My time is running out

A girl was walking on the roadside, and suddenly she fell to the ground and became silent.

On the girl's wrist, green Arabic numerals flashed, and the numbers had turned into '00:00'.

Chen Tao was sitting on the bus. He looked at the girl lying on the ground through the window.

His eyes were indifferent.

The girl looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, and she died like this.

But this kind of scene is too common.

Chen Tao raised his hand and looked at the green numbers on his wrist.

Everyone in this world has green Arabic numerals on their wrist.

That number is called a ‘point in time number’.

It is both the money of this world and your own life span.

When this time point reaches zero, the person will die.

To put it simply, it means that people can use their life span as money. If their life span is used up, they will die.

Often young people spend their lifespan overnight and die immediately.

Such people are all too common.

Chen Tao was not interested in paying any attention to it.

In other words, it's not that he doesn't want to pay attention, but that he has become numb.

He can't save others, the only one he can save is himself.

There were only ten days left on his wrist.

A month's hard work pays you sixty days' wages.

And now he only has ten days left. If he doesn't get better, he will be the one lying on the street soon.

Fortunately, wages will be paid tomorrow.

Chen Tao could feel the intense pressure, but faced with this situation, he had no choice.

Got off the bus.

Was planning to go home.

Suddenly, there was a fragrant wind blowing around me.

"Hi."

Chen Tao was startled, then he came to his senses and looked back.

Seeing the delicate face, the woman looked at Chen Tao with a smile and said with a smile, "Are you off work?"

The woman is tall and tall, wearing a close-fitting off-the-shoulder halter top with an amazing upper circumference. She wears a black cylindrical skirt with black stockings, and a pair of black high heels.

The woman's long hair was slightly curly, and she looked at Chen Tao with a smile.

The woman is beautiful and has an amazing figure.

This is Chen Tao's childhood sweetheart, and also Chen Tao's neighbor since childhood.

Zi Qing.

Chen Tao has watched her since she was a child, watching her grow from a little girl to the mature woman she is today.

Chen Tao has a crush on her, but she is too beautiful.

Chen Tao felt that he was not worthy of her, so he only regarded her as a friend and did not dare to cross that line.

Chen Tao glanced at the numbers on Zi Qing's wrist.

The number on Zi Qing's wrist shows that she has one year.

When a human baby is born, the baby gets an hour from its mother, and then the baby survives as the parents give each other time. Generally speaking, in slums like Chen Tao's, most people are on the verge of death, with only a few days left at most.

Zi Qing can have one year, which shows that she has worked very hard recently. This is probably the time she has saved through hard work.

It's not much for the rich, but for people in the slums, it can be a significant amount.

Chen Tao covered his right arm behind his back without leaving a trace, and said, "Well, you too?"

Zi Qing hummed.

The two of them walked side by side towards home.

They went home together, but the two of them didn't speak a word.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward.

Chen Tao looked at Zi Qing. He didn't know what Zi Qing was thinking, and he couldn't guess what she was thinking.

He knew that he and Zi Qing were from two different worlds, and it was impossible for them to intersect.

So Chen Tao has been avoiding meeting Zi Qing, but Zi Qing always takes the initiative to come over.

Chen Tao didn't know what she meant and didn't dare to think too much.

Go halfway.

Suddenly, Chen Tao noticed something was wrong. He looked straight ahead. There were three men standing there. One of them, a bald man, was staring at Chen Tao, playing with a switchblade in his hand.

Chen Tao, who felt something was wrong, immediately held Zi Qing's hand beside him.

The place where Chen Tao and Zi Qing live is a slum area of ​​the city, where crimes can happen anytime and anywhere.

Robberies are the most common thing happening here.

The scene before him gave Chen Tao a very bad premonition.

Must go!

This is an alley, and there are three men ahead.

There are walls on both sides, so you can only go back.

Chen Tao said to Zi Qing: "Let's go back."

When Zi Qing heard this, she already felt something was wrong and nodded.

The two turned around.

Turn around.

Chen Tao discovered that there were two more men behind him.

Chen Tao frowned.

"Hand over your time obediently. We only want time and don't take other people's lives." The bald man played with the switchblade and came closer. He said lightly, "Of course, if you resist, I don't mind killing you." I’ll take your hands and feet and then rob them.”

Five people.

Chen Tao clenched his fists, but there was nothing he could do.

Chen Tao himself doesn't really care, but Zi Qing has a year on his hands.

In one year, that was a huge amount of money, and she must have saved it for a long time.

This was robbed, but what to do...?

Thinking of this, Chen Tao blocked Zi Qing behind him. He looked at Zi Qing and said, "You can rob me. You can take as much as you want. But I hope you can let the woman beside me go."

The bald man curled his lips, revealing a sneer, and said, "You? You also want to negotiate with me?"

The man next to him walked over.

For people in the slums, a year's time is a huge sum of money. If Ziqing's time is seen, how could these people let Ziqing go?

Seeing this, Chen Tao's heart was determined. He turned around and pounced on the man behind him, and directly threw the man to the ground.

Chen Tao stood up and shouted to Ziqing: "Run!"

When Ziqing heard it, she was stunned for a moment, she came to her senses and ran away.

There were two men behind him. After Chen Tao threw one down, his right hand was empty, which also gave Ziqing a chance to escape.

When the man on the right saw Ziqing running away, he hurried forward to chase

Chen Tao stretched out his hand and grabbed the man's right foot.

The man was grabbed by the hand, and he couldn't run away.

He struggled for a while, but still couldn't get free, so he kicked Chen Tao in the head.

Chen Tao lowered his head and blocked his head with his arm, letting him kick, but he held his other hand tightly and refused to let go.

Suddenly.

"Puff!"

Chen Tao heard the sound of flesh and blood separating.

He felt a chill in his ribs, and he looked down with his pupils and found that a switchblade had sunk into his ribs.

Chen Tao could feel the chill, followed by a stinging pain.

The pain was almost unbearable.

"Ah!"

The scream forced Chen Tao to scream.

A force came, and Chen Tao was pushed away.

The man who was thrown to the ground by Chen Tao took the opportunity to get up and chase Ziqing.

Chen Tao covered his stomach with his hand, and felt a warmth in his hand. He endured the severe pain and looked at Ziqing.

As long as Ziqing could escape, everything would be fine.

He looked and found that Ziqing had been caught by the bald man, and Ziqing cried and said, "No!"

But the bald man grabbed Ziqing's right hand and put her wrist above his wrist.

The Arabic numerals on Ziqing's wrist decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Ziqing's face was full of despair.

Chen Tao's consciousness gradually blurred.

Is that so?

She still failed to escape?

Chen Tao's consciousness slowly disappeared.

It was pitch black.

Chen Tao didn't know how long he had slept in this darkness, and he heard a mechanical voice.

"Nebula" has been activated and is connecting to the database of the host Chen Tao."

"The database connection is complete, and the host's body has been severely damaged and is being repaired."

Suddenly, he heard two mechanical sentences.

He couldn't know what made the sound, and his consciousness disappeared.

Chen Tao's fingers moved.

He slowly opened his eyes, and as soon as his eyes opened.

From the outside, you can see that his pupils passed by some blue numbers.

Chen Tao looked at his hand.

Is this a hand? He saw his hand, which was full of blue numbers, and it looked like it was made up of blue numbers.

This scene was like the code in a computer.