Johnny felt a little cold, so he opened his eyes with force and looked at everything in front of him blankly.
The sky was the color of rice seedlings, and the rain was pattering softly, falling on the tiles of the roof. The rain flowed down the eaves like beads that had broken off the string, and landed on the blue brick path, splashing with water.
Small houses with blue bricks and black tiles lined the path. Beneath the eaves, a black plaque with gold edging gleamed with the three golden characters "Ming Li Zhai." The gate was closed, and just outside, a pair of large red lanterns swayed in the wind, lending an air of nobility. A closer look revealed the peeling off-white walls and dark green moss, a testament to the relentless passage of time and the fickleness of fate.
At the end of the sight is an unusually tall ginkgo tree, and there are faintly visible sacrificial patterns surrounding it in a circle.
He wiped the rain off his face, supported himself with his hands, and stood up with difficulty. A piercing pain suddenly came from all over his body, and Johnny couldn't help but stagger.
"You bastard!" Johnny couldn't help but curse. He walked under the eaves to shelter from the rain while recalling the whole story.
It's truly a story of a man overcome by a penny. Johnny, a 28-year-old male, a doctoral student in finance at the Central University of Finance and Economics, a member of the Communist Party of China who firmly believes in Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong thought, volunteered to participate in the "Moonlight Box Returns to Ancient Times" project of the Abnormal Human Research Society at the university for $10,000 in market research fees.
At 4:46 PM on May 26, 2021, Johnny arrived at Beijing's Xizhimen Gate with the Moonlight Box Time Travel Research Team, a group of 12. An hour later, the supermoon and the red moon would meet.
According to the professor, at the moment the "red moon" appears, holding up the Moon Box and shouting "Prajnaparamita" will open a time-space portal and allow you to travel back in time. The louder the shout, the longer the time travel will be. The professor also reminded everyone to practice at a volume of 80 decibels to ensure they can accurately travel back to the Song Dynasty.
Johnny didn't believe in time travel at all, he just wanted to use his face to exchange for some research funds. Who would have thought that TND would actually succeed? He was stunned.
The bronze moonlight poured down, shining on the ordinary Moonlight Box, and actually caused visible spatial fluctuations. A faint portal appeared in front of the group, and no one knew where it led to.
"Hurry up, this can only last for a minute at most. After so many years of digging graves and reading so many ancient books, the research has finally paid off. If separated, remember the code is odd changes and even remains unchanged, and the symbol depends on the quadrant." An old professor shouted and rushed into the passage.
Watching the members of the research team entering the tunnel one by one, Johnny wanted to run. These people were all crazy and were risking their lives. Not to mention whether this thing was a time and space channel or how great the risk to life was, even if he could travel to ancient times, what was the use if he couldn't come back.
"What the hell is this code? I'm only here to get some research money, not to travel back to ancient times. I'd have to be kicked in the head by a donkey to go in there. I've already shed the blood I should have and chanted the curses I should have. I've done my best. If I don't slip away now, when will I?"
Ideals are full of hope, but reality is very skinny. Johnny, who wanted to sneak away quietly, was roughly picked up by a burly man and thrown into the time and space tunnel at lightning speed.
"Why the hell is this happening?" Before he could finish his words, his consciousness was completely overwhelmed by the huge feeling of tearing.
When I woke up again, I was still wet in the rain on the bluestone floor.
Johnny felt very wronged. He touched his trouser pocket and took out a wet check. He carefully unfolded it and placed it in the palm of his hand. It said: China Construction Bank transfer check, RMB 63,833, issue date May 25, 2021.
"No matter what dynasty it is, checks are not recognized. It was a treasure the day before, but today it's just waste paper. I'm so miserable."
Johnny was too tired to complain. Just then, a gust of wind blew, and the check swayed and flew away in the wind.
"Then I'll leave?"
Suddenly, Su Xing seemed to hear the check talking to him.
"well!"
Then comes a long paragraph that is indescribable.
"The guy who threw me in, don't let me meet you here, otherwise I will let you know why the flowers are so red." Su Xing swore secretly, but when he thought of the strong man's body shape, he felt a little guilty. We are civilized people, so we should carry out some humanistic care education.
When people are daydreaming, they always get hungry very quickly, especially a guy like Johnny who stays in the library all year round, has a pale face and a bloated body. He would be very hungry if he didn't eat a meal.
As he gradually regained consciousness, the feeling of cold and hunger became more and more obvious. His stomach felt burning and his mouth felt sour from time to time. Johnny felt that he could eat three large buckets of instant noodles with eggs and ham.
Johnny is not ready to come into contact with this world yet, but a living person cannot be suffocated to death by urine, and the same goes for starvation. Even if he dies, he will strive to die with a full stomach.
He struggled to get up from the corner, moved to the front of the door, and looked at the door knocker that had faded its original color with a solemn expression.
"This is simply a modern-day Pandora's box. Once opened, there's no going back. Perhaps Schrödinger's cat is a better explanation. Whether it's good or bad, who can say for sure?"
Perhaps the physical pain was too obvious, causing his consciousness to be too active. All kinds of thoughts kept flashing through his mind. Johnny could even clearly remember the Baidu entry for Schrödinger's cat:
There's a cat in a box, along with a small amount of radioactive material. There's a 50% chance that the radioactive material will decay and release poisonous gas, killing the cat. There's also a 50% chance that the radioactive material won't decay, and the cat will survive.
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