You see, most people now think that Gu Liangyi is an introverted and even somewhat inferior young man. Often when people with such personalities are pushed to the front of the stage, they will try to show confidence in order to live up to everyone's expectations, but because of nervousness, they will have a series of uncontrollable facial expressions and movements."
"…Pupils, tone of voice, blinking frequency, facial muscle orientation, and the movements of fingers and limbs. These are things that cannot be faked."
"But Gu Liangyi, whether he was on the podium in the school playground on the first day of the time travel or in the activity room of the student union this time, he did not behave unnaturally at all."
"Maybe it's just because he has good grades and often goes on stage to practice?"
"Of course what you said is possible," Lu Lang nodded, "but this contradicts the previous judgment of his character, doesn't it? Shyness and inferiority complex are completely different states. I also have such people around me who don't like to talk much but are very generous in front of others and are very influential in their professional fields."
"…So you mean to say that Gu Liangyi's personality in private is inconsistent with that in public?"
"I think his true character is revealed in public," Lu Lang lowered his eyes and thought deeply. "He seems to deliberately make himself appear a little weaker in normal times. The traces are not too deep. In interactions between ordinary people, a momentary pause in his tone and the wandering of his eyes during the conversation are enough to leave such an impression."
But, why?
He knew that there were many intelligence agents around the world who specialized in practicing this method in order to arouse the desire to protect the targets of intelligence and reduce their vigilance.
In a dangerous environment, being weak can also serve as a protective layer for oneself.
But Gu Liangyi?
There is absolutely no need for him to do this.
Lu Lang murmured, "Sometimes this feeling of disharmony is completely imperceptible, but sometimes it is very obvious, almost like..."
It was as if he had long been accustomed to the ubiquitous gaze of the camera, and deliberately showed his weak and vulnerable side in order to show it to some non-existent audience.
The subordinate looked at him hesitantly, thinking that Minister Lu was really overthinking.
Based on his observations over the past few days, no matter how you look at it, Gu Liangyi is a simple, kind and introverted good boy. Didn't you see that he, who lives on the upper bunk, is tricked by several roommates into fetching water in the dormitory every day?
Besides, most of these speculations are based on Minister Lu’s intuition and there is no evidence at all.
"Minister Lu, let's watch the live broadcast first." He advised politely, "The most important thing today is not Gu Liangyi, but the situation of the advance team."
Instructor Jiao also took this into consideration when giving Gu Liang a surveillance device. The Earth must be informed of relevant information about the other world in a timely manner. Some things can only be displayed more comprehensively through the vortex live broadcast.
"you're right."
Lu Lang came back to his senses, suppressed the urge to send someone to investigate Gu Liangyi's past, straightened up, and turned his gaze back to the big screen.
At this moment, Zhuge Xiao and Yan Beichen had moved their stools and sat next to Gu Liangyi. Gu Liangyi turned up the volume of the single-sided headset to the maximum and made a hushing gesture to them.
The other two immediately understood what he meant, and they stood up to close all the doors and windows of the dormitory, then came back and watched the images on the surveillance screen with bated breath.
Yi Yan seemed to have fixed the camera just above his collar. The picture was slightly bumpy as he moved forward. Apart from the backs of the team members in front of him, all that could be seen was the yellow sand of the desert beneath his feet.
Based on the drone surveys over the past few days, the school discovered that every day there were some scattered black-robed wizards entering the city from outside the fortress.
Before entering the city, they will first pass through a dark blue barrier.
The barrier will not stop mages when they pass through, but ordinary races need to hand over a special ore similar to crystal to the city guards before they can successfully enter the fortress.
In order to deal with this barrier, the Earth Command has racked its brains.
The experts stayed up late to hold meetings and came up with countless plans, but unfortunately they were all just paper talk and there was no chance of them being put into practice.
The school had already prepared to sneak into the city without going through the main gate, but who knew that the day before departure, a high-altitude detection drone captured this scene:
A hot-tempered wizard failed to pass the barrier for some reason and was stopped by a team of orc guards in the city.
After seeing this wizard jump three feet high in anger and burn a guard to charcoal on the spot, and then still be respectfully invited into the city, everyone suddenly realized what was going on.
After all this time, I found out that if soft methods don’t work, I can try hard methods!
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