Kiki felt too embarrassed to run out of the group by herself, but being called by name over and over by Eleven made her incredibly awkward as well. She looked around, hoping for permission or intervention from one of the teachers, but no one seemed to be paying attention to her right now.
She took a deep breath and ran over to Eleven anyway.
"Touch it! Hurry, touch it!" Eleven excitedly grabbed Kiki's hand.
The moment she touched the tent's outer wall, Kiki immediately understood why Eleven was so excited. She did not know how to describe the material, but it felt so warm and smooth to the touch, while sounding hard and solid when tapped.
A middle-aged person poked her head out from the tent and invited them inside to take a look in District 3 Language. The person's sudden appearance startled both Eleven and Kiki. She spoke District 3 Language very quickly, and neither of them understood, so they immediately clasped hands and ran back to the group.
Xia Yixue was still registering people at the entrance.
For groups like theirs that had made reservations in advance, the exhibition hall could assign a dedicated guide. This was far more effective than having them wander the exhibition area separately. After hearing about the makeup of their group, the person in charge of the exhibition area had proactively offered to assign them several more guides. As a result, coordinating among themselves took longer than it did for other groups.
While they waited, Hesta stood near the park entrance, reading the display boards.
Although this was also a technology exhibition, its contents were completely different from those of the science museum that had previously turned down Xia Yixue. That museum had presented a history of human progress linked through the history