A girl was walking along the roadside, and suddenly she fell to the ground and became motionless.
On the girl's wrist, green Arabic numerals flashed, and the numbers had changed to '00:00'.
Chen Tao was sitting on the bus. He looked through the window at the girl lying on the ground.
His eyes were indifferent.
The girl looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, and she died like this.
But images like this are all too common.
Chen Tao raised his hand and looked at the green numbers on his wrist.
In this world everyone has green Arabic numerals on their wrist.
That number is called a 'time point number'.
It is not only the money of this world, but also your own life span.
When this time point reaches zero, the person will die.
To put it simply, it means that people can use their life span as money. If their life span is used up, they will die.
There are often young people who shine through their lifespan overnight and then die directly.
Such people are too common.
Chen Tao was not interested in paying any attention to it.
In other words, it's not that he doesn't want to pay attention, but that he has become numb.
He can't save others, the only one he can save is himself.
There are only ten days left on his wrist.
A month's hard work can give you sixty days' wages.
And now he only has ten days left. If he doesn't get better, he will be the one lying on the street soon.
Fortunately, wages will be paid tomorrow.
Chen Tao could feel the strong pressure, but faced with this situation, he had no way to do anything.
Got off the bus.
Was planning to go home.
Suddenly, there was a fragrant wind blowing around me.
"Hi."
Chen Tao was startled, then he came to his senses and looked back.
Seeing a delicate face, the woman looked at Chen Tao with a smile and said with a smile: "Are you off work?"
The woman is tall and tall, wearing a close-fitting off-the-shoulder halter top with an amazing bust, a black cylindrical skirt with black stockings, and a pair of black high heels.
The woman had long, slightly curly hair and looked at Chen Tao with a smile.
The woman is beautiful and has an amazing figure.
This is Chen Tao's childhood sweetheart and his neighbor since childhood.
Zi Qing.
Chen Tao has watched her since she was a child, watching her grow from a little girl to the mature woman she is today.
Chen Tao is very fond of her, but she is too beautiful.
Chen Tao felt that he was not worthy of her, so he only regarded her as a friend and did not dare to cross that line.
Chen Tao glanced at the numbers on Zi Qing's wrist.
The number on Zi Qing's wrist shows that she has one year.
When a human baby is just born, the baby will get an hour of time from the mother, and then the baby can survive after the parents give each other time. Generally speaking, in places like the slums here in Chen Tao, most people are wandering around death
On the edge, there are only a few days left at most.
Zi Qing can have one year, which shows that she has worked very hard recently, and this is probably the time she has saved through hard work.
It's not much for the rich, but for people in the slums, it can be considered a huge sum.
Chen Tao covered his right arm behind his back without leaving a trace, and said, "Well, you too?"
Zi Qing hummed.
The two of them walked side by side towards home.
Went home together, but the two of them didn't speak a word.
The atmosphere was a little awkward.
Chen Tao looked at Zi Qing. He didn't know what Zi Qing was thinking, and he couldn't guess what she was thinking.
He knew that he and Zi Qing were from two different worlds, and it was impossible for them to have any intersection.
So Chen Tao has been avoiding meeting Zi Qing, but Zi Qing always takes the initiative to come over.
Chen Tao didn't know what she meant and didn't dare to think too much.
Go halfway.
Suddenly, Chen Tao noticed something was wrong. He looked straight ahead. There were three men standing there. One of them, a bald man, was staring at Chen Tao, playing with a switchblade in his hand.
Chen Tao, who felt something was wrong, immediately held Zi Qing's hand beside him.
The place where Chen Tao and Zi Qing live is a slum area of the city, where crimes can occur anytime and anywhere.
Robbery incidents are the most common thing happening here.
The scene before him gave Chen Tao a very bad premonition.
Must go!
This is an alley, and there are three men ahead.
There are walls on both sides, so you can only go back.
Chen Tao said to Zi Qing: "Let's go back."
When Zi Qing heard this, she already felt something was wrong and nodded.
The two turned around.
Turn around.
Chen Tao discovered that there were two more men behind him.
Chen Tao frowned.
"Hand over your time obediently. We only want time and don't take other people's lives." The bald man played with the switchblade and came closer. He said lightly, "Of course, if you resist, I don't mind killing you."
I’ll take your hands and feet and then rob them.”
Five people.
Chen Tao clenched his fists, but there was nothing he could do.
Chen Tao himself doesn't really care, but Zi Qing has a year on his hands.
In one year, that was a huge amount of money, and she must have saved it for a long time.
This has been robbed, but what to do...
Thinking of this, Chen Tao blocked Zi Qing behind him. He looked at Zi Qing and said, "You guys can rob me. You can take as much as you want. But I hope you can let go of this woman next to me."
The bald man curled his lips, showing a sneer, and said, "Just you? You want to negotiate terms with me too?"
The man next to me came over.
For people in the slums, one year is a huge sum of money. If Zi Qing's time is seen, how can these people let Zi Qing go?
Seeing this, Chen Tao was heartbroken. He turned around, pounced on the man behind him, and threw the man directly to the ground.
Chen Tao stood up and shouted to Zi Qing: "Run!"
When Zi Qing heard this, she was stunned for a moment. She came to her senses and ran quickly.
There were two men behind him. After Chen Tao knocked down one of them, the right side became vacant, giving Zi Qing a chance to escape.
As soon as the man on the right saw Zi Qing running away, he hurried forward to chase her.
Chen Tao stretched out his hand and grabbed the man's right foot.
Once the man was caught, he couldn't run away.
He struggled for a while, but still couldn't get away, so he kicked Chen Tao on the head.
Chen Tao lowered his head, covered his head with his arm, and let him kick him, but he held his other hand tightly and refused to let go.
suddenly.
"Pfft!"
Chen Tao heard the sound of flesh and blood being separated.
He felt a cold sensation in his ribs. He looked down and found a switchblade stuck in his ribs.
Chen Tao could feel the coolness, followed by a tingling sensation.
The pain was almost unbearable.
"ah!"
The scream forced Chen Tao to cry out.
A force came and Chen Tao was pushed away.
The man who was knocked to the ground by Chen Tao took the opportunity to get up and chase Zi Qing.
Chen Tao covered his stomach with his hands, which felt warm. He endured the severe pain and looked at Zi Qing.
As long as Zi Qing can escape, everything will be fine.
When he looked, he found that Zi Qing had been caught by the bald man. Zi Qing cried and said: "No!"
But the bald man grabbed Zi Qing's right hand and placed her wrist above his.
The Arabic numerals on Zi Qing's wrist disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Zi Qing's face was full of despair.
Chen Tao's consciousness gradually blurred.
Is this so?
She still couldn't escape?
Chen Tao's consciousness slowly disappeared.
Total darkness.
Chen Tao didn't know how long he had been sleeping in the darkness when he heard a mechanical voice.
"'Nebula' has been activated and is linking to host Chen Tao's database."
"The database link is completed. It has been detected that the host body has been severely damaged and is being repaired."
Suddenly, he heard two mechanical sentences.
He had no idea what the sound was, and his consciousness disappeared.
Chen Tao moved his fingers.
He slowly opened his eyes, and as soon as he opened them.
Looking from the outside, you can see some blue numbers passing through his pupils.
Chen Tao looked at his hands.
Is this a hand? He saw that his hand was full of blue numbers, and it looked like it was made of blue numbers.