40,000 Years of Cultivation

Li Yao was trying to distinguish, the other party had hung up, and the sound of "Didi Didi" came from the loudspeaker, making the atmosphere in the shabby room even more embarrassing.

Li Yao looked at the dark cell phone, really didn't know what to say, sighed and squatted on the ground with his head in his arms.

"Do you know, I had such a moment, a little bit of believing in you just now, what a shame!"

Zhang Daniu was heartbroken, "I really don't know if you are crazy, I'm crazy, or the world is crazy, I believe you!"

Li Yao raised his head and opened his mouth. He only felt sore and weak all over his body. He couldn't say anything, and even his own beliefs began to waver.

"Nothing to say?"

Zhang Daniu said, "If you have calmed down and learned to face reality, Teacher Niu will ask you to have breakfast, and then you will go back to school, right?"

Li Yao nodded helplessly.

...

The morning stall at the entrance of the community, although it was only 6 o’clock in the morning, was crowded and smelled, especially the sound of grilling fried dumplings and fried dumplings in a huge pan. The man's index finger moved, salivating.

Zhang Daniu sat down with ten fried dumplings and ten fried dumplings, and then directed Li Yao to bring their little wontons, added hot sauce and vinegar, and drank a mouthful of wonton soup and stuffed three fried dumplings with green onions. Only satisfied, smiled openly.

"I'm telling you, no matter how upset you were yesterday, how tired and frustrated you were, as long as you eat a steaming breakfast in the morning, there will be nothing to worry about!"

Zhang Daniu took a deep breath of the rich fragrance, "The real world is still very beautiful, but we still have to live it down, don't think about it, okay?"

"……Ok."

Li Yao caught a fried dumpling, only to feel like chewing wax, but he forced himself to swallow it.

"Are you really all right?"

Zhang Daniu watched his words and said, "Or, after eating, call your family first?"

"No one in my house."

Li Yao held up a bowl of wontons and covered his face, "My parents left when I was very young. I am a lonely family member, and the whole family is not hungry when I am full."

"Oh, it turned out to be so, sorry, I don't know."

Zhang Daniu scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks for a long time and said, "No wonder you are addicted to the world of novels, hoping to find solace in the illusory Xiu Si universe! Hey, how can I say, I don't mean you want to give up completely... fantasy, just pay attention The difference between fantasy and reality, don't be too involved, understand?

"In this way, Mr. Niu is not a completely unkind person. Although you are not a female college student with swaying skirts and fluttering hair, Mr. Niu welcomes you to come and talk and discuss when you have time-as long as you don't take advantage of the silence of the night. Just kick in at the time, that's it!"

Li Yao smiled: "Thank you Teacher Niu."

"No thanks, if you really want to thank me, don't talk crazy things like'fixing the four universes' all day long. After you go back, prepare your resume, find a stable job, and live a normal life."

Zhang Daniu said, "If you do this, you can thank me, understand?"

"I understand."

Li Yao said, but his eyes were still a little dazed and drifting. After eating in silence for a while, he couldn't help but said, "What is the so-called'normal life' like?"

"Just like that!"

While drinking wonton soup, Zhang Daniu said, “Find a job with less money and more things from nine to nine, endure the boss’s roar and the boss’s exploits, work hard for several years, make a down payment for a house, and then carry it. Debts of decades, have a nest of your own, find a wife who is in the same situation as you, and after giving birth to a child, you should put the extra time, energy and money-if any, into the child, yourself As the child gradually becomes greasy, the child gradually grows up. After the child grows up, repeat this process. Isn't this the life of a normal person?"

Li Yao frowned: "Sounds, not very attractive!"

"How about it?"

Zhang Daniu curled his lips and said, "Don't be unattractive. How many people think that they will not be able to live a quiet life like this. Let's face it, we are neither princes or generals nor heroes, ordinary people. Isn’t that the way it was in the days of

"I still think I have super powers, no, we both have super powers."

Li Yao whispered, "I am a'cultivation man', with super power, super speed, super vision and hearing, and super self-healing ability. In the process of constant awakening, I will also control the ability to move mountains and seas and call the wind and call rain, shooting fireballs and The arc is not a problem, in short, I will all know the magical powers of the cultivator; and you are the codeword man, and your superpower is the codeword! The two of us should not live such a mediocre life, we should use our superpowers and Fight against the evil forces that rule this world in the dark!"

"what did you say?"

Zhang Daniu said, "What is my superpower?"

"Codeword."

Li Yao said, "It's fast!"

"and then?"

Zhang Daniu narrowed his eyes.

"No, it's the codeword, this is a very powerful superpower!"

Li Yao told me honestly.

"Do you think you are speaking human words?"

Zhang Daniu said, "That is, a gentleman like Teacher Niu, who has cultivated his body for more than 30 years, and has no common knowledge with you, so he changed the second one. He has already put the wonton soup on your head long ago."

"I was wrong, Teacher Niu."

Li Yao held his belly and said, "Hey, these fried dumplings and fried dumplings seem to be very fragrant. Let's get 20 more—20 of each kind, right?"

Zhang Daniu stared at Li Yao fiercely. After a long time, he still sighed and raised his hand and shouted, "Boss!"

Suddenly, a mountain of fried dumplings and fried dumplings was brought to the two of them. Li Yao gobbled it up. Needless to say, Zhang Daniu was crazy about the code word last night. The consumption was not small, and his appetite was much larger than usual. Can't speak.

A greasy TV is hung in the corner of the shop. It is usually turned on at night. It is a display during the day, but today it was opened by regular customers to watch the latest report on the earthquake in the Western Pacific.

It is said that the intensity of this earthquake has been corrected to 9.3 on the Richter scale, which is the second strongest earthquake in history.

The epicenter was in Edo Bay, only a few tens of miles from the largest archipelago and one of the top ten super cities in the world. First, a devastating shock wave caused serious damage to the city, followed by a huge tsunami that caused another half. Every city has become a water village Zeguo, and the Fusang Islands, which people take for granted, shivered under the threat of catastrophe, and entered a national emergency.

Because of the natural gas leakage caused by the earthquake, the whole city was filled with explosions, fireballs and black smoke, which seemed like a terrible battlefield.

Buildings with dozens of floors are as weak as building blocks. The so-called human civilization is not worth mentioning in the face of the mighty power of nature.

To make matters worse, it is said that out of a total of 16 nuclear power plants along the coast of the archipelago, a full eight nuclear power plants have been hit by earthquakes and tsunamis, and there is a hidden danger of nuclear leakage-this is the official statement, but online gossip The argument is that there have been serious nuclear leakage accidents in several nuclear power plants, and the radiation intensity is unprecedented in history!

"I didn't expect that the earthquake last night was so severe, it was like the plot of "The Islands Sinking"."

Zhang Daniu poked his teeth and said, "Have you read "The Islands Sinking", a particularly classic science fiction novel. If you follow the logic of you and the "Dream Traveler", it must be the author of the novel who actually experienced similar events in his previous life. Is it possible to write immersive and lifelike novels in this life? Hahahaha!"

Li Yao didn't answer. He stared at the ravaged city in the news screens. The collapsed ruins seemed to float on the burning sea. It really felt like the end of the world.

At this moment, a dark shadow flashed across the corner of the lens.

It seemed to be a person who jumped down from the gradually leaning twenty or thirty-story high-rise building, and then flew away, flying out of the camera!

"this is--"

Li Yao's pupils suddenly shrank, and he couldn't believe his eyes.

"what happened to you?"

Zhang Daniu looked up and saw nothing in the shaking lens.

"It's nothing."

Li Yao was not sure if he was dazzled, "It seems that there is a fly flying past in front of the TV."

"This kind of small shop is like this. It's not clean, and it's not sick after eating. What is a fly afraid of?"

Zhang Daniu pointed to the phone Li Yao put on the table, "Your phone rang."

Li Yao was startled slightly, and he turned on the screen to see that it was a short message from an unfamiliar number.

"What do you want to do with my brother? You read all the posts he posted on the Internet? Do you believe what he is saying?"

By the way, this is the number of the "Dream Traveler", sent by the sister of the Dream Traveler!

Li Yao’s fire of hope was dying and struggling, and the last rays of light bloomed. He held the phone in both hands and quickly typed in: "Yes, miss, I don’t just believe it, I have encountered exactly the same situation as your brother. Maybe your brother is not crazy. Can you tell me more about him? At least tell me where he is being treated!"

"Perhaps he is not crazy, maybe you are as crazy as him."

The other party quickly replied, "My brother is treated at the Ark Psychological Research Center, maybe you should go there too."

"ark?"

Li Yao held his mobile phone in a daze. He had never heard of such a mental illness treatment institution.

"what's happenin?"

Zhang Daniu said curiously when he saw his ugly expression.

Li Yao didn't speak, and pushed the phone over.

Zhang Daniu took it and glanced at him, not paying attention at first, but soon, the whole person seemed to be struck by lightning, and his face became pale and weird.

"what's happenin?"

This time it was Li Yao's turn to ask this sentence, "Teacher Niu, is there any problem?"

"No, no, I don't know, it should be a coincidence?"

Zhang Daniu stammered, "Ark Psychological Research Center? This organization seems to have only contacted me a few days ago."