Let’s move forward a little in time.
Green Leaf University, Girls Dormitory.
"Lin An hasn't come back yet?" Xu Ruan came back from doing laundry and saw that Lin An hadn't brought the express delivery yet, so she asked curiously.
"He must have gone to buy food." Ning Yadan said.
Outside the north gate is a snack street where the food is delicious and cheap. Even if people passing by are not hungry, they will be tempted to buy something to satisfy their cravings just by smelling the delicious food.
Xu Ruan nodded, thinking that Ning Yada's guess was very reasonable, so he didn't think much about it.
"Let's find a horror movie to watch, wait for Lin Yan to come back, turn off the lights, draw the curtains and watch it together." Chu Feifei suggested, "There won't be many opportunities like this in the future."
"Okay, I'll look for the projector, and you guys find one with a higher horror level." Ning Yadan said and started rummaging through her drawer. She hadn't watched a movie in the dormitory for a long time, and she was a little unsure where she put the projector.
"How about horror movies?" Chu Feifei asked.
"Forget it. Lin Xi was just pretending to be a female ghost in the secret room. This won't scare her." Xu Ruan denied.
"That perverted murderer?"
The three girls were setting up the dormitory, and half an hour had passed before they realized something was wrong. Was Lin Yan gone for too long
"Even if we want to buy food, this will take too long." Including the previous time, Lin Xi has been walking for nearly an hour.
"There's no reply to the message." Xu Ruan sent a WeChat message to Lin Yan, but there was no reply.
"Call and ask." Chu Feifei said.
Xu Ruan nodded and immediately called Lin Ping.
"Sorry, the number you dialed is out of service."
The three were dumbfounded. Nowadays, there is signal in the mountains, so how could there be any place in their university town that is not within the service area
"It may be a problem with the phone." Xu Ruan said, "Lin's phone was broken before, and the new one she bought is an old phone, which often freezes and runs out of battery."
"I'm still worried. Let me go take a look." Ning Yadan was worried and planned to go outside to look for it.
"I'll go with you." Xu Ruan also changed his shoes.
"Then I'll wait in the dormitory." Chu Feifei was afraid that Lin Xi would come back and miss them.
The North Gate was not far from the dormitory, and Ning Yadan and Xu Ruan walked quickly, so they arrived at the express storage point at the school gate in just a few minutes.
"Hello, has a girl come to your place to pick up a package just now?" Xu Ruan asked the courier boy.
"Which one are you asking about?" All the packages here are from college students, so who knows which girl it is from.
"I... I have her cell phone number. Can you help me check if she has picked up the package?" Xu Ruan reacted quickly and found Lin Yan's phone number and reported the cell phone number to the courier boy.
The courier checked and quickly said, "Yes, Lin Yan, she has a package and hasn't picked it up yet. You are her classmates, right? Do you want to help pick it up?"
"She didn't come to pick up the express?" Ning Yadan's face darkened when she heard this.
"Yes, I don't have any warehouse delivery records here. Do you want me to help pick it up?" The express delivery storage point has piled up like a mountain, and another truck will arrive in the evening. If they don't take them away, the store will not be able to store them, so the courier boy really hopes that the two girls will help take the express delivery away.
"Xu Ruan, ask Feifei if Lin Xi has returned?" Ning Yadan said to Xu Ruan.
Xu Ruan quickly called Chu Feifei who was guarding the dormitory and asked her whether Lin An had returned. The answer she got was that Lin An had not returned.
After hanging up the phone, the two girls looked at each other with unhappy expressions.
"Let's look for it at the snack street." The two girls turned and left.
"Hey, can you guys help carry the package?" The delivery guy called out loudly, but the two girls seemed not to hear him and walked quickly and hurriedly. "Don't students nowadays have any love from their classmates?"
The two girls divided the work and searched along the snack street one on the left and one on the right. When they came across a store that Lin Xi often went to, they would go in and ask, but there was still no news of Lin Xi.
Chu Feifei also ran out of the dormitory at this time. The three girls stood at the school gate and worried: "Maybe Lin Yan suddenly had something to do and went out to do something."
They are still willing to think in an optimistic direction.
"Could it be something about work?" Ning Yadan guessed.
"Xu Ruan, do you have the phone number of her workplace?" Chu Feifei asked Xu Ruan.
"The phone numbers of the cake shop and the secret room are available on the Internet." Now is the Internet age, and as long as a store is open to the public, there will be information about it on the Internet. Especially since the main consumer groups of the two stores where Lin Yan works part-time are students, it is easier to find them.
Xu Ruan and Chu Feifei searched the Internet for the phone numbers of the cake shop and the secret room respectively, and called them to inquire about Lin An's whereabouts. The answer they got was that Lin An was not with them, and they did not ask Lin An to go back.
"Where is her workplace? What's the name of the state-owned enterprise where she works?" Chu Feifei looked at Xu Ruan.
Xu Ruan shook his head: "I... I don't know either."
Xu Ruan was very busy at work on weekdays, sometimes she came home later than Lin Yan, and she also worked overtime on weekends. So although she lived with Lin Yan, they didn't have many opportunities to talk.
"Is she really in trouble?" If you don't think about some things, you won't feel anything. But once you can't control your thoughts, you can imagine all kinds of terrible consequences. Chu Feifei's personality is sensitive, and the strong anxiety made her eyes red.
"No, don't scare yourself." Xu Ruan comforted.
"But Lin Yan is not the kind of person who does things without finishing them. If she has to leave for something, she will definitely tell us." Ning Yadan also panicked.
"I'll call again." Xu Ruan called Lin Yan again, but the phone still showed that it was out of service area.
"Let's call the police." Chu Feifei said, "Let the police help find it."
"But it's only been two hours. Will the police go looking for Lin Xi?" Ning Yadan asked.
"Let's go back to the dormitory first. If Lin Xi hasn't come back by 11 o'clock, we will call the police." Xu Ruan said.
"It's only half past eight. What if something happens to Lin Xi during this time?" Chu Feifei's voice was filled with tears.
"Can you please not be so pessimistic?" Ning Yadan couldn't stand it anymore.
"I don't want to either, but Lin Yan can even buy instant noodles without seasoning packets. How can I be optimistic with her luck?" Chu Feifei said.
"..." This ironclad fact caused the three of them to fall silent.
"Didn't she find a job in a state-owned enterprise? I think Lin An's luck has turned." Xu Ruan tried to save Lin An's face.
"But don't we all know which company she went to? Could that company be a scam? You don't have to have a master's degree to get into a state-owned enterprise now, and the campus recruitment has already passed. How did Lin Xi get the interview?" Ning Yadan asked.
“…” The three fell silent again.
In the end, the three decided to go to the nearby police station to report the crime together.
After listening to the three girls' narration, the police officer was at a loss. An adult had only been out of contact for more than two hours, so why did they rush to call the police? The police officer wanted to let the three girls go back, but seeing the lovely girls crying, he was so pitiful that he finally felt sympathy.
"How about this, I'll check and see if I can find the company where your classmate works." said the policeman.
"Thank you, police uncle." The three girls hurriedly expressed their gratitude.
The police officer opened the police station's intranet, typed in Lin Yan's name, and a record quickly popped up: "Lin Yan, was she hit by a car at the school gate a month ago? And the driver fled the scene."
"Yes, yes, it's her." The three girls nodded hurriedly.
The police looked more serious. They were the ones who responded to the case, but they still haven't found the driver who ran away. It's not that they don't want to find him, but the driver is a wanted criminal by the city's criminal police team. He has strong anti-detection ability and has five or six cases on his record. He has been on the run for more than half a year. If he hadn't hit someone with his car a month ago, the police wouldn't even have any information about him, and it would be very difficult to catch him.
The police searched all the information within his jurisdiction and said regretfully: "I can't find your classmate's employment information online. Maybe the company she joined hasn't processed her employment yet, or she hasn't registered on the labor website yet."
"What should we do then?" Xu Ruan asked.
"Don't panic. Let's do this. You go back first. If she hasn't come back by daybreak, we will file a case for investigation. Later, we will go to patrol Xueyuan Road and visit her at the same time." said the policeman.
The three girls knew that this was all the police could do, and although they were still worried, they obediently returned to school.
At the same time when the police were looking up Lin Yan's information through the intranet, someone in Group 6's chat group suddenly sent a screenshot and @ed Assistant Tan.
Qingkong: [Is this Lin Yan the new member of our group?]
Aquaman: [Yes, it is her.]
The person who answered was not Assistant Tan, but Xie Xingyu, who always had a rich nightlife.
Chu: [What happened to Lin Yan?]
Qingkong: [Someone just checked Lin Yan's information on the intranet. I called to find out the situation. The police station said that three girls went to the police station to report that Lin Yan was missing. About two and a half hours ago.]
King of Dirt: [Two and a half hours ago, if I remember correctly, it was right around the time when the subspace gate closed.]
Aquaman: [You mean she might have entered the subspace? That shouldn't be the case. She's only F-class, how could she be swallowed by the subspace?]
Qingkong: [Are you sure she is F-level?]
Aquaman: [Of course I am sure. If you don’t believe me, ask Chen Chu.]
Chen Chu did not reply because he was calling Lin Yan, and the other end of the phone was notified that the system was no longer in service. For ordinary people, the phone being out of service may just be a bad signal, but for them, there is another possibility for being out of service.
At this time, Assistant Tan, who had silently read all the chat records, finally came online: [I just called, Lin Yan is no longer in the service area.]
Aquaman: […]
Qingkong: [It seems like he really went in.]
Aquaman: [Is she really not F-rank? It's possible that she fooled me, but Chen Chu also said that she is F-rank? Is she really hiding her true strength?]
Assistant Tan: [It could also be just plain bad luck.]
Assistant Tan: [Xiao Wen reminded me that Lin Yan’s luck is not very good.]
Assistant Tan knew that Lin Yan had bad luck, but he never thought that she was so unlucky. The subspace devoured the superpowers to replenish its own energy. From another perspective, it was also the recognition of the superpowers' energy level by the subspace. But Lin Yan was obviously not at this level.
Qingkong's other identity in real life is a policeman. The information he intercepted included the process of the driver fleeing the scene after Lin Xi was hit.
Qingkong: [This is not the case I am responsible for, and my ability is not tracking.]
Assistant Tan: [@Everyone, although the possibility of Lin Yan surviving is low, everyone should pay close attention to the energy fluctuations around them. If you notice the space gate opening, go check it out immediately.]
[receive.]
The receipts were neatly swiped across the screen in rows.
At this time, Chen Chu had already pushed the door open and stood on the terrace outside the house. The apartment he rented was in the center of Jin City, high above the city, overlooking most of the city. He stood in the wind, feeling the breath of the night wind.
One hour, two hours, three hours.
The lights in Jin City were still bright, but the moving car lights had all gone out, and the whole city gradually became quiet. The longer time passed, the heavier Chen Chu's heart became. Although the speed of time in the subspace would deviate from that in the outside world, the longer the time, the more dangerous it would be inside.
Four hours, five hours... eight hours.
The sky in the distance gradually turned pale, and the wind became moister and fresher, but there was still no trace of energy fluctuations. Chen Chu, who had not slept all night, put down the book in his hand, turned off the table lamp on the terrace, stood up and walked to the edge of the balcony, where there were pots of flowers and trees, drinking the morning dew and waiting for the sunrise.
Chen Chu suddenly remembered the time when Lin Yan climbed onto his TV. He followed Lin Yan back to the dark alley and taught the two scumbags who followed him a lesson. At that time, the girl who was trembling behind him and holding his clothes just a moment ago, immediately became lively after making sure it was safe. Although the tears in her eyes had not been wiped away, she immediately smiled without any gloom, and even gloated at others: "Scumbag, you have hit a wall. I can't deal with you, but there will always be someone who can deal with you."
Chen Chu doesn't mind helping Lin Xi deal with the scum, but the prerequisite is that he can get it.
The speed of time in the subspace is different from that in the outside world. No one can estimate the exact time when the subspace door will open, but most of the space doors will open again within 24 hours. Chen Chu glanced at the sky and turned to walk into the house. He planned to eat something first and then come back to wait.
Suddenly, a gust of wind came, lifting Chen Chu's slightly wet hair and snow-white shirt.
Energy aftermath.
Chen Chu suddenly turned around, his sharp eyes looking straight down at the place below the city, where a huge Ferris wheel stood.
Jinshi Amusement Park.
Chen Chu stepped onto the balcony and jumped out, his body falling straight down from the 36th floor of the building. When he fell to the 28th floor, wings suddenly grew on his back and he flew towards the amusement park with the wind.
At the same time, in the amusement park, under the Ferris wheel, a dark space crack suddenly appeared, and the disheveled Lin Yan crawled out of it.
Back in the real world, the channel to the TV appeared immediately. Lin Xi wanted to get in without thinking. As long as she could get into the TV, she could get rid of Sato.
Lin Xi’s thoughts were very beautiful, but as soon as she moved, a huge pulling force came through her hair and directly pulled her to the ground.
"Ouch!" Lin Xi cried out in pain and turned back hastily, just in time to see the man in kimono pulling Sadako's hair and walking out of the space door.
The first thing Lin Yan thought of was to take off the wig, but she failed.
[Skill is in use, cannot be removed.]
Lin Xi wished she had a knife in her hand so that she could cut her long hair in one stroke. But now, she could only suffer from Sadako's hair which was too strong and tough.
What to do with such good hair quality
What should I do? What should I do? The ruler can't control the other party, and the TV can't climb up. What else can I do? System, please help me. If you don't help me, you will have to change the host.
“Crash!”
The system seemed to have heard Lin Xi's call, and a bamboo stick suddenly shook out from the stick holder: [Sato Ichiro, 27 years old, was caught for illegal immigration.]
Um
"You are just an F-level thief, and you dare to snatch things from me." Sato Ichiro walked slowly towards Lin Xi, the samurai sword in his hand shining with a cold light, and he raised the sword to chop down.
"Wait, you are going to be caught for smuggling, you still have time to run away..." Lin Xi shouted at the top of her lungs, trying to use the divination results to stop the other party from wanting to kill her, but Sato Ichiro obviously didn't think that killing her would waste much time, and the knife was coming at him without slowing down.
Lin Xi was so frightened that she closed her eyes tightly and waited for a long time, but the pain she had imagined never came.
After hesitating for a moment, Lin Xi quietly opened one eye and saw the snow-white tip of the knife and a slender hand that was even whiter than the tip of the knife. Between the hand and the blade, there was a ball of light blue energy blocking it.
"Chen Chujun?"
"Sato Ichiro?"
The two looked at each other, and there was surprise in each other's tone.
Sato Ichiro withdrew his samurai sword, but his hand still held Sadako's long hair. Chen Chu glanced at her, and with a flick of his right finger, a burst of energy rushed directly to Sato Ichiro's hand that was pulling her hair. Sato Ichiro's face changed, and then he let go and stepped back.
"Chen... Senior Chen Chu?" Lin Yan looked at the tall figure standing in front of her. The strong sense of security made her so excited that she almost cried.
Mom and Dad, Grandpa and Grandma, I am alive again.
"Are you okay?" Chen Chu turned and asked Lin Xi.
Lin Yan got up from the ground in a panic, her face was covered with dust, sweat and tears, and her chest was still a little painful. She felt very aggrieved, pointing at Sato Ichiro and complaining fiercely: "I'm not good, I almost died, wuwuwu... Senior, he wanted to kill me as soon as I entered, and I didn't offend him."
Compared to the ordinary world, the subspace is a lawless place without laws and rules. People who enter there will not be protected by the law and will follow the natural law of the survival of the fittest. Chen Chu understood this when he first entered. There is no need for a reason to kill someone, just a matter of mood. Everyone who enters the subspace should understand this, so Lin Xi's complaint is actually unreasonable.
But... Chen Chu wanted to control it, but he didn't need any reason.
"Chen Chujun, she stole my things." Sato Ichiro sensed Chen Chu's murderous intent and explained, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have chased her here to kill her."
Chen Chu raised his eyebrows and looked back at Lin Xi. He didn’t want to blame Lin Xi for stealing things, but with Lin Xi’s ability, could she steal Sato’s things
"I didn't do it, Senior Chen Chu, don't listen to his nonsense, he framed me." When Sadako was stealing things, Lin Xi was running for her life, so she didn't see it.
"You did. You used your hair to roll away my energy crystal." Sato scolded.
Lin Xi blinked, reached out and pulled two handfuls of Sadako's hair to her chest, and sure enough, she saw a green energy crystal entangled in the hair at the end of one of the hairs.
Oh my god, was it really robbed
Lin Yan looked at Chen Chu guiltily and said, "This was not stolen by me, it was stolen by my hair."
Chen Chu glanced at Lin Yan in surprise, but he didn't mean to blame her. Instead, he turned to Sato Ichiro and said, "Mr. Sato, in the subspace, things are ownerless. Whoever takes it out of the subspace owns it. If you want to talk about stealing, you are the one stealing her things."
Lin Yan's eyes widened. Is this still possible? Isn't it a bit unreasonable? But it sounds so good.
Sato Ichiro looked at Lin Yan, who was bullying others, and then at Chen Chu, who was calm and composed. He knew that he couldn't get the things back today, so he simply bowed and said, "Mr. Chen Chu is right. I'll take my leave."
After saying that, Sato Ichiro was about to leave.
"Wait!" Chen Chu stopped Sato Ichiro and said, "Mr. Sato, have you reported your entry into China?"
Sato Ichiro's face darkened and he explained, "I came out of the subspace and didn't know this was China."
Sato's meaning was very clear. He did not fail to report on purpose. He entered the subspace from his own country, and then entered China from the subspace. He had no way to report even if he wanted to.
Chen Chu nodded: "This is indeed force majeure, which is understandable, but smuggling is smuggling."
Lin Xi suddenly realized that this was what the system meant by smuggling.
"What do you want?" Sato Ichiro looked at Chen Chu warily.
"Mr. Sato, don't be nervous. China is a country of etiquette and will not embarrass you. There are two solutions. One, you follow me back to the law enforcement team to surrender yourself, and wait for your country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to negotiate and take you back. Two..." Chen Chu said in a gentle tone, "You intend to escape, I will arrest you and hand you over to the law enforcement team for disposal, and wait for your country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to negotiate and take you back."
Sato Ichiro's face was so ugly. If he had any courage at this moment, he would have chopped Chen Chu with a knife, but... he couldn't beat Chen Chu. And this was China. If he took action, the supernatural organizations in China would never let him go.
He couldn't fight, and he couldn't escape, but he couldn't say the word "surrender". Sato just wished the space door would open again so he could get back in.
"If Mr. Sato doesn't say anything, I will assume that you agree to surrender."
“…” Sato Ichiro’s hand holding the samurai sword trembled, but he didn’t say anything and didn’t run away.
Lin Xi also noticed from his expression that he really wanted to surrender himself.
So Chen Chu called the law enforcement team on the spot: "Mr. Sato is a smuggler. He knows his behavior is inappropriate and has turned himself in. You guys come and pick him up. We are now in the amusement park, under the Ferris wheel. Okay, I'll wait for you to come over."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Chu politely said to Sato Ichiro, whose face had turned pale, "Mr. Sato, please wait a moment. It will take about 20 minutes for the law enforcement team to arrive."
After witnessing Chen Chu's series of actions, Lin Xi couldn't help but quietly pulled Chen Chu's clothes.
When Chen Chu turned around, he saw Lin Xi giving him a thumbs-up with both hands.
Chen Chu chuckled, and the dimples that appeared faintly caught the first ray of morning sunshine.
(End of this chapter)