NOVEL WEB Chapter 1: 1
2023 year 9 month 1 day
The sandstorm that swept across the globe had been raging for three days, and the originally blue-dominated planet had been covered in a dull yellow. At first, the air outside was filled with yellow, but after three days, even the tightly closed windows in the house had become filthy. No matter how diligently one cleaned, the floor was still covered with a layer of fine silk, and the exposed parts of the furniture were naturally unable to escape. The wardrobe, bookshelves, and dining tables were all coated with a layer of stench, and every breath carried a foul odor.
Diep Tich was here for three days and almost collapsed. Because she was a very delicate person, she inevitably had some compulsive symptoms. She couldn't stand this situation anymore, and in three days she did countless housework.
However, there was also good news, which was that the continuous impact of this unusual sandstorm had caused the opening of all primary and secondary schools in the C Country to be postponed. Although Ye Xi was already close to graduating and originally did not need to go to school, the original interview had also been postponed, giving her more time to prepare.
"According to incomplete statistics, the global sandstorm has caused at least 12 thousand casualties, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization brought to Beijing time..."
As a student, Ye Xi habitually opened the news as a background when doing housework. She would not necessarily turn off this "background" in time when she was doing housework, but today because all the news was related to the sandstorm, Ye Xi felt frustrated. After pulling it up and sitting in front of the computer, she immediately turned off the news interface.
The sound emitted from the Bluetooth speaker disappeared, and Ye Xi let out a sigh of relief. She sat in front of the computer for a while, and the phone beside the mouse vibrated twice, drawing her eyes away.
On the screen the banner reminder is Pop Mart public hype: [New product | Adventure story from deep in the jungle! ].
Diệp Tịch's eyebrows jumped slightly, his emotions complicated as he thought: It's still you, Pop Mart, the sandstorm blowing and sweeping can't stop you from going to the blind box to collect my money.
This thought had not yet passed through her mind, her hand had already honestly reached out towards the mobile phone, the person's face was unlocked at the same time she pointed towards that reminder banner, the interface directly jumped to the content page.
The most literary thing below the "Read the original text" immediately received a blind box. Ye Xi skillfully clicked on it, and an online blind box was placed in front of her.
The upper blind box line and the next line form, mostly a set of 12, arranged in a 4*3 format.
Diep Tich pointed to the next blind box, after completing the payment, the white light special effect bloomed.
She couldn't help but hold her breath waiting for the box to open, but her phone suddenly went black.
Without waiting for her to react, a bunch of white words jumped out from the black screen:
"1. The real world will not be polluted, please rest assured; 2. You are human. No matter when or where, please remember you are human..."
The originally quiet Bluetooth speaker suddenly emitted a sound:
"3. If you are unfortunate enough to enter the realm of the strange talk, please seriously read all the rules that appear before you;
4. Please keep your doubts to yourself, but don't doubt yourself so easily..."
This voice seemed to come from the AI itself, very mechanical, and it was impossible to tell if it was male or female.
Diep Tich was so scared that he raised his head and discovered that the computer was also black, and the same reminder jumped up and down with his phone:
"5. Remember to confirm the number of people who entered the strange talk realm with you from the beginning. If you remember it later, please disregard this article. The number of people is no longer important;
6. No matter what sudden situation you encounter, please do not forget your own character;
7. Posted in public areas (such as: gymnasium walls) rules, you do not need to do anything to hide. Appear in your private area within the rules do not easily expose to others, unless you completely trust the other party or think the exposure is necessary.
"What the hell?!" Diep Tich thought it was a Trojan invasion, he muttered to himself while frantically clicking the mouse, trying to save the computer.
But the computer did not have any reaction, the mobile phone suddenly spoke a few seconds later: "Lucky challenger, congratulations on obtaining a special ability, please draw a blind box!"
This sound is exactly the same as the sound emitted by the Bluetooth speaker just now.
Diep Tich was stimulated by a layer of goosebumps, he lowered his head and saw that the mobile screen was still black. But the text disappeared, replaced by three purple-black boxes floating on the screen.
What's the situation, are Trojans starting to do blind boxes these days?!
Diep Tich hesitated a bit, tried to probe the middle point, the white light effect bloomed, disappeared, a person wearing a Q version of the Sorcerer's robe appeared, below it was a row of small words:
"Congratulations on reaching the [Prophet] stage. When you next enter the Rule Realm, I will challenge the first person to be tainted."
What is this...
A series of strange events made Diep Tich dizzy, staring at the mobile screen in deep thought.
Three or five seconds later, the mobile screen suddenly returned to normal, the interface was the colorful Pop Mart blind box interface, the blind box she had just drawn was opened, on it was the blind box she had just drawn, the middle of the 12th section of the jungle oa oa set, there was nothing unusual, nor was it some kind of [Prophet].
"?" Diep Tich was speechless, she raised her head to look at the computer screen again, the computer screen was also normal. She tried opening a few softwares, but didn't feel anything unusual, as if everything just now was her illusion.
Insurance started, Diep Tich felt it was better to take the mobile computer for a checkup.
It is the current sandstorm ——
She instinctively looked out the window and was surprised to find that the wind and sand that had been filling the room outside the window had disappeared. The sky was deep blue and the late autumn was cool.
The window was lowered, and a group of residents poured out of the unit door, looking around in surprise at the sky, while whispering to each other: "What happened?"
"Did you get any news just now? What is the Rule Realm?"
"Got it, got it! Mobile phones and computers all suddenly have black bullet reminders, even including… TV?! But our house doesn't have an intelligent TV, it doesn't have network functionality!"
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9 months 15 days
Half a month passed, the three consecutive days of sandstorms had lost their attention, to the point that the strange news that swept the entire world like sandstorms was classified by the United Nations as a prank organized by hackers. Although there was no organization responsible for this event for the next half a month, this explanation was still accepted by the majority of people, especially the elderly and middle-aged people who were not too online.
On the internet, all kinds of analysis, speculation, and conspiracy theories are endless. The A country's bored netizens made "The Rule-dimension" the hottest topic the next day after its release.
C country, Sina Weibo super talk #Rule Scene # temperature has increased and decreased. Ye Xi clicked to open and read it twice, originally worried that the interview would use these hot topics as a test, wanted to see if there was any news material, but in the end saw netizens with great enthusiasm opening their brains, writing many detailed assumptions for "Rule Scene", reading it like urban strange literature, extremely wonderful, unfortunately it was only suitable for filming as a mystery program, unable to be used as news.
Her new interview date was set for September 20th. Ye Xi took advantage of these days to run around several libraries, temporarily hugging Buddha's feet, and consolidating her professional knowledge.
Today, Diep Tich went to the library after taking a nap. The nearest library to her neighborhood was only a district-level library, but as the capital of City B, the library's collection and facilities were quite visible, and were enough for ordinary people to use.
The professional news book is located in the 5th floor of the west library. Normally, not many people come to this area, but the library is still prepared to accommodate dozens of people sitting down to read at the same time. At first glance, it always seems a bit empty.
Ye Xi leaned against the desk reading, from 1 o'clock in the afternoon he had been waiting for 3 o'clock, the library was quiet without a sound. Around 3 o'clock and 50 o'clock, someone shouted: "Why is there a sandstorm outside?"
The West District had a small number of people looking out the window at the same time. Outside, they didn't know when the yellow sand had started to fill the area. It was no different from half a month ago.
"Come on, let's go home quickly." A short-haired female student who was reading in the same reading area as Ye Xi hurriedly packed her school bag. The others also reacted when they heard her words and headed towards the main gate.
Diep Tich walked at the back, walking out with them. Just as they reached the door, they heard the man in front exclaim: "How come it's the same from beginning to end?"
Diep Tich raised her head and saw that the area outside the door that should have been a small passage had turned into the west area, as if the scene in the mirror was taking place in the space behind her.
"Not suitable!" The big guys almost simultaneously turned around and pushed the door open again. At this time, Ye Xi walked all the way to the front. After passing through the door, it was still the same western area.
The strange situation made Diep Tich instinctively want to call for help, but when he took out his phone, he saw that there was no signal or internet.
"What's going on? A ghost is hitting the wall?!" The man in the tail was so scared that his voice trembled, because he looked like a strong man, this kind of intense reaction seemed a bit funny.
But in reality, no one is not afraid of this kind of strange situation. Ye Xi heard his heart beating faster. He held his breath and looked around. His eyes stopped on the blue door not far away on the left side.
At the left end of the wall, there is a series of self-help reading machines, which can be used to patrol the book locations and scan the registration code. There is a table near the door, which looks like the administrator is sitting, but at this time, the administrator is not there, and there is only a stack of blue papers on the table.
Diep Tich believed that when he went to the library, there was no stack of papers.
She calmed down and walked forward. Behind her, a few people were nervously staring at her. So when she picked up the paper, everyone's eyes stopped on the paper at the same time.
On the top of the page, in large, eye-catching black letters, is written: Wuzhuang Library Reader Rules.
Below is the most common small 5-character Song text in the document:
"—— In order to provide everyone with a wonderful reading space, please remember this page's rules. In order to avoid forgetting, we have made many copies of this page's rules. You can use it at any time, without worrying about losing it:
1. The owner of the visitor's license must register at the self-help registration area and receive the loan slip, and ensure that the loan slip remains with him at all times;
2. Every time you borrow a letter, you need to go to the self-registration area first to scan the code;
3. Look at the following rules, you have 10 minutes to prepare, after 10 minutes please make sure you always keep the book company, moreover every 10 minutes update 1 book, but the same area and same time period within the same area can not exceed 3 books, each person in the same area needs to take the book within 30 minutes;
4...."
Ye Xi had just finished reading the fourth article when the short-haired female student beside her took a step back in fear. The person behind her had her instep stepped on, and she quickly sucked in a breath of cold air. The gasping sound caused everyone to nervously watch.
But the short-haired female student had no time to apologize at all, her thin lips moved, clearly trembling: "This is... This is the Rule Realm right? My cousin... My cousin probably isn't lying to me..."
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