Pushing open the glass door of the café, the melodic light music soothed Yichen's nervous body and mind a lot.

Two single sofas against floor-to-ceiling windows, the two sit facing each other, and there is a silver notebook on the wooden table.

André held out his hand: "Introduce yourself, Andre Brown, British." ”

"Yichen. Although the other party knew his name yesterday, out of politeness, Yichen still said it again.

"I'll wait for you for five hours, and I'll look for you if you don't come back. If the club's task is not completed, it will have to deduct wages. Andrei snapped his fingers at the waiter in the distance, "What to drink?"

Five hours?Yichen suddenly felt like he was being treated like a VIP: "Caramel latte." ”

"A shot of espresso, a caramel latte, thank you. Andrei said to the waiter.

"The concentration is bitter. Yichen said.

"But it's fragrant. Andre plugged in the USB flash drive, called up the surveillance video in the lobby and door of the tavern, moved his notebook, and pointed the screen at Yichen, "Nine-twenty-six, let's start watching from here." ”

Yichen leaned forward, his eyes fixed on the screen, nine twenty-six, it was the time when he and Ai Xue walked into the tavern.

Although it was night, the picture was clear and it was clear that the tavern's CCTV was not a decoration.

The waiter came with a tray, bowed slightly, and gently placed the coffee and paper towels on the table.

Yichen watched the video intently, ignoring the coffee, while Andre picked up the cup and drank it slowly.

Time passed quietly, and half an hour later, Yichen slowly raised his head.

Andrei smiled lightly: "Confused, shocked, frightened, one look can easily express so many things." I have to say, the eyes are such a magical thing. ”

Yichen was silent, he had to take it easy, from the appearance of the masked man to the rear-end collision of the five cars, everything was so incredible.

Andrei crossed his legs, folded his hands on his knees, and waited quietly.

After a long time, Yichen asked, "Is this true?"

"Don't you already have the answer in mind?" asked Andrei rhetorically.

Yichen was stunned, nodded, and was silent again.

Andrei summoned the waiter and ordered another caramel latte.

After a while, the waiter brought the coffee, and Andre pushed the coffee in front of Yichen: "It's cold, change the cup." ”

"Thanks, don't you want another cup?" Yichen saw the empty cup in front of Andre, he was busy watching the video just now, and he really didn't care about drinking coffee, at this time, he took a sip and warmed his stomach.

"This should be the sixteenth cup. Andrei shook his head, "I'm full, my stomach is full of concentration now." ”

"Sixteen...... Cup. Yichen forced a smile.

"A cup in twenty minutes is not much, but the tongue suffers. Andre pushed the computer to a position where both of them could see it, "How's that?

Seeing Andre's confident and even smug look, Yichen wanted to shake his head, but he did have a lot of questions in his heart, and finally nodded truthfully.

"Good. "You'll understand everything after I've heard me, but you'll have to answer me a few questions before you do." What did the waiter give you?"

"Wooden sign, this is it. Slightly hesitant, Yichen took out a wooden sign from his pocket, "The waiter said that a gentleman asked him to pass it to me." There was also a note at the time telling me to go out to meet him. ”

Andrei observed the wooden sign: "It turns out that the mysterious man is him. ”

"Mystery man?" Yichen felt that Andre looked like a private detective, but his appearance was somewhat obscene.

"Let's move on, next question. This question is important and answered carefully. Andre became serious, "Do you have a small metal sword three inches long?"

"Is it it?" Yichen gently placed the small iron sword on the table, and he was a little nervous as he was stared at by Andre.

"The similarity is 100%, the verification is successful, the identity is confirmed, the Lord of Darkness, Yichen. A magnetic man's voice reached Andrei's ears.

The serious expression was instantly replaced by a gentle smile, and Andre grinned and stretched out his hand again: "Congratulations, you have officially become a member of the Rookie Club's Roses." ”

"Rose member?" Yichen was stunned, he couldn't keep up with Andre's train of thought, and let Andre hold his hand and shake it symbolically.

"Since they're all my own people, I'll be more direct. Andrei pointed to the small iron sword on the table and said crisply, "After you disappeared with the black light, you went to a dark world. There, you saw a sword that was exactly the same in shape but ten times its size, am I right?"

Yichen looked at him, speechless in shock.

Andre smiled smugly, he enjoyed Yichen's expression very much, compared to Mo Kaize, the young man in front of him was undoubtedly much more normal.

He took out a small thing from his ear, white, like a small grain of rice: "In this way, help me complete the task first, and then deduct my salary, and I will eat soil next year." ”

"What is this?" asked Yichen.

"Micron headset, set call, recording, translation and other functions in one, using the latest technology, can be reduced to 100 microns attached to the external ear canal, is an advanced invisible headset, high-tech products of the quality gate. "Tell me in detail what you saw and heard in that place, from beginning to end." ”

"Recording?"

"Sort of. "Andrei didn't tell Yichen that this is information gathering - what the two of them say here will be stored by the artificial intelligence over there - after all, it will be a waste of time to explain.

A few minutes later, after Yichen finished telling about last night's experience, Andre happily put away his headphones.

"Can you talk now?" asked Yichen eagerly, realizing that he was not good at negotiating, and the other party had taken all his words out in a few words, and so far he had only relived last night's experience like watching a movie.

"Of course, let's get started. Andre picked up the wireless mouse and zoomed in on the screen, and a young man was talking with his back to the camera and the waiter, "At nine thirty-two, the young man walked into the tavern and the waiter talked for about half a minute. Half a minute later, the youth left, and the waiter went to you. Combined with what you just said, he is undoubtedly the one who gave you the wooden sign and the note. ”

"It's him!" Yichen was surprised, although there was only one back in the picture, the dark blue suit and the rectangular black cloth bag revealed the identity of the young man.

When watching the video just now, Yichen noticed the young man, and after he disappeared, the young man came from across the street.

Walking in the motionless crowd and the crowd of cars, the young man was the absolute focus, and it was difficult for him not to pay attention.

"That's right, this young man appeared once in the six minutes after you entered the tavern, and you didn't notice it, or you just watched the footage once, without thinking about it. Andrei said lightly, "Even if you use your brain a little, you can follow the waiter's clue to find him." ”

Yichen's face was embarrassed, he really didn't think about it at that time.

"Out of the tavern, you have seen and experienced that scene, the dead servant appears, pedestrians and cars stand still......" Andre zooms in on the scene at the door of the tavern.

"Dead servant?"

"It's the masked man, he can channel the water elemental for a short time, which is why you are frozen. ”

"Water elemental?" Yichen's face was strange.

"Don't believe me?" asked Andrei.

"Believe it. Yichen actually wanted to say whether he believed it or not, but he was afraid of upsetting him, so he didn't want to linger on this topic, so he quickly changed the topic, "What about pedestrians and cars?"

Andrei said: "Pedestrians and cars are because of ...... Absolute zero. ”

"Absolute zero?" Yichen was puzzled.

"From a physical point of view, absolute zero is the lowest temperature in thermodynamics, and the zero point defined by the Kelvin temperature scale is about 273°C Celsius, which is the theoretical lower limit. At this temperature, the molecules of the object have no kinetic energy and no potential energy, and the internal energy is also zero. The temperature of a substance depends on the kinetic energy of the atoms, molecules, etc. within it. According to the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, the greater the kinetic energy of the particle, the higher the temperature of the matter. Theoretically, if the kinetic energy of the particle is as low as the lowest point of quantum mechanics, the matter reaches absolute zero and cannot be lower. "Andrey's mouth hangs," in other words, at absolute zero, everything will reach its lowest form of motion. You can think of it as stillness in disguise. ”

"You mean the temperature on the street was minus 273 degrees Celsius?

"Absolute zero is the lowest temperature that cannot be reached, and the temperature of nature can only be approached infinitely. André shook his head, "Although the temperature at that time was still some distance from absolute zero, it was enough to make the form of motion of everything extremely low. That is, people and cars on the street and everything are moving, but they are not visible to the naked eye, which is similar to the special effect of slowing down indefinitely. ”

Yichen looked skeptical: "Although there is cryonics technology now, but with such a low temperature, will people really be fine?"

"High temperatures can damage cell structures, while low temperatures can reduce cell viability and promote cell dormancy. Cryonics takes advantage of this, and at minus 196°C, the human body goes into a dormant state. This temperature uses technology to revive living things again. Of course, cell recovery is slow and takes some time. "As for the possibility of surviving at absolute zero...... Zero. At extreme low temperatures, although the organs of the human body can operate normally in a short period of time, the human body contains 70% of the water, and the water freezes into ice cubes, resulting in organ rupture, organ rupture, and the person dies. ”

"But the above is the result of natural science, and last night was the work of a force that does not belong to our world, a force that cannot be explained by natural science. So even though the temperature was lower than minus 196°C, the water in the human body did not freeze. Not only are there no damage to bodily functions, but even cell recovery is instantaneous. ”

"It's just using temperature to simply affect time, right?"

That's what it means. Provided that he doesn't want to kill. If you want to ask why you can move freely, it's because he hasn't changed the temperature around you and the Dead Servant. ”

"He—wasn't that the man's doing?"

"The dead servant doesn't have that ability yet, it's him, look carefully at his right hand. "Andre fast-forward the video.

In the picture, a young man appears, the young man stands where he disappeared, his thumb and middle finger are gently twisted, and then everything is back to normal, the person walks normally, and the car runs normally......

"A snap of your fingers, changing the temperature?"

"Not really, I just want you to see this guy's stinky side. In fact, what really worked was the rectangular black cloth bag on his back. ”

Could it be that it is also a sword? Yichen wanted to laugh but held back, and said in his heart You are really an interesting person.

"He changed the temperature of the entire street, and the extreme low temperature made the time flow of the street very slow, and the temperature around you and the dead servant did not change, so the speed of time flowed normally. Andre looked at Yichen, "What is the normal flow rate of time at an extremely slow flow rate?"

Yichen shook his head.

"Nature is equivalent to looking at the extremely fast flow of time at the normal flow rate of time. André sighed, he had never seen such a stupid person, "What happened last night was at a normal time flow, and the whole street was at an extremely slow time flow, including the cameras that took the footage. To put it simply, what happened in 14 minutes was done in just two seconds in the video, which is similar to the effect of infinite fast forward. ”

"Do you mean that the street has been silent for fourteen minutes? Yichen was stunned, no wonder he found that he only saw half of the time on the video and stopped walking, in fact, it was not that he didn't leave, but that he had changed from walking one second to seven minutes and walking one second.

Andrei thought for a moment and said: "It can be understood that the most intuitive phenomenon is that all the timekeeping instruments in the street are fourteen minutes and fifty-eight seconds slower, to be exact, provided that those timekeeping instruments are not damaged. ”

"Didn't anyone find out?"

"If you find that the time is not accurate, just adjust the time, and no one will care about the reason. In this society, people are only serious about things that affect their own interests. ”

Yichen raised his forehead: "I mean people outside the street." ”

"Most people take a few looks and leave, and in your words, it's called a no-nonsense hanging, and they probably think they're making a movie. A few people are curious, but the moment they walk into the street, they will be like the people in the street, and the form of movement will become extremely low, and they will not be able to find it. Andrei said casually, "It doesn't matter if someone really finds out, our brainwashing team will make him forget about it completely." ”

"Wash ...... Brain. Yichen's eyelids twitched slightly.

"Rest assured, they are all top brainwashing experts, and people will not have any discomfort after brainwashing. On the contrary, they will have hope and longing for life. Andre smiled lightly, "In modern society, many people's spirits are in a state of near paralysis, sluggish, depressed, numb, brainwashing is good for them, what do you think?"

Yichen was noncommittal, and looked at the young man in the picture: "Is he also a dead servant?

"It's people. Andrei frowned, "As for the reason for this, I am also puzzled. Judging from the wooden card given to you, he is helping you, but he changes the temperature of the whole street, but not the temperature around you and the Dead Servant, and he also stands by when the Dead Servant strikes at you, which is very unreasonable. ”

"Standing by and watching?"

"That's right, stand by and watch. He was standing here last night. Andre pointed to the floor-to-ceiling window, "The surveillance video of the café happens to be with me, do you want to see it?"

"No need. Yichen shook his hand, since Andre can steal the surveillance video of the tavern, he can naturally steal the café, yes, that's right, it's stealing.

"Is there any more questions?" Andre didn't know what Yichen was thinking, and if he knew, he would be half angry.

"How did that man die?" asked Yichen.

The car closest to the masked man in the video was also five meters away, and the owner of the car braked urgently after seeing the man. It was because of the emergency braking of the owner of that car that caused a five-car rear-end collision.

"He killed, and it was easier for him to kill a dead servant than to snap his fingers. Andrei's chin lifted to the young man on the screen, "However, the police took away the owner of the first car. ”

"Didn't the police check the surveillance footage?"

"All the footage of this street last night, including surveillance footage, dashcam footage...... It's all here. André flicked Donald Duck, which was stuck in his notebook.

"He killed someone but asked the owner of the car to bear the crime for him!" Yichen suddenly thought of the word "blame", looked at Andre and said in his heart You are either bragging or an accomplice.

"He didn't kill anyone, he was a dead servant. The moment he became a dead servant, the man was already dead, his consciousness erased, and he became a walking corpse. "In Buddhist parlance, it's just a soulless skin. ”

Yichen felt that the owner of the car was wronged: "Even if what you said is true, the police don't know." ”

"The Public Security Bureau received a video this morning, which is the dashcam footage from the car owner's car. In the video, the man walks eight meters in two seconds, which is equivalent to the speed of a race walker. In addition, the cause of the man's death was frozen blood vessels and brain death, and the results of the autopsy would not have been related to the traffic accident, no matter how outrageous. ”

"So the owner is okay?"

"Nothing at all. I can't see that you have a sense of justice. ”

"It's just a matter of facts. What will the police do with this case?"

"Investigation, no clues, continue to investigate, still no clues, after a long time, can only be sealed as a mystery case. In fact, this situation is very common, and every country has more or less sealed some mystery cases that cannot be solved. Andrei said lightly, "There are many phenomena in this world that cannot be explained by natural science, they go beyond the laws of nature and belong to supernatural phenomena. Unsolved mysteries of the world, such as the Sun Gate in Tiahuanaco, the underwater pyramid on Yonaguni Island in Japan, and the explosion during the apocalypse of the Ming Dynasty in China, are among the world's unsolved mysteries. ”

Yichen raised his eyebrows: "There are still unannounced paranormal phenomena?"

"A lot. Andrei nodded, "Each of these unannounced paranormal phenomena is bizarre, weird, and terrifying, enough to cause panic in the region. Because of this, they are paranormal phenomena that are not allowed to be published. ”

"Paranormal phenomena that are not allowed to be published. Yichen muttered and began to think.

"We seem to be off topic. Andre pulled the plastic duck off his notebook and stretched, "Don't be in a daze, it's time for our main event to begin." ”