Chapter 394: Consumption Time
It's a confusing world, we don't have time, we don't know why it all is, when it started, but we really don't have time. [No pop-ups. There's no time for us to think about when all this happened, and there's no time for us to explore the mysteries of all this.
It was a chaotic time, and everyone knew from the moment they were born when they were going to die, because everyone had a constantly beating watch on their arm, and it was a green watch.
We can only count time from the age of twenty-five, because the time on our arm begins to jump when we are twenty-five, and at the moment when the watch turns, we only have one year to live.
Time is money, you have everything when you have it, and vice versa. We can only work, work, and work until the moment when your time goes to zero.
"Welcome to the world of the World Planning Bureau, we have locked the coordinates, and the fragment of the Rubik's Cube you are looking for is hidden in this world."
Listening to the system prompt in his ear, Qin Hui's eyes swept over the street, and found that there was a depression here, and there were some dead bodies lying quietly on both sides of the road, and there was a zeroed watch in their hands. Passers-by were unaware of this, as if it were an ant rather than a dead man lying on the side of the road.
"Where's the Rubik's Cube fragment? Is there any accurate information? ”
Qin Hui tightened the black robe on her body and breathed in the air with an empty breath.
"Sorry host, there is no accurate information, but because of the fusion of two Rubik's Cube fragments, I found that it is divided into five pieces in the hidden information of the Rubik's Cube, which represent will, fate, time, space, and energy. And in the world of the Time Planning Bureau, what is hidden may be the fragment of time, or it can be called the heart of time. And the only advice I can give you is that time is only hidden in the person who needs it, and to get it, you may need to understand the meaning of time! ”
"The meaning of time!" Qin Hui frowned when he heard this, because isn't this the same as the world of Harry Potter, which needs him to look all over the world!
Qin Hui analyzed what he needed to do in confusion, but no matter what he thought, there was nothing to do. Because in the time planning bureau's movie, there is no mention of these things at all, and there is no record of the heart of time. And in this world, whether it is technology or personal force, there is also no merit, and the whole world is worthless to Qin Hui.
Qin Hui walked aimlessly on the street, and the sound of her shoes stepping on the cement road made a particularly harsh sound in the dark night.
"Sir, can you give me a minute? I need it so badly! ”
Just when Qin Hui lowered her head and was silent, a little girl of seven or eight years old came to Qin Hui's side all the way, holding a silver cigarette case in her hand, and whispered to Qin Hui.
"Time Turner!" Qin Hui looked at the thing in the little girl's hand and knew that this was an instrument that could extract time from other people's hands, and it was an important part of the world of the World Planning Bureau.
"Please, sir, I'll just need a minute!" The little girl looked at Qin Hui's unmoved appearance and said with some pleading.
Although Qin Hui is still wearing the black robe with gold edges, this robe is definitely worth a lot of money, whether it is the style on it or the material of the robe, it is the best choice, and in the world of Harry Potter, one is worth thousands of gold coins. Although this world is a different world from Harry Potter, as long as you are not blind, you will know that such conspicuous clothes are not something that ordinary people can have in any world.
Qin Hui's gaze swept over the little girl's hand, and found that there was a green watch on the girl's right hand, and on the watch, the time marked with a year did not beat at all, indicating that the little girl in front of her had not yet reached the age of twenty-five to make the watch spin.
"Basic consumption is free until the age of twenty-five, so why do you need time!" Qin Hui didn't say give or not to give, but asked the doubts she had when watching the movie.
"No one thinks they have enough time, I just don't want to be like them!" The little girl said, pointing to the dead men who had fallen on the side of the road, and then to the two street girls standing under the street lamps.
"Education should start from the baby, I like your character of taking precautions before it happens!" Qin Hui nodded lightly, took the instrument in the little girl's hand, and pressed it on her wrist.
Sixty seconds, sixty minutes, twenty-four hours, three hundred and sixty-five days, nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years.
As Qin Hui lifted the robe in his hand, a watch that shone green but did not beat at all, clearly showing the time that Qin Hui had.
In the world of the World Planning Bureau, everyone has their own time, but Qin Hui's time has long been formatted by the system, and on the other hand, Qin Hui's life can be said to be infinite. The power in the World Planning Bureau comes from the Rubik's Cube fragments, and the power of the Rubik's Cube fragments is obviously not enough to change the rules set by the system, at least a single time mind is not enough.
"Oh my God! Your watch is beautiful! The little girl looked at the watch in Qin Hui's hand in amazement, she didn't even dare to imagine that someone's time could be close to 10,000 years, isn't it the same as eternal life!
The little girl looked at Qin Hui's watch without blinking, and while admiring, she didn't notice at all that after Qin Hui passed it to her for a minute, the numbers on the watch still didn't jump in the slightest, as if everything on it was fake.
"Sir, you are so rich, can you have pity on Alanna and invite her to dinner? My dinner was snatched away by the adults, and I was going to buy something to eat for your minute! Alan's favorite steak is the last time I ate it, but the last time I ate it was in a beef burger that was thrown away! The little girl looked eagerly at the watch hidden in Qin Hui's sleeve, and said with some uneasiness.
"If you can answer me a question, I don't think it's a problem!" Qin Hui said, his eyes swept over a place with the word bar written on it, looking at the wine bottle on the bar sign, which made him feel itchy in his heart after not drinking for two years.
Bars are a mixed bag, and even more so in this slum called Dayton.
"Sir, if you give me two hours, then I can have a good time with you!" Looking at Qin Hui who walked in, several prostitutes dressed in fancy clothes greeted him with a smile.
Glancing at the aid worker, Qin Hui did not answer her words, but walked directly towards the counter of the bar with Allen.
"Serve the wine, ask for good wine, and then bring her a steak!" Qin Hui knocked on the counter of the bar, pulling the guy who was listening to the music and swaying back from fantasy to reality.
"Sir! I heard you right, you want steak! The tavern guy took a glass of beer in his hand and asked Qin Hui a little suspiciously.
"Yes, steak!" Qin Hui took the wine glass, and the power of magic swirled lightly on the rim, clearing the traces of others on it.
"Sorry sir, we don't have steaks here!" The bartender hesitated for a moment and shook his head.
Qin Hui glanced at Alan who was drooling on the side, and stepped back his sleeve, revealing the watch on it disappreciatively.
"Do you have it now?"
"Yes sir!" The bartender couldn't help but widen his eyes when he looked at the numbers on Qin Hui's watch, and he couldn't stop nodding.
Although there are some strange things about this world, one thing that will never change, that is, interests can make people change the so-called principles. Of course, that's usually the case!
So when Qin Hui didn't hesitate to give the bartender a day as a tip, the ecstatic bartender immediately picked up the phone and ordered an Italian steak for Qin Hui, along with a tomato sauce fries.
"Sir, may I ask why you are here? You know, we don't usually have outsiders coming in here! Allen's mouth was full of oil, and he asked Qin Hui without raising his head.
"It doesn't matter where I go, what matters is where I'm looking for!" Qin Hui took a sip of wine and closed her eyes to savor the long-lost taste on the tip of her tongue.
For Qin Hui's philosophical words, Allen shook his head slightly, and said to the horse's mouth; "You look like a big man, but I don't count the time on your hands, I've only seen this dress on TV! By the way, what about your bodyguards? Why haven't I seen them all the time! ”
"I don't need those things!" Qin Hui shook her head indifferently and whispered; "What do you think time is?"
"Time! That's the time! It took us three days to buy it! Alan glanced at Qin Hui inexplicably, and after pointing to the steak in front of him, he started eating and drinking again.
"Sir, can I ask for another steak?" Allen, who had eaten a few bites, suddenly stopped and said weakly.
"Isn't that enough to eat!" Qin Hui looked at the steak in front of Allen strangely, you must know that this steak weighs a pound, not to mention a child like Allen, even an adult should not want to eat a pound of steak easily.
"I thought, I want to give that steak to my friends, who are all orphans and have never eaten anything so delicious!" Allen looked at Qin Hui uneasily, in fact, even she knew that this request was too much, because such a steak would take three days, and even some small owners who opened a store would not dare to be so extravagant in normal times.
"I promise, orphan, what a familiar word!" Qin Hui glanced at Alan Na and fell into memory, because he knew that Alan Na was also an orphan, and her home was in an abandoned circular pipe.
The world in the Time Planning Bureau is cold and unforgiving, and everyone has to fight for time to make sure they can live longer. The reality is cruel, even in this world of time and everything, the gap between the rich and the poor is still unimaginably large.
The rich are able to eat and clothe themselves, while the poor work hard every day in exchange for the time to survive and the necessities of survival.
In this world, everyone is a minor until the age of twenty-five, and people in this age group are subsidized by the government. Every family with children receives three food allowances per day, and the amount of this food allowance is calculated on the basis of adults.
Under this policy, the most popular thing for people in the slums to do is to have children, because a family with three children can save money on food for adults by relying on government subsidies. You know, this is a time society, and in the slums it represents a lot of additional benefits!
Having children means that there will be a large number of workers in the future, who will be able to produce a large number of luxury jewelry for the rich again, and the whole world will be formed from this and passed down from generation to generation.
Although this may seem wonderful, everyone is constantly consuming time except for the necessary food. It takes 24 hours a day, and a busy day in an ordinary factory is only 25 hours of salary. So many people have to wear multiple jobs in order to survive, and they still have to find an extra job to support themselves after the factory gets off work.
Allena's parents were unfortunate because their factory had closed down, so they had no source of work and could only quietly watch their time go to zero, like many people on the side of the road, on the way to find a job.
There are no people left here, and few people will have the time of the previous month on their watches, except for those who have just come of age. The way they calculate time is minutes and hours, and many people don't have more than six digits in their hands, which means that they have never used the unit of calculation of months in adulthood.
In this way, some people died in their sleep, some died on the way to get paid, and many more died on the way to work! The whole world is cold and cold, full of death and unequal treatment.
Qin Hui kept drinking wine, glass after glass, while reminiscing about her childhood experience, she kept thinking about what time was, and where was the fragment of time that she was looking for! What does the system's phrase that the heart of time hides in the body of those who need them?
"What exactly does time mean! Who do you say needs the most time? The distraught Qin Hui stood up suddenly, and the deep words resounded throughout the bar, and even the noisy music dimmed for a while.
"Who are you?" After being slightly stunned, the drunks in the bar started to make a noise.
"Sir, the situation here is complicated, you better be quiet!" Alan on the side glanced at Qin Hui worriedly, not because he was afraid that Qin Hui would be beaten up by drunks, but because he was afraid that his share of steak would be missing.
"Anyone who can give me a satisfactory answer, I will give him a year, no, ten years!" Qin Hui, who was not worried that she would be robbed at all, didn't pay attention to Allen's words, but raised her arm to reveal her watch in front of everyone.
"Oh my God! That's a lot of nines! That's almost 10,000 years! As Qin Hui revealed his watch, the drunks present were also scared awake and looked at Qin Hui incredulously.
"What does it mean to tell me about time, and who is the person who needs it the most?" Qin Hui's gaze swept over the field and asked in a low voice.
"I'm the one who needs the world the most, my world is only twelve minutes, I just want to die while I'm drunk!"
Just when everyone was slightly stunned, a drunk stood up and said with tears in his eyes.
"You!" Qin Hui swept the drunk in front of him, no matter how stupid Qin Hui was, he wouldn't believe that the person in front of him was the one who needed time the most. After all, there are countless people in this world who die every moment because of time to zero, and if you count it like this, the heart of time is as worthless as a rotten cabbage.
"Go, go, wait to die!" Qin Hui waved his hand in disgust, without the slightest intention of helping him.
"Woo woo...."This drunk man is also a useless thing, not only did he not muster up the courage to snatch after hearing Qin Hui's refusal, but sat on the ground holding his watch and cried.
"Ding Ding Ding.... Good news, don't drink it! Just as everyone was babbling about who needed the most time, there was a sudden knock at the door of the bar.
"It's you, Danifer! What good news do you have? Looking at the young man who rushed into the bar, everyone broke out into good-natured laughter.
"Good news, great news! The almshouse is lit up, and Pieru's almshouse is lit up! The young man spoke quickly, and then ran outside without looking back, and there was a faint sound of shouting.
"Pieru! I knew it was him, he wouldn't leave us alone, I was saved! With the cheers of the crowd, the drunkard, who had been sitting on the ground and crying, struggled to his feet, and walked out of the door while crying and laughing.
"Pieru!" Alan muttered the name, then his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly to Qin Hui; "Sir, I know who is most in need of relief! It's Pieru, the owner of the almshouse! ”
"The people who run the almshouses are the ones who need relief the most! Make no mistake! Qin Hui frowned after hearing Allen's words, because it could be seen from the conversation just now that this Pieru was dedicated to helping others, so how could he need relief.
"Pieru is a big philanthropist, he has several properties in his name, and the time he earns is used to help others, and it is he who brings hope to everyone in this dark slum, so he is the one who needs time the most, because if he has time, he can save more people!"
Allen said quickly, constantly analyzing the meaning of these words for Qin Hui, so that Qin Hui on the side couldn't help but nod secretly. Because a person who can bring hope to others may really be the one who needs the most time.
"Get me another glass of wine, for the best!" Qin Hui's eyes were vague, and she whispered to the bartender beside her.
"Yes sir, please pay for 80 hours!" The bartender said, pulling out a time turner.
Qin Hui stretched out her arm disapprovingly, and drank the beer worth more than three days in two sips, while keeping her eyes on the wall of the bar. If someone can smash the wall at this moment, then they will find that the location that Qin Hui is looking at is a relief hall with the word Pieru written on it.