Chapter 173 The Sky Falls (8) (1st + 2nd) [VIP]
Xu Zichen: [Anyway, it’s not a big problem. Ye Dian is making plans.]
No matter how confused Song Jirou was on the other side of the screen, the exploration team members waiting outside the institute were too embarrassed to say anything else.
Otherwise, what to say.
Let’s start with how a cat cured a scientist’s mental exhaustion three days after he quit his job…
Xu Zichen put down his watch in dismay. He was about to ask Ye Dian, seriously speaking, whether his career plan was really reliable. Before he could open his mouth, he suddenly heard the vibration of his cell phone.
"Who's calling?" He turned his head subconsciously and looked around. "Song Jirou called directly?"
Not really?
Although after entering the unknown space, the exploration team members will add each other on social software and exchange phone numbers based on the level of technological development in the space, in general, everyone still prefers to use the temporary group chat in the foundation's background.
After all, this is an external chat system independent of the unknown space. Using social software within the world may result in the possibility of being monitored or having chat records retrieved, which is inconvenient when discussing some sensitive rules.
If there are no special circumstances, it is a consensus among all exploration team members to use temporary group chats to communicate. This is a communication habit that all team members have cultivated since the beginning of the low-end space.
"It doesn't seem to be Ji Rou," Yin Liantao and the others searched for a long time and finally found that the phone that had been vibrating was actually Ren Zhiling's phone, "It's Ren Zhiling's phone."
Her cell phone was in a very common soft silicone case, light blue in color, with a lanyard next to it for easy access. After Yin Liantao took her cell phone, he put it in his bag, along with many other miscellaneous items in the bag.
She searched for a long time but couldn't find it. The incoming call stopped vibrating. It seemed that the person who made the call saw that no one answered, so he hung up.
"Didn't she say not to answer anyone's calls?" Ning Xiao saw that Yin Liantao was struggling to find him, so she said casually, "The other end of the line is hung up. Why don't we just tell her when she comes back and ask her to call back?"
Too.
"Ren Zhiling said it might take a while for her to resign, and it's still past nine in the morning," Fu Yandong glanced at his watch, "Is there a coffee shop or something like that nearby? Should we go sit there and wait for her?"
"There's no coffee shop, and even if there is one, it's probably not open at this time," Lu Changfeng opened the map software and searched around, "But there is a 7-Eleven convenience store, there may be a seat there."
"Is it far?" Xu Zichen asked with concern, "Ren Zhiling's phone is with us. If it's too far, Ren Zhiling won't be able to find us when she comes out."
"Not far away," Lu Changfeng opened the map and took a look. "It's just at the corner in front. Convenience store tables are usually near the windows. Let's pay more attention to the entrance of the institute. We'll be able to see her when she resigns and comes out."
The convenience store was indeed not far away. Everyone roughly estimated the distance and felt that it was okay, so they all agreed with Fu Yandong's suggestion.
After entering, it seemed not a good idea to occupy the convenience store's rest time without buying anything. The group walked into the convenience store, Ning Xiao asked everyone's opinions, then got up and went to the beverage area of the convenience store to pick out a few boxes of milk.
The cat that was "tied downstairs" was put into an airline box by them. After the employees in the convenience store confirmed that they would not let the cat out, they agreed to let them enter the store with their pet.
Everyone hadn't had time to eat breakfast, so he bought a few sandwiches and heated them up in the convenience store's microwave along with milk. When he came back with his breakfast after paying the bill, he heard the phone vibrate again.
"Who's calling?" Ning Xiao asked casually.
"Ren Zhiling's..." Yin Liantao said helplessly, "The phone has been ringing since we sat down just now."
The blue cell phone is now placed on the table, vibrating persistently, showing everyone the caller's persistence.
"Who is it?" Ning Xiao put breakfast on the table and glanced at the phone on the table.
The incoming call number was noted, and the screen displayed [Dad].
"This call is from her father..." Ning Xiao was a little confused, "Is it really okay if I don't answer it?"
He thought it was Ren Zhiling's boyfriend or someone who was in a hurry to contact her boss, but he didn't expect it to be her father.
"You'd better not answer it," Xu Zichen said vaguely as he unwrapped his sandwich. "This is the eighth call. Her father has been calling while you were using the microwave."
"Could something have happened at home..." Ning Xiao was a little restless. "Generally speaking, if a call cannot be connected, the caller will know that Ren Zhiling is not available to answer the phone. If she keeps calling, maybe there is something urgent at home? It will be bad if she is delayed."
"Hmm..." Everyone looked very embarrassed when he said this. Bai Jinshu finally opened a box of milk and raised his chin towards the phone, looking like he didn't want to say anything more. "You'll know after you take a look."
Ning Xiao picked up Ren Zhiling's phone in confusion. It happened that the ninth call from her father was automatically hung up at the time. On the lock screen, social software messages began to jump rapidly.
【Dad: Ren Zhiling, answer the phone. 】
【Dad: Why do you want to resign from the research institute? 】
【Dad: Do you know what you are doing? 】
Ning Xiao only looked at it for a few seconds and then put it back awkwardly.
No wonder……
No wonder when Ren Zhiling first said she wanted to go in and resign, she handed her cell phone directly to them and told them not to answer the call no matter who called.
I guess when she went in to resign, she had already thought that her phone would be bombarded with calls from her family.
"Uh..." Seeing that the text message failed, Ren Zhiling's father made the tenth call. Ning Xiao touched his nose helplessly, "What should I do now? Should I answer the call and explain it?"
"Just pretend you didn't see it," Bai Jinshu glanced at him, opened the status bar of Ren Zhiling's phone, turned off the vibration mode, and then put the screen down on the desktop, "Why interfere in her family affairs?"
"Besides...how do I explain this?" Lu Changfeng said sincerely, "Are you going to answer the phone and say that I am the culprit who made Ren Zhiling resign, mainly because if she doesn't resign, the world may be destroyed in five hundred years?"
"Then in a few minutes, an ambulance from the city's largest mental hospital will arrive at the institute's gate and take you away," Fu Yandong twitched his lips and pulled him to his seat. "Let's eat first. Since Ren Zhiling anticipated this situation just now, it means it's okay for us to not answer the phone. We can handle it ourselves after she comes out."
Ning Xiao sat down awkwardly, subconsciously trying to start a new topic. He looked around, picked up a sandwich from the table and looked at Ye Dian: "Brother Ye, don't you want to have breakfast?"
"No," Ye Dian glanced at the sandwich in his hand and rolled his eyes imperceptibly, "You guys eat it. I vomited after eating this kind of sandwich when I was working as a worker. I don't even want to touch it."
When I was working...
Ning Xiao's pupils trembled.
What kind of world did Ye Dian come from?
A world where magic and technology are mixed together? Why does a wizard need to work?
"Then...what should we do with this extra breakfast? It's not good to waste it, right?" He raised the sandwich in his hand.
"Feed the cat," Ye Dian glanced at the sandwich, picked it up and skillfully opened it, then opened the door of the airline box with one hand, "It was tied downstairs, time to eat."
The cat's casual name sounded even more casual when he pronounced it.
The exploration team members who were eating the same breakfast as the cats all felt that the sandwiches in their hands were strange.
While feeding the cat and chatting, the morning passed quickly. When Ren Zhiling came out of the institute, it was almost noon. The exploration team members came to greet him. Yin Liantao took out his cell phone from his bag and gave it to him: "Ren Zhiling, there are so many missed calls on your phone... Do you want to call back?"
"Hmm? It's okay, don't worry about it." Ren Zhiling glanced at the missed calls and messages on the screen, then turned off the screen without changing her expression and took the airline box from Xu Zichen. "It's almost noon, how about I treat you guys to a meal? There's a home-cooked restaurant nearby with a good chef."
"Did you successfully resign?" Xu Zichen asked casually as he handed over the airline box.
"No," Ren Zhiling shrugged, "The dean didn't agree."
"Your colleague should have suppressed the attack in China," Ren Zhiling thought for a moment, "Well... he thinks I was frightened because I faced the attack by an extremist organization when I went abroad a few days ago."
"After all, at that time..." She paused for a moment, "someone got injured right in front of me, and many researchers have asked for leave in the past few days, so the dean thinks I was just impulsive."
"So what you are now..." Fu Yandong asked curiously.
"I'm still on vacation," Ren Zhiling spread his hands, "I was granted more than a week's leave for an exchange program. The dean told me to have a good rest these days and not to think too much."
"Then can you still resign later?" Yin Liantao asked with concern.
In the future, Ren Zhiling will definitely stay as far away from related research as possible.
"I guess so. I don't want to go to work, so he can't force me to go," Ren Zhiling said in a relaxed tone. "Besides, I also said that I want to go home and be a pet blogger. I'm not quitting on a whim. By the time I have set up my account, he will know that I am serious. I even showed him my career plan."
Exploration team members: ...
The career planning you are talking about, could it be the thing Ye Dian made yesterday?
Ren Zhiling: "After reading my career plan, the dean thought I was just fooling around."
Everyone:……
Barrage:
【……】
[After reading Brother Ye’s career plan, the dean likes: mobile phone for elderly people on the subway.jpg]
[Tsk, you have no vision. This career plan is obviously very practical. ]
[Is there a possibility that it is too practical? 】
[Is it possible that the dean couldn't bear it after reading this and the scientists in the institute decided to become the top 100 pet bloggers? ]
"We're here!" Ren Zhiling pushed open the glass door of a small shop that looked very homely. "Excuse me for helping me with career planning. I'll treat you to a meal. If this method works, we'll be the ones who save the world!"
She ordered a table full of dishes generously.
However, this lunch was not a peaceful one.
From the moment Ren Zhiling sat down, her cell phone kept ringing and receiving messages. She picked a few of them, all of which were calls from colleagues and fellow junior students.
Most of her colleagues were asking her why she suddenly wanted to resign. Ren Zhiling held her chin with one hand and casually answered, "I feel the work pressure is too great and I want to try a different life."
Some of them sounded familiar with her family situation. After hearing her answer, one girl said earnestly, "It's okay if you quit your job, but your parents..."
"It's okay," Ren Zhiling brushed her hair, "I'm an adult now, I have the right to make decisions about my future life, right?"
Most of the students were concerned, wondering if she wanted to resign because of the attack a few days ago. Some students seemed to be the audience who witnessed the attack in the school concert hall yesterday, and they started by asking, "Senior Ren, you weren't hurt yesterday, were you?"
For these students, the reason why Ren Zhiling resigned was very obvious, that is, he encountered two attacks in three days, and both times he was on the verge of death.
This experience, let alone ordinary people, even a strong person should review and reflect on why they are always attacked, and then make some changes to save their lives.
Facing these students who were genuinely concerned about her safety, Ren Zhiling's answer was much gentler: "It's okay, this has nothing to do with the institute, I just want to change jobs."
During the meal, Ren Zhiling was so busy that her phone never went out of play. When she went out to pay the bill and was about to leave, she met a colleague from the same institute.
Ren Zhiling was carrying an airline box, and the big orange cat was meowing inside the box, attracting a lot of people's attention and immediately drawing the attention of her colleagues.
"Zhi Ling..." A man wearing glasses stepped forward and frowned, "I heard that you resigned."
"Well," Ren Zhiling had just answered a call at noon, and when she heard this sentence again, she didn't show any impatience on her face. Her temper was surprisingly good. "How did you know?"
"It's all over the institute," the man continued, "Everyone says you resigned because you ran into ..."
"It has nothing to do with that. The reason I resigned is very simple. I just don't want to do this job anymore." Ren Zhiling waved her hands and held up the airline box with both hands. "Look, this is my cat. I tied it up downstairs."
"Ah?" The sudden change of topic stunned all colleagues.
"I don't want to do research anymore. I'm going to be a pet blogger," Ren Zhiling put down the airline box again, "Look, that's my filming team."
"Going away, bye." She waved without looking back, leaving only her colleagues with different expressions behind her.
"What should we do now?" Ren Zhiling walked excitedly to the middle of the exploration team.
"Let me check the time..." Xu Zichen raised his hand and glanced at his watch. "Hurry up now. There are still four hours before Liu Yi is likely to show up. Try to send the video before he arrives, and then see if he will show up."
After all, if they changed the future, and there was no disaster, it would be an unknown whether Liu Yi would appear.
"Okay," Ren Zhiling answered very straightforwardly, "Then where should we go to wait for him at five o'clock..."
"This..." Ning Xiao thought for a moment, "Liu Yi first appeared in that meeting, the second time was at the airport, and the third time was at school... We don't know how he will appear this time."
It seems that the trajectory he appears in is actually chasing Ren Zhiling.
These locations should still exist in the future, or the relevant coordinates should be found in the future, so that Liu Yi can return to the correct location.
"In just one day, Liu Yi appeared in a place across an ocean. According to what he said, the sky of the future world will collapse, and the distance from 300 kilometers to space will be reduced to 100 kilometers. With such a big change, airplanes should no longer be used as a means of transportation in the future," Xu Zichen thought thoughtfully. "As for ground transportation, unless there is some new technology in the next 500 years, he should not be able to carry a time machine and cross time from the same place."
"In other words, he was able to appear in these three locations because later generations could find out the important meetings that Ren Zhiling attended, the flights he took, and the speeches he gave. He directly located the coordinates he needed to teleport to based on these records," Bai Jinshu raised his eyelids slightly. "From the meeting place on the first day, to the airport on the second day, and the school on the third day, these locations can be directly found on the map. They are all iconic buildings."
So on the fourth day when there was no news about Ren Zhiling, in order to avoid entering any strange place, Liu Yi chose the city where Ren Zhiling was located, or the landmark building in the area.
"Is there any iconic building near your home that is not crowded? The kind that everyone will remember when it is mentioned. It is not easily damaged and will definitely leave a record five hundred years later." Everyone looked at Ren Zhiling.
"Near my home..." Ren Zhiling held up his chin, his eyes unconsciously roaming around, "Does the TV tower count?"
"TV tower...?" The exploration team members widened their eyes in surprise, thinking that she would say something like school or shopping mall.
"Yes, the TV tower." Ren Zhiling pointed to the distance, "If I have to choose a landmark, then the first thing that comes to my mind is this. This kind of iconic building should never be demolished, right?
Everyone followed her gaze. It was a sunny day today. From afar, the slender and tall TV tower stood among a group of skyscrapers.
"That's it." Bai Jinshu made the decision.
"Five hundred years from now, when the sky of the future world falls, it is not certain whether there will be such tall buildings in the world, and whether humans can live on the ground." He looked at the top of the TV tower in the distance and raised his eyebrows. "When Liu Yi comes back from five hundred years later, he will definitely choose this place."
*
The TV tower is a national 4A-level scenic spot, and each person has to pay 80 yuan for the entrance fee to go up.
It was one or two o'clock in the afternoon, when it was the hottest time. These days were not winter or summer holidays, so there were surprisingly few tourists entering the TV tower with them.
By the time they reached the highest point, there were few tourists around. Ren Zhiling sat next to the suspended corridor holding the airline box and browsed the content on his mobile phone.
While they were having dinner, Ye Dian had already skillfully purchased internet trolls and trending searches, and the media that had been contacted in advance had already hyped up this topic.
"That Liu Yi you're talking about..." As time got closer to five o'clock, Ren Zhiling couldn't help but look worried, "Will he really come?"
"If he doesn't come, it means this direction is correct," Xu Zichen said casually while looking down through the glass, "Otherwise, if this direction is wrong, he will definitely come back to correct it."
"That's right." Ren Zhiling felt relieved.
The sun was about to set and there were more and more tourists coming and going around. Fortunately, the place where they were sitting was relatively remote and not many people stayed there.
The second hand at five o'clock moved one notch forward, and a silver-white figure as described by the exploration team members suddenly appeared.
He was still wearing a mask that covered his entire face, but the clothes he wore looked much neater than before, and his hair seemed to be carefully groomed.
"He is..." Ren Zhiling couldn't help but breathe lighter.
"Hello," Liu Yi turned around upon hearing her voice and shook hands with Ren Zhiling very politely, "You are Teacher Ren, right? I am Liu Yi."
Ren Zhiling shook his hand in confusion: "Hello... So there are no more disasters in the future?"
It is not difficult to hear from Ning Xiao and Xu Zichen's narration that the Liu Yi they met yesterday was a very strange person. He exuded coldness all over his body, his voice was trembling, and he would become very excited and excited from time to time.
But today, Liu Yi was dressed neatly and behaved politely. He also didn't have the coldness they described. When he shook hands with her, his skin was the same normal temperature.
"No," Liu Yi shook his head politely. "I came back to the present from the future five hundred years from now. Five hundred years later, a serious disaster occurred in the world. After our scientists and historians conducted speculation and investigation, they found that the key element that caused the disaster was you, Mr. Ren."
He behaved so politely that Ren Zhiling didn't know what to say and could only stare at him in disbelief.
"But I'm a pet blogger now?" She was puzzled.
"This is our cat, we tied it up downstairs!" Ren Zhiling pointed to the airline box next to her.
"This is my resignation letter, which I just wrote!" Ren Zhiling opened the screen of his mobile phone.
"This is my video, posted at noon!" Ren Zhiling swiped quickly on her phone.
"I have even resigned today, how can I cause a world disaster?" Ren Zhiling was incredulous.
"Ahem... it's like this," Liu Yi coughed lightly, "A few years later, you became the world's largest pet blogger and received hundreds of millions of followers. Your cat 'Tied Downstairs' became the world's most popular orange cat, with hundreds of millions of fans."
"That's great!" Ren Zhiling was puzzled. "And then?"
Hasn't she already completed her work goal? She even exceeded it. Her career change was so smooth, how could she be connected with things that would destroy the world?
"Then your cat died of natural age, but your fans couldn't accept it," Liu Yi said in a serious tone, "Among your fans, there are quite a few fanatical fans tied downstairs. They can't accept the fact that their pets have died, so they secretly collect orange cat hair and want to hand-make an identical life-size model."
Ren Zhiling:?
"In order to create an identical model, they tried to collect hair from other orange cats of the same type and piece it together," Liu Yi said calmly. "Because the research cost too much, they soon could not afford to buy orange cats, so they sneaked into pet-raising households and pet stores many times to shave the orange cats, causing the world's largest pet cat shaving incident."
Exploration team members:?
"After the public opinion fermented, you, as the world's most famous pet blogger and also a leader in this research, donated all the hair tied downstairs before his death," Liu Yi pointed out seriously, "According to the research of our scientists, the fall of the sky began at this time."
Barrage: [? ]
【ah? 】
【Why? 】
【Do you want to listen to what you are saying? 】
[What is the cause and effect relationship between these sentences? ]
【Just a few words and my CPU burned out. 】
【Ah? Ah? Ah? Ah?】
[Do you want me to stay like this? ]
The author has something to say:
The TV tower is open to tourists. The Oriental Pearl Tower and the Guangzhou Tower are both TV towers that have been developed into tourist and commercial centers. I checked and found that the Oriental Pearl Tower seems to allow pets. Someone posted a photo of a golden retriever going up there.
Cat shaving is a strange news in Florida. A man in Florida broke into a house and shaved the cat's head before leaving without stealing anything.
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