“You’re saying all of humanity will be wiped out in less than an hour?”
Wu Jin: “Fake, just messing with you! Operation canceled, now find me an internet cafe!”
Helmet Man suddenly understood, then frowned.
“Operation canceled? You’ve been planning this for so long, and you’re canceling it at the last minute?”
Wu Jin nodded.
Helmet Man continued:
“Even if the operation is canceled, we don’t refund the money! Are you sure?”
Wu Jin was speechless; these mercenaries really were money-loving people.
“Don’t worry, I don’t want the money. Right now, I need to find an internet cafe; I need to look something up!”
“An internet cafe?”
The team members in the van all looked at Wu Jin in surprise.
Helmet Man said faintly: “It’s been so many years since I heard such an old-fashioned name! An internet cafe! A Le, your hometown probably still has one, right?”
A Le, in the front row, shook his head:
“No, Boss, those outdated things were phased out years ago!”
Upon hearing this, Helmet Man looked at Wu Jin and asked:
“What do you need an internet cafe for?”
Wu Jin naturally understood that there were no internet cafes in this world.
He casually said: “To look up information. Since there are no internet cafes, then just find any place with internet access! If worst comes to worst, give me a mobile phone!”
“A mobile phone???”
Helmet Man frowned, sizing up Wu Jin: “You look so young, yet the terms you use are so old-fashioned!”
“Huh?” Wu Jin was speechless.
Could it be that even mobile phones have been phased out in the future world?
Then what tools do people use to communicate with each other?
Helmet Man saw Wu Jin’s confusion, so he said:
“You requested it; no communication devices were allowed on this operation. Now you’re asking for one again, it’s a bit troublesome! But if you need to look up information, you can go to the Ten Thousand Affairs Hall in the city center; they have quantum computers there!”
“Then let’s go there!” Wu Jin urged.
“Alright! Let’s go! Drive!” Helmet Man ordered.
The van turned and drove towards the city.
Wu Jin had been to Southern City No. 8 twice before.
This city, to him, truly had a futuristic feel.
The usual screen billboards were replaced by virtual projections, and aerial manned vehicles operated in an orderly fashion, layered and on designated routes. Occasionally, one could even see people wearing jetpacks flying by.
Overall, it looked entirely like a city of the future.
The van they were driving, moving through the technologically advanced city, seemed particularly out of place.
Soon.
The van stopped in front of a magnificent building.
Helmet Man pointed to the building’s entrance and said:
“We’ve arrived at the Ten Thousand Affairs Hall. Inside, there’s a quantum computer that can look up information; it should meet your requirements!”
Wu Jin nodded and was about to get out of the car.
Helmet Man stopped him and said:
“Take off your clothes. The Ten Thousand Affairs Hall prohibits entry to those in strange attire!”
Wu Jin looked down and only then realized he was still wearing a tactical suit.
He quickly took off his clothes and walked towards the Ten Thousand Affairs Hall.
Helmet Man shouted from behind:
“We’ll be waiting for you in Parking Lot No. 2. Remember to find me when you come out!”
Wu Jin didn’t answer. If all went well, they shouldn’t meet again this time!
It was currently noon.
The plaza in front of the Ten Thousand Affairs Hall was crowded with people.
They were in groups of two or three, either operating various strange electronic devices or talking about love.
There was no sense of tension as if the end of the world was approaching.
He walked into the Ten Thousand Affairs Hall’s entrance.
The security check was very strict, and Wu Jin felt a bit nervous at the sight.
After so many dreams, he didn’t know his current identity.
Plus, he had previously planned to attack a biotechnology company with mercenaries, so he couldn’t guarantee whether he had a legitimate identity.
But since he was already here!
He imitated the people who went in before him, scanning his face and verifying his fingerprint.
The next moment.
A virtual projection of a beautiful female attendant smiled slightly:
“Welcome, esteemed Mr. Wu Jin!”
Wu Jin was stunned, and the people queuing behind him were equally stunned.
The people who entered before, after verification, the virtual service staff only said “Welcome.”
But when it came to Wu Jin, the virtual service staff directly spoke his name, and seemed very respectful.
“Could it be that my future self has an unusual identity?”
Feeling the burning gazes of the crowd behind him, Wu Jin quickly entered the Ten Thousand Affairs Hall.
Upon entering, he saw a spacious and bright hall, with dense rows of operating areas protruding from the floor.
Many people were currently looking up information in these operating areas.
The projection screens in front of them constantly flickered, and the privacy design prevented Wu Jin from seeing the content displayed on them.
“Hello, Mr. Wu Jin, how may I help you?”
Specks of starlight gathered in front of Wu Jin, forming a virtual beauty.
Wu Jin tried: “I want to look up some information!”
“Alright! Sir, please follow me!”
With that, the virtual beauty actually walked away quite naturally.
Wu Jin followed her and quickly arrived at an operating area.
The virtual beauty smiled: “This is a quantum computer. It stores all human knowledge and history since the dawn of time. Welcome to use it!”
Wu Jin nodded.
The virtual beauty returned a gentle smile, then dissipated.
“How truly amazing!”
He marveled at the power of future technology.
Then he focused his attention on the quantum computer in front of him.
The operation was very simple, just simple clicks and swipes, but compared to old mobile phones, the quantum computer’s click and swipe range became three-dimensional and omnidirectional; you could click in front, behind, left, right, up, and down.
Of course, there was also a voice query function.
Wu Jin pressed the voice communication button and said:
“Search for the 2025 lottery winning records!”
The quantum computer immediately responded.
【Unable to query!】
【The lottery was canceled by the Blue Star Federation 10 years ago, and all historical records were destroyed!】
“What the hell!” Wu Jin was speechless.
What kind of thing was canceled!
The key is, if it’s canceled, why destroy the historical records?
It’s over, his plan for instant riches is ruined.
So, Wu Jin could only search for the second item.
“Look up the 2025 Lin City college entrance examination questions!”
Soon, a series of web page information appeared on the virtual screen.
The first item, in particular, caught Wu Jin’s attention.
【Top Ten College Entrance Examination Accidents in History!】
He clicked on the webpage.
In the description of the second accident, he saw information about the 2025 college entrance examination.
【In the 2025 college entrance examination, exam papers independently set by cities like Lin City and Zhou City were accidentally leaked. The Ministry of Education activated an emergency response mode, temporarily changing the college entrance examination papers to National Paper One on June 4th!】
“Hmm? Using National Paper One? Is that possible?”
Wu Jin frowned.
Lin City’s college entrance examination had always used independently set papers. It hadn’t changed for many years.
But this news said that Lin City would use the national paper?
One must know that for something as important as the college entrance examination, changing the papers would cause public outcry.
As for the college entrance examination papers being leaked, that seemed even more unrealistic.
Wu Jin was not entirely convinced!
“June 4th! Tomorrow?”
It seems he would have to wait a day to verify it.
No…!!!
Wu Jin suddenly realized.
He remembered something.
All this time, he hadn’t found any information about Lin City in the dream world.
This was one of the reasons why he had always suspected that this was not the future world.
But now, he actually saw Lin City, and Zhou City to the south of Lin City.
Finding a city from reality in a dream, although he had guessed it before, Wu Jin still felt it was somewhat unrealistic.
So, this is really the future?
But why would China go to such great lengths to rename cities?
Could there be some major event?
Thinking of this, Wu Jin pressed the voice button and asked:
“The origin of Southern City No. 8!”
【Southern City No. 8, 10 years ago, was formed by the fifteen northern cities of China to facilitate management by the Blue Star Federation, a city of the future.】
Just a few simple words.
But Wu Jin grasped several important pieces of information.
Blue Star Federation!
It was easy to understand; it should be a common human government.
Thinking of the world in reality, which was still in heated conflicts, Wu Jin found it hard to imagine humanity forming a united government.
“The reason for the formation of the Blue Star Federation?”
【Sorry, you do not have permission to view!】
“Huh?”
“Then look up the constituent countries of the Blue Star Federation!”
【Sorry, you do not have permission to view!】
Wu Jin, not believing in bad luck, asked several more questions about the Blue Star Federation.
However, the quantum computer consistently showed that he had no permission to view.
“Damn it, and you call yourself a quantum computer! You don’t know anything!”
After his impotent rage.
Wu Jin remembered his purpose for being here.
Now, having learned the origin of Southern City No. 8 here, combined with the familiar isolation room he saw in the real world.
Wu Jin was 80% certain in his heart that the dream world was the future.
And the most pressing matter, naturally, was to look up the college entrance examination questions. As for other questions, he would slowly investigate them when he had the chance later.
So, he changed his tone and began to search the college entrance examination question bank.
On the projection screen, the 2025 college entrance examination actual questions appeared.
Things from the dream world could not be brought back to reality, so Wu Jin could only rely on his memory.
Starting with mathematics, Wu Jin began to memorize everything by rote.
However, as he was immersed in memorizing the college entrance examination questions.
After an unknown amount of time, on the second floor of the Ten Thousand Affairs Hall, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes, accompanied by several guards, appeared in a hurry, looking down at Wu Jin’s location.
After confirming Wu Jin’s position.
The middle-aged man led the guards quickly downstairs.
He came close to Wu Jin.
“Mr. Wu Jin, please state your reason for querying the Blue Star Federation!”
Wu Jin was engrossed in memorizing the questions and was startled by the sudden voice.
He looked at the displeased middle-aged man.
“Are you talking to me?”
The middle-aged man didn’t waste words, but repeated again, with a slight warning in his tone:
“Please state your reason for querying the Blue Star Federation!!!”
Seeing this, Wu Jin asked curiously:
“Can’t I look it up?”
The middle-aged man frowned, his tone serious:
“According to Federal Law Article Three! You are not allowed to participate in any matters concerning the Blue Star Federation. Have you forgotten?”
“What?” Wu Jin was stunned.
What on earth? What was his identity that he couldn’t even look up information?
And listening to the middle-aged man.
Federal Law Article Three, such an early legal provision, was specifically to restrain him.
What had his future self done to lead to such a result?
Just as he hesitated.
Suddenly, he felt his watch vibrate.
The hour was up!
The end of the world was about to come!
Seeing this, Wu Jin simply gave up and said:
“It’s no use telling you, the end of the world is coming! Everyone is going to die, so worrying about these things is meaningless!”
The middle-aged man’s expression changed.
The guards behind him even pulled out their firearms from their waists and pointed them at Wu Jin.
The middle-aged man warned:
“Mr. Wu Jin, I strongly suspect that you have forgotten to take your medication, leading to a relapse of your condition. Please come with us now!”
However, just as the middle-aged man’s words fell.
Pain struck.
In the vast Ten Thousand Affairs Hall, everyone was in too much pain to utter a sound.
Ten seconds later.
The world returned to peace!