Many questions and answers on the Zhihu forum are hard to distinguish between truth and hoax; so are heartfelt, while others are sheer nonsense. But no matter what, a question that sparks hot discussions is certainly eye-catching.
For example, the current question:
[If trapped in a loop of the sa day, how can you use the ti to enrich yourself?]
It’s still early morning, rain outside the window slowly intensifying, the sky vaguely getting darker.
Fu Qingjun sat in front of the computer, thought about it, and typed this title on a certain forum:
"Last night, I had a dream, vaguely depicting a grand scene of sacrifice in an ancient primitive dynasty. They seed to be summoning so ancient deity from an old ship."
"This morning when I woke up, I felt like everything outside my room was turning blurry and hazy."
"After researching for a few days, I discovered that I was stuck in an endless loop of ’August 25th’ day at ho."
"I was utterly dumbstruck."
"I’ve watched plenty of things about horror cruises, butterfly effects, Steins;Gate—these ti-loop phenona."
"But why it’s beco like this is completely baffling; could it be because of that dream? I’ve tried all sorts of thods to contact the outside world, but simply can’t find my specific location, as if I’m a ghost detached from ti on the internet."
"What I really want to ask now is, I’m currently in my senior year of high school, frantically doing questions preparing for college entrance exams, learning university content in advance, pre-studying computer programming... I’ve been grinding for seventeen years. So, everyone, tell , how should I continue to plan my life?"
Although August 25th is Qixi Festival this year, there are indeed plenty of idle singles online since this question is really peculiar.
"A little high school student is already in his thirties? (Shocked)"
"You’re actually going to be a programr, the type from ’Java: From Beginner to Dust’? (Doghead)"
"2333, seventeen years of high school, unprecedented!! Wouldn’t he definitely beco a top scorer when he cos out? (Dazed)"
Many people posted non-nutritive comnts, simultaneously being extrely suspicious about Fu Qingjun’s predicant, thinking the bait is just too fake.
Soon, so moderately famous forum contributors also started leaving comnts,
She and the Sword of the Past: "Thanks for the invite, everyone, don’t doubt, for I also have similar experiences with this matter!"
"Waking up after sleeping last night, I also had a similar dream, where I shouted, ’Don’t bully the young and poor’, and woke up to a bunch of Emperors Dou on horseback rushing into the living room, constantly shouting, ’Dare you, Great Emperor, dismount and duel!’ "
"I was utterly dumbstruck."
"Why are there a bunch of Emperors Dou? I don’t have any extraordinary treasures, ancient Great Emperor inheritance, or secret realms at ho."
"Why it turned out like this is completely baffling; I asked my sister, and she said it’s possible her right eye wasn’t sealed properly while showering last night, its aura leaked and attracted those Emperors Dou; now, what’s distressing is the living room’s tables and chairs are overturned by heavenly martial techniques, a complete ss, and what I want to know is, how do I deal with this? It’s urgent!!"
???
Fu Qingjun’s face slightly darkened.
Really have no idea where to start ridiculing from.
This ID "She and the Sword of the Past" is a well-known certified bigwig in the forum, also the senior master he recognizes online every ti he loops through this day.
But every ti he appears, he posts this segnt, leaving everyone speechless, a demolition master indeed.
But soon, sothing even more impressive ca along, as a well-known certified programr also joined the fun.
diterranean Barber:
"Thanks for the invite, I also have similar experiences as a programr with this matter!"
"Last night I dreamt of a programming nightmare similar to the host’s, waking up early today to electronic sounds echoing endlessly at ho: System is initializing! Newbie gift pack being distributed!"
"The ding-ding-dong-dong noise is really keeping awake; thought seniors would dance so early! Hastily got up and went downstairs to check."
"Who could imagine in my living room, there ca good-looking n and won, carrying system prompts ringing continuously."
"I’ve certainly seen plenty of similar scenarios, but my ho is quite ordinary, why would a bunch of ti travelers co here? I asked my thirteen-year-old cousin in middle school, he said it might be system failure during their ti travel, causing the commotion in our living room."
"My cousin said this high-tech isn’t sothing my programming skills can fix, suggested I play the rich second-generation antagonist role to slap their faces, their system might normally activate; my issue now is, what if after face-slapping they kill instead?"
Fu Qingjun was speechless.
Even the second master’s imagination remains vast?
You guys are quite sothing!
Picking any story from you two’s amazing imagination would make quite an intricate novel!
Fu Qingjun couldn’t help but feel speechless inside, "How co both of you are like this every ti? I’m really not making things up, I actually entered a ti loop...."
As soon as he was interrupted, though, the comnts exploded, countless people shared their stories.
"Thanks for the invite! I also have similar..."
"Thanks for the invite!"
Fu Qingjun fell into complete silence.
The flavor of this is just too strong.
I’m sincerely asking a question here.
After a while, another ID appeared to join the fun.
Fu Qingjun’s eyes brightened, it’s the third master, finally waiting for him.
Blood Knight: "What the heck are those above babbling about! Nothing but so internet clowns! The world is deteriorating! People are not what they used to be! Dare they swear their stories are true? I experienced the sa as the host, and if I’m lying, let the heavens strike down!"
"This matter has lasted for two or three years now; I’ve gradually turned pale, gasping for breath after two steps, grew weak as a sixty-nine-year-old comrade, scared of going out and seeing the sun, yet extrely craving the fresh blood of pretty maidens."
"I think I might have transford into the legendary vampire Cain or zombie Jiang Zhen; I can’t just attack people, though I’ve considered sneaking into hospitals for blood packs which might expose . After thinking hard, I finally ca up with a life-saving trick: secretly dressing as a woman, picking up sanitary pads in bathrooms daily."
"This trick has persisted for several years. I’ve never dared share with anyone until now eting fellow comrades of like mind, glad to et you all! (Fists)"
Fu Qingjun’s expression remained calm.
He knows this is the first person to speak truthfully to him.
Compared to the other two, the third master is still honest, Fu Qingjun couldn’t help but feel touched and quietly dialed the police.
Whew!
"How many tis has it repeated?"
He stretched lazily in front of the computer, feeling utterly calm, "It’s been about six thousand days, right?"
Ti is repeating itself.
Yesterday is today, today is today, tomorrow is today.
Everything trapped in the house has beco dull and tedious.
But in this endlessly repeating cycle of days, Fu Qingjun happened to et so extraordinary people online and humbly learned a lot from them.
Many tis, Fu Qingjun even felt these three guys were like the great villains in the Evil Valley.
Each with an unusual background, deceiving and tricking, teaching the clueless him various knowledge.
dicine, programming, electronic chanics...
They have their strengths in different fields.
At this mont, Fu Qingjun knew they didn’t really believe him, but it didn’t matter.
Once the fish takes the bait, it’ll be easier to proceed.
Fu Qingjun typed: "I’ll add you separately on WeChat and pull you into a group."
Poof!
The three of them chuckled, pretending to be cool. How do you even know our WeChat IDs?
But the next second, they all received friend requests from a stranger.
And a more shocking scene unfolded—they were each privately ssaged with more than a dozen secrets only they knew, personal secrets that no outsider could possibly know.
"These are what you personally handed over to earlier, to gain your trust as quickly as possible."
Sitting in front of the computer, Fu Qingjun laughed lightly, with the crisp sound of the keyboard clacking,
"Let’s get down to business, eting again, life still feels like a first eting."
"To you, it seems we’ve just t, but to , I’ve known you three for over six thousand days, over seventeen years."
"You all heard what I just said, it’s all true. I’ve been looping on ’August 25th’, the day of the Chinese Valentine’s Day."
The three were instantly shocked.
Anyone from the other end of the internet saying this would evoke nothing but shock, a strong fear of the unknown.
This person is intimately familiar with them, knowing secrets only they know...
Even they couldn’t help but wonder: could there really be soone stuck in a loop, like a Robinson on an island of ti, sending out signals for rescue from beyond the ti island?
Mysterious loops...
A cage of ti...
This was simply too strange.
The three present felt like they were plunged into a fantastical event.
She and the Sword of the Past furiously typed: "A loop? If it really happened, your room might have fallen into so wormhole!"
Blood Knight: "A wormhole?"
She and the Sword of the Past: "A wormhole is a theory proposed by Einstein and Nathan Rosen in the 1930s."
"It’s a hypothesis based on the equations of gravitational fields, known as a potentially existent ti travel passage, intersections of different spaceti in parallel cosmos... you might actually be traversing through a wormhole, since your current state of a dead loop is, in a sense, ti travel, or rather, a ti disturbance."
Fu Qingjun said nothing.
Didn’t understand much about these scientific principles, not being a real physicist himself.
He just knew it was all real because of the ancient ship he found when he was young, only the size of a thumbnail.
On the ship were ultra-miniature decks, sails, an anchor, a compass... all mottled with the patina of age, the hull covered in marks from swords and knives, the deck stained with blood.
This ancient ship probably has the function to make one "repeat ti in a loop" within it?
Fu Qingjun thought as much.
And the compass on the ship, like a clock, kept moving, as if the ship was sailing across a vast ocean.
He was on the boat, the great ship of ti, where was he headed?
Blood Knight: "Hey, bro! When you co out of the wormhole, will you turn into a green rubber man and lt, appearing in various historical periods like in the Steins;Gate?"
The Three Masters always had so quirky chuunibyou language, but Fu Qingjun had long been used to it.
Luckily, there’s soone to chat with during his voyage on this ti island.
Fu Qingjun remained honest: "Three Masters, I’m very glad to have t you and learned a lot, but I’ve secretly reported your perverse behavior! On August 25th, you’ll still be teaching , but tomorrow they might suddenly co to check your water ter."
?
Reported it?
Blood Knight was imdiately shocked.
I took you as a confidant, but you think I’m a pervert?
Kid, you don’t respect martial virtue.
She and the Sword of the Past: "Stuck in the loop, will you continue to learn from us this ti?"
"Yes, programming has almost been mastered, this ti I’m here to learn dicine..."
Fu Qingjun was about to say sothing when suddenly, with a "boom," the entire room shook again, and the surroundings of the room revealed faint cracks like mirrors.
Fu Qingjun quivered, looking towards the door.
The ancient ship in his hand was slightly warm, and upon a closer look, the needle dial on that ancient ship had turned to its end.
The compass stopped, does this an docking?
I’ve been trapped for seventeen years, can I finally go out alive now?
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