Rubik's Cube Seven Days Dream

"What do you mean? Tell me clearly, don't say anything halfway, what did you see?!" Cao Jing shook Ye Jiawen as she spoke, but Xu Minglang pushed her away.

"Why are you arguing, listen to the girl and finish talking."

Ye Jiawen said slowly: "'he' asked me to convey it, 'he' asked me to tell you..."

"Welcome to my Rubik's cube world."

These words echoed in the dark and dilapidated corridor, the girl shrank herself in the corner, just wanting that no one could see her.

The strange and weird voice continued: "Your performance is not bad, that's good, you tell others what I just said, in exchange, I will let you go back."

Ye Jiawen tried hard to digest the meaning of these words, is she saying that she can live?

A few banknotes scattered on the ground suddenly seemed to be alive and flying in the air, like soft petals or butterflies chasing and playing.Ye Jiawen saw all the incredible things in life in just one day, and she didn't think the flying banknotes were anything strange.

Ye Jiawen's eyes moved left and right following the banknotes, but the next second the banknotes all straightened up, making a crisp sound of breaking wind. They were neatly combined and rushed towards Ye Jiawen's exposed white neck.

"I say! I accept!" Ye Jiawen repeated quickly.

The pink "sharp blade" softened upon hearing the sound, regained its soft texture, rolled and flew towards Ye Jiawen's padded jacket pocket one by one.

The voice echoed: "You've done well, my boy. As a reward for your bravery, you take the money back."

Before Ye Jiawen could react, a huge suction force distorted everything in front of her eyes. She felt her body was swollen from the inside out as if being squeezed by a heavy object. Waving in the air, suddenly she saw the arm disappear, then the arm, then the chest.She screamed in fright, but her consciousness gradually blurred.

"……who are you?!"

These were the last words Ye Jiawen said before she passed out.

In the empty corridor, the space is rapidly shrinking downward, and the darkness is shattered by some invisible force, like a star that has run out of helium.All matter is reducing and burning, bursting out with silvery white fire, and the process is magnificent like a butterfly nebula.This scorching beauty lasted for a few seconds at most, and then it was replaced by complete darkness. In the darkness, there was only a colored Rubik's Cube left, shaking slightly.

***

The van was moving forward in the snow, only the sound of Zhou Xuerong eating crispy sharks in the car, Xu Minglang leaned on his shoulder and closed his eyes for a nap, the rest of the people either closed their eyes and rested, or held each other like Yu Haohuai. The bridge of the nose panted heavily.

After Ye Jiawen calmed down, she finally realized that what she experienced just now was her most secret past, which she least wanted to be known, and the more than 4 yuan in her pocket was returned to her as a "prize". Is it the same as written on the invitation letter?

It turned out that they didn't have to go to the game at all, because they were already in the game from the beginning.

Ye Jiawen picked out what she heard and saw in the illusion, and picked out the parts she didn't want to share with others, and told them everything else.As for the 5000 yuan, she vaguely felt that it was inappropriate to say it, and no one took the initiative to ask, so she didn't say it. Of course, she didn't forget the words that the voice told her to deliver.

As soon as the words were finished, the atmosphere in the car fell to freezing point.

"The Rubik's Cube?" Yu Haohuai murmured.

Zhao Dongxiang said while driving: "It's too weird... Who is that person... What is his purpose?!"

No one responded.Or rather, no one knows the answer.

While everyone sympathized with Ye Jiawen's experience, they were also worried about themselves.Even Cao Jing didn't bluff, and pressed her forehead against the car window, as if she was using the cold to numb her fear.

Among the people in the car, Zhou Xuerong was the calmest. He exhausted the most energy, sitting in the back seat and eating non-stop.He leaned his head against the car window, but his eyes were glued to Xu Minglang's body on one side. Combined with the "click, click" sound of chewing crispy sharks, he felt a bit like a middle school student on a spring outing. Others have long been used to this, but the driver in the front row Zhao Dongxiang has been looking in the rearview mirror frequently, afraid that according to Zhou Xuerong's eating method, he will eat up all the food in a backpack.

Miao Fang was rare and quiet, allowing other people to discuss hotly.

Xu Minglang coughed, and the young man on the side was a little restless. Xu Minglang just wanted to hear Miao Fang's opinion, and on the other hand, he also gave the other party a step down and asked, "What do you think about what Ye Jiawen said?"

Miao Fang tilted his head slightly, as if to confirm whether he could answer the call.

"For the next move, everyone should not place orders." Zhou Xuerong said while eating.

Miao Fang paused before saying, "I have some ideas, but they are all speculations..."

Zhao Dongxiang didn't understand why, but felt that Miao Fang couldn't be polite, and urged, "Oh, what time is it, just say what you have."

Miao Fang looked embarrassed: "Then I'll tell you, do you know the box theory?"

Those who were awake shook their heads, Yu Haohuai asked, "Is this some kind of scientific theory?"

Miao Fang shook his head and said, "No, the box theory is just a conceptual theory. It is often used in some science fiction works, and it also leads to different factions, the most famous of which is the movie Matrix." He paused, waiting for someone to follow up. , It's a pity that no one spoke to him, everyone was waiting for him to continue.

"The concept in The Matrix is ​​closer to the 'god' who created the world, and the protagonist and others live in this world, like a box, and the god can peep out of his creation. Remember Neo chose red Did you see it after taking the pill? He discovered that in the real world, human beings are lying in the culture fluid and living with tubes inserted all over their bodies. The realities he thought before were just fictional, but he firmly believes..."

"You mean... we are just like the person you said, the five senses are fabricated?" Yu Haohuai asked.

Miao Fang: "It can also be said. So no matter who the 'person' is or how to define the identity of 'him', we can be sure that 'he' is an existence higher than us. But I can't figure it out, 'he' Why do you want Ye Jiawen to bring us a message..."

Xu Minglang thought for a while, and disagreed with what Miao Fang said earlier, and said: "I have watched all three parts of The Matrix, let alone the artistic exaggeration part, the biggest difference between us and Neo is that we are sure that our previous Life is real."

Miao Fang turned his head to express his incomprehension, Yu Haohuai thought for a while and suddenly realized, and explained: "I understand what Xu Minglang meant, he said that we are different from the characters in the movie because we all know that our past lives are real. occurring."

"That's right, before so many weird things happened, I believe you are the same as me, everyone lives a normal life, knows what they ate last meal, import tariffs have been adjusted again, these can't be fake Yes. If you think back, when did things start to go wrong? After we arrived at the base, everything didn’t change suddenly. I even took a bus to go there. If it’s what you said, we are all Creation in a box, then our previous life is false, even our existence is false.”

Miao Fang retorted: "Konio didn't know that his life was virtual from the very beginning. Whoever said that the virtual life would be aware of it, maybe it's so real that it's hard to tell."

"Movies are movies, and life is life."

"Our lives have been derailed. Isn't everything just now enough to explain?" Miao Fang raised his voice, and after a while he felt that he was speaking too seriously, and whispered, "I know it is difficult to admit this, but in I think that's the truth."

Xu Minglang shook his head, he knew that he wasn't afraid to face it, he was just sure that those bits and pieces were extremely real.He twirled the ring on the middle finger of his right hand, remembering the way Xue Yingying's nose wrinkled slightly when she smiled, and the scent of shower gel at the end of her hair, those couldn't be fake.

He had a sudden urge to tell others how real it felt.Fortunately, this useless impulse subsided quickly, as long as he understood some things in his heart.

Xu Minglang didn't say any more, and the carriage fell into silence again.

After Zhou Xuerong finished eating the crunchy shark, he swept the crumbs of his body together with the wrapping paper into the side compartment of the backpack, and suddenly said without thinking: "In order to scare us even more."

Xu Minglang said two "what" in succession, and turned his face to look at Zhou Xuerong.

Zhou Xuerong replied: "'He' wanted Ye Jiawen to deliver a message, just to think about seeing us like this, guessing, arguing, and fearing."

"How do you know?" Yu Haohuai asked.

"I guessed, I was answering Miao Fang's question, that's all." Zhou Xuerong looked at his eyes in the rearview mirror, the shadow cast by his raised eyebrows made those eyes look a bit gloomy.

The speed of the car slowed down slowly, and finally stopped in the middle of the road, surrounded by nothing but bare street trees.

Yu Haohuai hurriedly asked: "Why did you stop? Is it out of gas?"

Xu Minglang's heart suddenly rose to his throat.

"No... I just think this road doesn't look like the way back." Zhao Dongxiang said.

"How long have we been driving? Is it an hour?" Yu Haohuai asked.

Zhao Dongxiang replied: "Almost, in this snowy day, I guess the highway is closed, so I didn't take the highway. I haven't walked this road before, but logically speaking, it shouldn't be so spacious..."

Several people looked out of the window, this completely unfamiliar road made them have to stay vigilant, for fear of repeating the same mistakes.Now they have no network, no signal, and no facilities that can locate them. Except for Cao Jing, Zhou Xuerong and Xu Minglang, the rest are locals, but none of them know what's going on under the expressway, and they discussed again. After a while, I finally decided to continue driving until I saw a fork before making a decision.