Chapter 34: Adrian's Melancholy
Chapter 34: Adrian's Melancholy
On November 20, 2012, at 1229 p.m., Adrian's alarm clock rang on time. The crisp and high-sounding bell filled the whole room, and the turbid air in the room seemed to be shaken by the bell.
Adrian, who had only slept for 28 minutes, woke up.
His eyes were frighteningly red.
The white of the eyes is half covered by strips of blood, and the rest is also dyed with a layer of red; the dark brown pupils of the past are slightly diffused, looking a little bleness.
Even in his sleep, his eyebrows are fiercely gathered together and squeezed into a ball. Coupled with that face full of anxiety and worry, anyone can see at a glance the strong anxiety that filled his body and mind.
This is an extremely haggard person.
After the "might" chaos of2, Thomas and others lost their corresponding memories, but Adrian did not.
Blessing that " Miracle", he became the only one in the world who knew that the so-called "end of the world" was not as simple as a natural disaster!
And "man-made disasters" are often more terrible than natural disasters!!
Not to say, this destruction of the earth is not only a mixture of natural disasters and man-made disasters, but also the tip of the iceberg faintly revealed by the "human" in the "human disaster"... is already frightening!!
However, although he was very scared, Adrian had an impulse--
Do your best to save as many people as possible!!
Therefore, after restoring "calmness" again, Adrian found a way to come to the Qing Dynasty and Zhuoming Valley in Western Tibet Province.
Originally, he just wanted to use his name as a "famous scientist" in the United States to find a way to do something in this place with the boat of human life. What do you know, things have changed dramatically.
The three parties of the U.S. military, politics and law reached an agreement for some reason, and made him - Adrian Helmuris - the highest guidance of the United States in Zhuoming Valley, representing the United States!
This order shocked countless people, including Adrian himself.
Although he has been getting used to his new identity for so many days. However, Adrian was still a little puzzled when he remembered the "strange" expression of his boss when he tried to find an excuse to go to Zhuoming Valley and the scene where Thomas and others saw him off before he left *.
Bloomily, he felt that all this was inseparable from his "special ability" to preserve his memory that day...
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When the alarm rang for the third time, the focusless pupil condensed slightly, and Adrian sat up and pressed it off.
He began to rest in the room at 11:57, took two minutes to solve some chores, and then fell asleep. Up to now, I have just slept for half an hour.
In fact, since he was appointed as the top executive of Zhuo Ming Valley, Adrian's daily rest time is less than four hours a day, and he can't wait to break every second into two halves. In this way, even the "desperate Sanlang" makes the senior officials of Zhuo Ming Valley stunned.
If it hadn't been for his physical unbearable, I'm afraid he wouldn't even want to take a half-hour lunch break.
got up in a daze and turned on the faucet as quickly as possible. The water poured out, and the stimulation brought by the cool water slightly reduced his mind.
Adrian was so tired that he had to soak his whole head in the water that he became more energetic.
After wiping his face, rubbing his face and taking a long breath, Adrian opened the door again and walked out of his room.
Zhuoming Valley can be roughly divided into two parts.
First, the place where countless people are working hard three shifts a day is also the place where Noah's Ark is stored;
The second is the living area.
Of course, this "living area" can also be divided into two parts, two-thirds of which are occupied by workers and soldiers, and the other one-third is where the top politicians and the world's elites and rich are located.
As the nominal top executive of the United States of the coalition government, Adrian was given a separate villa and several spacious and bright offices.
However, he has never been there since he came to Zhuoming Valley.
He has been living in Zhuoming Valley, eating and living with countless workers, truly "fighting on the front line" and " sharing joys and suffering" with the people. After so many days, he basically knows all the information planned by Noah's Ark.
"Doctor!" Dr. Adrian!" Hello, Doctor!"
"Doctor, why did you get up? Why don't you take a break?"
"Yes, doctor, look in the mirror and see how haggard you are!"
When they saw Adrian, they greeted him one after another. The more familiar people were very heartbroken when they saw his extremely tired appearance, and even "gnashed their teeth".
His reputation is very high. It's not because of his achievements in science, let alone his exaggerated identity at this moment, but because of what he has done these days.
It is said that people can see people's hearts in times of crisis, and at the same time, people are more eager for "heroes" in times of crisis.
There is no doubt that Adrian has become a "hero" in the eyes of many people, and he is also a living existence living around him. He is a little more kind and therefore more concerned.
The day before yesterday, someone really couldn't stand it. He joined forces with a few people and used extreme means to put sleeping pills into the water he drank!
After that, Adrian suppressed his heart and scolded them angrily.
However, it was also because of that sweet sleep that he was able to support him until now.
You know, Adrian has lost at least 30 pounds in just ten days!!
Although he was not thin before, he was absolutely not the same as the word "fat".
In the face of the loving and painful advice and scolding of these new friends, Adrian smiled, swallowed his dry throat, and said in a rustling voice, "Okay, don't gossip during working hours."
"Saya, how's the progress now?" Adrian turned his eyes to a beautiful woman with a petite figure.
The Japanese woman named Biancheng Shaye quietly withdrew her admiring and distressed eyes and reported seriously: "Dr. Adrian, the first batch of ten completed arks have completed the last round of commissioning, and the second batch of 30 arks have now been laid, five of which have been completed. The other 15 ships are under construction at full capacity, but there is still some time before the completion date.
[PS: In the original "plot", there are only ten arks, and less than half of them have been completed in the end. An important reason should be that they can only do it secretly (personal opinion). In this world, the world order has basically collapsed, and the coalition government will invest all mankind's property and materials into this project, which will certainly produce different results. In addition, with the guard's secret help (technical support and so on), it is not surprising that there will be such a more "exaggerated" result. Of course, for the sake of the plot of this story, this number is still a little exaggerated]
"Can you tell me the specific progress?" Adrian was silent for a moment, rubbed his eyebrows heavily, and his heart was full of anxiety.
"Okay." Saya held the frame and whispered, "Ark No. 16, now it has been completed...Ark No. 17...Ark No. 30..."
To be honest, the current progress is really not slow. Even the most demanding engineers will blame on this point. After all, it has been less than two full months since the news was leaked.
However, in Edry's peace of mind, it's still too slow! Too slow!! Too slow!!!
Reason told him that the progress was fast, but he still couldn't help but want to be faster! Faster!! Faster!!!
His heart was full of a strange and even neurotic and inexplicable tension, as if the next moment was the end of the world. He couldn't wait to see hundreds of thousands of Noah's Arks in front of him in the blink of an eye.
Saya's voice stopped, and there was silence in this small and somewhat humble office.
Everyone is happy, because the reason for such a progress is inseparable from their contribution, but no one can bear to smile when they see Adrian's eyebrows are deeply locked.
At this moment, the knock on the door sounded, and then the closed door was pushed open, and a man leaned in half of his body: "Dr. Adrian, General Kim Sanqi's visit, is waiting in the front hall."
Hearing the name, Adrian showed a "weird" expression.
He is very happy and a little excited.
This is because the general Jin San, who came to *, has provided great help to himself.
Without the generous help of Kim San, the second batch of 30 arks would never have had such an exaggerated progress. It would be amazing to be able to complete the laying of the keel!
So, everyone in this office is full of affection for this young and mysterious "General Jin".
In peacetime, * is a mysterious country for them, but this "mystery" tends to be more negative due to some actions of the government and the propaganda of the government.
Now, their perception can't be more positive!
Including Adrian.
However, somehow, in his heart, Adrian has a faint sense of rejection of the "General Jin San"!
This feeling is strange and not very obvious, but it really exists.
The contradictory emotions from "reason" and "instinct" made Adrian a little confused for a moment.
Doctor? Doctor?" Adrian didn't come to his senses until someone gently knocked on the table.
Everyone who witnessed all this was surprised. Adrian Helmris, the famous "work maniac", actually went away in a daze, which is really a strange news in the world~~~~
"Well, I'll be right there." Pressing that wisp of resistance at the bottom of his heart, Adrian stood up with his hands on the table and poured down a whole cup of coffee and walked to the front hall.
There, Jin San is waiting.