I set you up on a blind date, and you've managed to overcome all the weirdness?

Lin Yan took out his pocket watch; the hands were still in the green zone, indicating no pollution was detected.

The night wind blew by, and nothing happened; it seemed that the sound he had just heard was merely a hallucination.

"What the hell is that?"

Lin Yan looked around and saw nothing in the alley except for himself and the trash can next to him.

He recalled that Lao Zhao had said something like this a couple of days ago when he was chatting.

He said that when he was on field missions, the weird things he feared most were not the kind that were flesh and blood.

If you can see or touch that kind of grotesque creature, a few rounds of anti-magic missiles should be enough to make it stop even if it doesn't die.

What I fear most is the bizarre without any physical form.

Such bizarre occurrences are rare; the number recorded in the bureau's archives does not exceed double digits.

Although most of these intangible grotesque creatures are not dangerous, they all cause considerable psychological harm to field personnel.

Almost everyone in the bureau who had experienced the intangible absurdity has applied for retirement.

Those who didn't apply also failed the psychological test in the subsequent work and were forcibly dismissed.

Lin Yan stood there for a moment, lost in thought.

He knew the best option now was to just leave, pretend nothing had happened, and then call for reinforcements.

But for some reason, he's now a little itchy to know if there really is a hundred dollars in that trash can.

Old Zhao would definitely slap him here to wake him up. Do you really need this hundred yuan?

Lin Yan seemed unaware of his own abnormality.

He went to the trash can and kicked it aside.

A splash of red caught my eye.

There really was a hundred-yuan bill.

Just as he looked down to confirm, the AI ​​voiceover sounded again, as if following him closely:

"He found this windfall, but what he didn't know was that it was just a small appetizer."

After he finished speaking, Lin Yan seemed to suddenly come to his senses, and the hairs on his body stood on end. He felt a lingering fear.

He walked quickly out of the alley, thinking about what had just happened.

Why did I inexplicably take that look?

Does it really matter whether I have that hundred dollars or not?

Why was my first reaction not to be wary, but to verify what it said?

Just as Lin Yan felt a chill run down her spine as she thought about it, and was about to stop and sort out her thoughts,

The AI ​​voiceover started again:

"After a busy day, the man is now very tired."

"He didn't want to think about any complicated issues; he just wanted to get home immediately, lie down in his soft, comfortable bed, and get a good night's sleep."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yan felt an overwhelming wave of drowsiness wash over him.

His eyelids began to droop, and his earlier doubts were instantly overshadowed.

Of all things under heaven, sleeping is the most important.

"Yes, I'm so tired, I really want to sleep..."

Lin Yan muttered to himself, his eyes glazed over, and his steps grew heavy.

He stopped looking around and stopped thinking about anything bizarre, and walked back to his apartment in this dazed state.

Without even taking a shower, he collapsed onto the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

……

"Brother? Brother, wake up!"

Lin Yan opened his eyes groggily, and after a long while, he finally found his phone.

On the screen, Chu Chu was pouting angrily.

"It's already noon the next day! Why are you still sleeping, brother!"

"Chuchu was going to tell you that she's already taken care of that old mudfish's mermaid suit."

"And what did you do? You came back, collapsed into bed, and didn't even take your clothes off!"

Lin Yan sat up in bed.

"Huh? I slept for so long? I must have been too tired yesterday."

"tired?"

Chu Chu pouted.

"But brother, you clearly spent the whole day yesterday slacking off in the task force office!"

"Chuchu saw it all. You were either scrolling through short videos, or drinking tea and dozing off, and you didn't come back until 10:30 at night."

"You're so free, but when you came back you acted like you'd been busy all day. You didn't even say a word to Chu Chu before you went to sleep."

Chu Chu's casual complaint, tinged with jealousy, struck Lin Yan like a bolt from the blue.

Did you spend the whole day slacking off?

Yup!

I didn't do any work at all yesterday!

Old Zhao even specifically forbade anyone to disturb me.

How could I be so tired that I could just fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow?

The more Lin Yan thought about it, the stranger it seemed, and his previously confused mind instantly cleared up.

He began to recall what had happened after he got off work last night: the alley, the trash can.

One hundred yuan.

exhausted.

Go home and sleep.

Holy crap!

"It's that AI voiceover!"

After that voice finished speaking, I was actually deprived of the ability to think, and I did what it said like a puppet on a string!

Why does this feel a bit like the bizarre restaurant visit I had with Saya?

No, they have a fundamental difference.

The bizarre things people say about visiting restaurants are things that those mentioned will do, but they are all aware of what they are doing; they just can't control themselves.

This bizarre phenomenon is more like hypnosis, making people actively complete its script.

The strangeness of this method made Lin Yan no longer underestimate it.

He didn't even know how he got infected, and he couldn't resist, so there was only one way...

Call for reinforcements!

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Yan immediately opened the [Non-human High-Quality Blind Date Group].

[Lin Yan]: Sisters, I have something to ask you. Do you know anything strange... like the AI ​​voiceover in short videos?

[Lin Yan]: It will explain your behavior like a movie narration.

Once it starts talking, you'll naturally feel that you should do as it says, without even a chance to think or resist.

[Lin Yan]: Is there such a bizarre creature in Jiangcheng?

After the message was sent, there was an unusually long period of silence in the group.

After all, most of the people in the group assumed that Lin Yan and Saya had signed a ghost marriage contract. What could possibly overcome this barrier and achieve such an effect?

Chu Chu reacted the fastest, after all, she had been monitoring the electronic signals around Lin Yan.

"Brother, are you talking about encountering something like this yourself?"

"But Chu Chu just scanned all the signals around you and didn't find anything unusual!"

"Besides, Chu Chu was right next to you yesterday and didn't hear anything like what you're talking about."

Even Chu Chu didn't notice? Then it seems this thing is really something special.

There were also messages in the group.

[Red-Clad Senior]: Little brother, are you under too much pressure lately, or are you trying to get the older sisters' attention by making up a story to fool us?

[Red-Clad Senior]: I've never even heard of such a bizarre thing before.

[Red-Clad Senior]: How about I help you wash your ears? Once they're clean, all those dirty sounds will be gone.

[Mermaid in the Sewers]: If such a thing really exists, and you've already been completely seduced once...

[The Mermaid in the Sewer]: I suggest you die right now and let that crazy woman find you a new body.

Lin Yan almost laughed in anger; they were still in the mood to joke at a time like this.

Forget it, I'll just go ask Saya.

Just then, a black crack suddenly appeared before their eyes.

Saya stepped out carrying scissors.