"Doctor, just tell me straight. I can handle it."

Heyu looked seriously at the old doctor in front of him, who was completely bald, making him seem very credible.

"Cancer."

Heyu's face instantly turned grim.

That was too direct.

"It's already too late. Do whatever you want, don't leave any regrets."

The old doctor looked at Heyu's young face, appearing to be just in his early twenties, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Such a good kid, what a pity.

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"Thank you."

Heyu stiffly walked out of the hospital. Outside, everything was still fine, the sun was shining brightly, and birds around the hospital were chirping randomly.

Heyu took a deep breath. He didn't have much time left.

He, Heyu, a citizen of Xia Nation on Blue Star, graduated from university two years ago, and now he was about to be gone.

"Doctor, doctor! I'm not lying, I saw someone flying in the sky, really flying! God, there must be gods in this world!"

A commotion arose, and Heyu turned to see several doctors chasing after a man.

"Quick, notify security, a patient has escaped from the psychiatric ward!"

Seeing this, Heyu couldn't help but laugh, and his previously sad mood seemed to improve significantly.

... Better not tell the family about this.

Just then, Heyu's phone rang. He picked it up and saw the word "Boss" displayed on the screen.

Heyu answered the call, and before he could speak, an urgent voice came through: "Heyu, get to the company quickly! We need to work overtime tonight to catch up on progress, it's urgent for tomorrow!"

Heyu took a deep breath: "Screw you!"

There was a moment of silence on the other end, followed by a furious roar.

"Heyu! Are you Fing crazy, get your ass..."

Heyu interrupted coldly: "Tang! Pay me the overdue wages today, I know where you live. Also, I just found out I have a terminal illness, do you think I might take you with me?"

The other end went silent instantly, and Heyu hung up.

Not long after, a bank notification came through.

Looking at the overdue salary that had been withheld for three months, Heyu felt a tinge of sadness.

In a lifetime of toil, the most assertive moment came just before death.

Some drama master once said, the saddest thing in life is dying with money unspent.

***

Thinking about it, Heyu headed towards the nearest commercial street.

It would be a pity to leave this money unused.

He had only been working for just over two years, living frugally, and had saved only a pitiful hundred thousand.

Before long, Heyu arrived at the nearest commercial street, and having never spent money on himself, he was momentarily at a loss for what to buy.

After all, even the clothes he wore were the kind that cost nine yuan and ninety cents with free shipping.

Heyu moved like a zombie with the crowd, watching the people around him laughing and chatting, feeling like they were from two completely different worlds.

"Hmm?"

Heyu stopped in front of an antique stall, and the old man running the stall smiled at him: "Young man, want to take a look?"

Heyu didn't respond, his gaze was drawn to a glass case.

It was a square glass box, looking like a large fish tank, with many miniature landscapes inside, seemingly a terrarium.

Exquisitely crafted.

"How much is this?"

"Eighty thousand."

Heyu turned to leave.

"Hey, hey, hey, young man, can't you haggle a bit?"

The old man hurriedly called after Heyu.

Heyu stopped, looked at the glass case again, and indeed, it was exquisitely crafted, tempting him.

"Eight hundred?" Heyu tentatively offered a price.

"Deal!"

Damn!

Seeing the old man's delighted expression, Heyu felt he could have said eighty and it wouldn't have been too much.

He felt his heart bleeding.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't make that face, like I'm ripping you off."

The old man handed the box to Heyu.

"Let me tell you, this thing is not ordinary, it's high-tech, my son brought it back from abroad. If my son hadn't passed away, I wouldn't be selling it. This uses some kind of 3D technology, it's amazing."

Heyu's mouth twitched.

"Look at this glass, it can actually project, you can project some kind of 3D image inside. It seems the projection can even interact, but unfortunately, I'm too old to figure it out."

To be fair, the old man's knowledge was quite advanced.

Heyu reluctantly paid the money.

Consider it charity for a lonely old man, doing a good deed before dying...

***

After being ripped off once, Heyu had no more interest in continuing to shop and headed back to his rental apartment early.

However, the box was indeed quite large, almost as tall as himself, and he had to carry it, almost not being allowed on the bus.

But strangely, despite its size, the glass box was surprisingly light, like foam.

At noon, Heyu returned to his rental apartment.

The place he lived was quite far from the city center, basically on the outskirts of Tianhe City's urban district, wasting nearly four hours commuting every day.

But he wouldn't have to squeeze into buses anymore.

Heyu placed the glass box on the table in his apartment, checked the time, habitually ordered a cheap meal, then realized and slapped himself, reordering a 388-yuan lobster.

While waiting, Heyu began to study the glass box.

He found a switch in the lower left corner of the box, flipped it, and sure enough, the entire box began to emit a faint glow.

Then, the scenery inside the glass box actually changed.

Heyu was stunned. Had technology advanced to the point where he could buy something this amazing for just eight hundred yuan?

Heyu observed carefully, seeing everything inside clearly.

***

Inside was a desolate landscape, surrounded by dead trees and dry grass, nothing but yellow sand and desert, with no sign of greenery.

So exquisitely detailed, it was unbelievable, almost like it was real.

Heyu scratched his head, the technology was impressive, but there wasn't much to see in a desert.

"Hmm?"

Heyu suddenly noticed a small figure darting through the desert, so small he hadn't noticed it before.

He quickly found a magnifying lens he had bought from a two-yuan store, and upon closer inspection, he discovered it was a young girl.

The girl was covered in wounds, her fair skin stained with blood, her beautiful face full of terror, as if something was chasing her.

Heyu then looked behind the girl and indeed saw two ferocious black wolves. Even though the black wolves were less than a millimeter in Heyu's eyes, the sense of menace was palpable through the box.

Wow, is this really the technology of this era?

Heyu continued watching, seeing the girl's speed gradually slow, her face full of despair. She suddenly pointed behind her, and a flying sword shot towards the two black wolves, which easily dodged it.

Oh, so this projection is of a cultivation world.

The two black wolves dodged the attack and pounced on the girl, biting her neck.

Despair filled the girl's eyes as she let out a painful scream.

Heyu continued observing with the magnifying lens, even hearing the sound of the girl's neck being torn bit by bit, with a large amount of blood staining the ground.

Isn't this a bit too realistic?

Heyu's hand holding the magnifying lens trembled, thinking that if this were in the domestic market, it would probably be censored.

Hearing the girl's increasingly weak cries, Heyu couldn't bear it any longer. Remembering the old man saying the projection could interact, he picked up two toothpicks and dropped them onto the two black wolves in the glass box.

The toothpicks fell from the sky, piercing the two black wolves, less than a millimeter in size, through and through, blood flowing everywhere, twitching once before dying.

"Wow."

Heyu rubbed his hair, feeling a bit dazed.

Has foreign 3D projection technology become this advanced? This interaction, so realistic, as if two less than a millimeter black wolves were truly pierced by toothpicks.

If only he could live to see this technology widely applied, alas.

The shock on Heyu's face slowly faded as he watched the girl in the glass box stand up, sit cross-legged floating in the air, runes appearing around her, and her wounds slowly healing.

Heyu was entranced, but also puzzled.

Do foreigners also read cultivation novels?

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Proofreader & Editor: Peter Pan