Chapter 153
Jiang Yunu also didn't hear what this "Supervisor Waite" talked about with his own principal.
When a conversation that was obviously "for adults only" started again, the white-haired girl, as an underage student, was once again politely "cleared out".
The lady in the long trench coat—or "Supervisor Waite" as Principal Bi called her—before sending Jiang Yunu away, she seemed to suddenly remember something. She waved to the robot serving guests nearby and instructed, "Go get a non-alcoholic sparkling drink and a prepared snack, pack them up, and give them to this girl."
The robot obeyed the order swiftly and left.
Jiang Yunu originally wanted to say that she could continue to eat at the buffet on her own, but the brief chat with the lady in the long trench coat made her feel that the food she had eaten before was almost digested and she could go for another round of eating.
But the woman in the trench coat said, "I asked the robot to go to the private rest area in the back."
The private rest area sounds different from the public banquet hall outside.
There are subtle hierarchies everywhere.
Jiang Yunu realized that what the other party had ordered might be something that was not available in the outer hall. Her eyes lit up and she no longer had any objections.
The white-haired girl said obediently, "Thank you so much!"
As expected, what Supervisor Waite had the robot bring were things that were not available in the outer hall, and they were packaged in portable form, making them very convenient to carry.
"Let's find a leisurely place to play for a while." The lady in the long windbreaker patted Jiang Yunu's head. "I have something to discuss with your principal. You can bring some drinks and snacks to explore the garden. The night view here is worth admiring."
Not only did they offer limited-edition meals, but they also designated specific places for the little girl to spend time. Jiang Yunu suddenly felt like she was seven or eight years old again, having an adult slip two coins into her hand and tell her to buy some candy and then find a place to watch ants crawling around on a tree.
"After you exit the main entrance of the banquet hall, turn right. There's a beautiful waterscape and night-light garden over there," Bi Huaishu also reminded. "But be careful, once you cross the bridge at the end of the garden, you'll be in another park in the Emerald Dome area."
Jiang Yunu said that she had taken note of the instructions of the two adults, and then she left the banquet hall with drinks and snacks.
Jiang Yunu first stepped away from the crowd, then slowed down her pace, transferring both her snack and drink to the same hand, hooking them together with her fingers. Her free hand was now free to operate her personal terminal, bringing up a small screen and beginning to research the specifics of the position "supervisor."
The adjusted screen automatically adapts to the outdoor brightness at night, making the screen light clear and not dazzling.
Jiang Yunu had only known of the two job titles within the Psychic Association: "Inspector" and "Chief Instructor." These titles came from Inspectors Ye Li and Su Xiuchun, whom she had met during the junior league. An Inspector was someone with oversight authority over psychics within the association and any abnormal behavior within their jurisdiction; a Chief Instructor served as both the chief decision-maker and commander of operations within that jurisdiction.
However, in the white-haired girl's personal opinion, she once thought that the inspector also had to take on the role of "life assistant" to the chief instructor.
This must be because Inspector Ye Li looked after Coach Su so naturally, skillfully and virtuously.
...I wonder how the always stern Inspector Ye Li and the ever-cheerful Coach Su are doing these days? Inspector Ye Li should still be Coach Su's all-around male nanny, right?
Jiang Yunu was distracted thinking about this for a while, and the job information about "Supervisor" had already popped up on her personal terminal screen.
Supervisor Waite was the first supervisor she had ever met. She had just tried her best to restrain her curiosity in the banquet hall and did not ask him directly, "What exactly does a supervisor do?"
After walking out of the banquet hall and finding a place with few people, Jiang Yunu secretly made up for his lessons.
——[The Supervisor is a position within the Superpower Association unique to the "Upper Three Districts." Unlike the Inspector, the Supervisor's authority is more specific. In addition to fulfilling the same basic routine duties as the Inspector, the Supervisor is also primarily responsible for managing activities between the Superpower Association and high-level schools. He or she will personally participate in the scheduling of the college league and conduct competition inspections...]
Jiang Yunu read through the information retrieved on the screen at a glance, her heart full of hope: Did she get some new activity project for the school?
More importantly - will this new activity bring new scholarships to the school?
Jiang Yunu had a brief moment of fantasizing. No matter whether her idea was right or not, she was brave enough to think about it.
The wonderful fantasy ended, and Jiang Yunu waved his hand to remove the terminal screen covered with data.
It was still early, and Bi Huaishu and Supervisor Wei would certainly not be able to finish their discussion so quickly. Jiang Yunu simply followed the instructions of the two adults and strolled around the park seriously.
In a place like the Emerald Dome District where even a floor tile is likely to be very expensive, if the principal hadn't conscripted her at short notice, she didn't know if she would have the chance to come back in the future.
Of course, I have to go shopping there to broaden her horizons.
Jiang Yunu had just left the banquet hall and walked to the right according to Bi Huaishu's instructions. While searching for information, she slowly walked along a garden path with ground lamps on both sides of the grass. Before arriving at the waterscape park recommended by the principal, she first felt the changes in the light and shadow around her.
The garden path led her to a long corridor with shimmering water.
Jiang Yunu raised her face when she felt the light. She squinted her eyes at the changing light and shadow in front of her, and then she realized that "shimmering water" was a light and shadow effect.
The corridor seemed to be moved out of the Dragon King's Crystal Palace. Optical imaging technology was used to make the columns and the roof translucent, giving it the texture of a crystal bridge. The columns and the ground, which should have been solid and opaque, seemed to be rippling with water.
Jiang Yunu continued to move forward, and when she reached the middle of the corridor, she began to hear the sound of water.
The virtual light and shadow water effects are connected with the real artificial waterscape. A small river unknowingly replaces the middle and back sections of the corridor, and the flat ground ahead is transformed into crystal bricks scattered on the river.
Jiang Yunu stood at the end of the solid ground and looked down - the river water in front was crystal clear, but because it was too clear, it was difficult to tell its depth.
The crystal bricks are laid on the water surface using a certain suspension technology, with no physical support underneath. At first glance, they remind people of the huge lotus leaves spread out in the pond in summer.
"Will the crystal bricks become soft like lotus leaves as soon as I step on them, and then tell me that this place can only be used for viewing and the crystal bricks cannot bear weight?" Jiang Yunu muttered a little suspiciously.
However, the white-haired girl only hesitated for two minutes in total.
Two minutes later, she made a hasty decision: If I really fall into the water, then so be it.
Those who can resist stepping on these crystal bricks floating on the beautiful water must be cautious and self-controlled people.
——But she is the kind of person who is very curious and cannot restrain herself!
"I am this." Jiang Yunu muttered, raised his thumb, and then turned his thumb down.
Then she took a step forward and stood on the crystal brick closest to the "break in the corridor".
The crystal bricks are stable and do not shake.
But around the translucent brick where Jiang Yunu stepped, ripples spread out, as if she was a drop of rain hitting the water.
Jiang Yunu guessed that this was also the effect of light and shadow.
It's really beautiful!
After confirming that the crystal bricks were indeed meant to be stepped on and had enough support, Jiang Yunu walked forward boldly. Ripples spread in circles wherever she passed, as if she had turned from a raindrop that had strayed into the water into a torrential downpour.
Because of her amazing balance and jumping ability, after walking steadily "one brick at a time" for a while, Jiang Yunu couldn't hold back and started trying two bricks at a time, three bricks at a time...
She is very good at entertaining herself.
Then, unknowingly, she had "amused herself" to a place quite far away from the Crystal Corridor.
When Jiang Yunu turned around to look, the crystal corridor that seemed to have been stolen from the Crystal Palace had been left far behind him, becoming a blurry and soft light.
Jiang Yunu regarded this soft halo as a signpost. As long as the other party was still within her field of vision, even if it shrank into a dot of light, she would know which direction to jump in when she returned.
She turned back and faced forward.
In the area where she could still move forward, she could already see a connecting bridge.
Jiang Yunu remembered that when she was leaving the banquet hall, Principal Bi told her that behind the bridge was another large garden in the Emerald Dome area. If she walked that way, she should enter the banquet hall on the other side.
She had no intention of strolling that far, and had no interest in going to the other side to take a look at the garden and banquet hall.
Jiang Yunu decided to use the connecting bridge as the boundary.
She muttered to herself, "At most I'll jump under the bridge once more, circle around it, and then start back."
Still taking two or three steps and jumping every time, Jiang Yunu brought the ripples all the way to the connecting bridge.
The light near the connecting bridge is slightly dimmer, probably to fit the theme of "waterscape night lights". There are no tall, bright, high-power lighting lamps around here, only the glowing ground lights laid in the grass and trees on the shore.
The floor lights look like a group of fireflies lying on the ground to rest.
The light and shadow on the water surface in this area is also softer. Under the slightly dim light, there are still ripples on the water surface that have not dissipated. The water surface farther away that has not been "affected" by Jiang Yunu is like a transparent mirror.
...and a bit like the highly transparent slime filling the pool.
Jiang Yunu suddenly had a strange thought: Is the water here real water?
If water ripples are the effects of light and shadow, then could the water vapor hitting the surface of the skin also be some kind of technological effect, a virtual water scent created by the ubiquitous air temperature and humidity regulators?
Jiang Yunu certainly knew that her thoughts were strange, and her suspicions were completely groundless.
But...sometimes people just act weird for no reason!
Driven by her strong curiosity and a bit of a sudden nervousness as if she was dazed by the dim environment, Jiang Yunu did not lock onto the crystal brick with her next step. She tried to step on the water surface next to the crystal brick.
"thump".
She fell into the water.
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