Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

He completely simulated the environment of his wish, started a lucid dream, and tried to call:

'can you hear me? '

The wishful figure froze in place for a moment.

Then Desire opened his eyes wide.

"Chen...Chen Yan?!"

The tone of voice was not only surprise, but also disbelief.

'it's me. '

Communication actually consumes more energy than simulation. Just two words, it even made Chen Yan feel exhausted.

This feeling of exhaustion gave Chen Yan a very bad premonition, so he turned off the lucid dreaming for the consciousness of wishes, and only used his own lucid dream channel as an "observer" to listen to the voice of wishes.

"How...how did you get in?!"

After wishing to ask this question, she did not get an immediate answer from Chen Yan. She immediately realized that Chen Yan's "arrival" this time might not be as light as she imagined, so she spoke very quickly:
"To make a long story short - I followed the information you exchanged for your life last time and discovered a very important fact - I will most likely be able to know who you are by comparing you in the BIOS with you in the real world. !”

Chen Yan suddenly lost his voice.

The words of wishes are still very fast.

"I mean, not only can we know who Chen Yan is, but we can also know who the [Incomplete One] is, why the Incomplete One is incomplete, what exactly the Mechanical Ascension Secret Order wants to complete, and the voice they heard from here. What is it and who is making the voice to them - this information is enough for us to deduce the truth of everything!"

"Now I am going to find the next target. He is not outside the company, but inside the company. It is very close to where I am now, but there is a railway in the middle. If there is no ticket, the railway is a natural chasm."

"Now that I have the ticket - which is actually a series of encrypted authentication keys - I want to enter the company and look for Chen Changsheng in the BIOS!"

The second person I hope to find from that knowledge turns out to be Chen Changsheng in BIOS...

Hearing this, Chen Yan suddenly realized that he still couldn't help Wishong - in the BIOS, Wishlist was still a lone traveler.

Chen Yan once again activated lucid dreaming for desire consciousness and told her his situation.

From [Boson Characteristics] to [Boson Blockade], and then from the [Boundary Wall] that can identify [Boson Characteristics], and the quantum mechanics knowledge discovered in the [Dark Zone] in Starlink...

Chen Yan explained these things clearly in a few words to give Wishong confidence and let Wishful know - I will be here to help you right away!

After saying these words, Chen Yan's consciousness was already very blurry.

The consciousness of running at full capacity has made it impossible to run the [Lucid Dreaming 3.0] software. In his office that Chen Yan could not see, his computer host had been overclocked and was smoking. With a flash of electric sparks, the computer power supply exploded. , the moment the computer stopped working completely, the lucid dream ended.

Chen Yan's eyes fell into darkness.

He vaguely remembered the desire moving on his lips, but he couldn't hear her voice.

He felt that the expression of desire in front of him became more and more blurred, until the front of him completely turned into darkness.

……

……

Unexamined, like a dream that has gone through countless years.

Numerous pictures are chaotically interlaced, and endless light and shadow overlap.

Until a gust of cold wind hit the door, Chen Yan suddenly opened his eyes.

Green lanterns, ancient temples, red candles...

There is also beauty - lying on the narrow table in front of him is a gorgeous but not enchanting woman. It is clear that the sky is full of snow outside the ancient temple, but this woman is only wearing a tulle.

Chen Yan took off his cotton robe, covered her body, and then habitually turned his eyes to the book under the lamp in front of him.

Half a month later will be the period of the general examination. He is well prepared, but there is always an inexplicable feeling of powerlessness in his heart. He feels that there is something missing in his words.

what is it then?

I have worries about my family and my country, I have no shortage of governance strategies, and I have a lot of humanistic feelings.

So, what am I missing?
While he was meditating, he recalled the hardships he had gone through all the way to take the exam, and felt very sad. He rushed from the countryside to the town, and then from the town to the capital. The journey was really not easy. In addition, there was a chaos of war, and he could encounter insurgents at any time. It's a miracle that he's still unscathed until now!

He looked at the beady woman beside him, his eyes seemed to be caught in her beauty.

This place is still a hundred miles away from the capital. By chance, he met this woman while spending the night in this ancient temple. What is her identity?A maid from a wealthy family who ran away to escape the war?Which girl ran away to avoid marriage?Or maybe it's the promiscuous woman in the brothel...

None of this matters.

The important thing is that she met him and there was a fate between them.

It is perfectly normal for a down-and-out scholar to meet a young lady on the run.

Chen Yan stroked the scarf on his head.

While Chen Yan was thinking hard, a gust of wind blew by, and he seemed to see the figure of an ugly old woman appearing at the end of the lamp shadow outside the ancient temple.

In a blink of an eye, the old woman's shadow disappeared again.

He shuddered hard, feeling that something was not good here, so he patted the woman's shoulder and said in a trembling voice:

"Xiao Bai, wake up, I feel something is wrong."

The sleepy-eyed woman squeaked, woke up, and said in a lazy voice:

"Sir, what's wrong with what you said? You can't just jump out of nowhere in the wilderness?"

Chen Yan felt even colder:
"There's still an hour before dawn, why don't we hit the road early... The mountain road is difficult to walk, it's better than staying here and waiting for the mountain spirits..."

Xiaobai chuckled and agreed to Chen Yan's request.

Chen Yan held a lantern in one hand and held Xiaobai's hand in the other, walking in the opposite direction of the ancient temple. He probably remembered the way in, so he had a good idea when he left.

The two of them chatted and encouraged themselves as they moved forward.

"Xiao Bai, why are your hands so cold?"

"Sir, women's bodies are cold."

"Xiao Bai, why are you so light? It doesn't take much effort for me to pull you."

"Sir, what woman doesn't want to be lighter? I just happen to have a good body!"

"Xiaobai, are you tired? How about I carry you?"

"Okay, okay."

"Xiao Bai, why is your breath cold? Is it okay?"

"Son, it's so cold here..."

The two stopped in a pine forest. Chen Yan rubbed her hands to keep her warm while igniting a flame with pine needles. He collected some large pine nuts for use as burning materials, thus starting a fire.

Xiaobai lay in Chen Yan's arms, the two cuddled up against each other, but Chen Yan failed to keep warm.

"Sir, do you like to eat bay cake?"

"Why do you ask? Laurel cakes are too luxurious for me. I'm afraid I won't buy some in the capital until I pass the exam." "Sir, you will definitely pass the exam."

"Haha, thank you for saying that."

"Sir, if you pass the exam, can you come and redeem Xiaobai's body?"

She is indeed a brothel girl.

Chen Yan did not dislike her, but felt even more pity for her.

People in troubled times have nothing to live on. If they can survive, how can they become a brothel girl?
"I will definitely do it...but you are obviously free now, why don't you come with me? I won't treat you like a maid."

"Grandma said that men's promises are the most unreliable, so I don't believe what the young master said."

"Then how can you believe it?"

"After the young master passed the exam, on August [-]th of the following year, he came to the gate of the ancient temple alone with a box of laurel cakes. If the young master can come, I will believe what the young master says now."

"Huh? Why is it August [-]th of the year after next?"

"You will know when the young master comes."

Since the beauty answered like this, Chen Yan couldn't ask any more questions.

The two leaned against each other, Chen Yan gradually became unconscious and fell into the woman's red lips.

……

Early the next morning, when Chen Yan woke up in the pine forest covered with a thick layer of pine needles, the woman was gone.

When he recalled what happened last night, he felt like a dream, and even his memory was blurred. Except for the traces in his pants that didn't look fake, everything else seemed like it had never happened.

He returned to the ancient temple to search for it, but there was no trace of the ancient temple. He thought he had lost his way. After wandering around under the sun for most of the day, he finally left the mountains and entered the post road.

Half a month later, Chen Yan performed exceptionally well in the joint examination and ranked second in high school. He performed well in the subsequent palace examination and became a Jinshi.

Because he came from a poor background and had no support, after he was awarded the official title, he was assigned to a county town that was in chaos. The county town was next to the mountain range where he met the woman.

At that time, the military turmoil was fierce and the county was sacked. When Chen Yan, the county magistrate, took office, the county government office did not even have a door panel. Chen Yan contacted the local corps with a fluke mentality and found that the commander-in-chief of the corps had been hanged for three times in the camp of the rebels. For three days and nights, I have been breathing out but not taking in.

Chen Yan had to use his far-fetched power and spend the emperor's reward to recruit local soldiers and build his own grass-roots team to fight against the rebels and the bandits who appeared due to the rebellion.

Chen Yan carried a spear and rode a war horse, and went through life and death. He was really lucky. Within a year, he cleared more than a dozen rebel and bandit camps around the county, and his Caotai team also grew from dozens of people. It expanded to several hundred people.

To talk about why he was so lucky, it was also thanks to the two giant slaves he captured on a certain battlefield.

One of them was more than nine feet tall, covered with sinews, and had blond hair and blue eyes. His name was Corinine Justus. He was good at using artillery and could hit the target on all targets within three miles.

The other one is more than ten feet tall, and his black skin glistens in the sun. He is a Kunlun slave, just called "Siwu". He is so powerful that as long as he stands on the battlefield, there is no enemy.

A year later, Chen Yan probably put down the local rebellion and was appointed a military attaché with no power. He didn't care. He just recruited the local population, absorbed the refugees, opened up wasteland and cultivated fields, and used the fields to transform the refugees into good citizens.

Within a year, the county was under great control, and Chen Yan finally secured his position as the county magistrate.

One day, he held a large banquet to attract businessmen. During the banquet, Chen Yan was dazzled by the dancing flowers and the intoxicating wine.

Suddenly, a familiar yet unfamiliar beautiful face appeared in front of him. The beauty sobbed softly, and between the flashes of tears, a mournful voice sounded in Chen Yan's ears:

"Master, have you forgotten me?"

Chen Yan woke up with horror and looked around, but could not see the beauty at all.

From then on, he gathered his mind and handed over matters requiring banquets to his subordinates, while he focused on government affairs. With the governance of the county, surrounding war-torn towns were gradually included in it. Chen Yan wrote to the capital several times to ask for permission to The county next door had another establishment, but he didn't even get a reply.

Another six months passed, and finally the bad news came - the rebels entered the capital, the emperor was hanged on the city gate tower, and the country was gone.

Chen Yan mourned for the country for one month, and then continued to recruit troops and consolidate the foundation.

In the blink of an eye, the time that Chen Yan had agreed with the woman had arrived.

That day, he was dressed in brocade and armed with a sword, and was sent to the entrance of the mountain range by his subordinates. He went up the mountain alone carrying a box of laurel cakes.

After going around and around, before midnight, he finally came to the door of the ancient temple he had seen before.

Two years is neither long nor short, and the experiences during this period are far beyond what most people can experience. Chen Yan has experienced a lot. Looking back at the beginning, he already has a rough idea of ​​Xiaobai's situation.

Green lanterns, ancient temples, red candles.

He stood in front of the ancient temple, his sharp sword-like eyes seeming to cut through the cold night and the rolling demonic mist in front of him.

Xiaobai, who was covered in injuries, was thrown out of the demonic mist and hit hard in front of the ancient temple.

Chen Yan looked at Yaowu, filled with the murderous aura of risking one's life on the battlefield, forcing Yaowu to retreat continuously.

It wasn't until Yaowu retreated into the temple that Chen Yan knelt down and wrapped his fur coat around the bruised woman like he did that night two years ago. He stared at Yaowu for a long time. It wasn't until Yaowu completely retreated into the temple that he hugged the woman. Turn around and go down the mountain.

The next day, the county army went up the mountain with firearms, and ten red-coated cannons blasted away every tile of the ancient temple.

Later, Chen Yan learned that Xiaobai was not a human being, but a snake demon in the mountains. He had been imprisoned by the evil old woman in the ancient temple for many years, and now he was finally free.

Chen Yan was not afraid at all. He told her that since he had promised her back then, he would definitely keep it now.

In troubled times, any beautiful emotion is fleeting and must be cherished.

So Chen Yan soon lived with Xiaobai.

The days of war and chaos lasted for 30 years.

Chen Yan has been ups and downs several times in the past 30 years, and Xiaobai has always been by his side. No matter whether he is rich or poor, or in difficulties and dangers, he has never left her.

Thirty years later, the new emperor ascended the throne, and there were no rebels in the world. Chen Yan's merits and demerits were offset, and he became an ordinary county magistrate again.

Chen Yanyan was old, but Xiaobai didn't, so after they reached the age where they knew their destiny, the two people, whose looks were so different, chose a spiritual mountain and moved into it.

The two had a son and two daughters, each of whom was successful, but since their father and mother went to the mountains, there has been no contact.

The purity in the mountains washed away Chen Yan's murderous aura for half his life, and when he grew old, he actually had a good death——

Another 20 years later, Chen Yan's life came to an end. When he was dying, Xiaobai, who was still young and beautiful, kissed him and told him that in fact, she had known him for a long time, and the reason why he met her that night was Because she wants to repay the favor.

Chen Yan asked her, since it was to repay a favor, why did she have to wait until two years later?

She told Chen Yan because she wanted to take a good look at Chen Yan to see if Chen Yan had made any progress and if he was still as confused as before and didn't even know who he was.

Chen Yan was confused and wanted to ask more questions, but his remaining years passed quietly like a candle in the wind and disappeared, leaving him no more time.

He vaguely heard Xiaobai's whisper:

"Life is a circle. When life is complete, logic will also be complete. You...are the real you."

This whisper echoed in Chen Yan's ears like a nightmare, making him feel hazy, as if he had experienced countless years of dreams.

Numerous pictures are chaotically interlaced, and endless light and shadow overlap.

Until a voice of concern flooded into his ears, Chen Yan suddenly opened his eyes in the office of Daisi Island Mechanical Hive Z Group.