implication [end times]

The rest of the stairs turned to the left, blocked by the wall, and lost in darkness.The upward path has been sealed, and the airtight passage is very quiet, and the whistling air flow in the ventilation duct above the head can be heard.

Ran Yu looked at Asong's scary dark eyes and said, "Even if I didn't stop that person, you would still come to me, wouldn't you?"

Ah Song shrugged, noncommittal, walked down a few steps quickly.

Ran Yu stood where he was, without moving.

Ah Song turned around, feeling a little helpless: "You've been squatting outside for so long, and you finally have the chance to come in, why are you so awkward?"

"Dingling--" There was a sudden ringing of bells at the end of the stairs, it was the kind of electric bell made by a bell hammer hitting the bell cover at high speed, it was so clear and piercing.

A Song couldn't help but grab Ran Yu's wrist, and quickened his pace: "I'm going to be late, hurry up! Otherwise, the teacher will be angry!"

Ran Yu didn't break away from Ah Song.He thought, indeed, everyone has come, and he has to take a look before leaving.

In about 2 minutes, the stairs came to the end, and there was another empty room about ten square meters in front of me. The surrounding walls were painted white, and there were white handrails on the wall about one meter above the ground, which made people dizzy at first glance. .This time Ah Song didn't knock on the wall, but walked to a certain floor tile and jumped back and forth a few times, Ran Yu didn't see the pattern.

"Stand still, hold on to the handrail." As soon as Asong finished speaking, the whole room spun.

The rotation was violent and short, and Ran Yu almost fell down. Just as he grasped the handrail, the room suddenly stopped moving.Ran Yu roughly estimated in his heart, the rotation angle is between 80-100 degrees.

The seemingly seamless wall cracked in the middle, revealing a passage about one meter wide. On the other side of the passage is still a room, but it is painted creamy yellow. It is about [-] square meters, and there are many horizontal rows of clothes hangers neatly arranged inside. On the hanger is a uniform navy blue robe.On the wall next to the clothes hanger, there are many hooks arranged in a dot matrix, and black masks are hung on them.

The electric bell of "Dinglingling" rang again, louder and louder than last time, Ah Song urged: "Change clothes quickly!"

Ran Yu casually took off a long robe, the fabric was light and soft, and he didn't feel stuffy when he wore it.Asong stood on tiptoe, put on his pointed hat, and handed him a mask.

"Pay attention to dress." Asong said.

On the other side of the hanger is a brass door, and there are two people in navy blue robes guarding the door.Asong signaled Ran Yu to hand over the ginkgo leaves to them for inspection.

After passing the inspection, Ran Yu took back the leaves, and the person on duty opened the door and invited him in.The light inside the door was very dark, and it looked like a large classroom.In the classroom, a circle of tables and chairs was arranged around a center, and orange nightlights were lit on the corners of each table.Looking inside from the door, it looks like many small moons are floating on the black sea.

A Song stood outside the door and waved at him, telling him: "Listen to the teacher and observe discipline!"

The end of the voice was covered by the sound of the door closing.

In the large classroom, people were wearing the same clothes and masks, and sat quietly in their seats.

It seemed that Ran Yu had stayed where he was for a long time, and a person in the last row who was nearby said to Ran Yu, "Just find a table and sit down, class will start soon."

Ran Yu nodded and found an empty seat beside him.After sitting down, he realized that the voice just now was a bit familiar. It was a female voice. When she spoke, her pronunciation was standard, and her articulation was very clear, except for a slight swallowing at the end.

Ran Yu recalled in his mind the female colleagues he had come into contact with in the unit recently, and none of them seemed to be.He rested his arms on the table in boredom. This desk was very similar to the desk when he took the city entrance exam. It was a square desk for one person. Pen.Judging from the shell, they are one red and one black.The corner of the table is a lamp with a very limited lighting range. Under the lamp, you can barely read the words clearly, but it is very difficult to observe other people across the aisle through the light.

"Dinglingling——" The sudden sound of the electric bell made Ran Yu's heart skip a beat.

A square platform slowly rose in the center of the front circle, and a person wearing the same robe and the same mask stood in the center of the platform, holding the microphone and clearing his throat: "Members of the Mutual Aid Association, good evening, welcome to join us on time. our activities."

This is a low-pitched male voice, which doesn't sound young, and speaks at a slightly slow speed, with a certain meaning of reciting, but the fluctuations in tone are not obvious.

"...Here, there is no difference in appearance, identity and wealth. Only by removing the defined things such as beauty and ugliness, rich and poor, high and low, can we find the true definition of ourselves. You, me, He, you, us, what is the difference between them? Why do we have the same physical structure, but are constantly divided into various camps, confronting each other, quarreling, jealousy, and fighting each other?"

"...In ordinary life, it is difficult for people to empathize with each other. Although emotions are common, it is difficult for us to be unified on a 'channel'. For example, when you are grieving for the loss of a loved one, I am Rejoicing with a promotion and a raise. You don’t want to see me happy when you’re sad, and you don’t want to be disappointed when I’m happy. Or, you don’t know what to do when people around you suddenly fall into strong emotions. You can’t comfort a A person who is overly sad can't relieve a person who is anxious and depressed, because you can't understand their emotions at that time, you are a person who stays out of it. And when you finally understand, they have already come out from there, and you can't I understand you."

"...we come from the same sea, and we are inseparable from each other in the 'primordial soup' of life. This is the most primitive state of life, and it should be the most advanced state. There are too many boundaries between us now, too many Only by breaking the boundaries and integrating into one, reaching a state where there is me in you, you in me, and mutual prosperity and symbiosis, can you..."

Ran Yu sat in the last row, the voice on the stage sounded monotonous and calm to him, and it wasn't too loud. The surrounding light was very dim, and there was even a small night light on the table.Ran Yu, who hasn't slept well in the past week, feels more and more sleepy, but he can't sleep because he has business to do.

At first he was still struggling, pinching his thigh trying to wake up.But it didn't take long for him to lose the battle and fell asleep on the table.

It may be that I have seen too much sea blue today, and I have heard a lot of teachers talking about the sea for a long time, and Ran Yu dreamed of that sea again.

At the beginning of the dream, he was still an unknown fish, hiding in a dark and narrow reef hole, afraid of being swallowed by predators that appeared suddenly.Even after going through it many times, when hiding there again, this fear is still real and concrete.He was trembling, when suddenly a sharp pain hit him, and he was bitten into a big mouth full of sharp teeth.The big mouth opened and closed, chewed a few times and swallowed him into the stomach.

After briefly losing consciousness, he became one with the sea again.

The ear-piercing electric bell rang, and Ran Yu, who was doing the sea, returned to reality, and heard the "teacher" on the stage assigning homework.

"Write your wish on the note with the red pen, and write what you can give with the black pen, put it in the glass bottle at the door, and we will sort it out after the meeting." The teacher said, "Please don't regret it after your wish comes true. , there will be punitive measures.”

Ran Yu didn't intend to write this note, he rolled the note into a small ball, and it was impossible to tell from the outside whether it was written or not.At this time, the lady who had talked to him before class suddenly tugged at his sleeve, as if she wanted to say something.But after she said "no", she was pulled aside by two people who suddenly appeared from nowhere.

The light in the large classroom was too dark and there were too many people, the lady with a familiar voice just disappeared from his sight.Ran Yu had no choice but to give up searching, followed the crowd and threw the paper balls into glass bottles, and walked out of the large classroom.

The way out is not the same way as the way in.They first had to line up in another large empty room, and then were blindfolded and taken out one by one.

After the cloth strip covering Ran Yu's eyes was removed, he found himself standing at the back door of a dance hall, about 23 minutes' walk from No. 10 Ginkgo Road.

This is a dilapidated alley, dark and damp, and the rats are squeaking happily in the overturned trash cans.The street lamps and colorful neon lights on the main street can only illuminate the first half of the alley. Ran Yuyin was in the dark, walked along the wall, found a pile of sundries, stepped on them lightly, and flipped over on the wall.

There are more than one exit, and the interval between people coming out of the same exit is very long. The organizers of the association seem to be reluctant to allow members to meet directly, and they don't know if there is anyone around.Ran Yu carefully concealed himself, recalling the locations of nearby alleys that were about the same distance away, and planned to try one by one to try his luck.

At this time, the sky was already completely dark, and large swaths of dark clouds occupied the night sky, covering the stars and the moon tightly without revealing any light.The light on the ground is as noisy as human voices, and among the residents in the shops, the cries of hawkers and noises are mixed together, the cries of children and the laughter of drunkards are mixed together.There were also people drying clothes in the alley, unwashed and grease-stained aprons and diapers were piled up together, and not far away were mice holding rotten bones and grinding their teeth.

When he walked to the wall of the third suspicious alley, he happened to meet a person who came out with a similar figure and movement.

Ran Yu silently followed the man until he walked to the main road, and only slowly approached among the noisy crowd.

"Hello, did you want to talk to me just now?"

It was a tall, slender young lady with her hair tied back in a loose bun, looking very gentle.She seemed to be taken aback: "Excuse me, are you..."

At this moment, Ran Yu finally figured out why he felt familiar.

Although the voice on the broadcast deviates from the original voice to a certain extent, his tone and habit of articulating words can make him sure that this is the voice of the famous teacher's sprint class he listened to for a long time before the exam.

"Are you Teacher Pei'er?" Ran Yu asked.