The Midnight Owl

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled into the room, the color of the fire burning clouds.The warmth of the setting sun quietly climbed onto the bed, staining the corners of the eyes and eyebrows in sound sleep, like a naughty child blowing air, hot and itchy, determined to disturb people's dreams.

Wu Sheng woke up leisurely after turning over. When he raised his eyes, he saw the sleeping face on the opposite bed.

Xu Wang lay on his side, riding the quilt, sleeping deeply and soundly.The evening sunlight outlined the contours of his face more clearly, his usual smartness and casualness were still there, but he was a little more obedient and quiet.

Wu Sheng lay there, watching quietly, his heart was like a calm sea, blue, open, peaceful and down-to-earth.

I do not know how long it has been……

"What are you doing?"

Xu Wang woke up for a long time, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Wu Sheng staring at him, but just look at him, he was still wandering, he didn't know what beautiful things he thought of, and the depths of his eyes, which were erratic in focus, were truly full of joy and joy.

Wu Sheng's heart was agitated, and he came back to his senses, but his face remained unchanged, and he met Xu Wang's eyes calmly: "You were talking in your sleep just now, I'm considering whether to wake you up."

"Talking in sleep?" Xu Wang raised his eyebrows in doubt, "What did I say?"

Wu Sheng didn't change his face and his heart didn't beat: "Squad leader, help..."

Xu Wang squinted his eyes with complicated emotions, and looked at the declarant vigilantly. He was 1 unwilling to believe it, but he couldn't find evidence...

"Squad leader, I can't do without you." The narrator added a second sentence.

Xu Wang breathed a sigh of relief, and in this "dream talk" that was completely out of his own style, his heart fell to the ground: "Wu Sheng, do you know what a collapsed person is?"

The squad leader was intoxicated by his "script", and was stunned when he heard this: "Huh?"

Xu Wang glanced at him with a sigh: "The next time you talk nonsense, don't make up your own lines."

Going to bed at five o'clock in the morning and waking up at five o'clock in the evening, the two of them who had slept for [-] hours simply washed up, refreshed, and finally revived in a full state.There was no movement next door, Xu Wang was worried that the two teammates hadn't woken up yet, so he sent a message in the WeChat group first——

Wangwang: Are you awake?

There were only four people in the group named "Unlucky Children", and they replied in seconds——

Love money: no.

Tea sage Lu Yu's little fan: Wake up.

Xu Wang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and was about to reply when someone was faster than him——

Brother Sheng: Old Qian, you continue to sleep, let's go to eat first.

The next door still responded in seconds, but this time it was the voice: "Who is asleep? I'm all dressed! Where are we going to eat?"

Ten minutes later, the four met in the corridor and rushed to the restaurant.

In the evening, Beiyuemiao Village is very lively. There are children playing under the buildings, and smoke rises from the bungalows everywhere. Cars, battery carts, and donkey-drawn carts are walking peacefully on the same road. The setting sun stretches their shadows long , Bustling, comfortable.

The four of them walked a little farther this time, and found a decent-looking Shaanxi restaurant. As soon as they walked in, they were greeted with a tangy aroma of red oil.Because they wanted to have a good chat, they asked for a private room, and as soon as they were seated, Qian Ai said, "I'll take this meal", so when the waiter brought the menu, he naturally became the main orderer.

After ordering food, the waiter left, and there were only four of them left in the box. Qian Ai leaned back in the chair and sighed a long time: "Oh, it's getting late again, happy times are always very happy." It's short."

He was full of energy when ordering, but now, there was a hint of helplessness and exhaustion in his voice.

"Are we going to keep turning day and night like this in the future?" Kuang Jinxin asked, leaning his face with one hand and tilting his head.

"It should be." Xu Wang sighed inaudibly, picked up the kettle, and wanted to pour hot water for his teammates.

Seeing this, Kuang Jinxin quickly said: "Wait a minute." Then he took out a small bag of individually packaged tea from his pocket, opened it, poured some into everyone's cups, and then took the kettle in Xu Wang's hand , fill the four cups with water.

Curly hot air rises from the mouth of the cup, and there seems to be a faint fragrance.

"Green tea," Kuang Jinxin chuckled, "refreshing you."

As the saying goes, if you want to praise a person for being great, you always say that you will have meat to eat with him, but if you put this on Kuang Jinxin, "meat" has to be changed to "tea".

Xu Wang and Wu Sheng are used to it, but Qian Ai is the first time seeing him, and asked in surprise, "You still bring tea with you?"

Kuang Jinxin scratched his head shyly: "Our family grows tea, and I also learned this in college."

"And this major?"

"Well, tea science."

"Long experience, really live to learn..."

Qian Ai nodded, and then he ran out of words. For this unknown field, he really couldn't find a way to find something to say.

After pondering for two seconds, he asked kindly outside the half-open box door: "Waiter? Is the food ready—"

He should still be in the catering field.

It is likely that Qian Ai's voice was directly transmitted to the back kitchen. Soon, the waiters began to serve the dishes, and finally filled the entire round table one after another.

Xu Wang looked at a large table of dishes, and then at Qian Ai: "These...are you ordering?"

"It's okay," Qian Ai patted his chest, "I told you I'll treat you, and I will definitely not skip the order!"

Xu Wang was tired: "That's not the point, the problem is that there are so many orders, can we finish?"

Twenty minutes later, Xu Wang regretted his childish question very much.

"Okay, the biangbiang noodles have been eaten, which one to eat next, I listen to you!"

"Mutton in a water basin? Stir-fry with steamed buns? Steamed buns with dried flowers and eggs?"

"Ah, thanks to 'Lao Shan in Hainan' for the rocket, then I'll eat lamb in a bowl haha——"

"Suck - suck -"

"His soup is very fragrant and mellow, but not greasy, and it doesn't have any mutton smell..."

A round table, two worlds.

The mobile phone supported by the selfie stick, the camera is facing the half of the table that can be photographed, which is Qian Ai and half of the dishes on the table, and the half of the table that cannot be photographed on the back is Xu Wang, Wu Sheng, Kuang Jinxin and the rest of the dishes. The dishes on the two and a half tables were exactly the same, that is, what Qian Ai ate alone was enough for the three of them.

But this is not for the live broadcast. It is obvious that Qian eats very happily, and every smile line on his face is filled with love and satisfaction for food.

After eating the mutton in the water basin, I don't know if there are fans lost in the live broadcast room. Qian Ai suddenly said seriously to the mobile phone: "Friends who like Shaanxi cuisine, let's watch and cherish it. I guess I won't be able to eat this bite tomorrow... "

"What's for dinner tomorrow?" Qian Ai read the question displayed on the screen of the mobile phone, and sighed sadly, "I won't know until tonight, leave it to fate..."

Live broadcast is really a magical thing, Xu Wang thought, not to mention the audience in the live broadcast room, he is the one sitting behind the phone, hearing this moment, he wants to interact with classmate Qian, and give him a flower star or something.

Looking at it, Xu Wang suddenly felt envious. For this trip to northern Shaanxi, he directly resigned from his job. It is even possible that he will not be able to work until he completely leaves "Owl". But this matter is very important to Qian Ai. It doesn't matter, the work should start as usual, that's great.

One of the ways to heal depression is to find people who are as lost as you are.

In this box, of course it is Wu Sheng and Kuang Jinxin, who have just started a business and are working on a very important project, a university internship, and should be accumulating professional experience. As a result, as soon as "Owl" appeared, any project or internship...

Crackling, crackling, crackling.

The sudden rapid knocking sound interrupted Xu Wang's thoughts, and when he turned his head, Wu Sheng turned into a notebook at some point and was typing on the keyboard at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

Xu Wang glanced quietly, and found that a communication software was open on the screen, and there were a bunch of codes that he couldn't understand.

It should be because he was afraid of affecting Qian Ai's live broadcast, so Wu Sheng was using the communication software to communicate with the opposite party by typing——

[No, this is different from the original expectation. How many times have I said that if you find a problem, you will solve it. Any attempt to circumvent the problem will inevitably lead to a decrease in user experience...]

Xu Wang took a sneak peek, and probably saw these contents, and then the screen was completely switched back to the code, and Wu continued to "rush work", as if to solve the problem in the communication software that "bypassing will reduce the user experience".

Xu Wang was not very happy, because Kuang Jinxin was the only one who was also a fallen person in Tianya.

Turning around, the child was playing with his mobile phone.

Xu Wang leaned over very relieved, and just about to speak, he found that the other party was writing an answer on Zhihu. The main question was-how to identify the quality of Pu'er tea?

Kuang Jinxin's answer has not yet been finished, but judging from the current length, it is already comparable to a small essay.

Very well, the only one who is really doing nothing is himself.

Xu Wang looked out of the window, his depression was swept away, and his heart was full of depression, a raging fire ignited in his heart, burning out the fighting spirit of life!

Student Xu's fighting spirit lasted until zero o'clock. After the sound of owls, he was the first to jump into the purple circle, arrogant and high-spirited, vowing to fight someone to the death.

However, those who handed in the papers are already idlers here, and the terminal building that was full of dangers yesterday, entered today, only the hustle and bustle remains.

Passengers coming and going, smiling ground staff, all kinds of restaurants and brand stores, everything is the same as last night.

However, the prompt sound was no longer urging them to go to the counter to check in, but the new coordinates of 3/23 arrived as promised—(118.9987, 37.7662)

The three of them looked at Wu Sheng in unison.

The latter pondered for a moment, then raised his eyes: "Shandong."

Xu Wang raised his forehead, and his first reaction was to buy another plane ticket: "The transportation cost is too high!"

Qian Ai was stunned for two seconds, then nodded: "Understood, the next stop is to eat multigrain pancakes."

Kuang Jinxin was already calm about where to go, since he came in, he mainly looked around, until now.

"Little Kuang, what are you looking at?" Xu Wang asked him.

"I always feel that someone is watching us." Kuang Jinxin frowned.

His words made the other three people instantly vigilant, and the relaxation after handing in the test made them almost forget that this level is open. It is very likely that no matter whether the test is handed in or not, as long as they are in this level, they can see each other.

It is enough for them to suffer the loss of exposure once.

Thinking of this, the four of them hurried into a coffee shop and chose a corner location, where they could see the terminal building through the hollowed-out fence, but it was also secluded enough.

As soon as we were seated, the waiter came up to ask what to drink. They ordered three cups of coffee and one cup of tea symbolically. Unexpectedly, the waiter had a very good attitude and after finishing the order, he never returned.

"I knew it was all fake, just pretending." Qian Ai couldn't hide his disappointment.

"Don't think about beautiful things," Xu Wang had expected, "If you can eat and drink as you like when you come in, then who will pass the test and hand in the papers?"

"That's right," Kuang Jinxin agreed deeply, "I come in every night and even eat and take food, so I don't have to work, and I don't have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of my life."

"Forget about the coffee," Wu Sheng got down to business, and asked in a low voice, "Have you all received your reward?"

Kuang Jinxin nodded, and took the lead in showing his <Stationery Box>: <[Anti] Candy House>, <[Wu] Hit me>.

"Hmm..." Wu Sheng looked at the two icons and pondered for a long time, "Why don't you introduce yourself first."

Kuang Jinxin scratched his head in embarrassment: "The armor, it should be very similar to the Three Caves of the Rabbit, can it create a hiding room?"

Qian Ai raised his hand: "I'm more curious about that weapon."

Xu Wang and Wu Sheng nodded.

The eyes of the teammates are full of anticipation. Kuang Jinxin really wants to do a perfect reading comprehension, but this question is too difficult. In the four words "you hit me", except for the lack of breath, I really can't understand it. something else.

"Brother Xu, Angkor," Kuang Jinxin decided to turn it into a question, "what do you get?"

This is a very wise decision.

Because Xu Wang, who was still excitedly waiting for Kuang Jinxin to do reading comprehension, collapsed instantly, and stretched out his arm hopelessly.

The three teammates looked intently——<[Defense] Advise Jun to drink more wine>, <[Wu] Chang'e Flies to the Moon>.

Kuang Jinxin's armor "candy house" is still something that can be imagined, Xu Wang...

"Let's not talk about the armor, anyway, it must be some kind of self-defense, no matter how strange it is, it won't go anywhere." Qian Ai leaned closer, fixedly looking at the antique square icon with the beauty flying to the moon, "this Chang'e running What the hell is the moon?"

"Since it's a weapon..." Wu Sheng tried to combine his past experience, "It should be similar to Cloud Nine, and send the opponent directly to the moon."

Qian Ai: "..."

Kuang Jinxin: "..."

Xu Wang: "Could it be a little too romantic..."

Wu Sheng: "A place where there is no oxygen, no food, no life, and no liquid water. Sending it there will only be brutal. How can it be romantic?"

Xu Wang: "Let's take a look at your reward."

Forcibly changed to the next topic, Wu Sheng didn't notice it, and naturally showed his pencil case: <[Defense] Invisibility Cloak>, <[Wu] Affectionate Death Gaze>.

"The cloak!" Kuang Jinxin was the first to speak out excitedly. After screaming, he realized something was wrong, and quickly covered his mouth, but still had a strong envy flowing from his fingers, "The invisibility cloak, so handsome..."

Xu Wang was also a little envious, but it wasn't because the invisibility cloak was handsome, but because it was rare to meet a stationery that could be understood just by reading it.

But in contrast...

"I urgently need a partner to help popularize science," he said, but his eyes were clearly looking at Wu Sheng. "How can this affectionate death gaze be used as a weapon?"

Wu Sheng didn't speak, but looked into his eyes "with deep affection".

one second.

two seconds.

Five seconds.

ten seconds...

"..." After exhausting his whole life's concentration, Xu Wang restrained himself from turning his face away.

This is a fucking weapon of mass destruction!

Compared to Xu Wang, Kuang Jinxin, and Wu Sheng who all have at least one indescribable stationery, Qian Ai is much more comfortable. His two rewards are <[Defense] Zhonghuan Thirteen Lang>, <[Wu] Invincible Hot Wheels >.Thirteen Lang in Central, as the name suggests, is drag racing, invincible Hot Wheels, it is naturally a weapon.

If penetrating rewards is also an exam, then Qian Ai is simply answering the questions open-book.

"By chance, by chance." Qian did not forget to say a few words of modesty to balance the mood of his teammates.

"In this comparison, the first level is really simple and clear," Kuang Jinxin suddenly said with emotion, "Use a sled for running, use a tornado to deal with bears, and brother Xu got skateboard shoes when he arrived at the ice waterfall. It's all obvious."

"To make us familiar with the process," Wu Sheng said, "if we don't give these prompts, we don't even know what to do, then the program will fail, and countless users will be crowded at the entrance, and they will not be able to really access internal applications."

Kuang Jinxin blinked his eyes and looked at Xu Wang.

Xu Wang patted him on the shoulder: "If this is a game, the first level is a warm-up level, which is specially designed to let us familiarize ourselves with the rules so that we can better devote ourselves to the following games."

Kuang Jinxin gave Wu Sheng an apologetic look, then turned to Xu Wang, and said from the bottom of his heart, "Brother Xu, I like your explanation."

Wu Sheng was so shocked that he turned his head to look outside the coffee shop, his eyes suddenly fixed in a certain direction, his eyes narrowed slightly, flashing a vigilant light.

"What's the matter?" Seeing that something was wrong, Xu Wang leaned over and asked in a low voice while looking outside the fence with him.

"Counter No. 9," Wu Sheng said, "there is a team checking in there."