Chapter 7: The Cruel Truth

May 22, 7 a.m

The first time the alarm clock rang, Cheng Lan sat up from the bed, which was unprecedented before, and although he had only slept for less than six hours, he was still in good spirits.

Today is Monday, and I have to go to work. Cheng Lan's job is an ordinary background programmer of a well-known domestic technology company and mobile phone manufacturer Rice Company, mainly responsible for observing the feedback of mobile phone users on system vulnerabilities in the community forum, collecting records and correcting them with other programmers. This job is not tiring, and it is not easy to say that it is easy, but the treatment is good, and it can fully meet all the needs of Cheng Lan's life alone.

The time for the company to clock in at work is 8:20, and it is still early, Cheng Lan began to "morning exercise" after washing, which he thought about last night, and he had to take a certain amount of time to review the basic boxing techniques every day, and strive to achieve the kind of "success" that the bald teacher in the video said as soon as possible.

The "success" he said was what Lao Meng called the awakening of the supernatural ability! Cheng Lan said to herself in her heart.

Turn on the computer to bring up the video, Cheng Lan did not hesitate to choose "triple speed playback", the picture quickly changed at a very fast speed, according to the reaction ability of ordinary people, just looking at it will be dazzling, let alone doing it together.

But Cheng Lan is very different now, since taking Shi Nan's "quenching fluid" and a variety of basic pills, whether it is in strength, physical strength, reaction speed or mental agility, it has improved countless grades, far beyond the level of normal people.

Cheng Lan finished a complete boxing method at a very fast speed, and the familiarity with the "Blue Water Basic Boxing Method" in his heart has taken a step further, unlike last night, this time he finished the boxing method, not only did he feel that his physique was slightly enhanced, but there was also a faint warm current flowing in his chest.

Seeing that the time was almost up, he quickly took out a loaf of bread from the refrigerator, put on his coat and went downstairs to ride an electric bicycle to the company.

......

When I arrived at the company, I found that no one had arrived in the office, which is not common in normal times. Cheng Lan sat down in a chair and habitually reached out to turn on the computer monitor.

"Click. ”

Cheng Lan only felt that her fingertips flickered and when she looked at it again, the switch button at the bottom of the display had been pressed down by herself, and it seemed that she would not be able to pick it out for a while. Cheng Lan shook his hand in embarrassment, the sudden increase in strength made him very uncomfortable, and he almost kicked off the brace of the electric bicycle when riding just now......

Fortunately, the computer has been turned on, but Cheng Lan may have to spend a while pulling out the boot button after work.

Immediately afterwards, Cheng Lan picked up the water cup again, I don't know when I developed the habit, Cheng Lan likes to hold the cup directly with her hands, and never takes the cup handle, which causes a very sad result: Cheng Lan used a little force, only to hear a few crisp glass shattering sounds, and the poor glass was broken into slag in Cheng Lan's hands.

Cheng Lan hurriedly took advantage of the fact that his colleagues had not yet arrived, brought a broom to sweep the glass slag clean, took a few deep breaths, and sat down on the chair lightly, every movement was so gentle, as if the things around him were made of pure gold.

"Dididi......" QQ message reminder on the computer sounded, and at a glance, I found out that it was sent by my friend Yu Qing.

"Yo!" Cheng Lan patted her head, she was so dizzy in the past two days that she had forgotten Yu Qing, a guy who had suffered the same as herself. I wonder what happened to his kid, did he solve everything with the same wit as he did?

Poor Cheng Lan still doesn't know that she has been kept in the dark. Due to the difference in the order in which the courier Ah Yong delivered the express two days ago, Shi Nan didn't have time to drop Yu Qing's express, and what Yu Qing received was a gift package worth 888 sent by genuine Lao Meng.

In the "gift package", there are excellent fire crystals and detailed instructions for use, Yu Qing completed the fusion process of the fire crystal according to the instructions on the instructions within two hours of receiving the package, and also completed the awakening of the ability, during which there were almost no setbacks and tribulations......

Cheng Lan hurriedly clicked on the dialog box and lightly typed a string of words on the keyboard:

"Hehe, what's going on, I've done it all with a wit, and I've already started the process of ability awakening!"

Just as Cheng Lan was complacent, imagining Yu Qing's envious expression on the other side, Yu Qing just sent a few question marks:

“???”

Immediately after that, a string of words was sent:

"Dude, isn't your awakening stupid ability? Look at the manual, what can be done in two hours, it's almost as simple as the Lego bricks we played with when we were kids, and you're so proud, I'm afraid you're not stupid, right?"

"???" Now it's Cheng Lan's turn to be confused.

Instructions?Two hours?Could it be that it only took Yu Qing two hours to complete all the processes, and he also called the document that he couldn't read and read called the manual? Although Yu Qing was smarter than himself, it was true, but if the gap between the two was so big, it would be better to let Cheng Lan die with a piece of tofu!

It didn't take long for Yu Qing to send another message:

"You said you started to awaken your abilities? That means you haven't finished awakening yet? It's been almost two days, big brother, it's not so weak, right?"

Then Yu Qing sent a "little polar bear thumbs up" expression, and the meaning of this expression has changed from the original "like" to a mocking phrase such as "you are a real cow".

Cheng Lan is stunned, HP-10000!

The sense of confusion that I had just disappeared not long ago and that I was deceived by the whole world has returned.

In the following time, Yu Qing completely told Cheng Lan what the package she received was, and how she easily completed the awakening of the genuine ability, which caused a devastating blow to Cheng Lan's young mind!

Although the feeling of inferiority has been alleviated, the feeling of being abandoned by the whole world has become more and more intense, making Cheng Lan want to cry without tears.

Why, why is it always me who gets hurt......

Now Cheng Lan knows that the reason why the package she received is so unreliable, and the process of completing her quenching is so tortuous, I am afraid that the package she received was not sent by Lao Meng at all!

Then who would deliberately do such a thing? Cheng Lan was puzzled.

"Hey, are you there?" Yu Qing saw that Cheng Lan didn't reply for a long time, and sent another message.

But Cheng Lan ignored it, silently closed the chat window, and exited the QQ program, so as not to attack him again.

Cheng Lan stared blankly at the computer screen, not only did his colleagues greet him without noticing, but he even forgot to do his work.

At this moment, Yu Qing on the university campus was holding her mobile phone, and she frowned when she saw Cheng Lan's avatar in QQ turn gray.

"It doesn't feel right...... Did I hit him?"

Yu Qing was puzzled, so she clicked on the address book, found the phone number left by Lao Meng in the package, and clicked to dial.

......

Eleven o'clock at noon.

The other four colleagues in the office left one after another, and Cheng Lan still sat in front of the computer in a daze, and he only did a little bit of mechanical work this morning, thinking about the meaning of life most of the time.

"Walking down 29th......" The mobile phone rang Boss Huang's "Happier", Cheng Lan mechanically picked up the mobile phone, and saw that it was an unfamiliar number in the city, and he answered the phone.

"Hey?" Cheng Lan asked lazily.

"Hey, is it Cheng Lan, I'm Lao Meng!" The voice that rang on the phone made Cheng Lan, who was originally languishing, feel excited.

"Old ...... How did you know my phone number?"

"Harm, Yu Qing told me. Cheng Lan, let me tell you, Yu Qing's kid, maybe his talent is a little better, don't be too discouraged, the ability to cultivate this thing is extremely variable, even if you don't do so well at the beginning, the chance of turning over is very great!"

It turned out that Yu Qing called Lao Meng to explain what he found wrong with Cheng Lan, and Lao Meng didn't expect that his basic express delivery would be dropped, thinking that Cheng Lan was hit by Yu Qing's cultivation speed faster than him, so he came to such a serious speech.

But as soon as Lao Meng said this, Cheng Lan became even more messy, he ignored everything else, and turned into a series of cannons on the phone, spitting out all the doubts that had accumulated in his heart for a long time:

"Wait, so the package you sent me is the same as Yu Qing's? Then why did I receive a note, through which I got a network disk file, and worked hard to pass those documents, I got a copy of "Bishui Basic Boxing Method"? Why did I ......?"

"Wait, what did you say you got a copy?" Lao Meng seemed to have been electrocuted, and rudely interrupted the chattering Cheng Lan.

""Blue Water Basic Boxing Method", with a teaching video ......"

"Poof!" Lao Meng, who was drinking tea, heard this, and a mouthful of good tea squirted out, "Ji ...... Is it the foundation building method of the cultivation system?"

"Clams?" Cheng Lan's face was confused.

On the other end of the phone, Lao Meng didn't speak for a long time, Cheng Lan almost thought that the phone was accidentally hung up by herself, picked up the phone and took a look, but no.

"Now," Lao Meng finally spoke, "come to me at once!"

(End of chapter)