If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon

Chapter 324 Nightmare
"What is 1+1?" Yelena asked sitting in front of the little boy.

"2." The little boy replied firmly, and couldn't help but look to the side for the first time.

Beside Yelena and the little boy is a burning fireplace. Two cups of fragrant hot milk are kept warm by the fire. Sweet and pale white steam rises from the mouth of the cups. Deep marks were left on the face.

The crackling sound of burning wood sounded in the library, like countless bubbles bursting, trivial and dense, inexplicably reassuring. Hidden under the crackling sound is the ubiquitous cold wind in the Arctic Circle outside the port Howling, the glass is full of frost, and the heavy snow is swept by the wind across the black port area, like silhouettes passing by silently one after another, and the howling wind is their bustling footsteps and breathing.

"Hey, pay attention." Yelena clapped her hands and drew the little boy's attention back to her pale face under the blond hair. It may be because of the fire that her snow-like skin looks like The red apples are produced, smooth and smooth, making people want to take a bite.

"A little sleepy." The little boy yawned lightly, exhaling white mist from his mouth, he tried very hard to open his eyelids, the warm fire shone on his face like hanging weights on his eyelids, The hotter the weight, the heavier the weight, and the whole person is limp under the warmth provided by the burning firewood, wanting to lie down on the kneeling wool blanket and curl up to rest.

"Don't be sleepy!" Yelena took a glass of milk and swung it around under the little boy's nose. The sweet breath instantly made his eyes widen slightly, and then his cheeks were pulled to the sides gently.

"pain."

"When it hurts, you will be refreshed." Yelena let go of her hand, and slapped the little boy on the forehead, "Continue to listen to the question, what is 1+2?"

"3." said the little boy.

"Elena, um, although I'm stupid, I'm not so stupid." He said again after a while.

"I know." Yelena nodded, "Then let's go straight from the kindergarten to the improvement class, what is 1+2?"

"It's still 3." The little boy was puzzled.

“不不不, 1+2现在等于1。”叶列娜摇头, “除此之外15+15也等于1，12+12也等于1。”

"why?"

"It's up to you to answer me why." Yelena shrugged, "You have to find a way to make these calculations work, so that 1+2 equals 1."

"I don't know." The little boy tried his best to think, but finally shook his head dejectedly, "1+2 is obviously equal to 3."

“不, 1+2在某种情况下等于1！”叶列娜强调，“虽然乍一看上去不可能，但在某种情况下让1+2的确可以等于1！”

"I really don't know, Yelena, I want to drink milk." The little boy looked down at the hot milk by the fire and swallowed quietly.

"You can drink it after you answer it." Yelena picked up her own milk and took a sip, leaving white froth on her lips. When she saw the little boy staring at her face, she came to realize it and raised her hand to drink it. Sleeve wiped.

The little boy thought hard again, but still shook his head in frustration: "I can't answer."

“嘿。”叶列娜放下牛奶，“15+15可以等于1，12+12也可以等于1, 1+2当然也可以等于1，这是自然规律啊。”

"." The little boy hugged his knees and said nothing.

Yelena had no choice but to scratch her long golden hair, sighed, got up and hugged him gently, and handed the milk to him: "Drink."

The little boy took tons of milk and drank it, he was a ruthless milk drinking machine, Yelena looked at this little guy with her mouth puffed and her chin in her hands, and couldn't help but sigh: "What a little bastard. "

The shadows of the two children in the library were cast on the ceiling by the fire, and they stretched very long. They sat quietly facing each other, solemnly like the ancient prophecies in the murals.

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The genius is bright, and everything is at the intersection of light and dark.

The flight of United Airlines UA836 to Chicago passed above the clouds, and the red beacon lights dyed the sea of ​​clouds into a shocking red, and the red was mixed with the black of the gaps in the clouds, which reminded people of the red beach in Liaoning. In the other three seasons, the sea was as blue as the sky, but in autumn, it was dyed red because of Suaeda salsa, which looked like a sea of ​​blood, which made people feel awe.

Chu Zihang sat by the porthole, quietly looking at the Red Sea outside the window. It was three hours before he arrived in Chicago on the other side of the ocean. It was still daylight, and the Boeing 747 cut through the clouds above the Arctic Circle, like a giant bird, It is also like an icebreaker driving in the clouds, leaving shallow wounds for the thick clouds.

Everything is cold, the clouds seem to be frozen, maybe a polar bear will look up at them, and there is a dead seal under their feet. Passengers on board are like gods passing by, they don't even bother to look down, they just curl up in their own warm village and doze comfortably.

Perhaps because he felt that he was thinking too much, Chu Zihang at the side of the porthole finally slowly withdrew his gaze, calmed down the impetuous thoughts in his mind, raised his hand and pressed the flight attendant call button.

After a while, the female flight attendant walked into the first-class cabin, came to his side and raised her hand to reset the call button, then lowered her head and asked him softly what he needed.

"Thank you for a cup of hot milk." Chu Zihang also said in a low voice to the flight attendants beside him.

"Two cups, a total of two cups of hot milk, thank you." Behind the flight attendant, the khaki curtain of the soft sleeper seat on the other side of the aisle was pulled open, and the passenger inside yawned softly to supplement.

After the flight attendant nodded slightly, he turned and left. Chu Zihang looked at Lin Nian who had just woken up across the aisle and said, "Did I accidentally wake you up?"

"I woke up a long time ago. I don't know why I can't fall asleep when I close my eyes. When I heard you ordered a glass of milk, I suddenly wanted to drink one too." Lin Nian glanced at Chu Zihang and said.

"Have you had a nightmare?"

"Why do you ask."

"Generally, you wake up early when you have nightmares, and you are afraid to continue sleeping." Chu Zihang said, "I heard that people's brains will secrete hormones after nightmares, so that people wake up too much and can't fall asleep again."

"Do you often have nightmares?" Lin Nian looked sideways at him.

"Sometimes." Chu Zihang lowered his eyes.

"Don't do it now?"

Chu Zihang didn't answer, but Lin Nian also quietly got the answer after Wei Wei came back to his senses. He woke up early because of the dream, but Chu Zihang woke up earlier than him, which can only mean that the other party also had a nightmare .

"I only know that yawning can be contagious, but I didn't expect it to be contagious in dreams." Lin Nian said, "I heard that when two people are dreaming, touching their index fingers together can connect each other's dreams, and invite others to come to your dream."

"Who enters whose dream?" Chu Zihang said.

Lin Nian smacked his mouth lightly, as if he was asked such a sharp question by Chu Zihang, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

"Sorry." Chu Zihang seemed to realize that he had chatted to death again.

"It doesn't matter, I'm just looking for something to say."

But after a while, Lin Nian suddenly said, "Why is 1+2 equal to 1?"

Chu Zihang was silent for a while, and then said, "A problem with the unit?"

"unit?"

"Usually 1+1 is one thing plus another, so the answer is 2, but if it's a man plus a woman, maybe you can get an answer equal to 1." Chu Zihang thought for a while and analyzed.

Lin Nian was stunned for a while and thought about it for a while and found that it seemed to make sense, so he continued to ask, "Why is 15+15 equal to 1? Similarly, 12+12 is also equal to 1, and 6+6 is also equal to 1."

可能是数字逐渐有类同性的缘故，这次楚子航思考的速度明显更快了：“12个小时加12个小时等于24小时，15天加15天等于1个‘月’，6个月加6个月等于1‘年？’同理还可以衍生出30+30等于1分钟。”

"It seems to make sense." Lin Nian nodded thoughtfully, "What about 1+2?"

"1 child plus 2 parents equals a family." Chu Zihang said subconsciously, but he paused for a while and found that his answer was too subjective, shook his head and said, "There are many possibilities for this answer, this is just One of them, if answered according to the similarity of the following questions, should be 1 month plus 2 months equals 1 quarter."

"Maybe this is just one answer." Lin Nian said.

Chu Zihang looked at Lin Nian, and seemed to realize that the other party suddenly asked him this question. It was not because he had nothing to do in order to test his brain. It is very likely that this question is related to the nightmare that the other party had. But what kind of nightmare can dream of brains? sharp turn?
Despite his doubts, Chu Zihang still didn't ask. He turned his head to look at the scenery outside the porthole and fell into the silence of waiting for milk.

On the other side of the aisle, Lin Nian also folded his arms and turned his head to look out the window after asking the question. The sky over the Arctic Circle was very clean, icy blue like the surface of a frozen lake. Regular puddles, silvery and flowing with waves—that’s the moon, and those who stare at the moon are like anglers looking at fish through icy water.

Everyone sees different things from the ice pit. Some people see schools of sturgeon, while others see black whale sharks hiding in the huge shadow. They really don't need to tell each other what they hear and see. , Fishermen on the ice field would silently nod their heads when they met each other, and would never be rude to spy on the fish bucket in each other's hands.

When the flight attendant delivered two cups of milk to Chu Zihang and Lin Nian, the two ended their icy silence. The hands holding the milk were warmed all over the body, and the cold feeling of sleep deprivation followed. A sip of milk was dispelled.

Both of them couldn't help shivering and exhaling, hearing each other's exhalation, they couldn't help but look at each other with faint smiles.

"Since you can't sleep, let's talk about some things about admission in advance. Kassel College and other schools have different educational purposes, so the style of study will naturally be different. There are a few points that you may need to pay attention to." Lin Nian drank Half of the milk was placed on the baffle of the seat and held in hands to keep warm.

Holding the milk, Chu Zihang looked sideways at Lin Nian without saying a word, his focused expression showed that he had been listening.

"First of all, the goal of the academy is to slay dragons. You know this, and you probably already believe it, so I won't go into details. It's also true that most students can avoid the first crisis of trust in the academy. It’s a lucky thing, and I have to thank your father for that.” Lin Nian looked at Chu Zihang and said, “But it’s also said before, what you and your father encountered on the elevated road that night must be kept secret. Don't talk nonsense, once you make a mistake, it may bring you a lot of trouble."

"I know." Chu Zihang nodded, but after a few seconds of silence, he asked again, "Is that 'thing' on the elevated road the same?"

"I don't know." Lin Nian said, "He pretends to be a god. He says he is Odin, the Norse god. But in Norse mythology, Odin is Nidhogg's mortal enemy. But in the education we receive, The oldest civilization in the world has always only been dragons, and there is no so-called Norse god system, so Odin's identity is now in doubt and cannot be easily concluded."

"Why did he come to us?" Chu Zihang asked his biggest doubt.

"I don't know either, but that's why you can't disclose this to anyone." Lin Nian said flatly, "We're already deep in this ball of yarn, once the matter itself is publicized, some People will do whatever they can to get the benefits out of this ball of wool, and they will most likely solve the problem with a one-size-fits-all approach or burn it clean, but don’t forget that we are still deep in the ball of wool and can’t help ourselves.”

"I understand." Chu Zihang nodded.

"Since we can reach a consensus on this aspect, it's easy to talk about." Lin Nian also nodded, "Next, before arriving at the Hilltop Academy, I will give you some scientific information about the rules of survival in the academy."

Chu Zihang paused for a moment, then sat up straight immediately, turned his body sideways, his expression became serious, and he pretended to be listening attentively.

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　　ps: 30+30 is equal to 1 minute!I wrote wrong!Don't make fun of me in the comment section!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)