Chapter 184: Foggy
(This book won't be written as sci-fi, but it needs a hidden main line)
"Where are you from? Mr. ”
"Me? I am...... I'm Portlander. ”
"Where's your home, I can send you back... Oh no, my car won't drive anymore, you tell you where your home is, I'll find a taxi to take you back. ”
"I ...... I don't know...... I'm blind......"
"Do you have your family's phone number? You tell me, I call them and ask them to pick you up. ”
"No... I'm alone, I'm living alone. ”
"What about you...... So how did you end up in the middle of the road? Is someone trying to murder you? Still is...... What ailment do you have that suddenly faints on the road? ”
"No...... No...... It's not ......."
"Okay, then you can go home with me first, at least you won't be hit by a car in my house."
“…… I'm sorry sir, sorry for the trouble......"
After almost crushing the blind man on the road, Gan Guoyang confirmed that the guy was not harmed, and asked him where his family lived and some personal information, but all he got were vague answers such as "I don't know" and "I don't know".
Gan Guoyang thought that he couldn't be left unattended on the side of the road, and if he was sent to the police station, Gan Guoyang himself would be bad, because he was driving without a license, and driving without a license is a more serious violation of the law in the United States.
"I must have a broken brain, how could I think of driving myself?" Gan Guoyang recalled his decision to drive back and felt that he was stupid, so he had to take the blind man with him now and push the car all the way back.
Fortunately, Gan Guoyang is physically strong, and pushing a car is really not a big problem, and he happens to regard this as an exercise.
"You have so much strength, Mr. Gan, you can push this car so easily." The blind white man put his hands on the frame of the car and followed the car forward.
"Yes, I'm a basketball player, I'm a center, I have to have a lot of strength." Gan Guoyang pushed the door of the cab open, holding the steering wheel with one hand and the door with the other to move forward.
"I know, Gan, the first Chinese center in the NBA, had a chance to become a great center in the NBA......" The blind man seemed to feel that he had said something wrong, and immediately stopped talking.
But Gan Guoyang listened?? But I heard a different flavor in his words, "I had a chance to become", that is, Gan Guoyang didn't become a great center in the end?
"You know me?" Gan Guoyang's heart moved when he heard his words, and he asked casually.
Gan Guoyang suddenly had a thought in his heart, could it be that this guy also crossed over from the afterlife?
But it's not right again, he Gan Guoyang himself also crossed over from the afterlife, if this blind man also crossed over from the afterlife, then he shouldn't know that there is such a person as Gan?
Gan Guoyang thought about it carefully and he understood that if there were still people who crossed over from the afterlife, then they should immediately find out that he Gan Guoyang also crossed over from the later generations, because there was no Gan Guoyang in the NBA in history.
"Of course you know, you are now a big star in the NBA, and you are the pride of the Chinese...... Are we there? Are there many cars on the road? The blind man changed the subject.
"It's almost there, it's already at my doorstep, it's getting late, and there are no cars left."
"Good...... Then it should be fine...... It's nothing......" The blind man kept babbling, and he didn't know what he was reading.
After arriving home, Gan Guoyang put the car in the yard, and then checked the body, only to find that the window on the other side had a big hole, as if it had been punctured by a tree trunk.
"What a big hole...... A tree trunk had punctured the glass...... Fortunately......" As soon as Gan Guoyang saw this hole, a cold sweat broke out, if there is a tree trunk that can puncture the glass when the car topples, then this tree trunk is not a problem at all to puncture his head!
It can only be said that fortunately, the length of the branch is not long enough, so it does not reach his head, otherwise...... The consequences are unimaginable.
In addition, there is some damage to the outside of the body, but it is not very serious, and there should be no problem if you go to the garage to repair it.
After that, Gan Guoyang invited the blind man to his home, he always felt that the blind man seemed to know something, anyway, this guy was not an ordinary person.
After entering the house, Gan Guoyang looked at the clothes worn by the blind man, which were old-fashioned clothes and pants from the eighties, not clothes from later generations.
It's just that his clothes seem to have been worn in the spring, not now, Gan Guoyang hurriedly went inside and got a big cotton jacket for him, and draped it on the blind man's body, he was already very cold.
After drinking some hot tea, Gan Guoyang was going to ask him a few more questions, and then he found a guest room for him to sleep in, and the next day he was sent to the police station to help solve the matter.
He's going to train and play tomorrow.
"Mr. Gan, I want to ask you a question." The blind man put down his cup and said suddenly.
"Say it, Mr. Chris." The blind man's name was Doug Chris, a very common American name.
"If, I mean if, I said I'm from Miami, would you believe me?" Chris asked.
"Of course I believe, Miami, I know, Florida, a beautiful place."
"No, you don't see what I mean, I mean I was in Miami before, this afternoon, and I was in Portland in the evening, and then, and then...... Can you understand? ”
After saying this, Gan Guoyang looked at the blind man, his head was a little confused, he was wondering, is there something wrong with this blind man's brain? In the afternoon, he was still in Miami, and suddenly appeared in Portland in the evening, still collapsed in the middle of the road.
Gan Guoyang just wanted to think that he was a psychopath, but he has always been more amazing by himself, the last moment was still in 2011, and the next second he woke up in 1981, who did he talk to?
So for this guy who claims to be teleporting, Gan Guoyang thinks that it's true that it's not good.
And look at the clothes this guy is wearing, he really came from the south, otherwise he wouldn't have frozen to death if he wore this in Portland.
"I believe in you, I believe in you." Gan Guoyang replied.
"Okay, Mr. Gan, I don't know if you're comforting me, but I still want to ask you, if I say that I'm from the future, do you believe me?"
As soon as this sentence came out, it almost made all the tea in Gan Guoyang's mouth squirt out, is this guy really a traverser?
Gan Guoyang thought about it carefully, if he is a traverser, it can only mean one problem, that is, he, like Gan Guoyang, is a soul traversal.
In later generations, Dang Lei traveled to Gan Guoyang and changed to a new body, while this guy named Doug Chris was more unlucky and crossed over to a blind man.
Gan Guoyang thought about it again and again, and he suddenly had a strong impulse, which was from the heart, similar to the impulse to survive, telling him that he should believe in this blind man.
"I ...... I believe in you because...... Because I have also crossed over from the Hereafter. ”
After Gan Guoyang said this, he stared at the blind man, he had already figured it out a little, if the blind man was crossed over by later generations, then he must know that there was no such person as Gan Guoyang in the history of the NBA, so the only explanation is that Gan Guoyang also crossed over.
It's just that Gan Guoyang didn't expect that the expression on the blind man's face was not "as I expected", but slightly surprised.
This shows that in the first half of the sentence, Gan Guoyang chose to believe that the blind man expected it, and the second half of the sentence was indeed something that the blind man couldn't fully think of.
"No wonder, no wonder...... Mr. Gan, your luck is really good, it's really good. The blind man continued to babble.
Gan Guoyang looked a little impatient, since everyone has opened the skylight and said something, then don't hide it anymore, anyway, there is no third person here, this is purely a dialogue between the traversers.
For so many years since Gan Guoyang came to this time and space, he has not been troubled by his identity as a time-traveler, and no matter who he is, he has no way to say it clearly.
Now that he finally has the opportunity to relax the secret in his chest, whether it is true or not, he can't care so much, anyway, since the decision to drive back today, Gan Guoyang feels that everything seems to be destined.
"I'm from 2011, I was originally a Chinese college student with a congenital heart disease, and I ran to play basketball after another impulse, but I had a heart attack and fainted. When I woke up, I found myself in a hotel bed, and my body was a different person. Then I found out that I had come to Shanghai in 1981. Then I came to the U.S. with my father, and then I fell in love with basketball, started learning all kinds of basketball skills, and eventually made it to the Palo Alto High School basketball team, and in college I went to Gunzaga University, where I won the NCAA championship. Then I went to the NBA Draft, I made it to the Portland Trail Blazers, and I have been until now. Gan Guoyang told all his experiences in recent years, and he found that his experience was almost completely inseparable from basketball.
After saying all this, Gan Guoyang looked at the blind man quietly, not knowing what the blind man would say, or rather, the blind man was a liar at all, and he was joking with himself.
"I'm from 2013," the blind man finally spoke, and his first sentence shocked Gan Guoyang's spirit, this guy actually came later than his own era.
"My original name was Vion Mipo, I was Italian and I used to work for a computer company, I was a basketball fan, I was a fan of the San Antonio Spurs. In the 2013 Finals, it was the San Antonio Spurs against the Miami Heat. ”
As soon as he said this, Gan Guoyang didn't know whether it was true or not, when Gan Guoyang crossed over, the Heat had just lost the 2011 Finals, but as soon as he said this, Gan Guoyang understood that this person was indeed not lying, he was indeed crossing, because in the current league, there is no Miami Heat!
"That's right, Miami Heat, they lost the Finals with the Mavericks in 2011!" Gan Guoyang said excitedly.
"Yes, they lost the Finals that year, and it was probably the most 'expected' Finals loss." The blind man said with a smile, obviously he also heard that Gan Guoyang really crossed over from the afterlife.
"The Spurs were tied 2-2 with Miami in the first four games, and in the battle of Kings Mountain, the Spurs defeated the Heat at home and were one step away from the championship." The blind man's words surprised Gan Guoyang very much, he didn't expect that in 2013, the classic car of Spurs would be able to soar to such a level.
But in Game 6, with the game still seconds to go, Spurs still had a three-point lead, and the result was ...... A three-pointer from Ray Allen, a magical three-pointer, equalized the score and dragged the game into overtime. In the end, the Spurs lost the game and lost the crucial sixth game. ”
"What about the seventh? How's the seventh game? Gan Guoyang suddenly began to care about the finals in 30 years.
"Seventh? I don't know, because after the sixth game, I was so sad, so I drank a lot of wine, and I was dazed, and I remember that I was walking down the street, and I looked like I was hit by a car, and then I woke up ......"
"And then when you wake up, you find you lying in the middle of the road, but you can't see anything, and you hear me." Gan Guoyang seems to have understood what is going on.
"No, no, no, it's not like that, it's not like that." The blind man denied Gan Guoyang's statement.
"I said, I'm from Miami, and on the day of the game, I didn't go to Miami to watch the game, my home was in San Antonio. When I woke up, I found myself lying on a bed in an apartment, and my body was a different person. I accepted his memories and knew that this guy was a small clerk at a telecommunications company in Miami. I don't know what you thought after the crossing, but I had a very mixed mind, some fear, some excitement, some disbelief, you know, when I turned on the dilapidated TV in his room, it was the news from 1978! ”
After saying this, Gan Guoyang realized that this Doug Chris had traveled to 1977, a year earlier than him.
If that's the case, why is Chris blind?
"Mr. Chris, you weren't blind when you crossed over, were you?" Gan Guoyang asked.
"Hahaha, of course I'm not blind, otherwise how would I have seen the news on TV. You know, anyone who has crossed over has a heart that changes history. And it was this heart that hurt me. Chris continued.
Gan Guoyang thought of those who traveled to the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, and the Republic of China in later generations, and then changed the world, and he thought that anyone who could experience the crossing would probably think about changing history - except for him Gan Guoyang himself.
"You know, I was a technician for a computer company in later life, and in 1978, there wasn't even a personal computer. In the future, that is, the era of computer technology and the Internet, if I can develop and utilize this technology as early as possible, then the future will not be under my control. "Chris thinks all this, and it is also what many YY people imagine to use technology to change the world.
"However, later I found that, first of all, it is too difficult for a person to use some knowledge from later generations to develop a technology, and whenever I make a breakthrough, there are always some inexplicable things to hinder me, such as a fire in an apartment, such as a traffic jam on the road, and finally, when I was working on integrated circuits, I finally burned the equipment due to a short circuit of wires, which caused the equipment to explode, and my eyes were burned."
Chris said that Gan Guoyang was terrified, and the cold hairs behind him stood up, could it be said that changing history would lead to retribution? Then he should have changed a lot of history, although he only changed the history of basketball, but everything in the world is affected by the whole body.
"I didn't know what I was doing before I knew you, but today, I probably understand a little." Chris continued.
"Mr. Gan, do you know the history of the NBA in the 80s?" Chris asked suddenly.
Gan Guoyang was stunned when he heard it, he really didn't know much about the history of the NBA in the eighties, he only knew the familiar things of the black and white heroes and the golden generation, and he didn't know anything about the specific details.
"I don't know, although I was a basketball fan in later life, I was not an expert on basketball history." Gan Guoyang shook his head and said.
"Hehe, Mr. Gan, then let me tell you, in 1984, a Chinese player named Sunny-Gump led Gunzaga University to win the NCAA championship, and then in the 1984 draft, he was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers, and had a great performance in the league, and firmly occupied the first place in the rebounding list for the halfway point of his rookie season. Then he was elected as the NBA Western Conference All-Star backup center by a high vote. But...... On February 6, 1985, before the All-Star Game, the future hopeful star, the only Chinese player in the league, was driven home without a license late at night, and the car rolled over on the road, and was hit by a tree trunk on the side of the road, piercing the head, and died after rescue...... His death was a huge blow to the Portland Trail Blazers, and such a star of hope fell on the road to superstardom when it first began......
“……”
When Gan Guoyang listened to Chris's words and fully reacted, cold sweat had soaked through his clothes...... And indoors, he has turned on the heating and drank hot tea.
"That is to say...... In other words...... Tonight, I would have been damned? Gan Guoyang was already a little overwhelmed.
"That's right, Mr. Gan, if nothing else, I should probably die on that road...... Do you understand something now? ”
Everything began to develop in a direction beyond Gan Guoyang's imagination.
"I just want, okay, play basketball......"