Chapter 196 A Dream of Chaos

“It’s time to let the wounds heal, operative Li Lin.”

"Because if you peel off those scabs, all you'll get are hands full of blood."

"You understand, right?"

"I think I understand."

...

...

[It has degenerated into mere conjecture, conjecture, conjecture, conjecture.]

Wake up!

[Don't wake up?]

I've fucking had enough! You bastard, you're such a coward!

Interviewee: Li Lin, Activist.

Interviewer: Mr. █████████████

Interviewer: So you refuse to wake up, then who exactly are you?

Li Lin: I am Li Lin, an operative. I am an ordinary office worker. I am a pathetic wretch suffering from delusions. I am one of the hosts of Eoubs-031.

Interviewer: I'm sorry, you used too many words, and we at Eoubs don't have any records of that.

Li Lin: It's so chaotic. It seems like something incomprehensible has happened to everyone, but someone... will eventually come out and summarize. Right now, it feels like I'm dreaming. I've lost all connection with everything. Even this awareness seems like an illusion.

Interviewer: Disconnect, disconnect, disconnect, wake up, wake up?

Li Lin: It's come to this, so let it be. Actually, dreaming feels pretty good. Every day, tens of thousands of voices are shouting and crying in my head—they all want me to wake up, 031… The side effects of the Blood Source are too great. I do feel a bit tired, as if reality is no longer so real… I'm sorry, this is the only way I can describe it to you, after all, I'm a delusional idiot.

Interviewer: I'm sorry, you used too many words, and we at Eoubs don't have any records of that.

Li Lin: Wait... you just said that.

Interviewer: So you refuse to wake up, then who exactly are you?

Li Lin: Damn it, what the hell is going on? Is this real space or another dream? Please tell me your name, Mr. ████?

Interviewer: Dr. █████████████

[Unknown person detected.]

Welcome to the great, ...

"Don't waste your energy. This isn't a name at all; it's just a series of altered syllables coming from his mouth. As for why you thought of altering syllables? How could you deliberately change the pronunciation in normal conversation? It's because I've adjusted your understanding."

"Damn, this is a really complicated dream, and there's more than one. Do you know how messed up Yu Jianchu's dreams are? You two are such a perfect match."

Interviewer: This concludes our cognitive survey.

Narrator: (The fantasy world vanished, and operative Li Lin suddenly plunged into darkness. All conscious life forms began to melt and unify. Eoubs-031 was out of control, but he still couldn't suddenly access the Mirror of Eternal Dreams. Dr. █████████████ will handle everything.)

<0217 Recording ended, [Selected time information]>

Ring ring—

The phone rang quietly amidst the lingering effects of the surging blood.

The noisy conversation of the crowd replaced the pain that permeated my whole body.

[There are still remnants.]

[Pending control.]

Li Lin sat at his desk, holding a coffee cup in both hands. In front of the screen were piles of cheap instant coffee packets—a common brand in convenience stores. To be honest, they tasted terrible and were terribly bitter, but he just liked drinking them.

[A cup of coffee, as bitter as the life of the founder of Eoubs.]

The document records the tasks required today: printing documents, helping to deliver labels needed by customers, printing documents, printing documents, and finally, printing documents again.

And—find a new job.

Looking for a new job?

Li Lin glanced at the refresh record and frantically clicked the save button that was swiping down – indicating that he had been doing this for some time.

But he had no memory of it, nor had he ever thought of it before. He only remembered that he hadn't slept well the night before, and his delusions were getting worse.

You should go to the hospital to get checked out after get off work. Although the cost might be a bit high, you might lose even more if you continue like this.

The young executive naturally saw the record in the document, but shrugged it off, placed the stack of documents on Li Lin's desk, and said with a smile, "Please print three copies for me and give them to the front desk. Thank you for your trouble."

"Of course, if you don't want to, that's fine, I'll find someone else."

Li Lin numbly turned his head, staring blankly at them, then shifted his gaze to the empty coffee cup.

In reality, you can no longer be certain what the real world is.

You don't want to make a choice either.

Are you Li Lin, an operative for Eoubs?

[He's still a hapless guy suffering from delusions, doing the same monotonous and boring work every day, unable to find any new way out in life.]

You're pathetic.

My dear fellow human beings.

Such a hypocritical...infected being.

[Help him print the documents.]

[Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!]

[Escape.]

What would you choose?

Eoubs-031 has been confirmed dead.

Activist Li Lin's main task is to live with the unstable taboo Eoubs-031 from birth to death. He should spend his miserable and empty life with the company of his loved ones and relatives and fully enjoy the pain in life.

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