Chapter 3: Fragments of the Future (1)

"Students, the year 2017 that has just passed has been turbulent and dizzying, and it has been a year full of opportunities and challenges for many people in the society. Since the birth of Internet technology, 2017 has been the year of the fastest change in information. That little-known small company entered the global top 500 this year; Giant technology companies, which are already in the top 500, rose by 50% this year; Whoever is who, who has grown from a courier brother to a giant in the express delivery industry, has earned tens of billions this year; WeChat Pay and Alipay replaced banknotes, 'Glory of Kings' was swept by 'Chicken', and the price of Bitcoin exceeded $10,000...... Therefore, 2017 is called the 'year of inflection point' or 'the year of iteration' by those successful Internet entrepreneurs. ”

"At the end of 2017, Ma Ren said two sentences, one was 'It's hard to earn one or two billion a month!' , the other sentence is 'I don't sleep well every night, I'm always afraid of waking up and finding out!' ’…… It reminds me of a quote from the Queen of Hearts in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: 'In our place, you have to keep running to stay where you are.' This sentence is a good interpretation of Ma Ren's two sentences......"

"Students, today's big class is the last big class of our 2014 computer science department, and it is about to be winter vacation, and then you have to face internships, find jobs, meet the critical eyes of others, adapt to those people, those things, experience those happiness and annoyance, those joy and helplessness, those moving and sadness, those joy and pain......, you grow up under the wings of your parents, you ......live in the greenhouse of the school, you still have to accept the baptism of wind and rain, the carving of frost and snow, the tempering of thunder and lightning, ....... or fight in the sky, or depressed and reduced to an otaku and a leftover woman. You may sing triumphant songs, or you may cry bitterly...... we are waiting here, waiting for you for half a year, waiting for you to come back to participate in the thesis defense. Hopefully, that day, I can still see you happy and carefree......"

This is the closing remarks of the dean of the Department of Computer Science in 2014 at the last class of the first semester of the fourth year.

Zhu Lang was like a shadow, and he was the last to leave the classroom. His bags had already been packed, and his evening ticket was empty-handed for the meeting. He disdained those impassioned words, but remembered the words of 'The Year of the Inflection Point' and Ma Ren, and his thoughts were full of soreness.

Walking outside the teaching building, Zhu Lang muttered about the relationship between 'turn' and '7'.

"Don't say it, '7' is to pronounce 'turn'~ The 21 years of labor and management are a small horizontal on the '7', and now it's about to turn a corner, it's been ordinary for so long, luck should come, right? But how did the next stroke take a sharp turn! What does it mean to be 'bad'? …… Made, 2018, 'to be sent'~ that is to be 'all the way to the end' meaning! ......'Turn'~'Turn'~'Turn'~ Tie Kidnap Li, Daxian ~ Your old man will show his spirit~ Send me some opportunity to meet the 'want to hair'! …… Hey~ In front of it is 'Forest'......"

On the way back to the dormitory, he suddenly wanted to visit the legendary 'Forest', which was the last trace of nostalgia for this third-rate university.

On the forest path outside the teaching building, the "prodigal son" Zhu Lang put his hands in his pockets, his legs flicked up, and he couldn't walk in a straight line when he was crooked and twisted; It's so ordinary that I can't find a shining point, and I still learn from other people's debauchery, glance at the ordinary schoolgirls in the distance, whistle lightly, and enjoy the remaining half a day of campus time.

'The Wanderer' was the nickname given to him by the animals in the dormitory, and it was given to the six of them on the first day of registration. It's really blind to such a suave nickname! Later, the 5 animals saw that he was not improving and his name did not live up to his name, so they changed his nickname ~ 'weak chicken'.

Zhu Lang has the word 'wave' in his name, but it does not mean to wander or go with the flow; because his distant cousin is called Zhu Bo, his father has a hot head, and thinks that 'wave' is bigger, fierce, and more promising...... Hence the name 'Zhu Lang'.

Three and a half years of otaku campus life, he comes from a poor countryside and is thin and ordinary, how can he have the capital to 'chase waves'? Famous brand fashion, he doesn't have that condition; Calling friends, he doesn't have that qualification; Green courts, track and field tracks, he doesn't have enough hardware; Talented, school flowers and grass, software and hardware are not ....... In addition to being with the computer all day long, dotting on links, poking at small movies, is to sigh "Why 24 hours a day?" 20,18 can't you! ”

"Made, the ugliest and richest Ma Ren in the world, is said to be from an alien, with such a good brain, typical 'alien' characteristics, no wonder he has such achievements...... He actually said something like that! …… Earn one or two billion a month! ~Still feeling bad? Is it too little? Still don't have time to spend? If you don't have time to spend it, look for me~ I have time! Give me all the money, no, as long as 100 million, you will at least be more comfortable, less uncomfortable! …… Afraid of elimination? Afraid of knocking out money, or people? …… Why don't you go to the sky~ Fly out of the earth, rush to the universe, and go back to your hometown! ”

"Beauty is no more than small fresh meat, ugliness is no more than hemp seeds, labor and management have no hope in this life...... this is a mouse drilling bellows, and the future is not bright~...... Forehead ~ is angry at both ends. This starry sky is nothing to do! Labor and management want to change the starry sky and look for opportunities...... Yes! ~~~”

Zhu Lang felt very aggrieved, and when he saw that there was no one in the grove, he wanted to indulge once, and spit out the resentment that he had held back for three and a half years. So, he enjoyed the pleasure of running naked once and screamed loudly......

The terrible and terrible screams echoed in the 'Forest'~......

'Huh~' The arm-thick branch was cut off, startling him.

Zhu Lang looked up at the sky, and through the gap between the branches, he saw the thunderclouds rolling in the sky, and a thin crack seemed to have opened in the air at a high level, which was slowly closing.

He muttered embarrassedly, "Made, do you want to make such a big move?" How can the grievances of labor and management that have been held back for a few years be so powerful? Roared the sky out......"

Turn to the trunk overhead, and the incision is smooth, like a hob cutting cheese......

Zhu Lang shrank his neck and muttered, "What if this is cut on the arm?" on the neck, or underneath...... Silk~! Fortunately, labor and management are not as good as Yao Ming, otherwise it would be miserable! …… Being short is actually a blessing~"

Looking down at the branches on the ground, I found that the fractures of the branches were as smooth as a mirror, and the annual rings were far clearer than the pictures of a small movie, without a mosaic at all.

"What's going on? …… This forest ~ evil is tight! …… I heard that there was a senior sister who fell out of love and couldn't think about it, so she wiped her wrist here...... Whew~"

Zhu Lang swallowed his saliva with difficulty, turned around and ran......

The moment he turned around, he found a translucent card ...... at the broken branch of the tree, and he forcibly resisted his palpitations, stepped forward and rushed out of the woods.

Zhu Lang ran back to the dormitory in one breath, his face was tight, his throat was dry, he was panting like a cow, and his feet were paralyzed and his hands were weak.

Pushing open the window, sitting on the empty bed, Zhu Lang calmed down for a long time before he came to his senses. said indignantly: "These animals are really unrighteous, saying that they would eat a loose meal before leaving, so they retreated in such a hurry!" I'm left alone~"

After wandering around the dormitory, he found that his luggage was in the room. It was like a defeated army headquarters on the ground, with paper, blades, stones, nylon ropes, convenience boxes, milk cartons, soy milk cups, cigarette cases, disposable lighters, old magazines, broken cardboard boxes, old water bottles, broken plastic basins and smelly socks inside......

The beauties in the several posters on the wall are still smiling and looking forward to it, one is half-hanging, as if beckoning from afar; There were no fluttering trousers in the air, and the few old hangers that remained trembled slightly; The 'Stinky Beauty' grooming mirror still hangs by the bed, waiting for its next owner......

The atmosphere in the room is a little weird, the beautiful women are smiling and beckoning, the hangers in the wind are clanging, the residual juice in the convenience box is mixed with the smell of stinky socks to simulate a corpse smell, and there seems to be 'paper money' flying in the grooming mirror......

"Made, it's good, why is it a little cold? …… Hey? What is this? Like a bank card...... Why isn't it a bank card? …… Alas~ The bank card will not be discarded, and there is no password ...... if you pick it up! It turned out to be nothing, just a piece of plastic, just a little more exquisite. …… The intricate patterns above seem to be very mysterious~......"

Zhu Lang flicked his fingers, and ...... silently, "This is not scientific!" ”

Hold it up and look at the beauty through the card, it is actually opaque...... Put it in a magazine, and you can't see the kanji underneath. "It's obviously translucent~ Why can't you see a shadow? It's not scientific!! ”

Zhu Lang tried to bend the card, which was full of elasticity, and he let go of the fold to recover.

Suddenly, he became interested, picked up the lighter of the 'wise' (smoker) on the ground, roasted it with the flames, and burned it without a trace, and he dared to burn it with fire, and the lighter was useless without any damage.

Wet with water, shaking hands without marks; Soak in water and dry when scooped up.

Zhu Lang slashed with a knife again and smashed ...... stone Motionless!

"Made~ This is really unscientific!!"

“……! Oh my God~ What the hell is this? Produced by 'Forest',...... It seems to have an evil qi to protect the body~......"

"The sky is blue, labor and management are upright, and I believe in your evil ~ I'm afraid of you!"

Zhu Lang muttered to himself, cheering himself up, while his strands trembled, covered in chaff, holding the card, thinking about finding a ray of sunshine to break the evil ......

When passing by the 'smelly beauty' grooming mirror, Zhu Lang glanced at it unintentionally......

He was shocked to find that there was no image of himself in the mirror, and there were no cards......

Rather, it is a brilliant nebula, which is diamond-shaped and emits colorful light. The main body is orange and yellow with a pink luster, and the central nebula is sparse, dark and blue, but there are dense small bright spots; There is a bright spot on the edge, which is particularly bright, like a diamond in a strong light; The diamond-shaped nebula thinner and thinner outwards, gradually turning pitch black.

Suddenly, the nebula spun around...... The periphery rotates slowly clockwise, while the central opening rotates counterclockwise, turning faster and faster...... Mysterious, weird, like watching a silent movie.

Zhu Lang's mind was completely attracted, he was not afraid, and he forgot where he was. He felt himself moving closer and closer to the nebula, drifting towards the central hole, closer and closer...... As a result, it was sucked in.