Chapter 1 The Confused Stranger

Hangzhou City, Xiajiang District.

Sunshine International Community, Building 9, 3202, a well-decorated single-room rental with an indoor area of ​​more than 20 square meters.

A young man in his twenties was sitting on the mahogany floor, holding a Wacon high-end digital tablet in one hand and a touch brush in the other hand, sketching lines and applying colors on the canvas area of ​​the screen from time to time, with a dedicated and serious state.

Under his brush, a cute anime woman with long pink hair, wearing a Lolita skirt and white stockings gradually took shape and appeared in front of people in a three-dimensional manner.

Slightly modified.

The last stroke fell, and the work was sent to the customer through the Penguin account.

"Thank you, Brother Ming, I am very satisfied with this original painting of Anasta, and the balance will be transferred to you immediately!"

Ding Dong, Alipay sent a notification of the transfer of 300 yuan to the account.

Put away the digital tablet, stand up, move your neck and limbs, walk to the floor-to-ceiling glass window on the edge of the balcony, look at the buildings and the river in the distance, and listen to the noise of car horns and other human activities.

Somehow, Wei Ming always has an instinctive irritability in his heart, which lingers in his heart.

Wei Ming, male, 26 years old this year, 175 cm tall, 144 catties in weight, with an ordinary appearance, messy hair, ordinary clothes, and no handsomeness. He has never been popular with women since he was a child. He graduated from a junior college and studied animation art for three years in school.

After graduation, he first entered the IT field and became a UI designer.

Last year, due to the impact of factors such as the epidemic and the Internet winter, he lost his job. His part-time job as an original artist became his only source of income. In addition, he has a solid foundation in painting and excellent character painting. He has a certain reputation in the original artist circle. There are many new and old customers who place orders with him, and the price ranges from 300 to 800 yuan per piece.

Wei Ming works four hours a day and can draw about 15 pieces a month, with a monthly income of about 5,000 to 6,000 yuan.

Compared with the consumption level of Hanghu City, a new first-tier city, this income level is difficult to save any money.

After all, the rent of this finely decorated house alone is 2,200 per month, and the electricity bill is not included.

Eating costs 1,500.

Buying clothes, watching movies, getting a haircut, and shopping costs at least 500.

Miscellaneous expenses such as mobile phone bills cost more than 300.

In a month, all kinds of expenses total more than 4,500.

Wei Ming, who makes a living as a freelance original artist, does not have much savings.

So there is no need to talk about finding a girlfriend to get out of being single, because he does not have the financial strength.

Houses and cars are just distant dreams for him.

Staying at home, decadent, and depressed are the labels attached to his forehead. In the future, China's economic growth will be weak, the birth rate will decline, and the number of unmarried people will continue to increase. I am afraid that he will contribute to it.

In fact, Wei Ming has not been unmotivated. In the first few years after graduation, he worked hard, often worked overtime, and found ways to take on various private jobs. He rarely rested even on holidays. He was frugal and could save more than 100,000 every year. His boss and colleagues all praised and admired him.

But...

Sometimes, your efforts may not be rewarded, but may be hurt and worse.

This caused Wei Ming to fall into depression for a time, and he could only sleep normally with drugs.

He has not even come out of that state until now.

Standing in front of the window, open the window, and let some air in.

Looking at the scenery in the distance.

Smelling the air mixed with car exhaust, chemical plant pollutants and PM2.5 content.

Wei Ming shook his head.

"The air in the countryside is still better."

"Why not go back to the countryside, rent a house with a small yard, and then grow some vegetables and raise some chickens and ducks in the yard. If you feel tired, you can carry a backpack and go for an outing nearby, or take a fishing rod and fish in the lake..."

"This kind of life may be very good."

Wei Ming's face showed a look of longing, and even an impulse in his heart.

After all, as a freelancer, the world is so big that he can go anywhere. There is no need to stick to the big city and breathe uncomfortable turbid air all day long.

Moreover, the cost of living in the countryside is not high, and you can grow your own vegetables and raise livestock, which is suitable for health preservation and full of fun.

Going to the countryside to develop is indeed a good idea.

…

Quasars.

The oldest, most massive, and most energy-dense celestial bodies in the universe.

They are the product of the evolution of galaxies to the end. Their core is generally a massive black hole with a mass of millions to tens of trillions of times that of the sun, surrounded by nebula dust with a diameter of tens to tens of thousands of light years.

Under the huge gravitational force of the black hole at the core of the quasar, the surrounding nebula dust continues to fall into the center of the black hole, forming an accretion disk shaped like a giant eye.

Due to the influx of a large amount of matter, at the two poles of the black hole, the huge conversion energy will drive a large number of high-energy particles to eject outward at a speed infinitely close to the speed of light, forming two huge light pillars.

At this moment.

In a star field 12.7 billion light-years away from the blue star, a quasar with a core black hole mass exceeding 100 trillion suns, after swallowing enough matter, caused a qualitative change caused by quantitative change, and suddenly exploded!

A violent gamma-ray burst erupted.

Among the countless high-energy particles ejected, there was a strange high-energy particle, the energy it contained was unimaginable, very similar to the primordial particles that were born in a very short time during the Big Bang.

Flying towards a certain direction of the blue planet at a speed far exceeding the speed of light, across endless time and space, at a speed beyond common sense.

…

It was getting close to dusk.

The sky was getting darker.

The row of green office buildings across the river began to light up with colorful neon lights.

I remembered my prime years when I was only 26 years old.

I was actually beginning to feel like the dusk of this evening, exuding a strong sense of dusk, and fantasizing about living a relaxed and comfortable rural life like a pastoral.

I entered retirement 40 years early.

"Is it really appropriate to think about retiring so early and just wait for death?"

"Can drawing cute girls in the second dimension every day fill the emptiness of having no partner?"

"House, car, in this prosperous world, having a place to settle down and stand is better than being empty and leaving nothing in the world?"

"Life cannot be as brilliant as summer flowers, but at least it should emit a little light and heat that can be seen by people, just like that meteor, like a red line, although inconspicuous, but it cuts through the sky."

"No, why did that meteor fly towards me?"

Just in surprise!

There was no time to dodge, the red thin line went straight into Wei Ming's forehead and entered his brain.

Boom!

The scene of the Big Bang seemed to reappear in front of Wei Ming's eyes, endless energy and dazzling flames jumped and flashed in front of him, showing countless changes, forming a world of fire, full of violence, disorder and chaos.

Plop~

Wei Ming fainted immediately.