IJWTRQ Chapter 049

Although very reluctant, Liang Xian still went forward to heal Cui Heyu’s consciousness a little bit, they have all had such experiences, and the aftermath of the first use of using consciousness for the first time is very hard.

Cui Heyu fell into a coma after receiving treatment. Tan Yan looked at Minister Yu. He had something he wanted to announce, he felt that he could not delay, and the more he delayed, the worse it was for the trust between his companions. Cui Heyu has already thought about hacking the household registration system to find his real identity. Once they find Tan Yan, civilian police who died of overwork in Ping County, they will recognize him at a glance.

Minister Yu felt Tan Yan’s eyes asking for help, and sighed silently: “Wait for Cui Heyu to wake up, then go to the meeting room.”

This is nothing special. Every time they return to the real world, they have to hold a meeting to sum up the experience this time, make plans for the next operation, and continue to improve their understanding of ‘void’ and abilities.

This time the things they found out are big, a meeting is inevitable.

But when will Cui Heyu wake up? Yan Yongfeng and Qiu Qizheng both slept for two or three hours at that time…

While thinking about it, the little deer ran to Cui Heyu’s hospital bed with a ‘clip-clop’, and bit him awake as usual.

Everyone: “…”

“Ouch!” Cui Heyu had a headache and his hands hurt, he covered his head and looked at his companions, with a hint of embarrassment on his face.

“I, I really didn’t do it on purpose, and I didn’t know that my ability was like this…” Cui Heyu lowered his head.

“Without superpowers, you can invade the game company’s background and modify internal data?” Minister Yu said seriously.

Cui Heyu: “…”

“One is more worrying than the other,” Minister Yu said, “You’re grounded for observation, don’t go into the ‘void’ next time.”

Hearing that he could no longer enter the ‘void’, Cui Heyu became anxious, he struggled to get out of bed and begged: “Minister, I’ll write a review, I’ll write an application, I… can do whatever you want, but you can’t let me leave here!”

Seeing that Minister Yu was silent, he said again: “I also want to dedicate my strength to mankind and world peace!”

This sentence made Liang Xian get goosebumps all over his body. He rubbed his arms, wanting to criticize Cui Heyu, but in the end, he didn’t open his mouth.

“Your behavior has already constituted a crime. The organization can protect you once, but we will not let people with previous convictions on the front line.” Minister Yu said seriously, “Besides, your abilities are not suitable for use in other worlds. May I ask which apocalypse can give you a computer for you to hack into?”

Cui Heyu is speechless, indeed, even though he is a god in the second dimension, the third dimension is useless. Even if he can paralyze all the computers in the world, he can’t block a breeze from the other world.

“If you perform well, you can be transferred to the logistics team to contribute to the frontline supernatural team.” Minister Yu continued, “Moreover, your abilities are very special, and can even control public opinion. Since abilities can be used in the real world, then we must plan ahead for the future. Cyber warfare must be fought, and you will be our secret weapon by then. Assuming, of course, that you don’t break the law again.”

“But I…”

I want to go to the other world.

Although dangerous, there are companions who fight together, have bizarre abilities, and have adventures full of unknowns.

“Heh,” Minister Yu smiled, “Do students Cui Heyu think the real world is not exciting enough? Young man, do you know that fighting with people is a lot of fun. The blades in the real world are invisible, but your ability can find these weapons facing our companions, if you insist on going to another world to waste your ability…”

Minister Yu did not continue, but everyone knows that if Cui Heyu really insists, Minister Yu may make him unable to even possess supernatural powers.

Seeing that Cui Heyu no longer resisted, Minister Yu said: “Get dressed and go to the meeting room.”

The little deer ran up to Minister Yu with ‘clip-clop’, and looked up at him.

Minister Yu: “…”

“You go too, after all… you are also a soldier who returned triumphantly from another world.” Minister Yu twitched the corners of his mouth and said with difficulty.

The little deer happily arched its head in Minister Yu’s arms and ran back to Tan Yan.

“It has become a spirit, right…” Minister Yu said with a suspicious expression on his face.

“Research slowly.”Qiao Zhixue was not surprised, but showed a look of interest.

Seeing whoever bites, the little deer who goes forward bravely, after seeing Qiao Zhixue’s expression, was so frightened that he buried his head in Tan Yan’s arms, leaving only his buttocks and small tail dangling.

Everyone: “…”

Liang Xian asked while changing clothes: “This deer follow us back?”

After they came back, they fainted, and no one paid any attention to the little deer.

“Um,” Tan Yan nodded, “Also went to another world with me, and ran very fast, running 200 kilometers in half an hour.”

Liang Xian: “…”

He, will never, admit, that he, is not, even, comparable, to, a deer!

When everyone came to the meeting room, they found that there were only Minister Yu and Qiao Zhixue in the huge room. This was different from the past. Every time they had a meeting, several professors from the research team would be present.

“Where is Officer Xu?” Ah San asked.

“…”

The meeting room suddenly fell silent, and the little deer tilted his head beside Tan Yan.

“Sit down first.” Minister Yu said.

Seeing that everyone was in place, Minister Yu indicated that Tan Yan could speak.

Tan Yan stood up nervously, took a deep breath, and opened his mouth: “…”

Can’t make a sound.

Everyone looked at him, waiting for Tan Yan to speak.

“Just a moment, everyone.”

Tan Yan took out the notebook that had gone to several worlds with him from his arms again, and quickly wrote down a few lines, before standing up again and reading: “Today I mainly want to confess one thing to everyone, about the ‘void’, but also about me.”

The crowd listened attentively.

“You might think that the ‘void’ phenomenon has just appeared or is only a few years old, but this is not the case. The first known ‘void’ in our world appeared in December 1978, Ping County, forty years ago, there have been more than nine hundred times if not thousands of times.”

Everyone was shocked by this figure, everyone’s hearts is full of questions, but did not say anything, only quietly waiting for Tan Yan.

“The first known person in China to encounter a ‘void’ was me, when I was eighteen years old at the time.” Tan Yan said concisely, “That’s all I have to say, over.”

After saying that, he also gave a very standard military salute to the leader and his companions respectively.

There are pens and paper in the conference room, Liang Xian listened to Tan Yan’s speech, and carefully recorded it. After listening to him, silently stroke his words with his fingers.

Oh, the ‘void’ has existed for so many years, forty years, a generation older than him, the country has really worked hard over the years, and it has been able to hide it from the world for so many years. Tan Yan was the first person to discover the ‘void’. He discovered it when he was eighteen years old, m-hm, it was really not easy. He was one year younger than him, and he had just grown up, eighteen years old…

Um?

emmmmm…

Uh-huh?

Hmmmm?

Liang Xian felt that his clever mind was not enough, 18 + 40 was equal to what?

He wrote down the calculation formula on the paper, still using the basic formula of multi-digit addition and subtraction of elementary school students, adding up and down. These two numbers are really easy to add, and there are no decimals, but…

18 + 40, equal to… how much?

Liang Xian calculated several times, but he couldn’t figure out the answer. Every time he came to the number ‘5’ in front of it, he would frantically erase the calculation formula with a pen, make another calculation, calculate again, and soon a piece of paper will be filled with black lines. Liang Xian saw that this piece of paper was finished, so he took another A4 paper and continued to count.

Cui Heyu, who was sitting opposite him, couldn’t bear it anymore, and said directly: “Kindergarten addition and subtraction you can’t even calculate, 18 + 40 = 58!”

After Cui Heyu finished speaking, he was also stunned, with a strange light in his eyes, nudging Qiu Qizheng beside him: “Eh? Did I miscalculate, what is 18 + 40 equal to?”

Qiu Qizheng: “…”

Cui Heyu then looked down at the paper in front of Qiu Qizheng, which was filled with 58.

Well, this is a good boy who is willing to face reality, but he has calculated, but he didn’t say anything.

“It’s equal to 58.” Seeing that everyone is asking this question, Qin Li said the answer directly, he was still surprised, what’s the matter, such a simple question, why can’t the two smartest students in the class figure it out?

“58?” Ah San looked at Tan Yan, slapped his thigh, and said, “Did you cross through the ‘void’ and didn’t return to the original time, but directly traveled through time and space to 2018?”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, oh, that’s it, it’s understandable, it’s normal to travel through time and space.

Qiao Zhixue really couldn’t bear the self-deception of these people, and said directly: “You can accept even traveling through time and space, why can’t you accept the objective fact that Tan Yan is 58 years old?”

“No, it’s impossible!” Liang Xian slammed the table and got up, angrily looking at Qiao Zhixue, “He is so young, and his face is younger than mine, how could he be older than Minister Yu? This is absolutely no way!”

In the end, what he said was not ‘impossible’ but ‘no way’.

Qiao Zhixue glanced at the faces that were crazy, disbelieving, or out of state, and enlarged the personal data of Tan Yan, who he had just entered into the computer, on the big screen with a projector——

“Tan Yan, born in December 1960, joined the army in December 1976, was demobilized in December 1978, and was assigned to work in the Ping County Public Security Bureau Office. Han ethnicity, deputy chief staff member, political status the masses. He has been awarded the ‘Most Beautiful Young Civilian Police’, ‘Civilian Police Pioneers’, and ‘Champion of Police Competition’ for many times, and has been awarded second-class merit 2 times and third-class merit 10 times, with excellent annual assessment for 15 consecutive years, has captured 631 suspects in his career, and has never left his post for 14,317 days. On May 7, 2018, he suffered a heart attack at his post and died in the line of duty. The Ministry of Public Security calls on all police officers across the country to learn from the outstanding deeds of Comrade Tan Yan. These are the photos of his police officer’s certificate from different periods since he joined the work in 1978. You can compare them.”

Qiao Zhixue read Tan Yan’s resume slowly, and below the resume, eight photos were pasted. These are all one-inch photos taken by Tan Yan every time there is a job change and the police officer’s ID is changed. The last one is his last portrait.

Everyone looked forward slowly from the last photo, and every time they saw one, they would take a look at Tan Yan and compare the photos’ differences with the real person.

Each photo is very similar to Tan Yan, so one can’t help but think that if Tan Yan grows old in the future, probably also this kind of defiant old look, although older, but still upright and tough, like an old poplar in the wind and rain.

See the first one, it was a black and white photo, it’s a photo when Tan Yan just started working, young face full of childishness, the same as the current Tan Yan, except the eyes have become more stable.

After forty years, this man has more determination and less youthfulness, his temperament has not changed at all.

If you insist on comparison, the face in the first picture plus the eyes in the last picture is the current Tan Yan.

The air suddenly became quiet, and everyone didn’t even dare to breathe loudly, quietly watching Tan Yan’s handsome face on the big screen.

Liang Xian no longer repeatedly emphasized that it is impossible for Tan Yan to be 58 years old. He was silent, staring at Tan Yan’s resume, and the bitterness in his chest gradually turned into admiration for this person.

Even if he is unwilling to face reality, this resume is too respectable.

Even if he is not Tan Yan, but just an ordinary civilian police, this kind of experience is worth learning for public officials across the country.

Liang Xian was the first to stand up and salute to the big screen.

Respect Tan Yan, and also respect this steadfast and uncompromising military soul.

Everyone stood up and saluted the big screen together.

They didn’t dare to look at Tan Yan, nor did they salute Tan Yan. Can’t believe it, don’t want to believe it, and don’t want to draw a parallel between Tan Yan and the police officer who died suddenly from overwork.

They are willing to learn from this great comrade, but do not want their companions to end up like this.

Tan Yan is strong and fearless, he should talk and laugh happily in a world full of fantasy, turning crises into opportunities; He should be ignorant in front of the theory, but he can always defeat the theory with action; He should lead the different world team and create miracles one after another.

He shouldn’t… be turned into a black and white photo, pasted on a tombstone, for people to admire.

The additional first-class merit awarded, how can it compare with the glory of being alive.

A person like him should be high-spirited, let every member of the supernatural team envy, admire, respect, and rely on him, and be a living example and spiritual pillar, not… a dead legend.

They will salute, but definitely not to the present Tan Yan. It may be ridiculous to abruptly divide the same person into two parts, but this is the mood of everyone on the supernatural team.

After everyone calmed down, Minister Yu said again: “I understand the significance of Tan Yan’s existence to everyone, but we cannot always rely on old comrade Tan Yan. He is 58 years old this year, and it is now November. According to the national legal retirement age, there are still 2 years and 1 month left. Comrade Tan Yan will retire.

Perhaps you will say, Comrade Tan Yan looks young, not old at all, why should he retire according to the legal age, he can continue to fight on the front line.

It’s not wrong to think so, but you are all elites. Do you have to rely on an old comrade who has been working continuously for 42 years after training for two years?”

“No!” Everyone said in unison.

“Very good,” Minister Yu nodded, “Comrades, you must keep in mind that according to the characteristics of each person, supernatural powers can really do many things that humans can’t even imagine. Because of this, it is the hope of human evolution, but it may be the fuse that leads to the destruction of mankind. If you use supernatural powers, it depends on your heart. I hope that everyone here, as well as every evolved person who may enter the ‘void’ in the future to gain extraordinary abilities, will keep the bottom line in mind and remember the mission.”

He hesitated for a moment, but finally added: “Learn from old Comrade Tan Yan and take old Comrade Tan Yan as an example!”

Liang Xian: “…”

Stop talking, he’s really going to cry.

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The author has something to say:

Liang Xian: What is 18 + 40 equal to? This question is too difficult, I can’t do it, can’t do it!

The little deer: Today is also a day to be cute and beautiful. (Rub Tan Yan)

The big reveal!! Poor Liang Xian, wishing to escape reality. 😂