Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

"So, his return was actually quite miserable..."

Chen Changsheng seemed to be completely caught up in reminiscing. Those memories were so far away that he gave some contradictory and very vague descriptions when he recalled them. Wish could probably understand them, so he didn't pursue them.

"He just came back and was unaware of the current situation of the federal bureaucracy. He was rejected when he came up. He was awarded the official position of clerk of a federal violence department because of his military merits. After taking office, he was unable to order his subordinates."

Nobody listens to him.

Because he was parachuted into this position that sounds bluffing, but actually has no real power. The department is full of bastards who just want to go around. Even if he has a little bit of power in his hands, without the help of his subordinates, Can't do it either. "

When wish was still the spirit of the universe, we saw too much sloppiness in the workplace. Things like office ZZ seemed to be the curse of human civilization. No matter what ideological civilization - as long as it is a civilization formed by human beings, this kind of deformity will definitely appear. s things.

So I wish I knew exactly what Chen Changsheng was talking about.

"To everyone's surprise, he did not sink like every person without background who has made military exploits on the front line.

I don’t know what methods he used at that time, and I didn’t pursue it. I only know the result—in less than half a year, his department has done several major things—as a civilian, he committed crimes based on The clues in the case files have solved several major cases!

No one has ever been so dazzling - in this era where everyone in the federation does not seek merit, but seeks no mistakes, doing such a thing is already a very remarkable achievement.

Because of these achievements, he was promoted again. Half a year later, he was asked to leave by his superior department and returned to a position of real power.

This time, it was the federal's truly powerful violent law enforcement department...the one with the authority to activate the Star Destroyer Cannon. "

There was a momentary pause in Chen Changsheng's words, and a certain part of these memories seemed to open up his mind.

"Star Destroyer Cannon... This thing has been deleted from the company's files, because the initial dispute started with this thing. As a deterrent weapon, the first sound of the cannon that year was the rapid transition of the Federation from its peak to its decline. symbol of."

In just one sentence, he had pulled his mind back from the distant and vague memories.

"The Federation is very large, with many planets and many forms of civilization. The prerequisite for implementing a new system is a unified cultural nature to a certain extent - this is one of the things that violent law enforcement departments need to maintain.

As soon as he took office, he was sent by powerful officials to a planet with a very high crime rate to transform the local culture.

Ha...the transformation of cultural form is such a macroscopic thing...

Cultural forms are formed in the long evolution of social forms. How can they change over time?Such tasks usually have a deadline of one hundred years.

He was no longer a young person in the workplace at that time, and knew that he was being arranged. He asked people around to ask around, and quickly guessed an answer based on the information he got:
His immediate superiors are caught in a dangerous ZZ game. Sending him away from the core of the federation will not only keep him away from this dangerous struggle, but also allow him to fill in his weakest aspect-qualifications.

It seems that this direct leader appreciates him.

But he had no intention of completing everything as planned.

He did... something, um... hard to say... In short, the cultural form on the planet quickly changed to a great extent, almost... completely new, the crime rate was greatly reduced, and productivity was even greatly improved. .

This time, it only took him three months. "

Chen Changsheng paused here.

It seemed that after countless years, what happened back then could still shock him greatly.

Chen Yan was confused from the perspective of wish. As he listened to Chen Changsheng telling these things, he couldn't help but have some complicated thoughts in his mind -

'Am I...so powerful in BIOS...'

'Any world is generated based on the underlying rules in BIOS. Why am I so weak in my world? '

'Logically speaking, I should have traveled into the body of Chen Yan in this world - there happened to be a person named Chen Yan in this world, so I became who I am today. '

'Then, according to the known rules, my body - Chen Yan's body, should have a strong overall quality. '

'How did that happen……'

'From another perspective, since I am already so strong in the BIOS, why do I still have to [generate] in a deeper world, and why do I still have to [complete]?

Now that it's so strong, what else needs to be [completed]? '

Chen Yan didn't understand at all, so he could only continue to listen to Chen Changsheng:
"Things quickly took a turn for the better - because of his achievements, he was transferred back to the headquarters of the violent law enforcement department on the Federation's home planet. He was promoted one level and became a moderately powerful leader.

He soon discovered that this promotion was actually very dangerous - since the moment he returned to his home planet, he had fallen into the same ZZ game as his immediate superiors and became a pawn of others.

There are very few things he can rely on because he comes from a bad background. Within the Federation, if something is available, it is available, and if it is not available, it is not available. "

The heavy tone in his voice meant that he was not talking nonsense at all.

"Although he didn't tremble, he was still walking on thin ice. When facing an opponent with a huge difference, he didn't die immediately, but held on for a long time.

When I met him, it was time for him to do everything he could and wait for the final result.

At that time, he was standing next to a white fountain, with his wife and children beside him. He was playing with his children like a normal father, and he didn't look like he was in the whirlpool of ZZ struggle at all.

I saw him, greeted him, and thanked him for saving his life. He smiled and said it was okay. That is what he should do as a law enforcement team soldier.

I didn't know what to say. At that time, I was just an ordinary clerk and couldn't do anything for him or help him. "

Chen Changsheng's voice was very lonely.

"Then we lost contact."

"I saw him again in the federal notification."

"He was caught up in that war."

that war?

Chen Yan was waiting impatiently, but Chen Changsheng stopped talking.

This time the silence lasted for a long time.

"He participated on the eve of the collapse of the Federation. That battle caused the top leadership of the Federation to collapse. He was notified by the entire Federation as a war criminal and traitor...

He became...a sinner of human civilization. "

Wish pondered:
"[Great Destruction]?"

Chen Changsheng affirmed:

"Yes."

He went on to say: “Other than that, I don’t know anything about him.

I have said everything that needs to be said, so no more goodbye. "

When the words fell, the blurry shapes in the darkness in the opposite corner completely disappeared.

Wish did not hesitate and stepped back. The entire room was quickly stretched and retreated quickly, "converging" quickly like a space shuttle. As the vision flowed, Chen Yan's vision had switched to a small dilapidated room.

Wishes stood up and walked to the balcony holding his head. In front of Chen Yan, a city towering into the darkness appeared. The neon lights below the city were flashing continuously, and dense crowds of people were moving at the intersection of several streets like a tidal wave. So The large population density made Chen Yan understand one thing immediately -

This is no longer the desolate, dilapidated and dangerous periphery of the company, but inside the company.

'desire. '

He simulated a lucid dream environment and made calls to wishes.

Wish was refreshed and responded immediately:

"You came."

Chen Yan's voice continued to appear in Wish's consciousness:

'I heard the conversation between you and Chen Changsheng. The me in the BIOS is much better than I am now. '

The wish list has a new very embarrassing expression:

"You've seen it all... I originally planned to omit this part... How do you feel?"

Chen Yan said angrily:

'How can I feel!It feels so nonsense! [Any deeper world operates according to the basic rules in the BIOS] - I have now begun to doubt the correctness of this principle! '

There is also doubt in the voice of desire:
"I don't understand either...why are you so strong in the BIOS and so weak in our present world?
It stands to reason that you should have been completed by the Mechanical Ascension Secret Cult now. As the completion progresses, you should be getting stronger and stronger. Why are you still like this now..."

Wish expressed her conclusion:
"I'm wondering, is the you in the BIOS the real you?"

Of course Chen Yan couldn't get the answer to this question.

Wish said according to his own thoughts:

"I originally planned to ask Chen Changsheng, who was Chen Yan's wife at that time?
He obviously noticed my intention and didn't give me a chance to continue asking. Why on earth was this?Is the identity of Chen Yan's wife a taboo in this world?
Or maybe he really doesn't know.

It is already difficult for us to reason about Chen Changsheng's intentions. I know almost nothing about Chen Changsheng in this world, and my reasoning about everything he said is also pale. "

Chen Yan was helpless:
'In this way, I have to find other people who know my experience in the BIOS to know more. '

Wishes looked at the scattered neon lights in the rainy night, and his voice was still as firm as before:
"Yes."

"The next person to know is Ned Roddy."

When Chen Yan heard this reply, he had some thoughts and asked:
'Are all the people I know in our present world included in the BIOS?
I mean, everyone in our current world exists in the BIOS - did they ever exist? '

Wish said in a deep voice:
"It stands to reason that compared to the current world we live in, there are only a lot more people in BIOS."

Chen Yan hesitated and said:
'So, can you also be found in the BIOS? '

Faced with this seemingly retarded question, Wishful frowned, lowered his head and thought for a moment, and responded in an uncertain tone:
"Maybe, should, maybe... there is."

Chen Yan asked:
'Is it possible that there won't be any? '

Desire’s frown deepened:

"It stands to reason that there should be."

[Facing the same self] This incident obviously caused a lot of confusion for Wish. She frowned and didn't know what she was thinking about.

Rain drifted in from the unsealed balcony, dampening the ends of her hair, but she could no longer feel the cold because she had already made full-body omnic transformations on herself.

While she was thinking silently, Chen Yan looked far into the distance and saw numerous high-rise buildings that completely blocked his sight. The densely packed billboards on each high-rise building dazzled him, and the reflections of the aircraft coming and going in the space were reflected. The neon lights dazzled all eyes.

Human beings have broken through the limitations of freedom in vertical space. The nouns written on the billboards with glaring words represent that the limitations of the human heart have also been broken through. Everything seems to be more free, but Chen Yan only feels depressed.

He looked at the heavy rain outside the balcony, and it suddenly felt like he was standing on the window sill of the apartment at No. 33 Walker Street, Yanan City, looking at the heavy snow falling outside the window.

What broke his endless reverie was the voice of desire:

"My mind is very messy, Chen Yan. I'm here to find the answer, but the large amount of information and speculation makes me trapped. I know this is just because I don't accept enough unknown knowledge, and I have too many ideas and speculations." reason."

"I will continue to search... Fortunately, Ned Roddy is in the city. I need some computing power to pay for the search, and then I can find his location."

Chen Yan asked:

'Computing power?Is it the common currency here? How to earn it? '

Wishes' eyes were slightly cold, and he gave an incomprehensible answer as if he didn't answer the question:
"Although the inside of the company is not as ruined as the outside, nor is it a civilized place, after so many years of reproduction after the war, thanks to the technology passed down from the federal era, the population within the company has exploded.

Of course, the company will not pay huge management fees, so the neighborhood you see only looks prosperous. When you enter the neighborhood, you will see that crime is rampant, and anyone with any conscience will live a miserable life. On the contrary, Those who completely abandon morality live a prosperous life.

I want to get computing power, of course from gangs everywhere. "

When Chen Yan thought about wishing to do such a dangerous thing without extraordinary power, she felt powerless - he couldn't help her now.

Of course, Wishes knew what Chen Yan's silence meant, and she comforted:

"Don't worry, I'll be careful."

In just one sentence, Chen Yan had already transcended from the feeling of powerlessness:
'I'll be back as soon as I can to help you. '

Chen Yan exited the lucid dreaming software, and the moment he opened his eyes in the office, he felt dizzy - he almost fainted from hunger.

I glanced at my watch subconsciously and saw that the time had reached 9:30 pm.

Since the update, [Lucid Dreaming 3.0] has almost squeezed one's will to obtain energy. Coupled with the extra power consumption of the [Stabilizer] in Chen Yan's eyes, Chen Yan's body is really unable to bear it.

Hungry, he found Swam, took Swam to the street, found a barbecue restaurant, and ordered a table of large fish and meat, preparing to solve the problem of excessive hunger first to ensure that he would not act next. Passed out from hunger.