"It's crazy... This world is really crazy."
Next to the open-air basketball court in Cangnan City, a tall young man was sitting in the shade of a tree, watching the live broadcast on the screen of his mobile phone and muttering to himself.
He kept flipping through the comments next to him.
[The wind and waves have stopped? How is this possible?! ]
[This is unscientific… This is really unscientific! My undergraduate major is meteorology. How can the clouds dissipate like this? And that’s the ocean! How can the ocean be calmer than the lake?! ]
[The figure in the red cloak raised his hand and pointed to the sky... and the sky cleared up? ? ]
[Who is he? Is he God? ]
[He came out of the Shenlong base, he must be from Daxia! What did I say! Daxia must be protected by someone!!!]
[I remember a brother mentioned above that he also met someone wearing a red cloak...]
[Yes, yes, I saw it too! So the red cloak is their symbol? Is it a secret organization of the Daxia military? ? ]
[Impossible, I don't believe this... It must be a special effect synthesis, probably some kind of marketing trick]
【……】
"Zhao Zhengbin! Are you still going to fight?"
Just as the boy was flipping through the comments, a boy patted a basketball and shouted from afar.
Zhao Zhengbin glanced at the time on his phone, clicked to close the live broadcast room, put the phone back into his bag, stood up and walked out of the stadium.
"You guys fight first... I'm going back."
After saying goodbye to his companions, Zhao Zhengbin walked away along the street alone.
He skillfully put two wired earphones into his ears and turned on the music. The hustle and bustle of the street was completely removed from his world. He looked down at the ground, and the scene he had just seen in the live broadcast unconsciously emerged in his mind.
A silver fortress stands tall on the roaring sea;
The thirteen crosses where the gods were crucified;
The dark red figure that pointed at the sky...
Endless fantasies filled his mind. He thought of the descriptions in the comments, and the passion in his heart could not be restrained and began to burn...
In this world, are there really such a group of extraordinary people who are silently protecting them?
Just when he couldn't help but turn on the live broadcast again, a figure bumped into his shoulder from behind and ran forward in a hurry.
"Ah! Sorry, sorry! I didn't mean to do that!"
He was a boy who looked younger than himself. He was holding a tablet and stopped at the door of an old-fashioned office. He waved to himself apologetically.
Zhao Zhengbin took off his headphones and was about to say it was okay when the young man hurriedly pushed the door open!
——Ding Dong! Welcome!
"Sister Hongying!! Look!!! The existence of Shenlong Pass has been exposed!"
"Ah? No where!"
"It's on this live broadcast... the corpses of the gods from the God Hunting Festival are still on it. It's gone viral online! I also saw Minister Wuquan..."
As the glass door closed, Zhao Zhengbin did not hear what was said afterwards, but his footsteps stopped at the door of the office.
Shenlong Pass?
Is it the military base with "Shenlong" written on it?
What is the Hunting God Festival?
Where did this boy, who looked younger than me, hear these things?
Several questions flashed through his mind, and he subconsciously looked up at the plaque above the office:
——Peace Office.
Unable to suppress the doubts in his heart, after hesitating for a moment, Zhao Zhengbin finally plucked up the courage and pushed the door open.
——Ding Dong! Welcome!
"Did Nanaya show up?"
"No, but at this rate, I think it will be quick... huh?"
Inside the office, two people who were chatting turned their heads at the same time and looked at the tall young man who pushed the door open and walked in.
"Hello, what can I do for you..." Hongying was halfway through her words when she saw the young man's face and suddenly froze in place.
The air in the office suddenly became quiet.
"…Is there something on my face?"
Feeling Hongying's strange gaze, Zhao Zhengbin touched his face and asked puzzledly.
Hongying came back to her senses and shook her head, "No...no, is there anything I can help you with?"
"What do you do here?"
Without waiting for Hongying to answer, Jia Shasha took the initiative to speak: "We are a law firm. We will accept commissions within our capabilities, including but not limited to investigating extramarital affairs, rescuing stray cats and dogs, tutoring children below junior high school age at home, rescuing abducted children, and..."
"Besides these?"
"Apart from these?" Jia Shasha was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Hongying, "That's all?"
"Then, what are the Shenlong Pass and the Hunting God Festival you just mentioned?"
"Um, it was that live broadcast. Some people were guessing during the live broadcast, and some people wrote a novel based on it overnight... I just flipped through it."
"……All right."
Hearing this answer, Zhao Zhengbin seemed a little lost. After saying sorry for disturbing you, he turned around and pushed the door open to leave.
"Sister Hongying, did I speak too loudly just now?" Jia Shasha realized that it was her words that attracted the other party, and she lowered her head to admit her mistake.
But Hongying seemed not to hear anything. She stood there, staring at Zhao Zhengbin's departing back, muttering to herself:
"Like... seems like... it can't be such a coincidence, right?"
…
"Mom, I'm back."
Zhao Zhengbin opened the door with the key and spoke.
"Why are you back so late today? The food is getting cold." A middle-aged woman stood up from the sofa, checked the time, and walked straight to the kitchen. "Sit down and take a rest. I'll heat up the food for you."
"I watched it on the way... um, I was delayed for a while by watching the news."
Zhao Zhengting changed his shoes and walked into the house. He first came to the corner of the living room, bowed in front of an altar with black and white photos, and then walked towards the kitchen.
"Mom, what are we having for dinner tonight?"
"Braised pork, stewed eggs, and braised eggplant."
“Three dishes?”
"You are growing up now, how can you not eat more?" The woman answered while heating up the dishes. "It just so happens that your father's pension has come down today. I will go to the market in the afternoon and buy you some more food to supplement your health..."
Zhao Zhengbin was silent for a moment and then hummed.
He walked to the sofa in the living room and sat down. The TV was broadcasting CCTV's news channel. A majestic man in military uniform was sitting on one side of the screen, and on the other side was a well-qualified news anchor.
"...In response to the requests of the general public, we have invited a senior member of the Daxia military to our evening news today to answer the hotly debated topic today... Hello, Commander Lu."
"Hello, host."
"This afternoon, many images that made people feel like they were synthesized with special effects appeared in the Pioneer Exploration Team's live broadcast room... We have just interviewed the general manager of the Pioneer Exploration Team. He said that the original intention of establishing the Pioneer Exploration Team was to show the real world to the public, and there is no such thing as special effects synthesis... What do you think about this?"