Genius Club.

Chapter 9 Change
"Haven't you ever heard of Koko the Cat?"

"Never...never heard of..."

The salesperson scratched his head, looking confused:
"Sir, did you remember the name wrong? We have a wide variety of dolls in our store. Why don't you describe the doll to me and I'll help you find it!"

"Um……"

Lin Xian thought for a moment:
"Just, that cat's expression is like this."

Lin Xian squinted his eyes and imitated the expression of Keke the cat.

“Oh~oh!”

The salesperson smiled instantly:

"Hahahaha I know sir! Yes, yes! The doll you want is here!"

He took Lin Xian to the center, the most conspicuous, and the largest shelf in the store:

"Look! It's all here!"

The brightly lit shelves in front of me are more than ten stories high! So gorgeous!

"Sir, is this the cat you are talking about?"

The salesperson smiled and introduced:
"This is the best-selling product in the store! This cat has been popular for hundreds of years and is still very popular! But... you did remember the name wrong. The cat's name is--"

"Well, I see it."

At this moment, Lin Xian felt like a basin of ice water was poured over his head.

Two huge speakers nearby were playing magical music.

On the shelf, hundreds of identical cats stared straight at me...

On the billboard in the middle, it was written in large letters:
A century-old hit! A century-old bestseller——

【Rhine Cat】

……

……

The square was empty in the early morning.

All the surrounding shops were closed.

Only the tireless buzzing of insects hit the street lamps, and the melancholy chirping of cicadas added a sense of tranquility to this hot summer night.

Lin Xian sat on the bench, feeling that this world did not belong to him.

It's so strange.

Such a mismatch.

He opened his palm...

What is held inside is a Rhine cat keychain.

He only had enough money to buy this.

Every line, every embellishment, and every detail of this cat is exactly the same as the Koko cat in my previous dream.

The only difference is...

Its name changed from Koko Cat to Rhine Cat.

“Why did it change?”

He couldn't describe the feeling inside him.

Afraid? Horrified?

Not really.

But there is an inexplicable sense of loss, a sense of powerlessness that one is no longer in control of the overall situation.

He always thought that he was the god in the dream and could do whatever he wanted. The entire dream world revolved around him.

but now……

He recalled the plot of "The Truman Show" and felt like a captive puppet.

boom! ! ! ! !
boom! ! ! ! !
boom! ! ! ! !
00:42 The white light that engulfed the world arrived on time.

Burn everything.

……

……

call……

The night wind blows.

Lin Xian opened his eyes.

I saw the semi-transparent window screens dancing wildly in the air.

"I forgot to close the window again..."

He wrapped the quilt tighter, but could not block the chill that rose from his heart.

For an unchanging dream... change is the ultimate horror!
Lin Xian picked up the mobile phone from the bedside table.

Make a phone call.

"Hey?"

"Gao Yang, something happened."

"What's wrong?" A smart voice came from the other end of the phone.

"My dreams... have changed."

"..."

"..."

"What a good thing!!"

On the other end of the phone, Gao Yang was overjoyed:
"This means that your condition has improved!!" "I told you before, didn't I? I told you to watch more science fiction movies and read more science fiction novels, and the world in your dreams will definitely change! Did you dream about the spaceship foil?"

"Oh, it's not this kind of change..."

Lin Xian sat up and heard a lot of noise and chaos on the other end of the line:

"Where are you?"

"I'm watching football in the bar! Qatar World Cup, want to come? It's not far from your house."

Lin Xian looked at the clock.

It's past one in the morning.

But thinking back on the changes in the dream…I no longer feel sleepy.

"Okay, wait for me for a moment."

……

Lin Xian got out of the taxi.

Before I even entered the bar, I could hear the noise and cheers inside!
Looking at the bar sign... this should be a quiet bar for drinking and chatting, but the Qatar World Cup is going on right now, so there might be a special football show.

"Here, Lin Xian! Sit over here!"

Gao Yang squeezed out of the crowd with a bulging belly and pulled Lin Xian to a small table in the corner:
"Just watch here while I go get some more beer."

"No, I didn't come to you to watch the game."

"Watch and chat at the same time!"

After saying that, Gao Yang twisted his fat body into the crowd...

Gao Yang.

He is Lin Xian’s good friend since childhood.

The two's parents were co-workers in the same factory and were born in the same housing estate.

Maybe it turned out to be a bad fate.

In kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, and high school, the two were either in neighboring classes or in the same class.

It’s just that Lin Xian studies much better than Gao Yang.

Thanks to his excellent sketching performance in the art exam and his decent academic performance, Lin Xian was admitted to Tunghai University, while Gao Yang went to a junior college in the north.

After graduation, Gao Yang also came to Donghai City to work hard and is currently working as a car salesperson in a 4S store.

Lin Xian still trusted Gao Yang very much. Even though he had had the same dream over and over again for more than 20 years, Lin Xian only told Gao Yang about it.

"I'm coming!"

Gao Yang came over with the beer in his arms, put it on the table, and opened a few bottles:

"Have a beer to calm your nerves! Tell me, brother! What's going on?"

click!
After clinking glasses and drinking cold beer, Lin Xian finally felt something real.

"That's right. It's a bit long to explain."

Lin Xian put down his wine glass and used his hands and mouth to tell Gao Yang...

From the chance encounter with the Big-Faced Cat, to seeing the Koko Cat mask, and then to various things happening in the company, he copied the Koko Cat from the dream and casually named it Rhine Cat. Finally, he returned to the dream, only to find that overnight, everyone had forgotten the name Koko Cat, and it disappeared without a trace. The name of this cat, just like that, became Rhine Cat without any warning.

"Uh-huh."

"Uh-huh."

Gao Yang kept nodding, drinking, looking at the air thoughtfully, with a nervous look on his face.

"I understood."

Gao Yang put down his wine glass, his eyes blurred:
"That is, you drew a cat in reality, and then it appeared in your dream."

"You understand nothing!"

Lin Xian slammed the table:

"I've been explaining this to you for so long! And this is all you understand!?"

"Aa ...

Gao Yang suddenly jumped up with a shout!

Ghosts cry and wolves howl!

Slam the table like a gorilla!
"Fuck, you've revealed your true form!"

Lin Xian took a step back in shock——

Only then did he discover it.

Everyone in the bar was dancing like Gao Yang:
"It's in! Awesome! Messi is awesome!"

"It's stable! Argentina is awesome!"

“The Coal King! Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!”

……

Lin Xian turned around.

The goal was being replayed on the big screen in the bar.

"You didn't even listen to me!"

"Oh, I heard it! Hahahaha, I'm listening, listening."

Gao Yang sat down again and smiled as he filled Lin Xian's glass with wine:
"We have known each other for more than 20 years. You have told me about your dream hundreds of times. In fact, it is still the same thing over and over again!"

"The point is, why has this dream remained unchanged for more than 20 years, but changed today?" Lin Xian emphasized.

Boom!
Gao Yang drank the beer in one gulp, put the glass on the table, and pointed at Lin Xian:

“It’s actually very simple, let me tell you why!”

(End of this chapter)