Working Prophet.

Chapter 18 Awakening
"Welcome back."

The door of Room 8 opened again, and Li Yu saw Xu Mengyuan walking in from the outside, "How does it feel to be on a business trip for the first time?"

"How on earth did you do it, send me to another plane?!"

"This... I'm from the personnel department, and it's hard to explain the specific technical knowledge, but I already guessed that you would ask this question, so I found someone who can explain clearly for you in advance." Xu Mengyuan smiled. Said, "It just so happens that he also has a lot of questions he wants to ask you."

"Who?"

"Hephaestus. Oh... don't get me wrong, it's just a nickname, the bad atmosphere brought up by Ali Baba, he is not really the god of fire and craftsmen in ancient Greek mythology, he just insists on making others like this Call him, just like you and me, he is also an employee of the Third Epoch, responsible for research and development in the equipment department."

"R&D, do you still have R&D posts here?"

"That's right, after collecting resources, they always need to be developed and utilized."

Li Yu didn't ask what resources are and how to develop and utilize them. Anyway, when he sees Hephaestus, he can ask these questions together.

So he just said to Xu Mengyuan, "Take me to him."

But Xu Mengyuan didn't move when he heard the words.

"Anything else?"

"Did you forget something?"

"what?"

"There is no overtime in the third era. It's already five o'clock. We should all get off work. See you tomorrow morning at nine o'clock. Then I will take you to see Hephaestus." After Xu Mengyuan finished speaking, she turned around and was about to leave, but Li Yu was stopped again.

"Wait a minute, forget about other questions, you have to answer me immediately, what time is it?" Li Yu said in a deep voice.

"Aren't you wearing the watch I lent you? Isn't the answer clear enough? If you still don't want to believe it, you can ask someone else after you leave, or you can finally confirm it by connecting to the Internet."

Xu Mengyuan said, "Oh, by the way, and what happened today, please be sure to keep it a secret from others. As you know, our business is quite special, so it is not convenient to disclose it to the public. Remember to take a shower and sleep well after you go back. Jue, see you tomorrow."

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After Li Yu walked out of the office building, he first borrowed a charging cable from a nearby convenience store to charge the phone that had automatically shut down.

After waiting for about half a minute, Li Yu pressed the power button, and a few seconds later, the words HUAWEI lit up from the screen, followed by HarmonyOS.

Then there is the interface for entering the password, but Li Yu's attention has been completely attracted by the time and date at the top of the screen.

Wednesday, May 5. 19:17.

This date is still the day when he came to the third era to participate in the interview, although he did spend almost a whole day in another world.

However, on the watch that Xu Mengyuan lent him before, the hour hand only moved about seven frames.

If the watch could have been tampered with by Third Ji, then the time displayed on the phone was synchronized with the network in real time.

Once connected to the Internet, it will be automatically updated, making it almost impossible to fake it.

Li Yu then clicked on the photo album, but no matter whether it was the photos he took in that world or the recordings he made for Miss Rabbit, he couldn't find them.

Li Yu unplugged the charging cable, thanked the shop assistant who helped, took a can of oolong tea to pay, and then scanned a shared power bank next to the cashier.

When leaving through the automatic door, Li Yu noticed his own reflection on the glass.

The cut made by bushes on the trousers is still there, but the mud spots on the leather shoes have also disappeared.

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After walking out of the convenience store, Li Yu didn't go home immediately, but took the subway to a small park in the south of the city.

I picked an empty bench and sat down, watching the old men and women in the park walking their babies and dancing, playing chess and singing Peking Opera, while silently finishing the can of oolong tea in my hand.

It had never occurred to him before that these ubiquitous everyday sights would one day be endowed with meaning.

Xu Mengyuan didn't lie, once he entered the rabbit hole, his whole life would change accordingly.

In the short seven hours before, what happened almost overturned all his cognition in the past 20 years.

As long as he closes his eyes, the mansion will appear in front of his eyes, those tall stone walls and columns fixed with wooden wedges, and the white lime smeared on the outer walls can be rubbed off a lot with the belly of a finger.

Wearing cloaks, warriors with long swords and short knives feasted with their servants in the large hall. During the banquet, some people played lyres made of turtle shells and sang about the angry lion Alexander conquering Bra Tis is the legendary epic left by the warriors under his command.

All this is so real, because Li Yu is in it.

He could feel his heart that was already dying was beating again.

It was a very strange experience, as if a child had just left the mother's body, opened his eyes, and looked at the brand new world in front of him for the first time.

Everything is so lively.

Those boring and trivial daily life after you grow up are also shining brightly at this moment, like treasure houses shining with golden light, waiting for you to open them yourself.

That is the call issued by the innate desire of human beings to explore.

Even the threat of death from an unfamiliar environment could not shake it. In fact, it was the ubiquitous sense of crisis that accelerated the awakening of something in Li Yu's body, and made him feel the long-lost excitement again.

"Have you gotten into any trouble recently?"

A voice sounded from behind Li Yu, pulling him back from his memories.

"Just be prepared."

Li Yu turned his head and saw a woman wearing a chiffon shirt and an A-line skirt, holding a golden retriever, standing behind him.

She has a model-like standard figure and a beautiful face that is not inferior to a star, coupled with light brown natural curly hair, even if she is placed in those art schools with a cloud of beauties, she still cannot be ignored.

"We haven't seen each other for a long time."

"Well, almost a year or so."

"How was your life this year?" The woman in the A-line skirt sat down beside Li Yu.

"Not bad, I've been busy changing jobs recently."

"Yes, what job?"

"Consulting, how about you?"

"Consulting, um...it seems to be quite suitable for you. After all, you were the most planned and serious in doing things in the company before." The woman in the A-line skirt brushed her hair that was blown by the wind. Live with my mother."

"How is Auntie?"

"It's still the same, except for going up and down the stairs, and my knees hurt when it rains, everything else is fine."

"Is that so?"

"Well, my mother asked about you some time ago, saying that when you have time, you can come to my house for dinner." The woman in the A-line skirt finished speaking and handed the things wrapped in black garbage bags to Li Yu.

"Here, what you want... When you use it, push the switch to the end and press the red button."

"Thank you." Li Yu took the trash bag, "I'll take care of it in the past two days, and I'll return it to you soon."

"No, you can take it. I don't need it anymore. By the way, I still have the seller's WeChat here, and I can send it to you. He has many similar things there. If you have You can contact him directly if you need to, but it’s best not to be too pushy.”

"Ah."

"I'll leave if I have nothing else to do. The cone is urging me." The woman in the A-line skirt pointed to the impatient golden retriever who was already waiting not far away.

"Take care." Li Yu said.

"You too."

The woman in the A-line skirt stood up from the seat and led the big dog along the gravel path. After walking about 200 meters, one person and one dog stopped again.

It seemed that she had met some acquaintance. After exchanging pleasantries, the woman in the A-line skirt turned around and waved in Li Yu's direction, and then continued to move forward, disappearing at the end of the road together with the golden retriever.

(End of this chapter)