Volume 7: Frost Chapter 17: Bacon
The potatoes have absorbed the gravy of the bacon, and when you take a bite, you can taste a hint of the smoky flavor of the bacon.
"How is it?" Lin Shunan asked.
"Not bad." Tang Butian said.
Guan Nuo picked up a piece of bacon and said while chewing: "When I lived in the mountains a while ago, I thought the food here was very good."
"The chef in our bureau's canteen also has several specialties, such as sweet and sour pork and sweet and sour spare ribs." Sun Yu put down his chopsticks and said to Lin Shunan, "Next time you come over, why don't you have a meal in our canteen?"
"Okay." Lin Shunan agreed.
The dishes were brought in one after another.
Halfway through the meal, Sun Woo suddenly said, “I forgot to take a picture.”
"Why take pictures?" Lin Shunan asked.
Sun Yu looked at the bacon and potatoes that had been swept away with some regret. He said, "Send it to Jiang Ge and show him what he missed. He will regret it when he finds out."
Lin Shunan asked: "Why doesn't he come?"
"I went to the hospital to check my knee."
Tang Butian listened to their conversation for a while, picked up the cup and drank a sip of water, then asked: "Has the research institute figured out the rules?"
Lin Shunan looked at Tang Butian and said, "We are still a long way from understanding it. What we can do now is to figure out what a specific rule can do and what phenomena it can cause in different scenarios."
"One paragraph?"
"Yes," Lin Shunan picked up his mobile phone and said, "Just like when we use mobile phones, we only need to know what the mobile phone can do, and we don't have to figure out how the system circuit board inside it works. For the current research on the law, we can only regard it as a black box system. For the time being, we will not study why, but study what can be done."
"Ah? Is that so?" Guan Nuo was a little surprised.
Lin Shunan nodded and said, "We still know too little about this world." He looked at Tang Butian and said, "I have always wanted to consult the monks on the mountain about a question, but I never had the chance. Chief Tang, are you willing to..."
"You ask."
"How did you understand the law?"
"I have not yet understood the law."
"What about the others?"
“I don’t know.”
Lin Shunan was a little disappointed. He said, "I thought there would be a special set of methods in the mountains."
"No?" Guan Nuo asked.
"The monks in the mountains will also communicate, right?" Lin Shunan asked Tang Butian persistently.
"Yes. There are also regular sermons ."
"Can I apply to listen to it once..."
“It’s only open to people on the mountain.”
"I don't have any ideas about the unique skills on the mountain. I just want to communicate with you more. Maybe my research results can give you some inspiration?"
"There are three thousand great ways, and everyone's fate is different," Tang Butian interrupted Lin Shunan. She picked up the wooden sword and looked down at the dark patterns on the blade. "I am a sword cultivator, and I cultivate my way through fighting. If you want to discuss cultivation with me, just fight with me. The same goes for the rest of the people on the mountain."
Lin Shunan was a little disappointed. He looked at the time and said, "Everyone has almost finished eating. Do you want to take a break or go directly to visit my laboratory?"
"Just go ahead." Tang Butian said.
"OK."
Lin Shunan took them to the sixth floor by elevator.
When the elevator door opened, a gust of cold air hit me in the face.
"It's so cold." Sun Yu shuddered.
"Let me take you to change clothes first." Lin Shunan took them to the dressing room. He took out four sets of white isolation suits from the storage closet and said, "You can't bring your cell phones and bags in. Also, weapons," he looked at the wooden sword in Tang Butian's hand and said, "Chief Tang, the wooden swords must be stored as well."
Tang Butian said, "You go and visit. I'll stay here."
Lin Shunan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Chief Tang, your wooden sword is safe here."
"I'm worried."
Lin Shunan's expression suddenly became awkward. He said, "Chief Tang, people from the research institute also have to apply for this laboratory and go through layers of approval before they can enter. I trust you, can you trust me too?"
"I trust you."
Lin Shunan breathed a sigh of relief. He opened his mouth and was about to say something, but he heard Tang Butian's cold voice again.
"I understand the rules. I don't want to break them." Tang Butian looked at Lin Shunan , "I am a sword cultivator. I don't understand your experiments and research. I will stay here, and they can go with you to visit. It won't delay them."
"What about taking a plane or train?"
"Apply and get a certificate."
"How about taking the subway?"
“This is a wooden sword.”
Lin Shunan thought for a moment and said, "You guys change your clothes first. I'll go talk to Teacher Ji and see if I can bring it in."
After Lin Shunan left, Tang Butian and the other two took the isolation suits to the changing room to change their clothes.
After changing, Sun Yu found a few chairs from somewhere and they sat down.
Sun Yu said: "We are like a disaster movie, where a superbug is leaked and we come here to investigate..."
"The spiritual power is isolated." Tang Butian said.
"This dress?" Guan Nuo asked.
Tang Bu Tian nodded and said, "The floor and walls are all made of materials that block spiritual energy."
Guan Nuo closed his eyes, and after a moment he opened them and said, "It's true, I can't feel any spiritual power at all."
"Will there be any problem?" Sun Yu asked.
"Probably not," Guan Nuo thought for a moment, "It's probably due to the experiment requirements. Didn't he say it was a very confidential experiment?"
Sun Yu nodded, "I've been completely confused from what I've heard since this morning."
Guan Nuo said: "Me too, and, and I think..."
"What?" Tang Butian looked at him seriously.
"I, I think," Guan Nuo took a deep breath and said, "He seems to think he can research anything, and he only believes in what he has researched."
More than ten minutes later, Lin Shunan returned to the locker room with a long transparent bag. He handed the bag to Tang Butian and said, "Chief Tang, can you put the wooden sword in this bag before bringing it in? I'm afraid that the fluctuation of spiritual energy on it will affect the environment in the laboratory."
"Okay." Tang Butian took the bag and put the wooden sword in it.
After leaving the locker room, Lin Shunan led them around and through corridors one after another. Finally, Lin Shunan led them into a dim room.
Tang Butian looked around. It was empty, with no instruments, tables, chairs or cabinets. There was a door in front.
Lin Shunan said: "This is it."
He pressed on the wall.
The metal door opened to both sides.
The light fell in.
Guan Nuo opened his eyes wide, "What is this? Where is this place?"
He saw a small wooden house and behind it was a dead forest.
He recognized this place - he and Uncle Zhuang had been here before and had seen a man...
This is the yard.
Tang Butian clenched the wooden sword.
