Cyber Ghosts

Seeing Hao Ning staying very closely with him, Xiao Hong smiled bitterly, “You, no need to do like this. Are you so afraid of parting from me? ‒ About this man, I guess he is one of the 1.5 billion workers building the Summer Palace?”

“1.5 billion workers? But I see only one man here. Is he the representative of the workers?” Hao Ning wondered. He found that the man seemed unable to see them. The man just stared angrily at the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility. Hao Ning grabbed Xiao Hong, walking behind the man. They saw there was a note sticking on the man’s back, reading, “1.5 billion workers.”

“Err…” Hao Ning was stunned. He asked, “Is he the 1.5 billion workers just because there is a note on his back written it?”

“Oh, I see. Zhou Yuan, you are so cunning!” Xiao Hong said. He understood what happened promptly. He smiled and said, “It must be a Zhou Yuan’s tricky. He doesn’t have enough power. His power drew a lesson from movie stunts. It seems there are thousands of persons around. In practice, there is only one person who is copied many times. It is cost-effective and it can save many power. So, we heard that there are 1.5 billion workers in imagination. In practice, only one. The rest of the workers are copied out of this man,” Xiao Hong explained.

“Oh, I see! Only Zhou Yuan, the moment god on the internet, will do this opportunistic approach,” Hao Ning smiled. Thinking of it, he wondered, “What about his mother? Didn’t she feel strange about the identical workers for that they look the same?”

“Her servants are identical,” Xiao Hong smiled and said, adding, “Did she feel strange about it?”

As they were talking about it, they saw Zhou Yuan’s mother coming out with Zhou Yuan nearby. Hao Ning pointed to Zhou Yuan and said, “Why are you here? Aren’t you getting out? Get out of here hurriedly!”

Zhou Yuan did not hear what he said. He was so scared of the man standing in front of him. His expression in his eyes told that he must have seen 1.5 billion workers standing there.

“Don’t talk to him,” Xiao Hong said. He pulled Hao Ning’s hand back quickly as his hand was almost reaching the edge of the magic figure. “This is a fake Zhou Yuan in this imagination. The real one was out already. The fake one, of course, is here. We and they are in a different space-time. We are invisible to them. We’d better stay here and see what will happen.” Xiao Hong said.

“Pay my wages. Pay 100 million!” the man shouted, holding a banner. In fact, the banner was not lifted by the man. It floated in the air! The man just did a movement to lift it. Hao Ning and Xiao Hong were curious about what it was on the banner. Interestingly, the words scrolled like the one in an electronic display, writing: The central government has repeatedly ordered that nobody is allowed to delay the payment of migrant workers’ wages, but we still haven’t received the wages. The profiteers still owe us money. The Imperial Garden doesn’t pay our wages. The richest bastard! Justice still exists, and we work hard for our money! Zhou Yuan does all evil things. The whole family will die…

Hao Ning counted the number of the words. It was nearly 800. It should be a composition in the college entrance examination instead of a banner!

“Wow. The words can scroll by themselves? New technology?” Hao Ning thought. “And why is it so long? I even don’t have the patience to read it.”

“It is the imagination,” Xiao Hong contained his laugh and said, adding “Think about it. There are 1.5 billion workers in it. They absolutely have many to say. What you saw is a short banner with scrolling words. To Zhou Yuan, it might be a several hundred meters banner!”

“Ha, ha, ha, several hundred meters banner!” Hao Ning smiled. There were only three persons on the square, Zhou Yuan, his mother and the wage earner. However, it seemed like that there were billions of people. He smiled and said, “The acting skill of these three can be rewarded in Oscar! I will make a joke of Zhou Yuan about this after I get out.”

As they were talking, Zhou Yuan read the banner with his head turning from left to right. It seemed that he was reading a very long banner. He did some gestures while he was reading it. He might be afraid that he would miss some words or something. After reading the last sentence “All family members will go to hell”, he fell on the ground and died!

Seeing her son was dead, Zhou Yuan’s mother fell on the ground too and died.

“So easy?” Hao Ning said. Seeing both died all of a sudden, Hao Ning was stunned. “Their mental endurance is so poor!”

“He died due to the waves of anger from 1.5 billion people!” Xiao Hong said in a cold tone. “However, how can they be the richest family in this country if they don’t have strong mental endurance?”

“So, don’t default on migrant workers’ wages…” Hao Ning said surprisingly. “Everyone has tough days!” he added.

“You should say this sentence on the TV news called News 30 Minutes,” Xiao Hong said, pointing to the sky. “It’s coming,” he added.

The sky turned dark suddenly. All the things around them disappeared. It was fully dark except the light circle where Hao Ning and Xiao Hong were standing

“What’s happening?” Hao Ning said, grabbing Xiao Hong’s hand tightly.

“The imagination vanished as they died,” Xiao Hong said. He seemed to look for something. He saw two rays of lights coming in. He screamed, “Yes, that’s it. Zhou Yuan’s parents’ souls.”

He waved to the lights and the lights came over. Seeing the lights coming over, Xiao Hong took out a Jade Goddess of Mercy to absorb them into.

At that time, the light circle took them to travel into an infinite space-time. They had to stand closely because the light circle was too small. They even touched each other’s head several times.

“Wow, what should we do?” Hao Ning said, rubbing his head. And then he was attracted by the scene outside of the light circle. “The scene is so interesting. It is just like the one I traveled through the book Creation of the Gods to the Gods Creation World,” he added.

“Of course. Both are to travel in two spaces. They are different but to lead to the same results,” Xiao Hong said. He patted his head suddenly and said, “Aya, I am so stupid. It’s so easy but I neglected it!”

“What’s wrong?” Hao Ning said, looking at Xiao Hong and wondering. He turned his head. Two heads hit each other again.

Xiao Hong said excitedly, “This circle is too small for us. As you don’t have power, you may be in trouble if you get out of it. But, as you know, I have power.”

“What do you mean?” Hao Ning said lightly. “If not so, how can we both get in here? Can you tell me something I don’t know?” Hao Ning added.

“Don’t be bossy. Let me finish,” Xiao Hong continued to say. “Then I can fly to the middle of your eyebrows and I will integrate with your body just like when you flew into the Gods Creation World,” he added.

“Don’t use that word, OK?” Hao Ning said in disgusting. “You can say… to be in my head,” he added.

“Your head is just like a big mess…” Xiao Hong said to himself. In a sudden, he noticed that Hao Ning was staring at him. He said promptly, “Yes, fly into your head. If so, you will have power. And then if only you stand in the circle, it will not be too crowded, and you will be safe even if I am not here.”

“Yes, you are right!” Hao Ning said, patting his thigh. And then he frowned after one thing came to his mind. “But I don’t know how to help Zhou Yuan’s parents reincarnate?”

“I will tell you!” Xiao Hong smiled. “You do according to what I will tell you! That’s enough. OK?”

After telling Hao Ning this, Xiao Hong became a red light, flying into Hao Ning’s middle of eyebrows. And then, a sound passed out of his head, “Aya, Brother Hao Ning, the middle of your eyebrow is just like a trash pit. There are many things inside such as a steel bar, and even Uncle Sun’s hair!”

“Do you think I want these things inside?” Hao Ning said bitterly. “They flew inside themselves. I can do nothing to them… By the way, can you help me get rid of them? In particular, the Golden Band Bar. I want to return it to Zhou Yuan. He nagged about it many times,” he added.

“Of course not. Those are your own causes and results,” Xiao Hong said. Hao Ning thought that he was just like a schizophrenic as he replied to a sound in his head. Xiao Hong in his head continued to say, “I only can get rid of things that are related to my causes and results. I can do nothing to the rest!”

While they were talking, a bright light appeared in front of Hao Ning. Hao Ning saw many people standing in a long line. The line was so long that he even could not see the end and scene around. Hao Ning said excitedly, “Is this in front of us the bridge to Hell? Are the people waiting for the Mengpo Soup for reincarnation?”

“I guess it is!” Xiao Hong said in his head.

“But the line is so long!” Hao Ning said bitterly. A man might wait a very long time for his turn.

“Hey. It is easy!” Xiao Hong smiled. “Watch me!” added Xiao Hong.

A red light circled Hao Ning flying in the air. After flying a very long time, they saw a big board in front of them, saying, “Bridge to Hell Tea”.

The red light disappeared all of a sudden and then Hao Ning stood in front of the line.

“Hey. What’s the matter with you?” a soul behind Hao Ning shouted, adding, “Why did you jump the line? So rude you are. Do you hurry to reincarnate?”

“Yes,” Hao Ning replied. “Isn’t that the reason why you are here too? Why are you here if you don’t want to reincarnate? For drinking the tea?”

“Err…” the soul had no idea how to reply to Hao Ning as he realized that what he said was a mistake. And then he shouted to the line manager, “Hey. Do you guys see this man or not? We are standing one by one but why they can jump the line?”

“Shut up!” a sound passed from the back. Hao Ning turned back and saw a “ghost” who looked like a waiter with a face mask. There was a word on her mask, saying, “Mengpo”. However, her voice sounded like a man’s. “Who told you they have jumped the line? I didn’t see it!” she said.

“Err…?” why did Mengpo help us? Hao Ning was wondering. As she would like to do a favor for them, Hao Ning was glad to stand quietly, saying nothing.

“Mr., what taste soup do you want?” Mengpo said politely. “Lychee or mocha?”

“What?” Hao Ning thought. He raised his head, seeing small words at the bottom of the board, saying, “Native Mengpo Soup”.

Mengpo soup was such a type of tea! Hao Ning smiled. He thought that the nether world was also keeping pace with the times. That might be the reason why there were so many people standing in line. This was … Thinking of this, Hao Ning stopped his guess. He said, “I want Lemon Tea, two cups, please.”

“Wow, two cups. It’s too much for you. Did you do many evil things in your life? And you are afraid that you cannot forget all of them after drinking one cup?” Mengpo said jokingly. “Here you are. 200 million.”

“What? 200 million?” Hao Ning was stunned, adding, “200 million what?”

“Yuan!” Mengpo replied impatiently. He waved his hand and said, “Hurry up. Many people are waiting!” he added.

“We have to pay for the Mengpo soup?” Hao Ning thought. He had no idea what to say then. “What about them…” he said, pointing to the rest. “They also have to pay 200 million?” he asked.

“They can have it for free. But you must pay because you jumped the line. They take a long time to arrive here. So, they get it free.” Mengpo replied. “You should pay for it or sit over there watching the ads. Let me count. It may take you 5000 hours for your 200 million yuan.”

Hao Ning turned his head back, seeing some of the people watching an ad on a big screen. In the ads, a man’s tongue was pulling out. It was terrible. After the tongue was pulled out, a sound came: Hell without tongue, the best partner for a liar.

“Ah… I cannot stand it anymore!” One “man” stood up and shouted. “I want to stand in the line! I don’t want to watch this more!”

“Impossible! You have to stand it as you have chosen it!” Mengpo said, pressing something unknown. Then the “man” sat back to his seat silently. He continued to watch it, trembling from head to foot. New words were showing on the screen this time: Guts-digging Hell welcomes your presence.

“Bomb!” the other man fell on the ground.