The shopkeeper was stunned, raised his head, and then frowned.

A kind, stereotypical and youthful face appeared in his field of vision, and I have to say that the man still looks very relatable.

It's just that......

Dressed up, after all, it's a little retro.

"You want to use the phone?" The boss asked rhetorically in a skeptical tone, he suspected that he had misheard, after all, who hasn't had a mobile phone these days?

"Yes, is that okay?" He smiled gently, very kindly.

The shopkeeper hesitated, thinking that maybe the phone had been stolen or something.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in crowded places like the station, and I lost my phone, so I was in a hurry to contact my friends...... This reason is probably reasonable, but as for deception...... It should also be choosing other travelers to cheat, where did they run to the supermarket?

After thinking about it, the supermarket owner pointed to a landline in the corner of the table and said, "Let's fight." ”

"Thank you."

As he spoke, he stretched out his dry and well-proportioned right hand and picked up the microphone.

His hands were a little wide, his fingernails were neatly trimmed, clean, and free of dirt, and when he reached out, the cuffs were upward, revealing an old-fashioned watch on his wrist.

pressed a string of numbers, then waited for a while, and then the other party probably connected, saying something, he held the microphone just "well", "good", "this is here", "trouble" and other short sentences.

The supermarket owner next to him took a few steps back the moment the phone was connected, deliberately did not eavesdrop on the content of the speech, but continued to hold the phone very intently and watch the live broadcast inside.

It was a broadcast from a video platform that was playing the latest lottery draw.

He put his phone on the shelf, clutched a lottery ticket tightly in his right hand, and looked serious.

Suddenly, a middle-aged woman who was busy in the supermarket walked over.

first glanced at the man on the phone, and then at her husband.

A look of disgust appeared on the face, which was dull from insomnia and exertion, and exclaimed, "Look at it, and you will know it?" What else can you do? It's time to pay for my daughter's cram school again, do you hear? ”

"You wait, the lottery will be held soon, and I will talk back about something." The supermarket owner said impatiently without looking back.

"I don't! I'll just say it now! How many years have you been buying this broken lottery ticket, you say? Even if it's a five-ten-dollar one? The woman slammed the cardboard box in her hand and said.

"You know what, I've been buying this number, and one day I'll be able to hit it." Continue without looking back.

"Okay, okay, just look at you, you're going to live with the lottery in your next life!" The woman probably considered that there were outsiders present, so she didn't have a seizure after all, but just turned around and left with a cold face and a disappointed look.

When she left, the shopkeeper in wide short sleeves sighed deeply, raised his eyes from the screen of his mobile phone, and released his right hand holding the lottery ticket weakly.

The awards on the screen were announced one after another, and there were fewer and fewer left, and he no longer counted on them.

Or rather, I didn't expect much in the first place...... After all, when a string of numbers has been bought for several years in a row and disappointed for a few years, it is really difficult to raise expectations.

"Smack."

Putting the microphone away, wearing a tunic suit, he looked at it ******, and asked in a gentle voice: "Thank you, it's over, how much is it?" ”

The middle-aged and decadent supermarket owner smiled reluctantly, probably because he was a little embarrassed to publicize his family ugliness.

Accompanied by a bit of middle-aged frustration and excitement, he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, what kind of money do you need to make a phone call, and when you go out, there will be a difficult time." ”

"The money still has to be given." He said seriously, and then took out a neat stack of banknotes from his pocket, the red one hundred yuan was in the innermost, folded in half, and then fifty and twenty outwards in turn...... The outermost layer is the light green "Three Pools of the Moon".

It's very regular, and the corners are neat and tidy.

The supermarket owner watched helplessly as the weirdo took out a banknote from the outer layer, put it on the table, and then put the rest away, after which the other man raised his head and smiled at him.

It's just that I don't know if it's an illusion.

He always felt that there was a moment when the other party's eyes lit up.

It seems to hide the splendid starry sky, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

After a pause, shaking his head, and putting aside this strange illusion, the supermarket owner heard this strange customer suddenly look at him with a very strange look, and then smiled: "Fate is always wonderful, isn't it?" Congratulations. ”

With that, he turned and walked out the door.

The supermarket owner was stunned, he didn't know why, frowned and was about to mumble in a low voice, but the next moment, he heard the host's excited voice from the mobile phone on the shelf.

And then.

The middle-aged man with a depressed face suddenly did not move as if he had been immobilized, and after a moment, he trembled and picked up the ticket that had fallen to the ground.

With wide eyes and a double jaw trembling, he shouted in an unbelievable voice, "Daughter-in-law...... I...... Hit!! ”

……

……

Beneath the land.

Temporary Ground Command Center of the 13th Division.

The building, built on the edge of the floating land, is a simple building made of color steel with a few blue houses.

Standing in the wilderness, surrounded by local landscapes.

Nearby is a national highway, at this moment, the side of the national highway is almost crowded with cars, a cursory glance, I am afraid there are hundreds of them.

As a ground command center, on the one hand, it is necessary to communicate with the exploration team on the floating land in a timely manner, and on the other hand, it is necessary to take care of the overall situation, which can be described as a great responsibility.

The people who appeared here were walking in a hurry, almost trotting, and the sound of making and receiving phone calls was never stopped.

"How's the exploration team doing?"

"Still standoff?"

"Send me the latest pictures from the satellite, I'll take a look."

"What about the emissaries? Haven't received a message yet? ”

In the barracks.

The person in charge of this place, who is also the other deputy head of the Thirteenth Division, stood at the table with his legs together, holding his mobile phone in both hands, with a respectful expression, even if the person on the other end of the phone couldn't see his appearance at all, he still stood straight, as if it was a subconscious action, "Okay, understand, please rest assured that the ground is stable." ”

After confirming that the person over there hung up the phone, he exhaled a deep breath and returned to normal, a clerk girl from the thirteenth division who was holding a stack of documents next to him had been standing for a while, and finally caught the gap at this time, and asked tentatively: "The head of the department?" Look at these ......"

"Give it to me."

After making this phone call, the deputy director, who had always been frowning and looking nervous and melancholy, seemed to have a backbone suddenly, and his depression dissipated, and his whole body looked much lighter.

"The ...... you're talking to Is it the big guy in the headquarters? The little girl was probably familiar with each other, and she dared to ask.

"No," the deputy head shook his head, then pinched the papers, his eyes shot out of the gap in the tent, looked at Fulu, and said with a respectful expression, "However, even the big people in the ministry have a lot of respect for him. ”

"Huh? Could it be a ......" The little clerk's eyes suddenly lit up, and he vaguely guessed.

"That's right, it's him, the head of the first division, and my former teacher, the principal, the only seven-grade realm in the Xia Kingdom! Shi Shengcun! He...... Here it comes! ”

……

Meanwhile.

Principal Shi, one of the only two deputy heads of the Thirteen Divisions, was getting out of a taxi.

"Goodbye."

Closing the car door, Shi Shengcun waved at the car that was far away, and then turned around, looked up, and looked at the floating land.

He was now standing on the national highway on the edge of the floating continent, all around him empty, and the orange-red sunset glow was mostly obscured, but after all, some of it poured down from the edge of the floating continent, illuminating the road and illuminating his eyes.

It was as if it was about to burn.

"It's a bit of a rush."

Glancing at the old mechanical watch on his wrist, he muttered, then raised his right hand between his eyebrows and looked up.

Estimated the distance from the horizon.

The next moment, the air was faintly distorted, and his figure disappeared.