Blue Star, Yancheng, 4 p.m.
Chen Yi had a half-burned cigarette in his mouth, wearing a floral shirt under his casual suit. He stood on the roadside with his hands in his pockets and casually glanced at the girl in cool clothes on the sidewalk not far away.
It's hot summer.
In modern cities, there are no ugly women in summer.
Put on makeup, wear sunglasses, and wear a summer dress, and Sister Feng can transform into Diao Chan when she comes.
Even if you don’t look too good, you can transform yourself into an urban beauty by wearing a mask and eyeshadow.
As for the few girls who noticed Chen Yi's gaze, not only did not one of them feel dissatisfied, but they all stretched out their tender tongues and licked the corners of their mouths and winked at Chen Yi, looking extremely charming and alluring.
There was just a hint of panic in the girl's eyes, and the red bloodshot eyes that filled her pupils.
It makes the whole picture less frivolous and more weird.
Everyone on the street is chatting.
Even two strangers going to work side by side kept chatting on the road, like old friends.
He flicked the cigarette butt in his hand next to the trash can and casually glanced at the two strangers walking side by side behind him. The conversation between them was also extremely interesting.
"have you eaten?"
"have eaten."
"What did you eat?"
"Okay, actually I didn't eat it, so did you eat it?"
It's obviously not like a normal conversation, but almost everyone on the street is having this kind of meaningless conversation.
Although two people are talking.
But it was obvious that he didn't hear what the other party was saying, and he was just talking about himself. It seemed that his IQ was even lower than that of the AI in junk web games.
The whole world gives people the feeling of an abandoned web game that has not been maintained for a long time.
At this time——
The cleaner on the side came over, picked up the cigarette butts that Chen Yi had just flicked to the ground, and kept talking.
"Thank you, you are really good at throwing away cigarette butts."
"Hey, you are smoking lotus. This is a good smoke."
"You know, I am already 67 this year. I have always been very proud of myself. After all, living a long time is a good thing, right?"
"But now, I suddenly feel that living too long is not a good thing. Do you live long?"
Finished.
The old man raised his head and stared at Chen Yi with expectation and urgency in his eyes, as if waiting for something.
"..."
After Chen Yi was silent for a while, he took out a cigarette from his arms again, put it to his mouth and lit it: "Old man, this is the fucking King Furong, not the Lotus. Your eyes are not ordinary blind."
"Go back and get your eyes treated."
Not a very polite thing to say.
At least this shouldn't be said to an elder.
But after hearing this, the old man didn't get angry. Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief and walked aside with a broom in his hand contentedly: "Lotus is good, lotus is good, my son also likes to smoke this cigarette."
"You should also go back and treat your lungs. Sooner or later, you will be beaten to death, and my son will soon be beaten to death."
"You two are going to die together, so I can use less courtesy."
"..."
Chen Yi sighed speechlessly, looked down at his watch, and flicked the cigarette ashes on the ground impatiently.
On the trash can, there are two conspicuous and eye-catching slogans.
"Trash is not allowed to be thrown into the trash can. Violators will be responsible for this!"
"The ashes must be flicked to the ground. Violators will be responsible for this!"
In addition to these slogans, there are also various giant slogans on the outer walls of high-rise buildings throughout the city.
"You can't refuse a chat from a stranger!"
"When someone talks to you, you must respond!"
The whole city looks extremely weird amidst the bustle!
Most people seemed to be in high spirits, but the redness in their eyes proved that most of them were on the verge of a mental breakdown.
Chen Yi stood there, waiting impatiently, without speaking.
The world has completely changed since two months ago.
Everyone remembers that day clearly.
Two months ago.
A voice sounded in the minds of everyone around the world.
"Game update announcement!"
"The new version of Blue Star 4.0 will be updated without interruption starting at 12:00 a.m. on April 1. The main content and adjustments of this update are as follows."
"1. Optimize the server and improve stability."
"2. Added this month's rule "Active Master": All players must talk to others 1,000 times a day. Those who violate the rules will be rendered mute. This rule will be offline in two months."
"3. Optimize sea level rise on some maps."
"4. All players activate the visual personal panel."
"The Snow Sea project team wishes all players a happy game in version 4.0."
"PS: In the preview of the next update, the project team has decided to add the rules of the month regarding "thriller" elements in the next update. Players please stay tuned."
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Just a few simple sentences.
It looks like an ordinary game update announcement, but the problem is that this is not a game, this is happening in reality!
April 1st is April Fool's Day.
The sudden sound in my ears and the panel in front of me seemed like an April Fool's Day prank.
At first, most people were a little confused and didn't know what was going on.
Until that day passes and the next day comes.
Nearly 20% of people in the world have become mute.
Only then did humans realize that this damn version update was actually a real supernatural event! ! !
Although they might rather believe it, many people completed the daily rules tasks on the first day.
but--
Not everyone has the opportunity to talk to others for 1,000 words every day.
This includes mutes, vegetative people, patients with severe cerebral palsy, children who are rescued in the intensive care unit of hospitals and who cannot yet speak, and there are too many.
In one day, there are nearly 20% more mutes in the world.
Fear quickly spreads throughout the planet.
This unknown and mysterious power has caused various conspiracy theories to spread through various channels!
No one knew what was going on, but they knew one thing, that is, they had to talk to others 1,000 times a day.
Even if it's nonsense.
Otherwise, the result will be to become mute forever.
Doesn't make any sense.
Of course... from a certain perspective, people who are originally mute seem to be able to ignore this punishment. Anyway, they are already mute. Although they cannot complete the daily rules tasks, they do not need to accept punishment.
That's good news?
But even in the face of such a disaster, humans adapted quickly and formulated various regulations, including doing their best to ensure that everyone can talk to others for up to 1,000 sentences a day.
People in need can seek help from the government, and an emergency assistance hotline has been set up.
The people at the top are eagerly discussing this matter, while trying to stabilize society as much as possible and slowly looking for solutions.
It is a terrible thing to mobilize all human power together.
The slogans on the exterior walls of these high-rise buildings are the products of the first month.
But...just when humans have become accustomed to this way, and think that no matter how bad it is, it can only be like this.
The second month has come.
On the first day of May.
That voice sounded in everyone's ears again.
