59 Results in the "As Usual" category
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To be honest, when Liu Jiang mentioned finding some fun, I had absolutely no idea what he would suggest next. For him, anything could be boring, and yet anything could be fun. He was a motormouth with a strange sense of humor and emotions that changed on a whim. Just as I had mentally prepared myself to spend the whole afternoon helping him search for this so-called "fun," he unexpectedly gave me the answer. He asked me, "Do you like hurting people?" I heard a cicada chirp outside the window,…-
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Ten minutes later, I pushed open the classroom door again and walked out. Everything was a bit simpler than I had imagined. The second server location—the Class Five classroom I had spent three years in—went silent the very moment I stepped inside. Every sound vanished. Pausing for two seconds, I lifted my gaze. The desks and chairs in this classroom were messier than in the other classes. I could even smell the faint scent of chalk dust. But there was truly no one in the room. The server…
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I will come back safely. —The truth of that statement was yet to be known, but I was indeed going to raise some hell. I barely slept last night, but I didn't feel particularly tired now. Instead, a sense of daze, like after staying up all night playing games in my youth, washed over me. Dazed to the point of a little excitement. In the past, the Normalcy Project was the only bridge between me and Liu Jiang. Here, I could see a "him" who was almost like him. I would compare every single thing…
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The thing Liu Jiang asked me to promise him was to shut down his life support system. "The device is a bit complicated, but with your intelligence, you'll definitely be able to figure it out—" He gestured with his hands to indicate the location, and then continued with the steps, "Just turn off the main valve in the end." I was sitting, and he was squatting. We just stared at each other quietly like that. I asked him, "Have you already assumed that I don't want to spend the rest of my life with…
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I couldn't see the situation outside of this world. My imagination could only conjure up an image of a very old man with a long beard. But I quickly stopped myself. I couldn't imagine Liu Jiang looking any different from the young and free-spirited person he was. I didn't want to. I raised my eyes to look at the Liu Jiang across from me and asked, "So, are you the Attendant?" "Not entirely," he shook his head. "He is a program I set up, following only two laws. The first is to make you…
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For many years after my death, the technology of the human world developed at an incredible speed. Technologies that were like science fiction when I was alive began to be put on paper: planetary colonization, deep-sea exploration, higher-dimensional technology, quantum science, and even some technologies I couldn't imagine began to emerge. This gave Liu Jiang the possibility of seeing me again. From my perspective, the Normalcy Project was just a simulation that deceived the brain and senses. But…
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Objectively speaking, that was not a good year of my life. But subjectively, it was probably the happiest year of my limited memory. The interview opportunity was precious, and I put all my effort into preparing. Although I might have come across as trying too hard, the interviewer still gave me a chance. I was soon officially hired, earning a slightly higher salary than other internship positions in the city, and began to save myself. As for my parents—returning to the workplace in their…
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AUS Chapter 75: How It All Began
He lost him. That was a line I was supposed to say. I had always believed I was the one searching alone in the apocalypse. I was the one who always regretted ignoring his love back then, only to find it unattainable so many years later. Shouldn't that be how it was? When did he lose me? No, I had never left. Now, I looked directly into his eyes. In those familiar yet strange eyes, I couldn't find a single trace of deceit. This was the look he had when he told the truth. He was the one who…-
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I don't know why I did it. Why I walked out of the bathroom stark naked and stood in front of him. I seem to recall hearing somewhere that if you want to ask someone for a favor, you should first make a request that both parties find utterly unattainable. After they refuse, you can then fall back to what you actually wanted. That's exactly what I just did. I wanted to know what Liu Jiang was planning to do to me. I wanted to know the whole truth, but I knew he was unwilling to say it. So I beat…
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The wind finally picked up. The belated night wind drilled through the gaps in the building, passing between us. I heard the sound of my leather jacket being whipped by the wind and saw the wind, in my place, caressing the silver hair on his forehead. The faint sound of gunshots came from the distance, along with the creaking of steel-reinforced towers being twisted by the wind. After the relief organization withdrew, the city had become restless. Everyone wanted to live in peace, but the result…
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