Daydream Theatre

I wanted to test this little black first, so I threw a red ball at it — the most common ball in snooker. However, Little Black did not move. When the red ball was about to hit it, it quickly dodged.

With a bang, the red ball fell to the ground. Blacky was still making mechanical sounds, "Do you need me to keep your things?"

My body slowly moved forward, as it was right in front of the competition building's entrance. In order to distract Xiaohei's attention, I hurriedly said, "I need to! Please keep my belongings safe for the time being. "

Blacky hesitated for a moment, but didn't seem to think that I was a threat. It turned around and sucked the ball into its "stomach", then turned around to remind me, "I've already properly taken care of your belongings. You can come and take them at any time."

I moved slowly, getting close to the door, but it was Blacky who suddenly came at me with all the speed I could muster. "Please don't go near the door, please don't go near the door."

"Is that so?" I stopped moving. I didn't want to be stunned by it, which was said to be very unpleasant. "Why don't you come closer?"

However, it still repeated this sentence: "Please don't go near the door. Please don't go near the door."

"I ask you why?" I was angry with embarrassment.

"Anyone who leaves the stadium will immediately lose their qualification to compete." It 'explains' that this is clearly a built-in code.

"You're saying that we should leave the stadium, but you didn't say that we shouldn't approach it?" I continued to move. However, Blacky has already raised its electric shock rod, as though it was waiting for me to take one more step back to hit it.

"The rule is to go out and lose the right to do so!" I shouted, but he didn't listen to me. He was still closing in on me. I think it clearly has a built-in code that doesn't allow you to say anything about it, which says that even close to the entrance is not allowed.

From the looks of it, this specially made venue really had a secret that could not be told? However, most of the contestants were too focused on the competition to notice this. Furthermore, they did not go out in the past competitions, so they did not care about this at all. Adhering to the rules of the Tet would be a better way to prove that they didn't take any mental stimulants.

But I am a man of great curiosity, and if there is an unsolved mystery, I want to find out. What's more, it was an unspeakable secret. Through the glass of the gate, I could see that the weather outside was still peaceful. Of course, there weren't any strange people around waiting for the contestants to leave so I could inject some stimulants.

What was that old man trying to do? I really don't understand.

"Please stay away from the door, please stay away from it." Xiao Hei is still issuing warnings. I think that the old man has already seen my every move and is rushing over here. Thus, if I really want to know the secret behind this, I must hurry …

Thus, I opened the holographic sphere in my hands. This was a holographic projector ball that had a peep-proof program embedded within it. In other words, whether it was a human or a machine, they could not see the contents of the projection from the back of the holographic projection.

All I could see was all sorts of boring information — a curved, translucent screen. I don't know exactly what advanced technology it uses, but the content on the screen and the holographic projected in front of me can only be seen by me, not from my opposite. Even more magical, I was able to see what was behind the screen through the translucent screen.

Of course, humans aren't machines. If you really want to see what I'm looking at, you can see it by just moving a few steps towards me. So this object was originally...

I smiled proudly, looks like I really had foresight this time when I brought such expensive anti-spying holographic sphere!

This holographic sphere was obviously created to prevent robots from recording the information viewed by humans. It had a secret protocol built into it. Thus, no machine, no matter if it was Little Black or Little White, could see the holographic projection in front of me through any means.

So, of course, it is expensive. I vaguely remember that this kind of holographic sphere was born out of the fear of humans towards robots, and also out of the fear that humans cannot protect their privacy. However, even though we really do not know whether those two super enterprises or Balance Bureau have collected our privacy, at the very least, on the surface — to Little Black and Little White, this is simply a wall.

Right now, Little Black, who was trying to shock me earlier, was standing outside the wall of projections, motionless. It was as if it had been struck by lightning instead.

Of course it couldn't move, and it couldn't chase me around the wall, because that would mean seeing what I was seeing — it would violate my right to privacy.

Of course, in order to prevent the outlaws from using this "wall" to achieve their own sinister objectives, those who used this kind of holographic sphere had to go through an examination. The examination process is very slow, and I only received the holographic sphere more than a year after submitting my report.

And if the person who passed the audit was found to be violating the use of the anti-spying technology, it would be immediately deprived of the right to use it.

However, no matter what, for now, I have a sudden curiosity to go out and see what it is... This intense curiosity drove me to do this. However, I just opened the door to take a look, not to go out to inject the drug to raise my intelligence. Is it illegal to look at it?

Under the cover of this wall, I slowly made my way to the gate. I pushed hard, but found the door closed and unmoving. But as I searched for the handle or the button or switch on the door, I found that it was as completely closed as the window. There was nothing on it that could open the door.

This... This was truly strange!

To get out of this library, do you have to turn into a molecule and get out of the air circulation system? It's incredible, I thought. So there must be some kind of earth-shattering secret to the finals. On the surface, it seemed like they were trying to prevent any contestants from using stimulants, but in reality …

I really can't think of any other earth-shattering secret behind the movements of this Access Rate. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

But now that I've come this far, I feel like I have to do something. I even put on the Spiritual Space connection, because I can record everything that's happened through its camera function.

My palms were sweating as I held onto the bat that had been under my arm all this time. It was time …

But then I noticed that there was a lot of noise around me, and a lot of darkness in front of me. I turned my head and saw, through the screen, seven or eight more tiny black figures flying in and surrounding the Wall.

It seemed that they had all received the old man's order to fly over and stop me. However, it was clear that he did not realize the subtlety of my actions — no machine could violate the anti-spying agreement, after all, I am a customer who has paid in gold and silver!

Little Black kept flying out of the tunnel, forming a circle around the wall. I've never seen anything like this in my life. It's as if I'm an unforgivable wanted criminal. One had to know that even for a strong man as strong as an ox, Little Black only needed a single electric shock to subdue him. But now … "I can't believe that someone like me, who didn't play well, wasn't good-looking, didn't have much skill, and didn't have much future, would be treated with such courtesy!

I feel like I'm riding a tiger.

Therefore, I decided not to care about all this. Even if the Chairman were to try to cut off my anti-spying procedures, he would still have to submit an application to Moloch. This would take a long time, so it can be said that I am in no danger right now. The little black ones are just... Of course, if the Chairman himself were to come, he, as a person, would not need to abide by the agreement.

So... I picked up the end of the stick, raised the whole club over my head, and poured all my strength into my hand. Then I swung the end of the stick toward the glass door. The end of the rod is much heavier than the end of the rod. I think that if I use a bit more strength, I might be able to smash a big hole in it.

But all I heard was a loud noise and then a series of echoes. The glass on the door didn't fall at all. Only my hands were numb from the shock, as if they had been struck by lightning …

Huge echoes reverberated through the spacious hall, as though bombs were exploding beside me.

I felt my head rumble, and my vision darken.

I didn't expect the result to be not too different from being shocked by Little Black …

The holographic projection in front of him was still broadcasting the boring information, along with various programs that were being broadcasted. It was dazzling. I was so disgusted that I wanted to puke. I could feel countless scenes running through my mind.

But I can't close it, or the little black ones will swarm.

Closing my eyes, I could still feel a sharp pain in my head, but luckily, as time went on, the pain gradually lessened.

I looked at the club and saw that it had a dent in the end. It seems that the hardness of the wood alone is not enough to break this door, which is to say, I cannot get out!

But why the hell did I go out? [Isn't there a blue sky and white clouds outside? Perhaps the chairman is really afraid of us using some evil tricks to improve our competition's results, so he closed the stadium! Maybe there really was no secret!

Why should I sacrifice my career for my untimely curiosity? I completely woke up at this moment and thought that my adventurous spirit was useless. I might as well go back and peacefully practice. Otherwise, when the chairman arrives …

But I didn't have the chance. Through the translucent wall, I saw the old man slowly walk over. He pushed away Blacky, who was circling around me, and I saw the anger on his face, but no one else followed.

"Participant David!" He growled, "What are you trying to do?"

"Ah …" "As you can see, I'm just watching some news."

"Watching the news?" He walked slowly around the wall. "Why are you watching the news here?"

I had nowhere to retreat to, so I stuck close to the door. "Just relax a bit."

"Participant David, the finals is about to begin. You need to focus!" He bent down, picked up the holographic sphere I had placed on the ground, and closed it.

In a split-second, all the little black ones were closing in on me, still waving their electric batons in the air.

"Help!" I had to close my eyes in a primal physiological reaction.

However, the Chairman did not allow such a tragedy to happen. He shouted, "Step down!"

I slowly opened my eyes and saw that all of Blacky had already left the hall and had returned to his original position.

It seems that the chairman still values me, a contestant who has won the top ten places!

"David," He suddenly changed his tone, "Tell me, why did you do this?"

"I just saw a few... It's a weird place. I don't think it's right. "

"What's wrong? Can you tell me?"

I felt that his tone was too gentle, which frightened me a little: "President, you are... This is... "Actually, there's nothing strange about it. I'm just walking around."

I swallowed my saliva, took off the Spiritual Space's interface and hid it inside my bag.

"Do you want to go out?" Of course he saw my broken bat.

"Chairman," I said, despite my fear, "can you tell me why you're doing this?"

"For what?"

"Get a closed venue and lock us inside."

"Didn't you see the news? This is to eliminate the use of stimulants. "

"Hehe, anyway we have to check before and after the match, it doesn't matter whether it's sealed or not, does it?"

"Just in case."

"What if?"

"For example, if some contestant went out to get a stimulant, but all the remnants disappeared during the competition, we wouldn't be able to check them out."

"But what if everyone were to secretly use this type of drug in their own rooms?"

The Chairman did not answer me, but gave me a strange smile.

"Could it be …" "You have surveillance equipment everywhere?" I exclaimed, "But this is a movement that no one is paying attention to. If you spend so much energy on such meticulous things, what would happen …?" "What is it …"

I wanted to say the word "return," but I never said it.

"It's precisely because no one is paying attention to our movements!" The Chairman suddenly sighed. His tone was sorrowful.

Is this really a personal misunderstanding? The Chairman had given everything he had for this ancient Snooker movement, using what seemed to be inhuman means only to preserve its fairness, and I … And I suspect the chairman so much that I think he has some ulterior motive!

Isn't it myself who should be most reflective?

"Master... Chairman, I'm really sorry, I'm really a... " Looking at the president's old face, I almost burst into tears.

But at this moment, it was untimely … I suddenly felt weightless and fell backward.

Yes, the door on which I had been leaning suddenly opened, and I fell. Yes, I didn't fall, I fell.

Ah!" But before I could scream, my back touched the ground.

It was as if I had dropped to the last step of a flight of steps that led up to the front of the building. However … Eh? Amidst the pain, I saw that it wasn't a blue sky with white clouds and tall buildings outside, but rather …

How is this possible? Why was it dark outside the stadium? It was so dark I could barely see anything, but when I looked up, I saw the bright light from the stadium.

I fell about a meter from the door and stood up. Then he saw the Chairman lean out as well, and his face filled with horror, as if he had seen a ghost.

What shocked me most was that the two glass doors were now pushed outward, and I could still see the view — yes, exactly as I had seen them when I was in the room — of the cloudless outdoors.

But these two doors had already been opened!

Why is the same landscape still "transmitted" on the glass?

Could it be … Could it be that this wasn't an outdoor scenery at all... Those doors and windows were not made of transparent glass, but were rather screens that were broadcasting certain scenes?

We look at these pre-edited images and think that we are in a very ordinary city, but in fact...

I looked around. It was dark and I had no idea where I was.

"Latimer!" I heard a female cry, and then I saw it light up around me.