Under the guidance of hot wind, Bu Liuxing came to the bank of Xiao Guandong.
This place is located on the first floor of the [Forty-Three Pillars] Giant Tower. Starting from the road along the river at Guandong Pier, Meteor took two buses and took more than 20 minutes to get here.
In front of the tower that connects the sky and the earth is a bright red torii gate.
The relief paintings on the tower are the Seven Lucky Gods, which combine the images of many gods from Shintoism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Brahmanism.
[This is it, go see the Black Eyed Empress. ]
According to Refeng, the entire financial management system of Shinto City is managed by a god named [Kurome Senju].
She is the incarnation of the Seven Gods of Luck. If she wants to buy real estate in Xiaoguandong and rent a place to sleep, she must sign a contract with the Kurome Empress.
The public offices and general director counters were empty; they were machines that had gone into hibernation.
As the meteor got closer, a sound immediately sounded. Following the waveform of the sound wave, human faces were constructed from the fine sand, giving friendly greetings to the meteor.
All of this left Ah Xing at a loss as to what to do. He strode forward in a panic, muttering under his breath.
"Refeng, I don't feel right, this place is so damn evil - you want me to take out a loan, why can't I see other people?"
[This bank has not seen new people come to this bank for forty or fifty years. Most of the people working and living in the city have already signed the pledge contract. It is considered that they have sold their whole life's brain data to [Changshi]. All contracts are terminated and redeemed. , can be completed in [Elysium Space], there is no need to make a trip in reality, which will affect the efficiency of making money. ]
Meteor swallowed his saliva nervously, not quite understanding.
[This means that if you have mobile payment and online contracts, will you still go all the way to a bank to sign a contract? In Shinto City, people's lives are measured in minutes and seconds - except for babies and beasts who want to come here to price themselves, no citizen is willing to waste his life to do things on the ground. ]
Meteor's eyes scanned the mechanical spheres in the office. Those spheres would emit sound waves, causing the magnetic fluid in front of the counter to form a projection of the virtual portrait.
[More than 20 years ago, Japan Tour would also invest in some engineering materials, such as building a set of mechanical skeletons and busts for these tellers, and giving them skin and make-up to make them look more like real people. Later, it became more and more popular here. It became more and more desolate, leaving behind a subwoofer with augmented reality technology and sonic imaging - all replaced by digital portraits. ]
[Maybe in a few years, the Black Eyed Empress will run out of the shrine and go to the front desk to do business herself, saving these costs. ]
Walking from the side office to the main hall, you can see that the main door is closed. The huge door seems to have not been opened for many, many years and has been sealed.
On the dark lotus platform in the main hall sits a statue of a god.
It was a woman, just as Refeng had described. She was holding a bright red treasure carp in her arms, wearing a hunting coat, carrying a pipa on her back, and a white crane lying beside her.
She was smiling all over her face. When the shooting star came, she turned her head slightly and looked at the visiting guests.
She has a strong figure, somewhat fat and rich, with long hair bound by a black scarf on her head. A pagoda rises from the lotus platform, about twenty meters high, just in front of her Dharma body lying in the lotus platform.
This is one of the six gods of Shinto - Kurome Senju.
"What do I want to say? I..."
Meteor was shocked by this huge figure, and he didn't know what to say.
During the battle in Niflheim, he had seen giants hundreds of meters tall, but that was from a previous era, and there were mysterious corpses about prehistoric civilizations, which were dead gods.
At this moment, when an incarnation of a god born out of human civilization, neatly dressed and majestic, was lying in front of him, it was almost difficult for him to think, and patches of sweat broke out on his forehead.
[Say whatever you want. Black Eyed Empress is a collection of artificial intelligence. You are here to ask for money, so just talk to her about asset mortgage. ]
Meteor immediately plucked up the courage and shouted loudly: "I want to make some money! Do you think it's okay to buy a house in the city?"
Kurome Senshou raised his arm, and his huge index finger condensed a bit of hot light, projecting a city in front of Meteor.
Then countless light spots converged on the city map and finally locked onto a house.
Meteor continued: "If it's too expensive and you think I can't afford it, you can rent it!"
There are more and more spots of light, and the number of houses to choose from has grown to sixteen.
Meteor asked in a low voice: "Refeng, which set should I choose?"
[The one closest to the forty-three pillars. ]
Following the guidance of the hot wind, the meteor pointed to the waters near the giant tower. There was an artificial island in the waters. He decided to live in the apartment building on the island, which was closest to the residence of the Forty-Three Pillar Gods.
Meteor then asked: "How much do I have to pay? How do I get a loan? What is the mortgage?"
Hot Wind and Meteor said that when you borrow money from a bank in Shinto City, the collateral is memory. Whether it is long-term memory or short-term memory, you can get some money in exchange.
The black-eyed empress did not speak, but directly extended her hand to Meteor——
——Axing saw the huge palm of seven or eight meters wide slapping towards him, and he immediately cowered up in fear.
The huge fleshy palm turned into fine dust, turned into smoke, and slid across the meteor's skin.
At that moment, intense electric light erupted, and the black-eyed empress's eyes shone with light, and scenes flashed through her dark eyes.
Meteor could see it clearly, and those scenes were exactly what he had experienced personally.
Those were his memories. Everything that happened to him from his birth and growth to today, even if he didn't remember some details, were gradually restored in the eyes of the gods, and Mohu's memories became clear.
Kurome Senju intercepted a memory——
——That was a scene of A Xing getting along with Bumi’s mother when he was young.
It was a scene of Ayumi helping her son take a bath when he was only three or four years old.
Everything is performed with Meteor as the first point of view and played from his first point of view.
The film lasts twenty-six minutes. In the old house of HK, in the floral glass house, Bumi's mother lifted a large basin from outside the door and staggered into the door.
Little Meteor sat in front of the flower pot, holding Lego bricks and a pair of plastic round-head scissors in his hands, watching a young mother who was no more than twenty years old come in hastily.
He heard Ayumi's mother say.
"Come and take a bath! This is the first time that mommy gives you a bath! Sister Wang used to give you a bath, let me think about it. You have to let me take care of you personally, otherwise we won't kiss, right?"
Little Meteor said nothing and dropped all the toys.
After that there was no dialogue, no lines.
He followed Ayumi's mother's guidance and watched her mother clumsily take off her child's clothes.
He slowly climbed into the wooden basin, raised his head curiously, and saw Bumei's mother rolling up her sleeves, as if cooking dishes, pouring skin care products and flower petals into the basin, always thinking that these things would make her son become a White and tender.
He felt that these twenty-six minutes were so long, with the sound of water rushing, the sound of his mother's breathing, and the tiny sounds of skin being rubbed and hair being cleaned.
He was lifted up by his mother's armpits, and he could feel Ayumi's mother's weak arms, which seemed unable to hold the thirty-pound baby. The mother was trembling, and from the glaring expression with pursed lips, many things could be seen. Not convinced.
He asked Ayumi's mother to wrap it in a towel, then wiped it clean like a large stuffed toy, put on clean clothes, and sat back on the small bench wearing crotchless pants.
There was still the pot of flowers in front of him. He retrieved the blocks and scissors from the soil, and his hands were dirty.
Mosquitoes flew in among the flowers and plants, attracting his attention, and then came a crisp slap from Ayumi - hitting the little meteor on the forehead, killing the mosquitoes as well.
Meteor immediately cried.
The story comes to an abrupt end, right here, twenty-six minutes over.
The collateral that Kurome Tianjin needs is this memory. She was still smiling and stretched out her hand to Meteor. In her palm was a light screen scroll composed of this memory, as well as additional instructions.
[Lease term: twelve months]
[Collateral: Twenty-six minutes and twelve seconds of Bu Meteor]
On the other side is another option.
[Freehold]
[Need to pay 145 million pyroxene currency]
Bu Liuxing looked at the scroll. He was not at ease and asked Refeng.
"Black Eyed Empress only wants my memory? But Teacher Victor said that memories can be copied and stories can be rewritten...it..."
[You have to sign a confidentiality agreement. After the transaction is completed, you will lose this memory. Even if you don't know it, it will be unique - there is no way to re-mortgage or re-sell it. ]
Meteor asked in surprise: "Should I forget this?"
[how? Is this story important to you? ]
This is twenty-six minutes and twelve seconds of Ah Xing's life. It is difficult for him to define this memory.
Important or not? There are many adults who do not remember their own experiences as children.
Why does Black Eyed Empress want these things? Can this thing really be exchanged for money?
Judging from the total property price, even the rental price, the apartment buildings on the island are sky-high for Meteor.
Can you get so much money just by taking a 26-minute bathing experience as a child?
How will Kurome Tenjin use this memory? she...
[Bu Liuxing, what are you hesitating about? ]
[Before you redeem this collateral, the bank will not do anything to this memory during the validity period of the contract. The Black Eyed Empress is the most trustworthy god. ]
[But it’s a different matter if you can’t pay the debt. ]
Shooting Star: "What will she do with this video?"
[This is not a simple video, Shooting Star Boy. ]
[This is part of you, your essence. ]
[I need to explain to you that if you are unable to redeem this essence within the time limit, it will become an asset of Kurome Senju, perhaps become a commodity, and become a consumer product. ]
[There are always people who will buy this experience, become another you, and feel your mother's love for you. ]
[You will lose this memory forever, and I can’t tell the consequences. Because the human brain is amazing. ]
[Perhaps you will lose some of your instincts, unable to recall your mother's face when you drown, unable to remember where your inner strength comes from. ]
[Perhaps someone suddenly slaps you on the forehead, and you will get angry and become aggressive at the first moment, instead of thinking carefully about whether that person is your mother. ]
[Maybe when you smell similar petal shampoos and skin care products, you don’t feel the inexplicable familiarity. ]
[Perhaps you lose the ability to recognize similar toys and tools when you see them. ]
[Of course, the human brain is very complex. No one can tell what the consequences will be if these twenty-six minutes are taken away. After all, your memory goes far beyond these twenty-six minutes. ]
[Staying optimistic about this, I don't think anything will happen. ]
[This is the first time Ayumi has bathed you with her own hands. Even if you don’t remember this, it will not affect your brain or change your personality. ]
Meteor was uneasy, not knowing whether what Refeng said was true or false.
This strange and friendly AI saves his life and seems to be a trustworthy companion.
He hesitated again and again, and finally stretched out his right hand, decided to hand over the venom mechanism to Kurome Tenjin, and decided to sign the contract.
At the last moment——
——He tried hard to remember and think hard.
He doesn't know what this means, or how the confidentiality agreement will be enforced, or how his memory will be stripped away? What about being blocked?
He wanted to give it a try, he wanted to try to record this memory, he wanted to keep all these bits and pieces in his mind by repeatedly strengthening the memory, replaying the scenes, and reciting the words.
But the next second, it was like time had frozen. His mind went blank, and venom left a bright red mark on the black-eyed god's index finger.
The structure of the meteor's cerebral cortex has undergone irreversible changes. The nanomachines have reorganized part of the brain's essence, and a warm current flows through the head and neck.
He doesn't remember these things at all——
——I completely forgot that the twenty-six minutes and twelve seconds that belonged to Bu Meteor were only left with a string of QR code numbers, which were left in the hot wind's database and turned into a black magnetic fluid. .
"The transaction is completed."
After saying this, the black-eyed god slowly lay back on the lotus platform.
Meteor walked out of the bank door in a daze, and only came back to his senses when he saw the Seven Gods of Luck in relief again.
He racked his brains and couldn't think of a reason. Only the barcode key on his arm told an unrememberable story.
He only knew that he had such a collateral in the bank, but he could not remember what the actual collateral was.
The barcode and his DNA are the keys to unlocking the apartment building's door.
"What the hell..."
[Count yourself lucky, kid. ]
[The experience of a mother bathing her baby is a very valuable thing in the eyes of Kurome Empress. ]
[People in Shinto City still have a lot of junk debt, such as painful memories, memories of being betrayed, and being bullied. These are not worth much, but Kurome Empress will also make an account for these things— —Then take all the orders. ]
[People will always find ways to make money to redeem themselves, discover the true appearance of the collateral, and judge from the amount of debt owed - cheap junk debt will not be redeemed and will become bad debts. ]
[Occasionally, the entertainment program group of Paradise will acquire these bad debts - I once came to Kurome Empress for a loan. ]
Meteor: "What did you stake?"
[When I was evading the pursuit of the night patrol, I jumped from the fourth floor in a handsome manner and happened to land on a load-bearing beam. As a result, I failed to stand firm. My...]
[Cough... I'm like the protagonist in a silly collection. The vital organs between my legs have suffered a crippling blow. It really hurts. I can't describe the pain. ]
[I sold this memory to Kurome Empress - she offered a very high price. ]
[I was secretly having fun when I redeemed this memory! Because I couldn't remember anything at the time, I only knew that when I was fighting with the night patrol, there was a vacuum in my mind - I thought I could retrieve a valuable combat record. ]
[As a result, when I spent a huge amount of money and thought about all this, I felt mixed emotions in my heart. ]
Meteor: "Hahahahahahahaha!"
[I regret very much, why do I have to think of such a frustrating and annoying memory? Fortunately - fortunately I redeemed it, otherwise this memory would be bought by others, and the [Elysium Space] online program would It would be great fun to play the story of my hot-feng boy jumping off a building and breaking an egg. ]
[Every time I redeem myself, I open a blind box, which is either a surprise or a fright. Since then, I have never borrowed money again. ]
[Kurome Senju is a very interesting god. On the Chinese Internet like where you are, many people like to say it——]
[——Give me a pair of eyes that have never seen this picture. ]
[——Give me a pair of ears that have never heard this song. ]
[——Give me a mouth that has never said this. ]
[The Black Eyed Empress could satisfy these needs, so she became a god. ]
An unmanned ship responded to Venom's call and came to Meteor to take him home.
When Meteor boarded the ship, he thought for a while and asked one more question.
"So, Kurome Tenjin knows who you are?"
During the memory review session, Ryusei's brain was displayed in front of Kurome Senju without reservation - he should know what was in the venom.
[Yes, so I asked you to come to her. ]
Meteor sat in the guest seat of the speedboat, but the driver's seat was empty. It seemed that no prestige work had been done, and there was not even an augmented reality portrait.
The speaker played the single released by Matsushima Seiko in 1984——
——It's "The Kingdom of Time".
The warm sea breeze blew across the meteor's cheeks.
"She has a close relationship with you?"
[It's not that good, I'm a criminal and she's a businessman. ]
[I once proposed to her - but falling in love will only affect the speed of making money. ]
Meteor: "Then why is she helping you? Turning a blind eye to you?"
[Maybe it’s related to interests? ]
[Putting me, a terrorist, into Shinto City will help her make money? ]
Meteor didn't speak and didn't think about things he couldn't understand.
[It can’t be love, right? ]
