Working Prophet

"Welcome back."

The door of Room 8 opened again, and Li Yu saw Xu Mengyuan walking in from the outside, "How does it feel like being on a business trip for the first time?"

"How on earth did you do it, send me to another dimension?!"

"Is this... I'm from the Human Resources Department, and it's hard to explain specific technical knowledge clearly. But I've already guessed that you would ask this question, so I helped you find someone who can explain it clearly in advance." Xu Mengyuan smiled. He said, "It just so happens that he also has many questions to ask you."

"who?"

"Hephaestus. Oh...don't get me wrong, this is just a fancy name, the bad atmosphere brought by Alibaba. He is not really the god of fire and craftsmen in ancient Greek mythology, he just insists on letting others be like this. Call him, like you and me, he is also an employee of the third era and is responsible for research and development in the equipment department."

"R\u0026D, do you still have R\u0026D positions here?"

"That's right, resources always need to be developed and utilized after they are collected."

Li Yu didn't ask what the resources were or how to develop and utilize them. Anyway, he could save these questions together when he saw Hephaestus.

So he just said to Xu Mengyuan, "Take me to find him."

However, Xu Mengyuan's feet did not move when he heard this.

"Anything else?"

"Did you forget something?"

"What?"

"There is no overtime in the Third Age. It's already five o'clock now. We should all get off work. See you at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. I will take you to see Hephaestus then." After Xu Mengyuan finished speaking, he turned around to leave, but was stopped by Li Yu was stopped again.

"Wait, forget about the other questions. There is something you must answer me right away. What time is it now?" Li Yu said in a deep voice.

"Aren't you wearing the watch I borrowed from you? Isn't the answer clear enough? If you still don't want to believe it, you can ask someone else after you leave, or connect to the Internet and you should be able to finalize it."

Xu Mengyuan said, "Oh, by the way, and what happened today, please be sure to keep it secret from others. As you know, our business is quite special and it is not very convenient for it to be made public. Remember to take a shower and have a good sleep after you go back. Sleep, we’ll see you tomorrow.”

…………

After Li Yu walked out of the office building, he first borrowed a charging cable from a nearby convenience store to charge his mobile phone that had automatically shut down.

After waiting for about half a minute, Li Yu pressed the power button. After a few seconds, the words HUAWEI lit up on the screen, followed by HarmonyOS.

Then there was the interface for entering the password, but Li Yu's attention was completely attracted by the time and date at the top of the screen.

Wednesday, May 19th. 17:15.

This date was still the day he came to the Third Age for an interview, even though he did spend almost a whole day in another world.

However, on the watch Xu Mengyuan lent him before, the hour hand only moved about seven spaces.

If that watch could have been tampered with by the third era, then the time displayed on the phone is synchronized with the network in real time.

It updates automatically once connected to the Internet, making it almost impossible to fake it.

Li Yu then clicked on the photo album, but he couldn't find any of the photos he had taken in that world or the recordings he made for Miss Rabbit.

Li Yu unplugged the charging cable, thanked the clerk for helping, took a can of oolong tea to pay, and then scanned the QR code for a shared power bank next to the cashier.

When leaving through the automatic door, Li Yu noticed his reflection on the glass.

The gash on his trousers that was cut by a bush was still there, but the mud spots on his leather shoes had also disappeared.

…………

After walking out of the convenience store, Li Yu did not go home immediately. Instead, he took the subway to a small park in the south of the city.

I chose an empty bench and sat down, watching the old men and women in the park walking their children and dancing, playing chess and singing Peking Opera, and silently drank the can of oolong tea in my hand.

He had never thought before that these everyday scenes that he saw everywhere would one day be given some meaning.

Xu Mengyuan didn't lie. Once he entered the rabbit hole, his entire life would change.

In the past seven short hours, what happened had almost overturned all his knowledge in the past twenty years.

As long as he closed his eyes, the mansion would appear in front of him, with its tall stone walls and columns fixed with wooden wedges. A lot of the white plaster on the outer walls could be rubbed off with just a scratch of his fingertips.

Warriors wearing cloaks and carrying long swords and daggers feasted with their servants in the large hall. During the banquet, some people played the lyre made of tortoise shells and sang about the angry lion Alexander conquering Bura. The legendary epics left by the warriors under his command during this time.

All this is so real because Li Yu is right there in it.

He could feel his heart that was almost dying beating again.

It was a very strange experience, like a child just leaving his mother's body, opening his eyes, and looking at the new world in front of him for the first time.

Everything is so vivid and moving.

The boring and trivial daily life when you grow up are now shining brightly, like a treasure house with golden light, waiting for you to open it yourself.

That is the call issued by human beings’ innate desire to explore.

Even the threat of death from a strange environment could not shake it. In fact, it was the ubiquitous sense of crisis that accelerated the awakening of something in Li Yu's body, making him feel the long-lost excitement again.

"Have you gotten into any trouble lately?"

A voice sounded from behind Li Yu, pulling him back from his memories.

"Just be prepared."

Li Yu turned his head and saw a woman wearing a chiffon shirt and A-line skirt, holding a golden retriever, standing behind him.

She has a model-like figure and a pretty face that is not inferior to that of a star, coupled with light brown natural curls. Even in those art schools where there are so many beauties, she still cannot be ignored.

"We haven't seen each other for a long time."

"Well, almost more than a year."

"How have you been this year?" The woman in the A-line skirt sat down next to Li Yu.

"Not bad. I'm busy changing jobs recently."

"Really, what kind of job?"

"Consulting type, how about you?"

"Consultation, um... I feel like it's quite suitable for you. After all, you were the most planned and serious person in the company before." The woman in the A-line skirt gathered her hair that was blown by the wind. I live with my mother."

"How is auntie's health?"

"It's still the same. Except for my knees hurting when I go up and down stairs and when it rains, everything else is fine."

"Is that so?"

"Well, my mother asked about you some time ago and said when you could come to my house for dinner when you have time." After speaking, the woman in the A-line skirt handed the thing wrapped in a black garbage bag to Li Yu.

"Here, what you want...when you use it, push the switch all the way and press the red button."

"Thank you." Li Yu took the garbage bag, "I'll take care of it for the next two days and will return it to you soon."

"No, just take it. I can't use it now. By the way, I still have the seller's WeChat account here. I'll send it to you too. He has a lot of similar things there. If you have You can contact him directly if necessary, but it’s best not to be too pushy.”

"Um."

"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first. The cone is urging me." The woman in the A-line skirt pointed at the impatient golden retriever who was already waiting not far away.

"Take care of yourself." Li Yu said.

"The same to you."

The woman in the A-line skirt stood up from her seat and led the big dog forward along the gravel path. After about two hundred meters, they stopped again.

It looked like she had met an acquaintance. After exchanging pleasantries, the woman in the A-line skirt turned around and waved in the direction of Li Yu, and then continued forward, disappearing at the end of the road with the golden retriever.