"Yueyue, I'm not busy now, you should go home first."
"Um."
Passing by the bookstore yesterday, Jiang Fuyue paused, thought for a while, and opened the door to go in.
Go straight to the innermost row of bookshelves, and there are three big characters next to it—the used book area.
The book covers are old and dusty, and the stacking is not neat enough, and there is still a musty smell of decay, no wonder no one cares about them.
"Do you sell books here?" Jiang Fuyue approached the clerk.
"... you want to buy it?!" The other party was a little surprised.
"Well. How much?"
"This... I have to ask the boss." Because no one has ever bought it, let alone asked for a price.
Soon, the boss came over: "Do you want to buy these old books?"
Jiang Fuyue nodded.
"Originally, this area needs to be cleaned up. There are too many old books and they take up space. Since you like it, I will sell it cheaply. It costs five yuan a book. You can choose whatever you want."
"thank you boss."
"Only one point, special offers, no refunds or exchanges. Just don't buy it and regret it and talk to me."
"Don't worry, absolutely not."
"Okay," the boss pointed to the shelf, "You choose slowly."
Jiang Fuyue was very fast, and went to the front desk to pay the bill in a quarter of an hour.
"Yo, that's the choice?" The boss smiled and glanced at her, thinking that this girl looks really smart, but her brain is not very good.
Jiang Fuyue nodded: "I have chosen, ten books."
"Fifty dollars."
The boss took a big plastic bag and packed it for her, watched Jiang Fuyue leave, and muttered to himself: "It's amazing that someone actually bought a book that didn't even have a cover..."
Jiang Fuyue didn't go home, but went to an Internet cafe opposite with her books.
"Turn on a machine, please."
The network administrator looked up: "Student?"
She calmly said, "I'm an adult."
The other party didn't ask her for an ID card, "How long?"
"Two hours."
"Twenty, cash or QR code?"
Jiang Fuyue: "...one hour is enough."
For this, she spent the last ten dollars on her body.
Going to the innermost corner, it happens to be the dead zone of several cameras.
Power on, log in, and feel like flying.
The original normal computer desktop froze twice, and the screen went black.
Jiang Fuyue ignored it and continued typing on the keyboard, a string of codes appeared, quickly filling the entire screen.
As soon as the Enter key was hit, the screen instantly brightened, and then a website landing page popped up.
Jiang Fuyue enters the login name: I send worrying heart.
Then the six-digit code.
After the login is successful, a cluster of fireworks blooms in the middle of the screen, followed by a large piece of purple irises blooming, as if a welcome feast is being held.
Jiang Fuyue had a bad idea secretly, and immediately switched the login status to stealth.
In an instant, the iris withered and gradually faded out of the desktop.
She breathed a sigh of relief, took out her mobile phone, and uploaded the cover pages of the ten books she had photographed at the bookstore to the computer. She selected "hide seller information" and set up the online auction mode.
Time: 20 minutes.
At the same time, in California, country M, it's midnight.
The old professor, who had already taken off his glasses and was about to finish his work, looked up and saw a large piece of withered irises appearing on the table, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
His eyes were wide open, and he couldn't tell if this was reality or a dream.
After a while, he almost typed out the code with trembling hands, the screen switched, and he jumped out of the homepage of the website.
Originally, he was in the login state, but because he hadn't moved the mouse for a long time, the privacy protection clause activated the safe mode before returning to the computer desktop.
Fortunately, he was in the login state, so he didn't miss the scene where all the irises were defeated just now.
twenty years...
This sea of purple flowers has disappeared for twenty years!
He put on his glasses, clicked on the system message, and a red exclamation mark appeared—
[West 8th district time 00:07, the founder Wo Jichou is online]
"It's him! It's really him!"
…
In the capital of China, the sun is scorching like fire.
Q University, Room 307, Laboratory Building.
"Appeared! Appeared!"
The young master's student watched the tutor stand up from his seat like a maniac, staring at the computer screen, and there was a flash of water in his eyes.
"Professor Xu?" He stopped the experiment in his hand and prepared to go.
"It's okay... I'm just..." Too happy.
The old man stopped the students from approaching, and then clicked on the background to check the system message—
really!
It really was him!
At this moment, the landline rang, but he didn't bother to pick it up. He sat in front of the computer and quickly logged in as an administrator to check the other party's IP address.
The landline stopped, and the phone started vibrating again in a blink of an eye.
Xu Kaiqing was irritated to hang up, but at the moment of scanning the incoming caller ID, he quickly pressed the answer button: "Old man—he has appeared!"
"Xu! He's back!"
The two spoke at the same time, and were stunned at the same time.
Yes, they all saw it.
Old Peter: "I'm not an administrator, I don't have authority, and California has recently been very strict with intranet investigations, you should track the IP address immediately, and you must find Chou! We have lost news of him for 20 years, and there will be no next 20 years." Years can wait!"
"Yes, I know, I'm checking...it came out!"
"How about it?!"
"..." There was silence.
"Xu? Are you hearing that? Hello?"
"...the online time is too short to find out."
As soon as the voice fell, the two sides fell silent.
Suddenly, Xu Kaiqing frowned, and saw an auction transaction authorization pop up in the background of the administrator.
He was about to check the details, but was passed ahead of him.
Passed!
Only founders and administrators have this access, so—
"Old man! Old man! He is still online! Just passed an auction transaction!"
"Auction?" There was a crackling sound on the keyboard, "I see! The first, second and third volumes of Feynman's Physics Lectures were out of print in 1987, and there are also seven volumes of Wheeler's unpublished manuscripts. The originals are in the E-country museum, in 2000 Rubbing has been banned since 2010, and it is no longer in circulation on the market!"
Xu Kaiqing: "The auction ended two minutes ago, and the transaction amount shows 20 SA coins in the background."
SA coins, virtual banknotes traded within the website.
1 SA currency is roughly equal to 10,000 yuan.
After the auction is completed, the money will be temporarily transferred to the intermediate account, and only after being approved by the administrator can it be transferred to the seller's account.
And this transaction was authorized by "Sorrow", so can it be considered that...
Chou is the seller of these ten out-of-print books!
Xu Kaiqing's eyes lit up, and he was about to check the seller's news, but a dialog box popped up in the administrator background—
[I'm worried]: Long time no see, Xu.
[Xu]: Are you back? !
[I am worried]: Yes. Could you please exchange SA currency
[Xu]: Of course! What currency do you want
[I express my worry]: Renminbi.
Xu Kaiqing's breath stagnates, which means...he is in Huaxia!
[Xu]: Good. Or to a space account
[I am worried]: Yes.
Thirty seconds later, Jiang Fuyue received a reminder to enter the account.
[I am worried]: Thank you.
[Xu]: Is it convenient for you to meet now? Less than half of the experimental conjectures that year were completed, Peter and I fell into a dead end.
[I express my sorrow]: No hurry, the time has come, I will meet you naturally.
After typing this sentence, the other party will display offline.
Xu Kaiqing only traced the IP address to be in Linhuai, but could not find out the exact location.
But it was enough to make him excited.
"Little Zhang—"
"Here we come! Old Xu!" The assistant trotted in from the outside upon hearing the sound.
Xu Kaiqing: "Help me book a plane ticket to Linhuai!"
"Now?"
"Yes! The sooner the better! I'll go back and pack my luggage and let the car drive downstairs..." After speaking, he took off his lab coat and strode away.
"Hello? Hello?! Xu—can you hear me?" It turned out that the phone was still on the phone, and Old Peter's anxious voice came from inside, "Did you find Zhou?"
"No. But I must go myself."
"OK, I'll book a ticket right away."
"No, don't come here in a hurry. Wait until you find someone. The most urgent thing is to sort out all the experimental data. I have a hunch that it will come in handy soon."
"… good."
Xu Kaiqing ended the call, and when he reached the stairs, he realized that he had forgotten the computer. He quickly turned back, took the computer, and walked away like a gust of wind.
But I overlooked a detail. The computer was turned on, but now it is closed.
The master student exhaled softly, with a bit of fear.
Then leaned over to a doctoral student in the same lab—
"Brother, I have something to do with you."
"Um?"
"What website is S-SA?"
The doctoral student's complexion changed slightly: "Where did you know that?"
"...I helped Professor Xu turn off the computer just now, but I didn't sneak a peek on purpose! Brother, what's so special about this website? I feel that the teacher is secretive and doesn't want to mention it."
"It's actually not as mysterious as you think. S-SA, the full name of Science-Sale, is also called 'Science-Sale' in China. It is used for the sharing and trading of subject materials. It is said that there are a large number of out-of-print scientific research materials and original manuscripts," paused , adding with a smile, "The kind that can be used for collection."
"Is there such a website? Why have I never heard of it?"
"S-SA implements a membership system, and only top scientists in various fields in the world have the first-time qualifications. This group of people can authorize three access places. It is said that there are less than 50 global first-time members. Assuming that these people have used the invitation authority , the total is only about two hundred. Small shrimps like ours can’t even reach the edge, it’s strange to hear it. I only found out last year... "
"...there is really no information on the Internet at all." The master student let go of the mouse with a dazed expression.
that feeling is like...
The world he originally knew, after opening a door, suddenly no longer looked the same.