The protagonist in this story, or one of the protagonists, is called Xiao Zishan.
Xiao Zishan was born in the late 1970s. He is an ordinary person: his family is ordinary, his appearance is ordinary, his talent is ordinary, and he is not a person who is willing to work hard, so his studies are average. Thanks to the expansion of university enrollment, he also became a college student.
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After Xiao Zishan graduated, he worked in several companies in the Pearl River Delta. He was fooled by unscrupulous bosses and had unrealistic dreams. Finally, he found a job with a good salary in a foreign company and worked diligently.
I have been working for wages for almost six or seven years. Now I am thirty, and I am still living in someone else's house. I don't have much entertainment at ordinary times. I just like history and read some unpopular books. I have a girlfriend.
He retained his virginity for a long time. However, when the story happened, his ex-girlfriend’s face could hardly be remembered - he still belonged to the group of people who wanted to celebrate 11.11.
The night at the beginning of our story, the weather was very bad. The dark sky was constantly flashing with lightning. This day lasted for almost half a month. Sometimes there would be heavy rain after the lightning, and sometimes there would be rolling thunder.
The rumors of a major earthquake had spread for a long time and gradually became accustomed to it. Xiao Zishan yawned when he got off the bus. His eyelids were swollen, his legs were weak, his hair was disheveled, and he looked like a sloppy person from a working poor. He had been there all night
I haven't been home for a day. As a newly promoted regional manager, in order to meet the inspection by his superiors, he had to make reports for a long time in the office, especially the whereabouts of the reimbursements one after another, which really hurt him.
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It would be a huge injustice to say that Xiao is a worm in the enterprise. It has been less than three months since Xiao Zishan officially took up this position. In the six or seven years since he joined the company, he has been working in the basic position of regional sales representative.
, leaders at all levels above are cutting off one crop after another like leeks, but he exists like a leek root.
Three months ago, the leaders changed shifts again, leaving behind a pile of unexplainable reports and invoices as usual. Only this time, he was assigned to be the regional manager.
If he had this position two years ago... he would definitely be grateful to the company, but at this time - Xiao Zishan just wants to say to the leaders above, whether they are past or present, they are nothing but idiots.
The company under the global economic crisis has been paralyzed since last year, and familiar colleagues in the regional office have disappeared one after another. He seems to be very leisurely doing the remaining business alone. At this time, this appointment, after the promotion,
There is no mention of adjusting the salary that has not been touched for many years, nor any instructions for business development. Based on his seven or eight years of professional experience, it is not difficult to understand that this is a precursor to preparing to abolish the regional office. He is just a left-behind staff,
Once everything is done, you have to pack up your bags.
But the paperwork still needs to be done... so that I can get a few more months of salary that has not been fixed for many years.
Xiao Zishan sighed for the twentieth time. He carried a large travel bag. From the bag itself to the items in the bag, they were all promotional gifts preserved in the office over the years: everything from kitchen aprons, sweatshirts, toothbrushes to ballpoint pens.
They were all inferior small commodities. Except for a few things, he basically had no use for them. But he still took them back very greedily - people are poor and have short ambitions - this sentence is really suitable for him.
The rental house was quite clean and tidy. After taking a shower, I became more energetic. I turned on the computer and connected to the Internet.
Orson Welles said that lottery is a painkiller for the poor, so the Internet is the opium for people like Xiao Zishan. Whether it is online games, BBS, or the online novels he reads every day.
Xiao Zishan was considered a semi-literary young man before he started working. He devoured a lot of miscellaneous books. He also liked to write and write, but his talent was limited and he had never been able to read. After working for a few years, literary novels, no matter how profound or profound, were
Meaningful, he has completely expelled it - he has seen too much of all the realities of society, and there is no need to rely on novels to add to his feelings. What he loves to read most is all kinds of time-traveling stories.
Recreating history in the past... This is probably related to the fact that as a history lover, he always has the desire to tamper with history. In short, he has to pay attention to it every day. As he said self-deprecatingly, this is "spiritual masturbation."
In addition to daily mental masturbation, he also regularly visits a few BBS. Like a drug addict, he feels empty if he doesn't go there. In fact, he is not a popular figure in the forum, but BBS provides a variety of services.
Miscellaneous information, theories and knowledge, all kinds of debates, quarrels, colorful human nature, even the performances of some hypocrites who are Marxist-Leninist on the upper body and Ximen on the lower body are much more interesting than a society full of masks.
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On bbs, as usual, take a look at today’s hot posts first.
"I discovered a wormhole leading to the Ming Dynasty! It's absolutely true!"
Xiao Zishan couldn't help but smile when he saw this title. Do you feel stupid when reading time-travel novels these days? Or are you dissatisfied with your current situation and long to go to another world to start over?
After reading the post again, I found that the post was made by Mr. Wen. Speaking of which, Mr. Wen is one of the "survival madmen" that Xiao Zishan admires on this BBS. Not only is he rich in knowledge, but he is also rare in considering issues of time travel and survival in a detailed way.
It's a pity that Mr. Wen doesn't write time-travel novels, otherwise his novel Xiao Zishan will definitely be read - of course only the pirated version.
"Is this another new and wonderful idea from Mr. Wen?" Xiao Zishan clicked on the post casually. At this point, his world also changed.
To put it in cliché terms, it means "the wheel of fate begins to turn."
One week later.
"Is this a wormhole?" Xiao Zishan carefully looked at the luminous object in front of him. Strictly speaking, it was an irregular circle with a slight blue light. It was not much different from the wormhole he imagined.
The only difference is that the light is not strong and the size is much smaller, only as big as a mirror in the bathroom.
"It's very small." Wang Luobin said. Like Xiao Zishan, he was one of the first people who decided to come and take a look after communicating with Mr. Wen.
"The edge can be expanded by applying a certain amount of pressure." Wen Desi sat on the lid of the toilet. The bathroom seemed a bit crowded with three people crammed in. "This hole can be expanded or reduced, as long as a certain amount of pressure is applied symmetrically in the diameter direction.
Just use force. The expansion and contraction of the hole are synchronized in the two space-times." Wen Desi explained, "When the hole is reduced to 210mm, the wormhole will be closed and cannot connect time and space."
"Is it really possible to travel back and forth?" In Xiao Zishan's impression, time travel is one-way, and you are basically either hit by a car or struck by lightning. The most gentle way is to get lost, and the characteristic is that you never come back.
"If I can't come back, I won't be able to post, and you won't be able to get here." He said, "I estimate that the location after the time travel should be the same as the place where the time travel took place."
"You should buy lottery tickets, Mr. Wen." Xiao Zishan murmured to himself, "The probability of finding a wormhole in the bathroom is lower than the chance of winning the jackpot."
"Isn't this the jackpot?" Wen Desi smiled contentedly, "Is there a lottery that can win you a world?"
"Mr. Wen, haven't you always said that single-player, two-way, low-key time travel is the way to go?" Wang Luobin remembered the discussion about time travel on BBS back then.
"That's right." Wen Desi pointed at the wormhole, "Do you know what's behind that? It's a world!" He waved his arms excitedly, "Through it, I can own an earth and a universe!"
"You alone conquer the world?" Xiao Zishan expressed serious doubts.
"That's why I posted that post..." Wen Desi seemed unwilling to accept it, "Besides, the other side is not a pleasant time and space."
"What time and space?"
"It was probably during the Tianqi years. I found the Tianqi Tongbao."
Xiao Zishan and Wang Luobin both took a breath of air - the new world Mr. Wen found was an era where father-in-laws were rampant.