He Chao has been looked down upon since he was a child because of his ugly appearance, and he has developed an extreme and withdrawn personality.

It's just that his family is too poor, and he was admitted to university, but he couldn't afford to pay the tuition.

Therefore, after He Chao came to Guanghai City, he often went to Zhu Lao's Internet café to vent his frustration.

It was at that time that Zhu Laoqi fell out with his two sons because of the demolition, and he lost his temper with a sad face all day long, which caused the business in the Internet café to become worse and worse.

Only He Chao can understand Zhu Lao's stubbornness very well, and he is occasionally scolded by Zhu Lao's stubbornness, he is not angry at all, and he will still come to the Internet café to surf the Internet the next day.

After coming and going, Zhu Laoqi gradually treated He Chao as his own child.

Later, the original administrator of the Internet café resigned, and Zhu Laozhi took the initiative to leave He Chao as a network administrator in the Internet café, and vacated the upstairs house for He Chao to live in.

The relationship between the two is getting better and better, just like father and son. It was during that time that Yang Lili was fascinated by He Chao's rich magnetic voice and proposed to meet He Chao.

He Chao was full of joy and really took time to go to Baoyuan City.

As a result, as soon as they met, Yang Lili was disappointed, she said that she was too ugly, but through Ding Sijia's words, He Chao was poor and ugly.

He Chao returned to Guanghai City angrily and sadly, and pulled Zhu Laozhi to drink sullen wine that night.

Zhu Laoqi himself was also full of worries, and as a result, the old and young were all drunk. Zhu Laozhi took advantage of the wine to show his mind and told He Chao everything about it.

When He Chao woke up the next day, he began to pester Zhu Laoyi to see the time machine in his mouth.

Zhu Laozhi only said that he was talking nonsense at first, but he couldn't stand He Chao being entangled and excited.

Zhu Laozhi has hidden this secret in his heart for decades, and to be honest, he has been miserable, and finally he couldn't hold it back, and finally opened the underground secret room, and took He Chao into the time machine to visit.

“…… I really blame me for this, I shouldn't have boasted to him that the helmet can connect to the Internet, so that the user's mind can directly enter the network and swim freely, and the result is ......"

When Zhu Laoqi said this, he couldn't help but sigh one after another with regret on his face.

"During that time, he almost forgot to sleep and eat to study the helmet! He even begged me to let him move to the basement, and when he had a little free time, he went from the basement to the lowest secret room, and studied it repeatedly against the time machine! But the helmet design is too precise, and our current network is still in a very early stage, to be honest, I have been studying it myself for more than ten years, and I have never been able to connect this helmet to the network to use, so He Chao wanted to toss, I let him toss, I thought he was just a blind toss, but I didn't expect to ...... that morning"

Zhu Laoqi stopped, and infinite sadness appeared on his face.

"At that time, business in the Internet café was already very poor, and by the morning there were no customers. He Chao usually hides in the underground secret room to study the helmet when he is not on duty, but every morning he will take advantage of the lack of customers to hide in a private room and try to connect the helmet to the Internet. So when I came downstairs that morning, I didn't see He Chao, so I guessed that he must be in the small single room again, but as soon as I pushed open the small single room he was used to, I saw him wearing a helmet on his head, but the whole person was lying on the computer desk without moving! ”

Zhu Laoqi probably recalled the situation at that time, and he couldn't say it for a while.

Then I realized that his relationship with He Chao is really deep. He will confide in He Chao and let He Chao study the helmet, I am afraid that it is because he has indeed regarded He Chao as his own son.

"I started to think that He Chao was just asleep, but unexpectedly...... No matter how much I pushed him and shouted, he didn't wake up, and I was so frightened that I hurriedly probed his breathing and his heartbeat, and then I found out...... He didn't breathe, he didn't have a heartbeat! I panicked all of a sudden, hurriedly put away the helmet, and called the 120 emergency number! Soon the doctor arrived and determined that He Chao had died, and the cause of death was sudden death due to excessive fatigue. ”

Zhu Lao stubbornly finished speaking, lowered his head and stopped talking.

I think Bai Xiaohe and Zhu Pan were all immersed in shock, so they didn't say a word for a long time.

In the end, it was I who broke the silence and asked Zhu Laoqi, "What about that helmet?" Haven't you tried networking again? ”

"I can't try it!" Old Zhu shook his head with a wry smile, "Because...... He Chao died suddenly, He Chao's family blamed me, and they came to my house to make a big fuss, and it finally took tens of thousands of dollars to settle it, and my son and daughter-in-law hated me so much that their teeth itched, so ...... I was so angry that I couldn't let these things that seemed high-tech but were actually useless in modern times stay in the world and harm people. So that night I went into the chamber and ripped off the plug on my helmet that connected to the Internet. That plug, and that cable, with modern technology, simply can't be copied or repaired. ”

"Dad, you're too impulsive, aren't you?" Zhu Pan couldn't help but complain, "We hate you, but how do we know that there is such a big secret hidden in our family?" How did you...... Would you rather trust an outsider than your own son? Also, since there are still a lot of valuable things hidden in that secret room, how can you watch us worry about the hundreds of thousands of yuan? At that time, when He Chao's family came to our house to make trouble, why didn't you take an antique out and let us sell it to them to lose money? Do you know that in order to help you make up the hundreds of thousands, my wife bought all her gold necklaces and bracelets? That's what she loves the most, how can you tell her not to hate you? ”

"I know...... You have suffered a lot of grievances for this, but ...... At that time, I was afraid that someone would find out the secret of our family's underground, where would I dare to take out something from there and sell it to you? Besides, just because when you got married, I gave you two calligraphy and paintings, and not only were they regarded as fakes, but there were also rumors outside that our family was built on an ancient tomb, and you said, how dare I take out those things and sell them for you to sell? ”

"Then you're ready to spend your whole life not telling us, putting these ...... All in the coffin? Zhu Pan was still indignant.

"Can I bring it into the coffin?" Old Zhu smiled bitterly, "I have already thought about it, and on the day I live, I will strictly guard this secret so as not to ...... Bring disaster to you, and even to the country, and when I die, I will still tell you everything, and what to do in the future is naturally up to your brothers! ”

He paused at this point, and quickly picked up two more sentences.

"But...... The two police comrades just said right, now that our country is strong enough, no other country will dare to act rashly against our country! So, I've decided, that ...... I will dedicate a time machine that is completely useless in our home to the country. Although its core components have been burned, it should still be able to promote the scientific and technological level of our country. As for...... Those antique jade artifacts that your grandfather brought back from other eras, you brothers can keep them if you want to, and if you don't want to keep them, I will donate them to the country together! ”

"Of course we'd like to keep it!" Zhu Pan blurted out, and looked at Bai Xiaohe and me embarrassedly, "What's that...... That time machine, we are willing to donate to the country for free, but ...... The state shouldn't confiscate anything else, right? ”

"Of course not!" Bai Xiaohe nodded quickly, "There are many rich people who have private collections now, and our country doesn't ask them to donate them, does it?" I just listened to it...... Then who said that the things that your old man brought back from other dynasties will definitely have high research value, and I think historical researchers should borrow them from you for a period of time for research! ”

"That's fine!" Zhu Pan nodded immediately, "What if...... Our country needs, even if it is a little valuation, we are willing to hand it over to the country! After all, our family is not rich, you have to say...... It's a bit reluctant to take a penny, but we don't dare to be greedy! ”

Zhu Pan's words are actually reasonable, I think most people in the world will probably have the same thoughts as him when they encounter this situation.

So I didn't think he was greedy, but smiled approvingly at him, and turned to Zhu Laozhi again, bringing the topic back to what we were discussing.

"We now have sufficient evidence to prove that He Chao's soul has indeed entered the network, and two killers have been hired from the network. The first killer had already killed two people and was later caught by me when he was attacking me; And the reason why I am lying on the hospital bed now is that I was shot and wounded by the second killer hired by He Chao......"

That's all I said, and Zhu Laozhi opened his mouth to catch my words and said, "I understand what you mean, comrade, but I don't even ...... I couldn't figure out why He Chao's soul was able to enter the network, I really thought He Chao was dead, until ...... A few days ago, you came to my house, and I only learned from you that He Chao's soul still exists, and ...... It's in the network! ”

As soon as he said that, I realized there was a loophole.

But before I could speak, Bai Xiaohe couldn't help but interject.

"But I just heard the old man say that the reason why your father made this helmet was to use this helmet to enter the network, at least let his soul use the network to return to his time, shouldn't that mean that this helmet could have made human souls leave the body and enter the network?"

Bai Xiaohe's question was exactly the loophole I thought of, so I also stared at Zhu Laozhi with both eyes, waiting for him to give a reasonable answer.

"My father...... It was true that he said this at the time, but ......" Zhu Lao's face was ashamed, and he couldn't help but scratch his head with his hand.

(See Chapter 399 "Identity Exposed")