Why it never ends

Hesta put the "Specifications for Using the Shengming Ship Card" aside.Instead of continuing to intensively read the next document, she laid out every document in the portfolio on the desktop.

Some of these things are thick, some are thin, the binding is not uniform, and the layout styles of the text are also different-in general, one ticket, one hard-shell paper specification, two thin volumes and three blank pages registration form.

Among them, the thicker booklet is a photocopy of a diary. Hesta flipped through a few pages. Judging from the date and the tone of writing, this diary has a high probability of belonging to Robeau Griller in the golden age.

This person obviously loves painting, and you can see his sketches with a few pens every few pages. Among them are whales floating out of the sea, a prostitute holding a transparent silk scarf, a half-split pig, Withered roses hanging from flower trays in the joy of feasting...

Hesta's hand stopped suddenly, and she suddenly turned over a huge banyan tree.

It has luxuriant branches and leaves, with countless vines hanging down from the branches, and even the underground root system is clearly drawn. Those intertwined roots that penetrate deep into the soil are like the branches of a banyan tree after removing the leaves. reflection.

Hesta faintly felt that she seemed to have seen such a big banyan tree somewhere. This sense of déjà vu was so strong that she could almost grasp it, but when she held her breath and tried hard to think, her mind suddenly Becoming empty and unable to remember anything.

Next to the pen drawing of the banyan tree, the owner of the diary spent a lot of space writing his expectations for the next voyage, and Hesta saw a summary of it at a glance: "A grand event that belongs to us , a paradise of months of joy and complete seclusion."

This made her instinctively well up with disgust.

Hesta put down the diary and picked up another bound color-printed manual. This manual has about forty pages. The cover and table of contents of the manual have been torn off. Its bare front page is the title of Chapter 1: " "Shengming" Passenger Regulations.

Next to the title is a post-it note with several lines written in dark blue ink.

note:
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The adjudicator is requested to ensure that the relevant documents of the "Shengming Cruise Travel Guide" are safely stored out of the reach of ordinary passengers-
If a very small number of passengers have read it directly and designate them as the next adjudicator, one time of **Security Inspection** can be exempted-
If the adjudicator is appointed in advance, the successor is required to bring an uncontaminated boarding invitation letter, and go to the self-service station on deck -2 together with the current adjudicator.Please note that this behavior must be completed within 1 hour after the reading occurs, otherwise it will be considered invalid
__H.G
Su Lei narrowed his eyes, "HG? What does this mean..."

"Heinrich Gobelin?" Hesta wasn't very sure, "I guess it's his initials."

Li Ke narrowed his eyes: "...this man is dressed like a dog, why is his handwriting so ugly."

"When did we start looking at these things?" Hesta asked.

"Around nine o'clock."

The three of them looked at the time in unison, and it was now 9:44.

"Do you want to go to deck -2 first?" Hesta said softly, "Lico is not considered a passenger without a ticket, which is not within the rules, but Police Officer Su Lei should be an 'ordinary passenger', right?"

Su Lei was silent for a moment: "...What will happen if you don't go?"

"It didn't say it clearly, it just said that you can be exempted from a 'safety inspection'." Li Ke rubbed his chin, and his gaze fell back to the note, "It's possible, if we don't take this trip, the inspection on the ship will be waived." Will it be added temporarily?"

"I remember that last night Gobelin called everyone to Bishop's restaurant at three o'clock in the morning, that's why," Hesta said softly, "This security check sounds not only unsafe, but also very dangerous. Judging by Gobelin's performance last night, this risk could affect everyone."

"Did any of these documents explain what a 'safety check' is?" Su Lei asked.

Lico picked up the manual: "I'll look for it."

Hesta looked at Su Lei, "There is no table of contents in the manual, and it may be timed out if you look through it like this. After all, there are only less than 10 minutes left... If we want to go, we'd better start now."

Su Lei didn't answer right away, she looked at the last note on the note with some concern.

The room was quiet, and for a while only the sound of Li Ke turning the pages of the book remained. Her eyes quickly searched for keywords in the text. However, there were only a few places in the manual that directly mentioned this matter, without any explanatory text .

"...There is nothing in it," Li Ke closed the manual, "Maybe my reading is too rough, do you want to check it again?"

"No need... Look here, it says that the act of appointing the adjudicator in advance needs to be completed within 1 hour," Su Lei's fingernails scratched under the corresponding text on the note, "But if this time is from when I look at it The "Guide" starts to count...how does the reviewer know when I started reading?"

"Assuming this rule is true," Hesta said softly, "it only means that there is always a pair of eyes around us, and these eyes stare at and record the actions of each of us, day and night, all the time— —”

"...The more you talk, the more frightening you become." Li Ke looked around the room, "If there are such eyes, I can't fail to notice them."

Hesta laughed: "Then you can also bet it's bluffing."

Su Lei looked at the alarm clock again, it was already 9:51.

"Let's go out first."

……

"They're out."

In the same dim room, Zero was broadcasting the progress of Hesta's three people in real time.

"Judging from the previous conversation, they should be going to the self-service station on the -2 floor now."

"...Really." Anna was still lying on the bed, and the bed board of her upper body rose slowly, supporting her to sit up halfway.

Anna took off the blindfold and looked at the screen not far away, "I thought Su Lei would ignore that suggestion. She was the one who advocated publishing the entire content of the "Guide" before, why did she just follow Gobelin's suggestion? gone."

"Probably because the 'security check' will threaten other passengers."

"If you threaten other passengers, don't insist. It's still not determined enough," Anna said softly. "Where did they put those documents?"

"In Lico's hand, she carries it with her," Zero said softly, "At present, they have only read the sailing instructions of the old boat ticket and the rules for using the ship card. Hesta and Lico have roughly checked the diary and Shengming No. manual, it is hard to say how much useful information this level of reading can bring.”

"Hey," Anna yawned, "It's easy to suffer if you run down with such half-knowledge..."