Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 58 "Fragments"

As the earth shook, fire burned the broken walls, and flying debris scratched his cheeks, leaving scars that could never be healed.

No matter how many rituals she had mastered...

……

Lin Yilin opened her eyes, still as punctual as a robot.

She reached for her phone immediately and opened the screen to check.

Ok?
It was two seconds later than usual, probably due to the nightmare. She didn't seem to be a complete robot.

She quickly looked through the information and found what she expected. She frowned for a moment and then relaxed again. She didn't stay in bed for long and went to wash up.

She simply combed her messy hair in front of the mirror, and the earthworms on the sink handed her toiletries. Since the black earthworms were strengthened by Mr. Illusion, they finally had the strength to help her with some chores.

After washing up, the earthworms had already helped to bake the toast. Lin Yilin had always been indifferent to what to eat for breakfast and just randomly chose it, but in recent months, she had chosen toast more often.

It's really hard to guess the reason.

After eating a few bites of toast and drinking a cup of hot milk, Lin Yilin set out on her daily commute to work.

The foggy world seemed to have finally gone away, leaving only a thin layer of morning mist on the streets in the early morning.

I passed by a newsstand and took a casual look.

The Metropolitan Daily remained calm, and the impact of the Jacob family's collapse was no longer seen in the newspaper. Lin Yilin simply skipped the white city section and went to the gray block section.

This part is not very common in most metropolitan daily newspapers. Unless people in the white district are interested, they don’t particularly want to see what’s happening in the gray district in the newspaper.

For most residents of white urban areas, reports from many gray neighborhoods can only be described as "curious."

There were even cases where readers sent in letters requesting that the daily newspaper's coverage of gray areas be cancelled.

Although they were not successful in the end, the fact that such a large and complex grey area can now only occupy a small column in the newspaper is the result of the efforts of that group of people.

Today's report on the gray block only mentioned that the foggy world overlapped in a certain block, but was separated from reality in the early hours of the morning.

This is the most important part, the rest are just meaningless scraps. Lin Yilin put down the newspaper in boredom, and then picked up another one.

"The Secret Report of Shishikoko", Shishikoko's street newspaper, looks like a regional newspaper of just one street, but in fact, this newspaper, which was "secretly circulated" by another large firm of Shishikoko, contains quite a lot of content.

It not only covers the big and small things that happened on Xixikoko Street, but also covers many other gray areas in Dadu. Since its operation, it has become the opposite of Dadu Daily. What Dadu Daily does not tell you, they all tell you in Xixikoko Secret News.

Successfully captured this part of the market.

When Lin Yilin was a child, they were just starting out, but today they have grown to such a scale and should not be underestimated.

As soon as this one was picked up, the headline today was "The "Machete" killer was killed, Chief Bai Shi took action, and the "Red Line" killer appeared to reap the harvest?!"

Although it is rumored that they are growing bigger and bigger, the "marketing account" style they left behind when they were small is deeply rooted, which they learned from studying journalism.

However, the content is indeed quite informative, with the details of that night clearly described from the perspectives of the police, the Shenlai Agency, and the processing bureau.

The only part that was missed was the appearance of the Red Line Killer. It was said that the process from the appearance of the Red Line Killer to the resolution of the battle went too fast.

In the end, he escaped with the help of a mysterious accomplice, and finally, based on some unfounded interviews, he concluded that the situation in Xixi Koko was confusing and that something big might happen. It's just right.

Of course, there is also a photo taken from a mysterious perspective of the Red Line Killer celebrating his victory.

Lin Yilin picked up the newspaper without reading it carefully, put it in her hand and walked towards her office.

When she pushed the door open, she first saw Toast resting in the corner, then confirmed that the sofa was fine, and after she felt relieved, it was time to look for Mr. Illusion as usual. After taking a quick look inside the room, Lin Yilin came to the bookshelf next to the desk and found a black-covered book titled "Alien".

As soon as I touched it, the book jumped down from the bookshelf and turned back into Zheng Fan.

"Good morning. You arrived ten minutes later than usual today. Were you delayed on the road?" Zheng Fan greeted.

"Good morning, Mr. Illusion. I just paid special attention to today's newspaper. It seems that you still had a lot of fun last night." Lin Yilin threw the newspaper on the table. "It's so-so, huh? Why is there this photo?" Zheng Fan leaned over to take a look, and unexpectedly found that his goal celebration was recorded.

"The angle is not right. Such a cool move should be made into an animated graphic and printed in the newspaper for everyone in the city to watch and imitate."

"Miss Killer won't be able to handle that." Lin Yilin sat down at the desk. "Is this a classic move from Mr. Illusion's world?"

"That's what I'm going to tell you about the legendary football player Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro."

"...Forget it, let's talk about the Alien series of movies mentioned earlier." Miss Lin Yilin thought about it for less than a second before changing the subject.

What happened to you, Ronaldo?

However, Zheng Fan still satisfied Lin Yilin's preferences.

While listening to Zheng Fan's story, Lin Yilin began to finalize the commission.

Zheng Fan performed the plot with great emotion. He could even transform into an alien, from a facehugger to a chestbreaker to a xenomorph, without any delay. Based on Lin Yilin's understanding of his average speed of change, this skillful transformation showed that he might have been practicing secretly for a long time.

What on earth does Mr. Illusion practice transforming into every day?

Since I learned to fly, I have been letting myself go more and more.

Lin Yilin's work thread is powerful, and she can fully support herself from handling the matters at hand while listening to Zheng Fan's story, and she can also appropriately offer opinions on some points of interest.

People are particularly curious about the alien's physiological structure, the setting of pure saliva and highly acidic blood, and the reproductive worship in the image design. The unique design concept makes people who understand it for the first time quite interested.

Besides, Miss Lin Yilin's taste is naturally heavy and exotic.

……

The commission is being recorded.

As the illusion marked as "Lu Lu" was destroyed, the bait fantasy shoes it spread out also became basically ineffective.

What? Why is the tag name "Lulu"?
Because the word "Lu Lu" was the clearest in the hallucination, that's what the processing bureau remembered in the end.

The nickname given to Lu Chongming by that thing eventually became the nickname left in reality after its death, which is vaguely a bit of black humor.

Lin Yilin had only completed a trivial commission, but afterwards, Chief Shiraishi from the processing bureau seemed to have made a special trip to inquire about the specific source of the police intelligence.

Lin Yilin's good uncle Drake hurriedly pulled Lin Yilin out again.

In the end, Lin Yilin was unexpectedly credited with a great achievement by the officials of the processing bureau.

Given the nature of the bureau, she had sent out the information purely out of charity, but she didn't expect it to become the biggest surprise.

"Chief Bai Shi is the most powerful person I have ever met. Do you know him?" Seeing this, Zheng Fan also tried to understand this person.

Lin Yilin looked at the golden great achievement logo displayed on the computer screen in front of her, but her face was still expressionless. After hearing the words, she recalled: "He is the chief of the Xixikeke Street and surrounding processing branch. Excluding some exceptions, he is the strongest person in this area. He has been stationed in Xixikeke Street for more than 20 years. Both his strength and character are quite acceptable. If he hadn't mentioned it, this achievement would probably have been swallowed up."

"What's the violence index?" After saying so much, this was the only thing that mattered in Zheng Fan's simple mind.

"Gun..." Lin Yilin spat out a word.

At the level above the gangs, the simple "gun" is the most well-known representative of hot weapons and one of the symbols of terror and violence.

"If all fantasy factors are activated, hallucinations are created, and the super fantasy ruler is added, it should be more than enough to reach the level of a 'gun' if the consequences are ignored. I met him ten years ago, and he was already at the gang level at that time. Although he was not the chief at that time, he had already made a name for himself. He was a very powerful person." Lin Yilin said.

"I see." Zheng reacted and a character with a higher minimum requirement than him finally appeared.

"But... no matter how powerful you are, you are just one person in front of the 'big earthquake'."

Lin Yilin's faint voice echoed throughout the office.

(End of this chapter)