Chapter 149 Omniscience × Precognition
Since he was very young, Zhou Mian began to dream about a person frequently.
Zhou Mian couldn't remember how old he was when he first dreamed of that person. He only remembered that day, when he was little, he ran into the yard like a gust of wind, holding the katydid he had just caught, and wanted to show it to his grandmother.
But just before he entered the door, he heard the conversation between his grandmother and uncle.
Uncle couldn't suppress his anxiety in his tone: "Mom! Just listen to me and sell that little burden! I've already found a buyer. If they're willing to pay this amount, then Xiaomian can eat and drink delicious food at their house. Isn't it better than living in our house!?"
Little Zhou Mian didn’t understand what “eating delicious food and drinking spicy drinks” meant, but he understood the word “sell”. Little Zhou Mian immediately became panicked and subconsciously hid in the corner.
He heard his grandmother's hesitant voice: "After all, Xiaomian is Jia'an's last bloodline. How can I let Xiaomian become someone else's son?"
"Mom! Think about it! Xiao Mian isn't necessarily Big Brother's child. As soon as Big Brother died, that fickle bitch immediately remarried. Who knows, Xiao Mian might be some other man's bastard!"
My uncle's voice became particularly sharp. "That bitch just dumped him on our doorstep without a word, saying he was my eldest brother's son. And you believed her? Mom, you've raised Xiao Mian for so many years in vain. How much money have you spent? Now it's time for Xiao Mian to repay you."
"The buyer is in a hurry, Mom, please make a decision soon, this is all money!"
When little Zhou Mian heard the sound of a chair moving, he knew his uncle was about to come out, so he quickly hid in a more secluded corner. Looking at his uncle's back as he left, little Zhou Mian was so anxious that tears were about to fall.
He didn't want to be sold by his uncle, and didn't want to be a stranger's son.
This is his home. If he leaves here and his grandma, where else can he go?
Little Zhou Mian knew that money was a very important thing. He had gone to sell vegetables with his grandmother, and the money earned from selling vegetables could be used to buy a lot of delicious food. Little Zhou Mian did not know that children, like vegetables, could also be sold.
Will grandma sell him for money?
Xiao Zhoumian felt terrified.
Before this, he had never thought that he might be abandoned by his family.
In order to avoid being sold, when he was having dinner with his grandmother at night, little Zhou Mian almost cried and promised his grandmother that when he grew up, he would make a lot of money for her and would always be filial to her.
Grandma touched his head and finally sighed.
That night, little Zhou Mian fell asleep trembling with tears in his eyes, feeling anxious and fearful.
He had a dream, and dreamed of that person for the first time.
The person gently wiped away his tears, and then held him tenderly in his arms. He couldn't see the person's face clearly, but he inexplicably felt at ease from these actions.
Later, grandma never mentioned selling him again, but after escaping the disaster, he did not feel at ease, but instead felt an indelible shadow. The fear of being sold shrouded little Zhou Mian's heart. He was very scared, afraid that one day he would wake up and be bought by a stranger.
Little Zhou Mian became more sensible. He tried hard to help his grandmother with work and to be a good boy. While other children in the village were still throwing tantrums at their parents, he had already learned to hide in his bed and cry.
His father passed away, his mother remarried, and his grandmother and uncle considered selling him. Little Zhou Mian didn't know who he could rely on.
Only in his dreams, from that unclear person, can he draw a trace of peace and warmth.
The embrace of the man in his dream was like a safe haven, isolating him from all the malice and pain in reality and protecting Xiao Zhoumian's anxious and fragile heart.
Little Zhou Mian began to like the feeling of falling asleep, because in his dreams, he could get hugs and love without paying any price.
The person in the dream accompanied Zhou Mian through elementary school and middle school. As Zhou Mian grew up, the person's appearance became clearer and clearer, and the scenes in the dream became richer and richer.
Zhou Mian could sometimes see the person's back busy in the kitchen, and sometimes he could see them walking side by side under the dim night sky or in the warm sunshine, with the person holding his hand tightly and never letting go.
Zhou Mian sometimes wondered whether this dream that had been repeated for decades was a delusion caused by schizophrenia or a special reward from God to the poor man.
Zhou Mian hopes it is the latter.
How Zhou Mian wished that there really was someone who could understand his soul, his pain, and his desire, and who could scorch him with the hottest temperature like the scorching sun.
He would rather drown in love than die of hunger and thirst in a dry land.
God heard Zhou Mian’s prayers. When he was 17 years old, Zhou Mian accidentally detected fluctuations of superpowers during a physical examination. He was taken to the Superpower Management Bureau for further testing. The final result was that he possessed a rare superpower of predictive knowledge.
Those recurring dreams and the person who appeared in the dreams all had explanations.
It was a prophetic dream.
What is certain is that one day in the future, that person will appear in Zhou Mian's life, and all the scenes in the dream will become reality.
When Zhou Mian heard the news, he was very happy. After registering his superpower information and receiving his superpower allowance, he walked out of the Superpower Management Bureau and couldn't help but shake hands lightly, imagining the feeling of holding hands with another person, and his heart was filled with joy.
What is that person's name? Where does he live? When will he show up?
How should he introduce himself to that person when he meets him for the first time?
Hello, my name is Zhou Mian. I have seen you many years before you appeared.
These messy guesses filled Zhou Mian's mind, making him suddenly full of expectations for the future.
People with special abilities can receive a special ability allowance every month. Although Zhou Mian's awakened special ability is only D-level, he can still receive a good allowance. After learning about this, his uncle, who has always been mean, immediately changed his attitude towards him. Originally, his uncle did not agree with him continuing to study in high school, but this time he did not say anything.
Zhou Mian gave the allowance to his grandmother, keeping only a small portion for himself, and continued his studies while working part-time.
He once thought that everything would be fine, until four years later, when his grandmother was diagnosed with advanced liver cancer. In order to raise money for medical expenses, Zhou Mian resolutely dropped out of school and started working. However, liver sources were difficult to find and the surgery was too expensive. For this reason, Zhou Mian had no choice but to accept the olive branch offered by the Heresy Detection Bureau and went to the research institute to receive an upgrade in his supernatural powers.
The doctor from the institute told him that this move might have irreversible negative effects on his body and might even affect his lifespan. Zhou Mian expressed his understanding and then calmly signed his name on the informed consent form.
Regardless of whether grandma ever thought of selling him, she raised him with great difficulty.
In this world, Zhou Mian only has his grandmother as his relative, and he cannot lose her no matter what.
Even if it means sacrificing my life.
Zhou Mian often felt like a piece of candle, constantly burning himself, with the candle wax falling in the flames, accumulating his ridiculous life of struggling to pursue warmth and love.
Such crazy self-immolation will only truly stop at the moment when it burns itself out.
The D-level [Fork in the Road] was forcibly upgraded to B-level. After the upgrade, Zhou Mian's already poor health became even weaker.
After a long period of training, Zhou Mian accepted the transfer and joined the fourth team of the Heresy Monitoring Bureau headquarters. Before the transfer, Zhou Mian vaguely learned from his superiors how dangerous the mission he was about to perform was.
It turns out that there is another world, and the monsters in that world are eyeing humans covetously.
Today, the monsters led by Nightmare University are planning a bigger conspiracy.
And his task is to predict the future direction of Nightmare University.
The new captain and new teammates were very nice people. Even though Zhou Mian was withdrawn, eccentric, and not good at socializing, they accepted him in a friendly manner, which made Zhou Mian feel greatly relieved. Because he couldn't speak, Zhou Mian encountered a lot of cold treatment and contempt during his student days and after entering society.
Before meeting Feng Jihan, Zhou Mian was worried that this very powerful high-level psychic would give him the same cold treatment. Fortunately, what he expected did not happen. Captain Feng was very approachable and even more considerate than ordinary people.
Zhou Mian heard that he had been married to [Huang Liang] in the top-secret file, but after the nightmare world restarted, the two parted ways.
Do monsters have feelings?
Zhou Mian was confused by this. Although Captain Feng strongly denied it, Zhou Mian could see that the captain was not just playing around with Huang Liang.
So, does [Huang Liang] also like the captain?
Zhou Mian couldn't figure it out, but what was certain was that from what he could see in the future, the fate of these two people was destined to be inextricably entangled.
In addition to [Huang Liang], what Zhou Mian cares about more is another monster with omniscience. After all, using him to fight against the omniscient monster is the main purpose of the Heresy Monitoring Bureau extending an olive branch to him.
The omniscient monster was called a "peeping Tom" by Feng Jihan, and his words were full of real contempt.
"He's even more immoral and devoid of moral principles than Teacher Cen. Teacher Cen would at best use puppetry to peek into other people's memories, but this guy is different. Not only does he peek into other people's privacy, he also wants to reveal what underwear you're wearing today and post it in the newspaper for everyone to see, just to satisfy his own perverse taste."
Zhou Mian: ""
It's very evil and weird, but for Zhou Mian, this little bit of bad taste is actually nothing. Even if Quanzhi posted all his embarrassing moments since childhood on the Internet, Zhou Mian would remain indifferent.
He is not even afraid of death, so what else could he be afraid of?
Occasionally, when he was not busy, Zhou Mian would go to the hospital to visit his grandmother. With the care of the Heresy Monitoring Bureau, his grandmother was transferred to a single ward and received very good care.
Zhou Mian never mentioned the fact that forcibly increasing the level of superpowers would shorten his lifespan. He only said that he was valued by his superiors and his income had increased.
Seeing grandma smiling and praising Xiao Mian for her promising future, Zhou Mian couldn't help but smile.
After praising him, grandma became worried that no one would feed the chickens at home and take care of the vegetables in the field. Zhou Mian smiled and said that it would not be too late to go back and clean up after grandma recovered.
Grandma smiled and touched his head. The wrinkles at the corners of her eyes deepened. She asked him distressedly, "Have you lost weight again, Xiaomian? You must eat well."
Zhou Mian had always longed for this kind of warmth. He held his grandmother's old, rough hand, smiled, and said, "I will, grandma."
During the time that grandma was in the hospital, her uncle never came to see her, but when Zhou Mian returned home that night, he received a call from his uncle.
"Xiaomian, I heard from your grandma that you got a promotion? Congratulations!" His uncle congratulated him happily.
Zhou Mian's expression faded: "Uncle, what's the matter?"
"It's like this, uncle is a little short of money recently. Since you got a promotion, can you lend me some money?"
This development was completely within Zhou Mian's expectations. In the past few years, his uncle had been addicted to gambling, and his grandmother had helped him pay off many of his debts.
Zhou Mian said slowly: "I don't have any money. I used all my money to treat my grandma's illness."
"How could we possibly not have money?" the uncle said impatiently, "I heard from your grandma that Xiaomian just received a large bonus a few days ago! We're all family, so don't be stingy. Lend me some money to help me out."
Zhou Mian didn't know how he ended up hanging up the phone.
The warmth his grandmother gave him was always like a match in the wind and snow. It might warm him for a moment, but when the fire went out, he would find that he was still standing in the snow.
Does grandma love him? She should.
The love his grandmother gave him was just right, not too much for him to grow up carefree, nor too little for him to decide to abandon her.
I can neither completely let go nor completely forgive.
Zhou Mian spent the first half of his life in such a state of division.
That night, Zhou Mian dreamed of that person again.
He saw himself being held in that man's arms, gently stroking his back, and sighed: "Our Xiao Zhou has been bullied again."
"Let me help you kill them, okay?"
No, no need to kill them, just hug him, just hug him.
Zhou Mian had never longed for that person to appear so much.
He felt as if he was in the polar wilderness, about to be frozen to death by the wind and snow. In the future he foresaw, only that person would open his arms, accept all of him unconditionally, and bring him warmth he had never experienced before.
In such extreme desire, fate finally sent him an omen.
In that deserted alley, he will meet the person of his dreams whom he has been waiting for for a long time.
If Zhou Mian chooses to take this fork in the road, then all the stories between him and that person will begin from the moment Zhou Mian enters the alley.
Zhou Mian hesitated for only a few seconds before making a decision.
He wanted to meet that person, see his appearance, hear his voice, and say the first words he had prepared long ago.
That day, after Zhou Mian completed the task of escorting Qu Zhaoxuan, he rushed to the entrance of the alley.
In the dim alley filled with the smell of braised pork, he finally saw the figure of that person.
At the same time, I also saw the bomb in the man's hand.
Before coming here, Zhou Mian had predicted that an explosion would occur in this alley, and Zhou Mian thought that the man would be the victim of the explosion.
He never expected that the man would be the maker of the explosion.
Without time to think, "Stop" came out of my mouth.
The moment the tall young man turned his head to look at him, Zhou Mian understood the young man's identity and future.
Zhou Mian's pupils suddenly shrank.
A very scary situation arose.
The "person" in his dream that he had been looking forward to for a long time was not a human being.
It's a strange monster with omniscience.
Why is this happening?
How could the person he was waiting for be such a disgusting peeping Tom?
Through the eyes of foresight, Zhou Mian saw an even more unbelievable future in Tong Ming.
Countless eyes swarmed around him, pouring into his body, and he was hung high up, forced to endure it all, with nowhere to escape.
Zhou Mian: ""
No, the precognitive dream didn’t mention this, did it?
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