Old Domain Bizarre

Chapter 47 Network
"I got a computer virus! That's why I lost my memory! Do you want to lose your memory too?" Song Jianguo said irritably, and put his sleeves back on.

"What?! A computer virus? A living person can get a computer virus?"

Zhang Wenda was stunned; it seemed like anything could happen. "Since you've been infected with a computer virus, that means that place is..."

"The online world," my aunt, who was drinking water nearby, blurted out.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Wenda immediately perked up. He didn't believe that the internet here was just a simple dial-up connection. If even menstruation could become sentient, then it didn't seem impossible for the internet to become sentient.

"So your amnesia, the cat ears on your head, and the personification of your period are all because you were infected by a computer virus in the online world?!" Zhang Wenda looked at Song Jianguo with some surprise.

Memory loss, physical deformities, and the materialization of concepts—these three different things all originated from the same place.

Zhang Wenda knew that this place was probably not something to be trifled with.

"I don't know. I told you I have amnesia. I only remember being terrified and running away with my life on the line," Song Jianguo replied, looking irritated.

"What exactly is the online world? Tell me in detail how it can improve my abilities," Zhang Wenda asked earnestly again.

Hearing this, Song Jianguo looked even angrier. "I already told you that place is dangerous, why did you still go? Do you want to lose your memory too? Do you want to grow cat ears on your head?"

"Whether it's dangerous or not, whether I should go or not, I'll decide for myself. You just need to tell me what kind of place it is and what dangers it poses."

"I won't tell! If I do, you'll definitely take me there to get myself killed again. I'm never going to that place again!" Song Jianguo threw down the fried rice in his hand and angrily turned his back.

Seeing that the other party was unmoved by either soft or hard tactics, Zhang Wenda turned to look at another person in the know, Song Jianguo's aunt.

"Auntie~ Can you tell me? Just tell me how much brown sugar water you want to drink and how many painkillers you want to take, and I'll buy it for you."

"Oh, really? That's good? I misjudged you, you're quite a good kid." Auntie gently nudged Zhang Wenda with her elbow.

"I can tell you that, you can ask other people for these things even if I don't tell you."

Auntie took a sip of brown sugar water and continued, "Actually, Mimi is right. That place is indeed very dangerous, and the online world is full of malice."

"Could you explain in more detail?" Zhang Wenda quickly took out paper and pen and began to take notes seriously.

"Well... how should I put it? Because it's the online world, everyone's appearance can be changed by themselves. Many people think that since no one will notice they did it, they can do whatever they want."

"For example, someone might secretly put a computer virus on something good. If you're not careful and just touch it, you'll be as embarrassed as Mimi." She picked up Song Jianguo's arm covered by a sleeve and waved it at Zhang Wenda.

"Well, it's impossible to explain it all with words. Anyway, if you go there, you'll see for yourself and know what's going on."

"Can everyone freely access the online world? I haven't seen it," Zhang Wenda asked curiously again, pausing his notes.

“Of course.” Auntie put down her teacup and raised her finger. “This is a new world, it’s only been out for a short time, most people don’t even know about it.”

“A new gadget…it just appeared not long ago.” Zhang Wenda quickly wrote this down.

"Besides, time is messed up there. If you go there, you might see things from the past, or even your past self. You absolutely must not come into contact with yourself." Zhang Wenda didn't care about this. He was already so small now, and if he went there, he would become an embryo.

As his aunt spoke, Zhang Wenda took notes, quickly gaining a completely new understanding of the so-called online world.

Unlike libraries and children's palaces, the online world is clearly a completely new world. It can even be said that everyone who enters this world now is like a geographical discoverer, constantly exploring the boundaries and potential of this world.

Although very few people currently have internet access or dare to use it, it is foreseeable that the various substances brought from this new world will continuously change the entire world.

After looking at the densely written words in the notebook, Zhang Wenda looked at Auntie again. "Okay, I've finished understanding the dangers. Can you tell me what the benefits are in the online world, and how much strength it can help me improve?" "Uh..." Auntie's face turned a little awkward upon hearing this. "Well, I don't know either. After all, I've only been inside once with Mimi. No, I should say, I only appeared because Mimi went in that one time."

"However, I've heard that there are many good things in there. For example, someone has mined red mercury in the online world, and one gram is worth tens of dollars."

"Tens of dollars? Per gram?" Zhang Wenda knew all too well the purchasing power of money these days; this was a huge sum of money.

"I've also heard that some people are posting qigong secrets online, letting anyone watch them freely—no tickets, no money required!"

"Qigong? You can watch and learn it at will?" These words from the other party made Zhang Wenda quite tempted.

He remembered that someone at the Xinhua Bookstore had said that if a fire broke out in the Greater Khingan Mountains, even a Qigong master could put it out with their powers. He didn't need such a powerful special ability; he just needed enough to defeat that scythe monster.

After listening to the other party's rambling reply, Zhang Wenda put away the book. He had already gained a basic understanding of the so-called online world, which was actually a world where risks and opportunities coexisted.

"Okay, thanks. It's almost time, I should go to class." Zhang Wenda climbed down the telephone pole again.

Zhang Wenda barely listened to the classes that afternoon, focusing entirely on analyzing the gains and losses of the online world and whether he should go or not.

It certainly sounds dangerous, given Song Jianguo's example right before our eyes, but for Zhang Wenda now, it is equally tempting.

If the only price to defeat the scythe monster is growing a cat's ear, then it doesn't seem so unacceptable.

Since he doesn't have a period anyway, he doesn't believe that the online world can provide him with an uncle-in-law to follow him around.

"However, the amnesia issue is indeed a bit tricky. We still need to ask Song Jianguo carefully to avoid this risk as much as possible."

The afternoon passed by as Zhang Wenda pondered, and when the bell rang, he was instantly jolted awake.

"Rat, let's go home together." Pan Dongzi took out a crumpled packet of instant noodles from the drawer and poured it into his mouth.

"I'm not going. I need to talk to Ouyang about something." Zhang Wenda remembered that he had attended Ouyang's class this afternoon, and he needed to ask him some questions about the online world.

Since there's a local expert available for free consultation, why not take advantage of it?

Arriving at the door of the teachers' office again, Zhang Wenda pushed it open and saw Ouyang grading papers with another bald male teacher. The setting sun shone obliquely through the square glass window, making the room look exceptionally warm.

"Is something the matter, Wenda?" Ouyang was as good-tempered as ever, handing over another White Rabbit milk candy.

"Teacher, I'd like to ask you something."

"Oh? What is it?" she said with her signature ceramic smile.

Zhang Wenda opened the White Rabbit candy wrapper and popped the candy, still wrapped in a translucent rice paper, into his mouth. "Teacher, how much do you know about the online world?"

As soon as Zhang Wenda finished speaking, the sound of the pen sliding across the paper stopped instantly, and the entire teachers' office became completely silent.

"Wen Da? Who told you about the online world?" Ouyang slowly stood up. As she stood up, accompanied by the cracking sound of ceramics breaking, her body began to grow larger.

When Ouyang suddenly turned around, what appeared before Zhang Wenda was a completely cracked ceramic smiling face.

"Who told you that! Who!!"

(End of this chapter)