Ronnie O'Sullivan was born in 1975 and turned professional in 1992. Along with Mark Williams and John Higgins, he is known as the three outstanding players of Snooker 75.
In his decades-long career, he has won countless honors. However, the most commendable honor is the seven-time World Championship champion. In this record, only the billiards emperor Hendry can match O'Sullivan.
Same name.
O'Sullivan is now in his 70s and has retired for many years. Occasionally there will be news about him in his daily life, but he rarely appears in front of the camera.
Although Lingzhi's idol is Ding Junhui rather than O'Sullivan, he admires O'Sullivan's smooth batting style and rhythm.
If he had seen O'Sullivan elsewhere, Ling Zhi might have felt honored. But seeing him at this moment, Ling Zhi would only feel confused and afraid.
The reason is simple, Ronnie is the last person expected to be here!
Ronnie should be in Eagle Country, why is he here?
Did he come to China? Did he not know? Or was he transported to the Eagle Country silently?
How long have we been in a coma? Judging from the somatosensory time, it can be at most one night. In one night, we can travel across the Eurasian continent? How is this possible!
From the billiards hall to Huacheng Airport, to Heathrow Airport, and then to the secret room, the whole process, no matter how you think about it, no matter how meticulous your planning, you can't complete it in one day. What is going on?
Furthermore, that man does not look like 70-year-old Ronnie, but only 30 years old!
When someone who is unlikely to appear in front of you appears, people will usually first suspect that they have seen it wrong, and then they will suspect that the other person may be fake.
And if you think there is no problem, there is only one possibility:
"Lingzhi, what's wrong with you?"
Both people have problems.
"Lingzhi, are you okay?"
As for what's the problem? Ling Zhi didn't know. He covered his head, closed his eyes, his body was shaking, his mood was complicated, and he couldn't calm down at all.
"Ling! Zhi!"
At this moment, a pair of gentle hands held Ling Zhi's shoulders. Then, Zhao Shiyan pressed his hands against Ling Zhi's back.
Her eyes were full of panic. She didn't try to open the door herself to see what was outside. Instead, she took the lead in comforting Ling Zhi and said:
In fact, Ling Zhi could always feel the sense of security that Zhao Shiyan felt when he was with her. If she collapsed, she would probably feel uncomfortable.
He slowly calmed down, touched the hand of the short-haired girl on his shoulder, and said with a forced smile:
"Sorry, Shi Yan, I just lost my temper and made you worry."
The short-haired girl shook her head and said:
"It's okay, as long as you're okay."
Ling Zhi even heard a slight sob, and felt very guilty. He must have really scared her just now.
"By the way Ling Zhi, what did you just see? You were so panicked."
The short-haired girl came to Ling Zhi and sat opposite him. She held Ling Zhi's hand tightly with both hands and asked worriedly.
Ling Zhi tidied up his words, his eyes flickered, and he whispered carefully:
"If I read it correctly, what I saw should be... it should be...'rocket'..."
"'Rocket'? Which 'Rocket'? Ah..."
Zhao Shiyan covered his mouth and said in disbelief:
"You mean O'Sullivan? How is this possible?" "I don't know, I can't figure it out. You can take a look, maybe I saw it wrong."
After saying that, Ling Zhi stood up and stepped aside.
Zhao Shiyan didn't have any ink, so he followed Ling Zhi's example and quietly opened a crack in the door just enough to stick his head out, took a look outside, then immediately closed the door, stared wide-eyed, and said to Ling Zhi:
"It's indeed O'Sullivan, why is he here? He just sat on the sofa and stared at me, which shocked me."
"Yeah, it seems like he's sitting where he is and not moving."
"Oh, but, it's so strange..."
"It's quite strange. What do you think? Shi Yan? Why do you think O'Sullivan appears here?"
"I can't think of it. Shouldn't he be in Eagle Country? When did he come to China? Also, what is his relationship with the guys who locked us up here?"
"I'm thinking about it too. It stands to reason that O'Sullivan would never cooperate with illegal detention. His appearance here seems to be a mystery."
"And in my impression, isn't he supposed to be very old? Why do I feel that he is no different from when I watched the video?"
"This is also something that puzzles me. I think maybe someone is pretending to be him, playing some kind of game."
"Oh, it's not impossible. So what should we do now?"
"There is no other way. Since he didn't come in just now, it means there is no hostility for the time being. Let's walk out slowly and see what he says."
"OK."
Ling Zhi calmed down, slowly opened the door, and walked out. Zhao Shiyan followed closely behind.
The room in front of me was also filled with light, but it was not illuminated by incandescent lamps, but by sunlight shining in from outside the window.
Although the sun shone in, which made Ling Zhi feel a little relieved, he didn't know if it was his imagination, but he felt that the temperature in the room had dropped slightly.
Ling Zhi took a quick glance. It was completely white outside the window and he couldn't see anything clearly. He could just barely tell that it was daytime.
There is a door across the room that is closed, and I don't know if it can be opened.
Next to the wall, there is a large mechanical arm hanging from the ceiling. There is a large round steel ring at the end. There are two small mechanical arms next to it, each wearing a small steel ring. Looking at the size, the large steel ring is just enough for the neck.
Stuff it in, the small steel ring is just big enough for your arm to fit in. It looks scary.
A Chinese-style table was placed in front of me, and the pile of balls was already set up. I don’t know who could have such a big table in their home.
There is a club rack nearby with 5 clubs inside.
"O'Sullivan" on the sofa next to him slowly stood up and looked at the two of them without speaking.
Ling Zhi plucked up the courage, walked up to the man and asked:
"Who are you?"
The man suspected of being "O'Sullivan" said nothing and slowly walked towards the two of them.
Ling Zhi instantly felt like he was facing a formidable enemy. He protected Zhao Shiyan behind him and thought about whether to pick up the club on the club stand next to him to defend himself.
However, the man just passed by the two of them, picked up a club on the club stand, stood in front of the tee line, and hit the white ball with all his strength.
What does this mean? Play a game with him?
Lexus did not give up and continued to ask:
"Are you Mr. Ronnie?"
The man didn't respond. He actually scored three full-color balls on the tee shot and continued to hit the next ball.
Ling Zhi suddenly felt that he was a little stupid. If the other person was genuine, wouldn't he be able to speak Chinese and others wouldn't be able to understand him?
So Lexus said it again in English.
The man still didn't respond and continued to play the ball.
Seeing that the man had no intention of responding, Zhao Shiyan boldly approached him and asked:
"Well, who are you? Why are you locked up here?"
The man was unmoved. After scoring the fourth full-color ball, the fifth ball did not reach the target, so he attacked forcefully and failed to score. Lingzhi sneered. This level is definitely not O'Sullivan's level.
I felt a little more relaxed.
As long as it's not something that's difficult for you to understand, you can still make a plan.
The man didn't score, he stood aside with his club upright and didn't say anything, as if he was waiting for the two men to continue hitting the ball.
Ling Zhi was able to carefully observe the man's appearance at this time.
If this person is pretending to be O'Sullivan, he looks too similar.
With his hooked nose, deep-set eye sockets, upright hairstyle, and black professional game uniform, he doesn't look like anyone else.
Apart from not speaking and the fact that the shot he just missed didn't look like O'Sullivan, this man's disguise was almost perfect.
Ling Zhi ignored him and walked towards the other door.
The man didn't stop him.
There was no handle on this door. Lexus pushed and pulled the door, but it couldn't be opened.
Did he lock himself in? The key is on him? No, this door has no keyhole and no obvious sensing device, so how can he open the door?
Countless doubts are swirling in my mind and cannot be solved.
Zhao Shiyan was also looking around the room and ignored that person.
The man stood there quietly, not moving.
Ling Zhi turned around and said to him:
"I know you are not O'Sullivan, tell me, who are you?"
silence.
"You want us to play a game with you? If you win, you can get out?"
silence.
Lexus analyzed the situation at this moment.
This man obviously wanted to have a fight with him. So what would happen if Zhao Shiyan and Zhao Shiyan worked together to knock him down?
From the prisoner's dilemma, to the binary code, and now, have those people always known their progress? If so, will bringing him down will anger the people who are secretly monitoring them?
Judging from the appearance on the door, it's unlikely that he can find any clues about how to open the door. Maybe he knows how to open the door?
If that's the case, putting him down might be more of a loss than a gain.
Ling Zhi secretly gave up the plan of using force to solve the problem. Since he didn't speak, it seemed that he could only follow the established rules and play a round with him to see if anything would happen.
After thinking about the established strategy, Ling Zhi did not rush forward to hit the ball. Instead, he stood side by side with Zhao Shiyan in front of a window and looked outside.
"Ling Zhi, where do you think we are? We can't see anything here."
"Indeed, it doesn't look like it's on land. Maybe this house is built on a mountain? It's so foggy on the mountain that you can't see clearly outside?"
"Oh, it's possible. This window seems to be locked and cannot be opened. It seems that there is no way to escape from here."
"And I don't know why, it's very cold here. I heard that for every 100 meters of altitude increase, the average temperature will drop by 0.6 degrees, so I guess the altitude here is not too low."
"Oh, why is it so cold? If it is at a high altitude, that would make sense."
"I just thought about it. It would be safer for us to follow the rules and challenge him. What do you think, Shi Yan?"
"Oh, I understand what you mean. You mean, if you defeat him, maybe he will open the door for us?"
"It's just a possibility. I just don't think we can do nothing. If I resort to force directly, I'm afraid of angering some people and bringing about some unpredictable changes."
"Yeah, yes. Then do you want me to take the lead and give him a try?"
"No, let me do it. You rest next to it for a while, and then help me observe this room to see if there are any details that we haven't observed."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
After the two reached an agreement, Ling Zhi picked up a cue on the cue stand, found a piece of fine powder placed on the table, wiped his scalp, and smiled at the man:
"Hello, Mr. O'Sullivan, please give me your advice."