315 ? The eleventh store

315 The Eleventh Store

◎Filling the pit of "The Veil".◎

After Lu Yao and Harold left, they went directly through the space gate to the outside of the spaceship station. Harold had left coordinates nearby in advance.

As soon as the two came out of the door, Lu Yao heard the broadcast notifying them to board the ship.

Harold was an illegal resident, without a star ring or identity card, and could not buy a spaceship ticket.

Lu Yao bought a ticket alone, put Harold in the Qiankun bag, and then put the Qiankun bag in the carry-on storage, avoiding security checks with zero risk. Lu Yao

boarded the ship smoothly, and received contact from Yin Ziyi and 0815 during the period.

They seemed to have seen the live broadcast on the Internet, and 0815 also said that he would come to BS-111 to pick her up.

Lu Yao told the two that he had boarded the ship safely and asked them not to worry.

After the spaceship set off, Lu Yao opened the Star Ring to check the news on the Internet.

After the Star Police arrived at the scene, Strawberry's live broadcast was interrupted.

From the live broadcast screen recording that was leaked online, it can be seen that Duser's group was not caught, but Strawberry, who failed to escape in time, was taken away by the police.

Although the live broadcast was interrupted, the discussion about this incident on the Star Network has not decreased. "Bookstore owner", "Lu Yao", "Super handsome and powerful black-clothed high ponytail boy", and "Bookshelf" even became high-frequency entries in a short time.

Strawberry also received a wave of real popularity, but unfortunately he was in the police station at the time.

[The perpetrator and the bookstore owner escaped, but they happened to pass by and took a look at the excitement and were caught. I can't help laughing when I think about this.]

[I want to say that the anchor is not wrong. Is that what you call watching the excitement? He was just watching the whole thing! When luck comes, it can't be stopped. Who would have thought that he could meet Lu Yao like this?]

[Speaking of which, I am more curious about why Lu Yao appeared on the BS-111 planet, and the boy with her. He should be a native human, right? Such an exaggerated example of dismantling a robot with bare hands, even if it was in a movie or game plot, I would post a post to insult and scold the idiot! ! ! But today I saw a real one...]

[I observed it carefully and saved a holographic screen recording. The handsome boy with a high ponytail is just like the store owner, definitely a native. Lu Yao also knew this trick in the third district. I just want to know what genes the boy with a high ponytail has combined to be so handsome, noble, and so good at fighting. 】

【I saw that the store owner didn't do much this time. It turns out that the bodyguards he brought with him are too powerful. 】

【Have you forgotten that the store owner took off the leader's mechanical eyes with his bare hands? I don't know what he was thinking when he only took the eyes without using the brain. 】

【Does anyone think that the bookshelf the store owner took out is special? 】

【I saw a lot of books on the bookshelf that I had never seen before, and I became more and more curious about the identity of the bookstore owner. Who is she? Why does she have so many paper books? And why is she so strong? 】

...

StarNet netizens' concerns were varied. Lu Yao selected some slightly tricky public opinions and asked the Dream Fulfilling System to handle them. The rest were ignored.

About eight hours later, Lu Yao walked out of the exit of the spaceship station and saw 0815 coming to pick her up from a distance

. 0815 was still the temporary replacement mechanical body, and walked straight towards Lu Yao.

He didn't see the black-clad teenager who was protecting the store owner in the live broadcast. He wanted to ask but didn't know how to start. After a moment of hesitation

, he said, "I'll escort you back now." Before returning to Guandao, Lu Yao still had some unfinished business. He told 0815 truthfully, "I want to buy a few space rings and a mechanical body. I wonder if there is a store that sells non-complete mechanical bodies? I just want a hand and a foot."

0815 once again had a familiar sense of disharmony. The store owner seemed to lack a basic understanding of mechanical technology.

She didn't understand mechanical technology, nor did she understand the related industries derived from mechanical technology.

If Du Se hadn't interrupted his shopping trip, Lu Yao would have bought the right space rings by now, and would have had time to learn about the customization of mechanical bodies.

0815 saw the live broadcast through the star network, and the top management of Guandao probably also got the news. When

Lu Yao came back from BS-111, he had to travel with 0815. It could be said that it was a protection for her, and in a way, it was also supervision.

So Lu Yao simply reported his itinerary plan to 0815 truthfully.

0815 thought for a moment and decided to take Lu Yao to a store he was familiar with, which happened to be on the planet where they were staying.

The two came out of the spaceship station and met Harold not far away.

Harold was carrying two bottles of water and two boxes of meals. It looked like he got off the spaceship before Lu Yao and went out of the station to buy water and food.

Harold wore a fake star ring made of copy magic on his wrist. It did not have the function of a star ring, but it was enough to deceive people.

Lu Yao introduced 0815: "Harold, my brother."

0815 looked at Harold calmly and confirmed that he, like the shop owner, was also a native human who could break the neck of a robot with his bare hands.

The three of them took a taxi and arrived at the store introduced by 0815 forty minutes later.

The store not only sells mechanical limbs, but also space rings.

The technology of space rings is already very mature. The price of non-customized basic space rings is only a few thousand star coins. Lu Yao was so happy that he arranged a batch according to the number of employees in the shopping street, just as souvenirs to bring back from business trips. In addition, he bought a batch of space rings with higher capacity, ready to show them to the VIP guests of the shopping street.

Even if it cannot be used daily, there will probably still be customers who like it, and then it will be able to add some income to her small treasury.

After running the bookstore for so long, there is finally a chance to give back to the shopping street. Lu Yao imagined the scene of the space ring selling well, and he couldn't help but feel very motivated.

In comparison, the price of mechanical limbs is much more expensive.

Lu Yao listened carefully to the product explanation for half an hour, carefully selected a basic model of mechanical body, and used a right hand and a left foot with better materials and technology.

With the help of 0815, an acquaintance, the two mechanical limbs were sold at a price of 12 million star coins. Together with the purchase order for the space ring, 20 million star coins were spent almost instantly.

The moment she paid, Lu Yao's mental state immediately changed from excitement to wisdom, and she temporarily lost her enthusiasm for exploring the new world. She

had originally planned to learn about the robots sold on the same street,

but now she had no idea at all and was ready to immediately return to Guandao on the airship at 0815.

Harold did not go with Lu Yao. He wanted to take Lu Yao's fully mechanical body, which he had bought for six million star coins, back to the Alexandria continent. The two parted on the street.

0815 walked beside Lu Yao and saw the boy waved his hand casually with his back to the store owner as he left. In an instant, a fragment of the story he had read flashed through 0815's mind, and his steps paused slightly. Lu Yao

walked out a few steps and looked back, "What's wrong?"

0815 lowered his eyelashes, shook his head slowly, and hurried to follow.

After a while, 0815 asked cautiously: "It will be a long time before you meet again, right?"

The store owner didn't know that this time she entered Guandao, she would not be as free as before, and she might even never have the chance to leave Guandao again.

0815 I haven't received any instructions from my superiors yet, but my years of work experience have almost formed my intuition.

Kanjima will not imprison a shop owner who has not committed a crime, but there are absolute means to keep her on the island.

Perhaps a long time later, the shop owner will recall this afternoon.

She and the boy named Harold didn't even say goodbye.

Lu Yao was thinking about something and didn't know that 0815 had imagined twenty episodes of sad and lamentable stories based on the scene just now. He replied casually: "No, maybe I'll see him when I go back at night."

0815: "Huh?"

Lu Yao came back to his senses, without any panic on his face, and said lightly: "Harold will come to the bookstore to help in the future."

0815: "But you just said, 'I'll see him when I go back at night.'"

Lu Yao: "I also said 'maybe'. Harold wants to try to open the space from the outside to enter Guandao. I think this idea is interesting. When I go back at night, I will contact him on the star ring."

Of course, there was no such plan between Lu Yao and Harold. He repaired various possible loopholes without blinking, which almost became a passive skill for the store owner.

0815 paused for three seconds, gradually understanding what Lu Yao meant, and his mechanical eyes widened uncontrollably: "He can cross the space of several planets?"

It was simply a fantasy.

Even among the three soldiers with space-related abilities currently serving in the military, the most powerful one could not cross the vast sea of ​​stars and move from one planet to another in an instant.

0815 came back to his senses from the huge shock, met the shopkeeper's clear eyes, and began to worry.

If more people knew that Harold's ability value was so high, I'm afraid that more than just the shopkeeper would be captured, and Harold would also become a talent snatched by multiple forces.

As the jailer of Guandao, 0815 has a natural position.

He hesitated for a long time, and finally whispered to Lu Yao: "If you want to protect that boy, tell him that he must not set foot on Guandao."

Lu Yao looked at 0815 steadily, and slowly curved his lips: "Thank you for your kindness."

0815 turned his face away unnaturally, raised his hand and touched the tip of his nose.

Lu Yao followed 0815 onto Guandao's special spaceship.

0815 had to go to the mechanical room on the ship to change back into the mechanical body he usually wore. About half an hour later, he returned to the main cabin, sat next to Lu Yao, and took out a book.

Lu Yao leaned on the soft cushion, looking out at the vast sea of ​​stars through the glass made of special materials.

The feeling of gazing at the sea of ​​stars from the universe is completely different from standing on the ground and looking up at the starry sky. It is as if the tiny creatures have merged into the sea of ​​stars and become as silent and free as the stars.

After an unknown amount of time, three postmen who had finished their warehouse sorting work came in. One of them walked to the opposite side of Lu Yao and sat down, looking at Lu Yao in secret. Lu Yao

endured it for a while, then turned his head to look over: "Is there something dirty on my face?"

The prison guard was caught off guard and met the shopkeeper's eyes. He lowered his head in panic and waved his arms vigorously: "No, no."

About half a minute later, the postman prison guard raised his head again: "I'm sorry just now... I bought books in the bookstore and read "The Veil" many times, but I still can't figure out why 'it was the dog that died'. Not only me, but many of our colleagues and netizens can't understand it. We were just chatting about it in the warehouse... I don't mean anything else, I just want to ask for your opinion."

This is probably a very young prison guard, wearing a mechanical body that doesn't show his age. Innocence, enthusiasm and curiosity still shine through those emotionless mechanical eyes.

He understood everything. His colleagues sitting on his left and right had wooden faces and carefully avoided the shopkeeper's sight, but their ears were perked up.

0815 He kept reading, but he couldn't read a single word.

Lu Yao began to recall the story of "The Veil". Unable to bear her husband Walter's lonely nature, the beautiful Katie secretly fell in love with the third party Charles. This deviant relationship was discovered by her husband Walter, who took Katie to a place where cholera was rampant to quell the plague (1).

The most dramatic plot of this story is that Katie suffered multiple physical and mental tortures in the southern town wrapped in death, but she survived stubbornly, while Walter was infected while treating a patient and unfortunately passed away (2).

The question asked by the postman and jailer happened when Walter was suffering from the disease and was about to die.

Katie learned that Walter had contracted the disease and had no chance of survival, so she knelt beside Walter's bed and begged for his forgiveness.

Walter faced Katie who collapsed and cried, and his last words were "It was the dog who died."

Lu Yao raised his eyes to look at the postman and jailer, his eyes were as calm as water, and his voice was calm: "What do you think that sentence means?"

The young postman and jailer hesitated for a few seconds, and immediately said: "My opinion is the same as most people. Walter is mocking himself as the dog?"

The marriage system in the star field is completely different from the world described in the book. The first readers were puzzled when they read that Katie was just with another man, but she attracted such terrible revenge from her husband.

In order to fully understand "The Veil", many people began to read a lot of historical data, just to figure out the triangle relationship in the story.

Among the readers of "The Veil", only those who live in the original human settlements that still retain the primitive marriage customs have the most sense of substitution, and some people even posted on the Internet to analyze the background of the story.

After understanding the background of the story, readers still cannot fully interpret the ultimate metaphor "It is the dog that dies", even with the original poem attached to the book, most readers still cannot fully understand it.

The phrase "It is the dog that dies" comes from Goldsmith's poem "Elegy".

The story of "Elegy" is about a good man who adopted a dog. At first, the good man and the dog got along well. One day, the dog suddenly went mad and bit the good man. People cursed the mad dog, and everyone thought the good man would die. As a result, the good man miraculously recovered, but it was the dog that bit the man that died (3).

In the story, Walter, who wanted to avenge his wife's affair and deliberately took his wife to the center of the epidemic, died of the epidemic first. It must be said that the setting of this plot is full of irony.

Therefore, when many people read "The Veil", they feel the same as the postman and jailer. When they read the sentence "it was the dog that died", they all think that "the dog" refers to "Walter".

Lu Yao gazed at the sea of ​​stars, and whispered leisurely: "I offer a slightly different interpretation. However, there is a saying in my hometown, 'There are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand readers.' My statement does not represent the author's true intention when writing the story, but is just a few thoughts with personal subjective wishes attached. You may not agree or accept it, just treat it as some idle talk."

The young postman jailer and his two colleagues, 0815, all focused their attention on the store owner, enduring their curiosity, waiting for the mystery to be revealed.

Lu Yao lowered his eyes, and fiddled with the black pearl bracelet on his wrist with his fingers, his voice was a little ethereal: "Regarding the story of "Elegy", someone once interpreted it like this - the 'mad dog' did not intentionally bite the good man, it was just desire. And desire does not distinguish between right and wrong, it is all based on instinct. The good man was bitten by a mad dog, and people cursed the dog madly, but weren't they cursing the good man?

"People don't believe that good people are truly kind, because the kindness of good people instead highlights their own meanness. Everyone thought that the good man bitten by a mad dog would die, but in the end it was the dog that died, it was the desire.

"In the story of Katie and Walter, no one believed that Walter's original intention of taking Katie to the epidemic center was not to take revenge on her. No one imagined that Walter was really thinking about Katie. Maybe he just wanted her to see the veil of desire.

"The name "The Veil" is also translated from a foreign language. The original name of the book is 'The Painted Veil', and the literal translation may be more appropriate as 'The Painted Veil'.

"You have read the ending of the story. Walter's death and Katie's desperate cry are not the end of Katie's story, but more like a kind of foreshadowing... the mad dog that symbolizes desire is dying."

...

Perhaps because she stared at the quiet sea of ​​stars for too long, Lu Yao felt a little sleepy and yawned with her hand covering her mouth.

After she shared another interpretation, several prison guards fell into deep thought, all of them turned into thinking iron men. She really didn't have the energy to continue to accompany the iron men to endure the hardship, so she got up and left the main cabin, preparing to take a nap in the hibernation cabin.

When she woke up, it was estimated that they would soon reach Guandao.

Not long after Lu Yao left, the young prison guard who had initially questioned her suddenly stood up and said excitedly: "The meaning of Walter's last words was not to mock himself as a dog, but to implicitly express his forgiveness for Katie!"

0815 also stood up, his tone even more frantic than the postman prison guard: "So on the day of the Third District Incident, the store owner deliberately read the classic passage from "The Veil" to say 'I forgive you'?"

A colleague of the young postman prison guard raised his hand weakly: "Based on what the store owner did that day, I think it would be better to read 'Foolish ants, I forgive your sins'."

[Author's Comment]

Notes (1), (2): The story content is summarized and quoted from the original work "The Veil".

Note (3): The translation of "Elegy" is quoted from the Internet. This paragraph is also quoted in Chapter 310. After repeated consideration, I decided to quote it again, otherwise the content would be inconsistent.

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