As a "Li Piao", Gu Xing rented in a dank basement of an apartment in Lidu City.
One night, Gu Xing came home after working overtime and found a hole as thick as a finger on one side of the basement wall near the floor tiles.
I lay down at the entrance of the cave and looked at it for a while. There was some light inside, but I couldn't see the specific scene clearly.
Could it be that the young couple next door accidentally dug through the wall when they were driving nails or drilling holes?
It's really outrageous to drill holes in such a position.
The sound insulation in the basement is generally not very good, and any movement next door can be heard.
Especially in the dead of night, a girl's unrestrained screams would be heard and would last for a long time. For a young man like Gu Xing who had been single for many years, it was really unfriendly.
Gu Xing has endured this for a long time, so he must take this opportunity today to negotiate righteously.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
"Who?"
"next door."
"It's so late, what's wrong?"
"I'm sorry to bother you, but there are some things it would be better to explain clearly tonight."
"squeak--"
The man who opened the door yawned, "Why are you so anxious?"
"Sorry, I wanted to ask, did you two drill a hole in the wall today?"
"Drill a hole?"
The man looked confused.
"That's it, sizzling -" Gu Xing gestured with his right hand like an electric drill, imitating the sound of an electric drill, and drilled into the wall, "sizzling -"
"Oh..." The man understood and turned to look at the woman hiding under the quilt in the room, "Hey, did you drill a hole today?"
The woman shook her head.
"Let me just say," the man looked at Gu Xing, "Did you make a mistake?"
"I'm really sorry, but I want to go inside and take a look." Gu Xing pointed to the wall inside the room: "Because there is an extra hole in the wall over there for no reason. I have to find the reason to feel at ease."
The man looked a little embarrassed, and the woman smiled and said, "That's understandable, just watch it, there's nothing inconvenient about it."
Gu Xing walked into the room. The woman was wrapped in a quilt and sitting on the bed like a rice dumpling. She looked at Gu Xing with a curious expression.
Gu Xing guessed that the scenery inside the quilt must be much more beautiful than outside.
Although they have been neighbors for several months, this is the first time Gu Xing sees a woman because of their different schedules.
It was very different from what Gu Xing had guessed. Even without makeup, the woman's face was delicate enough, and her long eyelashes could be seen clearly from two or three meters away. Her eyes were big and beautiful, and her expressions were calm and generous.
It's outrageous that this kind of woman is willing to live in a basement.
Out of politeness, Gu Xing's eyes only stayed on the woman's face for a moment, and then he turned his attention to the adjacent walls of the two rooms and scanned around them carefully.
There were some stains and black scratch marks on the walls, but no signs of any holes.
"I'm really sorry to bother you two so late."
After the inspection, Gu Xing hurriedly left.
"It doesn't matter. I've been a neighbor for a while and I've never visited before." The man stood at the door. "Why don't you just sit down and have a sip of tea and have a casual chat."
"Uh... I have to get up early to go to work tomorrow."
"That's a pity. We'll visit you another day."
"welcome……"
It was a waste of time, but I was treated politely and patiently.
Feeling guilty, Gu Xing did not have the nerve to remind the other party to make as little noise as possible when creating humans in the future, or to adjust the time period, either during the day or at night when the neighbors were not asleep.
Returning to the basement of his home, Gu Xing looked at the small hole and wondered in his mind, if it wasn't the neighbor who made the hole, what could it be? It was infested by insects? The insect's teeth are really big enough.
Gu Xing lay down again and looked at the entrance of the hole for a long time. Since the small hole did not open through the main house, it meant that the end of the hole was within the wall, but why was there light?
Gu Xing thought for a while, then put his finger into the hole to explore.
If there are any insects, kill them with one finger.
If you are unfortunately bitten by a poisonous insect, call the emergency call. You may even be able to obtain some amazing special powers. This is how it is written in comics and online novels. It is a so-called blessing in disguise.
Gu Xing stretched all his fingers in. There were no insects and the hole was empty.
But the feeling in the hand is very strange. There are waves of slight numbness in the fingertips, as if a thin film has been pierced, and then there is a cool and numb feeling.
Gu Xing lay on the ground, relaxing all over. The fatigue of the day was washed away by the refreshing sensation coming from his fingertips.
It's like plugging an electric car into a charging pile, with a steady stream of energy pouring into the body.
Soon, Gu Xing forgot everything, lay on the floor, and fell asleep unconsciously.
When he woke up again, no matter how much time had passed, Gu Xing was still lying on the ground, with the half of his body near the floor feeling numb.
After lying on the floor for so long, it was a bit surprising that the humid air in the basement didn't make Gu Xing feel uncomfortable all over.
The lights in the room are bright and there is no sense of time passing.
This is a common problem in basements. There are no windows to show the owner the changes in the sky.
Gu Xing looked up at his watch,
"No, I'm going to be late."
He pulled out his finger, and felt an indescribable feeling of being pulled away, as if he had pulled his finger back from another world, crossing the barrier of time and space, and strange goosebumps appeared all over his body.
"It's simply crazy..."
Gu Xing got up, washed briefly, packed his clothes, and went out.
When he is not at work, Gu Xing likes to wear a hooded sweatshirt. If he doesn’t want to talk to others, he can wear a hooded sweatshirt at any time, as if he is isolated from the whole world. Inside the hat, there is only his own space, but outside the hat, the world is shattered.
It doesn't matter.
The basement passage seemed a little strange today. Neighbors who were rarely seen usually got out of their small houses and walked outside noisily.
The couple next door also came out, wearing pajamas and following the crowd.
"Good morning, isn't this our neighbor?" The man chuckled and waved to Gu Xing, "By the way, I haven't asked for Gao's name yet."
"Gu Xing, wake up, wake up."
"It doesn't sound like a native name."
"It's a bit strange, but it is indeed caused by my parents."
"My name is Kawamura Ryuichi," Ryuichi pointed to the beautiful girlfriend beside him, "She is Hasegawa Chiyo."
"Nice to meet you." Chiyo smiled.
"Me too," it would be better if it wasn't so noisy at night.
Gu Xing quickly moved his eyes away from Qianyo's face and looked at the crowd, "What's going on? There's an earthquake?"
"You didn't watch the news?"
"I just got up and I'm going to be late, so..."
Long Yi took out his mobile phone, clicked on a video, and handed it to Gu Xing.
The video seemed to be a recording of a certain news broadcast, reporting on the festive and peaceful scenes of the Cherry Blossom Festival in the suburbs.
Suddenly, the screen changed and it was back to the studio.
The female anchor looked serious,
[The following is a message that our station has just received.
At 23:34 pm Eastern Capital Time, a strange phenomenon appeared in the sky above the center of Lidu. A huge finger fell from the sky and pointed directly at Lidu Central Park...]
"Whether it's outrageous or not," Long Yi clicked his tongue twice, "It's not April Fool's Day yet. If this wasn't news from Lidu TV, I would have to wonder who was playing a prank."
Gu Xing looked at the video and opened his mouth.
The female anchor's clear enunciation was somehow blurred and distorted in his ears.
…
Gu Xing followed the flow of people and walked out of the basement.
Long Yi was beside Gu Xing, watching the huge finger on the mobile phone video and whispering in his ear, "Gu Xingjun, look at this finger, it looks fair and beautiful, could it be a woman's hand?"
But his girlfriend Chiyo said: "I'm sure it belongs to a man."
"Why?"
"Women's intuition."
"Oh, I understand, is this the instinct you had when you chose me as your boyfriend?"
"cut."
"Hurry up and admit it."
Gu Xing was so fed up with the dog food that he walked out of the basement.
The sky is getting brighter, and the open space behind the apartment is filled with people watching the excitement. The citizens of Lidu have always regarded gossip and excitement as more important than work and life. However, there are very few people who are really willing to meddle in other people's business, such as
When people watch drowning by the lake, there are often only two out of 100 brave people who are willing to go into the lake to save people.
Gu Xing, like the onlookers, looked in the direction of Central Park——
At this moment, there is a huge black hole in the sky above Central Park, with a visual diameter of about one kilometer, and the huge finger mentioned in the news reports has disappeared.
Long Yi and his girlfriend walked up to him and took out their mobile phones again. The news station was broadcasting online.
It was the same female anchor from before. Although she tried hard to cheer up, her tiredness was clearly visible on her beautiful face. It seemed that she had been busy all night long for this change that was enough to ignite a news feast.
[Below, continue to report the latest news received by this station about the "Likong Giant Finger".
On October 19, at 6:37 a.m. Kyoto time, the huge finger above Central Park suddenly disappeared, leaving a huge black hole with a diameter of about 1.2 kilometers in mid-air.
At present, the police headquarters has organized on-duty police to cordon off the area, and the cause of the incident is still under investigation...]
Gu Xing subconsciously shrank his fingers, as if a cool breeze from another world passed by his fingertips.
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Note: This novel takes Japan as the background area where the story takes place. It refers to many local systems, culture, and customs, but it has been modified and adjusted according to the actual situation of the novel. If any mistakes are found by the research party, please criticize and correct them.
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