Chapter 1: I'm Dead
At two o'clock in the morning, on the 11th floor of Block C of Ahri's mother headquarters building, a fat man in front of the desk was staring nervously at the monitor, his fingers tapping on the keyboard from time to time. His name is Huang Yuan, Chinese New Year's Eve years old, and he is a programmer with a rank of P8 and a senior expert. He was nervous at the moment.
Because he found that the system that had just been launched was malfunctioning, the memory had soared, the number of CPU threads had soared, and the alarm was frequent. The system can be accessed normally at the beginning, but then it is frequently stuck, and now it is directly down, and the service is completely unavailable. But fortunately, it is the second half of the night, and most of the users have gone to sleep, so the number of visits is very small, only tens of thousands. But if it is not solved by dawn, it will be troublesome, and tens of millions of users will be affected, and he will really be dead by then.
Looking at the various monitoring data that changed on the screen, as well as the rapidly refreshed background logs, Huang Yuan had a headache, and it had been more than 30 minutes since the failure occurred, and he still couldn't locate the problem. Even if the system was rolled back to the previous version, it could not be solved, and the product manager and department leaders called every few minutes to inquire about the progress, and Huang Yuan could only say that it was too fast.
"You are my little apple, I can't love you too much...", a ringtone, Huang Yuan picked up the phone and saw that it was Cao Shaoping, the product manager, who must have asked about the progress again, so he had no choice but to pick it up.
"Lao Huang, how is it, did you find the problem?", Cao Shaoping's anxious voice came from the mobile phone.
"Soon, soon, right away", Huang Yuan said affirmatively.
"Lao Huang, you told me half an hour ago that you were going to be fast. I'll tell you, this system has a lot of users, and if something goes wrong, it's a big deal. I suggest that we report it and find an expert to solve it, what do you say?".
The corners of Huang Yuan's mouth twitched a few times, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Lao Cao, give me another half an hour, if you still can't figure it out, you must report it." Lao Cao, you also know, it's miserable to report to me now, it's possible to deduct performance, report criticism, and fire, just half an hour, okay, only half an hour?".
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while before the voice came out again, "Okay, just half an hour, I'll wait for your call." If I can't figure it out, I'll just report it. Toot Toot ......".
Huang Yuan put down the phone, raised his head and sighed, what should I do? What should I do if I can't solve the problem?
Huang Yuan, who was deep in thought, suddenly felt that sweat on his forehead had slipped down to his eyes, and when he touched it with his hand, he found that he was already sweating profusely at this time, his chest was still a little stuffy and painful, his back was sweaty, and his hands were a little trembling. He cupped his forehead and told himself to calm down. It's a big deal to deduct performance, and send a copy to the whole company to report criticism, which shouldn't be fired. Why is my chest getting tighter and tighter, it's very uncomfortable, I should be too nervous, drink saliva.
Huang Yuan picked up the cup and wanted to drink water, but found that the cup was empty, so he got up and wanted to get water, but as soon as he stood up, he felt that the world was spinning and his head was dizzy. As soon as his feet were weak, the whole person fell straight and face down to the ground.
Huang Yuan wanted to get up, and he had to continue to solve the problem after drinking saliva, but his hands and feet were weak, and he couldn't get up. The pain in my chest is getting bigger and bigger, and my heart is pounding faster and faster. Huang Yuan felt that it was not normal, and wanted to dial 120 with his mobile phone, but found that the mobile phone was on the desk, and he couldn't reach it when he reached out.
My heart is beating faster and faster, my chest is hurting more and more, my head is getting more and more confused, but I can't reach my mobile phone. Huang Yuan became weaker and weaker, and finally decided to give up his mobile phone, struggling and began to shout for help, hoping that someone could hear him, but the voice was low, although there were still people not far away, but he didn't find anything abnormal here.
Huang Yuan gradually lost his strength and couldn't scream, so he could only use his hand to slap the ground, and knock ~ knock ~ knock ~ knock, like a death knell, knock on Huang Yuan's heart. He hoped that the sound would attract attention, but it backfired, until he was completely unconscious and no one came to save him.
I don't know how long it took, Huang Yuan, who lost consciousness, was suddenly awakened by a strange sound, which seemed to be the sound of iron chains dragging on the ground. Huang Yuan opened his eyes and saw that he was lying on the ground, surrounded by gray, it seemed that he was not in the office, could it be in the morgue? What was the sound just now? The sound of the freezer drawer twitching?
Huang Yuan was lying on the ground and was thinking nonsense, when suddenly there was another commotion. Huang Yuan followed the prestige, and it turned out to be from a door in the distance. The door is a little blurry, it seems to be far and near, big and small, the door is divided into two doors, wide open, there is a thick fog tumbling inside, and there are three big characters faintly on the top, but I can't see it clearly. Two figures shook faintly in the thick fog inside the door, and the sound came from there.
Huang Yuan got up, and out of curiosity, he took a few steps closer to take a closer look. It happened that the two figures in the door just walked out of the door, and as soon as they raised their feet, the two of them had already arrived in front of Huang Yuan, standing on both sides of Huang Yuan on the left and right, and they didn't speak, just watched.
The one on the left is smiling, tall and thin, with a pale complexion, a long tongue, dressed in white, wearing a white high hat, with the words "Catching you" written on it, holding a white mourning stick in one hand and dragging a black iron chain on the ground in the other. The face on the right is fierce, wide and fat, small and black-faced, dressed in black, wearing a black high hat, with the words "You are coming" written on it, and he is also holding a black mourning stick in one hand and dragging a black iron chain on the ground in the other.
Huang Yuan collapsed on the ground in fright after seeing the faces of the two of them, there was a roar in his head, and he suddenly felt that his breathing was much shorter. He looked at these two strange people and panicked, and asked boldly, "Who are you, what are you looking for me?"
"Hahaha~, I know you know who we are by looking at you, but we can introduce it again", the white-clothed stranger threw the chain in his hand, and the chain was put on Huang Yuan's neck with a bang, and then the black-clothed stranger grabbed the other end of the chain and pulled it, and Huang Yuan was pulled up violently.
The strange man in white continued, "I am Bai Impermanence, he is Black Impermanence, and the two of us are in charge of hunting ghosts, do you understand?".
Huang Yuan's heart was shocked, although he had already been mentally prepared, he still couldn't accept it for a while when he really heard this information. It turns out that people really have souls when they die, and it turns out that there is really black and white impermanence, so there are also underworlds. But Lao Tzu is only thirty years old, and he hasn't talked about anyone yet, and he has been busy, but he didn't expect to be really busy. I haven't had time to enjoy the beautiful life, I have always wanted to travel to Dali, I have always wanted to go to Kunming to see, I want to travel to the Inner Mongolia grassland by car, and I want to sleep for seven or eight days in a row to rest, and I want to ......
Hey, life is really impermanent.
When Huang Yuan's heart was infinitely sad, he heard a majestic voice coming: "Huang Yuan, died suddenly from overwork, died in Chinese New Year's Eve, life and death are impermanent, yin and yang are different, and he must not be detained in the world, for the sake of the evil and yang world, he will be immediately sent to the Yin Division to await trial, without delay." Let's go", and then a strong force came, so that Huang Yuan staggered forward, and this pounce rushed into the gate.
The moment Huang Yuan pounced on the door, he finally saw the three seal characters on the door, "Ghost Gate", it's over. Huang Yuan stood still and looked back, the door behind him had been closed, and then disappeared. Huang Yuan hurriedly pleaded anxiously, "Are the two eldest brothers mistaken, I have never done anything unreasonable in my life, how can I be so short-lived?"
Bai Wuchang laughed twice, then took out a booklet from his arms and flipped through it, and after a while, he pointed to a line in the booklet and said to Huang Yuan, "That's right, the name, appearance, location, age, and cause of death are all right, your longevity is over, accept your fate."
"But I still have bugs (defects) that haven't been fixed, if they can't be solved by dawn, tens of millions of people will be affected, Brother Hei and Brother Bai, let me go back for two hours, and I'll go with you after I finish correcting the bugs, okay?", Huang Yuan pulled the sleeves of his kind-faced Bai Wuchang shirt and pleaded with tears in his eyes.
"Hmph, I really can't see it, don't you smell dead and dead, it's a hundred. It doesn't matter if you are a pawn of a peddler or a saint of the Son of Heaven who bears the lives of the people, when the time comes, no one will want to stay in the Yang World anymore, throughout the ages, without exception", Hei Wuchang, who was leading Huang Yuan forward with his chains, reprimanded loudly.
Bai Wuchang flicked the sleeves of his robe and shook off Huang Yuan, and then said with a smile, "Huang Yuan, this world will still turn the same way without you, and the BUG can't be changed, and the sky can't collapse." Don't rub it off, this Huangquan Road is still long, if you miss the time and can't enter the ghost town, then you can only be a lonely ghost, and then it's no wonder that we two brothers."
Huang Yuan was helpless, the chain around his neck seemed to have a miraculous effect, and he could only barely move forward, trying to struggle and escape but couldn't exert his strength. Hey, resign yourself to your fate, let's go.
Huang Yuan just walked a few steps and thought of a question, so he opened his mouth and asked, "Two big brothers, then I can't go back to Yangshi again?" Didn't I hear that the first seven can still go home to see, is this a rumor?"
Bai Wuchang didn't look back, and said as he walked, "It's not a rumor, the first seven ghosts will send you back to see your relatives and friends one last time." There is also the Ghost Festival on July 15 every year, when the ghost door is wide open, ghosts can also return to the yang world to visit their relatives and enjoy sacrifices. Rest assured, you will be able to go back to see your loved ones in seven days, let's go."
Huang Yuan was relieved when he thought that he could go back and see his parents again, but he didn't take a few steps and thought of a question, so he opened his mouth and asked, "Two big brothers", and was interrupted by a loud shout as soon as he spoke.
"Why the are you 100,000 thousand, where are there so many problems, hurry quietly, and then knock you with a stick", Hei Impermanence shook his chains and glared angrily.
Huang Yuan suddenly became angry, grabbed the chain by the neck, stopped and scolded back, "You are a short black and fat man, ugly and stink-tempered, as a staff member of the prefecture, you don't have a sense of service." Let's talk about this chain first, it's cold and heavy, and it's not comfortable to put on your neck at all, why don't you use hemp rope. Besides, this is in a hurry, what era is it, and I still rely on my feet to walk, my feet are about to break, and I don't send a car, and I don't have a car or an electric car. The worst thing is the service attitude, it's you, the black fat man, what are you staring at, the lame is like 2580,000, the whole world is your cow."
Bai Wuchang pointed at Black Impermanence with one hand, holding his stomach with one hand and laughing so hard that he couldn't straighten his waist.
Looking at the black impermanence again, his eyebrows are upside down, his eyes are wide open, his nostrils are bigger, his mouth is gurgling, his face is trembling, and his beard is curled, which is already extremely angry.
Huang Yuan was not afraid of him, and continued to scold, "What are you doing, you want to beat me, Lao Tzu is afraid of you? Lao Tzu wants to complain about you, give you a bad review, and write a 5,000-word bad review."
Hei Wuchang suddenly raised the mourning stick and hung it in the air, the black note on the stick shook for a while, stirring up the surrounding fog and tumbling, Huang Yuan looked at the stick that was about to fall and suddenly felt a little timid.
"Brother, forget it, it's important to hurry, we have to deduct performance if we miss the hour", Bai Wuchang grabbed Hei Wuchang's raised right hand and persuaded him.
Hei Wuchang looked at Huang Yuan for half a while, but finally put down the stick, snorted angrily and turned to leave, and at the same time pulled the chain hard, pulling Huang Yuan and almost lying on the ground.
As soon as Huang Yuan stood firmly, he listened to the black impermanence in front of him sneering and laughing, and then heard him say, "Huang Yuan, the underworld is different from the yang world, but there is no channel to complain and give bad reviews, you can't help me." I didn't beat you because I didn't want to miss the hour and be deducted from my performance, not because I was afraid of you. If you want to be cheap again, even if you deduct the performance impact bonus, I will beat you until the first seven years back, and even your own mother won't recognize you, understand?".
Huang Yuan was a little embarrassed, so he could only admit it, but he didn't want to be too embarrassed, so he replied, "Hmm".
Then Black and White Impermanence took Huang Yuan all the way to hurry, and the three of them never said a word again.