Barrier of Light

In the library, there was silence.

Rows of bookshelves piled up to form a dazzling sea under the staggered sunlight.

On the table was a thick copy of "Research on the Logic of Electron Physics Constants", half-turned, a monocle stood on the page, and the chain pressed the page to act as a bookmark.

The seat on the original seat was draped in a gray suit jacket.

The owner of the coat stood in front of the huge bookshelf, bathed in the quiet sunlight.

Deep sea links the whole world, data sharing.

Few people will come to the current paper book reading room.

Cui Zhongzhong took away the two books connected together on the bookshelf.

He was startled.

After taking the book away, a pair of sly eyes with a hidden smile appeared on the vacant place of the bookshelf.

"It is said that there are 1.5 million books in the library of Dateng Public School. If you read one book every day, it will take 4,000 years to read it. But it only takes three seconds for the deep sea to enter the library." On the other side of the bookshelf, The old man's voice was extremely low, as if he was talking to himself, "It's so ironic. Humans have worked so hard to develop a culture for thousands of years, and it only takes a few seconds for a machine to digest it all."

Speaking of this, he raised his head and asked with a smile: "There are not many people coming to places like the library. In order to maintain order and to give human beings the last dignity, AI is only responsible for inputting, not guiding... in this It shouldn’t be easy to find a book you want in such a place, right?”

"Mr. Zhou, you probably don't read books often."

Cui Zhongzhong said lightly: "Every book has been classified into categories, you just need to search for it according to the picture, it is very easy to find a book."

"Oh, oh...that's it. I really don't read books very often."

Zhou Jiren smiled apologetically, "But in this era, the deep sea is enough. Except for the die-hards who are greedy for the afterglow of the old era, who would come to such a place to read paper books, right...Mr. Cui? "

Cui Zhongzhong glanced at his watch.

He asked calmly, "You came to see me for something?"

"It's not a big deal..." Mr. Shu smiled sincerely: "Gu Shen's review has begun, and I, a member of my entourage, have nothing to do and no place to go, so I just want to take a stroll in the academy... Coincidentally , I met you here."

The two respect each other's names.

All respectfully referred to as "you".

"This is my alma mater. I haven't been back for a long time, so I just came back to take a look." Cui Zhongzhong said softly: "A long time ago, it was very quiet here...but it's not the same as it is now."

"That was twenty years ago, right? At that time, the deep sea hadn't connected the five continents, and there wasn't such a developed technology..." Mr. Shu didn't hide his sarcasm, and smiled: "We are getting stronger and stronger. , This is a good thing. In terms of the development of Dongzhou in recent years... Mr. Zhao has contributed a lot, he has made Dato a city full of brilliance like Nagano."

Cui Zhongzhong frowned.

"To be honest, I didn't expect that he would agree to issue an amnesty order for an unknown teenager." Mr. Shu said with a soft smile, "I originally wanted to get away with this matter...it's okay if he doesn't agree. Now I'm going to ask the big shot in Nagano."

"Isn't it a good thing that someone agreed?" Cui Zhongzhong sighed, and said: "It's embarrassing to go to Nagano to ask for someone. It's not enough to quench your thirst. Whether you can ask for it is another matter."

"At my age, what face do I care about?"

Zhou Jiren's smile disappeared bit by bit, he stared at the other party, and said: "Since I agree to the amnesty, why do I need to send such an audit team... This is the person I don't even want to face, and I want to save it, The ugly words are up front, no matter what the final review result is, I have to be careful."

Cui Zhongzhong stroked the pages of the book with his fingers.

"Don't you understand?"

He looked at the old man and said seriously, "It's because I saw your position... Mr. Zhao made such a decisive decision, issued an amnesty order, and sent an audit team..."

"The last person you were so determined to take away was Nan Jin from Dadu District, right? Compared to her, Gu Shen is just a poor child with no father or mother, and an ordinary background." Mr. Cui said in a low voice. Said: "Old Zhao believed in your vision, so he issued the amnesty order immediately, and at the same time, he also wanted to see, who is this child named Gu Shen...so he sent this Only the review team."

Speaking of this, he showed a humble and gentle smile.

"I think...you should be able to understand Mr. Zhao's intentions, right?"

"Right now, everyone in the parliament is having a headache over the dispute over the awakening decree. At this point, everyone seems to be unable to accept the price of their own failure... This tug-of-war is about to come to a conclusion."

"At this time, the slightest deviation may cause huge distortion." Cui Zhongzhong stretched out two fingers and rubbed them slowly, "A butterfly far away in Xizhou, with a flicker of wings, may cause a storm in Dadu."

"Maybe this butterfly is not in Xizhou, but in Zhongzhou, North Fortress..." Mr. Cui paused, and said seriously, "But no matter what, most of them won't be able to withstand a bigger storm."

Zhou Jiren looked serious and had nothing more to say.

He just silently stared at Cui Zhongzhong on the opposite side of the bookshelf. The sun shone through, and his body should have reflected the midday light, but for some reason, it seemed to be covered with a faint shadow.

"By the way..."

"The proposal to promulgate the amnesty order and dispatch the review team... was all proposed by me." Cui Zhongzhong said softly, "Mr. Zhao agreed immediately, so the person who came to Da Teng this time... is also me."

He stared at Zhou Jiren.

"……I have nothing to say."

The old man was still serious about things, and said calmly: "There is no Mr. Cui, and there are other people. As long as there is an amnesty order, there will be an audit team. I still understand the truth."

Cui Zhongzhong nodded.

He no longer paid attention to Zhou Jiren, but walked towards the direction he came from with his book in his arms. The sunlight had shifted by an angle, and the original seat was no longer shrouded in light, but was immersed in a slightly dark shade. middle.

Take two steps.

"And one more thing……"

Mr. Shu spoke again and stopped Cui Zhongcheng.

"Um?"

He frowned, turned half of his face slightly, and couldn't see his face clearly through the book.

"It's about the small talk just now."

Mr. Shu's voice was very soft and slow, "What you said is to follow the map, it is indeed a very simple and efficient method, but some books...are seriously damaged, or because of missing titles and so on, they are not entered by AI. In the library. Such a book... is there a way to find it?"

"..."

Cui Zhongzhong was silent for a long time, as if he was lost in thought.

"It's just luck."

Mr. Cui said softly: "You have to believe that as long as the book is still there, you will find it one day."