Chapter 3: What Happened After Death
The next day, at dawn.
A small finch in search of food hesitated for a long time above Cheng An's head, and finally left, not attacking the delicious combination of oil cells on his body.
Cheng An woke up suddenly, and found himself lying on a small road on the edge of the village, covered in foul-smelling sludge.
After a little hesitation, he found that there was no one around, so he jumped directly into the stream by the side of the road, and scrubbed his whole body several times, and then put on wet clothes and dried himself under the sun that had not yet risen.
Now there's bad news and good news.
The good news is that not only is his body not disabled, but it seems to have been reborn, the scars left when he was a child are gone, and even the small cervical spondylosis that had some signs before has been completely cured, and his whole body is full of strength and energy.
The bad news is that Cheng An doesn't know where he is now, and his phone is out of battery, so he can't read the time and map.
He fainted last night, how did he get down the mountain?
After about an hour, the road began to gain popularity.
Cheng An hurriedly stopped a woman who was kind and kind and rode a battery car to buy vegetables: "Hello Auntie, I want to ask, where is this?" Is it close to Mt. Shiraike? ”
"White Pond Mountain? This is it, this is Baichi Village, in the early years it was Baichi Mountain Mine, and later it was changed to a village. ”
"Gone? Mine? ”
Cheng An was confused, and looked up at this prosperous mountain village, where there were at least a thousand residents at a glance, and he couldn't believe it.
It's impossible, it became a mountain village a few years ago, so where was I last night? Could it be that last night's experience was a dream of Nan Ke?
He pinched his face, and the triangular pyramid suddenly appeared in front of him.
This startled Cheng An, but when he saw that his aunt didn't react, he was relieved, it seems that this "coordinate" can only be seen by himself, the holder.
At this time, the coordinates are like a holographic simulation projection, showing a pale gold and transparent state, as long as Cheng An thinks of it, it will automatically float out of sight and rotate slowly.
Of these, two faces reveal the numbers.
One is the countdown, which currently has 17:20:15 left, and the time is decreasing by second.
On the other side, there is a string of symbols that look garbled, and the only thing that can be read is the number "1" separated by a line.
The other two sides are blank.
"This countdown, most likely the opening time of the stargate? In the early hours of tonight morning, I will be able to enter that dream world! Cheng An made a reasonable guess.
As for the garbled characters, he decided to go back and search the Internet for information about universal walking to see if he could find clues.
"Auntie, do you know where the nearest bus stop is?" Cheng An asked.
"Did the young man get separated from his friends?"
"Alas, Auntie, you are so careful, this is for you to see."
"Haha, this kid is weirdly smart, come up, I'll take you there."
"Ah, that's not necessary......"
"What are you shy, what haven't you seen in your fifties? Hurry up and get on the bus! ”
The rural women have a simple personality, and Cheng An saw that she was also gracious, so she sat in the back seat of the little electric donkey.
All the way, about two kilometers away, I saw the bus stop.
After thanking his aunt and saying goodbye, Cheng An glanced at the stop sign.
Baichi Village Station.
Baichi Mountain, which I climbed up yesterday, has become Baichi Village that has been renovated ten years ago today, which makes Cheng An feel quite illusory, but at the same time, he is even more curious about Xingmen.
The more mysterious and unknown things are, the more desirable they are.
All the way unharmed, when I arrived at the subway station, I finally charged my mobile phone.
As a result, as soon as the phone was turned on, a bunch of missed calls popped up.
The dialer is very simple, the parents each have seven or eight calls, two calls from the operator and an unknown advertiser, and a note to Cheng Yuyi, a phone call and a text message with the content of "Brother, are you there".
"Forehead ......"
This seems to be the sister of the original owner.
Cheng An didn't care much, but quickly opened NetEase and searched for the keywords Haicheng and Baichi Mountain.
After a short delay, a few news stories jumped out, and the headline at the top was "Solve the problem of difficult and poor housing for villagers, create a benchmark for the city, and cultural white pool!" 》
God's cultural idiots!
Cheng An secretly rolled his eyes, the date of this news was twelve years ago.
"In this case, my mountaineering tools, hiss, and borrowed bicycles are still on the mountain, and I will lose money now, at least more than 1,000 yuan!"
This sudden blow made Cheng An, who was not wealthy, even worse, and his heart hurt beyond measure.
Then, he searched for 'universal walking', 'dream world' and so on.
But it's still the same, there is a lot of content, but it's all about introducing "dreams and experiences", and the content is miscellaneous and numerous, and I can't find really useful information.
Even at a glance, several well-known forums on the Internet, such as 'Tieba', 'Big Sweet Potato', 'Close Community', etc., have opened corresponding topic columns.
The content in it is even more popular, all kinds of small essays are flying all over the sky, Cheng An opened and read a few articles, and knew that he couldn't find too much useful information on it.
These small essays are too much water, and they are even divided into categories, with the template writing of the controversial nature such as the domineering president, the return of the god of war, etc., and some critical Xun-style and Zhu-style articles are mixed in, which can really be described as a hundred flowers blooming and competing for beauty.
The length is not only large and wide, but the content is even larger and empty.
Even if the gods came, they couldn't find anything useful from so much spam.
"It seems that we still have to go through this experience first to know more."
I tossed all the way, and when I got back to school, it was already half past twelve at noon.
The school gate is crowded with people, and the private cars on the side of the road have long been blocked, all relying on the traffic police to guide them;
Countless students gathered in the square of Haicheng University, carrying bags and quilts, walking in the university of their dreams;
The school's welcoming ceremony did not fall behind, and the seniors and seniors went out one after another, some assisted in carrying luggage, and more were all campus clubs who came to 'recruit new ones', which was very lively.
"On September 10th, I almost forgot, today is the day of the start of school for new students."
Cheng An suddenly realized.
At this time, the mobile phone rang again, and the caller ID was "Cheng Yuyi", and Cheng An answered it.
"Hey, brother, are you busy?" A soft, crisp female voice came over the phone.
"No, um, what's the matter?"
Cheng An tried his best to maintain his unconventional tone.
He didn't want his family to suspect him.
Through last night's incident, Cheng An believes that the police will come to the door sooner or later.
And a traceable, transparent and simple family is undoubtedly an umbrella.
"School starts today, my parents have to go to work, I originally said that you would pick me up, but I can't contact you......"
Cheng Yuyi's voice on the phone was slightly aggrieved, which made people feel the urge to pity when they listened to it.
Cheng An was stunned, he didn't notice that there was a younger sister who also applied for the same school.
"Uh, I didn't sleep well last night, I forgot, where are you?" He casually found a reason to prevaricate.
There was a flattering voice on the phone like a chick pecking rice: "I came in at the school gate, under the big library, next to the big pillar on the left, my things are too heavy." ”
Walking through the crowd, Cheng An quickly found Cheng Yuyi.
This girl is very recognizable, her appearance is extremely outstanding in the crowd, wearing a clean white shirt and a pale yellow skirt, the little white shoes are spotless, timidly revealing a white and slender calf, exuding the girl's unique youthful sweetness.
Because she was beautiful enough, several boys surrounded her, smiling and trying to help her carry her suitcase, but they were all refused.
The girl guarded her possessions as if she were a food guard: three large gray-black trolley boxes, each more than a meter high, and bulging.
It's hard to imagine that a thin girl like her could transport these things here alone.
"Cheng An! This way! ”
As soon as she saw Cheng An, the girl waved her hand excitedly, and when Cheng An walked over, she hugged Cheng An's arm excitedly.
As soon as the boys around him saw this situation, they were helpless to scatter and go to find other cute schoolgirls as targets.
Perhaps due to the deep influence of the original owner's memory of his feelings for the family, Cheng An looked at Cheng Yuyi as if he were his sister, and did not dislike her coquettishness.
Of course, he used to date quite a lot of "sisters", but that kind of sister's coquettishness is generally called fever, which is completely different.
Cheng Anxin complained, and then said: "Give me the luggage, and take you to the dormitory to report first." ”
"Okay, this one is a bit heavy, I'll help get one...... Forehead. ”
Before Cheng Yuyi could finish speaking, he saw Cheng An grabbing three heavy suitcases in a row with one hand and carrying them directly on his shoulders, looking extremely relaxed.
"Hey, when did you have so much strength?" Cheng Yuyi was surprised.
"The workout was effective."
Cheng An replied half-truthfully.
It is true that the physical quality of this body is not bad, but to say that it can carry something close to one hundred and fifty pounds with one hand, it is still far behind.
But thanks to last night's experience, my fitness has improved dramatically.
Cheng An feels that his current strength is not much better than that of professional strength athletes.
However, there is no change in appearance, and the muscles are obvious but not exaggerated, which can be described as magical.
The girls' dormitory is generally not allowed to enter such a young boy, but fortunately, the dormitory manager is also reasonable, for the sake of today's school start, the girl alone can't carry so many heavy things, so Cheng An signed a name and went up.
Cheng Yuyi can handle the trivial things such as making the bed by himself, and Cheng An can't interfere.
The other three little girls in the dormitory pulled Cheng Yuyi with a smile, and they didn't know what they were talking about, which made her face red. Girls.,It's always self-cooked.。
A father in the same dormitory sent his daughter to school, and he couldn't interfere in the "housekeeping" of the girl's dormitory, so he pulled Cheng An to smoke in the corridor.
"Thank you, uncle, I don't smoke, it's better not to smoke here." Cheng An politely refused.
"Oh, I was negligent, hehe, young people have a bright future, and they have taken care of the future so early."
The middle-aged man gave Cheng An a thumbs up on the surface, but in fact, his eyes were full of vigilance.
Cheng An knew that he was over-supplementing, and smiled: "You misunderstood, I am her own brother, and I am also studying at Haida University, and my family is busy and can't take a break." ”
"Haha, so that's the case, one or two high-achieving students, your family is terrible!"
"You're ridiculous."
Cheng An politely said a few words.
After a while, Cheng Yuyi was almost busy, so he ran out and said, "Brother, I can do it, if you are busy, you can leave first, right?" ”
"Okay, let's strengthen the relationship with your classmates today, and call me if you have something."
“…… Uh-huh. ”
She nodded and sent Cheng An to the staircase.
"Goodbye." Cheng Yuyi waved his hand.
Cheng An nodded, and just walked to the corner of the stairs, Yu Guang found Cheng Yuyi standing at the staircase looking at him.
His chest suddenly tightened, as if he had been scratched by something, and an indescribable smell of soy sauce, garlic, and bean paste permeated his heart.
His mouth and nose were sour, his eyes were hazy, and he was overflowing with an impulse, and he cried out in a hoarse voice:
"Cheng Yuyi."
"Huh? What's wrong? Cheng Yuyi was taken aback.
His mouth opened, closed again, and then opened again.
After repeating this several times, he said, "Do you have anything else to say to me?" ”
"Huh? No, I don't. ”
"Okay, okay, then I'll go."
"Okay."
As a result, Cheng An said this, but his feet seemed to have roots and were deeply rooted in the ground.
He looked at her for a long time, then took three steps and made two steps, and ran up with a stomp.
"Wait a minute, I'll give you some money."
He rummaged through his pockets, took out the nine hundred dollars that had been crumpled last night, and stuffed them into his sister's hand without saying a word.
"Brother, I don't need it, my parents have given me living expenses." Cheng Yuyi hurriedly excused himself.
"Here you go, just take it, I'm outside, I have a part-time job, I don't have enough money, tell me." His pronunciation was slightly dull, as if he had suddenly had a stutter.
Seeing his tough attitude, Cheng Yuyi was confused and could only accept it.
"Well, okay, thank you, brother."
"Okay, it's okay, then I'm leaving, I'm really leaving."
"Well, brother, be careful on the road."
Downstairs, Cheng An quickly left the dormitory building, and the indescribable feeling in his heart gradually calmed down.
In the dark, he could feel that some kind of shackles had been removed from this body, and his mind was extremely lively.
"This is his last goodbye to this world, right?"
Cheng An smiled, picked up his mobile phone, sent a voice message to his parents to report safety, and then wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.
Then, with happy steps, he walked towards his dormitory.
But what happened before and after him, and he was no longer a mortal in the future.
Then he stopped around the corner and was stopped by a few boys.
It was the sophomore students who pestered Cheng Yuyi and asked for her phone number at the school gate before.
"I'll just say it bluntly, my brother has a crush on your girlfriend, so you can get to know each other and make a price." A yellow hairer was the first to stand up.
The rest of the people surrounded them violently, blocking the view of passers-by.
Coincidentally, the fat man who had fought in the midnight grove was also among them, and when he saw Cheng An, the resentment on his face turned into an expression of revenge.
"Hey."
Cheng An smiled.
Does Haicheng University still have this kind of goods?
"There are a lot of people here, and you have to be punished when you fight, let's go to the gymnasium and see the real chapter." Cheng An took the lead in pointing in the direction of the playground.
It frightened the group.
Huang Mao said angrily: "You are really shameless, go, today I see that I don't beat you to kneel down and call your father!" ”
A group of seven or eight people went to the gymnasium in a daze.
Ten minutes later.
Cheng An, who was the only one standing in the audience, squatted down and patted Huang Mao's head: "Are you still called Dad?" ”
Huang Mao's nose and face were swollen, and his nose and tears were beaten out: "Dad! You will be my father in the future! Dad, I was wrong, I won't dare next time! ”
"Hehe, yes, really good."
Cheng An stood up, glanced at the rolling winter melons all over the ground, and nodded with satisfaction.
"I didn't think I had a talent for fighting."
He left the gymnasium by himself, and the seven or eight boys on the ground who were crying and howling stopped screaming at the same time, you look at me, I look at you, and no one took the lead in speaking.
"Look at what! Fuck off, rubbish! Huang Mao got up in anger and took the lead.
After a while, Cheng An walked downstairs to the dormitory while wiping the dust on his clothes when he had just beaten someone.
Just as he was about to go up, a few classmates came down and greeted him when they saw him: "Cheng An, why are you going?" You're also going for orientation? Why are your clothes so dirty? ”
Cheng An smiled: "It's okay, I just wiped it on the street lamp, why are you going?" ”
"Oh, there was a special lecture on ecumenical walking in the afternoon, and the head teacher told us to participate."
"It's just to make up the numbers, I'm afraid that I will lose face if I am too popular."
"Let's go, or I'm going to be late, the head teacher's face will be given, what if there is her in the defense teacher in the future?"
"Let's go, bye-bye."
"Are you going? I heard that the speaker was Bai Fumei, the daughter of Nancheng Real Estate Group! "There was another classmate who didn't forget to greet him before leaving.
They left, but Cheng An's eyes lit up.
Universal Walk ...... Thematic lectures?