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Huang Zhou was under house arrest, awaiting the next step. When An Yu pushed open the grand, heavy door, happened to hear him explaining on the phone that he wouldn’t appear in court, wouldn’t report, and would only rename of the company. This room seemed to be just a temporary lounge outside Huang Zhou's bedroom, yet it was as large as ten Corner Bakery stores. Everything looked expensive, so An Yu stood in the middle of the room, carefully not touching anything and politely waiting for…-
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Before entering the Brain lab, An Yu encountered several people in isolation suits in the hallway. Upon seeing him, they widened their eyes in terror, took a dramatic detour, and hurried away. “What’s up with them?” An Yu asked, confused. “They’re recently transformed Aberrants who are about to undergo the final test of human will,” Yan Xi explained. “Oh…” So, they’re his future “colleagues.” An Yu scratched his nose. “They seem to be avoiding me.” “Yes,…
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"Twenty-six years ago, the Great Catastrophe came and humanity proposed a joint bill, also known as the Spark Act. Under its provisions, we first created the Oath of the Protectors to define the relationship between humans and the Rational Aberrants, followed by the Gemstone Act that divided the Capital City and the Bait Cities. From then on, all humanity sacrificed certain freedoms and rights to resist disorder; none were spared in this torrent. "Today, we were originally going to propose a third major…
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An Yu opened his eyes for the third time and found himself in a cramped storeroom. Outside, there was the rumble of machines, and the dim, decaying light cast shadows on the man’s face before him. A-Fei was the foreman of the female workers. She had entered the factory at sixteen, and in the blink of an eye, twenty years had passed. “I asked you to notify everyone, did you do it?” The man, with a cigarette in his mouth, spit out foul-smelling smoke rings. "Only the girls in our factory…
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When he returned to the inner world, the time had reset to September 30, the day Shen He went missing. Zhu Tao incredulously asked, “You went out just to chat with the poet?” “Because he said he had seen broken red light. I checked all the aberrant and bizarre phenomena recorded in the Ladder app, but none mentioned broken red light—only he had talked about it.” An Yu touched the four coins in his pocket. “What happens if you forcibly interact with broken red light?” “You will most…
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Those who let go will leave. Standing before the carved pillar, An Yu made another wish and, upon opening his eyes, found himself back in the real world. An Yu stood by the window at the top of the tower. "Poet, can you still see the shattered red light in the sky?" Eye looked up at the sky through the window. "I’ve always been able to. Over the years, the amount of shattered red light has increased, and the chaotic fluctuations are disturbing. It wasn’t until recently, when the first…
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More and more believers joined the column's procession. "Even though I can’t hear the whispers you mentioned, listening to these prayers over and over is making me want to join in, and circle around this thing." Chao Wu stared at the carved pillar in a daze. "I wonder what’s up there. I really want to go up and see for myself..." She suddenly shook her head vigorously. "Don’t mention An, even I’m starting to lose clarity!" Ning suddenly said softly, "Circling arounds is painful." An…
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They followed Xu Shuangshuang to Main City’s center behind the church as the sunset fell. If An Yu remembered correctly, this was supposed to be the site of the tallest office building in the city. But now, in its place, stood a towering plaster column, its surface carved with spiraling koi fish that seemed to reach endlessly toward the sky. The foul stench rising from beneath the column filled the air around them—it was right under their feet. There was no need to dig. An Yu pressed his foot…
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When the breeze stirred again, An Yu opened his eyes. The world folded into the Prayer Coin was clear and bright, devoid of the gloom inherent in the Bait City and the white desolation of the wilderness. A tall woman in a business suit briskly entered the café at the corner of the street. During the two minutes she waited for her coffee, she rested her chin on her hand and stared out the window in a daze. After she left, the shopkeeper went into the back kitchen and came out with a large tray…
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Unlike District 53, there was no time-space distortion in District 84. The plane landed smoothly, and all communication devices were functioning normally. The presence of a popular religion meant that the standard of living here was better than in District 53. Most people on the streets were well-dressed, and many small restaurants were still open. A little girl, clutching a half-filled bag of flour, clung to her mother’s leg as they walked. From a distance, her eyes were glued to An Yu and his…
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