Up and Down

"This level of secrecy is in no way inferior to that of other Knight Order..."

Using the intersection where Han Dong is located as the corner of a cube, the surrounding streets are spatially folded.

It eventually folds into a cube-shaped space.

The dark gray building where the Whisper Knight Order were located was situated on the top surface of the cube.

The originally 'upside down' dark gray building has thus returned to normal.

Unlike in Inception, the direction of gravity here does not change when you step on the wall.

At the same time, a complete no-fly zone was imposed.

Han Dong needed to climb to the entrance of the first floor of the gray building.

Through the changes in the G-Virus.

Sticky, fleshy strands shot out from the left and right hands, quickly climbing to the first floor of the gray building.

By grabbing with his left hand, he suspended his body above the main entrance on the first floor.

Ring ring ring!

Ring the doorbell.

Soon, light footsteps could be heard coming from inside.

The person who Door Opening was a bald young man with a pen dangling from the corner of his mouth, ink stains on his collar, and severe dark circles under his eyes, looking like he had been working overtime for more than ten days and was severely sleep-deprived.

Young people no longer care about their own image.

"You must be the second Newcomer, right? What time is it, and you're only just arriving to report for duty..."

"I'm sorry, something came up and I was held up."

"Go straight to the commander. I don't have time to show you the way right now... Just keep walking straight and don't take any left or right forks in the road, and you'll find the commander."

I heard you caused quite a stir at the conference. You should be able to find the group leader's office on your own. Just remember the key word: "Straight line".

Once you get involved with "left and right," you might be permanently lost in it.

"Thank you, senior."

"Don't just say thank you, get started right away and help us with some of the work..."

After delivering the message, the knight appeared to walk slowly, but he would teleport a distance in the blink of an eye with each blink of Han Dong, and soon disappear from sight.

"Should we walk straight ahead?"

The passageway in front of Han Dong, covered with a red floral carpet, was only twenty meters long.

At the end, there are only two paths to choose from: left and right.

However, at the far end of the wall hangs a portrait of a man, whose eyes seem to hold a deeper meaning.

"This is... the Penrose Stairs? The central library of the [Library] has a similar structure."

In the man's eyes, a simple four-sided Penrose Stairs was reflected, as if there was some special meaning he wanted to convey through the image in his eyes.

The painting itself is unremarkable, and there are no hidden mechanisms.

No matter what Han Dong did, all he could see was a wall.

"From the entrance to the portrait, there is only a 20-meter-long passage... as if you can only walk in a straight line."

The problem lies in the 'space'.

The headquarters of the Whisper Knight Order is located in a folded space.

It is understandable that the spatial issues inside buildings are more complex.

The eyes are an inverted image.

The Penrose Stairs are a cycle.

Considering the structure of the gray building itself... the so-called 'straight line' spatial problem should be...

Han Dong turned around and walked back to the entrance, then turned around and walked back to the portrait at the end.

This cycle repeats four times!

Han Dong's conjecture was simple: each time he walked back and forth in the corridor, it was equivalent to going up one floor in the gray building.

From the outside, the gray building has five floors.

Therefore, a total of four round trips are equivalent to reaching the top floor of the building... which is Commander Hugo's office.

"That should be correct."

After going back and forth four times, Han Dong returned to the entrance and reached out to turn the cold doorknob.

The office directly in front of them was Commander Hugo's office.

That is, the most mysterious office in the Holy City.

Its secrecy and the confidential documents it contains are comparable to the Depths archives of Parliament.

"Excluding the communication time, the net time was 1 minute and 53 seconds... It's a pity you were two seconds slower than Charlie, otherwise you could have broken the record."

Charlie Mr. Leblanc Belmanchev.

The Whispering Knight, who easily defeated Hell Kid in the Knight Tournament, is like Han Dong, born with a background in occultism, a master of stitched puppets... the number one in the general election ten years ago.

Unlike Han Dong.

Charlie won first place almost by a landslide.

"I'm sorry, Commander Hugo, I've been delayed outside the city for quite some time... I've kept you waiting."

"As long as we arrive today, that's fine."

This is a Newcomer's handbook for the Whisper Knight Order. You have one day to read it.

Our headquarters of the Whisper Knight Order also has another name - [Secret Hall].

All the confidential files in the Holy City, 80% of the original manuscripts, and a large number of backup documents are stored here.

Therefore, such complex spatial arrangements are needed to ensure the confidentiality and security of each archive room.

The classified files were simply handed over to us by the Supreme Council for convenience... Our real mission mainly consists of two aspects.

1. Decipher the "Abyssal Demon Tablet".

2. Guard the "foreign object".

With the Great Expedition approaching, the task of deciphering the Abyssal Demon Tablet is very important. At the same time, it is also necessary to organize and summarize a large number of confidential documents and strictly screen the 'knights who can go on the expedition' and the 'knights who stay behind'.

You've just joined the group and have only figured out the "upper and lower" issues of the Secret Hall.

The problem is a hundred or a thousand times more complex than the problem of left and right.

You need to use the "Newcomer's Handbook" to gradually familiarize yourself with the structure of the Secret Hall and be able to reach the corresponding archive room within ten minutes.

At the same time, one must understand the most basic "hierarchical system" within the Secret Hall, knowing which areas personnel of different ranks can enter, and which classified files and foreign objects they can access.

"Good!"

Han Dong didn't find it tedious at all; on the contrary, he found it quite interesting.

This is the kind of Whisper Knight Order he wanted to come to... Even without Commander Hugo's help, Han Dong might still have chosen this place.

Commander Hugo, pointed to the documents on the table that were half a meter thick.

"For the rest of the day, besides studying the ' Newcomer's Handbook'... you also need to approve these investigation reports from the Knights' Squad, which conducted investigations outside the city 30 to 35 years ago."

Write down any problematic reports or suspicious knight names in your notebook.

Write down a brief conclusion, along with the document number, page number, and line number referenced in the conclusion.

"Yes..."

"Also, here is your office key."

"Come back to me after you've finished all these things and fully read the ' Newcomer's Handbook'... Then we can talk about the female corpse the congressman gave you."

"Um."

When the topic of the female corpse came up, Han Dong was slightly startled.

However, with Commander Hugo's help, they might be able to make the most of the female corpse.

"Um... I'd also like to talk to the leader about ' True Destiny ' at that time."

"If you do everything I say and meet the standards within 24 hours, I'll talk to you."

"No problem."