Interactive Fiction: The Right Choice After Unemployment

Chapter 304 After losing my job, I made the right choice
Option two is 11.8%, and option three is 88.2%.

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【Option [-]】

[Kill the "Professor", refuse the power transfer]

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"Nice proposal."

In a ray of light, Zheng Zhuo said.

"But 'we' felt it wasn't good enough."

He grabbed the "professor" tightly and held him in the field.

The "Professor" struggled violently and screamed, but he still couldn't break free——

last of the last.

The figure of "Professor" began to dissipate.

Dazzling white light then burst out from his body.

White light flooded Zheng Zhuo and everyone present.

……

……squeak……

... squeak...

In the small supermarket, the fans whirled and squeaked.The afternoon sun shines through the cracks in the door curtains and falls on the aisle and counter.

"(It's time for this old antique to be repaired.)"

Zheng Zhuo lay on the counter, staring at the old hanging fan, thinking.

Who would shop in a small supermarket in an uptown area on a weekday afternoon?At least, Zheng Zhuo didn't when he was a white-collar worker.This time period is the most leisure time for the small supermarket, and the task of looking after the store has undoubtedly been left to him, a wage earner.

"Wagers are human beings, and wage earners also want to rest..."

Zheng Zhuo put his hands on his head.

A few months ago, he lost his job because he could no longer bear to work overtime and dumped the computer mainframe on the leader's head.

After that, he found a job working in a small supermarket.

He felt that he had done a good job before, and he also received some extra money for bookkeeping.but……

He suddenly developed a fever and took a week off work.

When he came back, his work efficiency was not as good as before.

The work in the supermarket can barely cope, but the work of bookkeeping is completely impossible.

"How did I do it before?"

Zheng Zhuo grabbed his hair.

When he had a fever, he remembered having strange dreams.Like exploring by boat on the sea, taking risks in the dungeon, working as a janitor at the Magic Academy, becoming a god...

The most outrageous thing was that I was so burned out that I ran out of the house without taking anything-and smashed the door of the house.

Before the fever, he seemed to drink a lot because he was too depressed to lose his job.Alcohol and fever, he took the car all the way to the train station and bought a ticket...

When Zheng Zhuo woke up, he found himself in a parking lot thousands of kilometers away, and fell asleep in the security room.

"Am I so drunk?"

Since then, Zheng Zhuo has often fallen into self-doubting thinking.

It's terrible to be yourself.He used to think that he was a relatively calm person... He almost didn't know himself.

"Hey."

Zheng Zhuo didn't know how many times he sighed.During these days, he always sighed.

Running around with a confused head is probably the most exciting thing he can experience as an ordinary person.

"From this point of view, it can be regarded as a kind of life experience..."

He muttered to himself, swiping his phone aimlessly.

The extra money for bookkeeping was no good, and his financial situation became tense again.He browsed the recruitment forum, trying to find some part-time jobs.

"Working in the office... 7:00-23:00... no holidays... Good guy, you are more ruthless than I was before."

"Working in a pharmaceutical factory... including food and lodging... 3000 a month... Okay, I didn't write the working hours, too."

"Sales... self-responsible for profit and loss... how dare you write."

"The hotel...ha, the recruitment list is full of etiquette and blood..."

"Internet writer...seems to be okay..."

"..."

"Forget it, who is a serious person who writes novels?"

Zheng Zhuo let out a long breath.He crossed out the recruiting forum.

The finger accidentally clicked on another page.The news broadcast popped up.

“[Fast News] The 11 victims who were kidnapped in the illegal experiment incident at xx University in xx city have all regained consciousness. At the same time, more cases of personal injury caused by the professor’s illegal experiment have emerged in various places. The harm of the illegal use of brain science may be far beyond our imagination. Our reporter will connect with one of the victims for an exclusive interview..."

"'Barely remember anything'? 'Vegetable or dead'? How many victims were there?"

"what."

The news is full of reports related to the hottest illegal brain science research recently.

"Didn't it mean that the building exploded, all the main materials were blown up, the participants lost their memories of the time, and the mastermind was also killed?"

Zheng Zhuo propped his chin, talking to himself.

"Is this still under investigation? What else can I ask..."

Zheng Zhuo only checked the news for a while and then turned it off.

He opened the forum he frequented again.

The forum is almost overwhelmed by this incident.All kinds of conspiracy theories are flying around.Optimistic, pessimistic, whatever.

Zheng Zhuo looked at it for a while, found it boring, and closed the forum again.

Anyway, such a big event has absolutely nothing to do with him.

He is just a young wage earner who has just lost his job and has no money.

He might as well care about himself.

"Let's have something good tonight..."

Do you want Malatang or fried chicken?

Zheng Zhuo was thinking aimlessly, fiddling with his phone.

Close the browser, close the software, clean up with one click...

Zheng Zhuo looked at the empty phone screen.

For a while, he suddenly felt that there were fewer software on the phone screen.

At the end of all the software, there should be something... a... black and red software...

"(Did I really burn out my brain?)"

Zheng Zhuo rubbed his eyes.

at this time.

Shah.

The curtain swings.

A guest opened the door curtain and came in.

Zheng Zhuo raised his head.He saw the face of the visitor.

The person who came was a young woman whose age looked similar to his.She was neatly dressed in a ponytail and a white shirt and jeans.

"...?"

Has she been here before?Zheng Zhuo thought she looked familiar.

After the young woman came in, she didn't go straight inside like the others.

She stopped at the counter.Zheng Zhuo guessed that she might want to buy cigarettes, drinks or chewing gum.

But the words she spoke were definitely beyond Zheng Zhuo's imagination.

"finally found you."

She looked at Zheng Zhuo and said.

"……what?"

I?What?Why?
Zheng Zhuo looked around to make sure she wasn't looking at someone else...or some kind of poster, a rare antique.

The next question that came to his mind was...

Could it be that they mistaken me with someone who owes money?
Poor as he was, he had never borrowed money—he knew they couldn’t be touched—

Zheng Zhuo's confusion seemed to be expected by the young woman.She didn't wait for Zheng Zhuo's reaction, and continued on.

"The [subconscious world] entrance is completely closed."

"My brother woke up and he was fine. I never could have imagined him coming back. And now, he... and all of us are back. It's a miracle. It's all because of you... Thank you so much .”

Her eyes twinkle.

Wait, wait, don't cry, I haven't figured out what's going on—

"Wait a minute, I don't understand at all what you're talking about. First of all... are you...?"

Zheng Zhuo asked cautiously and tentatively.

The young woman wiped her eyes and stretched out her hand.

"Sorry. My name is Shi Qing."

she says.

Zheng Zhuo had never heard of this name.

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【End of the book】

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