msmithbooks Chapter 1 Divine Cube
Chapter 1 Divine Cube
Shen Ye was carrying a bag.
I had just stepped into the deep alley.
And in the dark.
A blond-haired young man stepped forward, smiled, and put his arm around his shoulder: "Friend."
With a cigarette dangling from his lips, he skillfully pressed a fruit knife against Shen Ye's side and uttered the line that perfectly suited his image: "Lend me some money."
Shen Ye seemed so frightened that he froze: "Brother, I'm still looking for a job, I don't have any money."
"Stop making your brother Huang laugh."
The blond-haired man let out a sneer, his voice mingling with the smoke:
"I saw you go into the bank and withdraw money two hours ago."
You're studying me?
The blond-haired man patted his backpack with a knife.
"It was in your bag, wasn't it?"
bang——
The blond-haired youth was taken aback: "What the hell? It's so full."
Shen Ye shook his backpack: "I bought this from a certain online shopping platform. It's large-capacity, high-quality, and guaranteed authentic..."
"?"
Who the hell asked that?
The blond-haired man sneered and slashed open the backpack with a knife.
Snapped!
A machete gleaming with a sharp, cold light fell to the ground.
The young man's eyes were glazed over.
Facing his gaze, Shen Ye coughed and said, "I've had many part-time jobs, including working in a printing shop, so it's normal for me to have a paper cutter."
?
boom!
Another stun gun with a danger sign fell to the ground.
youth:"??"
Shen Ye remained unfazed: "As I said before, I have many part-time jobs, including working as a night security guard, so having a flashlight for illumination... is that alright?"
The young man watched as the thing crackled and emitted electricity.
This flashlight is powerful...
"Who the hell believes that!"
Before the blond-haired man could finish his furious speech...
Whoosh!
A bunch of things leaked out from inside.
Various controlled hazardous materials were scattered around.
"......"
Shen Ye was silent for a moment before speaking, "Actually, I'm a door-to-door recycling worker..."
"We recycle old machetes, old stun guns, and unused firearms and ammunition from homes..."
The smoke around the blond-haired man's lips trembled violently.
He felt he'd been intimidated, gritted his teeth, and suddenly pressed the knife against Shen Ye's neck:
"Trying to scare me with these things? I've got a knife to your throat!"
Why didn't you say so earlier?
Faced with the knife so close at hand, Shen Ye didn't answer. Instead, he looked at the blond-haired man and said calmly:
"you...."
"He might die soon."
The blond-haired man's eyes flickered, and he gritted his teeth: "What? You want to fight me?!"
Shen Ye didn't answer, but instead looked at a rat in a trash can in the alley: "It's about to die too."
"What nonsense are you spouting..."
But the next moment, Huang Mao couldn't say anything, because the rat suddenly darted out of the alley for some reason.
"boom!"
The whistling sound squeezed into the alley!
A large truck sped by and coincidentally flattened it into a two-dimensional plane!
The sticky blood was splattered on the road.
Everything was too coincidental.
The blond-haired man felt a chill run down his spine and a cold shiver down his back.
Today is not right.
The person isn't quite right either.
The key issue is that my right eyelid is twitching wildly at this moment.
It seems something bad is about to happen.
He withdrew his hand, his face pale.
"Hey bro, I just remembered my grandma's out of school, I need to go pick her up."
Seeing the uneasy figure of the blond-haired man, Shen Ye didn't say anything more.
He simply gazed at the gloomy sky:
"I'm going to die too."
......
Dark, heavy clouds hung over the city, and the wind surged up from all directions, swirling wildly through the streets.
Shen Ye walked through the streets carrying a backpack.
He sighed and said, "It's really hard to find a job these days, and it's even harder to find a stable one."
He graduated two years ago and has worked in many jobs, but each one failed him.
He was fired after working as a Taekwondo instructor for a month because the parents discovered that he didn't know Taekwondo at all and just liked to kick the kids for fun.
This is slander.
I did work as a recycling worker, but I accidentally collected a bunch of dangerous and prohibited items, the whole station was shut down, and the boss ran away.
At this time.
A crowd had gathered ahead, and the sound of ambulances approached from a distance on the street.
"What happened up ahead?"
"There was a blond guy who suddenly had a heart attack."
He's receiving emergency treatment.
Shen Ye listened to the discussions on the roadside without showing any surprise.
He muttered to himself, "It really is the heart."
A month ago, Shen Ye was able to see the red lines on everyone's body.
At the very beginning.
He believed this was the "red line" representing goodwill.
After all, they were a famously loving couple in the neighborhood, and they were connected by such a thick and red thread.
My neighbor, who loves cycling, also has a red line on his bike.
There are also two old men playing chess under the shade of a tree every day...
The whole city was filled with joy and harmony.
until--
two days ago.
A man who stabbed his wife eighteen times committed suicide out of guilt.
My neighbor fell off his bike and broke his bones.
Two elderly men got into an argument, and both ended up in the hospital in a fit of rage.
Shen Ye then realized... these weren't red lines at all, they were "death lines".
"I apologize to the two gentlemen who misunderstood..."
In short.
The "deadline" involves the person and the impending danger, which could be an object or a person.
The thicker and darker the line, the higher the level of danger.
The "death line" extending from the blond-haired man's body pierced his heart.
The "death line" on the rat's body is connected to a large freight truck that is moving at high speed.
"And I..."
Shen Ye looked at the death lines extending from his body.
There are currently three in total.
The first line is very faint, almost gone, and comes from a blond-haired youth.
It seems they won't bother me anymore.
The second death line is slightly reddish, hanging down from the big tree in front, which is struggling to withstand the strong wind.
He veered half a step towards the middle of the road, avoiding that area.
"The second death line has also faded."
Shen Ye was not surprised.
Everyone faces different death lines every day... Some are just warnings of potential dangers. Since you can see them, you can make them disappear quickly by simply changing your actions.
"Except for the third one..."
Shen Ye stared intently at the last, incredibly deep red death line.
This is a dead end.
He had only seen it in terminally ill patients, at car accident rescue sites, and in the man who had committed suicide out of guilt.
It represents a truly deadly danger!
A desperate situation that could erupt at any moment!
A bleak and hopeless end!
That's why he bought a backpack full of things for self-defense.
"But that's not the point..." Shen Ye slightly raised his eyes.
Looking at the bustling crowds on the street.
except him.
Everyone else had the same death line as Shen Ye, which was red and shiny.
And all these dead lines are pointing in the same direction.
Shen Ye raised his head.
Numerous dead lines stretched from all directions to the horizon, disappearing into the void where no one knew where they led!
Not just this street!
And this city!
The whole world!
All of humanity!
Each hair was blood red and translucent.
The dark, heavy clouds were tinged red.
It seems that something from beyond this world is watching us from the void!
Be ready to annihilate everything!
.......
"Beep beep beep."
The sound of the phone drowned out the wind, interrupting Shen Ye's thoughts.
He opened the screen and saw a message from a job search app.
Shen Ye's eyes lit up.
Is my wife about to find a job?
Regardless of whether the Trisolarans are coming to attack, life must go on.
"Um?"
Shen Ye looked at the words "[Shenlifang Co., Ltd.]" on the screen.
That's a brilliant name.
Have I invested in this company?
The message above reads:
Congratulations! You have qualified to become a Shenlifang employee. Please prepare for the interview.
?
If I vote for you, will you accept the offer?
He curiously clicked on the other person's profile.
I'm not sure if it's a network issue, but no other information is displayed.
Only the main business section has four characters written on it.
Labor dispatch
I laughed in exasperation.
Shen Ye's finger hovered below the screen for two seconds.
Then she replied, "When will you be able to come for the interview?"
Although it doesn't seem like a great company, it's never a bad idea to give it a try.
If things don't look right, we can just leave. What could possibly happen in broad daylight?
The other party replied almost instantly, typing out a single word.
【3】
"Three days later?"
This is a good opportunity to learn about the background and see if it's reliable.
【2】
"Um?"
【1】
"???"
next moment.
Shen Ye suddenly felt a chill all over his body. Although he had lost many things, his senses had not disappeared.
Moreover, this coolness is not due to temperature.
It is a deadly chill on a spiritual level.
It seemed to emerge from the depths of my soul and spread throughout my entire body.
His vision began to fail, and a dizzying darkness was forcefully invading him!
at this time.
It was as if someone had grasped his heart.
Things started appearing in my field of vision.
[Shenlifang is entering your resume]
[Shenlifang is randomly selecting interview locations]
[Shenlifang is preparing a new user manual]
very nice.
Every sentence felt familiar, and reading it evoked a sense of relief, like finding a job.
But...who the hell can tell me?
Why is this death line getting brighter and brighter?!
and.
The surroundings suddenly became extremely noisy, with voices from all sorts of people coming over.
"Watch out! A car is coming!"
"What the hell is wrong with driving? Wait, where's the driver?!"
"Hey, someone's fainted here!"
"Holy crap, how did he just disappear?!"
Shen Ye didn't know what had happened, but he could roughly sense it...
The dense network of death lines throughout the city—it seems—is beginning to materialize.
There was no time to do anything.
Shen Ye's vision was already blurred.
Amazing!
Heaven and earth were upside down!
Amazing!
Darkness surged forth like a tide!
Amazing!
Whispers could be heard in my ear!
A hoarse, eerie laugh:
"Welcome...to the new world."