Chapter 508 Return to home on earth! (5000 words)
He is now standing at the intersection on the side of the road.
Even the cocoa he had been holding in his arms was gone.
"Lou Fei'er? Zeng Tao? Jin Yue? Are you there?"
Xu Xin shouted to the surroundings subconsciously.
But the only response to him was the honking of cars and the loud yelling of some drivers.
"Hey, noobs, please don't drive a manual transmission during rush hours. You'll die if you stall at the intersection!"
"Shut up! It's embarrassing! The more you push the front, the less likely it is to start the fire!" The person sitting in the passenger seat couldn't stand the people around him and also cursed.
"Hey, the traffic light is almost over! You're going to be late! What's wrong with Mader practicing driving during rush hour!"
"What's going on in front!"
"Drip - drip -"
“Drip————”
The cars in the back row were beeping like crazy, and they watched helplessly as the car in the front started and stalled like crazy, eventually missing the traffic light.
This scene is really familiar.
If he were before, he would only frown when seeing this scene, but now, he actually feels a touch of kindness.
He stretched out his hand again, reaching out to the pedestrians around him.
Still can't touch the people around me.
The people around him are like phantoms. When his hand touches them, they will appear illusionary for a moment and then be passed through.
He seemed to be in a virtual world, and everything he saw was an illusion.
But...is this really an illusion?
Here, except for the inability to touch, all other perceptions are too real.
Not just the words he saw and heard.
What made him feel most real was not the sound, but...
smell!
This air smell is much turbid compared to the jungle, and there is also a faint smell of car exhaust...
He could even smell the perfume of the woman who just hit him directly and passed through him very clearly!
Everything here, except being untouchable, is too real!
It was so real that an inexplicable thought arose in his heart.
The surrounding environment and world he was in now was not an illusion.
This is his original real world.
Earth, his home.
But now he, himself, is the false one.
Yes, this is what he is actually thinking now.
What is going on?
People continued to come and go around him. Behind him was the subway station he was familiar with, and people kept pouring out of it.
Because of the red light, there were already people standing around where he was.
The sun is shining.
It seemed to be the rush hour for work at this time, and everyone was in a hurry without stopping.
In front of his eyes, the traffic light turned green, and Xu Xin subconsciously followed the crowd around him and began to walk towards the other side of the road.
But after just two steps, he stopped and allowed the person behind him to walk forward through his body.
And he was a little hesitant to leave.
He looked around again.
Now, what is the situation?
If everything he is sensing now is really an illusion, or is virtual, a virtual world based on the memory in his mind, then he should be on the second floor of the crystal palace now.
In view of the dangerous situation on the first floor, he didn't dare to just walk around without seeing his surroundings!
If he stepped on a trap, with the strength of the first layer of traps, he would have no chance of surviving!
But...
What if, as he just thought, the world around him is real and he is virtual?
How to verify...
That’s right!
The moment he stepped onto the second floor, he entered the current situation.
In other words, if he takes a few steps back from where he was just now...
If this was still on the second floor of the Crystal Palace, he should be able to retreat directly to the stairs and exit the second floor!
He turned and walked backwards, back to where he had appeared, took a deep breath, and stepped forward again.
As a result, there were no steps, and he did not get out of the predicament.
This...
He continued walking forward and stepped directly onto the steps of the subway.
"...?"
He immediately thought of something and reached out directly to touch the handrail of the steps.
Can be touched!
He could actually touch the handrail of the steps!
This is really the real world!
He even wiped the dust off the armrest with his hand.
Totally wipeable!
He can even affect the world!
He tentatively walked up the escalator, and the elevator took him directly into the subway station.
Until the elevator took him to the bottom floor, his expression was a little dull.
He felt that his heart was pounding!
It seemed like it was about to jump out of my throat!
He...is back?
Is he really back? !
But...
He subconsciously reached out again to stop the people around him, but of course, it had no effect.
However, he seems to have come back in a different way.
Although he and these people are in the same world, they cannot directly influence each other!
He can see other people, but others can't see him!
He and these people seemed to be living in the same world but in different dimensions!
Why?
No matter why.
He doesn't want to think about it so much now.
It's not far from his home!
He wants to go home and see!
what to do?
The subway...should be able to take him, right?
It's only a few subway stops away from his home. If you can take the subway, you can get home in about fifteen minutes!
He really couldn't wait!
He took immediate steps and ran towards the subway station.
Be quick! Because he doesn't know how long he can stay here!
Maybe I’ll go back soon!
He must go home and see before that happens!
His last memory in this world is sleeping at home.
At that time, he was in the process of being admitted to the postgraduate entrance examination, but the school was not in session, so he was at home basically every day.
At that time, he was really annoyed by his parents' nagging.
But now, all he thinks about is home.
His father, his mother, and his sister who is still in high school!
The first time he evaded the subway fare, he jumped directly over the subway guardrail and entered the station.
There is no way, now he has no way to use any card.
...By the way, the current cameras shouldn’t be able to capture him, right?
When he rushed down, a train happened to pull in.
The car doors opened wide, and countless office workers poured out.
Xu Xin ignored them, passed through their bodies, and walked into the train.
Then he stood in the subway with ease.
Because this station is surrounded by office buildings, it is the station with the most people getting off during rush hours. At this time, the subway is already empty and there are not many people.
He randomly picked a seat in the corner and sat down, and the train started and headed towards his home.
A long fifteen minutes.
Seconds really feel like years.
Xu Xin was afraid that she would leave here in the next second, and she was also a little afraid that when she returned home, she would see a home that was gloomy because of her disappearance.
But he must go back!
He calmed down his mind a little, and while there was nothing he could do now, he began to think about the current situation.
Now, he was sure that he was really back.
For him, the only difference in this world is that other people can't see him or touch him.
But he can touch the buildings and moving trains of this world.
This is really a strange phenomenon.
It seemed that the problem was not with the world, but with himself.
It is absolutely inseparable from that Crystal Palace!
……
Soon, the subway arrived, and he rushed out, rushed out of the subway exit, and ran towards home.
Familiar streets, familiar community gates, familiar gatekeepers.
However, this time he couldn't say hello to the doorman.
Arriving at the door, Xu Xin tried to open the door using facial recognition.
It is a pity that his face does not appear in the face recognition, so it cannot be recognized at all, and the door cannot be opened.
Sure enough, the camera couldn't catch him.
He is a transparent existence to this world!
Fortunately, there were many people coming out of the community at this time. Others opened the door, and he took the opportunity to get in.
Familiar buildings, familiar greenery, and even met familiar faces.
The neighbor across the door who is getting ready for work.
He looked at his neighbor walking past him and really felt like crying.
After experiencing so much life and death in that world, everything here could touch him.
Although he didn't talk to his neighbors a few times, at most he said hello in the elevator and was forced to chat about the situation in order to avoid embarrassment, but now seeing this face... he was so kind!
If the neighbor hasn’t changed, then his family must not have changed either!
When he came downstairs, the unit door was always open. He walked out directly and pressed the elevator.
The elevator door opened, he walked in and pressed the floor of his home.
This set of movements flowed smoothly without any hindrance.
I just don’t know if the property management personnel who monitor the elevator think that the elevator is broken when they see the elevator automatically opening the door and the floors automatically lighting up.
The elevator rises, stops, and opens the door.
Xu Xin walked out of the elevator and looked at the familiar door on the right. He was too excited to speak.
He was simply more excited than experiencing life and death in that world!
But then, he discovered a problem.
"...I..."
Xu Xin found helplessly that he could not open the door.
Judging from the situation on the street, today must be a working day, so his parents should have gone to work.
As for his sister, it is even less likely that she is at home.
She is a high school student. Although she is only a sophomore, she is extremely busy with her studies and lives on campus.
Even when Xu Xin stayed at home, he could see her back on Sunday every week, and she was at school the rest of the time.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, there will be no one at home at this time.
Judging by the time, he has been missing for a while. Even if his family is lost, anxious and confused because of him, they cannot return to normal life by now.
...So, it seems...of no use for him to come back all at once?
Are you waiting at the door? This is really...
At this time, a familiar voice came from the door, which made his whole body tremble.
"Xu Ying, please open the door for me!"
Someone!
It's his mother's voice!
mom!
He immediately burst into tears.
at home! There is someone at home!
"Is Yingying at home too..." Although Xu Xin was a little surprised as to why these two people were still at home, she was still very happy.
Xu Ying is his sister.
This girl became very rebellious and a little annoying when she was about to enter high school. During the time he was at home, she often quarreled with him every time he came home. This situation continued until he left.
"I won't! I won't!" Sure enough, a somewhat rebellious voice came from the other side of the door.
He was tired of hearing this voice before, but now that he heard it, it really made him smile.
"...Yingying, mom just wants to take you to chat with an aunt. She is very nice. This is why mom took leave today. You..."
"What aunt! Is this the psychiatrist you found again! I tell you that I don't have any mental problems, I'm very good! Don't look for a doctor for me all day long!"
What?
Xu Xin frowned suddenly.
Psychiatrist?
What happened to Yingying?
Psychiatry?
"...This time it's not a psychiatrist, it's just a psychologist... Well, a psychological counselor. I'm just taking you to have a chat. Come out quickly. I promise to be back before noon, okay?"
"I don't! Go to work quickly! If you don't care about your own patients, you should take care of me, who is not sick!"
Xu Xin's mother is a doctor herself, just a physician, so if Yingying really has any mental illness, her mother really can't tell.
Of course, it should be no problem to find people through your network.
"I'm taking leave today and don't have to go to work." Xu Xin's mother persuaded her earnestly, "Yingying, just listen to this advice and go with your mother. Your situation is really getting worse! ”
"I don't! I'm not sick! It's you who are sick! It's you who have forgotten your brother!" Xu Ying's voice rose again, and she almost started crying at the end.
What?
Xu Xin's eyes slowly opened wide.
...forgot? Forgot something?
"Xu Ying! Let me say it again, you don't have any brothers at all! You are an only child!" The mother's voice raised a few degrees again, finally annoyed by Xu Ying's indifferent attitude and what she just said. "I only gave birth to a daughter like you. Where did you get a brother? No one around you remember that you had a brother! Now you can't even go to school because of your imaginary brother! You today You must go to the doctor with me!”
The mother's words gave Xu Xin a blow in the head.
It directly made him feel dizzy.
……What's the meaning……?
His mouth opened slightly.
A possibility emerged in his mind.
A possibility that he had heard of before.
"I knew it was a doctor! I won't go!!! How many times have you taken me to see him! Those doctors said that I am mentally fine, but I am fine! I am very fine!"
"You...!" Xu Xin's mother was so angry that she couldn't even speak.
At this time, the sound of the door opening came from upstairs, and then an elderly couple walked down and walked to the door.
Xu Xin subconsciously moved out of the way for them, and then realized that she couldn't touch them.
The old man of the couple knocked on the door and said, "Mom, don't worry, there's no point in shouting..."
At this time, the door was opened, and what came into view was Xu Xin's mother's face, which even though she was over fifty years old, still looked young because she had taken good care of it. However, now there was a sad look on that face, and her eyes were Still a little red.
Seeing this face, Xu Xin's eyes instantly turned red.
"I'm sorry to disturb you." My mother said apologetically to the two old people in front of the door.
"Hey, it doesn't matter to us." The old man waved his hand, "You can't do that to your child. Mental illness cannot be forced, otherwise the child will go to extremes and regret it!"
"Yes," the old lady on the side also persuaded, "that child also came to us and asked about her 'brother'. Although I don't know what her 'brother' is like, I think her The situation is very good, there is no need to be in such a hurry.”
"How can we not be anxious..." Xu Xin's mother couldn't help crying, "I tried everything, but she didn't... This was clearly a symptom of schizophrenia... But I took her to see her So many psychiatrists said there was nothing wrong with her..."
"As long as it doesn't affect your life, it'll be fine." The old man dissuaded.
"How is it not affecting her life? She can't even go to school now. She is obsessed with proving her non-existent 'brother'. She doesn't know what she is doing when we are not at home. How can I feel relieved... She was such a cheerful child before, but now..."
Xu Xin generally understood the situation.
He wanted to tell his mother that he was here, but his words could not reach her ears.
He thought of what Lou Fei'er said to him after entering the red mist for the first time, and suddenly felt a chill all over his body.
"I feel like what I'm seeing is an illusion, but it doesn't look like an illusion."
"This illusion is so real..."
"Everything at home, my parents..."
"In that hallucinatory home, it seems...I have never been there..."
"Anything about me in the memory is nothing in this illusion!"
"In that home, all traces of me disappeared, including my room, the marks I carved on the table with my knife, and..."
Damn...!
The hallucinations Lou Feier saw were real!
Now, he also saw that illusion!
Moreover, it is more real than what Lou Feier saw!
This is not an illusion at all, but the real world!
His existence has been erased?
But it seems...his biological sister, Xu Ying, still remembers him?
Then will she be able to...
At this time, the door to the room was pushed open violently. Xu Ying's hair was disheveled, her pretty face was covered, and her eyes were red. She shouted to the people at the door: "I'm not schizophrenic! You guys are not schizophrenic!" You don’t even believe me! Brother absolutely...”
Her words suddenly stopped.
Then, her eyes slowly opened and she pointed at the door with trembling hands.
"...Um..."
Her mouth opened and closed, and she was speechless.
"Yingying! What's wrong with you?!" Her mother immediately ran into the house, grabbed her hand and hugged her, with a look of panic on her face, "How's it going? Why suddenly..."
Xu Ying and Xu Xin looked at each other, their almond-shaped eyes trembling crazily.
Her lips trembled slightly and she said two words.
"...Brother...Brother...?"
Thank you to [Guanhe 1987] for the reward of 500 starting coins, and [Luo Yan] for the reward of 320 starting coins. Thank you both for your support, thank you!
The physical examination data this time are much more normal than before. I feel comfortable
I can’t help but want to eat midnight snacks again. Let’s forget it OVO
(End of chapter)