Yang Zheng held his phone, looking at the grayed-out image of the group owner, Dong Ge, and the newly banned group, and frowned slightly.
"The same group was banned twice just because of a sci-fi movie trailer."
"I really don't understand the current internet censorship. They don't care about those scantily clad, provocative people on Douyin, but they target these tanned, provocative trolls?"
The group was banned, so I can't play the game.
Sitting in the back of the car was uncomfortable; he couldn't lie down, and he couldn't sleep. Thinking about how many more hours it would take to reach Linjiang, Yang Zheng felt like he was going through torture.
I opened my phone to chat with some close friends, but none of them replied. They're probably all at work or playing cards.
And so, he spent most of the night in a daze. During a break at a service area to use the restroom, Yang Zheng noticed that the driver seemed tired and was chugging Red Bull.
For everyone's safety, it was suggested that they take turns driving.
To everyone's surprise, the car owner was overjoyed. "Why didn't you say you could drive sooner? I'll let you drive later. I'm going to take a nap in the back. Every time I go home, the thing I dread most is driving long distances..."
Yang Zheng got into the driver's seat and was very happy.
Soon, the car left the service area and sped back onto the highway.
Yang Zheng drove the remaining 500-plus kilometers straight to Linjiang.
The driver was very kind; he exited the highway early, circled around Linjiang, and drove Yang Zheng all the way to the door of his detached rental house in Xiahua Village before exchanging WeChat contacts and leaving.
Because the two of them took turns driving last night, the process was quite efficient.
We arrived an hour early.
Yang Zheng checked the time; it was only a little before four in the morning.
It was pitch black outside, and quiet everywhere; there wasn't a soul in sight.
He carried his things to the gate of the fence and was taking out his key to open the gate.
Suddenly, he heard a slight noise coming from inside the yard. Looking down, he saw the black stray dog standing inside the fence, looking up at him with its tail wagging gently.
It felt like we were welcoming him back.
Yang Zheng smiled, took out an extra large chicken leg he had bought at the service area, and tossed it to it.
The black dog stared at him blankly for a moment, then slowly walked forward, nuzzled his trouser leg with its head, and finally picked up the chicken leg from the ground and ran back to its den to enjoy it.
Seeing this, Yang Zheng was somewhat pleased.
The fact that the black dog accepted the food he gave it in person and even rubbed against him showed that it had developed some trust in him.
You know, before, when I threw it a sausage, it was always wary and wouldn't come over at all.
For some reason, now when I look at that black dog's bright eyes, I always feel that it is full of intelligence.
"Could it be because he ate the strange fruit?"
Yang Zheng carried his things into the bedroom.
The first thing I did when I got back was to rush upstairs to check if the golden snakeskin was still there.
The snakeskin was still there, and instantly he felt relieved.
There are three important things at present: the Tai Chi Bead, the exotic fruit, and the golden snake skin.
The Tai Chi Bead and the exotic fruit can be carried with you, but the golden snakeskin cannot be carried on your person, so the snakeskin is the one that people are most concerned about.
Having just spent over ten hours on a long-distance bus, I had a distinct motion sickness odor emanating from me, which was quite unpleasant to others.
He quickly ran to the bathroom, took a long shower, and changed into a clean set of clothes. Instantly, he felt much more comfortable.
Lying in bed, I looked at my phone and saw that everything I had ordered had arrived and was just waiting for him to pick it up.
Normally, courier companies can deliver to your door.
The problem is that I went back to my hometown these past few days, so I have to go to the express delivery station to pick it up myself.
If it drags on for another day or two, those packages will probably be returned automatically.
"Tomorrow, I must buy everything!"
Thinking of this, Yang Zheng immediately got up, sat down at his computer desk, took out paper and pen, and prepared to make a detailed shopping list of everything he wanted to buy or thought of.
That way, when you go out to buy things, you won't forget anything, and you'll be more efficient.
Although I hadn't slept all night, the thought of entering the small world and engaging in a great battle with the enemy's army immediately made me feel excited and thrilled.
I wasn't sleepy at all.
It's still pitch black outside, and the shops aren't open yet if you go out for breakfast.
For now, I can only sit at home doing nothing.
He opened the drawer, put the extra paper and pens back, and stuffed the black cloth bag he had taken from the little black-robed man back inside.
Yang Zheng pondered for a moment, then took the book out of the bag again.
The dark yellow ancient book still looks like a worn-out antique, unchanged.
Unfortunately, he couldn't understand the crooked tadpole-like characters inside at all. He had tried searching online to compare them, but such a strange font had never appeared in the history of writing on Earth.
"What kind of book is this?"
"Is it a secret cultivation technique? Or historical records from another world?"
"Could it be the instruction manual for the Tai Chi beads?"
What exactly do those illustrations at the back of the ancient book mean?
Thinking of this, Yang Zheng frowned slightly.
As the pages of the ancient book were turned one by one, the book came to rest on the last few pages of illustrations.
Two pages of illustrations intrigued him the most.
One page features an illustration of a circular Tai Chi bead with a virtual pattern depicting it. This means that pressing the translucent bubble in the white area of the Tai Chi bead will create a small portal between the two worlds.
Inside the portal, a group of tiny figures curiously poked their heads out, looking around.
Yang Zheng understood both illustrations on this page.
To put it simply, this is how he currently uses the interdimensional portal: pressing the white transparent bubble does indeed open a portal to the smaller world.
But he couldn't understand the illustration on the last page at all.
The illustration still features the Tai Chi bead pattern.
The difference this time is that it's the black area of the Tai Chi bead.
In the black area of the Tai Chi bead, there is a raised dot, and next to it is a rough virtual pattern.
There are several rows of twisted tadpole-like characters on it.
Then a huge portal appeared.
Inside the portal, a gigantic, grotesque giant emerged, looking extremely eerie...
Yang Zheng had seen this illustration once before, but he still couldn't understand it.
After pondering for a moment, he took out the black and white Tai Chi beads and examined them carefully.
The Tai Chi beads are fine; they are exactly the same as those depicted in the illustrations of the ancient book.
The problem is that, according to the illustrations in the ancient book, pressing the button in the black area of the Tai Chi Bead will open another portal between the two worlds, and it is an extremely large portal.
Even more bizarrely, a hideous giant emerged from inside this giant portal.
What does this mean exactly?
Yang Zheng frowned. "Based on my understanding of the Tai Chi Bead so far, the white area is the portal to open the small world, and the black area is the portal to close the small world."
"But why do the illustrations in the ancient book show that pressing the black area will open another giant portal?"
"If it's really as the illustrations in the ancient book show, and I've pressed the button in the black area countless times since I obtained this Tai Chi Bead, why have I never seen that giant teleportation portal?"
"Not to mention a giant teleportation portal, there hasn't even been any unusual phenomenon."
"Damn it, I don't know if there's something wrong with the Tai Chi Beads, or if there's something wrong with the contents of this ancient book itself. I must find a way to decipher this ancient book in the future..."
I looked up at the window and realized that it was already getting light.
Yang Zheng immediately closed the ancient book and stuffed it back into the drawer to hide it.
"Let's go out for breakfast first, then head out a bit early in the morning to some nearby towns or counties where fireworks aren't banned, and buy all the firearms..."
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