As a "Li Piao", Gu Xing rents in a somewhat dank basement of an apartment in Lidu City.
One night, Gu Xing came home after working overtime and found a hole as thick as a finger on one side of the basement wall near the floor tiles.
I lay down at the entrance of the cave and looked at it for a while. There was some light inside, but I couldn't see the specific scene clearly.
Could it be that the young couple next door accidentally dug through the wall when they were driving nails or drilling holes?
It's really outrageous to drill holes in such a position.
The sound insulation in the basement is generally not very good, and any movement next door can be heard.
Especially in the dead of night, a girl's unrestrained screams would come out, and they would last for a long time. For a young man like Gu Xing who has been single for many years, it is really unfriendly.
Gu Xing has endured this for a long time, and he must take this opportunity to negotiate righteously today.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
"Who?"
"next door."
"It's so late, what's wrong?"
"It's really annoying, but there are some things it would be better to explain clearly tonight."
"squeak--"
The man who opened the door yawned, "Why are you so anxious?"
"Sorry, I wanted to ask, did you two drill a hole in the wall today?"
"Drill a hole?"
The man looked confused.
"That's it, huh-" Gu Xing gestured with his right hand like an electric drill, imitating the sound of an electric drill, and drilled into the wall, "Hi-"
"Oh..." The man understood, and turned to look at the woman hiding under the quilt in the room, "Hey, did you drill a hole today?"
The woman shook her head.
"Let me tell you," the man looked at Gu Xing, "Did you make a mistake?"
"I'm really sorry, but I want to go inside and take a look." Gu Xing pointed to the wall inside the room: "Because there is an extra hole in the wall over there for no reason. I have to find the reason to feel at ease."
The man looked a little embarrassed, and the woman smiled and said, "It's understandable, just watch it, there's nothing inconvenient about it."
Gu Xing walked into the room. The woman was wrapped in a quilt and sitting on the bed like a rice dumpling. She looked at Gu Xing with a curious expression.
Gu Xing guessed that the scenery inside the quilt must be much more beautiful than outside.
Although they have been neighbors for several months, this is the first time Gu Xing sees a woman because of their different schedules.
It was very different from what Gu Xing had guessed. Even without makeup, the woman's face was delicate enough, and her long eyelashes could be seen clearly from two or three meters away. The eyes are big and beautiful, and the eyes are very open and generous.
It's outrageous that this kind of woman is willing to live in a basement.
Out of politeness, Gu Xing's eyes only stayed on the woman's face for a moment, and then he turned his attention to the adjacent walls of the two rooms and scanned them carefully.
There were some stains and black scratch marks on the walls, but no sign of any holes.
"I'm really sorry to bother you two so late."
After the inspection, Gu Xing left quickly.
"It doesn't matter. I've been a neighbor for a while and I've never visited before." The man stood at the door. "Why don't you just sit down and have a sip of tea and have a casual chat."
"Uh... I have to get up early to go to work tomorrow."
"That's a pity. We'll visit you another day."
"welcome……"
It was a waste of time, but I was treated politely and patiently.
Feeling guilty, Gu Xing did not have the nerve to remind the other party to make as little noise as possible when creating humans in the future, or to adjust the time period, either during the day or at night when the neighbors were not asleep.
Returning to the basement of his home, Gu Xing looked at the small hole and wondered in his heart, if it wasn't a hole made by a neighbor, what could it be, infested by insects? The insect's teeth are quite impressive.
Gu Xing lay down again and looked at the entrance of the cave for a long time. Since the small hole does not open through the main house, it means that the end of the hole is within the wall, but why is there light?
Gu Xing thought for a while, then put his finger into the hole to explore.
If there are any bugs, kill them with one finger.
If you are bitten by a poisonous insect, call emergency services. Maybe it's possible to obtain some kind of amazing special powers. This is how it is written in comics and online novels. It's a so-called blessing in disguise.
Gu Xing stretched all his fingers in. There were no insects and the hole was empty.
But the feeling is very strange. There are waves of slight numbness on the fingertips, as if a thin membrane has been pierced, followed by a cool and numb feeling.
Gu Xing lay on the ground, relaxing all over. The fatigue of the day was washed away by the refreshing feeling coming from his fingertips.
It's like an electric car is plugged into a charging pile, and a steady stream of energy pours into the body.
Soon, Gu Xing forgot everything, lay on the floor, and fell asleep unconsciously.
When he woke up again, no matter how much time had passed, Gu Xing was still lying on the ground, and the half of his body near the floor was numb.
After lying on the floor for so long, it was a bit surprising that the humid air in the basement didn't make Gu Xing feel uncomfortable all over.
The lights in the room are bright and there is no sense of time passing.
This is a common problem in basements, where there are no windows to show the homeowner how the weather changes.
Gu Xing looked up at his watch.
"No, I'm going to be late."
He pulled out his finger, and felt an indescribable feeling of being pulled away, as if he had pulled his finger back from another world, crossing the barrier of time and space, and strange goosebumps appeared all over his body.
"It's simply crazy..."
Gu Xing got up, washed briefly, packed his clothes, and went out.
When not at work, Gu Xing likes to wear hooded sweatshirts. If you don't want to talk to others, you can always wear a hoodie and it's like being isolated from the whole world. There is only your own space inside the hat, and it doesn't matter if the sky is falling apart outside the hat.
The basement passage seemed a little strange today. Neighbors who were rarely seen usually got out of their dwellings and walked outside noisily.
The couple next door also came out, wearing pajamas and following the crowd.
"Good morning, isn't this our neighbor?" The man chuckled and waved to Gu Xing, "By the way, I haven't asked for Gao's name yet."
"Gu Xing, wake up, wake up."
"It doesn't sound like a native name."
"It's a bit strange, but it was indeed caused by my parents."
"My name is Kawamura Ryuichi," Ryuichi pointed to his beautiful girlfriend beside him, "She is Hasegawa Chiyo."
"Nice to meet you." Chiyo smiled.
"Me too," it would be better if it wasn't so noisy at night.
Gu Xing quickly moved his eyes away from Qianyo's face and looked at the crowd, "What's going on? There's an earthquake?"
"You didn't watch the news?"
"I just got up and I'm going to be late, so..."
Long Yi took out his mobile phone, clicked on a video, and handed it to Gu Xing.
The video seemed to be a recording of a certain news broadcast, reporting on the festive and peaceful scene of the Cherry Blossom Festival on the outskirts of the city.
Suddenly, the screen changed and it was back to the studio.
The female anchor looked serious,
[Below, insert a message that our station has just received.
At 23:34 pm Eastern Capital Time, a strange phenomenon appeared in the sky above the center of Lidu. A huge finger fell from the sky and pointed directly at Lidu Central Park...]
"Whether it's outrageous or not," Long Yi clicked his tongue, "It's not April Fool's Day yet. If this wasn't news from Lidu TV, I would have to wonder who was playing a prank."
Gu Xing looked at the video and opened his mouth.
The female anchor's clear enunciation was somehow blurred and distorted in his ears.
…
Gu Xing followed the flow of people outside the basement.
Long Yi was beside Gu Xing, watching the huge finger on the video on his mobile phone, and whispering in his ear, "Gu Xingjun, look at this finger, it looks fair and beautiful, could it be a woman's hand?"
But his girlfriend Chiyo said: "I'm sure it belongs to a man."
"Why?"
"Women's intuition."
"Oh, I understand. Is that the instinct you had when you chose me as your boyfriend?"
"cut."
"Just admit it quickly."
Gu Xing was so fed up with the dog food that he walked out of the basement.
It was getting daylight, and the open space behind the apartment was filled with people watching the excitement. The citizens of Lidu have always regarded gossip and excitement as more important than work and life. But there are very few people who are really willing to meddle in other people's business. For example, there are only two out of a hundred people who are willing to go into the lake to rescue people who are drowning.
Gu Xing, like the onlookers, looked in the direction of Central Park——
At this moment, there is a huge black hole in the sky above Central Park, with a diameter of about one kilometer according to visual inspection, and the huge finger mentioned in the news reports has disappeared.
Long Yi and his girlfriend walked up to him and took out their mobile phones again. The news station was broadcasting online.
She was still the same female anchor as before. Although she tried hard to cheer up, her tiredness was clearly visible on her beautiful face. It seemed that she had been busy all night with this change that was enough to ignite a news feast.
[Below, continue to report the latest news received by this station about the "Likong Giant Finger".
On October 19, at 6:37 a.m. Kyoto time, the huge finger above Central Park suddenly disappeared, leaving a huge black hole with a diameter of about 1.2 kilometers in mid-air.
Currently, the police headquarters has organized on-duty police forces to cordon off the area, and the cause of the incident is still under investigation...]
Gu Xing subconsciously shrank his fingers, as if a cool breeze from another world passed through his fingertips.
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Note: This novel takes Japan as the background area where the story takes place. It refers to many local systems, culture, and customs. However, it has been modified and adjusted according to the actual situation of the novel. If any mistakes are found by the research party, please criticize and correct them.
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