Chapter 21. December 16, 1096, Chernobog
Zhou Jinru was immediately messy, and said incoherently: "Are you saying that we are a husband and wife, and now we are divorced, but for the sake of our lovely daughter, we are still a couple on the surface?" ”
It was quite sudden.
Kelsey, who looks like a middle-aged woman in Ursas, said, "Please don't associate the identity in your dreams with reality!" ”
Zhou Jinru admitted that he did have a reasonable association just now......
With his thick arms waving his fists almost against his face, Zhou Jinru couldn't help but take a step back and said loudly: "I just didn't expect it to be like this!" ”
The quarrel between them did not attract the attention of passers-by, probably in this city, the same quarrel happened every day, the husband was oppressed by his wife.
"Do you know why we got divorced?"
Kelsey withdrew his fist and glared at him fiercely.
Zhou Jinru followed up two steps and asked curiously: "Why?" ”
As if some kind of complaint, the middle-aged woman complained: "Alcoholism, idleness after unemployment, can't put down the pathetic shelf, bad relationship with children, family disharmony." ”
"Midlife crisis."
Zhou Jinru explained: "When people reach middle age, they will always face all kinds of crises, unable to keep up with the times, repetitive work year after year, contempt from children, coupled with the risk of unemployment due to the economic crisis, and all kinds of diseases after the body goes downhill. ”
He pointed to his body: "Take Ivan as an example, long-term alcoholism will inevitably lead to liver damage, pale face and empty steps, indicating that the kidneys are not very good, the spirit is sluggish, and the confusion in the eyes cannot be concealed, as if he sees the end of life, depressed, coupled with a little quarrel between husband and wife, it is easy to ignite the powder keg." ”
He didn't mention his daughter, who went to Peterheim High School, which was an ordinary secondary school where the children of the common people were educated...... He said no.
But a secondary school student at the Usas Ordinary Secondary School......
Fights, brawls, cliques, school violence, secretly drinking, early love, and even stealing the forbidden fruit, energetic children can always figure out some tricks.
He can't expect every child to be as well-behaved and cute as Amiya, and he can't expect every daughter to be as sensible as Amiya.
Kelsey glanced at him and said seriously: "I let you enter this dream, not to let you experience the life of a middle-aged person in advance, you have your own things to do." ”
Two people waiting in front of the platform, at this time there are quite a lot of passengers, they are surrounded to get on the bus, in order not to get separated, Zhou Jinru firmly grasped Kelsey's hand, there are two passengers between them, the bus is running on the bumpy road stop-and-go, they have been holding hands like this, until in front of a platform, a considerable number of passengers get off, the crowded car can finally circulate a trace of fresh air, and the clenched hand is slowly released.
Kelsey sat on the inside of the double seat, and Zhou Jinru leaned close to her and asked in a low voice:
"Where are we going?"
"Boris No. 4 Middle School, I asked someone to find you a job, a security guard at the school gate."
Zhou Jinru's expression froze: "Be sober, we are in a dream, this is not the real world." ”
What exactly is it like to honestly look for a job?
Could it be that the all-knowing and all-powerful Kelsey is lost in his dreams?
His questioning got Kelsey a big roll of the eye: "Don't you want to know what happened to Chernobog in the first place?" Now is a good opportunity, and after the incident at St. Al Alral, you should be well aware of the situation you are in. ”
"History repeats?!"
"No, it's historical regression, the historical reproduction of the Deep Sea Council is an extension of historical retrospection, everything you see, hear, and perceive comes from ......"
As she said this, the bus stopped in front of the station, and the driver honked his horn impatiently.
However, what had already been said caused an uproar in Zhou Jinru's mind, and he couldn't even maintain his immersion.
"You, what are you talking about, we in Rhode Island also have this technology?!"
"No, the dream technology is still a black box of technology for us, we can use it, but we don't know how it works, we can't figure out how it works."
Zhou Jinru wanted to say something more, but Kelsey pushed him and urged: "It's time for you to get out of the car and cherish this job." ”
He was kicked out of the car, like a decadent husband being kicked out of the door by his wife to work, and the confusion in his eyes fully illustrated the man's psychological state at the moment.
"Kelsey is not quite the same as before, it seems to be ...... Lively, she behaves a bit like Amiya, no, should I say that Amiya is more and more like Kelsey? ”
Zhou Jinru looked down at a pair of old boots, gray trousers, and a coat that was also old on his feet.
Ivan, this man's life is very cramped, he is a native of Chernobog, he has never left this mobile city in his life, as a middle-level mechanic, he is at the bottom of this deformed society, and he is destined to have no room for growth.
He had just divorced, and even this job was won by his ex-wife.
This desperate man is at his wit's end.
Out of the only dignity of a man, he should loudly refuse his ex-wife's request, throw the offer letter in his hand on the ground, get out of the car and leave angrily.
A person who lived in the old era could not really connect with the increasingly innovative society, and he was still a mechanic at heart, relying on technology to eat, rather than being a security guard who was looked down upon.
But right now, the man standing here is not the real Ivan.
The person who plays Ivan is Zhou Jinru, he doesn't need to think about those, in the dream, he doesn't need to care about the personality problem, it's a big deal to overturn it and do it again.
Holding the personnel offer, Zhou Jinru raised his head and looked at the gate of the rather magnificent middle school, and the unfamiliar Ursatian words were automatically translated into understandable meanings in his mind:
Boris No. 4 Secondary School.
The powerful Kelsey has found this place!
Before he could approach the gate, he was stopped by several heavily armed security guards, because the shabby-clad man with a sickly face in front of him could not have anything to do with the Ursatian aristocratic school.
"I'm here to join the company."
Zhou Jinru raised the personnel report in his hand, theoretically, there should be no problem.
He also had a question, why Kelsey, who was a washerwoman, Caitlin, was able to get a personnel offer letter from a noble middle school from the hands of a big nobleman?
Several security personnel formed a semicircle and stared at Zhou Jinru to prevent him from making any unusual moves, but nothing happened.
After confirming that the content on the personnel offer was true, the first security guard looked at him with a complicated look: "Good luck guy, follow me." ”
Zhou Jinru was brought into the security department, not far from the gate, and in addition, he was given a new set of security uniforms.
"Nikolayevich, you just came, there is nothing else for you to do for the time being, just send and receive couriers here."
Zhou Jinru was full of answers, and he was still adapting to his new clothes.
There is no doubt that his body is too weak now, and he can't compare with reality at all, and he can't do high-intensity work, so sending and receiving couriers is the most suitable for him.
There is no difficulty, no temptation, only alienation and rejection.
Zhou Jinru looked at the pile of couriers in the corner of the other party's office, some of which had a thin layer of ash on them, and it was obvious that no one had claimed them for a while.
"In other words, the person behind the job has a high status and is not in the same league as the nobles of Ursas?"
Is there such a person in Chernobog?
Boris No. 4 Middle School is an aristocratic middle school, whether it is a new aristocracy or an old aristocracy, their children go to school here, and the new aristocracy that actively embraces capital forms a new class, forming a natural opposition to the old feudal aristocracy, so no matter how harmonious it is on the surface, it is still fighting against each other behind the scenes.
Adults may be able to endure the calm for a while, but it is difficult for young and vigorous children to say.
"The skin of the aristocracy can still bind them tightly with common interests at a critical time, the new nobility is still the old nobility, they are always the nobility, so my eyes should be turned to other people?"
Zhou Jinru opened the record book of sending and receiving the courier, and reviewed them one by one, the identity of the commoner was mixed into the pile of nobles, even if it was only hanging around the periphery, they still felt that it was a humiliation, so Zhou Jinru was able to relax for a moment and think carefully about Kelsey's true intentions.
After looking at it for a while, he suddenly reached out and slapped him in the face, and with a snap, the person almost fell out of the chair.
"I'm an idiot, I have to think about such a simple truth for so long!"
What is the Chernobog Mobile City driven by?
Its energy comes from a sarcophagus, and the people with whom it has a close connection are, in addition to Kelsey and him, a person.
What this person has done before, he will definitely not be accepted by the nobles here, but he is protected by the upper echelons of Ursas.
"As long as there is the identity of a betrayer, it is easy to be used by Kelsey, not to mention that Kelsey is still his former top boss."
Zhou Jinru remembered the sandalwood comb and gained a person's trust, only the secret that this person hid deep in his heart.
Sergei!
Just as his thoughts were gradually diverging, in front of the express delivery window, a female student in a school uniform was standing, gently tapping on the answering window.
"Hello."
It was obviously the first time she had met Zhou Jinru, that is, Ivan, and she was a little nervous, because it was rare to see commoners in aristocratic schools.
Zhou Jinru raised his head, and the girl in front of him said in a low voice: "Please find me the courier of 'Morozova', thank you." ”
As she spoke, she handed over a courier order, and Zhou Jinru glanced at it, the girl with long light blue hair was named Anna Morozova, and she had bought a few books.
Due to the accumulation of inventory at the sending and receiving points and the non-standard warehousing, it was difficult to find Morozova's courier, and Zhou Jinru struggled to find what she wanted.
"Thank you."
The girl with the ponytail got the express, thanked her again, and left in a hurry, it can be seen that this is a slightly introverted girl.
She will have another code name in the future: Truth.
Zhou Jinru stared at the calendar on the desk, December 16, 1096.
This date is an ordinary day for a citizen of Chernobog, but in Zhou Jinru's eyes, it is the peace before destruction, and in four days, the integration movement will attack the mobile city, and a week later, the Rhode Island operators will pay with their blood and lives to rescue the doctor.
No, not four days, it's now!
Zhou Jinru took a deep breath of the cold air of winter, and his weak body couldn't help but cough violently, the scalpel-like attack of the integrated movement and the deliberate inaction of Ursas, coupled with the advent of natural disasters, buried millions of citizens here, maybe a few days ago, the tactical team of the integrated movement had already entered the city and began to plan destruction.
His eyes fell on the unclaimed couriers, fearing that the nobles who had learned the news had long since left the city, and the rest were just chips that could be discarded at will, and these chips would eventually be added to Tallulah, becoming an important part of the intested's attack on the Dragon Gate and the territorial dispute between Ursas and the Yan Kingdom.
So, Kelsey, what exactly is the historical backtracking that you made......
It is impossible for her to conjure up a personnel offer out of thin air, even in a dream, she must follow the basic laws, otherwise her consciousness will rise directly.
Knock, knock, knock......
As he pondered, there was a distant knock in his ears, a familiar sound from above the sky.
"It's time to wake up."
Zhou Jinru's consciousness began to break away from the dream, everything in front of him became blurred, and all the images gradually shattered, passing through the quiet deep water, and returning to his body.
When he opened his eyes, Kelsey was standing in front of the medical module, looking down at him.
"How long did I sleep?"
"Fourteen minutes, check over."
Zhou Jinru held the silver-white metal handrails on both sides of the medical cabin with both hands, and his mind was still a little dazed: "You said this is an examination?" I became a security guard at Boris No. 4 Middle School in my dream! ”
And Kelsey also became his ex-wife.
seemed to see Zhou Jinru's inner thoughts, Kelsey, who was filling out the form, glanced at him and said lightly: "Don't substitute the identity in the dream into reality, you will lose yourself." ”
Zhou Jinru had just woken up, his mind was confused, and he said casually: "Yes, you are right, after all, Ivan and Caitlin in the dream have received a marriage certificate, a divorce certificate, and a daughter, but in reality, we are still very estranged, and it is difficult to maintain even a normal friend relationship." ”
As soon as the words came out, everyone else was stupid, what did they say?!
"Is this what you really think in your heart?"
Zhou Jinru's throat made a dry sound, so embarrassed that he didn't know how to continue, so he simply stiffened his neck and shouted: "This is my wish!" ”
He was ready to hang the bridge.
Surprisingly, Kelsey did not get angry and did not chase him away, but gathered his skirt and sat in a chair not far away, reminding: "You have to pay attention to the boundary between dreams and reality, if your inner desire is too strong, it will cause your consciousness to be unable to distinguish which side is real." ”
Zhou Jinru calmed down at this time, pondered Kelsey's words, and said seriously: "I may need an anchor to locate reality. ”