Chapter 113
Asking his subordinates to continue investigating the person who sent the flowers, Qiao Dong entered the community with a birthday card. After Shen Yunzhe opened the door, he saw a half-eaten takeaway on the table.
It must have tasted terrible. I couldn't even eat a few bites of rice.
Qiao Dong placed the birthday card he had picked up on the table and pushed it in front of him. "I have something to tell you."
"explain."
"This handwriting looks very much like Shen Wei's," Qiao Dong said, "at least it looks very much like the handwriting he wrote before he disappeared."
Shen Yunzhe glanced at Qiao Dong in confusion. After a few seconds, seeing that Qiao Dong wasn't going to explain, he spoke up. "What do you mean? Are you telling me that Chen Wei isn't dead? And you're here to wish me a happy birthday today?"
"I don't know anything." Qiao Dong spread his hands. "I'm just telling you the truth."
"Someone knows about my relationship with Shen Wei, so they created the illusion that Shen Wei was still there? They want me to go find him?" Shen Yunzhe picked up the greeting card and flipped it over. "But generally speaking, shouldn't the address be written on this kind of card? This one doesn't have one."
Qiao Dong was helpless, "I never thought you would just throw the gift in the trash."
"I don't accept things from strangers," Shen Yunzhe replied seriously, "especially something like this that's unsigned. It's too much trouble."
Qiao Dong laughed, "Sensitivity is a good thing."
Everyone present was smart, and this little trick wouldn't fool them at all. They had already made a decision about Shen Wei's life or death, and wouldn't harbor any luck that Shen Wei was still alive. Shen Yunzhe was more realistic, as he was no longer at the age of longing for family, and wouldn't be dizzy or confused by this.
Just then Qiao Dong's cell phone rang. He and Shen Yunzhe nodded and turned to leave.
He answered the phone only after he walked out of Shen Yunzhe's house.
"Hello?"
"He's been caught."
"So soon?"
"He didn't even try to hide. He just stood there at the intersection, waiting for us to catch him. But he didn't want to say anything, saying that he had to be in Shen Yunzhe's presence before he could say anything."
Qiao Dong thought for a moment and said, "I understand. You take the people back first, and I'll be back soon."
Meet Shen Yunzhe?
He wasn't stupid, his brain wasn't broken, and what kind of new human was he facing? They actually thought he could meet Shen Yunzhe just because he asked. Wouldn't that be embarrassing for the authorities? Let him see the authorities' methods.
In the living room, Shen Yunzhe threw away the takeaway. Although it seemed like a waste, it was really unpalatable and he couldn't eat it anymore.
Although it was winter, Shen Yunzhe would not let the garbage stay for more than two days. He picked up the garbage and leftover takeout and prepared to throw them away. At this moment, he paused slightly. A cold wind blew in from the balcony, and a strange man was standing there.
The man politely closed the window for Shen Yunzhe.
Shen Yunzhe looked at him, took out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed 110.
"Wait a minute! I'm not breaking into the house!" the man shouted quickly, "Don't call the police, I just came to talk to you!"
Shen Yunzhe said: "There's a door over there, and you're climbing through the window. This is burglary."
"That's absolutely not what I meant!"
"I live on the tenth floor. You'd rather climb up to the tenth floor than go through the door. That's burglary."
"Don't you want to know where your father is?!" the man shouted.
Shen Yunzhe dialed 110 and said, "I don't want to."
The man didn't expect this result. He rushed over and tried to grab the phone from Shen Yunzhe's hand, but Shen Yunzhe turned his body away and elbowed him directly in the chest. The man almost vomited in pain and felt like his ribs were about to break.
No, no? Is he really that strong?!
After Shen Yunzhe finished calling the police, the man knelt on the ground, coughing, and looked at Shen Yunzhe. "I, it took a lot of effort to get those people away. Can you at least listen to me for a few words?"
Shen Yunzhe looked him up and down. "I don't believe a word a burglar says."
"I already told you it wasn't a burglary." The man clutched his ribs and wailed, "I didn't lie. I really do know your father. I sent the flowers, but your father mentioned it earlier. He said he hadn't celebrated his child's birthday and wanted to send him a bouquet."
Shen Yunzhe squatted in front of him and looked at him with some interest, "Why did you deliver it only today? I've celebrated at least twenty birthdays here."
“I couldn’t find you,” the man said, panting softly. “I didn’t find you until this year, so I immediately made up for it.”
"Really, I really do know your father, and I really want to give you a birthday present."
Shen Yunzhe nodded. "The gift was already given, so why did you climb through the window and deliver it to my door? Just to tell me that it was a gift from Shen Wei? You might as well have written it clearly on the card."
The man's face looked a little ugly, as if he didn't know how it got round.
"You have the same talent as your father. You inherited his knowledge and keen sense of strange things. You can do what Shen Wei can do." The man said: "Shen Yunzhe, you should join us and study the game field like your father."
"The playground is expanding. No one can stop it. The only way for us is to coexist with the playground."
"A world where people can live freely even in a playground is our future."
The man kept talking, and he seemed to no longer feel the pain in his chest. He looked at Shen Yunzhe with an obsessed look, "No, you are more precious than your father."
"Chen Wei doesn't understand how correct our theory is and has rejected us time and again. His research can't be used by the world, it can only profit a few people. But you are different. You are his work, all his achievements. You are a double Shen Wei. Your existence is a miracle."
Shen Yunzhe thought for a moment and asked him, "How do you know that no one can stop the expansion of the game field?"
"We've run countless calculations and tests, and we've always come to the same conclusion," the man murmured. "Those gaming venues are worlds of failure. Those dead were once living people. If they failed, we can't succeed either, because there's no path to success."
"So we need to study the playground, understand it thoroughly, and coexist with it."
"The current authorities are blindly trying to conceal and prevent this. This is simply not working. Shen Yunzhe, come to our side. We have a more scientific and effective method." The man completely forgot that he had just been elbowed in the ribs by Shen Yunzhe. He crawled over and grabbed Shen Yunzhe's hand. "We can create a new world."
Shen Yunzhe pulled his hand away in disgust, then spoke, "So what are you going to do?"
“How do we create this new world?”
"We're accelerating humanity's entry into the gaming field. This is just the beginning of the first wave of selection. This is a war," the man murmured. "A war of survival of the fittest."
The police kicked the door open and the policemen wearing professional equipment quickly put their guns to the man's head. The man didn't care at all and just grabbed Shen Yunzhe's sleeve tightly.
"You believe me, you believe me!"
"Our theory is correct!"
"The authorities are wasting their time! We've tested it many times, and every time the ending is the entire world being destroyed by the game field. There's no other possibility! No matter what choice you make, the result is the same!"
"Shen Yunzhe, the official method can only lead to the death of all of us!"
The police escorted the man out, and the people behind them hoped that Shen Yunzhe could go with them to take a statement. Shen Yunzhe nodded and said that he wanted to put on some clothes.
Shen Yunzhe spoke only after the police left.
"Did he really mean it?"
You used your ability on him, stimulating his true thoughts and intentions. Under the influence of your ability, he won't lie, or at least he'll say what he believes is in his heart.
In fact, what this person said was not wrong. After all, all the parallel worlds that Shen Yunzhe knew had been swallowed up by the game field, and only this world was still in the early stages of erosion.
In all the parallel worlds, only one person, codenamed Hope, survived. He lived in a dark little box, lonely and forgetful of himself and everything. He was so empty that he might as well be dead.
[Don't worry about what he said, you can handle the game.]
"Hiss, sometimes I feel like you have an inexplicable confidence in me." Shen Yunzhe took a breath, "No? You're just going to leave such a big thing as saving the world to me?"
[You are not ordinary. You have this system, and you also have countless parallel worlds of you.]
"oh?"
One person can't do it, because their abilities are limited. A group of people can't do it, because everyone's thoughts are different, and there will be a split that can't be reconciled. But one person can do it. Countless parallel worlds of you will create a terrifying power.
[Shen Yunzhe, you can do it.]
Shen Yunzhe shrugged and reached out to grab a coat and put it on.
Instead of saving the world, he now has to go to the police station to give a statement.
…
Before he finished his statement, the man was handed over to the authorities. During the police interrogation, he kept talking about the benefits of Shen Yunzhe joining and what the world would be like. He kept trying to meet Shen Yunzhe and started recruiting him as soon as he saw him.
He said the future of the world is in the hands of the right people, and they are the right people.
When Qiao Dong came, he saw a man struggling towards Shen Yunzhe with handcuffs on, and Shen Yunzhe looking at him expressionlessly.
"I'm sorry, I didn't expect them to split up. One person attracted our attention, and the other went straight to you." Qiao Dong placed the cake next to him. "Although it seems a bit inappropriate, happy birthday."
Shen Yunzhe looked at the cake and spoke after a moment, "Thank you."
To be honest, Shen Yunzhe has never been wished a happy birthday.
When the orphans were sharing the cake in the orphanage, they said happy birthday to each other. Everyone knew that it was not their birthday, but Shen Yunzhe had never heard even this kind of fake happy birthday. Only the director would say happy birthday to him with a smile.
In fact, the dean also told other people, so it can’t be considered a blessing.
After returning home with the birthday cake, Shen Yunzhe looked at the cake. After a moment, he took a photo and posted it on WeChat Moments for the first time in a long time.
After a while, he heard a notification on his phone.
It’s Li Yiluan.
Is it your birthday?
Shen Yunzhe typed, [Why don't you think I'm taking a photo of someone else's birthday?]
[Come on, you? Where did your friend come from?]
【. 】
[Happy birthday.] Li Yilun said: [I didn't know in advance, so there was no gift. It's best not to give gifts to adults either.]
After saying that, Li Yiluan transferred a full two thousand yuan to him.
This was a huge loss for Li Yuluan, who loved money like his life.
Shen Yunzhe quickly took the money and sent him a thank you emoticon, then looked at the cake and thought about how he could eat a whole 8-inch cake by himself. He couldn't finish it, but there was no one to give it to him. Li Yuluan didn't like desserts, so it would be great if Codename Hope could come out and help him eat.
Before he could think of a reasonable solution, Shen Yunzhe's phone rang again. He took out his phone and unexpectedly saw a chat box from Huang Yihua.
The message from Huang Yihua was very short, with only four words: Happy Birthday.
Shen Yunzhe replied with a thank you, then thought for a moment and typed a few more words.
【Do you want to eat cake? 】
"I really want to eat, but the doctor won't let me have dessert." Huang Yihua sent an angry emoji, "A lot of people are staring at me here. I'm afraid I'll be scolded and cry if I eat a bite."
Realizing that he couldn't find anyone to eat cake with him, Shen Yunzhe opened the cake box. The cake was eight inches, which looked neither big nor small. At least one person couldn't finish it. Shen Yunzhe took out the plate and prepared to cut the cake.
"Don't you want to make a wish?" the system asked him.
"No." Shen Yunzhe said, "I'm not a dreamer."
The system had become accustomed to disappearing on the spot after being confronted by him, and would not talk to him for at least a week unless there was something important.
After cutting the cake, Shen Yunzhe put a piece on the plate and took a bite. The cake was delicious and not too sweet. At least Shen Yunzhe didn't feel sick after eating a piece.
Just when Shen Yunzhe was thinking about how many layers of the refrigerator the remaining cake should be placed on, a phone call came in. The caller was Qiao Dong.
Shen Yunzhe picked up the phone, "Hello?"
"Shen Yunzhe, bad news!" Qiao Dong's voice was urgent, and he seemed to be running, so he spoke breathlessly. "We were interrogating the two people who sent you flowers, and we just pried some information out of them."
"They've discovered the pattern of how strange things erode reality, but it's difficult to spot. Yesterday, they confirmed that a certain place had experienced the effects of strange things eroding reality!"
Shen Yunzhe thought about his daily life in reality where he was always affected by strange things, and he deeply felt that Li Yulun was right when he said that he was unlucky.
"Where? It can't be my house again, right?"
"It's not your home." Qiao Dong said anxiously, "It's not even our city!"
Shen Yunzhe responded, "So where is it?"
"North of Weiyang City, suburbs! Two kilometers in diameter!"
Shen Yunzhe stood up suddenly, "Are you sure?"
"Don't hang up. I have a call from the police station. This was the only call made by the residents there when the playground was encroaching. After that, the phone communication was cut off!"
As Qiao Dong ran, he turned on a recording, and Shen Yunzhe soon heard the voice from the other end.
"Help, help!" was a woman's hysterical cry for help.
"Hello? What's going on?" it was the operator's voice. "This is the Weiyang City Public Security Bureau. Where are you? We'll send someone right away."
The woman screamed, "Flowers, so many flowers!"
"Flowers blossomed from his chest and pierced his heart!"
"Flowers are blooming in everyone's chest!"
The screams stopped abruptly, followed by the operator's panicked call back.
But all that came was the sound of the number being dialed being out of service area.
Shen Yunzhe sat down slowly, and Qiao Dong asked him to calm down. The strange object erosion incident has been confirmed, and the authorities are sending people over. They said that the strange objects are eroding reality faster and faster, not only here, but also in other places. New strange object erosion incidents have appeared.
However, the north of Weiyang City was where his orphanage used to be.
Not only that...
Shen Yunzhe did not hang up the phone with Qiao Dong. He opened WeChat and found the message he received a few days ago.
That was the message sent by Shen Xinlu.
She said that she had recently solved a case and was injured, so she was given a leave by the bureau. She did not tell Shen Yunzhe immediately but returned to her hometown, treating it as a vacation, and went back to see her father. At this time, she was already in her hometown and did not let Shen Yunzhe see her.
She is now in the north of Weiyang City.
Qiao Dong got in the car. Someone around him reported information to him. He knew what Shen Yunzhe cared about, and only picked up the phone again after confirming the news.
"Shen Yunzhe, bad news." Qiao Dong said, "The orphanage is within the playground."
Shen Yunzhe closed his eyes and sighed, "Can you tell me what's going on inside?"
"I have no idea. I'm very sorry," Qiao Dong apologized. "We don't even know how many people are inside now."
"You don't need to apologize. This has nothing to do with you." Shen Yunzhe said, "We can't control where and when the game field appears. It can only be bad luck."
According to the system, it is only a matter of time.
The system has speculated that within two years, the entire world will be occupied by gaming fields.
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