eurekapd Chapter 42 Time Matters
Chapter 42 Time Matters
Pu Huai tightened his fingers to feel it, then smiled and nodded: "I'm very happy to do so."
The administrator was immediately delighted, as if he had accomplished something important.
"Thank you for your help, Brother Pu. Please come back safely this time. I'll treat you to a drink when you come back!"
Pu Huai no longer responded and walked towards the elevator first.
The lucky ones took a deep breath, and as soon as a look of misery appeared on their faces, the administrator urged them unhappily: "What are you still standing there for? Didn't you see that someone has already set off? Hurry and catch up!"
A few low sobs were faintly heard from the crowd, and the eternal farewell began the moment they were chosen.
By the time the elevator wobbled down, the female host had already drawn more than twenty cards. Seeing that the time was almost right, Anjiu patted grandma's hand and whispered that she was going to leave.
"Xiaojiu, Xiaojiu! You must be careful in everything!" Grandma An held her hand tightly, her eyes red and full of tears.
Her heart was clenched with fear, as if it was being fried in a frying pan. Her anxiety made her unable to stand still. She followed Anjiu like a tail, her face full of pity and sadness for being about to be abandoned.
"Please give way."
Anjiu's voice sounded very loud in the silent crowd, and everyone turned around to look at her.
There is only one possibility for taking the initiative to move forward on the selection day - to actively sign up.
Their eyes were full of shock and disbelief, perhaps mixed with admiration and regret. They took the initiative to make way for this brave girl and the tearful old lady behind her.
It takes a lot of courage to soberly send the younger generation to a world where they may never return...
His eyes followed her behind him, and Anjiu sensed something, so he stopped and looked back.
"grandmother……"
Grandma An was choking with sobs and couldn't utter a word. She stared at An Jiu closely. She had an urge in her heart to drag Xiaojiu back home, but she couldn't.
"…I'm sorry, I forgot." Anjiu felt sorry. She had been very busy since she made the decision.
I took my grandmother's arm and asked her to open the payment page and transfer all the contribution points to her. "I will be back, don't worry."
Anjiu comforts grandma and myself.
She hugged Grandma An again, let go, turned to the administrator who had been looking at her and said calmly, "I want to sign up."
"..."
"Wow! Wow! I heard something!" The female host exclaimed exaggeratedly, covering her lips. She took a small step forward in her crystal clear high heels, slightly bent her waist and leaned forward, as if she wanted to take a closer look at Anjiu's appearance. "Today, the second warrior who volunteered to sign up has appeared!"
Just a yellow-haired girl.
The interest in her eyes disappeared instantly, and she straightened up as if nothing had happened, continuing to lean against the lottery bucket to draw the next name.
"Come here." The administrator pointed to the side.
Anjiu stood in the middle of the crowd of selected people. After only a few breaths, he heard the administrator's urging. They began to move and walked into the elevator one by one.
They and the people on the platform looked at each other through the iron fence, and sadness slowly spread in the air like poison.
Clear separation.
Anjiu saw the thin grandma in the crowd, tried to give her a relaxed smile, and told her in mouth language to take care of herself and she would be back soon.
creak-
Her line of sight was level with the tears gushing from her grandmother's eyes, level with people's thin thighs and calves, level with the gray floor boards, and then appeared above the heads of the people on the next floor.
Stop, get on board, close the door, and descend.
After going over 30 floors and then 13 floors, they were surrounded by the luxury elevator and could only glimpse a little bit of the "outside world" through the gaps in between.
There are bright lights, new banners, and neatly dressed residents sitting leisurely in chairs, watching the huge TV screen opposite.
When he first arrived, Anjiu was able to smell the sweet air that seeped in.
The elevator finally stopped at the first floor. A masked staff member stood outside the door and said in a dull voice: "Be quiet and get in line."
They did as they were told, half lowered their heads skillfully, and followed the people behind them outside.
After exiting the elevator shaft, the rustling sound of footsteps was amplified several times and drifted far away in the empty environment.
The staff stopped abruptly.
Everyone lowered their heads, so naturally they couldn't see his eyes, but they could sense that something was wrong from his actions. They were already nervous and scared, and now their heartbeats were even faster. They didn't know what to do.
The staff member blew out a heavy breath through his nostrils to express his dissatisfaction, and then showed everyone the correct way to walk - walking quietly through people's downcast eyes.
After completing a circle, he returned to the front to lead the way.
This time, the footsteps were indeed much quieter.
The shops on both sides of the entire commercial district were brightly lit and open for business, but their doors and windows were closed. Apart from the mannequins in the windows, there was not a single person in sight.
It wasn't until we got closer to the stage that things started to get lively again.
The beautiful female host stood in the center of the stage, radiant and dazzling, with two suspended monitors surrounding her and filming.
Behind her, a hundred hanging lampposts illuminated the transmitter below, standing quietly on the stage in a spectacular manner.
The host's lips kept opening and closing, but there was no sound at all.
The team leader did not stop for a moment and immediately took them to the back.
The suspended monitor flew rapidly past his head with a buzzing sound. Anjiu looked back inconspicuously and saw a bright beam of light cast from the place where he had just come in. After the three suspended monitors were in place, a strong and tall team appeared.
They were all full of energy and looked in good spirits. They wore uniform combat uniforms with golden badges on their chests.
As if she had noticed an unknown gaze, the woman standing at the head of the team followed with a sharp look.
Anjiu lowered his brows and eyes, following closely in the footsteps of the person in front of him.
The farther away from the stage, the darker the light became, until finally only the beam of light from the top of the transmitter was left to illuminate the surroundings. It looked like one had entered some oversized laboratory.
The staff's heels hit the ground, making a crisp sound, and the surroundings seemed empty and quiet.
They walked on the path in the middle of the teleporter, between the blurred light and dark at the edge of the aperture, their eyes locked on the heels of the person in front of them, their bodies shaking like sieves, not daring to shift their sight even an inch—
The group of people who came down first were standing in the teleporter next to them.
Their entire bodies were suspended in the air, with their toes pointing downwards, their open eyes with dilated pupils, their eye sockets and the lower half of their faces shrouded in darkness, motionless, and looking creepy.
"Go in."
The staff member stood still and said the second sentence so far.
The man who was pointed at let out a short cry from his chest. He turned back eagerly to seek help, but everyone was suffering, so who could help whom? It was only a matter of time before it was their turn.
The man took a small, fearful step towards the teleporter, his legs so weak that he might fall to the ground in the next second.
At this point the staff member's patience ran out. He pulled out old gloves wrapped in a plastic bag from his pocket and put them on. He stepped forward, grabbed the man by the back of his neck, and threw him into the conveyor very easily, just like picking up a chicken.
The man's screaming suddenly stopped. He was seen turning around and hanging in the air. His face turned from fear to expressionless, and his eyes looked forward blankly.