Sure enough, the game had a higher authority than the real world and could tamper with facts in the real world. This was a world that had been tampered with and the selected players discovered this reality, but were forbidden to reveal the truth.
He just didn’t know how far it went. It was easy to falsify and erase objectively existing things such as deleting words written on paper or a Weibo post. This degree of erasing could be done by humans in the real world.
Bai Liu found his mobile phone with the broken screen that he wasn’t willing to change and called a friend. Before the other person could react, he quickly said everything he encountered. The friend listened and once Bai Liu finished, he put his hand on the table and knocked, counting down casually, “7, 6, 5…”
“Why are you counting down? Continue telling me about what happened to you! Fuck, is this true? You didn’t make it up? It is too exciting—”
Bai Liu looked down. “—3—2—1.”
His friend’s voice abruptly stopped before sounding confused. “Eh Bai Liu, why are you calling me? Huh? When did I answer your call? I have no impression at all!”
“It’s nothing.” Bai Liu spoke casually. “I was just thinking of you and gave you a call.”
Seven seconds was the time from when Bai Liu sent the Weibo post to when the last word completely disappeared. He made a special note of it but he didn’t expect that the game could easily tamper with non-objective things like human memory. Moreover, it only took seven seconds to complete the tampering. It seemed that tampering with a person’s memory was no more difficult for the game than tampering with a piece of data.
“I’m nauseous. Bai Liu, people like you can only think about money. Don’t make me sick.” This friend obviously understood Bai Liu very well. He joked before asking, “Seriously, why did you think about calling me. Is there something?”
“I was thinking about a question. Lu Yizhan, do you think a person’s memory is only seven seconds?” Bai Liu tapped his fingers on the table as he wrote down his experiences in the game on a piece of paper. Then he watched the words disappear one after another.
Lu Yizhan’s voice sounded a bit confused. “Why are you suddenly thinking about this type of philosophical question? In addition, isn’t your question wrong? Isn’t the original saying that a fish’s memory is only seven seconds?”
“Did I remember incorrectly?” Bai Liu lazily stretched his body. “Perhaps. After all, there are only seven seconds of memory and it is normal to remember things incorrectly. Eh, is it possible that the original sentence is ‘a human’s memory is only seven seconds’ and it was tampered into ‘a fish’s memory is only seven seconds’ by something to fool us humans who only have seven seconds of memory?”
Lu Yizhan was accustomed to Bai Liu saying strange things after becoming unemployed and didn’t know if he should laugh or cry. “What are you thinking about after becoming unemployed? In any case, I was paid today. I will invite you to dinner. Don’t think about humans, fish and seven seconds of memory. If everyone only has seven seconds of memory then what to do when you ask us to recite French clauses every day?”
“If you are inviting me to dinner then I will naturally come.” Bai Liu casually threw the coin around his neck back into his shirt and was chilled by the cold touch that was different from the coin. It was the Siren King’s scale pressing against his heart. Before Bai Liu hung up, he couldn’t help asking, “If a person’s memory is only seven seconds and a fish’s memory is only seven seconds, tell me, how many seconds is a merfolk’s memory?”
“Why are you still struggling over this question and even pulling out the merfolk?” Lu Yizhan let out a helpless laugh. “According to your hypothesis, the memory of a human and fish is only seven seconds so the memory of a merfolk must definitely be shorter. Perhaps only a few tenths of a second?”
“Probably.”
Although he said goodbye to the merman called Tawil, the other party might’ve forgotten him the moment Bai Liu left.
Bai Liu felt a rare disappointment about being forgotten. He didn’t pursue human approval and could live well as long as he had money to entertain himself. However, the Siren King was really an unprecedented beautiful piece of data. Even Bai Liu who had no feelings couldn’t help slightly regretting that he was erased from the other person’s memory in a few seconds. Of course, it was just a little bit, a little bit like the size of a fish scale.
The main reason why Lu Yizhan and Bai Liu could play together was because they had the same stinginess. The two become unshakeable friends by sharing various discount lottery information. Of course, some people thought that they played together because both of them had no parents. They were orphans who could understand each other’s misery.
The moment Bai Liu sat down at the barbecue stall, Lu Yizhan opened his mouth with curved eyes. “Bai Liu, I’m going to get married.”
“Congratulations.” Bai Liu wasn’t surprised. Lu Yizhan and his girlfriend had been together for several years and marriage was normal. “Then I will ask you to treat me to this meal today. I will pay you 2,000 yuan later.”
Lu Yizhan almost sprayed a mouthful of cold beer onto Bai Liu’s face as he stared in shock. “Are you crazy? Giving me money for a treat? It is also 2,000! Didn’t you say that you will never give people money for marriage in your life? Why are you doing this type of ‘to hit a dog with a steamed bun’ thing?” (Never get back what is given away)
Yes, this was what Bai Liu said when a colleague got married.
This colleague usually didn’t get along well with people like Bai Liu so he always talked about Bai Liu behind his beck. Then once he was getting married, he kept being cheeky and trying to get Bai Liu to give him money. He said that his other colleagues gave one or two thousand yuan. Bai Liu could put together a monthly bonus. One or two thousand would do.
At that time, Bai Liu had said with a calm face, “I don’t intend to get married so I won’t give strangers money for marriage. This type of thing is like hitting a dog with a steamed bun and there is no return on my investment.”
The colleague’s face had turned dark. He was directly scolded by Bai Liu as a dog. Bai Liu meant that he and his wife were a couple of dogs, right? The colleague was so angry that he swore at Bai Liu, saying that he would kill Bai Liu’s children and grandchildren.
Bai Liu’s emotions hadn’t fluctuated after hearing this. He didn’t have any intention of raising future generations so such swear words were just an objective narrative of his future life. He had no need to be angry.
“That isn’t necessarily the case. I just won’t give money to strangers.” Bai Liu took a sip of his beer. “However, you’re not a stranger. We are in contact with each other and it isn’t an invalid investment if I give you some money.”
Lu Yizhan was a bit gratified but also wanted to laugh. “Why? Do you still want to make money back from investing in me? Really Bai Liu, I don’t need you to give me money. I’m just happy to be married and I wanted to invite you to dinner. I don’t have many friends and you count as one. I am very happy that you came. In addition, isn’t your situation bad right now? Forget about it.”
Lu Yizhan waved his hand and made a
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