After working as an intern waiter at Jasmine Restaurant for a day, Cheng Jiyun feels pretty good, especially when you can see different groups of people here.

These people are dressed in elaborate clothes and have a dignified appearance. It's not ordinary people who can come here. Cheng Jiyun also pays attention to his demeanor at all times, and can't be too casual.

If this city is just like what Chen Xizhou said, so advanced that only ordinary people can gain a foothold here, then what special ability can he rely on to stop? Is it by diligence?

He had been working fifteen hours from seven in the morning to ten in the evening, and Anna told him to go back and rest first. At the end of the day's work like this, Cheng Jiyun felt obviously tired, and he didn't seem to have done anything, but he was just very tired.

On the way back, he got into a taxi and fell asleep in it. In the smooth car, I fell into a dream......

"Shi Wei?" A man's voice sounded in his ears, as if talking to himself, "Why did you fall in love with Shi Wei?" ”

Cheng Jiyun turned over and looked at the classmates who were chatting with him under the bed, it turned out that he was in the dormitory. So he lazily replied, "What's wrong with her?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just that there are more rumors about her." The classmate returned to his desk.

"For example?"

"It's nothing." The classmate casually said, "That is, she is a student sponsored by Choose." ”

“Choose？” Cheng Jiyun got up from the bed, "What kind of technology company is that?" ”

"That's right."

"So what?" Cheng Jiyun didn't understand, "It's normal to sponsor this." ”

"I didn't say that it was abnormal, but there are a lot of rumors about this company." The classmate looked back and explained, "In addition to network communication, I also conducted a lot of experimental research, and I was once condemned. ”

"Condemn what?"

"It's just that hibernation experiment, it's something that rich people play anyway, and it has nothing to do with us."

"Then what does this have to do with Shi Wei?" Cheng Jiyun just wants to know, why does everyone say that Shi Wei is weird? In his eyes, she is just an ordinary college girl, and she may ...... Maybe in his eyes, it's just a little more unusual charm.

The classmate looked at Cheng Jiyun helplessly: "It's okay, okay?" It's just that the people in their dormitory say that she is different from ordinary people, and the identity of the people who come out of Pick is a little suspicious. ”

"What is there to be suspicious?" Cheng Jiyun was a little angry, "It's all full and there's nothing to do." ”

"Well, I hope so."

Hearing what his classmates said, Cheng Jiyun couldn't sit still, climbed off the bed, simply sat down beside him, and asked, "What do you wish?" What's not to say? ”

The man glanced at him, and saw that he was so serious, and there was no one in the dormitory at this time, so he simply replied: "I also heard it, the people in their dormitory said that she is not like a woman, anyway, she is different from a normal woman." ”

Cheng Jiyun didn't understand at first, but after thinking about it, he seemed to understand something.

"Aren't those people boring?"

"Isn't boredom something that girls love to do?" "Interestingly, a classmate from the same school as her said that Shi Wei was pushed down the stairs in high school and had a broken arm. ”

"Damn! Who has such a bad heart? Cheng Jiyun almost slapped the table.

"But just after being sent to the hospital and diagnosed with a fracture, she was like no one the next day, and she didn't even have a cast."

"Huh?"

"Yes, I heard that the skin trauma she once suffered will heal in a short time, isn't it magical?"

Cheng Jiyun was stunned in her seat and thought carefully: "Then you can't say that she's abnormal, right?" Maybe it's just that the ability to heal itself is better? ”

"Who knows!" The classmate opened the homework book and said, "Maybe that's it, they all think that she may have been transformed by Choose." ”

"Transformation?" Cheng Jiyun was taken aback, "Then this company is really amazing." ”

"Maybe."

Who knows what it wants to do? Technology advances life, and people are becoming more and more dependent on technology. So, everything that can be changed, who doesn't want to try to change it and make it perfect?

As the car stopped, Cheng Jiyun woke up by himself. But what I just dreamed about is still in my mind, very clear, and it feels like the memories of the past are coming back little by little.

Cheng Jiyun got out of the car and returned to his floor.

The night was so quiet that he fell asleep as soon as he got to bed.

In his dream, he seemed to be able to return to the familiar university town, walking back and forth on the path between the dormitory and the teaching building, finding the familiar figure and smelling the familiar fragrance.

Shi Wei, maybe it's her unknown and mysterious that makes her fascinated by her.

So where is she?

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On the second day, Cheng Jiyun rushed to Jasmine's restaurant early in the morning to repeat the day's work. However, today he can perform some simple services, which is much better than standing as a wooden man yesterday.

Of course, how to pour wine, how to serve food, and how to set the tableware, these simple operations can still be done very well.

During the evening shift, Anna suddenly said to Cheng Jiyun: "Yesterday was a hard day. ”

"Oh, oh, it's not hard, I think it's okay." Cheng Jiyun smirked.

Anna looked at her watch: "There are not many guests today, you go back to rest first, and we will schedule shifts later, so these two days are not regular enough." ”

"Oh, it's fine." Cheng Jiyun smiled, the time was only past eight o'clock, "I can stay until the door closes." ”

"No need." "Obedience is also the rule of staff. ”

Cheng Jiyun was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Then I understand." ”

After greeting Anna and a few of the waiters who had been left behind, he went into the locker room to change. After changing his clothes, he had to go back from the back kitchen, because there were guests there, and it was inconvenient to enter and exit through the main entrance.

There is a small door on the back kitchen, a narrow path, which can lead to Bluestone Street.

Cheng Jiyun was walking on a somewhat gloomy path, and when he was about to reach the three-way intersection, he felt as if someone was following him behind him.

But when I turned around, there was only a long path behind me, and there were no other figures, and not even a wild cat or dog would pass by.

What's the hallucination?

When Cheng Jiyun walked out of the path and returned to Qingshi Street, the orange lights along the way shone above his head, and vaguely, there was a familiar smell, spreading around him, so light and thin, so ethereal, if it weren't for his sensitivity, he wouldn't have noticed such a smell.

However, there was no one around him......

Just when he was wondering, a person came on the street and shouted happily: "Cheng Jiyun! When I looked closely, it turned out to be Chen Xizhou.

"How did you get here?"

"What? Not welcome? Chen Xizhou pursed his lips and said.

"Nope." Cheng Jiyun replied.

"Haha." He laughed, "I have nothing to do, so I walked here to see you, but I didn't expect you to come out." Chen Xizhou glanced at Cheng Jiyun and didn't wear work clothes, "Are you off work?" ”

"yes, yes."

After Cheng Jiyun answered, he was ready to continue walking.

"That's great!" Unexpectedly, Chen Xizhou hooked his shoulder, "Let's go, take you somewhere." ”

"Where?" Cheng Jiyun didn't react.

"You'll find out when you go." Chen Xizhou did not forget to add, "I promise that you will not regret it." ”

Cheng Jiyun didn't know why, and the ghost followed him to another place. There's a building here that looks a little out of place in a modern building, but it's not unnatural.

Neon lights flashed on the walls of the modest building, and a large sign caught his eye: "Time Machine". Time machine?

"This is a bar?" Cheng Jiyun asked.

"That's right, Time Machine Bar." Chen Xizhou said, pulling him into the bar.

Cheng Jiyun was stunned for a moment, he had seen the flyer of this bar in the changing room of the restaurant before, but he didn't expect him to really come over.

"Wait a minute." At this time, two big men blocked their way, "Are there any robots?" ”

"No, no." Chen Xizhou patted Cheng Jiyun's chest and said with a smile, "They are all people, and they are all good people." ”

After speaking, he took Cheng Jiyun and hurried in.

Before the bar was lively, there were only a few people inside.

"What are you bringing me to the bar for?" Cheng Jiyun asked, "With the current status of the two of us, can we afford to spend?" ”

"Don't worry about it, you can always drink a glass of wine, right?" Chen Xizhou replied with a smile and pulled him to sit down at the bar.

"Do you have any cash?" Chen Xizhou asked.

"Cash?" Cheng Jiyun frowned, "I don't have anything on me, not even a piece of paper." ”

Chen Xizhou smiled: "I knew you definitely didn't have cash, but fortunately, I did." After Chen Xizhou finished speaking, he took out two crumpled bills from his pocket and handed them to the bartender.

Cheng Jiyun has really not seen this cash for a long time, and I feel that since the payment has been digitized, I haven't cared about what the banknotes look like.

"What are those two people for?" Cheng Jiyun looked at the two big men at the door.

"They, bodyguards." Chen Xizhou didn't raise his head, just watched the bartender pouring wine.

"Why do you ask robots?"

"Because here, like Bluestone Street, robots are not welcome." Chen Xizhou got the two glasses of wine and pushed one to Cheng Jiyun.

Cheng Jiyun hesitated for a moment and didn't answer, after the last time he drank and made a fuss, he never drank again.

"What, don't you drink it?" Chen Xizhou had already taken a sip and asked.

"Wait." Cheng Jiyun wanted to keep himself calm for the time being in this lively scene.

Maybe I just came out of the restaurant and saw the tasteful crowd, and when I sat here, I saw that the people were obviously much lower-grade, those people were holding wine, and they seemed to be similar to themselves.

"You come often?" Cheng Jiyun asked.

"No, no, no, I've only been here once." Chen Xizhou replied.

"Then why do you want to come again?"

"It's not up to you to worry about it every day, take you to relax." Chen Xizhou took another sip, and now he was very comfortable.

"What's on your mind?" Cheng Jiyun smiled bitterly, and then took a sip of wine, the taste of this wine was much lighter than in his impression, and it was not bitter at all.

"What can I do?" He blurted out.

"Okay then." Chen Xizhou is not entangled.

But on the contrary, he didn't continue to ask, Cheng Jiyun thought about it first, it is true that he has a lot of things on his mind, but no one can talk about it.

He picked up the cup and took a sip of wine, which was so sweet that he couldn't help but take another sip of it.

"You said there are no avatars in the game, right?" He asked.

"That's right!" Chen Xizhou replied, "As far as I know, no." ”

"Are you so sure?"

"Of course, if there is a virtual character, it will not be fun, because people can be set by machines, and they can't react realistically to real people, and Choose will not design it like this." Chen Xizhou said, then looked at him and smiled mysteriously, "You asked me this again, did you meet someone in the game?" ”

Cheng Jiyun didn't answer, and took another sip of wine.

"Haha." Chen Xizhou laughed, "You have met someone you like, so you want to inquire?" ”

"It's not!" Cheng Jiyun hurriedly replied, "It's not someone you like, he's a man." ”

"Male?" Chen Xizhou deliberately made a shy posture, but was met with Cheng Jiyun's eyes.

"Alright, alright." Chen Xizhou became normal, "What do you want to know?" Who is that person? Who is not a virtual person? ”

"Yes." Cheng Jiyun replied, "When I woke up, I asked a staff member where that person was, but she told me that this person was a virtual person. ”

"Oh?" Chen Xizhou thought for a while, "What kind of staff did you see?" Wearing a white or blue uniform? ”

"Huh?" Cheng Jiyun thought about it for a moment, "White." ”

"Oh, it's probably a robot." Chen Xizhou replied.

"Robots?"

"Yes!" Chen Xizhou added, "It is likely that the person you are asking involves some other trade secrets of their company and must be kept confidential, so it is safer to tell you that this person does not exist." ”

"And such a thing?" Cheng Jiyun didn't understand, "How many projects has this company developed?" ”

"That's a lot!" Chen Xizhou said, took out his mobile phone, "You see, the network we use is theirs." ”

"And then?"

"There's also the dormancy project, genetic engineering...... A lot anyway. Chen Xizhou said too much, took another sip, and felt that the cup was about to bottom out.

"Hibernation?" Cheng Jiyun remembered that he had heard about this experiment when he was in college, "Hibernation is still in progress? ”

"Why isn't it there?" Chen Xizhou sneered, "This is continuous, at least thirty or fifty years!" ”

"So someone is really going?"

"Why not?" Chen Xizhou drank the last sip of wine, "It is said that the first batch of people who are going to wake up have not woken up yet, maybe the people who stay inside can't feel the time, but the people outside have experienced a long time." ”

"Time is not fast, and it is not slow."

Cheng Jiyun also took a sip of wine, remembering his ten years, he once thought it was a long time, but in the blink of an eye, he had already left there, sat in the bar, and drank wine that he hadn't touched for more than ten years.

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