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Chapter 55 055.Friends

Huang Shaokun looked up at the man in front of him and frowned slightly.

Without thinking for too long, he nodded.

After all, this is his good friend, and there is no problem in visiting his home.

"Um."

The young office worker nodded.

It's now 9:15, not long after he got off work. It's early today, so he doesn't have to catch the last subway train.

After taking the subway with the other party for an hour and walking for 20 minutes, Huang Shaokun arrived at his rental community.

This is a relocated house located in the suburbs of Jiangcheng. Most of them are rented by migrant workers. He rented a single room with a private bathroom for 2,000 yuan, which was considered cheap.

"A little small."

The sound of a TV series came from next door. Huang Shaokun remembered that the renter seemed to be a girl. He had lived there for more than half a year and had only seen him once.

Qiao Mu walked into the room and saw the four people who had been standing on Huang Shaokun's shoulders jumping down like acrobats and standing in the corner of the room.

I have to say, it was a bit crowded.

From the chat while riding the subway, Qiao Mu learned that this young man studied in university in Jiangcheng and stayed in the city after graduation. He has been working for an Internet company for three years, six days a week, from 9 am to evening every day. Nine o'clock.

Standard 996 job.

"Why are you so polite? You can sit wherever you like."

When Huang Shaokun saw Qiao Mu standing, he said casually and turned on the computer at the same time.

"It's a bit crowded."

Qiao Mu told the truth. He glanced at the computer desktop and saw a photo, like a dormitory photo taken after college graduation.

This shared house is only the size of a normal master bedroom. Apart from the two of them, there are four "people", and there really isn't much room for standing.

"I can't help it, the rent is too expensive."

Huang Shaokun sighed and started the battle.

"Are you still playing games so late?"

Qiao Mu stood behind him and looked at his screen.

"Playing with friends can help you relax."

Huang Shaokun had already entered the game, connected to his voice, and suddenly became more active.

"I'm sorry for being late today. It's okay. I'll give you a C this time. Just trust me."

He was playing games and joking with his friends, which was completely different from the dull look he had before when he was walking on the street.

only.

Qiao Mu looked at the other "people" in the room.

They all found a place to sit down, seemed to be controlling the illusory keyboard and mouse, and started playing games.

Qiao Mu looked at these people.

He looked at Huang Shaokun again.

In less than thirty minutes, they won a game, and laughter filled the room.

Qiao Mu saw the "man" standing upside down on the ceiling chattering, speaking in a language that humans could not understand.

At the same time, a voice came from Huang Shaokun's voice.

"Damn, what I did just now was too bright. When I die, the QR code on my tombstone will look like this when I scan it."

The "person" lying on the wall beside the bed also made a weird sound like bubbles rising.

"Yes, yes, this one would have collapsed if I hadn't resisted it in the early stage. Thank you dad quickly."

"Awesome, awesome, give it another try."

Huang Shaokun smiled and started the game again.

Qiao Mu observed again.

The conclusion was quickly reached.

The people playing games with Huang Shaokun are these "people" standing on his shoulders.

When this young office worker plays games, these "people" will condense into human forms and focus on operations. From their bodies, silk threads composed of deep black mist are connected to Huang Shaokun and wrapped around his hands and feet. His neck and body made him feel like a bound Prometheus, tightly imprisoned in front of the computer.

There is no doubt that Huang Shaokun has been polluted to a certain extent and was dragged into the abyss before he could communicate with these "friends".

Qiao Mu stood behind him, speechless.

The game continued for more than an hour.

"It's great to win today."

He stretched and even forgot about Qiao Mu's presence in the room.

"You have quite a few friends."

Qiao Mu suddenly spoke, startling Huang Shaokun.

The young man's expression was a little confused, as if he didn't understand how this stranger appeared quietly behind him. It wasn't until he looked at Qiao Mu that he vaguely recalled what happened before.

"Yes, we have been friends for several years."

Huang Shaokun sighed with emotion.

The dark shadows in the room stirred, seeming to agree with this sentence.

Qiao Mu thought for a while and spoke again.

"Can you introduce me to someone? Add him on WeChat."

"no problem."

Huang Shaokun said without thinking. When he took out his mobile phone, he wanted to find the WeChat messages of several friends, but he fell into confusion again.

"Hey, that's weird, I remember it was like that"

He searched through the address book but could not find the contact information of those friends.

not a single one.

"By the way, we usually don't use WeChat, we always communicate via QQ."

Huang Shaokun reluctantly logged into QQ.

Still no trace of those "friends" was found.

As he became more and more distressed, the black shadows continued to expand, and the threads wrapped around Huang Shaokun's body became thicker and tighter, as if to prevent him from escaping.

Qiao Mu reached out and held Huang Shaokun's shoulder while looking around.

Those black shadows seemed to be afraid of Qiao Mu, and the black mist that spread out quickly retracted.

Keep the change, please.

Qiao Mu said, pointing to the computer desktop.

"They are all your college classmates."

Huang Shaokun followed Qiao Mu's fingers and looked at the computer screen. His dazed eyes suddenly became lively again, as if he was recalling something.

"Yes, it's them. I told you that we have a good relationship. We often go to parties, have dinners, and travel together. They even organized one after graduation. However, I was working overtime at that time and couldn't participate. They went there at that time. In the mountains, I took a lot of photos, and then..."

As he spoke, his voice suddenly got stuck.

"Then there was a car accident on the way down the mountain and the bus fell off the cliff."

His expression hardened.

Huang Shaokun looked at the table, and all five people showed bright smiles. It was when they had just graduated, and the future seemed to have unlimited possibilities. They would start a new life, meet different people, have an ordinary and happy life, and have a happy life. Being able to get together and reminisce about the good old days.

He turned his head again, and what he saw was a cramped rental house, seemingly endless work, and monotonous daily life day after day. Only a few moments at night could free him from the heavy life. Free yourself.

The young man looked at Qiao Mu.

He saw several shadows looming behind Qiao Mu.

The black shadow that looked ferocious, terrifying, and strange to ordinary people now actually showed the faces of Huang Shaokun's friends.

"Can you please not take them away?"

Huang Shaokun seemed to notice something. He looked at Qiao Mu with a pleading tone.

"It's up to you."

Qiao Mu has already seen it.

It wasn't these dark shadows that were entangled and binding Huang Shaokun, but those black threads spreading out from his body.

The threads dragged these black shadows around Huang Shaokun.

Just like the friends in the air that many people fantasize about when they were young, those four black figures are Huang Shaokun's own prison. His depth does not come from abnormalities, but from himself.

When Huang Shaokun was confused, Qiao Mu took out his mobile phone. He originally wanted to notify Zhou Mingke, but then he remembered that it was late at night, and it would be too unethical to chat with colleagues on WeChat during non-working hours.

An upright person like him would not do such a thing.

Putting down his phone, Huang Shaokun seemed to have figured it out.

"Give me a little more time, okay?"

Qiao Mu was silent for a moment, and then spoke.

"In fact, many people's communication now only exists online, and they may never meet each other in their lifetime. It doesn't matter whether the other person is a real person or not."

"People always have some place of peace of mind. For example, if I am too stressed, I will go back to the mental hospital for a while."

"?"

Question marks appeared on Huang Shaokun's head.

"No problem, people can only save themselves."

Qiao Mu watched the other party turn off the computer, come to the door, and prepare to leave. He turned around and said something before leaving the rental house.

"Besides, didn't you already see the answer when you turned off the computer just now?"

Huang Shaokun was puzzled.

He turned his head and looked at the dark computer screen.

The reflection inside reflected his own appearance.

He clearly remembered that when the fun with his friends ended and the game screen went black, what was reflected in it was indeed his smiling face.