Chapter 9: A Mysterious Invitation

Li Yaozhan took the rock fragments and hurriedly left Ma Wen's rental house, he didn't feel it in the house, but when he walked out of the corridor at this time, he suddenly felt chills. I never thought that I would do this, if someone usually told him that someone in this building committed suicide, then it is estimated that even if he unintentionally passed by, he would choose to take a detour. At this moment, he couldn't help but feel that he was really in love with Ma Wen, and he was in love with Ma Wen.

With this inexplicable self-satisfaction, he walked towards the place where he parked with light steps, and the dark corridor behind him without a trace of light seemed to be a deep giant eye staring at Li Yaozhan's back, and it was like a toothless giant mouth emitting a cold mockery.

Li Yaozhan walked through the old neighborhood, all kinds of noise came from the shop, the sound of stir-frying, the sound of quarrels, the sound of parents reprimanding their children, the sound of children crying, the old TV sets playing babbling Peking operas, the workers using copycat machines to play loud Tuhi hot songs, and the young men and women in the rental houses watching the emotional dramas of sensational petty bourgeoisie and the shouts of the stalls...... All kinds of noise through the thin brick wall in this world with the smell of dust of the old era, and those silent mansion communities that boast a beautiful environment, every inch of land here is full of thick fireworks, revealing a vigorous force, struggling and rolling, showing the resilience and vitality of life.

Li Yaozhan was fascinated by this vibrant hustle and bustle, which reminded him of his time when he was in school, in the humble dormitory building and his friends, the green years when his heart was higher than the sky, and the days when he didn't have to look at words and painstakingly managed. couldn't help but sigh softly, "This is the ...... of living" This kind of thought gave him a sense of satisfaction like a private visit to the emperor's micro-service, which made him suddenly feel that it was good to come to this kind of old community to stroll, and walked to the car while thinking, reached out and dusted off the floating ash on the hem of his trousers, and stepped into the cab and lit the fire. I lit a cigarette and took two puffs silently, threw it out of the car window and stepped on the accelerator...

Li Yaozhan was thinking about what to do next while driving, and after walking out of Ma Wen's rental house, an unspeakable sense of mission pressed on his heart, as if something was calling him, if before today, what drove him to investigate Ma Wen's feelings seemed to be an inexplicable force pushing or tempting. Although I didn't know it, everyone who knew him well must have thought that he had taken the wrong medicine if they knew that he would take risks for the sake of a woman. At this time, what lingered in his mind was not just the guilt of Ma Wen, what Li Yaozhan didn't know was that he had accidentally stepped into a world that he should never have set foot in, and everything was doomed from the moment he stepped into the altar...

After Li Yaozhan returned home, he silently ignored his mother's nagging, returned to his bedroom, skillfully turned on the computer and boarded Ma Wen's QQ number, this QQ number is Ma Wen's trumpet, and no Ma Wen's acquaintances were added to it, including Li Yaozhan himself. But once Ma Wen logged in to this account at Li Yaozhan's house, giving him the opportunity to secretly get the account password. In the past, Li Yaozhan was not interested in this QQ number, and Ma Wen did not shy away from him when he landed on this account, this QQ was actually used by Ma Wen to add some so-called "masters", and every time Ma Wen received an inexplicable courier from Ma Yuan, she would go to some people who claimed to be "masters" to ask.

However, just like Li Yaozhan ridiculed, these so-called "masters" on the Internet are just another way to show the upper limit of the human race's ability to ignorant, Ma Wen also knows that these people are either fools or liars, but for Ma Wen, this is the only channel for her to understand her father's world, watching those so-called "masters" talk across the screen, Ma Wen feels as if she has touched her father's breath again. She carefully guarded this QQ number, guarding the absurd but with her father's world. Li Yaozhan once curiously asked her why she didn't add some "masters" on WeChat, Ma Wen smiled and said that her father used QQ to communicate with those "masters" at the beginning, and there was no WeChat at that time.

Carefully flipped through the chat records, trying to find the record of Ma Wen chatting with others about this strange rock chip, since Ma Wen was probably holding this rock chip before she died, then maybe you can find some clues from the chat history. But as soon as he boarded QQ, Li Yaozhan gave up, and the message reminder showed that the last time this account was logged in was half a month ago, and he hadn't been on a business trip at that time, and he knew very well that Ma Wen didn't have this rock chip. However, in the spirit of Dengdu Deng's mentality, Li Yaozhan took the opportunity to flip through it, and speaking of which, this is the first time that he has carefully looked at what Ma Wen is talking to those masters about after knowing the password of this QQ account.

Flipping through the pages, Li Yaozhan found that it was very strange to set a group called Coming Again that was set to the top, in his opinion, these people who were addicted to spiritual tablets were all low-intelligence groups with chaotic logic. But the content of the chat in this top group, he didn't know how to describe it, and it seemed to be some nonsense at a glance, but after looking closely, Li Yaozhan found that they seemed to have their own logical system, which in a sense was more advanced than those religious people who only had chicken soup for the soul and a set of logical errors and omissions.

Li Yaozhan opened the chat history to search for content related to Ma Wen's speech, and was surprised to find that although the answers given in the group still use their own logical system, they are quite professional only in terms of conclusions, from the true and false value of the items to the role of the source, they have given seemingly professional answers, although they are not sure whether these answers are correct, but from most of the evaluations are pointed out as fakes and have no effect, Li Yaozhan has a lot of good feelings about this group. Looking at the list of members, I saw that the group owner ID was Prometheus, "Prometheus? Fire stealers? It's kind of interesting" After thinking about it, Li Yaozhan started a chat

"Are you there?"

"Hello, new salaryman"

Li Yaozhan was taken aback by the speed of the reply from the other side, and at the moment when he knocked enter, the reply from the other side was sent together with his own words, as if the other side had typed the word in advance and knocked the enter key at the same moment as himself

"Can I ask you a few questions?"

"Is it about Ma Wen?"

sent a message at the same time, but compared to the amazing speed of replying, the content of the other party's reply shocked Li Yaozhan even more, and he was still thinking about how to pull the topic to Ma Wen, and the other party actually said what he wanted to ask before him

"Do you know Ma Wen?"

"Don't you know each other? You're obviously using her QQ number, aren't you? ”

Li Yaozhan stood up suddenly, the computer chair was pushed out by his legs and slid to the edge of the bed before stopping, and suddenly looked back at the room that was still familiar, only the computer chair was silently sliding on the side of the bed, and the words on the screen made him break out in a cold sweat, and the opposite side was like sitting next to him with a computer in his hand, chatting with himself while watching himself type.

"Who are you?"

"Prometheus, or call me the Firestealer as you like"

Li Yaozhan's hands trembled slightly, fear grabbed his body, turned around and dragged himself back to the computer chair and buried himself in the soft seat, and the opposite side could see through his thoughts! And I saw it before I started the conversation myself! Li Yaozhan felt as if he had an eye that could see through everything, looking at him mockingly behind him, looking at his panicked appearance under this bad joke. Can't be led by the nose by the other side, Li Yaozhan wants to take back the initiative

"Do you know what I'm trying to ask?"

"You've got so much to ask, what do you want me to answer for you?"

"Can you answer them all?" Li Yaozhan was accustomed to the terrible speed of the opposite side's reply, and asked calmly

"I'm willing to answer all your questions if you need it, but it's a long story"

"I think I'm patient enough"

"But you don't trust me enough"

Through the screen, Li Yaozhan could read the mockery in the tone of the other side

"So what am I going to do to tell me?" Li Yaozhan wondered what this self-proclaimed Promethean weirdo could say

"What better way to give trust and recognition to each other than face-to-face communication?"

"You want to meet me?"

"It's rare that we're so close, wouldn't it be a pity not to see each other?"

Li Yaozhan thought about it for a while, and felt that meeting was not a safe choice, and clicked on Prometheus's personal information and found that the other party's location column was written S City, and the other party said that it was probably true

"Maybe how about we video chat? It's a meeting, isn't it? Li Yaozhan chose a more compromise plan, and the other side swore that he knew everything he wanted to know, and the almost terrifying mind-reading ability on the other side also shocked Li Yaozhan fiercely, maybe he could really get some important information from the other party, and it was worth listening to anyway.

"Are you still there?" However, there was no reply from the other side, not to mention the amazingly synchronized reply speed before, and after waiting for a few seconds, he still didn't wait for a reply, Li Yaozhan hurriedly asked. However, there was still no reply, although the avatar on the other side of the proof was still lit to prove that it was online, but it was as silent as if he had never communicated with Li Yaozhan in the first place

"Are you there?"

"Is it okay to video chat? Can you get back to me if you can? All the messages sent by Li Yaozhan were lost, and he tried to click on the video chat, but the other side did not mean to allow access at all. Li Yaozhan fell into deep thought, although he didn't know why the other side had to meet him, but the conditions thrown by the other side were too tempting, if they could solve all their confusion when they met, then it would be okay to meet each other, right? As long as the meeting place is chosen in a crowded place, then the opposite side can't do anything about themselves, right? What's more, why the other side can read his thoughts through the network cable also makes Li Yaozhan full of curiosity. If it's just a meeting... If it's just a meeting... With this thought, Li Yaozhan put his hand on the keyboard

"So, how about we meet?"

"No problem"

Did you get back in seconds, Li Yaozhan felt that he was being tricked by the other side again, and the other side was like a clever hunter, sitting steadily in the dark with a shotgun, watching himself go around the crude trap and finally plunged into it, because the trap contained a bait that he couldn't refuse

"So, how about I choose a meeting place?" Li Yaozhan made up his mind to give up this meeting as long as the other side refused to choose a location

"Of course, the time and place are up to you," Prometheus said unexpectedly

"So how about tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. at the Garden Restaurant Cafe on XX Street?" Li Yaozhan deliberately chose a café in a densely populated area near his home

"Then look forward to seeing you tomorrow"

Li Yaozhan saw the reply and immediately pressed the power switch and forcibly turned off the computer, he didn't want to continue to face the screen for a moment, the short ten minutes of conversation seemed to drain all his courage and energy, and at this moment he found that his back was already soaked

"Tomorrow, tomorrow everything will be clear" Li Yaozhan tore off his clothes, fell on the bed and fell into a deep sleep...