[This plot is a bit fiddly and the writing is a bit slow.
Please forgive me.]
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Chapter 299 [Rules]
The swimming pool in the International Department of No. 8 Middle School is always open to the public, so there are several shops along the edge, including a cold drink and dessert shop.
Chen Nuo remembered that he had visited once before when he accompanied Sun Keke and his classmates to go swimming.
Although it is a working day, at noon, because it is right at the entrance of the International Department campus, there is still some business. The students in the International Department are all money-hungry people.
When Chen Nuo walked to the cold drink shop, he saw several girls from the international department queuing up to buy something.
When these girls saw the famous "school bully" from the International Department approaching, they didn't show any fear. On the contrary, some girls had the courage to give Chen Nuo a flirtatious look, and some even took the initiative to say hello.
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What a bunch of pretty dogs...
If Chen Xiaoyou grew up like Brother Lei, I'm afraid he would be treated differently now.
After perfunctoryly dealing with these teenage girls who were obsessed with their appearance, Chen Nuo did not choose to sit in the store.
In the open air outside the store, several parasols were propped up, and a few wicker chairs and tables were set up under the umbrellas.
Chen Nuo chose a place with leeward wind, found a seat under an outdoor parasol and sat down, lit a cigarette, and slowly and leisurely pretended to look at the plastic-wrapped menu cards on the table.
The clerk came out quickly and stood in front of Chen Nuo. He first brought an ashtray and placed it in front of Chen Nuo's table.
"Cookies, cola, um... what flavors are there in the ice cream in the store? Uh... forget it, all flavors, one ball of each, no matcha.
There are also waffles, cakes, donuts, red bean pie, milkshakes, and a cup of milk tea, full of sugar..."
The clerk was taking notes with a pen, but his face was a little embarrassed: "You alone... I'm afraid you won't be able to eat so much."
"It's okay, I can eat." Chen Nuo waved his hand, too lazy to explain too much.
"Red bean pie, milkshake, and milk tea, we don't sell these things at home."
Chen Nuo thought for a while, took out a hundred-yuan note and handed it to the clerk, smiling: "I remember there is a KFC on the street next door. Go and buy it for me..."
"Uh..." The clerk was a little embarrassed.
Chen Nuo smiled and said: "School will be in the afternoon for a while, and you won't have much business here.
And... I’ll buy this hundred for you, and the rest will be the remuneration for running errands at that time.”
The clerk was a young girl with a hint of excitement on her face.
In 2001, working in this kind of dessert shop, the monthly salary was only a few hundred yuan.
The 100 yuan given by Chen Nuo was used to buy a red bean pie, milk tea and milkshake...it would not cost more than 50 yuan at most.
In other words, there is still more than fifty yuan left...errand fees!
More than fifty yuan is enough to cover two days' salary.
It only takes ten minutes...
Moreover, the customer in front of me looks like a young and handsome guy.
Well, appearance is justice.
If you add money.
Twice the justice.
The clerk finally took the 100 yuan given by Chen Nuo, then turned the small sign on the door of the store to read "Closed" and ran out.
I was a little cautious, so I locked the store door when I left.
The clerk left and there was no one around. Chen Nuo leaned on the wicker chair and smoked quietly. He didn't say anything to the mysterious voice, and just waited quietly.
Finally, a minute later, when Chen Nuo put out the cigarette butt, the voice sounded again.
"Tobacco damages your body's functions."
Chen Nuo smiled: "Excessive intake of sugar is also bad."
"…………"
Chen Nuo thought for a while: "Why, can't you come out to meet me? You have to wait until the food is served before you show up? This is not very polite."
Seeing that the other party stopped talking again, Chen Nuo thought for a while, then simply stood up and walked to the door of the store.
With a gentle push, he pushed the locked glass store door open.
"The door is locked." The voice behind him said.
Chen Nuo walked into the store without looking back: "I won't steal anything."
With that said, he walked into the store and turned on a stereo placed on the counter.
In this era, digital audio products were far less developed than later generations. Generally, the speakers placed in stores either played cassettes or CDs.
But mostly, for the sake of convenience, I just put on the radio and set up a music station with some background music. Chen Nuo casually tuned a local radio station music channel, then walked out and returned to the outdoor seat.
The music station is playing a popular folk song.
In this era, the group of people who make folk songs such as Aodagen are almost obsolete, but a newer group has emerged.
Chen Nuo didn't know the ballad that was played very well, but it sounded a bit familiar.
I sat back in my seat and listened quietly for a minute...
"I don't like this kind of music." The voice said softly.
"Oh? Don't like it?"
"To be precise, I don't like the negative emotions this music brings."
Chen Nuo was startled.
This folk song has a bit of hypocrisy, nagging, melancholy and sad... So he nodded and said: "Yes. But folk songs are all like this. How about I change it to a cheerful one?"
"It's no need to bother. It's an experience to feel it once in a while."
"Feel the music?"
"No, feel negative emotions." The answer from this voice made Chen Nuo's heart move.
He nodded, with a lazy smile on his face: "What you said is very interesting, negative emotions.
Pop music sells emotions.
Folk songs are even more so, sad.
Actually, I don’t really like folk music.”
"Well, what should I say?"
"These folk singers are too pretentious." Chen Nuo shook his head: "They don't care about the song or the lyrics. They just keep repeating the same thing over and over: they can't sleep with the girl, so they are sad.
I want to sleep with a girl, but she won't let me sleep with her. I'm very sad.
I want to sleep with a girl, but this girl is sleeping with someone else, and I am very sad.
I want to sleep with a girl. This girl let me sleep with her before, but now we broke up and can’t sleep with her anymore. I’m very sad.
Ninety-nine percent of pop ballads are just the same thing over and over again, and it becomes boring if you listen to them too much."
"Hahaha..." the voice laughed.
Following the laughter, Chen Nuo's eyes narrowed subconsciously!
He saw each other!!
On the wicker chair opposite, a figure slowly appeared, turning from translucent to clear.
He is not very old, he looks about ten years old.
He is thin and short, and his arms are as thin as reed sticks.
Black curly hair, sparkling eyes.
The skin has a bit of a dark look.
The facial features on the face are similar to those of a yellow person, but they are obviously not Chinese and have a bit of an exotic color...
Chen Nuo's heart moved. The outline of the other person's face was somewhat similar to the South American natives he had seen in Brazil before.
The boy stared at Chen Nuo, not minding how Chen Nuo looked at him at all, and looked at Chen Nuo with the same curious eyes.
"You are very interesting.
And I'm sorry that I didn't realize you were such an interesting person before."
Chen Nuo's heart skipped a beat and he frowned: "Before? Have you... seen me?"
The boy didn't answer. He looked into the distance and said with a smile, "What you ordered is here."
The clerk trotted back from a distance, a little out of breath.
I came back and took a look at Chen Nuo and the strange little boy sitting at the door. I wasn't too surprised and nodded.
I was stunned for a moment when I saw the store door.
I...remembered to lock the door before leaving...
Did I remember it wrong?
His face changed, and the clerk walked into the store, took a look at the stereo that was playing music, suppressed his anxiety, and checked the cashier at the counter.
Fortunately, it's locked well.
When I opened it and looked inside, the money was all there and untouched.
There were no signs that the store had been rummaged through.
The clerk breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time blamed himself.
It seems that I really forgot to lock the door before leaving. I can't be so careless in the future!
The purchased items were put on the plates in the store and brought out to Chen Nuo.
"You want the milkshake, red bean pie, and milk tea."
The clerk said quickly: "Please wait a moment for your order. I will make it right away. It will probably take about ten minutes, okay?"
"No problem." Chen Nuo smiled.
When the clerk walked into the store and was busy, Chen Nuo saw that the little boy in front of him had picked up the milkshake on the table, inserted the straw and took a big sip. His bright eyes suddenly narrowed, showing satisfaction.
smile.
Chen Nuo said nothing.
In fact, the vigilance in his heart has been raised to the extreme!
The boy was sitting in front of Chen Nuo, but Chen Nuo discovered a fact that shocked him:
He cannot sense the other party's existence!
The eyes can see each other, and the ears can even hear the sound of the other person sucking the straw...
However, if you just close your eyes, a person with super mental power like Chen Nuo will be completely unable to capture the opponent's existence at the level of mental power retrieval!
With the retrieval of my mental tentacles, I can clearly see the other person with my eyes, but in terms of perception, it seems that there is just a ball of "air" in front of me!
This guy can completely block the perception of his own mental power!
For someone with this level of strength, according to Chen Nuo's estimation, the other party's strength must at least reach the level of a top controller to be able to do it!
But looking at the other person's age...
A ten-year-old child in control?
What a joke!
In his previous life, Chen Yanluo was so talented that he rose to fame at a young age and became one of the top bosses in the underground world.
The biggest part of the source of his outstanding reputation is because of his youth!
Being young means infinite possibilities!
Therefore, even though he has only been around for a short time, in terms of absolute record, he is far less prominent and gorgeous than other senior controllers.
But Chen Yanluo is one of the most famous among the controllers.
Just because he is young enough!
But this little boy in front of me.
Isn't he too young?
After sighing softly and watching the other party drink most of the milkshake quietly, Chen Nuo said calmly: "Can we talk about something serious now?"
"Okay." The little boy smiled and said, "What do you want to talk about?"
"What have you done to the people around me? You can't just give them a free gift package, right?"
The little boy was stunned for a moment, raised his head and stared at Chen Nuo: "Oh?"
"Help people break through, help people awaken, and even help people improve their cultivation realm." Chen Nuo shook his head: "You are not just here to do good things for others, right?"
"These..." the little boy thought for a moment, then laughed: "It seems you haven't understood it yet?"
Chen Nuo seemed to have grasped something: "Myself?"
"Yes, you can easily do it yourself."
After a pause, the boy said calmly: "Interaction."
Interact!
Chen Nuo's breathing paused.
After staring at the boy for a long time, Chen Nuo's expression gradually changed!
“Interaction is originally a kind of energy exchange that benefits both parties.
Of course, especially for you and me."
"How is the gain generated?" Chen Nuo asked.
"No, you asked this question too early.
You should ask, how did so many individuals appear in the first place!"
Chen Nuo's face was shocked!!
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The boy glanced at Chen Nuo, put down the milkshake cup, and picked up the red bean pie on the table.
"Early on, we called ourselves, well, let's call ourselves 'one'."
The boy said, casually raising his finger and pointing at the clerk who was busy in the store through the isolation window.
"This is an ordinary individual, but because it has no power, it is currently 'zero'."
He broke off a small piece of red bean pie.
"Then we interact with it.
After the interaction is completed...
We gave it energy, and with our energy attributes, it changed from zero to one.
Can you understand this?"
Chen Nuo nodded: "I understand."
The little boy also nodded: "What about us?
After the interaction is completed, we ourselves are no longer ‘one’!
We have become ‘two’.”
Chen Nuo's expression changed and he took a deep breath: "What then?"
The little boy looked at Chen Nuo with a smile: "We have become 'two', so naturally we have to evolve towards 'three'."
"Yeah." Chen Nuo nodded.
"But, at this time, we can't find another ordinary person to interact with her like her." The little boy pointed at the clerk: "Because, at this time, we ourselves have become 'two', even if we interact, we can't.
You can only create a 'two'."
"Made into a two, we ourselves are also two, and then after interaction, we become four.
Isn’t four better than three?”
"It's indeed better." The little boy nodded: "Indeed, it looks bigger and better...
Two interact to create a two, which then becomes a four.
Four interacts with each other to create a four, and then it becomes an eight...
It seems to be growing rapidly..."
Chen Nuo was about to say something when the little boy's tone suddenly became strange.
"...Originally...it thought so too.
As a result, something happened."
"Why?"
"From two, you can't jump directly to four!
There must be three!”
Chen Nuo's heart was surging, but he asked in a deep voice: "What went wrong?"
"Let's take eight as an example.
When we ourselves become eight, how do we change?
We are one, and by interacting as one, we become two.
We are two, and when we interact with one two, we become four.
We are four, and a four is interacted with, and we become eight.
Right?"
"right."
"Here's the problem. We are eight! But we created them by interacting with each other one after another... one, two, four. These three guys...
How many are there in total?”
"One plus two plus four, seven." Chen Nuo said quickly.
"Look, something went wrong, we were eight, but the mirror we created became seven.
Waiting for seven or eight...
Energy is no longer conserved..."
The little boy sighed with a faint tone.
"This universe has rules...
If you violate the rules, you will be punished..."