Overturned Tower

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"It's not a big deal."

The old woman said gently: "A group of little dolls are just fooling around. Don't worry too much about them.

"We have the car ready...please come with us."

Delphinium heard this, and looked back at Russell with some doubts.

If she remembers correctly...

The reason why she and Russell came to Sogo Island was because Russell wanted to take her back to his hometown to see, right?

Why does it sound like this is really a mission given by the Elf Director?

——It doesn't seem right, does it?Isn't the chairman Russell himself?

Then why can the "elves" know that they will come here?

Russell shook his head slightly, indicating that this is not the place to talk.

But seeing that Russell was not nervous, Delphinium was slightly relieved.

Russell looked at the delphinium and was still a little at a loss, so he reached out and took her hand.After firmly holding Russell's hand, Delphinium relaxed a little...

After all, it was the first time to leave home.Moreover, he went to a place he had never been to before, and it was reasonable for the delphinium to blow its hair.

Watching their small movements, the two old people just smiled kindly and cheerfully.

"It's such a good feeling."

Dr. Brain Island said cheerfully: "My grandson is about your age... But no matter how much you push him to find a wife, start a family and start a business, he just doesn't move. He would rather take care of other people's children in a church school than A child of his own."

Russell interjected, "If he is so caring, he should have been commended by the district bishop, right?"

"Yes, he just received the second commendation this year, and he will receive the third commendation and be promoted to bishop in about two or three years. My grandson, although he just doesn't find a wife and doesn't listen to me. But he The teaching level and attitude are very good...”

The old grandma said in a babbling voice: "Although he always finds me annoying, he is also very filial. He often comes back to see me. That child is hard-spoken and soft-hearted...even occasionally he is bullied by his students. But he is also regarded as a respected student among the students. Welcome, every year on Saint Christ's Day, we can accept paper flower baskets made by children."

"...is he a primary school teacher?"

Delphinium whispered.

She is not a talkative person, and speaking suddenly at this time is precisely to relieve her tension.

Delphinium could clearly feel that the heart in her chest was beating restlessly and throbbing—this was such a rare and clear tension that even made her feel strange.If there were no strangers present, she would definitely grab Russell's hand and put it on her chest, letting him feel the violent beating of her heart.

"If you're in a church school, you can't be called a primary school teacher."

It was not the two who explained, but Russell who was beside Delphinium.

He said softly, "That should be called 'Priest.'"

"Priest?"

"Well. If it's one level higher, it's 'bishop'."

Russell replied.

On Sogo Island...is the relationship between Cyber ​​Church and Sogo Group so close?

Delphinium vaguely realized something.

Those two "doctors", if nothing else, should be senior researchers belonging to Sogo Group.But the grandson of the old woman is serving as a "priest" in a church school and a primary school teacher...

In Happy Island, the status of "teacher" - specifically referring to pre-university "teacher" - is quite low.

Because the best teachers have all been hired as tutors for the rich.If they are any better, they will be directly "buied out" by rich people with several times more money, that is, they are asked not to teach other students at the same time.Through this method, the difficulty of admission to Tianen University can also be reduced as much as possible.

Only teachers that no one wants will enter primary and secondary schools to teach.Their purpose is to educate those ordinary "salary slaves".

No matter how good and caring the teacher is, it doesn't mean anything to the students' further studies.

——Because the knowledge needed to be admitted to Tianen University in Happy Island is simply not within the scope of teaching in middle schools.

The "College Entrance Examination" of Happy Island is to first pass the unified examination within the scope of high school to obtain the "entry quota", and then go to the university to do the questions given by the university lecturers - and the difficulty of these questions is equivalent to that of first-tier universities. The level of the final exam in the first semester of the sophomore year; while the entrance exam questions for first-tier universities are equivalent to the difficulty of the final exam for the second semester of the second-year university.

In this case, the vast majority of ordinary students can only enter second-tier universities.Because the knowledge needed for further promotion has been completely monopolized.

In any case, it is impossible to master this depth of knowledge by self-study.Those who can pass the Tianen University exam after passing the "cram class" are considered geniuses.

Before entering the freshman year, they already possessed half of the knowledge of an ordinary university—this even requires some medicine produced by Ampoule Biomedicine to develop their brains to this level.And this is when they also need to pass the general college entrance examination to obtain a place in the exam.In other words, the knowledge in their classes cannot be left behind.

Of course, strictly speaking, nothing is actually taught in class.

Students don't go to school until 45:[-] in the morning, and there is still a two-hour nap time at noon. Classes start at [-]:[-] pm and school ends at [-]:[-].This is the new teaching time introduced by a human director not long ago... Before he changed it, in fact, there was only one extra class in the afternoon.

The director simultaneously axed a fifth of the curriculum in secondary schools across the island in the name of "students need naps for better physical development".However, everyone knew that this was just to reduce the difficulty of entering Tianen University.

Because of the time freed up, you can learn more "university knowledge" and do more questions and test papers.

From this point of view, although the students of Tianen University are also four years old.But they have two to three years of professional course foundation before they go to school.

Therefore, it is only natural for them to become excellent talents after graduation, and to directly enter Tianen Group to become corporate executives... Graduate students from first-tier and second-tier universities are not as valuable as their undergraduates.When they were sophomores, what they learned was already the content of other people's seniors or even graduates.There are no "university basic courses" at all, and they are advanced professional courses, and the class hours are directly full.

Because of this, the status of the profession of "teacher" in Happy Island can be said to be extremely low.It's not even as good as an Internet anchor or a street singer, and it's probably at the same level as a restaurant waiter-the same low difficulty of finding a job, and the same mixed working style.

Not to mention the so-called "parochial schools".

It was from the welfare organization of the Cyber ​​Church, and it was not even paid.Unless it is a rich young lady who does not worry about life, she usually enters a missionary school after retirement...or it is a social service worker similar to a volunteer, who can use the extra time after finishing their work Go to missionary schools to do good deeds.

It's not really a job at all.

...But this situation seems to be completely different on Sogo Island.

The children of these high-level researchers are even sent to missionary schools... and they seem to think there is nothing wrong with it.

Sure enough, it is completely different...

Delphinium thought to herself, and followed the two into the floating car.

The style of this floating car is also completely different from that of Happy Island - the floating car of Happy Island pays attention to the sense of technology and speed.Its case is like a gemstone, its head is as sharp as a shuttle, and it looks like a terminal or a disc.

And the floating car on Sogo Island...

...How should I put it, it's like a huge floating coffin.Its interior height is at least twice as high as that of Happy Island's floating car, and it can even stand up directly from inside.The two old men didn't even sit down, they stood directly in the front compartment.

The pure white floating car has a "wooden feel" with special paint on the car surface, and its edges are covered with gold.Before getting on the car, you can see the curved curved decoration inlaid on the front and rear of the car, which looks like golden vines wrapped around a pure white coffin...

Of course, there is no coffin in Happy Island.But Taoyuan Island has... Delphinium knows what a "coffin" is because her mother told her these stories.

But there was at least one place where Delphinium could breathe a sigh of relief... and that was that it was divided into several blocks, separating Russell from Delphinium and the two old men, and that it was soundproof.After entering, the looming chant outside was completely blocked.

But after sitting down, Delphinium discovered——after entering the floating vehicle, it was completely transparent when viewed from the inside!

Not four sides are transparent, but six sides are transparent.

She can even see the sky and the earth clearly!

"...how is it transparent?!"

When the floating car started to lift into the air, Delphinium subconsciously covered her skirt and pulled her legs together tightly.

"Wait, it won't be..."

Delphinium realized it without waiting for Russell to explain...it cannot be completely transparent.

Because no matter how transparent the floating vehicle is, it will also have engines, energy storage rooms and floating devices.But the delphinium couldn't see them at all, not even the two old men.

All she could see was that she and Russell were sitting in the sky—under them was a golden and white lotus seat.

"This is a real-time reflective screen. The outer shell of the floating vehicle is a huge camera... The scene it collects from the outside will be mapped to the inside, and then the picture will be completed by AI. In this way, you can realize 'standing in the sky' 'This is the ultimate human dream."

Russell still held Delphinium's hand tightly, explaining softly to Delphinium: "Also, it can be like this..."

Before Russell finished speaking, a gentle young female voice came from inside the "flying coffin": "Do you have any instructions?"

"Play the simulated wind."

Russell ordered: "Medium intensity."

The next moment, the delphinium's hair flew away.

Her long white hair fluttered wildly behind her, and she subconsciously stretched out her hand to grab it, but she could only catch the bitter air.It was as if she was really flying in the sky.

She suddenly opened her eyes wide, feeling the extreme exhilaration accompanied by a sense of suffocation when facing the strong wind, and the shock of being shaken by the wind and might fall at any time——

"what is this--"

She subconsciously raised her voice and yelled, as if she couldn't pass the sound to Russell's ears through the hunting wind.

The delphinium clenched her hands tightly and breathed heavily, her cheeks were slightly red because she couldn't breathe smoothly and steadily, her ears stood up, and she looked down and out of the window in excitement and fear.She only felt numbness in her fingertips and a slight dizziness.

Her chip immediately alerted the police that she was at risk for hyperventilation syndrome.

At this moment, Russell suddenly leaned over, hugged Delphinium and kissed her, and took a few breaths.

Delphinium was calmed down almost instantly.

She felt that she suddenly learned to breathe again...or maybe she completely forgot to breathe.

And when she calmed down completely, the red alarm prompt also disappeared.

"Let's change it to Breeze."

Russell touched the delphinium's slightly red face, and said with a smile.

At this time, only the warm breeze of early summer is left.The delphinium was finally able to breathe steadily.

She opened her eyes wide and realized that she was in the sky.

The sky-reaching tower of light is not far away, and three curved altars are like open hands, separated by 120 degrees, serving beside it.

Countless huge statues fit perfectly in the city:

The strange and sacred Thousand-Handed Bodhisattva stands at the subway entrance with thousands of arms spread out. A shirtless boy with nine eyes, three heads and six arms stands on the tall building on the other side with six weapons in his hand. The one-eyed old man in white robe hangs upside down on In the bell tower...

The river flowing with light flows out of thin air, like a winding and soft white chain. If you look carefully, you can find the forging belt composed of countless luminous thin lines, linking different temples.

With the silent ringing of the bell tower at [-] o'clock in the afternoon, brilliance circulated in those temples.

People on the road raised their heads and silently praised.

The countless huge statues driven by mechanical devices also moved slightly, and the postures of all the statues were different from the previous hour.

Those chaotic sounds were blocked out by the good sound insulation of the floating car, and all the delphinium saw was the silent worship.

It was a silent, shocking sacredness.

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Until the silent bells died down, the slow movements of many god statues also stopped.

The city that had been stagnant for a moment just started to move again... It was like a river that stagnated and froze for a moment, and then roared and flowed again in an instant.It seemed that the previous stagnation was just a flashing illusion.

Only then did Delphinium reluctantly withdraw its gaze from the city below.

"……what is that?"

Delphinium looked at Russell.The freshness, anticipation and curiosity that satisfied Russell finally flashed in her eyes... It was as if Russell was also shocked by it when he first came to Happy Island.

Russell asked with a smile: "What are you referring to? Bells? Idols? Or these folk customs?"

"all of these."

Delphinium added: "How about starting from the beginning?

"Those two...doctors? Are they scholars from Sogo Group? What is the etiquette?"

"They're not academics."

Russell shook his head: "They are the human directors of Sogo Group."

"... Director? Such an old director?"

Delphinium was very surprised.

Having seen the board of directors of Tianen Group with her own eyes, Delphinium now understands... those seemingly "chosen" human directors are just tools for the elves to fool the dragon.

That's why the turnover of human directors is so frequent... as long as they reach the retirement age, they will be "forced to retire".

But those two old men seemed to be in their sixties or seventies.It is no longer a question of retirement, but of dying at any moment.It has completely reached the age of retirement.

"Because strictly speaking, they are not directors... but 'doctors' rehired by the group."

Russell lowered his head and looked down at the earth, looking nostalgicly at the huge statues of gods everywhere in the streets and alleys, and said softly: "Of course, they must also have a doctor's degree. But in fact, this title refers to their identity, that is, the members of the worship party." Kudos to Dr.'.

"It's different from Tianen Group...or in other words, from the other seven giants. When people work in Sogo Group, they don't call it 'work' or 'going to work', but modestly call it 'study'.