"I don't have time to talk."
Han Jun spoke the moment Lin Sanjiu picked up the phone.
Without waiting for her response, the man on the other end of the phone, the former posthuman with a round face, continued, "I'm not lying to you. I really want to talk to someone about this world. I had a stomach full of words that I wanted to say to someone, scratching my heart and lungs. Just as I told you last night, I've been in this world for more than three years. To be precise, I was transported to this world forty months ago. "
Before Wu Lun could finish his sentence, Lin Sanjiu put the phone on speaker mode. Han Jun's voice rang out clearly in the room. Wu Lun had no idea what was going on, but he didn't dare to ask. He squatted down beside Lin Sanjiu quietly.
"I didn't get a visa at that time. It was a random transfer."
Han Jun didn't seem to want to give Lin Sanjiu a chance to ask any questions. He continued, as if he had been holding it in for a long time, "I thought I had hit the jackpot. I was actually transported to a world six months ago … At that time, I robbed a cash truck and used the money to stock up a lot of resources for myself. It was also at that time that I got to know a lot of people who lived in the gray world. However, they were all ordinary people. You are the first posthuman I met in three years. "
Wu Lun's face turned pale. He looked at his phone and then at Lin Sanjiu.
"I returned the six Special Items to you last night," Lin Sanjiu said slowly as she stared at the screen. "You were the one who told me that you had to return the Special Items to keep your job …"
Wu Lun gasped. He seemed to have understood what Lin Sanjiu meant. He immediately covered his mouth.
There was silence on the other end of the phone. Han Jun, who was no longer a posthuman, obviously didn't hear Wu Lun's gasp.
"Since you mentioned this, it means that you have seen the news, right?" He sighed and said, "You know that I … You know that the six Special Items have been stolen? The reason why I called you so early was because I wanted to get the news before you found out. I really didn't expect this. "
As expected, the six Special Items that had lost their effectiveness had been secretly hidden away by him. Lin Sanjiu couldn't be blamed for this. She already had the mindset of a posthuman. To a posthuman, a Special Item that couldn't be used was equivalent to a piece of trash. If she gave it away, then so be it. What was there to think about?
"The newspaper said you were punished," she said coldly.
"Who wouldn't be willing to exchange a job with no future for 16 million? Do you know how many years it would take me to earn 16 million? Even a lifetime's salary isn't enough! " Han Jun refuted fiercely, but he suddenly fell silent for a few seconds. Then, he said with a wry smile, "But to be honest, when I persuaded you to give it to me last night, I didn't … I didn't make up my mind. After soaking in this world for more than three years, I've lost all my courage. "
Lin Sanjiu frowned.
"It was after you left that I finally made up my mind. I'm f * * king going all out. Like I said, you're the first evolved human I've seen in three years. I've forgotten how long it's been since I last saw … saw a posthuman fight. "
When Han Jun said that, his voice suddenly quivered a little. Even though he immediately calmed down, Lin Sanjiu could clearly hear the desire that surfaced in his voice at that instant. "I thought I had already adapted to modern life. I thought I could treat the ten years I spent as a posthuman as a dream … I even have a wife here!"
Lin Sanjiu didn't respond. She just listened to him quietly.
Han Jun calmed himself down and seemed to realize that he was a little too excited. On the other end of the phone, there was a steady and continuous low noise that seemed to come from some kind of engine. It sounded like he was either in a car or on a train.
"But, I feel terrible," Han Jun said in a low voice. Han Jun said in a low voice, "For the past few years, I've been watching myself getting weaker and weaker. I've lost my strength bit by bit. My stomach has bulged and my muscles have shrunk. I can't run fast now, and I can't see far … Sometimes, I dream that I'm in a group of people. I don't know why, but when I found out that they were all posthuman, I would sit on the ground and cry … When I think about how I will be like this for the rest of my life, I'm really … scared. "
Lin Sanjiu didn't expect that he would say such a thing to a posthuman who was almost a stranger to her.
"I need power. I need something that allows me to do what I want and not do what I don't want." Han Jun's voice quivered more and more, but he didn't seem to notice it. "I can't get back the power I had in the past … But in this modern world, there is another kind of power, and that is money. Your appearance last night was undoubtedly a big favor from God … It was a windfall delivered to my doorstep! "
Before Lin Sanjiu could say anything, he became agitated, "You used your ability and item when you took the items. These normal people can't see through us posthumans' tricks at all. Is there any better and safer way to protect yourself? Let this be a mystery. They have no clue, and you have nothing to lose. Anyway, you have no use for them, right? I can guarantee that they don't even know about your existence. You did it so cleanly last night that none of the cameras had your image. Instead, when I went to look for you at the bottom of the building, I had to cut off the power cables of a few of the cameras. "
She still had the ability to evolve, which meant that she still had a power that this world couldn't understand. Han Jun wanted to benefit himself, but he wasn't stupid enough to harm her. Furthermore, her tricks were beyond the imagination of normal people. This was originally an unsolvable case. No matter how he looked at it, there was no need for Han Jun to draw the attention of the world to her.
Perhaps it was because both of them knew each other very well that they decided to call each other.
"Take this as the first piece of advice given to you by the posthuman seniors. Try to get as much money as you can before your ability disappears. In this world, money is the equivalent of an evolved ability. "
"I don't want money," Lin Sanjiu suddenly blurted out. She heard herself quickly replying, "I just want to keep my power."
After a few seconds, Han Jun let out a short laugh.
"That's difficult," he said softly. "I waited for seven months, but the apocalypse didn't come. Instead, all my abilities and items deteriorated severely … Even an idiot would know that something was wrong. At that time, I looked up a lot of information on people with special abilities. I wanted to know if they were posthumans who were trapped in this world. I wanted to see if there was a way to preserve my power … Guess what? I found a diary left behind by a Consular Officer. "
Lin Sanjiu's body tensed up. "What did he write?"
"First, even though he was a Consular Officer, he didn't get a visa from any other Consular Officer. His arrival in this world was purely a random transfer. Second, "Han Jun paused for a moment and laughed," Once he arrived here, he couldn't even get a single visa. "
"From the very beginning …? No, that's not right. Before his ability disappeared, he should have — "
"You got the point. Before his powers had faded, he had tried to issue a visa. He said that even though he could still feel his ability, he couldn't get a visa. The Consular Officer gave me an analogy … He said that his ability was like opening a door and taking something out from behind the door. After he arrived here, he could still open the door, but there was nothing for him to take out from behind the door. He couldn't figure out why that was the case. "
Lin Sanjiu could feel goosebumps rising on her thighs. The consular officer's analogy reminded her of another experience that was similar to what she had gone through.
"Is it … like when you open a shop and realize that all the items are unavailable?" Lin Sanjiu said in a low voice. She wanted to laugh, but a hollow sound came from her throat. It was as if the wind was blowing through a decaying tree hole. "Are we disconnected from the past?"
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