In the rental house, the doors and windows had been closed all day, and there was a turbid smell in the air. Sun Suhe opened the window and poured a glass of boiled water for himself and Alice each. A cool breeze whizzed by, which made people feel refreshed.
A refreshing feeling.
The two sat back on the sofa. Sun Suhe imitated Alice and clapped his hands, tapped his ears, then pointed at the air around him and asked impatiently: "How did you do this? Is it true?
Is there such a thing as magic or superpowers?”
Alice nodded solemnly: "Magic does exist. Moreover, in my world, blocking sounds is just a trivial trick. However, what I didn't expect is that I can actually use magic in this world. Just imagine.
Now, since I can use magic, how is it possible that no one has discovered a similar method in such a long history of mankind? Maybe this world is really very different from what we originally imagined."
An uncontrollable excitement arose in Sun Suhe's heart, and he had goosebumps all over his body. He asked eagerly: "What kind of magic do you know, can you show it to me?"
Alice smiled bitterly, "You are like a person who doesn't know addition, subtraction, multiplication and division asking a mathematician if he knows mathematics. How can he explain it to you? Even if he wanted to explain it, he couldn't explain it clearly. Besides, maybe it's because I haven't done it yet.
Because of adapting to this world, my magic has been working sometimes and sometimes not working since I arrived here. Well, let me show you the most basic one."
As she spoke, Alice stretched out her right hand and spread her palm upward. Sun Suhe saw a warm green light appear out of thin air in Alice's palm.
The green light seemed to be a seed, sprouting and branching at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a few breaths, it grew into a miniature grass seedling that glowed with green light and seemed real and illusory.
The cool breeze blew by, and the grass seedlings swayed and swayed with the wind.
Sun Suhe was fascinated by it, and the excitement in his heart was beyond words. He couldn't help but asked: "Can I touch it?"
"Of course." Alice smiled and looked at Sun Suhe's excitement with interest.
His fingers cautiously approached the grass seedling that seemed to be made of pure green light. Sun Suhe felt a weak resistance coming from his fingertips. With a slight exertion, his fingers actually passed directly through the grass seedling, as if passing through water.
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Without waiting for Sun Suhe to ask, Alice explained in detail: "This is a plant between reality and reality, absorbing the owner's thoughts and growing. With it, you can easily sense the thoughts of surrounding creatures, and it is also one of the common catalysts for magic.
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"Well, if translated into Chinese..." Alice pondered for a moment and said, "Let's call it Niancao."
Sun Suhe was so excited that his mouth went dry. "This is really, really incredible. To be honest, although magic is really appearing in front of me now, it is still difficult for me to imagine that this is a world where magic exists. It's incredible.
.”
Alice looked at the Niancao glowing green in her palm and showed a charming smile. "If you think about it carefully, this is not so difficult to accept. After all, our understanding of the world completely depends on us.
The information received. Although this era is called the information age, you can
We know the news thousands of miles away, but do you know the name of your neighbor downstairs? We seem to be drowned in the ocean of information all the time, but in fact the information we are exposed to is constantly being manipulated by ourselves or others, intentionally or unintentionally.
Having chosen it, we still know very little about the world.”
After much effort, Sun Suhe finally took his eyes away from the Niancao.
Since magic may be real, then... Alice's other words were like a spreading haze that always lingered in Sun Suhe's chest. Sun Suhe thought for a long time, and finally asked the question he had been struggling with in a slightly trembling tone: "You
, or rather, when and how did I die?”
"I can't answer this question because I don't know the truth." Alice answered simply.
"I don't know? How is it possible?" Numerous thoughts flashed through Sun Suhe's mind instantly, and the time-travel plots in many comics, novels, and movies she had read in the past suddenly became clear. Did she really not know? Or was she unwilling to say it?
If, if I don't die, will it affect her existence? Then in order to ensure history, will she... This thought makes Sun Suhe shudder.
Alice played with her hanging hair and said with a heavy face: "After I was reborn in my current body, I knew very well how important the memory of Sun Suhe was to me, so I spent a lot of effort to use magic to carefully
Sorting out the past memories. This is why I could remember everything about you in the noodle shop before. I'm afraid you don't even remember some things clearly. But I don't know why, no matter what method I use
, the clear memory only lasts until today. I know what you did yesterday, I know the questions for your afternoon interview, and I also know that you don’t have to go to the convenience store to work in the evening. However, I can’t remember what will happen after today. I just
I vaguely know that you will die recently because you were involved in an extraordinary event. This feeling is more like an emotion than a memory, an emotion that is still unforgettable even if you forget everything."
An idea flashed in Sun Suhe's mind and he asked hurriedly: "Wait a minute, you mentioned that up to today, in your memory, have you met a person named Alice today?"
Alice shook her head, "No, in my memory, I went home after dinner today, played on the computer for a while and then fell asleep."
Sun Suhe gave a light high-five and said, "In other words, history is not irreversible. Then I may not die, or I may die and be wiped out, with no chance to be reincarnated like you. Damn it, is this good news or bad news?"
Having said that, I think the timing of your return to this world is probably not accidental."
Alice smiled knowingly and said: "It's so easy to talk to you. That's why, because of my appearance, reality has been different from my memory. As for why I returned to this point in the world, whether it is by chance or
Inevitably, I have no way to verify the answer for the time being. However, I have not learned anything. At least, something happened today that gave me some clues about the crisis you are about to encounter. Guess, what is it?
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"What happened today?" Sun Suhe picked up the water glass, took a sip, and analyzed: "If it were me, today, today, by the way, jumping off the building. If I had known that someone would jump off the building, no matter what, I would always give it a try.
Go and stop him. And you know magic, so, wait a minute, you stopped it, but it didn’t work. Was it because the magic failed? Or was there something fishy about jumping off the building itself? "
Alice shook the Niancao in her hand, "I've said it before, with the help of this, uh, Niancao, you can sense the thoughts of the surrounding creatures. As long as you immerse your mind in it, you can feel the darkness around you, but the suspension
Each light spot is a concrete manifestation of the idea. Moreover, as the idea changes, the light spot will also change accordingly. Generally speaking, the light spot of ordinary people is a small milky white one. But
, if it is a person who is about to jump off a building, whether he is disheartened and determined to die, or is in a dilemma, his thoughts will definitely be far stronger than the ordinary people around him, and his light will be much greater.
It's different. It's impossible that I couldn't notice it. But, this afternoon, I actually heard a loud noise, and then noticed a large-scale change in the thoughts of the people around me, and then I realized that the jump had happened."
"Could it be that he didn't commit suicide but accidentally fell from the building?" Sun Suhe guessed.
Alice shook her head: "No, even if it was an accident, in the short time between his fall and his death, his light spots would change drastically, just like fireworks in the night sky. I won't miss it. I
After thinking about it carefully, the person who fell from the building should have been unconscious or dead before falling. In other words, there must be a murderer who pushed him down the building. But the murderous intention is by no means inferior to the death intention. I couldn't miss it.
There is only one possibility, that is, the perpetrator has mastered some kind of magic to hide himself."
"Is it possible that the murderer is an extremely calm person, so you couldn't find it?" Sun Suhe thought for a while and put forward his guess.
"No, no, no, Niancao senses thoughts rather than emotions. The more people can control their emotions, the stronger their thoughts will be. I won't be able to detect it."
Sun Suhe bit his lip, "Whether it was accidental or inevitable, today is definitely a crucial node. And the jumping off the building that happened today is very fishy. You mean, starting from this jumping off the building, maybe we can figure out
Got some clues about my future crisis?"
"That's what I mean, and even if my death is not directly related to this incident, through this incident, we may be able to get in touch with the people who master magic in this world. However, most of them are not friendly characters. You
Are you afraid?"
"His grandma, how can I not be afraid? To be honest, I am scared to death now." Sun Suhe laughed and scolded, patted his neck, and then said seriously: "However, since extending one's head is a knife, and shrinking one's head is also a knife, how can it still be done?
Sitting there and waiting to die? His grandmother's, I want to see who will behead this great head?"