Chapter 150 A Special Junction
To be honest, after listening to Xu Jiali's description of the situation, Yu Sheng felt quite apologetic. He even seriously reflected on the time and frequency of his recent calls to Baili Qing. In the end, he came to the conclusion that he could spare some time to call Song Cheng later to relieve the director's pressure of staying up late.
To highlight the fact that he "has not slept yet", we need to treat him equally - it is impossible to ask him not to open the door anyway.
While reflecting on this, Yu Sheng became very curious about the incredible "structure" of the Secret Service's headquarters.
This was the first time that he observed so directly and closely what a wonderful "place" the border was - especially when Xu Jiali led him through the corridor, pointed to an office at the end of the corridor and told him that the office would drift to an abnormal space after ten o'clock every night.
"We have many special rooms and 'sections' here. The structure of the entire Secret Service building is not fixed. Some areas will move to other places at different times, and even to the territories of certain alien races. We use this regular movement to deliver supplies to colleagues at other locations, or to perform periodic shift changes," Xu Jiali patiently introduced this wonderful place to the guests. "I don't know if anyone else has told you about this before. Although the border is called the 'hub' of this world, in terms of spatial structure, it is not directly connected to the outside world."
"Not directly connected?" Yu Sheng asked curiously, "What do you mean?"
"That is to say, you can't leave here by normal 'transportation'," Xu Jiali laughed, "either from the sky or from the ground. If you leave this city, you will find that there is a vast wilderness outside, and then there is the 'unstable area'. After crossing the boundary marker, you will reach the border. You will encounter space folding at the border and then return to the edge of the city - the space-time at the border curls inward, that's what it means."
Yu Sheng listened, opened his eyes slightly, and his heartbeat suddenly quickened uncontrollably.
This was the first time he heard about the "edge" of the border! It was the first time he established an understanding of the spatial structure of this huge and strange place!
The space between the end of the border and the normal universe is not continuous!? This made him subconsciously think of the valley, the "mountain barrier" that kept repeating at the end of the valley, and the "teleportation" phenomenon that occurred after crossing the barrier. Surprised, he blurted out: "Why does this sound a bit like some kind of... 'foreign land'?"
"Yes, it sounds like a foreign land, but the depth of the entire border is 0, and no entities are generated. At the same time, it follows the mathematical laws of the 'external world', so except for some supernatural phenomena that sometimes occur in local areas, this place as a whole should be classified as a 'normal area'," Xu Jiali stopped and said to the students with a smile and a serious tone, "So scholars have many interesting views on this place. Most people think that it just has a special spatial structure, while the more radical ones think that the entire border is a foreign land with a depth of zero. At the same time, the rules here are 'everything is normal', and it will generate entities called 'human society' according to the order of the normal universe."
The nearly two-meter-tall burly man deliberately spoke of these astonishing theories in a somewhat sinister tone. He paused at the end and added a few more sentences: "But this extreme theory can neither be proved nor disproven, so some scholars have proposed a more compromising theory, which is that they believe that the boundary itself is not a foreign domain, but is wrapped in a 'bubble' shaped foreign domain. The foreign domain is a thin film with zero thickness. It 'cuts' a piece of normal space from the universe, forming the current boundary."
Irene thought for a moment and blurted out, "This sounds like it can't be proven or disproven, right?"
"Yes, so not many people believe this theory," Xu Jiali shrugged. "Anyway, guessing doesn't cost money, and the border itself has countless secrets. Everyone uses this place to write papers - do you know how many apprentices and trainees from all over the country come to live in the border city temporarily every year? Half of them are here to get research points or projects because they don't have enough points for their research projects at the end of the semester."
Yu Sheng was stunned, feeling that there was something wrong with this topic, but soon he drew his attention back: "Wait, since the boundary is not continuous with the outside world, how did the people outside get in? How do they get out from inside?"
"These are the 'channels' I mentioned just now, such as the special floors and offices in this building," Xu Jiali said. "Normal means of transportation cannot get out, but the junction itself has many natural 'channels' connecting various places. These channels are basically completely controlled by the Council, and they are also the only way to enter and exit the junction..."
Having said this, he suddenly stopped and looked at Yu Sheng with a strange expression.
Yu Sheng felt puzzled: "What's wrong?"
"It's not the only way now." Xu Jiali said sullenly.
Yu Sheng was slightly startled, then reacted quickly.
His doors—doors to all sorts of strange places.
Due to his appearance, in addition to the original "natural passages" at the border, a new way to leave this "hub area" has appeared.
Yu Sheng couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and Xu Jiali's voice sounded from the side: "...Anyway, if you want to further study those 'doors' in the future, or if you want to go to the 'faraway', you can always come to us. After all, the Secret Service has been managing this place for many years, and some of our experience will be very helpful to you."
Yu Sheng nodded slowly. He was willing to express his sincere gratitude for this kindness, no matter what the deeper meaning behind it.
As they were talking, they had stopped in front of a big door.
"We're here." Xu Jiali raised her hand and pointed to the room in front.
Yu Sheng looked up and saw that this was the last laboratory at the end of the corridor. Even though he was not familiar with this place, he could still see the special features of this laboratory - the extremely heavy door, the distance between it and other rooms, the multiple surveillance facilities at the door, and the many warning signs posted in conspicuous places, all of which indicated the importance and security level of this place.
Above the door of the laboratory, a lit sign reads: High-risk/Special Sample Analysis and Containment Comprehensive Treatment Room No. 2.
Immediately afterwards, Xu Jiali took another step forward and operated a few times on the access control device at the door of the laboratory. After verifying the senior identity card of the experienced deep diver and the temporary authority as a "special guide", he spoke a few words to the people inside through the intercom. The heavy isolation door made a mechanical sound, slowly opened and retreated to both sides.
Two staff members wearing full white protective suits and masks appeared inside the gate and stood behind a glowing red isolation tape to "greet" Yu Sheng and his party.
Yu Sheng felt a little dumbfounded, and turned to look at Xu Jiali: "Uh... I just sent a piece of paper and a piece of iron. Isn't your preparation a bit exaggerated?"
"This was arranged by our director. Don't think too much about it. The main thing is that this is the only laboratory that can be used immediately," Xu Jiali explained cheerfully. "Each laboratory has its own security level and supporting procedures. They will strictly follow the procedures at all times. Since they have been assigned this one, even if you send them a button, they have to wear protective clothing to complete the sample delivery in the handover area. This is the work process in the Secret Service. You will get used to it."
Yu Sheng thought about it and expressed his understanding - but he felt awkward when he tried to take things out.
He first rummaged through his pocket and pulled out the tattered-looking piece of paper. He placed it on the tray in the handover area as instructed by the staff: "This is a sample brought out from the Black Forest, a relic of the entity 'Hunter'."
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The staff took the paper away solemnly.
Then Yu Sheng rummaged through his other pocket and took out a white plastic bag he had used to buy groceries. He opened the bag and took out something wrapped in old newspaper. When he opened the newspaper, he found the "iron lump" he had picked up from the strange room on the second floor of his home.
The rustling sound of shopping bags and old newspapers being opened was particularly harsh at the entrance of the solemn and silent laboratory. Yu Sheng felt a cold sweat coming down as he fiddled with the things. He couldn't help but glance down at Irene at his feet: "Should I put this thing in a small suitcase when I go out? The kind you see in the movies, with a password, looks very high-end..."
Irene had already covered her face with her hands. "...I don't know. Anyway, I think you might as well just put it in your pocket..."
"I'm afraid the clothes will be scratched. There are sharp edges and bumps all over this thing. I just bought this set of clothes."
Yu Sheng muttered as he placed the iron lump on another tray and told the lab worker in protective clothing opposite him, "This is another sample. The recycling location is my home. Uh, no, it's No. 66 Wutong Road, in a foreign land."
Then he saw two other staff members wearing even thicker protective suits coming out of the small door on the inside. The protective suits were as thick as the armor of a Titan. One of them was holding a silver-white alloy container engraved with symbols. They solemnly put the iron lump into the container. A muffled but polite voice came from under the filter mask of the other person: "Can you give us your portable container as well?"
Yu Sheng was stunned for a long time before he realized that the other party was referring to the old plastic bag and newspaper in his hand...
Confused, he handed over the plastic bag and newspaper, and watched the two Titan armored men in front of him solemnly take them away. He then turned back into the laboratory and was stunned for a few seconds before turning his head to look at Xu Jiali: "... Is this also your standard procedure?"
Xu Jiali gritted her teeth and said, "...Yes. The director arranged it."
(End of this chapter)
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