A female-oriented system, but the worldview is a little off?

Just as if an invisible breeze blew by, the old lady's expression suddenly became dazed for a few seconds.

He even pretended not to hear the basket of vegetables falling to the ground.

Then she stopped the conversation.

He turned around without saying a word, and walked away from the street like a wandering soul that had lost its mind.

"Hey? Sister Su?" Chu Yan felt a little strange and picked up the vegetable basket that fell on the ground.

Remind him out loud: "You haven't taken your food yet!"

"Oh...thank you."

The old lady turned around and her tone of response seemed a little stiff, as if she was seriously absent-minded.

But he still took the basket of vegetables handed over by the boy.

After nodding...

Then he continued to leave without looking back.

——It was as if in her subconscious mind, nothing was more important than staying away from this street.

"Why did you leave so suddenly?"

Chu Yan raised his eyebrows with a slightly puzzled look, "Did you suddenly remember that there is something else you need to do?"

He shrugged and didn't take it to heart.

——Now that we have finished exercising, the next step is to go to that bookstore to borrow some books.

Think of this.

Speaking of which...it's been a while since I last saw that quiet, book-loving clerk.

Because after traveling through time, Chu Yan often went to that bookstore to look up information and borrow books.

After a few visits, he naturally became familiar with the clerk in the bookstore.

Last time I heard her say that the furnishings in the bookstore were too monotonous.

Chu Yan even bought a pot of small white flowers and gave it to her as a gift.

I don’t know how the potted plant is being taken care of now?

That guy loves reading so much that every time he reads, he gets immersed in his own world.

Wouldn’t it die if I accidentally forgot about it?

Chu Yan thought with some worry in his heart.

"Ok?"

Halfway through the walk, Chu Yan suddenly stopped.

There was a hint of doubt on his face, and he looked towards the surrounding streets.

murmured to himself.

"Is it my illusion...?"

"I always feel like there aren't too few people on this shopping street today."

The shopping district is usually bustling with people.

For some reason, it seemed like it had suddenly become quiet since about ten minutes ago.

All the shops were open, but there were no owners or customers inside.

The pedestrians and cars on the street also disappeared inexplicably, leaving only the empty street as if it were late at night.

It was a sunny afternoon.

But the long street was deserted - there was a sense of weirdness and disharmony.

"Even if today is not a holiday, a street near a shopping district like this shouldn't be empty..."

After hesitating for a moment, Chu Yan immediately took out his cell phone.

After confirming that the signal and network were not disconnected, I breathed a sigh of relief... Fortunately, it didn't suddenly trigger some weird otherworldly plot.

If it was in an urban horror novel, where the protagonist accidentally entered this kind of isolation barrier...

Then the next step will probably be a fatal boss battle.

Or see if he can be rescued by a passing heroine with a deeply sad face and a 120,000-word plot, and develop a bloody plot of "she runs away, he chases, and neither of them can escape even if they have wings."

——But in everyday urban writing, such outrageous things shouldn’t happen...right?

"Or is it some kind of spoof prank show..."

Chu Yan quickly shook his head.

He muttered, "Forget it, it's better not to set up this standard extra flag."

"It's creepy."

He frowned, quickened his pace, and looked left and right, trying to find a passerby as soon as possible.

Fortunately it was very fast.

Chu Yan saw that at the end of the street not far away, there seemed to be four or five people standing together.

They were wearing the same uniform.

They looked like employees of a certain company going on a business trip.

He was holding something that looked like a detection instrument in his hand.

From time to time, they scanned the shops, confirmed the displayed values, and discussed something with each other in whispers.

"That is.....?"

Chu Yan was still a little confused and was just about to go up and talk to them to ask if they knew what the current situation of this street was.

But before he could take a few steps.

Suddenly——

A hand was placed on his shoulder.

"!"

Chu Yan, who was in a semi-tense state of mind, was startled.

He immediately turned around and almost triggered the fight-or-flight response and was about to throw a punch.

But one hand seemed to have pre-read his movements.

She grabbed his wrist one step ahead of time, her movements efficient and skillful.

The woman threatened helplessly: "Hey, what are you going to do? Be careful or I'll sue you for assaulting a police officer!"

The long, messy red hair was unkempt and casually draped behind her casual clothes.

The lazy look, always accompanied by lingering smoke, gives people a unique sense of decadence.

Chu Yan was stunned for a moment.

When he saw the appearance of the woman in front of him clearly, he quickly relaxed and a feeling of surprise arose in his heart.

He blurted out, "Are you the special police lady who was dressed strangely before?"

"After the armed attack on the police failed, verbal violence followed?"

Li Yayan lit up the lighter, put the cigarette in his mouth, shook his head and sighed: "So the young people nowadays..."

Chu Yan smiled somewhat awkwardly.

It’s not that he has any prejudice against this special police lady.

The main problem is the timing of the other party's appearance, which was too coincidental.

The streets had been strangely empty just a few minutes ago, and he finally found a group of humans he could talk to - but at this moment, they patted him on the shoulder and stopped his behavior.

It's really hard not to trigger your subconscious startle instinct.

The last time I saw him was at the scene of the serial killer's arrest yesterday...

Met twice in a row.

It is indeed a very subtle fate.

"I didn't expect to meet you here..."

In order to ease the awkwardness, Chu Yan tried to find something to say for a long time before finally uttering a few words, "What a coincidence?"

"I should be the one asking you this, why are you here?"

Li Yayan put away the cigarette with her hand, and a cloud of mist that was invisible to the naked eye rose up.

She watched the boy's reaction with her eyes.

After a while, I saw Chu Yan's confused look...but he didn't seem to be affected at all.

Sure enough - the effect of the abnormal companion is still there, no wonder it appears here.

She sighed again, understanding clearly.

Then, he pointed to the direction of the intersection and said, "Don't you see the sign over there?"

"Because we are checking the old gas pipeline in Zhanlin City, this is now a prohibited area."

Chu Yan heard this and looked in the direction the woman pointed.

Sure enough, then I saw the bright yellow construction sign.

He stood alone in the middle of the road, like a great general guarding an isolated city and resisting thousands of troops.

There are a few words written in bold black letters on it...

"Construction ahead, no passage allowed."

040-Invisible fate is entangled in the dark

Anomalous Item Number: [3-1531]

Official name: [Construction ahead, no passage allowed].

Description: The anomalous object is a standard rectangular construction site warning sign, bright yellow in appearance, with multiple signs of wear and paint peeling on the surface.

In the center of the sign.

The words "Construction ahead, no passage" are written in bold Chinese and English.

......

Event Log: The anomalous object was initially discovered at a construction site for a new building in downtown ████.

The distortion properties of this anomaly are:

An area designated as a "construction area" may be considered as the effective area.

Within the range, except for the personnel responsible for "construction", other outsiders will subconsciously stay away and subconsciously ignore the existence of this area.

x day x month x year.

Due to the distortion effects of the anomalous project, the planning process of the city where it is located has been delayed - thus the company discovered its nature and existence.

When the location of the abnormal object is confirmed.

Judging from the traces at the scene, no one has entered or exited the construction site of the building for more than ten years.

.......

Additional Files:

After the abnormal effect of [3-1531] is removed.

According to testimony from local residents, the construction site of the building appears to have existed for more than twenty years.

It was contracted by ████ Development Group.

According to the analysis team, the reason for the generation of this abnormal project may be that there has been a lack of workers on the construction site for too long.