Li Yao swung his hands, reminiscing the feeling of his hands moving like the wind and even turning into a cloud of gray mist. Feeling the cool breeze of the early summer night, he pondered his own thoughts.
As the breeze blew, he was not so drunk anymore. The words of the boss, Zhao Kai, and Yu Xin just now echoed in his ears.
It seemed that he was not the only one who was as confused as he was. Perhaps most people in the world were wandering between dreams and reality, tossing and turning, which was exactly what they wanted.
What's more, other people wanted to be the captain of an aircraft carrier or an ocean-going ship when they were young. They wanted to be gymnasts or artists. These were all "dreams". He just read a few novels and had some nightmares about Tyrannosaurus Rex, and he was muddle-headed all day long. What kind of dream was that?
Li Yao didn't know where he heard a saying, "The so-called dream is just an excuse to escape from reality." Thinking about it carefully, it was reasonable. At least it was very suitable for him.
Probably, it was because he wanted to escape from growing up, society, work, and a difficult and boring life that he got into the world of novels and dreams and couldn't get out.
Fake, fake, those were all fake!
Li Yao burped loudly. He only felt that his throat was on fire, and it was hot and painful.
He felt a little nauseous. He wanted to throw out the confusion of the past few days and the strange dreams that had been haunting him all the time. He didn't want to bother him anymore.
This area was originally the suburb of Jiangnan City. Since some universities in the city moved here and formed a university town, quite a lively neighborhood spontaneously formed around it. Thousands of lights were on, and it was quite popular.
On the other side of the wide road, a new development zone was being built. There was also a 10-lane overpass that led directly to the city. From time to time, the roar of engines could be heard. Those roaring sports cars that roared by reminded Li Yao with the dazzling light of what was illusory and what was reality.
"Beat, beat, beat you monster to death!"
"I won, oh, oh, oh!"
Several children were playing on the side of the road.
They were wearing the masks of monsters, superheroes, and robots respectively. They were holding toy swords and guns that could shine. They were playing the ancient and never-weary war games, and their laughter was flying all over the sky.
One of the children stepped back while playing and accidentally bumped into Li Yao. With a cry of surprise, he took off his mask and stuck out his tongue at Li Yao.
Not far from the restaurant, grocery store, and small shop, a few women's curses were heard. These children were all startled and ran towards their own doors.
Most of the restaurants and small shops here were run by the residents nearby. They were both shops and their own homes. After school, the children at home would move the tables and chairs outside because they felt that the weather was too hot. They would do their homework while enjoying the breeze. In fact, it was just convenient for them to play with their friends. Li Yao vaguely remembered that when he was a child, he was also like this.
His gaze fell on the textbook that a child had opened, and he couldn't help but laugh.
The textbook originally had a picture of an ancient poet or politician, but the child had used a ballpoint pen to smear it beyond recognition, turning it into a fully-armored, one-eyed warrior. It was not just any armor, but a crystal railgun on his shoulder. His entire body was shining, and behind him, flames of war were surging. It was somewhat similar to the Crystal Suit in Li Yao's strange dream. He was like a space pirate who commanded the sea of stars.
Li Yao recalled that when he was a child, he seemed to have done something similar. He didn't let go of any of the famous ancient figures in his textbook. He had smeared them into a mess, making them look neither human nor ghost.
Come to think of it, Yu Xin, Zhao Kai, and even Zhou Ping were the same, right?
It was an impulse that couldn't be described with words. When they were bored to death, they subconsciously smeared it. Often, they didn't even realize that the textbook had turned into a picture album.
But he wondered if these children were dreaming about … the dreams of their previous lives, the sea of stars, the war in the universe, and the billions of dazzling worlds.
He didn't know what these children's dreams were at this moment. Was it to be a scientist, an artist, an adventurer, the captain of an aircraft carrier, or was it more exaggerated — to be a superhero who commanded the universe?
He didn't even know if these children would still remember the joy of acting as heroes today, the boldness of wanting to be scientists and adventurers, and the courage of wanting to realize their dreams at all costs when they reached the age of Li Yao, Yu Xin, Zhao Kai, and Zhou Ping.
Li Yao sighed. He suddenly felt somewhat dispirited.
"It's useless. It's impossible to defeat it."
He muttered to himself, "Face reality and give up. It's too strong. It's too strong. No one can defeat it. Give up!"
Li Yao didn't know what he was talking about. Perhaps people who drank were just talking nonsense.
He held onto the railing on the side of the road, staggered forward, and took out his mobile phone.
His finger lightly touched the icon of the reading software. After a moment of hesitation, he deleted 《40,000 Years of Cultivation》, including the entire software.
It's useless. Give up. No one can defeat it.
Dreams were fake, reality was real. Everyone had to live in reality and could never escape from it, right?
Humans were like tiny ants living on Earth. They would never, ever be able to ascend to the stars and the sea of stars, right?
Chasing after an illusory dream was of no use other than hurting oneself badly and making the people around you suffer, right?
Yes.
Yes!
Yes?
But …
Why was he still a little unwilling? He always felt that he had lost something, something very, very important. He vowed to use all his strength to defend and pursue it.
His internal organs and the depths of his brain were empty. Something had withered. He was no longer the real him. He was just a walking corpse in his own body.
"Boom! Boom boom! "
At this moment, a thunderous engine sound came from behind Li Yao. It was obvious that it was a high-horsepower luxury sports car.
In front of him, a child chased after a bouncing ball and rushed onto the road.
Li Yao's pupils suddenly contracted. The alcohol surging in his blood vessels was ignited. The tyrannical energy blasted into each of his brain cells, turning his brain cells into powerful supercomputers!
Even without looking back, he could hear more than a hundred different engine sounds in an instant. That was the sound of all the cars driving on the street within a thousand meters.
He could even analyze the brand of each car based on the intensity and rhythm of the engine sounds, their performance parameters, and their current state. He also knew where they were in the last second, the next second, the last minute, and the next minute.
The chaos caused by the bouncing ball, the running path of the child, and even the falling trajectory of each leaf in the breeze. Within a hundred meters, all the details were within his grasp.
Li Yao didn't think at all. Everything was as natural as breathing and heartbeat.
When he exerted strength in his legs and shot out like an arrow, he did not feel drunk at all. He only felt that every muscle and every bone in his body had turned into a part of a precise machine that fit together perfectly. There was nothing thrilling about it at all, but it could definitely be done. This was what it meant to be easy to get something out of one's pocket.
He even deliberately lowered his head and paid great attention to the angle of his face that was exposed. At first, he didn't realize why he was doing this, but soon he realized —
He was avoiding the surveillance cameras near the street lamps and traffic lights.
He seemed to naturally know how many surveillance cameras there were in the vicinity. Even when he was most drunk, he deliberately avoided them and didn't show his face to the surveillance cameras.
His figure was ordinary, his face was mediocre, and there was nothing special about the way he usually dressed. Looking at the university campus, he could find three to five hundred college boys dressed like him within a minute. This was not intentional, but an innate habit.
"Boom!"
When the high-horsepower luxury sports car roared past them, Li Yao just happened to throw the child to the ground. Fortunately.
The child wasn't injured, but he was so scared that his face was pale and he couldn't speak for a long time.
On the contrary, Li Yao was brushed by the violent airflow. When he landed, he was not very stable. His elbow was scratched hard, and blood was dripping.
It happened so suddenly that not many people noticed it.
The driver of the sports car should have noticed something. Although it was wrong for the child to suddenly run out, he was at least 50% faster than the speed limit.
However, the fiery red sports car only slowed down a little. Seeing that the two of them were fine, it made a deafening roar again and left as if there was no one around.
Not far ahead was the ramp of the viaduct. From there, it was a smooth and unimpeded road of dozens of kilometers. Because it had just been repaired, there were not many cars coming and going at night, so it became a racing venue for many people. Li Yao was troubled by the roar of the viaduct day and night, so he had long known the notoriety of these people.
The ball of fire in his heart suddenly exploded.
He couldn't tell whether it was anger or excitement, or maybe a combination of both, but the inexplicable excitement was stronger. The engines of the sports cars that rushed past him roared like thunder, like the sound of cannons, and bombarded his heart, waking up the existence that had been sleeping for a long time.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! Li Yao's eyes emitted a sharp light, and all the information around him was in his eyes.
Within a radius of one kilometer, there were a total of 47 surveillance probes set up on the street lights and traffic lights. In addition, there were 132 businesses that might set up their own private surveillance probes.
In the past minute, a total of 166 cars had been smashed one after another, including 19 modified sports cars. They appeared in this place at this time. What did they want to do?
The noodle house 370 meters ahead was opened by a young couple from Shanbei Province. Most of the taxi drivers in Jiangnan City were from Shanbei Province, so every night, many villagers gathered here to party. Naturally, there were always a few taxis parked on the side of the road.
Then, there was only one question left.
Li Yao looked at the child in his arms.
The little guy was only six or seven years old and was still in a daze. Naturally, it was impossible for him to remember what he looked like.
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