Surprise! Arrived in 2016

Chapter 23: Accident! Arriving in 2016

The next morning, a bell rang.

Bian Senlin said dazedly, "Isn't today Sunday? Did you forget to turn off the alarm?"

"It's not an alarm clock, it's a phone..."

21 He fumbled with his phone, opened his eyes with great effort, and was instantly awake.

"Hello? Grandma, um, I just woke up. Thank you, grandma... um, that's enough! Don't worry, grandma... hehe..."

Bian Senlin recognized that it was his grandmother calling, so he sat up and listened quietly.

He has a gentle expression. In the early years, grandma would write down the birthdays of the whole family in a small notebook.

Later, when I learned how to use a mobile phone, I entered all of these into my calendar and even set an alarm.

No matter whether it is grandchildren or sons and daughters-in-law, grandma is always the first to call and wish them a happy birthday.

My grandmother is an old lady who loves to learn. From the early pagers to the later smartphones, she can always get the hang of it quickly.

Nowadays, whether it is online shopping or surfing the Internet, they are no worse than young people.

Grandma always said with a smile: "If you can live longer, you will see more new things and new technologies. It's really interesting. You can learn as long as you live."

At this time, 21 had finished talking to his grandmother on the phone. Looking at the swollen Bian Senlin beside him, he asked hesitantly, "What's wrong with you?"

Bian Senlin finally came to his senses: "No... just, I haven't talked to grandma on the phone for a long time, and I miss home."

In the past, he would talk to his grandmother on the phone every week.

Ever since he was involved in this accident, it has been almost more than a month, adding up the time he has spent in various time and space. This makes Bian Senlin feel a little dazed when he thinks about it.

"Uh...why don't I call back and you talk to grandma."

21 was about to call back when he picked up his phone, but Bian Senlin stopped him.

"No, the call just ended. If you call back now, grandma will think something has happened. Don't make her worry. Let's talk next time when we have a chance."

21 Thinking about it, it made sense. Since he was already awake, he simply got up, opened the refrigerator and asked, "What would you like for breakfast?"

Bian Senlin thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we just go out and eat sticky rice? We haven't eaten it for a while."

He wanted to eat it when he was in 2023, but there were only rice balls for sale in the East China Sea, and rice balls didn't taste like glutinous rice.

21's eyes lit up: "Okay! I know a place with delicious sticky rice."

The two of them took action immediately after talking.

When talking about food, a long list of dishes popped up in Bian Senlin's mind: "Actually, I also want to eat barbecue, but it should be available in the evening..."

21 licked his lips, obviously tempted by what Bian Senlin said. "But the barbecue here is only as good as the one from Wumeng. The one from Yunwu is okay, but it doesn't taste as good as that."

As he spoke, 21 swallowed his saliva and said, "It's been more than half a year since I last had barbecue from my hometown."

This was longer than Bian Senlin. Summer vacation just ended before his 20th birthday, and he even showed off several times when he went home.

So Bian Senlin asked in confusion: "Huh? It's only September, didn't summer vacation just end? You didn't go back?"

21 waved his hand. "I'm looking for an internship. I didn't go back home this summer, but I think the opportunities to go back may become fewer and fewer in the future."

Bian Senlin thought of his future self and nodded: "Indeed, we went to the East China Sea later, and came back even less often."

Speaking of Donghai, Bian Senlin recalled his chubby 29-year-old self and excitedly talked about his own experiences with 21:

"I haven't told you in detail about the future yet, have I? Let me tell you, ten years from now, the Bian Forest will become a big fat man!"

"ha?"

"Surprised, right? I was stunned!"

Bian Senlin put his arm on 21's shoulder and discussed with him: "I think we should start exercising from now on to maintain a good body.

You don’t know, when we are 28, our bodies are so fragile that we can end up in the hospital just by working…”

The two brought back breakfast and chatted while eating.

As we chatted, we talked about the situation in 21.

"You don't know, it's so hard to find an internship! I searched for a long time before I found a small company in Chaohu District that took me in.

Yuzai found out and actually asked me why I ran to such a remote place...

Well, that makes sense. If I can find a suitable job in the old city, why would I move to the new district?"

"that is!"

"You don't know, when I got my first month's internship salary, I called my dad and told him I didn't need him to give me living expenses anymore, so he wouldn't think I was a piggout and had to rely on them for support."

Bian Senlin was stunned for a moment, and for some reason he suddenly thought of 28.

21 was clearly engrossed in the conversation and didn't notice Bian Senlin's annoyance. "And wow! Bian Yan is a senior this year, but he complained to me that something strange is happening at their school again."

Bian Senlin's attention was instantly drawn back, and he urged, "Tell me, what's going on?"

…

After chatting about family matters, the two tech geeks didn't think about going out for a walk. Bian Senlin enthusiastically told 21 about the new technologies he learned in 2023.

During this period, Chen Lie came back to take a look and felt that these two guys were extremely worry-free, so he went out again without worry, like a dragon that could not be seen from head to tail.

Time flies and it's Monday again.

Chen Lie hadn't come back yet, so Bian Senlin, who had nothing to do, followed 21 to work again.

Bian Senlin paid special attention to Shi Gou, who always caused trouble for 21, and found that just as Master Li said, he did not dare to provoke 21 again.

But Bian Senlin found that he seemed to have a new target. He saw Shi Gou staggering behind Xiao Xiao, who was also an intern.

Under the pretext of teaching her how to code, he was actually pointing fingers at her with arrogance.

The girl named Xiaoxiao smiled politely but didn't know what to say. It was obvious that she, like 21, was an introvert.

Bian Senlin felt that some people seemed to be suffering from a disease that made them feel uncomfortable if they didn't act like a jerk. He saw the jerk in front of him saying in a jerk voice:

"It doesn't matter if you don't know how to do it. You girls aren't cut out to be programmers anyway. It wouldn't be bad to do something else in the future."

This was too much for 21 to bear, and he retorted:

"But the first programmer in history was a woman! And programming was once considered a job suitable for women."

Shi Gou saw 21 speak and said with a forced smile: "Is this true?"

21 nodded confidently and suggested earnestly, "Ms. Ada Lovelace, the founder of computer programming. You should go and learn about her."

Shi Gou felt a little embarrassed when he saw that 21 was really right. He repeated as if to cover up, "Is it true?"

At this moment, a colleague next to him couldn't hold back his laughter and said, "Really? This is written in the textbook!"

The people around him also laughed. Shi Gou realized that he had made a fool of himself and quietly returned to his workstation.

Colleague Xiaoxiao gave 21 a look of gratitude, and Bian Senlin also gave 21 a thumbs up.

Unfortunately, there was visual interference. 21 knew the forest was there, but he couldn't see it.

Just as Bian Senlin was about to send a message to 21 on the social software they had agreed on, there were sudden exclamations in the office.

"Why is there a power outage?"

"Oh shit! I haven't saved my picture yet!!!"

The last sentence comes from a designer who is having a breakdown.

Bian Senlin sincerely mourns for this designer. In a few years, the software will have an automatic save function. I hope he can use it soon.

In this moment of panic, a deep and urgent voice came from Bian Senlin's headset: "Boy! Get out of the way!"

Before Bian Senlin could react from the melon-eating scene, he saw a bright light appear in front of him, which swept him up and made him disappear on the spot.

Chen Lie followed closely behind, but eventually lost him: "Damn! This is such a shame!"

Being able to kidnap someone right under his nose, Shen Lie felt that he had never been so embarrassed in his life.

Of course, if Wei Li were here, he and Shen Lie would probably have a lot in common, but now Shen Lie is probably too busy to discuss his feelings with Wei Li.

He had been searching for abnormal energy sources during this period, and he unexpectedly discovered that the abnormal energy sources of the two abnormal nodes 2015 and 2016 had actually merged.

No wonder the energy outside the 2015 abnormal node is so violent, but the inside is calm.

Just as he was about to capture the two-in-one abnormal energy source, the abnormal energy source fled frantically as if it had its own consciousness.

And then it was even able to sweep away the neighboring forest. Chen Lie felt that this was completely out of the question.

No matter what, he has to find the person first, otherwise he will be too embarrassed to go back to the base!

*

When Bian Senlin woke up, he found himself lying in a safe passage. A deep voice kept echoing in his headset:

"Kid, answer the call! Border Forest, answer the call if you hear me!"

Bian Senlin shook his head, and after regaining some clarity, he responded, "I...I'm here."

Chen Lie on the other side breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, after the upgrade, they could still communicate across time and space under strong interference.

"Report your time and location!"

At this time, Bian Senlin was fully awake. He answered while checking the instructions:

"This is... October 28, 2016, Tianhui Building, Yueli District, Donghai City?"

This was not a place he was familiar with. When he was 28 and 29 years old, he lived in Nanbei District of Donghai City and worked in Boshan District.

2016... I was still in Nanchuan when I was 21 years old. Could it be that I came to Donghai during this year?

On the other side, Chen Lie also quickly reviewed Bian Senlin's life in his mind.

Comparing this time point, Chen Lie narrowed his eyes and thought to himself that something was wrong.

But Chen Lie didn't show it, and continued to issue instructions to Bian Senlin quickly and concisely: "Check whether all the equipment on you is operating normally!"

Bian Senlin quickly obeyed: "The communication equipment is normal, the detection equipment is normal, the emergency equipment is normal..."

After Bian Senlin reported, Chen Lie continued to ask, "Where's the emotion control device?"

Bian Senlin was stunned, having almost forgotten about it. After checking, he replied, "Normal!"

"Okay, now turn on the positive emotion controller and adjust the power to maximum."

Bian Senlin was a little confused, but he did as he was told: "It's turned on!"

"From now on, keep communicating with me. I'm affected by the abnormal energy and can't immediately enter the node you're in, but I will reunite with you as soon as possible. Now find a suitable place to stay and wait for me."

"good!"

Bian Senlin agreed and prepared to leave the emergency passage. The moment he opened the heavy fire isolation door, a roar reached his ears:

"What about me? Have you ever considered me?"

Bian Senlin thought the voice sounded familiar, so he followed the sound and saw a familiar figure.

The man quickly hung up the phone after hearing footsteps and turned around abruptly: "Who?!"

Bian Senlin was stared at by a pair of red eyes filled with anger, and he stood there in a daze. This was - another Bian Senlin!