Oh no! I'm surrounded by female ghosts!

That's roughly the situation.

Inside the coffee shop, Su Ming had just finished telling Zhou Zhengyang the whole story of how he came to be in 2019.

That's the truth.

He desperately wanted to extract this memory from himself and stuff it directly into Zhou Zhengyang's mind.

He had mentioned this idea to Wen Qi before, but she rejected it outright.

Interpersonal communication relies on written language, physical gestures, and thus develops uniquely human emotional bonds and social boundaries.

Memory sharing has gone beyond its normal scope.

One or two times won't have a significant impact.

The fear is that this will become a habit, thus completely changing the way people communicate with each other.

While it may seem like simplifying complex matters, this is actually a very dangerous practice.

Some of the most original and fundamental things are like cornerstones that should never be easily changed.

If anything changes, the building will collapse.

Zhou Zhengyang stared wide-eyed, mouth agape, struggling to process the enormous, mind-blowing amount of information.

Su Ming didn't disturb him, but just glanced at Yu Mengnian.

Yu Mengnian stared at the balance on her phone screen, looking at the string of zeros.

She's been watching for a long time.

"What, haven't you finished counting yet?"

Yu Meng didn't even raise her hand; she simply held up a finger to block Su Ming's head as he leaned closer.

"Then keep counting slowly."

So, Su Ming picked up the coffee on the table and looked at the hot pot restaurant across the street.

Tangtang is having hot pot with her friends.

The little girl was all smiles, holding her chopsticks and chattering away as she cooked the meat in the broth.

Listen secretly.

She said, "There's a really good TV series out lately, have you guys watched it?"

"Let me tell you, the male lead in it is super handsome."

"By the way, Ting, the face mask you recommended to me before was really good. I feel like my skin has improved recently. Do you have any other good products? Please recommend a few to me."

"The meat at this hot pot restaurant is really good; I've eaten here several times."

I listened for a while.

Su Ming revealed an expression that said, "I knew it."

These are all very ordinary topics.

It's nothing more than the food, drinks, fun, beauty and skincare that young girls talk about, and occasionally they'll complain about their daily lives.

Among all the characters I've nurtured.

Tangtang is the most ordinary girl, living the most ordinary life and thinking the most ordinary things.

Let's look at Zhou Zhengyang on the left, who is still in shock.

Yu Mengnian, on the right, was still staring at the balance.

There has long been an invisible red line between them and ordinary people.

Although we live in the same world, it feels like we're from different worlds.

By the time Tangtang and the others had almost finished their hot pot, they were almost done eating.

Zhou Zhengyang had just finished processing the information when he grabbed Su Ming's hand, his voice trembling uncontrollably: "Your Majesty... what kind of apocalypse is 2019?"

Su Ming's appearance itself represents the most dangerous signal.

"It's unclear at the moment."

Su Ming shook his head.

He has not found anything unusual so far.

"Check if Xu Qinghe is still alive?"

"Contact Cheng Yao again."

"I also need the complete files on the 2016 major air disaster; I need the most detailed internal information."

With Zhou Zhengyang by his side, Su Ming only needed to give orders.

He will handle all of this properly.

"There's one more thing," Su Ming patted Zhou Zhengyang on the shoulder, "You don't need to hide my situation."

"Report it exactly as it should be reported."

The Dragon Kingdom has always given Su Ming its full support.

Besides, it's not like it's anything shameful.

Zhou Zhengyang nodded quickly.

He must report such an important matter to his superiors.

He just hasn't figured out how to report it yet.

While Zhou Zhengyang was contacting his superiors and coordinating data, Su Ming also took a look at the doomsday prophecy about 2012.

It was indeed proven to be a rumor.

However, in the following years, many directors relied on the doomsday theory to make many doomsday movies about 2012.

For example, "2012", "The Day After Tomorrow", "Independence Day", "Deep Impact", etc.

Don't tell.

Su Ming had seen all of these movies.

The various theories, including tsunamis, earthquakes, ice ages, and even alien invasions, are likely inspired by the 2012 doomsday prophecy.

But now that I think about it carefully...

These films do indeed depict the real apocalypse of 2012.

After all, the old Earth in 2012 was repeatedly attacked by various apocalyptic events.

I casually checked 2003.

It was an ordinary year, with nothing particularly noteworthy happening.

Although there was a doomsday prophecy about the sun going out, it didn't cause any sensation, and there wasn't even a movie about it.

The doomsday scenario that humans can understand is the one they can imagine.

The idea of ​​the sun going out is completely unimaginable.

Just as I was looking at it, my phone rang.

Zhou Zhengyang sent over the complete encrypted data on the 2016 LH16 air disaster.

It's described as detailed information, but the actual content is quite limited.

It details when LH16 took off and when it suddenly disappeared, with the time accurate to the second.

The approximate coordinates of the disappearance were also marked.

According to records, one second before contact was lost, the ground control station did not receive any distress signals or abnormal data, and all flight parameters were normal.

By the time staff noticed something was wrong, LH16 flight had already disappeared from the radar screen; the entire flight had vanished into thin air.

The following are search records from countries around the world.

In short, we gained nothing.

Su Ming carefully reviewed the detailed list of passengers traveling by plane.

Bai Xinglan was indeed on the list.

The file notes are clear and unambiguous: The deceased was a 21-year-old female, a third-year clinical medicine student at Beijing Medical University.

I took flight LH16 as a representative of the university to participate in an international medical academic exchange conference overseas.

Take a closer look, and you'll see that some of the people on the list look familiar.

They should be Bai Xinglan's former colleagues from 2026, who together performed a physical examination for Su Ming.

It turns out they were all dead, just waiting for Su Ming to return from the doomsday line of 2016.

"And what about the next ten years..."

Before Su Ming could finish speaking, he felt a chill creep up his back.

I turned to look out the window.

The streets were bustling with traffic and pedestrians hurrying along, creating a vibrant and lively atmosphere.

At this moment, he couldn't tell whether the vibrant passersby in front of him, or everyone around him, were alive or dead.

The boundary between life and death has become blurred.

I had just finished reading about the major air disaster of 2016 when another piece of information came in.

It's information about Xu Qinghe.

It must be said that Zhou Zhengyang is really efficient.

Upon opening the document, Su Ming's pupils contracted slightly.

Xu Qinghe is currently serving his sentence!

In 2018, she had just turned 18 when she murdered her parents.

After committing the murder, she hid her parents' bodies among the dolls in the room.

Two weeks later, the body was discovered after a neighbor reported the stench.

At the time of the incident, Xu Qinghe was traveling out of town and had not been to school for nearly a month.

He was sentenced to life imprisonment in November 2018 for intentional homicide.

He has been in prison for six months now.

According to the transcript, Xu Qinghe confessed very readily.

Her weapon was a small knife, and the victims' fatal wounds were all sharp force injuries to the neck.

Su Ming clicked on the attached video of Xu Qinghe's interrogation.

She wore a smile, calm and composed, showing no trace of hostility or fear.

They look very well-behaved.

According to the testimonies of neighbors, this child was of excellent character and was gentle and sensible from a young age. She was a good child and a well-behaved girl in the eyes of others. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen?

There are also relevant psychological evaluation reports regarding the motive for the murder.

The doctor gave a clear diagnosis: the long-term repressive family environment had gradually distorted Xu Qinghe's personality.

Until the day I turned 18, I desperately wanted to break free from my suffocating family of origin.

The only way she could think of to find complete relief was through the most extreme form of killing.

As for why she hid the corpse inside the doll...

This falls under abnormal psychology and cannot be interpreted using conventional logic.

After committing the crime, she acted as if nothing had happened, packed her bags, and went to many places she had always wanted to go but could not.

When she was arrested, she did not resist at all; on the contrary, she cooperated very well.

In the video footage, the police officer looked at Xu Qinghe with a grave expression and asked, "Why did you choose to kill your parents?"

Xu Qinghe had a big smile on her face, and her expression was so relaxed that it was almost naive.

She said, "Because when dolls grow up, they should become independent."

The policeman frowned: "Independence is no excuse for murder."

Xu Qinghe shook her head: "I will never be able to be independent unless I cut off the threads in their hands."

"There are many places I want to go and many things I want to do. My parents won't let go, and I'll never be able to leave them."

That obedient appearance, coupled with that innocent answer, gave one a suffocating feeling that sent chills down their spine.

Su Ming recognized the tool used in the crime.

It was the rusty knife he found in the dollhouse.

In the video, she appears much larger than the cursed doll.

The cursed doll initially appeared to be only six or seven years old.

Even after growing flesh and blood, he would still look no more than eleven or twelve years old.

But in the video, she is already an adult, graceful and beautiful.

The reason she kept such a small appearance is probably related to her psychology.

She believes that her life has been forever stuck at the age of six or seven, when she was bound and controlled.

"In other words..."

Su Ming swallowed hard.

The dollhouse contains the bodies of Xu Qinghe's parents.

No wonder there are so many challenging characters in the Doll Battle game, but Xu Qinghe's parents are not among them.

I didn't think much of it at the time.

Thinking about it now, I suddenly feel a chill down my spine.

Bai Xinglan also commented on Xu Qinghe, saying that she was extremely dangerous and had a strong tendency to be aggressive and deceptive.

These two traits have long been ingrained in her bones and become instincts, and even if she regains herself, she cannot eradicate them.

The only good news is...

Xu Qinghe's death occurred after 2019.

Her doomsday scenario is not 1996.

Zhou Zhengyang also sent Cheng Yao's detailed information.

Her information was normal, there was nothing wrong with it, and Zhou Zhengyang had already sent someone to contact Cheng Yao.

[Something was off, half of it was missing, lol]