Hank arrived as scheduled, politely and politely apologized, and said a lot of reasons why he couldn't come in time last night, but Xiao Lin and Song Junlang preferred to think that it was the other party's deliberate revenge.
But there is no way to reason about this matter for the time being, because this is New Washington, it is the territory of the Americans, and Song Junlang said that the Dawning Colony is still two or three months away from here.
Super Elixir is a new type of potion developed by the British Colonial Academy, which can make people below the black iron level who cannot adapt to the environment of the new world avoid being attacked by various bacteria and viruses and other microorganisms here, this thing has extremely high practical value, such as those who focus on sub-vocational courses, such as alchemy, blacksmithing, etc., in the early days their strength is far behind others, but these people tend to get the opportunity to enter the new world earlier, and their value in the new world is higher than that of combatants.
The major colonial colleges have invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the research and development of super potions, and the Royal Academy of the British Empire was the first to successfully develop them, but the defects of this super potion are obvious, and it has a certain timeliness, according to Hank, this time the United States bought an improved version, and the aging period can last for a week.
The light blue potion was bottled in a very small test tube, the taste was very light, with a hint of sweetness, Xiao Lin drank it all, smashed his mouth, and muttered that he didn't taste the taste and wanted to drink another bottle, which was automatically ignored by Hank.
The jewelry specially ordered for him was originally something that Xiao Lin looked forward to, but he was still very disappointed when he actually got it, saying that it was an ornament, but it was actually just a pin hanging on his clothes, and the pin was inlaid with a silver-white diamond the size of a grain of rice.
After Xiao Lin put it on his body, the silver diamond suddenly emitted an invisible halo, covering Xiao Lin's whole body, like an invisible film, hindering the influence of gravity on him.
Hank triumphantly brags to him about how tedious the process of making this trinket is.
They have spent a lot of energy and material resources just for a new foreign student, which is a rare thing.
But after Song Junlang touched the pin.
Immediately debunked: "This pin is a consumable, and the quality of the diamond is too poor."
This has obviously not been purified, can this thing last for half a month?
This thing can be made even by an alchemy apprentice, isn't it just a gravity-defying miniature circle added to the enchanted diamond?
Is this difficult?
” Hank coughed awkwardly, "Professor Brown has been waiting for a long time, let's hurry up." ” Xiao Lin said that there was no problem, he almost didn't sleep all night, but after drinking super potions and wearing anti-gravity pins, his whole person immediately relaxed.
The spirit seems to be much better.
Hank led the way, but Song Junlang was stopped when he wanted to follow, this time Hank smiled but said firmly, "I'm sorry Minister Song, except for Professor Brown's team, no one else is allowed to come." ” Song Junlang was left alone, while Xiao Lin followed Hank through the living quarters and into the most central area of New Washington, the Palace District.
Although the palace here has been renovated many times, it still retains the style and structure of the Thunder Kingdom as a whole, with scattered and unique corridors.
The courtyard with all kinds of bright flowers and plants, the luxurious and splendid palace, Xiao Lin stopped to linger several times.
It wasn't until Hank urged him to keep up.
The size of the palace is almost the size of most towns, but only the outermost buildings have actually been used as the official offices of the Adjudicator Academy, and the buildings inside are relatively dilapidated, obviously unused for a long time, and the contrast with the glossy buildings on the periphery is obvious.
Xiao Lin was a little confused, because he found that Hank's direction seemed to be the deepest part of the palace, and the buildings that looked very dilapidated were the more he went inside, the more depressed the scenery became.
If it's spring outside, it's deep in the palace.
It's like a completely different seasonal scene, and even the flowers and plants in the flower beds are large and withered.
"It's here!"
Hank eventually stopped in front of a courtyard.
The rusty iron door could no longer be closed, and there were two people in silver armor standing at the door, stopping the two, Hank went up to exchange a few words, and then one of them lifted the mask on the helmet and took out a few pieces of paper, on which were Xiao Lin's photos and a brief description, the guards compared the photos and Xiao Lin back and forth several times, and after confirming that it was correct, handed the bottom blank paper to Xiao Lin.
"Fingerprint comparison, it's a routine procedure."
Hank reminded in a low voice.
Xiao Lin pressed down heavily with his thumb, and a thumb print immediately magically appeared on the paper, and soon the whole paper turned a light blue.
The guard looked at Hank and nodded, then casually lit the paper and threw it away.
"Is this passing?"
Xiao Lin was amazed.
Hank explained: "Fingerprint comparison, that piece of paper stores the sample of your fingerprint provided by Dawning Academy, if the fingerprint is checked correctly, it will turn blue, otherwise it will be red. ” After checking that it was correct, Xiao Lin was allowed to enter the courtyard, but Hank was stopped outside, and he briefly explained to Xiao Lin that he would remember to wait here in the evening to pick him up, because without Hank's guidance, Xiao Lin would not be able to move an inch in the heavily guarded palace area.
In this dilapidated courtyard, except for a few bare trees, there is not the slightest green, the weeds on the ground are almost half a person high, in the center of the courtyard is a palace, the walls of the palace are gray-black, it has long been unrecognizable in its former color, the weeds along the edge of the path from the palace to the door have been temporarily cleared, but the potholed road is full of devastation, and the traces of bombardment can be vaguely distinguished, which are probably left by the war that year.
The gate of the palace was hidden, Xiao Lin hesitated, and pushed the door directly, making a heavy friction sound, in this only gray Xiao Suo courtyard, it actually made people feel a little cool.
The interior of the palace is more empty than expected, or the furnishings here have been removed, and on the temporary clean carpet, there are at least dozens or even hundreds of stone slabs, each nearly two meters high, but these stone slabs are not complete, most of them are fragmented, and the more serious ones have even directly become powder.
Next to the stone slabs, men and women squatted or stood, some burying their heads in the slabs to make out something, some trying to put the broken pieces back together, others whispering to each other.
The sound of pushing the door attracted all the eyes of these people, focusing on Xiao Lin, several people were a little confused and stunned, and the nearest black man with glasses got up and said to Xiao Lin what language he didn't know, seeing Xiao Lin's face at a loss, he changed several languages in a row, and even used Norma.
Xiao Lin actually wanted to tell him that he could understand English and Norma, but he had to give him some time to digest it, but the other party seemed to be impatient, shrugged at Xiao Lin, and then shouted something upstairs, and a few minutes later, an old man walked up in the company of a blonde girl.
(To be continued)