Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 960 What is Apocalypse
"The things I do are the same, but the difference between me and you is that I have achieved some social achievements and mastered social resources that ordinary people cannot grasp, so my influence on society is much greater than yours.

But what I did was just wishful thinking and pure self-movement, and I didn't see any chance of success at all. "

Professor Lawyer was teasing himself, with a relaxed tone.

"Even so, hard work still takes hard work."

Professor Lawyer winked at Chen Yan.

"No matter what, hard work is always right. If you don't even put in the effort when you face something, how can you have a chance of success?"

"Even if you can't succeed even if you try hard, you still have to put in a lot of hard work."

"This is the world, Chen Yan, this is what the world really looks like."

Silent all the way.

When he was about to arrive at the airline, Chen Yan asked about his concerns:

"Professor...you gave the octopus to William Master, how are you going to study it afterwards?"

"Usually, most complex scientific research is not the work of a few people, or a small team."

Professor Lawyer signaled him not to worry.

"This is especially true for the study of the deeper world, and William Master will be collaborating with us and sharing research results-just as he has done before."

In the airport of the logistics center, dozens of aircraft of different sizes are preparing to take off, and at the same time, a considerable number of aircraft enter the port and dock in the harbor inside the airport of the logistics center—the huge arched glass above the ring of domination Reflecting all this, such a macroscopic scene will almost inspire everyone who sees it, and people will worship the huge social machine that is almost unimaginable. This kind of worship is rooted in people's bones and blood, no matter what will not change.

When the two arrived at the air port of the logistics center, Professor Lawyer's little assistant also arrived. Chen Yan sent the two to an unmanned boarding port, but they were stopped by guarding soldiers—this is not a civilian boarding port. At the port, there are still a few checkpoints to pass before the boarding ladder.

"Then, Chen Yan, goodbye, keep in touch anytime!"

Professor Lawyer shook Chen Yan's hand vigorously, and then led his assistant into the boarding port.

In order to facilitate academic research and exchanges, the National University has equipped each senior professor with a private airship and leased a dedicated air route for decades. Under such conditions, Professor Lawyer came to the island chain from the capital without even using Take more than three hours.

A moment later, when Chen Yan's figure disappeared into the sea of ​​people, the little assistant also looked away from his disappearing eyes after chasing his back.

"Professor, what kind of person is he?"

Professor Lawyer sank into the sofa that the school had customized for him, holding an electronic pen in his right hand, looked away from the document on the tablet, and stroked his glasses:

"An ordinary person."

The little assistant let out an "oh" in disappointment.

Professor Lawyer looked up at the transparent ceiling of the airship, and his melodious voice seemed to melt into the night wind:

"Holia, what you must always understand is that even though the world has undergone countless generations of evolution and change, destruction and rebirth, even if civilizations have undergone countless changes, even if there have been wise men shining like stars in history, the world has never been born. It hasn't changed."

"I'm not saying that civilization can't progress, or that science can't develop. I'm just saying that human beings are human beings, and human beings never change—that's why the world never changes."

The little assistant named Holia lowered her head, feeling only loss and sadness in her heart:

"Professor, I don't understand."

Professor Lawyer looked at the shining mechanical hive in the night sky:
"People have a perception that whether humans exist or not, the world is there.

But if human beings do not exist, who defines the world as the world?

Today's world exists because of people, and the world is transformed by humans, so everything we know appears, cities, harbors, and all technological creations... Humans have transformed the world, so civilization has emerged, and civilization has turned the world into what it is today look.

But human beings have not changed, so [Apocalypse] will come.

Everything created by mankind will be completely destroyed by the arrival of [Apocalypse]. Countless years later, a new civilization will be born on the ruins of destruction, and the new civilization will grow stronger and continue to transform the world... until many years later, [Apocalypse] will come to this world again. "

Professor Lawyer's eyes were a little tired.

"Survival and then destruction, and after destruction there will be rebirth, endless generations..."

Realizing that Professor Lawyer was in a very bad mood, Holia lowered her voice and whispered:
"Is what we do, the effort we put in, to change this cycle?"

A hint of sarcasm played on Professor Lawyer's mouth, but Hollya knew he wasn't mocking her.

"No matter what, hard work is always right. If you don't even put in the effort when you face something, how can you have a chance of success?"

"Even if you can't succeed even if you try hard, you still have to put in a lot of hard work."

"This is the world, Holia, this is what the world really is."

The mechanical honeycomb that seemed to turn night into day was getting farther and farther behind, until the flashing white spots formed by the mechanical honeycomb completely disappeared, and the aircraft had completely integrated into the night sky illuminated by Yanan City.

The empire prospered, and since the steam engine began, the night sky was no longer as dark as it used to be.

High-rise buildings are rising from the ground, urban expansion is like a black hole swallowing the ground, and steel clusters are spreading wildly like weeds with vigorous life, and it has long been out of control.

……

……

When Ah Wei returned home, Tang Ya had already rested, and Yuesao had already taken the child to sleep, and the room smelled of milk and sweat.

He hesitated for a moment, exited the room, and closed the door.

He crouched under the eaves of the doorway, the narrow alley blocked the light from the market street, and shrouded him in a shadow, not only could he not see the fatigue caused by the day's work, but he could not see it at all. His hands were trembling due to violent emotional fluctuations.

It wasn't until he lit a cigarette that the cigarette butt shaking like embers in the darkness revealed the fear in his heart.

He didn't intend to betray Chen Yan on his own initiative.

He wasn't trying to get involved in the whole thing.

It’s just that he has to work hard to make money, because only money can bring a sense of security. He needs money to change the quality of life, to save money to fight against unknown risks in future life, and to package himself to get more money.

The most important thing is to use the money to buy a better house in a more advanced area, so that Tang Ya and her children can have a place to live.

——After experiencing this incident, Ah Wei suddenly realized that these reasons were all just self-deception.

He was forced to join the game of confrontation with Chen Yan, and no matter what the outcome of the game was, he was a loser—after knowing this fact, he suddenly lost the meaning of making money, and now he just wanted to escape This crazy vortex, no matter what the price is.

——When Ah Wei struggled out of these crazy thoughts, the cold sweat on his forehead had already wet the phone screen.

He put his eyes that had just recovered from the sluggish state on the screen of his mobile phone, and saw the ticket purchase page of the APP, which showed a "purchased" ferry ticket to the northernmost island of the fifth island chain of the empire.

The northernmost part of the fifth island chain, where the empire used to exile the most vicious criminals, has a severe winter all year round, and there is almost no day when the temperature is not lower than minus [-] degrees. The snow here has never melted, and it is not here in a modern city. In the established past, every night here, life will leave.

After the discovery of large oil resources, several industrial cities have been established there.

Ah Wei met a patient when he was doing business in the company a few days ago. The patient was an oil worker in the northernmost city of the fifth island chain. He lost his hands due to careless operation while drilling. Z Group gave him a new life , and Ah Wei reaped his story and his kindness——

The man told Ah Wei that the cold cities north of the fifth island chain are full of young people who have nowhere to go in the empire. Oil teams, so no one cares what they used to be—

They can even start a new life under a new name.

Awei was very excited.

He was unable to hold his head up under the burden of responsibility. He believed that he was responsible. Until the burden of money crushed him, he always believed that he could take good care of Tang Ya and his children.

Until these days, after he made more money, took Tang Ya and her children to better housing, bought insurance for them, and paid pensions until retirement age, Ah Wei was once again destitute.

He was panicking, wondering what the hell was going on, how could the money just run out like this?

Until his accountant told him euphemistically that the labor cost of the first island chain is rising rapidly, and various taxes are rising faster than the labor cost, so if Ah Wei wants to continue to use the accountant to make reimbursement and financial calculations , you must pay the accountant's salary.

He fell into a predicament, but fortunately, this kind of predicament was very familiar to him in the past, so now he also has a way to solve this predicament - he used the rogue words he used before, and borrowed some money from his friends , paid the salary of the accountant.

So the accountant told him that according to his current salary standard, after paying taxes, buying insurance, repaying the house loan, and setting aside a part to pay for chores, he would not even be able to afford food.

Ah Wei thanked the accountant that day, left the accounting office, and walked on the busy street, feeling dizzy and almost fainted by the side of the road.

He even almost went back to his old business, going back to the rich lady owner of the Suka Britannia Hotel.

He turned on the phone and saw the photo of Tang Ya and the child on the screen, so he completely gave up on this method.

Responsibility gave him strength.

Duty to fish him out of the abyss.

Now the responsibility is to make him continue to resist the pressure and live, and he can't bear it anymore.

At that time, he returned to his office in the Z Group and was about to write a letter to Chen Yan. He used his clever and rascal skills. He wanted to explain his difficulties in the letter. He knew that Chen Yan was a Emphasis on affection—at least on the surface, as long as he writes this letter and "just happens" to let other colleagues know, Chen Yan will definitely support Tang Ya and the child.

He thought, since he left all the money to Tang Ya and the children, and brought Chen Yan's support to them, they must be able to live better than when he was there, so that if he went to the fifth island chain to change his name , and there is no need to have too much psychological burden.

Unexpectedly, when he returned to the company that day, he suddenly heard the news that Chen Yan was going to sign a formal contract for everyone, and distribute five insurances, one housing fund and a lot of benefits-the contract was sent to him soon, and he was like a dream He signed the contract and became a "state-owned enterprise" employee certified by the logistics center.

He was reluctant to leave.

He was reluctant to leave, not because of Tang Ya and the child at first, but simply because Z Group gave him a contract with more treatment than most companies.

After getting this contract, he realized, oh, I already have the ability to support my wife and children, I don't have to leave my hometown because of this, my wife and children are separated, I can stay on Days Island, and I can have a complete family up.

He closed the office door that day and cried for a long time.

When he came home that day, he went to a women's underwear store to buy new underwear for Tang Ya. He knew that Tang Ya's previous underwear was unusable due to production, but she was reluctant to change to new ones due to financial constraints.

When he returned home that day, for the first time, he didn't go to rest immediately, but cooked a meal for Tang Ya. Although Tang Ya didn't like it, she was still very happy.

He looked at her smile and felt guilty in his heart.

He thought his life would get better like this.

Until one day, an unknown person contacted him suddenly, told him everything about him, and told him to do something, if he didn't do it, he would lose his current life.

He is neither capable nor qualified to refuse.

The first request he received was to collect the operational data of Z Group.

On the one hand, he offended Chen Yan, lost his job...and even lost his life.

The other side is defying demands and lives are ruined.

He chose the former.

At least the former will not let his life come to an abrupt end.

At least a slow death would give him room for relaxation.

Fortunately, the execution of the former is not considered dangerous, and his daily work will more or less come into contact with some important data of Z Group, so he is doing well and has not been discovered by anyone.

Until this afternoon, a USB flash drive suddenly appeared on his desk. When he saw the USB flash drive, the phone rang.

The unknown person told him with a voice changer that he should put the USB flash drive in Chen Yan's drawer.

He had to follow suit.

He never expected that at around nine o'clock this evening, Chen Yan would call and ask for the USB flash drive.

Ah Wei, who was squatting in the shadows, rubbed his hair vigorously to forget the tone of Chen Yan's words at that time.

"I see, thank you, Awei, but you are already a husband and father, take care of Tang Ya and the children, and don't get involved in these dangerous things."

(End of this chapter)