004: Attic Otherworld
"Dad, which hospital is my brother in?"
"The county hospital can't do it, it's in the second hospital in the city. ”
Wang Huan said: "Are you already being treated?"
"It's been a few days of treatment, the money has been spent, and I still owe a lot, but if you don't give the money again, you will have to stop the medicine, and your brother can't die. Wang Huan's father sobbed: "Huan, my father also knows that it is not easy for you, but my father and mother have no ability, and I really can't find the money, so you are wronged and borrow from your daughter-in-law!"
Wang Huan said: "I'll pay you tomorrow." ”
Then, he hung up the phone, then closed his eyes and lay down on the bed.
30,000 or 40,000 yuan, saving my brother's life.
Is that a lot of money? Not much, of course.
But this money is a lot, because Wang Huan now has less than two thousand yuan in his hands.
Wang Huan dialed the phone number of the club manager and said, "Mr. Qian, I want to advance a year's salary." ”
"Dreaming, you won't have to go to work in the future. The other party hung up the phone directly.
When Wang Huan called again, he couldn't get through.
He hesitated for a moment and dialed another number, Tian Xu.
This is his teammate, the 200-meter champion of the National Games, and in the team at that time, he and Wang Huan were opponents and friends.
"Brother Tian, it's me Wang Huan. ”
"Huanzi, is it you kid? You are finally willing to call me, where have you run all these years, and how many times have I called you, do you know what? "Tian Xu is very enthusiastic.
Wang Huan said: "Brother Tian, my younger brother has acute encephalitis and is lying on the hospital bed in need of money, can you pay me back the 30,000 yuan you borrowed from me before buying a car?"
The other party was silent for a moment, and then said: "Huanzi, it's really unfortunate, if you call two days earlier, I will not only have the money to repay you, but also lend you a sum." But I just bought a villa yesterday, and not only did I spend all the money, but I also owe two million in loans, which is really sorry. By the way, it's time for me to train, keep in touch often, drink together, you said we haven't seen each other for a long time. ”
Then, the other party hung up the phone.
Wang Huan dialed another phone, his high school classmate Li Qing is still a good friend, two years ago when Wang Huan was in the limelight, he turned over 20,000 yuan to Wang Huan in business.
"Mr. Li, I'm Wang Huan. ”
"Yo, old classmate, big champion, big athlete, why did you remember to call me?" the other party became more enthusiastic.
Wang Huan said: "My brother has acute encephalitis, waiting for money to save his life on the hospital bed, can you pay me back the 20,000 yuan?"
The other party laughed loudly and said: "Old classmate, don't be kidding, you are a big athlete, a big celebrity, and you are married to a second-generation official wife, aren't you joking with me for 20,000 yuan? Okay, let's not talk to you, urge me to have a meeting, and when you come back, we'll get together again, and drink to death......"
Then, the phone hung up as well.
Next, Wang Huan made more than a dozen phone calls, all of which were people Wang Huan had helped before, but they borrowed a total of 3,000 yuan, which was a drop in the bucket.
The person who borrowed his money was a girl, who also went to work before graduating from high school, and was the one with the worst economic conditions in the class, named Li Xiaomei, and about 80% of the original families with this name were relatively poor.
At that time, she seemed to have a crush on Wang Huan.
Everyone else, when they called, had a very enthusiastic attitude, and kept saying that they were big champions and big celebrities, desperately touting Wang Huan, but they didn't borrow any money.
The key is that when Wang Huan was beautiful, he helped them.
Everyone knew that Wang Huan was down, and probably no one was willing to lend money to someone who had no future.
In this way, Wang Huan made a phone call for three hours, but did not borrow money, but annoyed the other residents of the boarding house.
"Don't call, it's twelve o'clock, and you won't let people sleep? ”
"Do you have a sense of public morality, you can't fight tomorrow, and if you make noise until we sleep, you will go directly and smash your mobile phone. ”
Wang Huan climbed the stairs, went to the bathroom in the attic, and looked at himself in the mirror.
The face is puffy, the eyes are red, the hair is disheveled, and the beard is unkempt.
How decadent, how depressed, how embarrassed, and what is the difference between him and the homeless man on the side of the road?
How high-spirited and handsome I was two years ago?
I have imagined countless times that I am standing on the podium of the Olympic Games, and the scenery is infinite.
"Wang Huan, you idiot, how did you become like this?" he yelled at himself in the mirror, and then slammed his fist into it.
Do you want to rely on crooked ways to make money? Then let's do crooked ways!
"Boom ......"
At the same time, a burst of thunder sounded outside, and a bolt of lightning slashed down and went directly into Wang Huan's bathroom.
Suddenly, the whole bathroom was bright, I don't know how many times the sunlight, almost blind.
It was as if a burst of electricity had penetrated Wang Huan's body, directly making him faint and unconscious.
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I don't know how long it took, Wang Huan woke up.
I touched my head, and there was a scar.
Is this a lightning bolt? Such a ferocious lightning leaves such a scar, shouldn't it directly scorch the whole person?
He struggled to get up from the bathroom floor and look at the scar on the top of his head in the mirror.
Then, he was completely stunned.
Where are the mirrors?
The frame of the mirror remains, but instead of a cloud of light and shadow, a door-shaped, with a distorted nothingness in the middle.
This...... What is this?
Looks exactly like an in-game portal, huh?
Wang Huan felt as if he was hallucinating, or was he asleep?
He closed his eyes first and then opened them, and found that this portal-like thing was still there, and twisted his thigh hard, and the pain was so painful that he was not dreaming.
Wang Huan couldn't help but reach out and touch this portal.
It was supposed to be a mirror, and his hand should have been blocked, but it penetrated directly, and his hand disappeared directly from sight.
What's behind this portal? Could it be another world?
It's so bizarre, it's so bizarre, it's completely out of his common sense.
In 2003, there were already some time-traveling novels, most of which were from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and Wang Huan had also read a few and learned some about them.
"Would you like to go in and have a look?"
Without much hesitation or worrying about any danger, Wang Huan took a deep breath and walked directly into this portal.
There was a chill, and the brain went blank for a moment.
Then, he disappeared directly into this small bathroom and disappeared from this world.
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Open your eyes and look at the world inside this mirror.
This...... Is this another world?
All Wang Huan saw was desolation, and there were ruins everywhere.
It was supposed to be a very developed city, but it was ruined. Dense high-rise buildings, like steel forests, some have collapsed, some are riddled with holes.
There was no sign of any life, as if it was a world that had been completely dead.
The end times?
Immediately afterwards, Wang Huan discovered that the world in the mirror seemed to be the earth, or Hangcheng.
Because he saw the words XH District of Hangcheng City in the ruins, and even the location coincided with reality, and it was also on Zixia Road.
It's just that the real Hangzhou city is far less developed, and there are not so many high-rise buildings. Although in ruins, these high-rise buildings are often dozens or hundreds of floors, and many roads are built hundreds of meters high, and the light rail is in the clouds.
This...... Is it the future Hangzhou City?
Everywhere you look, there are apocalyptic ruins, but only one building is intact, new and bright, exuding a milky white light, like standing out from the crowd.
It was a tall tower, six or seven hundred meters high, and its volume was dozens of times that of Leifeng Pagoda.
Although this tower is full of oriental and simple charm, it is also full of a sense of science and technology, because the whole tower is crystal clear and integrated.
Wang Huan originally wanted to explore the ruins, but was attracted by the tower.
This world is gloomy and hopeless, but this tower is full of hope and radiance.
I couldn't help but walk towards this tower, and when I came to it, I felt its enormity more and more.
"Brush ......"
The snow-white door opened automatically, and Wang Huan couldn't help but walk in, it was dark inside, and he couldn't see his five fingers.
Then a ray of light scanned his body, and then a very strong electronic female voice came out.
"Visitor, East Asian yellow male, age 24 years old, 1st class clearance. ”
"The Tower of the Last Days was first opened, on April 15, 2303 A.D. ”
2303 The end of the world, three hundred years later, the earth was destroyed?
Next, a majestic and tragic voice came from Wang Huan's ears.
"Our civilization is brilliant and gorgeous, our history is long, and our people are industrious and progressive......"
"We have Wang Xizhi, we have Sima Qian, we have Lu Xun ......"
"Beethoven, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein......"
"But all this has been destroyed, and in 2188, the world is destroyed, and the civilization of the earth is destroyed. Only this tower of the last days has become the spark of human civilization. ”
Listening to this voice, Wang Huan was shocked and puzzled.
The first thing that is certain is that this is Earth, and it has perished, or a total extinction.
But what's going on with some of the names in this audio material? Wang Xizhi and Sima Qian, he knows, they are all in the history books, but who is Lu Xun?
He knew Einstein, he knew Leonardo da Vinci, but who was Beethoven?
Wang Huan's earth world, there are no such people?
The people who can be mentioned in the flame of civilization must be very good and have made great contributions to civilization, right? Why hasn't he heard of these names?
Next, this audio material continues to be recited tragically, a whole few thousand words.
"Any human being who enters the tower of the last days has the responsibility and obligation to inherit the fire of civilization on the earth. ”
"The Tower of the End of the World contains the essence of thousands of years of civilization on the entire earth, covering literature, music, film and television, games, philosophy, technology, industry, energy and so on. ”
"A once-in-a-century music classic, a thousand-year-old immortal chapter, a century-old movie masterpiece, a world-famous game, top-notch artificial intelligence, and controllable nuclear fusion energy, all of which are in the Tower of the End of the World. ”
"The higher the Inheritor's achievements, the higher the level of Civilization Achievements can be unlocked. At present, the visitor's permission is level 1, and only the first floor of the tower can be unlocked, the palace of art, including literature, painting, music, film and television, and other art categories. ”
"The inheritors must restore the brilliant civilization of the earth in the shortest possible time and reach the peak of civilization in 2188. ”
"Visitor, are you ready for the task of restarting civilization?"
The audio material is over.
Wang Huan instinctively said, "I'm ready." ”
The electronic synthesis voice said: "Please sit in a chair, and before you accept the inheritance of civilization, we will inject you with type A gene medicine." ”
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Note: Ladies and gentlemen, rummaging through your pockets, do you have a recommendation ticket? It really motivates me.