So... should I cover my ears or not?
Cheng Zhu fell silent.
Mary observed Cheng Zhu's every reaction, but she was completely bewildered. She wrote down a string of questions, then held the paper to Cheng Zhu's face: "Christine, what's wrong with you?"
Cheng Zhu glanced at Mary, who seemed unaffected by the broadcast, and quickly jotted down his concerns on a piece of paper: "Can you understand this song? Can you clearly hear what the broadcast is saying? Is this a language you can understand?"
"Of course I can understand it."
Mary rolled her eyes at Cheng Zhu, finally understanding why she had reacted so strangely, and felt speechless.
After confirming that Mary was alright, Chengzhu finally felt relieved and wrote another note to Mary to confirm: "You haven't heard this song before, but do you understand what it's about? Have you heard this style of song before? Do you remember any of the lyrics?"
“It’s the first time I’ve heard it either, but I can understand it.” Mary quickly wrote down her reply, “What’s it singing? [The wind is howling, the horses are neighing, and the yellow river is laughing loudly.]”
I've checked the lyrics; it is indeed a translation issue.
Since the song being broadcast wasn't in a language he "couldn't understand," Cheng Zhu's vigilance dropped significantly, and he simply relaxed and began to enjoy this folk song from his hometown of Kyushu, a place he didn't know why it was from.
However, before the song was finished, a piercing sound came from the radio.
At the same time, Cheng Zhu and Mary also received a message: "A virus is coming, cover your ears and don't think about it, the sun is scorching, if you hear it, you're doomed."
From: Alice.
The moment they saw the text message, they both instinctively covered their ears to avoid hearing the subsequent broadcast. The song had become intermittent, and it also contained indistinct language; Chengzhu could tell from Mary's reaction that she, like him, had never heard it before.
Since you haven't heard of it, just like the library rules say, you don't need to understand it, just cover your ears.
Strangely enough, while covering one's ears with one's hands generally doesn't completely block sound transmission, the moment Chengzhu put her hands over her ears, she truly couldn't hear anything at all.
This made Cheng Zhu seem thoughtful.
After an unknown amount of time, the two received another message.
Thanks to the smart chip, Chengzhu could select with her gaze without manual operation. After opening the new message, she saw that it was also a text message from Alice: "The broadcast is over, you can let go now."
When Chengzhu looked at Mary, he found that Mary was also looking at him, but she didn't make a move.
Cheng Zhu thought for a moment, then laboriously used his eyes to bring up the virtual keyboard and typed a line for Mary to see: "[No face-to-face interaction, no rhyme, unreliable.]" Without face-to-face interaction, private messages could be tampered with; only when both people can see the message can the parties involved easily identify its authenticity and communicate normally.
This was what they had agreed upon at the beginning. Since Alice knew to use rhyming in her messages before, it was impossible for her to suddenly forget about it now.
Mary nodded; in fact, that was what she thought too.
But simply covering his ears wasn't enough, so Cheng Zhu moved to a spot with a window on the aircraft and tried to see what was happening to the others.
He didn't realize it until he looked outside, and Cheng Zhu immediately sensed that something was wrong.
There seemed to be many more people in the library than before. Even though there were indigenous people from other places coming to take refuge, there shouldn't be this many. Cheng Zhu even wondered if his personalized push notifications were malfunctioning again.
Beep beep beep.
Cheng Zhu received another message, this time even more outrageous: "I'm outside, open the door."
Are you outside?
Mary and I were currently on a flying machine about ten meters above the ground!
Mary had originally intended to take Cheng Zhu aboard the flying vehicle simply to find a relatively private space to discuss some personal matters and get away from the librarians who might randomly appear on the ground (whose photos resembled black and white ID cards). She planned to meet Alice when she arrived at the library. After all, there were no rules regarding flying vehicles in the library's regulations. However, they hadn't expected that even in the air, they couldn't escape a strange ambush and would be trapped inside the flying vehicle.
From another perspective, could it be that the indigenous people on the spacecraft were all corrupted and unable to provide new rules for the librarians?
Chengzhu hesitated for a moment before looking back at Mary and saw her equally unpleasant expression. In an instant, her tense heart relaxed a little – it turned out she wasn't the only one who was afraid, so she needed to be braver.
In the orphanage of Kyushu, Chengzhu always had a personality that leaned towards that of the eldest sister.
She wasn't actually that brave, but the thought of her other friends who needed her protection gave her enough courage to reduce the negative impact of fear on her actions.
After the strange message reached Chengzhu, a "bang bang bang" sound began to come from the direction of the aircraft's glass.
These are all things that are not mentioned in the library rules.
wrong.
The Slot Library does not mention any rule about "knocking sounds outside the aircraft," but another rule does mention a similar situation.
Here are the rules for the dormitories on the North Campus:
10. Each room in the dormitory is suspended in mid-air, and there is nowhere to stand outside the windows. If you hear any knocking sounds outside, please do not approach windows with the curtains drawn, and avoid any unnecessary curiosity. If you accidentally open the curtains after the knocking stops, please close your eyes, do not look at anything outside the window, and let the dormitory AI automatically close the curtains again.
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