Chapter 3

At eight o'clock in the evening, it was time for the people of Zhengyang to have dinner.

Feng Jun walked out of the dormitory building and entered a small alley, where he arrived at a small, shabby restaurant, a place he often came to eat.

The consumption level in Zhengyang City was not low, but even in a first-tier city, there were small, affordable restaurants deep in the alleys.

Feng Jun usually ate a large bowl of stir-fried noodles, a plate of cold tofu, and a chicken leg, which would make him quite full. To be honest, this was already a considerable amount of food.

However, today he ordered three large bowls of stir-fried noodles, two vegetable dishes, and five chicken legs. Later, he even added a plate of beef and ox tongue, which made him feel less empty.

Finally, he ordered two large bowls of noodle soup—this was called "sliding the seam," which gave him a slight feeling of fullness.

After paying with WeChat, he left with a full belly, completely ignoring the surprised look of the restaurant owner.

However, as soon as he stepped out of the restaurant, Feng Jun was stunned. "Huh? WeChat payment... can't enter the space?"

It seemed that the most urgent thing now was to figure out what benefits this strange encounter could bring him.

Of course, first, he needed to understand how this strange encounter happened—whether it was his phone that changed or himself.

Sitting under a bright street lamp, he carefully examined his phone and then looked at his left hand. He was left-handed, and when he was electrocuted, the phone was in his left hand.

His left palm was slightly swollen, but he wasn't sure if it was from the lightning strike or from "holding the grass" too many times.

However, from the surface, there was nothing particularly abnormal.

When he turned his wrist, he was startled to find a faint, light blue mark near his wrist, close to the back of his hand. "What the heck, my stone ring is gone?"

Three years ago, during his university internship, he had visited Bingzhou City with his roommate for a few days. In the Longshan Mountains to the east of Bingzhou, there was an uninhabited valley where a group of young and energetic college students went to play.

In the valley, there was a dilapidated pagoda forest, said to be over a thousand years old. Feng Jun found a bluish-green stone ring there.

The stone ring was flat and round, with an outer diameter of more than two centimeters and an inner diameter of about three millimeters. It felt cool to the touch and was quite heavy, almost comparable to iron.

The stone ring was not particularly attractive, but it had one good quality—it was incredibly cool even in the summer.

Feng Jun had picked it up casually, thinking he would lose it at some point. However, when he brought it back to Jiangxia University, he found that in the scorching heat of Jiangxia, this thing gave him a very comfortable feeling.

This slight coolness was a rather subjective feeling, perhaps just a psychological suggestion. However, since Feng Jun was afraid of heat, he thought it was a good thing and tied it to a red string, wearing it on his wrist even when he took a shower.

Now, this stone ring had mysteriously disappeared, and the red string was gone too. Considering the light blue mark on his wrist, Feng Jun had reason to believe that the stone ring had undergone some... well, changes after being electrocuted.

He couldn't explain exactly what those changes were, but he could assume that the stone ring had been absorbed into his body after being struck by lightning.

This explanation was not very scientific, but for a strange encounter... the most important thing was the encounter itself!

If it could be scientifically explained, it wouldn't be called a strange encounter.

After summarizing the cause, Feng Jun decisively abandoned the idea of exploring the source—he believed that in the short term, he wouldn't be able to find such a stone ring again.

He needed to figure out what this strange encounter had brought him, hoping it wasn't just "holding the grass."

First, he needed to choose a place where no one was around and no cameras were present to repeat the magical feeling he had experienced earlier.

He wasn't sure if, when he entered QQ Farm, it was his consciousness that entered or his physical body.

In this city full of surveillance cameras, if a person suddenly disappeared from the camera, it could cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Feng Jun didn't like trouble and didn't want his strange encounter to be taken away by others.

Such a place wasn't hard to find, for example... the bathroom of Hongjie Club.

The afternoon lightning had damaged the transformer outside the club, but fortunately, the club had its own generator. There were still many guests coming to work out in the evening, and the generator was running loudly.

Feng Jun didn't go to work in the afternoon, and many of his colleagues knew this, but no one stopped him from going to the bathroom—after all, times had changed, and even passersby could come in to use the bathroom, so why not him?

The bathroom of Hongjie Club was of high quality, matching the club's image—there were at least partitions and doors that could be locked.

Feng Jun entered a partition and came out half an hour later with a gloomy face.

It was gone, the strange encounter was gone, and nothing was left. Even when he opened QQ Farm again, he couldn't enter that space. Frustrated, he could only sow some grass seeds.

He planned to try "holding the grass" again when the grass matured.

In those half an hour, he tried everything, but unfortunately, the old phone was just an old phone, and nothing surprising happened.

The phone had 83% battery left, and the two circles of the percentage sign seemed like a pair of eyes, coldly looking at him, silently mocking him: "I'm just a phone, you're thinking too much, aren't you?"

However, Feng Jun was a very confident person and didn't think the strange encounter in the evening was an illusion.

Something must have happened that I didn't notice!

As a double-degree holder, he didn't lack the spirit of research. In fact, he loved challenging various high difficulties.

Feng Jun quickly adjusted his mood and walked out of the door. Just as he was about to leave the club, a beautiful woman in her thirties walked in quickly.

The woman was tall, about 1.7 meters, with a graceful and curvaceous figure. She wore a light brown OL summer outfit, and her knee-length skirt revealed her white calves and a small section of her round thighs.

She wasn't wearing stockings. How confident must a woman of her age be in her legs to dare not wear stockings?

Feng Jun stopped and greeted her respectfully, "Sister Hong, you're still coming so late?"

The woman was none other than Zhang Weihong, the general manager of Hongjie Culture and Entertainment Co., Ltd. She didn't like being called "President Zhang" and preferred to be called "Sister Hong."

It was said that the name "Hongjie Club" was a pun on "Sister Hong."

Sister Hong had great influence in Zhengyang City and a very mysterious background. It was easy to imagine that a woman, especially a beautiful one, could not stand in the entertainment industry... well, the cultural and sports industry, without being tough.

There were rumors that Zhang Weihong had set up this fitness club to provide a place for her friends to relax. In their own venue, they could play without any reservations, and it also provided a way to stay fit. Why not?

Hearing this, Sister Hong turned her head slightly and glanced at him, but made no response, as if looking at air, and then walked in quickly.

Feng Jun didn't mind; leaders were always cold and proud to their employees, and everyone was used to it. Everyone knew that she was a woman with high standards, and words like "kind" and "maternal" were her natural enemies.

Feng Jun returned to the dormitory and pondered the phone for two more hours. When the battery dropped to 40%, he put the phone under his pillow and fell asleep, with his last thought before sleeping being: "I need to buy a charger tomorrow."

Yes, he had decided to continue working tomorrow.

As for the reason? It was simple; he couldn't be sure if the strange encounter was related to the house he lived in. Before figuring out the cause, he shouldn't leave rashly.

Compared to the strange encounter, the troubles at work were really insignificant.

The next morning, he came to the club early to prepare for the opening, such as turning on the air conditioner and water dispenser, checking the hygiene, and cleaning any unclean areas.

After doing all this, it was 7:30 in the morning, and there were already four or five members in the club doing morning exercises.

Feng Jun planned to have breakfast. As he walked to the club entrance, the front desk girl, Xiao Li, came in and called out to him, "Double-degree, are you going to buy breakfast? Can you get me some too?"

Xiao Li's last name was Li, and she had a good relationship with him in the past. Although the nickname "double-degree" was somewhat teasing, at least she didn't call him a graduate student.

Feng Jun hesitated for a moment. He wasn't annoyed by the nickname but suddenly remembered that there was a phone charger at the front desk, which was provided for the convenience of guests, and the club staff occasionally used it.

However, in the end, he didn't ask to borrow the charger. He was going to buy one anyway, so why bother with this convenience?

After he finished his breakfast and brought a portion back for Xiao Li, it was almost 7:50. He had eaten more than usual, about twice as much.

However, his poor old phone hadn't received any energy, and it was now down to 12% battery, definitely not enough to last through the morning.

At this time, some members were already leaving the gym to go to work. Feng Jun walked around his area and found sweat stains on a treadmill, so he immediately took a cloth to wipe it.

After cleaning, he took the cloth to the staff room to wash it and suddenly saw a light green phone charger on the windowsill.

This non-mainstream color charger belonged to Liu Shuming. Someone had once joked about it, but Coach Liu had proudly replied, "Wearing a green hat for others is also green; you losers... how can you understand the mindset of a successful man?"

Since it belonged to that guy, Feng Jun decided to use it. He picked up one end of the charging cable and plugged it into his phone, then took the charger and plugged it into the wall socket.

The next moment, there was a loud "bang," and sparks flew.

Immediately, someone outside shouted, "What the heck, the transformer was just fixed, how did it blow up again?"

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