Night’s Nomenclature

Lin Xiaoxiao asked: "Since you can resist the nightmare, why did you come in? If you stay awake for five minutes, you will naturally be able to get rid of the nightmare's call."

"I thought you had something to say, so I came here," Qingchen said, "What do you want to test this time?"

"From today on, it's not a test, but the boss wants me to take you for a walk," Lin Xiaoxiao replied.

"Take me for a walk?" Qingchen wondered: "What do you mean?"

"Use nightmares to evolve your humanity and let you experience some suffering," Lin Xiaoxiao said, "But you have resisted the nightmares so easily now. It seems that the nightmares will be useless in the future. The boss will have to take care of you personally."

Qingchen was thoughtful.

This nightmare is different from last time, but more like a lesson arranged by a teacher for students.

But at this time Lin Xiaoxiao said: "Don't think about it. The boss still just admires you now. I don't know whether you can become the boss's student in the future."

"You are envious of me," Qingchen said.

"Envy," Lin Xiaoxiao admitted frankly: "Not everyone can become the boss's student, at least not Ye Wan and I."

"Why?" Qingchen was puzzled.

"Because neither of us got through the first level," Lin Xiaoxiao said, "but the boss thinks you should be able to get through it."

"Get through it?" Qingchen was stunned for a moment.

Lin Xiaoxiao smiled mysteriously: "That is a road to death. Every time you improve yourself, you need to go through desperate situations and feel pain."

"Then why me?"

"Because the boss said you have the courage to risk your life and survive."

"If it's so painful, why are you still envious?" Qingchen asked.

"Because it is a path of cultivation with unlimited potential, and the upper limit for Ye Wan and I has already been determined," Lin Xiaoxiao said with some yearning: "Although that path is painful, you have to understand that after experiencing a painful life , will be more advanced."

Qingchen did not dwell on this question anymore, but asked other questions: "How old is Mr. Li Shutong?"

"Why do you ask this?" Lin Xiaoxiao asked curiously.

"It's okay, just ask," Qingchen said.

He asked this question because: if when he came to the other world, the time in the outer world was at a standstill relative to him, then in other words, he would age faster than ordinary people.

It's not that his body functions are aging quickly, but that he has divided his life equally between the two worlds.

By that time, his peers would only be forty years old, but he already had the appearance and body functions of a sixty-year-old.

So he wanted to know whether Li Shutong's transcendent ability could make people live longer.

Lin Xiaoxiao glanced at him: "Guess what? The boss's age is not easy to guess."

Qingchen thought for a moment and said, "40 years old?"

"That's too small," Lin Xiaoxiao said.

"60 years old?"

"wrong."

"120 years old?"

"Stop, stop, stop guessing. If you guess again, the boss will be taken away," Lin Xiaoxiao said, "The boss is 52 years old this year."

Qingchen was immediately shocked, knowing that Li Shutong looked like he was only in his mid-thirties.

"Look at you, you look like you have never seen the world. I wouldn't be surprised if someone like the boss lives to be over a hundred years old," Lin Xiaoxiao said, "We have been following him since we were very young. I have been with him for so many years. I’ve never seen him change.”

"Why are you following him?" Qingchen asked.

"There is no reason. I, Ye Wan, and many others are all orphans." Lin Xiaoxiao lay on the hot sand. He put his arms under his head and looked up at the sky. The sky suddenly turned dark and the air was not so hot anymore. : "You were born in the Qing family, so you don't understand how miserable life is outside. Being an orphan is a very simple matter."

"Maybe your parents happened to meet members of the club while walking on the road and had an quarrel. Maybe you were targeted just after your salary was paid. Maybe there was chemical material leakage and pollution in the factory. Maybe you were attacked by hackers when connecting to the virtual network using nerves. Everyone just died so casually anyway.”

"Then you can't pay the property taxes, the insurance company refuses to pay, the bank takes your house away and puts you out on the street, and no one cares whether you live or die."

"At that time, your life was already gloomy. The society wanted to catch you as a drug mule to transport drugs. They tortured you even more viciously and then made videos of you to make a virtual life to sell for money."

"At this time, someone appears in front of you and says, 'Come with me, and I will give you a new life.'"

"Whoever he is, you will go with him."

Qingchen looked at Lin Xiaoxiao quietly. At this moment, he realized that compared with the other person's life, the suffering in his own life was nothing.

"Why did he adopt you?" Qingchen asked curiously.

"Because we are available," Lin Xiaoxiao said, "What he wants to do cannot be done by one person."

Qingchen was stunned for a moment. He still didn't know what the goals of the so-called Knights organization and the Spades organization were, nor did he know what behemoth the Spades were trying to contend with. Was it the five major companies, or something else?

But Li Shutong adopted Lin Xiaoxiao, Ye Wan and the others, obviously with the intention of taking advantage of them, but Lin Xiaoxiao and the others didn't seem to mind.

Having said this, Lin Xiaoxiao stood up: "Okay, let's go to bed early."

The nightmare dissipated, and Qingchen was still in the dark cell, lying on the cold bed.

Now that he has seen Li Shutong's mysterious levels, is the canon in his hand enough to exchange for the opportunity to open the door to a new world?

Qingchen wasn't sure if the canon was substantial enough, and he couldn't explain the origin of the canon.

hold on.

Waiting and hoping, all human wisdom is contained in these two words.

…

Countdown to 24:00:00.

In a corner of Prison No. 18.

"Is there anyone here? Let me out, why are you locking me here!" Someone slapped the alloy gate hard and shouted loudly.

Los Angeles traveler Liu Dezhu is being held in a separate cell. Different from the cells of ordinary prisoners, there is actually a surveillance camera in this room watching the detainees closely.

Ever since he approached Li Shutong to complete the mission, he had been locked up in this hidden corner, and no one cared about him anymore.

There is no concept of time here, and there is no sunrise or sunset. Liu Dezhu can only rely on the robot's meal delivery time to judge what time it is outside.

The sound of him slapping the alloy gate became smaller and smaller, until he had no strength left and his voice became a little hoarse before he stopped.

It was as if he was the only one left in this prison, with no one responding to his pleas and anger.

Liu Dezhu couldn't understand. Others were living a prosperous life in the other world, with mechanical limbs and club members. How could they end up like this in his own place?

Moreover, before I came here, I had just boasted to my classmates that I was a time traveler.

When I return to the watch world in 24 hours, what should I tell my classmates?

The students asked, what is your identity in the outside world?

How should I speak?

Saying that you have an iron rice bowl in an administrative unit in the other world, you don’t have to do anything and you have food to eat every day?

Say you have successfully changed jobs? Transfer prisoner?