Extreme Incompatibility and a Sense of Absurdity

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A little child wearing a yellow animal onesie, holding a balloon, ran happily past him.

Old Tan's initial fear gradually subsided.

Where is this place?

Old Tan, holding his phone, asked himself a question.

He didn't look at his phone screen.

Little did he know that his live stream chat had already exploded.

"What the heck is going on?"

How did Old Tan suddenly end up in an amusement park?

"Is this an amusement park? I see a carousel."

"Oh no, Old Tan has encountered something strange."

"Wasn't he rescued?"

"It's alright, didn't the Contract Anomalist arrive? Perhaps it was just a false alarm."

A melodious voice drifted over, and Old Tan couldn't help but look in the direction of the sound.

It turned out that a cheerful melody was playing on the carousel not far away, and many small children with indistinct faces were sitting on it.

They laughed and played happily, and to the music, the carousel spun up and down, taking the children on a round and round spin.

Old Tan stood quietly to the side, silently watching this scene, and for some reason, he was reminded of his own childhood.

Back then, he was just like those children, carefree, enjoying happiness and freedom to the fullest.

But soon, Old Tan suddenly came to his senses. He shook his head, seemingly puzzled, and said, "What am I looking at? What's so fun about these things?"

Old Tan took a step back, preparing to turn and leave.

A Clown dressed as a Clown, holding many balloons of different colors, appeared behind him without him noticing.

Old Tan turned around and saw him coming straight at him.

Old Tan exclaimed in surprise, because the Clown's makeup made his face look frighteningly pale in the night, and the exaggerated laughter with red paint made him quite startling at first glance.

The Clown's smile widened considerably, but upon closer inspection, it merely appeared as a stretching of facial muscles, making the smile seem somewhat artificial.

"Oh, look what I've found! A lost person. What are you looking for?"

"Can't all these fun and interesting toys make you laugh?"

Interesting? Fun?

Old Tan thought vaguely, what's the use?

He needs money to survive; he's no longer the child who could happily play all day with just one toy.

These things are just a meaningless waste of his precious time.

What is he going to do?

Oh, right!

He's going to make money, lots and lots of money.

The Clown seemed to see into the man's heart through his body, Clown sighed, "Another rotten soul."

Let me help you find your old self again!

The Clown conjured a cane as if by magic and tapped Old Tan on the head.

Old Tan felt as if something had drilled into his brain, clearing away all his chaotic thoughts and sweeping away all his ideas.

Only the purest thoughts remain.

A smile appeared on his face that looked innocent on a child's face but silly on an adult's.

He strode off, eagerly heading towards the carousel.

The carousel stopped in front of him, and only started spinning again after he sat on one of the horses.

The cheerful sounds of the carousel rang out again, and Old Tan couldn't help but let out a silly laugh.

"Depend on!"

Is that Clown creepy?

What did he do to Old Tan?

"Old Tan, Old Tan, wake up! Run!"

However, separated by a screen, these netizens clearly couldn't bring Old Tan back to his senses.

Old Tan's face became increasingly blurry.

Before long, perhaps he will forget everything and blend into this strange amusement park, becoming an integral part of it.

Xiao Zhang woke up in the darkness.

He gripped his weapon tightly, warily surveying his surroundings.

What place is this?

A multitude of questions swirled in my mind.

Lots of miscellaneous items were piled up around it, and a foul, fishy stench filled the air.

Xiao Zhang struggled to step over the broken debris on the ground and came to the side. When he saw what was there, he couldn't help but hold his breath.

There are many iron cages here.

Each cage contains one animal.

They huddled wearily inside their small iron cages, fast asleep, their fur matted and tangled.

There were also many wounds and bloodstains all over their bodies.

Because they can't move, they relieve themselves in their cages, and no one comes to clean them in time, making the cages filthy and smelly.

Clearly, the foul smell that Xiao Zhang had noticed earlier was coming from here.

Xiao Zhang carefully examined his surroundings. "Is this a place where wild animals are being sold?"

The cages housed a variety of animals, many of which are species not commonly found in the city, including lions, deer, monkeys, antelopes, leopards, bears, horses, and more.

Most of them are protected animals.

However, they were not treated well.

Just as Xiao Zhang was about to explode with anger, he spotted a watch on a monkey's hand.

This watch is very ordinary, the kind that costs a couple thousand yuan. What's unusual is that there's a tiny star sticker stuck to the corner of the dial.

Xiao Zhang had previously seen files on missing persons. One of the missing persons, 47-year-old He Pengxing, wore a watch like this. Moreover, the star sticker on the watch was actually put on by his youngest daughter.

How did He Pengxing's watch end up on a monkey?

Did the monkey find it, or did its owner find it?

Xiao Zhang suddenly realized.

wrong.

The missing person disappeared because they were involved in a strange incident, so why are there items belonging to the missing person on this monkey?

Xiao Zhang finally realized that perhaps he, like the other missing people, had come to this strange place.

Xiao Zhang approached the iron cage containing the monkey, and through the cage, he reached in and gently poked the monkey's body with a finger.

The monkey looked like it was on its last legs, so thin it was just skin and bones. It struggled to open its eyes, and when it saw Xiao Zhang's face, its eyes widened in disbelief.

"Squeak, squeak squeak squeak." The monkey suddenly became excited, pointing at Xiao Zhang as if it wanted to say something, but could only make weak monkey noises.

However, the monkey's facial expressions and the emotions conveyed in its eyes were so vivid that it didn't seem like a monkey at all.

The expression that naturally flowed out was as if a human soul had been stuffed into the body of this monkey, giving people an extremely incongruous, absurd, and incongruous feeling.

Xiao Zhang was somewhat incredulous. He whispered, "Could you be Mr. He Pengxing?"

The monkey nodded with great effort, tears welling in its eyes.