Please ask the dream.

Chapter 26: Message in the Wind

Lying on the bed with his eyes closed, Feng Xue's mind was repeatedly flashing with the details between the lines of "History of the Development of Modern and Contemporary Popular Art".

Although the word "modern" seems to refer to the present, whether from the perspective of historical periods, changes in the times, or the original meaning of the word, this word does not mean "now".

It is a node of change with many specific extended meanings, but without exception, they all correspond to a "transition point" and represent a "change."

Because of different usages, it may be a change in productivity, a change in concepts, a change in beliefs, or even a change in the social system.

But no matter what, modernity is the transformation node that creates the "contemporary".

Feng Xue is not quite sure how far the "contemporary" he is in is from the "modern" in this book. Although this book was printed in 464, he dare not guarantee whether this book is printed by Gold Finger or whether there is such a book in this world. What's more, it may be a book from the "future".

After all, it’s a golden finger, so isn’t it normal that it can simulate the future?

Amidst a wave of random thoughts, Feng Xue fell into a deep sleep again. When he woke up again, it was already the next morning.

The sound of the prison guard knocking on the railings came from far away. Although it was only the third day, Feng Xue got up from the bed consciously without him saying anything, washed up as quickly as possible, and went to the door waiting for the prison guard to open it.

Just when the shackles were activated, Feng Xue suddenly sensed some subtle feelings.

"Is the temperature dropping?" Feng Xue followed the line of prisoners, but that strange feeling never dissipated.

In other words, it was not a feeling that suddenly appeared, but something that had always existed but he had never noticed it.

As you walk and breathe, there is the water flowing across the rooftops and corners, going straight or winding, and sometimes swirling around, coming out and coming back from where you are going.

It was not until they reached the restaurant that Feng Xue finally understood what was happening, as the things coming in and out from all over gathered into streams, collided with each other, merged, canceled each other out, or turned into a stronger stream.

This is an airflow, but it is not strong enough to be called wind and is so weak that it is difficult for ordinary people to detect.

Why can I suddenly feel a weak airflow?

Feng Xue didn't need to think too much and had already locked his target on the "smart bird" in his sea of ​​consciousness. Among the three collections on him, only this one could "reduce the impact of wind on itself" and could produce such an effect.

Originally, Feng Xue thought that the function of the collection was similar to the ability of the rule system. If it can block bullets, it can definitely block bullets; if it can break through defenses, it can definitely break through defenses.

But now it seems that they play a role in reality, perhaps following some mechanism?
However, Feng Xue quickly rejected this idea because the description of the skill was different. For example, the frying pan obtained earlier had the ability to block one ranged damage per battle. This description was very absolute. If it was just a mechanical ability like seeing the trajectory, it would not match the description, unless it could also increase the speed of the shot and nerve reflexes, but that would be no different from the rules.

The description of this smart bird is relatively abstract, just "reducing the impact" without a specific value. This may be the reason for the creation of this mechanism.

While he was thinking, the prison guard had already prepared breakfast for Feng Xue. While he was eating the food which was obviously more substantial than that of others, his mind was working rapidly.

It was a pity that there were too few samples at present, which were totally insufficient to speculate the mechanism of action of the Golden Finger Collection. He could only suppress these ideas for the time being and start thinking about how to maximize the airflow sensing ability that was limited to today.

As one of the most famous prisons in the world, the Beehive Prison is often used as an example. For this reason, even though Feng Xue only has an entry-level knowledge of prison law, he is not unfamiliar with the structure of this prison.

According to public information, the Beehive Prison is actually not very large if you really calculate its area. Excluding four exercise yards of nearly 18400 square meters and various factory buildings, the living area in the Beehive Prison is only square meters.

These include a large cafeteria that can accommodate 4,000 people, a women's cafeteria that can accommodate 1,000 people, 104 single rooms, 560 eight-person rooms, and 400 detention cells.

The layout of the entire prison is also very symmetrical. The cafeteria is located in the center of the prison, and then it is divided into four areas in the east, south, west and north. Each area is adjacent to the cafeteria and has 140 single rooms. Further out are ordinary eight-person rooms.

The cells in the southern area of ​​the prison are the women's prison, which is completely separated from other prisons. Except for the exercise area which is far away from other men's exercise areas, there is basically no intersection between them.

There are one hundred confinement areas at the corners of each of the four areas, and further out are exercise yards, factories, warehouses and other areas.

However, this is all the public information. As for where the prison guards' dormitories, armories, and warehouses are, these are naturally not available in the public information.

But now, Feng Xue can get a glimpse of the general situation of the prison through the information brought by that slight air flow.

From the single room through the corridor to the restaurant, and then to the factory, this route of only two or three hundred meters became the reference point for Feng Xue to calibrate the rough map in his mind.

For example, if there is a faint smell of rice, it should be in the direction of the cafeteria. Judging from the direction, it should be from the ventilation duct above. By calculating the time when the meals are collected and the changes in the smell of rice, we can roughly infer the changes in the airflow in the ventilation duct... Then, with the help of expert-level civil engineering knowledge, we can quickly judge the design ideas of the ventilation duct, and then understand the layout of the surrounding rooms and begin to explore farther distances.

At this moment, he felt a sense of accomplishment similar to when he played Hollow Knight in his previous life and filled in the surroundings bit by bit according to the rough map made by the cartographer.

It has to be said that the ability to sense airflow is subtly useful at this time. That kind of sensitivity made Feng Xue sigh, it is worthy of being a bird that can survive being thrown into a storm from a supersonic ship!
Thinking of this, Feng Xue couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Today was just an ordinary working day. If it was a fresh air day, in that open air environment, the more complex air flow changes should be able to bring him more information, right?
But that’s enough!

Feng Xue quickly suppressed the negative emotions that had just emerged in his heart, and continued to accumulate information while continuing his practice as an architect.

This isn't to say that he's doing two things at once, it's just that he's just visualizing anyway, so there's nothing wrong with imagining a map with ever-increasing lines in his mind, right?
Well, although it is a bit difficult, with the help of the clever bird, it is like there is a picture in front of him. If he doesn't remember it, it doesn't matter. Open your eyes and take a look. Close your eyes and see if it is in your mind. If not, take another look!
(End of this chapter)