In the bathroom.
After washing up during the summer solstice, I turned off the faucet and put away the mouth cup and toothbrush.
He looked up at the mirror, looked at himself in the mirror, then turned around and walked out.
Although he believed that he had been decadent for a long time, this feeling could not be described by the passage of just one or two years, but by a long period of time. However, in fact, all this is just what happened "today".
So I won't say that I look sloppy or unkempt.
But that's all. Of course, he didn't have much energy, and instead looked weak. No energy or interest in doing things—including returning to work.
However, he still decided to go back to work today——
Or,
Summer Solstice I just want to go back and take a look and try to spend this long and monotonous day in different ways.
This can be regarded as his main lifestyle now, because he can no longer look forward to the present or the future. However, life still has to go on. No matter how boring the days are, he must find something to kill time.
Fishing, playing games, extreme sports...
Anything is fine, as long as it kills time.
Anyway, they are all things that have been repeated countless times.
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Just as I walked down the stairs, the urging messages were sent again, one after another, one after another.
Every vibration of the phone seems to be urging the summer solstice to speed up.
After all, it's already noon, but he hasn't arrived at the company yet. This doesn't look like he has a positive and hard-working attitude, nor is he a qualified employee who strives to make his boss live a good life.
If you are an ordinary social worker, facing such pressure directly from your immediate boss, you will be more or less panicked.
But Xia Zhi himself was very calm about this. It cannot be said that he was completely disapproving of it, it could only be said that he was completely scornful.
"OKOK, I'm already in the car..."
"But the road is a bit congested. There should be traffic jams, so we have to wait a little slower to get there..."
Faced with a series of urging messages, he replied perfunctorily, walked past the arguing delivery boy and security guard, and walked out of the community. Although there was a very exciting Mortal Kombat game about to take place next, it had no appeal to him who had watched it countless times.
Again--
He just wanted to spend his time in a different way today, not really to go back to work. To put it bluntly, this is no different from him choosing to go fishing, skydiving, or mountain climbing today.
Anyway, it's essentially the same thing, it's just a way to kill time.
As for being scolded for being late, or being deliberately made difficult by your boss, or having your bonus deducted, etc... Probably only my past self would be obsessed with these meaningless people or things, and would be affected by these trivial things day by day. With emotions.
But now Xia Zhi has already taken a dim view of it. Since he has realized the futility of these things, he naturally doesn't care.
It's not that I don't care, it's that I don't care.
Walk out of the gate of the community and walk straight to the right. After walking a short distance, you turn right again.
Near this community is an alley that specializes in various breakfast restaurants. It will be very busy in the morning, but it will be deserted at noon. I often come here to have breakfast during the summer solstice before starting the day.
Although he had been passionate about food for a long time and was determined to taste all the delicious food in the world in one day, so every morning, he would go straight out and move towards his goal.
However, when this enthusiasm subsides and interest wanes, people often unconsciously return to their original form, following the principle of convenience and choosing the most direct way to act.
Xia Zhi is no exception. Now he is completely like a salted fish who has lost his dream. His main goal is to just muddle along and be able to cope with one day at a time, of course, whatever is convenient for him.
So now when he goes out in the morning, he comes here to have breakfast. It has almost become a fixed mechanism that must be triggered in every cycle.
Walking through the familiar streets, he lowered his head and thought, and the question that had been pondered over and over again emerged again - what should I eat?
In his normal life in the past, this problem had been a problem that troubled him every day, not to mention his current terrible situation. Of course, he could choose not to eat, but that would only add to the suffering of hunger in an already boring day.
Anyway, it will take time...
Why do you need to make your experience worse and more uncomfortable in the process?
——No matter how you think about it, this is a sad story.
Xia Zhi shook her head, no longer thinking about these messy things, then raised her eyes and looked around.
The next second.
He suddenly stopped moving, slowly turned his head and looked in the opposite direction, with a trace of doubt in his eyes, as if he was attracted by a magnet.
An unusual presence caught his attention.
Due to the emptiness of the street, the figure stood out.
But these are not the key. The real key is that that figure should not have appeared here! Appeared at the wrong place at the wrong time! That’s why it looks so eye-catching!
"..."
"..."
For a moment, Xia Zhi's heartbeat accelerated, and she wondered if she was still in a dream, or if she had simply seen it wrong. He maintained that frozen posture, standing there as if the whole world was leaving him.
Then, like lightning piercing the sky, his thoughts suddenly became clear.
That’s right!
There’s no way you’re wrong!
My knowledge of this alley has reached a hopelessly sad level, no matter the location of each floor tile, or the passers-by, their names, their lives, when they appeared, who they talked to, and What...
I know it all! !
Even in the noisiest time of the morning, when the whole street is bustling with people, you can completely grasp it! Not to mention that it is already a quiet noon, and the breakfast street has become deserted and deserted! !
A figure that should not exist! !
At least until today's cycle began, he had never noticed a figure appearing in that location at this moment!
In an instant——
It seemed as if every nerve was trembling, and every cell was trembling. Feelings that could not be expressed in words swept through Xia Zhi's body like a violent storm.
Long time no see...
He found that he still felt "excited".
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Another strange world...
It feels somewhat similar to the previous world, but very different...
The white-haired girl looked around alertly, the sword clenched in her hand revealing her vigilance. The moment she steps into this new world, she immediately becomes keenly aware of her surroundings. After a while, her face became visibly serious.
Sure enough, we can’t take it lightly!
This new world is likely to be very similar to the previous one, full of unknown dangers and bloody chaos.
This is too important to ignore. After all, in the world that the girl had just set foot in not long ago, this was the scene.
Even though she only had a rough understanding of it, she already knew that in that world, people lived in buildings made of glass, had iron pieces in their heads, and fought from a distance. They use something like a telescope and a flying boat to travel...
If these are all the results of some unique magic technology, then we can only lament that its level of development is astonishing, its popularity is astonishingly high, and it even reveals a vague trend of technology getting out of control.
——The girl doesn’t know what a cyberpunk world is where technology is advanced and artificial intelligence is everywhere, but at the same time it is chaotic, with a huge gap between the rich and the poor, and a high crime rate.
——After all, before she had time to understand much at the time, she was almost involved in a sudden gang fight and was suddenly taken into custody.
In the city streets with bright neon lights, fierce battles may break out at any time, metal fragments fly around like a torrent, and flowers of killing bloom...
But for the passers-by who were inadvertently involved in it, this would be very unfriendly, and it would be an unforeseen disaster.
So much so that even now in this new world, there is still a shadow lingering in her heart. Because after a brief inspection, she naturally noticed that this world was suspiciously similar to the previous world.
Whether it is the vehicles speeding on the road or the high-rise buildings in the distance reflected in the glass curtain walls, these elements all vaguely reveal the atmosphere of the previous world. The unique style and familiar outline can be recognized at a glance.
Perhaps, this world is the previous world's... original appearance?
Either way, it's always wise to be vigilant.
She looked around cautiously. There were not many pedestrians on the street, and it seemed a little deserted under the scorching sunshine and scorching heat at noon. But this is probably a good thing for her.
This means that not many people pay attention to her and don't see her coming, which can save a lot of unnecessary trouble.
The girl pursed her lips tightly.
fair enough……
Maybe I can take a short breather...
However, just when she had this idea, almost at the same moment, without any warning——
"Hello."
There was a voice from the front, which seemed to be plain and calm, but also obviously carried an irrepressible briskness.
The girl was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to be slow to understand, and noticed a slender figure in front of her. This figure seemed to appear in an instant, and seemed to have been standing there quietly.
It was just that she had somehow ignored his existence, and it wasn't until the figure spoke that she suddenly realized this fact.
A figure that should not exist! !
"...!!"
She was originally a frightened bird on the way to escape, and the grass and trees were all in danger. After being so frightened, her pupils suddenly shrank to the limit, as if there was an icy cold air spreading from her back to the top of her head, and a strong sense of crisis stung her cerebral cortex.
Under the rendering of such psychological expectations, there is almost no need to think, out of an almost instinctive reflection——
The white-haired figure suddenly rose up and teleported backwards like a ghost. His movements were as fast as the wind, dragging out a long white light and shadow!
They distanced themselves in an instant.
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(PS: Happy New Year, new atmosphere, everyone. Unknowingly, this book has been updated for two years. Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations...
Ciri makes a cameo appearance, and I miss the Ciri line in this book a little bit (is there such a thing...)
