i have a museum of curiosities

Before Zhang Ye got up, he specially asked the paper figurine in the mobile phone group, and after receiving the reminder that the system was still being upgraded, he planned to find someone who might be able to help him——Ling Xiaotao.

Until now, Zhang is still not sure whether Ling Xiaotao, who appeared in his dream on the first night in Xu's compound, really entered his dream through some special ability to remind himself, or if he simply made a Inexplicable dream.

The easiest and most effective way is naturally to find Ling Xiaotao herself and ask.Even if I really just had a dream that night, since Ling Xiaotao was able to calm down the whole car of ghosts with a single folk song on the No. 13 night bus, she is definitely an unfathomable expert!
But here comes the question: where can I find Ling Xiaotao?

At the beginning, I didn't ask for a mobile phone number or add WeChat. Finding someone in a sea of ​​people is really a needle in a haystack!
"In this life, I have seen her twice. The first time was at the entrance of an alley near the central commercial street, when she ran out in a hurry, and I didn't notice her, so I accidentally knocked her to the ground. The second time was at 13 On the road night bus..." Zhang Ye rubbed his chin and muttered to himself, "Then where should I find her? The alley near the central commercial street? Or the stop where she got off from the No. 13 bus? Whichever is the same? You are sitting on the sidelines..."

Zhang couldn't help but frowned.

"Did I overlook something..."

Taking out yesterday's leftover takeaway from the refrigerator, Zhang Ye turned on the gas while thinking secretly.

But the moment he pressed the ignition button of the stove, the flame on the stove burned violently, and the flames shot up to the top of the range hood!
"Fuck!"

Zhang also exclaimed, and subconsciously took a big step back.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he backed away, the flames immediately returned to their original state.

"What's the situation..." While muttering, Zhang Ye took another half step forward.

"call--"

The flames burned violently again, but not as exaggeratedly as the first time, and the flames were only about 20 centimeters high.

Zhang also thought about it, and took another half step forward.

"call--"

The flames suddenly burned to a height of 50 centimeters as if a pot of oil had been poured on it!
Zhang Ye smacked his lips, as if he understood something, then silently stepped aside, stretched out his hand cautiously, and tightly closed the main natural gas valve.

"It seems...'Yuanhuo' is equally powerful in this world..." Zhang also admired, and then sighed, "But...how should I cook?"

Looking at the leftover takeaway in his hand, and then at the stove, Zhang Ye silently put the takeaway lunch box on the kitchen table, went back to the bedroom quickly, changed into sportswear, and walked out of the house.

"Sure enough, I still can't cook by myself. I don't want to burn the house down..."

Zhang also curled his lips, and found a "proper" excuse for his laziness.

Half an hour later, Zhang also sat in a coffee shop not far from his home in a little astonishment, staring dumbfounded at the girl in a white T-shirt with exaggerated thick bangs and extremely old-fashioned clothes.

"Ling... Ling Xiaotao, why are you here?" Zhang couldn't help but ask with his eyes wide.

About 10 minutes ago, Zhang also strolled nearby.Here is a rice noodle shop he frequents.Originally, he planned to settle his lunch here.

But just as he glanced nearby by accident, Zhang Ye just happened to see the familiar figure sitting obediently on the stone bench not far away!
"Yo!"

It was still the familiar way of greeting, Ling Xiaotao obviously noticed Zhang Ye...

"I came here specifically to find you."

Responding, Ling Xiaotao stiffly fiddled with the Blue Mountain coffee on the table, then took a sip, and then snorted softly.

Apparently she doesn't drink coffee very often.

Zhang also couldn't help thinking to himself.Immediately, he was taken aback, a flash of lightning flashed in his mind, and he finally figured out the problem that had troubled him for half an hour—what he had overlooked.

Suppose it was Ling Xiaotao and Bentao that he saw in the dream in Xu's compound, instead of the dream that he imagined.Then it shows that Ling Xiaotao is indeed superior, which means that she has enough ways to find herself, instead of waiting for herself to find her!
"I've struggled with such a simple logic for so long... It really is my lack of experience..." Zhang couldn't help curling his lips.

Perhaps because of the weekday plus noon, there were not many people in the coffee shop.Although Ling Xiaotao's attire was really unflattering, but luckily no one paid attention to her.

Exhaling lightly, Zhang couldn't help asking: "Is what you...uh, what you said in my dream before, all true?"

"It's all true."

While Ling Xiaotao answered, she continued to fiddle with the coffee, as if she wanted to add some sugar cubes to it.

Zhang Ye's expression changed slightly, and he quickly asked in a low voice, "What will happen in this world?"

"I do not know either."

Ling Xiaotao shook her head, as if she still wanted to compete with the coffee. Zhang couldn't help but smiled slightly, pushed his own coffee over, and said, "Latte may be more suitable for you. Don't worry, I haven't had it yet."

Ling Xiaotao hesitated for a moment, then took Zhang Ye's coffee cup, poked out her smooth chin and delicate lips, and took a sip tentatively.

"Wow—you're so amazing, you actually know that I like this." Ling Xiaotao couldn't help admiring.

Zhang Ye smiled wryly and shook his head.

In fact he doesn't like coffee.It's just that Jiang Tingting likes it, so drinking a cup of coffee occasionally has become his habit.In order to cater to the other party, he also did some homework, and generally knew the difference between different flavors of coffee.

That's it.

Thinking of Jiang Tingting, Zhang Ye felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

"What you said is about to happen in this world... Is there a way to avoid the disaster?" Zhang Ye looked around and asked in a low voice.

Ling Xiaotao took another sip of coffee, then shook her head and said, "There is no way."

"Will... die?" Zhang Ye asked nervously.

"Yes! Many people will die." Ling Xiaotao replied.

"How to solve it?" Zhang also frowned.

"The owner of the 'Gate of All Beings' can solve it." Ling Xiaotao replied.

"The gate of all beings...?" Zhang Ye frowned more and more tightly, "What is that?"

"Don't say it, don't say it!" Ling Xiaotao immediately shook her head like a rattle.

"Why?" Zhang didn't understand.

"The time has not yet come." Ling Xiaotao replied.

"Then what's the reason why you came to me?" Zhang also tapped his fingers with some displeasure, "Is it okay to say that?"

"I want to ask you for a favor." Ling Xiaotao said.

"Help? Ask me?" Zhang couldn't help laughing at himself, and said, "I don't know what I can do? I want to help you, but I don't have the ability..."

"You have!" Ling Xiaotao replied affirmatively.

Zhang Ye was taken aback for a moment, and then a strange thought arose in his heart, and he blurted out: "Isn't it to deal with the 'Yin Ling'?"

Ling Xiaotao nodded silently.

"Don't make trouble! I don't know what you are capable of?" Zhang couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and said: "A whole carload of ghosts! I was shocked by your folk song... With your ability, you still need my help ?”

"Yin spirits are different from ghosts." Ling Xiaotao replied.

"This……"

Zhang Ye opened his mouth, but suddenly found that he didn't know how to argue.

For some reason, Zhang just wanted to refuse, so after a while, he said, "I'm sorry, I have something to do tonight..."

"Student reunion? Don't worry, we'll act after it's over." Ling Xiaotao said calmly.

"Fuck!"

Zhang couldn't help but exclaimed, then hurriedly lowered his head to look around, and found that no one noticed him, so he looked straight at Ling Xiaotao, and hurriedly asked: "How do you know that I'm going to the class reunion? Are you spying on me?" ? I can sue you, you know..."

"I didn't spy on you." Ling Xiaotao explained, "You can think that I have superpowers."

Zhang Ye was taken aback for a moment, and then vaguely saw Ling Xiaotao grinning, showing her white teeth, and then realized that he had been tricked by the other party.

"Are you... are you also a member of the Qizhen Museum?" Zhang couldn't help asking in a low voice.

"I'm not." Ling Xiaotao shook her head, then said in a low voice, "But I also belong to an 'organization' dedicated to maintaining the balance of all parties."

Zhang Ye raised his eyebrows and said, "You use the word 'also' very spiritually! Then can I understand that...we are the same people?"

"Almost." Ling Xiaotao's answer was ambiguous, "You can go to the class reunion at night without worry, it won't waste your time."

"Hearing your words...I always feel that there is a conspiracy!" Zhang couldn't help touching his chin.

Ling Xiaotao's words revealed a lot of information.The most intuitive is her sentence "belongs to an organization dedicated to maintaining the balance of all parties".Although Zhang also knew that even if he asked, the other party would definitely not answer what organization it was.But this is enough to prove that... the present world I live in is not as peaceful as I saw before.

"It seems that after joining the Qizhen Museum...the whole world has changed." Zhang also couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"It's not that the world has changed, but that you can observe the world with a broader and deeper perspective." Ling Xiaotao responded, "Some things have always existed, but in order not to cause panic, the truth has been kept hidden. When you start to get in touch with this aspect of power, the concealed power will naturally not be surprising in your eyes, and the truth of the world will naturally be slowly revealed by you."

"The truth of the world..." Zhang Ye smacked his lips, inexplicably remembering the "truth" that Gu Zhenyi showed him when he was about to leave the Longevity Realm at last - that desolate and dead world that had been broken and destroyed...

"Is it really good to know the so-called 'truth'?" Zhang also couldn't help muttering to himself.

"You are so strange." Ling Xiaotao tilted her head, and her thick bangs drooped down, almost covering her entire face. "From ancient times to the present, whether philosophers, scientists, or religious scholars, have been committed to finding the truth of human beings, the truth of the world, and the truth of the universe, and you obviously have the opportunity to learn these truths, but you still feel distressed. The way it looks! It's really confusing..."

Zhang Ye was startled for a moment, then frowned, and asked, "Please clarify first, are you... an enemy or a friend? You don't have any intention of harming me? Is there any conspiracy against others and society? Is there any?" ..."

"I work for the country." Ling Xiaotao said flatly.

"Oh...that's okay!" Zhang Ye suddenly became a good baby, but his slightly red cheeks showed his embarrassment at the moment.

Embarrassed?
It's almost embarrassing to death, okay?

Embarrassingly capitalized!

I rambled and complained a lot, but it turned out that he was an official... This kind of reversal is simply...

Maggil, I really want to die...

"Then what... Ling, Miss Ling... Ah no, Ling... sir?" Zhang Ye was a little dry and didn't know what to say.

"You should still call me Xiaotao."

"Oh, that's right! That...Xiao Tao, don't worry! I will firmly cooperate with the organization to complete the task! No matter what the country wants..."

"Okay, don't be poor. After attending the class reunion tonight, someone will contact you." Ling Xiaotao's voice sounded a little cheerful.

"Hey, good!" Zhang also nodded hurriedly.