Picturesque mountains and rivers of the motherland

Chinese star.

These days, the number of tourists visiting Huaxia Star has decreased dramatically.Not because of the Park Lane giant tortoise incident, but because of the outbreak of the CGTLP virus.

The fatality rate of the CGTLP virus is extremely high, but it has been spreading slowly in the early stage, so the federal government is also optimistic that the virus can be controlled and the situation can be concealed.

Unexpectedly, in the past week, the virus has suddenly raged, and the death rate of the planets has soared. Rumors of the existence of the virus are rampant, and everyone is panicking.Even if the federal government came forward to say that "the situation is controllable", it cannot stop the worsening social order and the decline in the credibility of the federal government.

In such a precarious period, there are naturally very few people who still want to travel.

Bai Ting issued an announcement on the Huaxia Star official website that tourists who have recently been unable to travel due to concerns about the virus can choose to change the validity period of Huaxia Star tickets and hotels, or choose a full refund.

Compared with other tourist planets who are indifferent and default to "do not come or cancel", their actions naturally greatly increased their favorability.

At this moment, Bai Ting and Lou Kaimo are strolling in the newly unlocked [Shantang Street] in Suzhou.

If Bai Ting was asked to rank his favorite cities in China, Suzhou would definitely be ranked high.This city is like a Soviet-style dessert plum cake, with a sweet and glutinous smell inside and out.

There are too many well-known streets and alleys in Suzhou.Dingxiang Lane, famous for the song "Rain Lane", Temple Lane full of celebrities, Pingjiang Road, which is exquisite and elegant, and Shantang Street, Bai Ting's favorite.

Because Shantang Street is too popular in travel guides, it is often criticized as "vulgar" by senior travel friends.But in Bai Ting's mind, despite the exaggeration of commercialization, Shantang Street is still the most ancient charm of old Suzhou.

Walking on Shantang Street, the spring is still as warm as before, with gurgling water and fresh green willow leaves.It's a pity that there are no hurried crowds, soft Suzhou dialect, no old men humming pingtan, and elegant fans from spring to autumn.

Bai Ting was tired from walking, so he simply sat on the stone bridge and listened to the gurgling water under the bridge.

"It's been a long time since we sat together aimlessly." Lou Kaimo looked at the people beside him.

"Yes." Bai Ting took out a piece of plum cake from his pocket and put it into Lou Kai's ink mouth, as if he was feeding Xiao Hei.

Lou Kaimo chewed the sweetness in his mouth: "It's so quiet here."

Bai Ting looked at the empty streets and alleys with complicated emotions.

The Shantang area has been prosperous since ancient times. Cao Xueqin called it "the most luxurious and romantic place in the first and second class in the world of mortals" in the opening chapter of "A Dream of Red Mansions".

"Such a beautiful scenery needs people to appreciate it." Bai Tingzheng sighed, and there was a commotion in the distance, and a figure came flying in the clouds.

"White~old~board~"

The loud and intermittent ghost roar is a perfect combination of weak and soul-stirring.

Bai Ting looked at the person who came, he had a strong body, leading a corgi dog, and the most distinctive thing was that there was an extra eye on his forehead.

There is no doubt that the person who came was Erlangshen, the NPC that appeared when Bai Ting unlocked the [Erlangshen Cultural Heritage Park] in Guannan, Jiangsu two days ago.

As for why the Xiaotian Dog looks like the Queen's dog, Bai Ting no longer wants to ask. The question is, "The Shenzhou system will keep pace with the times and innovate according to the plane of the host."

Bai Ting: "I know there are few tourists recently, so don't worry. When the situation stabilizes, the number of tourists will naturally increase. There is no fear of being late for a good meal."

Bai Ting had nothing to do with the professionalism of the NPCs. The NPCs look like they can't wait to kill the virus in person and return my enthusiasm for peace and prosperity.

"No." Erlang said. "It's my roaring dog. He has been crying since last night until now."

Bai Ting lowered his head and looked at Corgi who kept saying "Silence is golden": "Isn't this not barking?"

"Just stopped." Erlang Shen said, and glanced at Lou Kaimo beside Bai Ting, "Maybe the person next to the boss is too fierce."

The implication: the dog doesn't agree with you being together.

Lou Kaimo's face instantly turned black into black tiles on a white wall.

While rubbing Lou Kaimo's palms to comfort him, Bai Ting said, "Just bark as long as the dog barks. It's fine. Don't they all say that barking dogs don't bite people? It's a blessing to be able to bark."

Roaring Dog: ...

Erlang Shen: "The Xiaotian dog is not an ordinary dog. If he keeps barking, it means that disaster is coming."

Bai Ting looked at Corgi who was twisting his butt at him frantically on the bluestone board: "God Erlang, actually, I've always been curious about a question."

"what?"

"That eye in the middle of you, is it real?"

"of course."

Bai Ting nodded: "The old saying is good, the left eye jumps for money, the right eye jumps for disaster, the eye in your middle jumps, is it a blessing or a curse?"

Erlang Shen was silent for a long time: "Perhaps, fortune and misfortune depend on each other?"

Bai Ting: "Since this is the case, you can feel the blessings and misfortunes by yourself, don't rely on dogs."

Especially a cute short-legged dog.

Corgi on the ground finished shaking his electric motor buttocks, and couldn't help but jumped up and threw himself on Bai Ting's lap.

Bai Ting picked up the dog and stroked its fluffy and soft hair.

Lou Kaimo on the side looked a little hot, seeing that Bai Ting was wholeheartedly teasing the dog, completely ignoring him, and said to Erlang Shen: "This dog may be depressed."

"Huh? How did you see that?" Erlang Shen wondered.

Lou Kaimo: "At first glance, it looks like a single dog for thousands of years."

Roaring Dog: ...

Even a fairy dog ​​cannot escape the fate of a single dog.

Half an hour later, Bai Ting talked about sending Erlang Shen away.

"The staff of Huaxia Star all have personalities." Lou Kaimo tried his best to find a neutral word.

Bai Ting knew that the two sides didn't want to see each other, so he didn't force it, "Go, I'll take you to row."

The Shantang River next to Shantang Road starts from Huqiu in the west and ends at Changmen in the east.According to legend, after Bai Juyi was appointed as the governor of Suzhou, he took a sedan chair to Huqiu. Seeing that the river was silted up and the waterways were different, it was difficult to sail. In order to facilitate the transportation in Suzhou, he decided to dig a road around the mountain to open the river, which formed the later Shantang Road and Shantang River.

The small boat swayed in the river, and the buildings on the shore seemed to grow out of the water, and the green river water emitted sparkling waves.

Lou Kaimo unexpectedly hummed a song, there was no lyrics, but the tune unexpectedly matched the artistic conception of Jiangnan.

Bai Ting lay on the boat with his head resting on Lou Kaimo's leg, and waited until the other party had finished humming before asking, "What's the name of this song?"

Lou Kaimo ran along Bai Ting's hair: "It's a nursery rhyme from Central Star. The housekeeper sang it to me when I was young. I don't remember the lyrics. The idea is that people who love each other can stay together forever."

"You fart, this is obviously a nursery rhyme, it is grandpa urging his grandson to go back to eat quickly." A male voice sounded from behind.

It was only then that Bai Ting noticed that there was a painting boat on the river at some point, and a middle-aged man was sitting cross-legged beside the boat, holding a wine jug.

The only one who can get close without anyone knowing it is the Huaxia Star NPC.

Bai Ting: "May I ask Mr.?"

The middle-aged man took a sip of his wine: "I'm a layman in Xiaxiangshan."

Bai Ting: "So it's Mr. Bai Juyi."

Although Bai Juyi only worked in Suzhou for one year, he was praised by the local people, so it's not surprising that he is an NPC.

Seemingly knowing what Bai Ting was thinking, Bai Juyi said: "I used to be an NPC of the West Lake. Look at the white dike on the lake is wide and long. Look at me, Bai Juyi, I am tall and handsome."

Bai Ting: ...

"Then why did you come to Suzhou?"

Bai Juyi: "Aren't I a good person who doesn't fight monsters?"

Bai Ting nodded: "Understood, have you ever hit Xiaoqing?"

Bai Juyi: ...

Lou Kaimo was a little depressed, and Bai Ting had a good time talking with a strange old man. What was even more exaggerated was that the other party was so out of touch, he turned his back on the guest, and jumped onto the boat of the two of them.

"Come on, Boss Bai, let's have a few drinks."

The boat slowly descended along the current.

Holding the wine glass, Bai Ting, exhausted from running around for days, disappeared into a bowl of turbid wine. "Old Bai, this life is really good."

Bai Juyi: "Why do you say that?"

Bai Ting: "Look at you, you rarely become famous, you become strong, you grow old, you are blessed, you are accompanied by confidantes, you have beautiful women, and you are most likely to be proud of life, which is enviable."

"Boss Bai is young and has a successful career." Bai Juyi was a little drunk, half lying on the boat, and hiccupped, "Except for this lover's ugly appearance, there is nothing unsatisfactory."

The ugly-looking Lou Kaimo: ...

Bai Ting did not speak, looking at the scenery on both sides of the river.

He has been in this world for more than two years, and he has truly loved, cried, struggled, and frustrated.

His ability to adapt and accept was stronger than his peers when he was young. He never cried when he entered kindergarten for the first time, went to school in a different place for the first time, and was in a hurry, and encountered an unimaginable time travel for the first time.

But at this moment, there is no hustle and bustle, no crowds, a jug of new wine, and unreal quietness. What he thought of was not Bai Juyi's "I want snow in the evening, and I can drink a glass of nothing", but Tang Xianzu's "Dreams are short, dreams are long and all are dreams." , what year is it year after year?"

Could these times, these NPCs, and these scenery be just a dream? After waking up from the dream, they are all nothingness.

"He's drunk." Lou Kaimo stood up and stopped the boat unskillfully. "I'll take him to rest first."

Bai Juyi was about to say a few words, "Promoting prostitution in the daytime is harmful to one's heart", when suddenly there were several roars above his head, and the color of the sky became bizarre.

Bai Ting instantly sobered up to [-]%.

Such a strange weather is not a masterpiece of the Shenzhou system.

At the same time, Bai Ting's authenticator sounded hastily.

Bai Ting glanced at the caller, Lou Jingming.

Once connected, Lou Jingming said, "Boss Bai, something has happened in the military department, and some things may need to be stored in Huaxia Star for a while."

Bai Ting trusted Lou Jingming quite a bit, seeing that the other party's expression was clouded with mist, he didn't ask further: "Okay."

Bai Ting and Bai Juyi went to receive the incoming carrier spacecraft, while Lou Kaimo stayed where he was and dialed back Lou Jingming's communication.

"Brother, tell me the truth, what's going on?"

Lou Jingming was silent for a while, and finally told the truth.

It turned out that in the middle of the night yesterday, there was a military mutiny in the Seventh Army Department.The deputy leader of the Seventh Army, Chen Fang, imprisoned the newly appointed Marshal Lin Tuoyu. He did not know how to incite most of the Seventh Army to attack the government of the Seventh Star Region overnight.

Yougao Star, where the government of the Seventh Star Region is located, is the largest planet in the Federation after the Central Star, and it is also the location of special projects such as the Federation's "Interstellar Network Intelligence Brain" and "Biological Think Tank Code".Someone once said with a smile, "You Gaoxing controls most of the lifeline of the federation. Once it falls, the federation will be paralyzed."

Who would have thought, a prophecy.

Lou Jingming: "Thanks to the people with lofty ideals, surrounded by heavy firepower, they sent out the core data and operation and maintenance devices of several special-level projects. Otherwise, the gangsters will control the interstellar network, master the federal think tank, and obtain everyone's biological genes, etc. The consequences are unimaginable."

Lou Kaimo didn't feel the same luck: "You sent these things to Huaxia Star, is it agreeable? To make Huaxia Star fall into public criticism?"

Lou Jingming was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "Because the situation is completely out of control. Even if the Seventh Army's military rebellion missed the first time to remedy it, as long as the federal government and the General Military Headquarters work together, it will not lead to the current helpless situation." situation."

"What do you mean?"

"The deputy marshal Chen Fang who launched the military coup is just a pawn in this conspiracy. The military coup in the Seventh Star Region is probably just the beginning of everything. It's time for this kind of fire. The military’s request for help was intercepted three times by human error, and after it was delivered, it was still too late to assign rescue.”

Lou Kaimo remained silent.

Lou Jingming continued: "The person who brought out the Intellectual Brain of the Interstellar Network and other things is the same as Lin Tuoyu, Marshal of the Seventh Army. He said that when they were chatting on weekdays, they joked that if something happened to the Seventh Army, I came to the Fourth Army for help, so the man came to me."

Lou Kaimo said with a sullen face, "What does this have to do with Huaxia Xing and Bai Ting?"

Lou Jingming: "These things are very important, and I can't guarantee that my side is absolutely safe. Once the things fall into the wrong hands, the Federation will be in danger. The only person I can trust is you. Besides, my premonition tells Me, Huaxia Star is the place where the crisis can be resolved."

Lou Kaimo sneered: "So you put Bai Ting in a dangerous situation?"

Lou Jingming: "Don't worry, no one else knows about these things in Huaxia Star except you and me, including everyone in the Fourth Army. I will pretend to spread the news that these things have been taken over by the Fourth Army. If the opponent has evil intentions, he will also come to the Fourth Army base."

Lou Jingming's words did not appease Lou Kaimo, and the two broke up unhappy.

The clouds in the sky were getting thicker and thicker, and it was going to rain.The lanterns in the pavilions and pavilions on both sides of the strait, because they sensed the darkness of the sky, lit up warm red lights, which brought some warmth in this gloomy and rainy day.