Zhou Jinru suddenly became confused and said incoherently: "You mean we are a couple, and now we are divorced, but for the sake of our lovely daughter, we are still a couple on the surface?"
It was quite sudden.
Kelsey, who looks like a middle-aged Ursus woman, said righteously: "Please don't associate the identity in the dream with reality!"
Zhou Jinru admitted that he had indeed made a legitimate association just now...
The thick arms waved their fists and almost touched his face. Zhou Jinru couldn't help but take a step back and said loudly: "I just didn't expect it to be like this!"
The quarrel between them did not attract the attention of passers-by. Maybe in this city, the same quarrel happens every day, and the husband is oppressed by his wife.
"Do you know why we got divorced?"
Kelsey retracted her fist and glared at him fiercely.
Zhou Jinru followed closely and asked curiously: "Why?"
As if it was some kind of complaint, the middle-aged woman complained: "I drink alcohol, have nothing to do after losing my job, can't let go of my pathetic airs, have a bad relationship with my children, and have a discordant family."
"Midlife crisis."
Zhou Jinru explained: “When people reach middle age, they will always face various crises. They cannot keep up with the times, repeat labor year after year, are despised by their children, and the economic crisis leads to the risk of unemployment. I got all kinds of illnesses after going downhill.”
He pointed to his body: "Take Ivan, for example. Long-term alcoholism will inevitably lead to liver damage. His pale face and sluggish steps indicate that his kidneys are not in good condition. His energy is listless. The confusion in his eyes cannot be concealed, as if he has seen the end of his life. , low mood, coupled with a little quarrel between husband and wife, can easily ignite the powder keg."
He didn't mention his daughter who attended Peterheim Middle School. It was an ordinary middle school where civilian children received education. What was going on with his daughter... he couldn't tell.
But a middle school student from Ursus General High School...
Fights, brawls, cliques, school violence, secret drinking, puppy love, and even tasting forbidden fruits, energetic children can always come up with something.
He couldn't expect every child to be as well-behaved and cute as Amiya, nor could he expect every daughter to be as sensible as Amiya.
Kelsey glanced at him and said seriously: "The reason why I let you enter this dream is not to let you experience the life of a middle-aged person in advance. You have your own things to do."
The two people were waiting for the bus in front of the platform. There were quite a lot of passengers on the bus at this time. They were surrounded by people getting on the bus. In order not to get separated, Zhou Jinru held Kelxi's hand tightly. There were two passengers between them. The car was driving on the bumpy road, and they kept holding hands until a considerable number of passengers got off the bus at a platform, and a breath of fresh air could finally circulate in the crowded car, and the clasped hands slowly loosened.
Kelsey was sitting on the inside of the double seat. Zhou Jinru was close to her and asked in a low voice:
"where are we going?"
"Boris No. 4 Middle School, I asked someone to find you a job as a security guard at the school gate."
Zhou Jinru's expression froze: "Please wake up, we are in a dream, this is not the real world."
What is it like to honestly look for a job?
Could it be that the omniscient and omnipotent Kelsey was lost in a dream?
His question was met with a big eye roll from Kelsey: "Don't you want to know what happened in Chernobog? Now is a good opportunity. After experiencing the St. Jaral incident, you should know it very well. The current situation.”
“History repeats itself?!”
"No, it's historical retrospection. The historical reappearance of the Deep Sea Council is expanded on the basis of historical retrospection. Everything you see, hear, and perceive comes from..."
As she said this, the bus stopped in front of the station, and the driver honked the horn impatiently.
However, what had been said caused an uproar in Zhou Jinru's mind, and he could not even maintain his immersion.
"What are you talking about? We in Rhode Island also have this technology?!"
"No, dream technology is still a technical black box for us. We can use it, but we don't know the principle or how it is done."
Zhou Jinru wanted to say something more, but Kelsey pushed him and urged: "It's time for you to get off the car and cherish this job."
He was kicked out of the car, just like a decadent husband who was kicked out of work by his wife. The confusion in his eyes fully explained the man's mental state at the moment.
"Kelsey is different from before. She seems to have become... lively. Her behavior is a bit like Amiya. No, or should I say Amiya is becoming more and more like Kelsey?"
Zhou Jinru looked down at a pair of old boots, gray trousers, and an equally aged jacket on his feet.
Ivan, this man lives a very cramped life. He is from Chernobog and has never left this mobile city in his life. As a mid-level technician, he is at the bottom of this abnormal society and is destined to have no room for advancement.
He had just divorced, and his ex-wife had fought for this job.
The desperate man was at the end of his rope.
Out of a man's only dignity, he should loudly reject his ex-wife's request, throw the employment letter in his hand on the ground, get out of the car angrily and leave.
People who live in the old era cannot truly integrate with the increasingly innovative society. At heart, he is still a technician and relies on technology to make a living, rather than being a security guard who is looked down upon.
But now, the person standing here is not the real Ivan.
The person who plays Ivan is Zhou Jinru. He doesn't need to think about that. In the dream, he doesn't need to worry about character issues. The worst he can do is to overthrow it and do it again.
Holding the personnel recruitment document, Zhou Jinru raised his head and looked at the rather impressive gate of the middle school. The unfamiliar Ursus text was automatically translated into understandable meaning in his mind:
Boris No. 4 Middle School.
Kelsey, who has great supernatural powers, actually found this place!
Before he could even approach the gate, he was stopped by several armed security personnel, because the man in front of him in shabby clothes and with a sick face could not have anything to do with this Ursus aristocratic school.
"I'm here to get hired."
Zhou Jinru raised the personnel report in his hand. In theory, there should be no problem.
He also had another question, why was Kelsey, whose identity was Caitlin, the laundry lady, able to get a personnel appointment letter from a noble middle school from a big noble?
Several security personnel formed a semicircle, staring at Zhou Jinru to prevent him from making any extraordinary moves, but nothing happened.
After confirming that the contents on the personnel appointment letter were true, the first security guard looked at him with complicated eyes: "Good luck guy, follow me."
Zhou Jinru was taken into the security department, not far from the gate. In addition, he also got a brand new set of security work clothes.
"Nikolaevich, you have just arrived. There is nothing else for you to do for the time being. Just send and receive express delivery here."
Zhou Jinru replied with all his heart, he was still getting used to the new clothes.
There is no doubt that his current body is too weak to compare with reality and cannot perform high-intensity work, so sending and receiving express delivery is the most suitable for him.
There is no difficulty, no temptation, only alienation and rejection.
Zhou Jinru looked at the pile of express delivery in the corner of the office. Some of them had a thin layer of dust on them. Apparently no one had claimed them for a while.
"In other words, the person behind the job has a very high status and is not in the same group as the nobles of Ursus?"
Are there such people in Chernobog?
Boris Fourth Middle School is an aristocratic middle school. Children of both new and old aristocrats go to school here. The new aristocrats who actively embrace capital form a new class and form a natural opposition to the old feudal aristocrats. Therefore, no matter how superficial it is, Although they are harmonious, they are still fighting against each other behind the scenes.
Adults may be able to tolerate calmness for a while, but it is difficult for young and energetic children.
"The skin of the nobles can still bind them together with common interests at critical moments. New nobles or old nobles, they are always nobles, so should I turn my attention to someone else?"
Zhou Jinru opened the express delivery and receipt record book and reviewed it one by one. They still felt it was a humiliation to be a commoner among the nobles even if they were just hanging around. Therefore, Zhou Jinru had a moment of leisure and carefully thought about Kelsey's true intention. .
After looking at it for a while, he suddenly reached out and slapped himself hard on the face. With a snap, he almost fell off the chair.
"I'm an idiot, I have to think about such a simple truth for so long!"
What drives the Chernobog Mobile City?
Its energy comes from a sarcophagus, and there is one other person closely connected with this sarcophagus besides Kelsi and him.
What this person has done before will definitely not be accepted by the nobles here, but he is protected by the top brass of Ursus.
"As long as he has the identity of a traitor, he will be easily taken advantage of by Kelsey, not to mention Kelsey was his former boss."
Zhou Jinru thought of the sandalwood comb, gaining a person's trust, and only the secret that this person kept deep in his heart.
Sergey!
Just as his thoughts were gradually diverging, a female student in school uniform stood in front of the express delivery window, gently tapping on the response window.
"Hello."
It was obviously the first time she met Zhou Jinru, also known as Ivan, and she was a little nervous because it was rare to see civilians in aristocratic schools.
Zhou Jinru raised his head, and the girl in front of him whispered: "Please bring me the courier of 'Morozova', thank you."
As she spoke, she handed over a courier order. Zhou Jinru took a look. The full name of this girl with long light blue hair was Anna Morozova. She purchased a few books.
Due to the accumulation of inventory at the delivery and reception points and irregular warehousing, it was difficult to find Morozova's express delivery. It took Zhou Jinru a lot of effort to find what she wanted.
"Thanks."
The girl with a ponytail received the express delivery, thanked her again, and left in a hurry. It was obvious that she was a slightly introverted girl.
She will have another codename in the future: Truth.
Zhou Jinru looked at the calendar beside the desk, December 16, 1096.
This date is an extremely ordinary day for a citizen of Chernobog, but in Zhou Jinru's eyes, it is the peace before destruction. In four days, the integration movement will attack this mobile city. A week later, The Rhode Island operators will sacrifice their blood and lives to rescue the doctor.
No, not four days, now!
Zhou Jinru took a deep breath of the winter air, and his weak body couldn't help coughing violently. Combining the scalpel-like attack and Ursus' deliberate inaction, coupled with the natural disaster, millions of citizens were killed here. , maybe a few days ago, the integration movement's tactical team had entered the city and started planning to destroy it.
His eyes fell on the unclaimed express delivery. I am afraid that the nobles who learned the news have already left the city, and the remaining people are just chips that can be discarded at will. These chips will eventually be added to Tallulah and become an infection. The attackers attacked Longmen and caused an important part in the territorial dispute between Ursus and the Yan Kingdom.
So, Kelsey, why did you create the historical backtracking...
She couldn't conjure up a personnel recruitment letter out of thin air. Even in a dream, she had to follow basic rules, otherwise her consciousness would rise directly.
Boom, boom, boom...
Just as he was thinking, a distant knocking sound suddenly came to his ears, and a familiar voice came from above the sky.
"It's time to wake up."
Zhou Jinru's consciousness began to break away from the dream, everything in front of him became blurred, and all the pictures gradually shattered, passing through the quiet deep water, and returned to his body.
Opening his eyes, Kelsey was standing in front of the medical cabin, looking down at him.
"How long have I been asleep?"
"Fourteen minutes, inspection completed."
Zhou Jinru held his hands on the silver-white metal handrails on both sides of the medical cabin, and his mind was still a little dazed: "You said this is an examination? In my dream, I became the security guard of Boris No. 4 Middle School!"
And Kelsey also became his ex-wife.
As if reading Zhou Jinru's inner thoughts, Kelsi, who was filling out the form, glanced at him sideways and said lightly: "Don't substitute the identity in the dream into reality, you will lose yourself."
Zhou Jinru had just woken up and was confused. He said casually: "Yes, you are right. After all, in the dream, Ivan and Caitlin had received a marriage certificate, a divorce certificate, and a daughter. But in reality, we There is still a deep estrangement, and it is difficult to maintain even a normal friendship."
As soon as the words came out, others were stunned. What did I say? !
"Is this what you really think in your heart?"
Zhou Jinru made a hoarse sound in his throat. He was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to continue, so he simply held his neck and shouted: "This is my wish!"
He was ready to hang on the bridge.
Unexpectedly, Kelsey was not angry, nor did she chase him away. Instead, she gathered up her skirt, sat in a chair not far away, and reminded: "You must pay attention to the boundary between dreams and reality. If your inner wish If it is too strong, your consciousness will not be able to tell which side is real."
Zhou Jinru calmed down at this time, thinking about Kelsi's words, and said seriously: "I may need an anchor to locate reality."
