Big Shot

Leave Dr. House's clinic.

The boy returned to the apartment.

Along the way, numerous Mechanical Proxy, carrying young girls, boarded luxurious aircraft and headed towards the Central District.

I spent 50 minutes chatting with Dr. House without even realizing it.

Qin Yiguan glanced at the countdown timer set on the smartwatch.

--Old Boss Meng has 11 hours left to live.

"I have to save him!"

The boy quickened his pace.

Back in the apartment, I drew the curtains and shut out all the light sources.

The young man said "big" and lay on the bed.

As for school, he simply skipped classes.

Although it was pitch black in his field of vision, Qin Yiguan knew he was staring at the ceiling. For some reason, he was inexplicably excited today and couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

"I injected a tiny amount of ' Black Drug ' into the Metaverse."

"Could it be that even without the Nutrient Pod, the drug could still act on my brain, causing a disruption in my neural pathways?"

The boy frowned; in the quiet bedroom, he could hear his own unusually excited heartbeat.

Beep beep beep.

The communicator in the drawer suddenly beeped.

The boy got up, drew back the curtains, and then pressed the switch on the communicator.

Taotie Clam: "Yiguan, our class seems to be cursed, another classmate has died!"

"What?!"

Qin Yiguan's body stiffened. "Who is it?"

"Jiu Zhengxuan!"

The Taotie Clam said, "You probably don't know, but the Research Society's aerial fortress crashed in the experimental field, and unfortunately, Jiu Zhengxuan was visiting it! Although I don't particularly like that person, the thought of him being burned to a crisp still makes me very sad!"

"It's him..."

The boy calmly said, "Clam, don't pad your word count. Traffic in the Metaverse is expensive; I'm busy sleeping today!"

"Why?"

"Qin Yiguan, how can you be so cold-blooded? Your classmate died unexpectedly, and you're still busy sleeping. And you even skipped class today!"

Goodbye, little gala.

The boy hung up the call, turned off the light, lay down on the bed, and continued to masturbate.

"Did Jiu Zhengxuan die unexpectedly?"

The scene from before flashed through the boy's mind.

When the Space Fortress exploded that day, he leaped onto the Three-Legged Cat and glanced back. He saw that Jiu Zhengxuan was surrounded by black mist, seemingly protected by a special kind of Reality Enhancement. Moreover, he was boarding the spacecraft with two attendants!

The boy shook his head. "That guy is extremely well-hidden. Even if I die, he might not be able to!"

Time ticked by, second by second.

One hour, two hours, three hours.

The boy grew increasingly anxious. Boss Meng had less than eight hours left, yet he couldn't fall asleep!

The murder of Boss Meng is a complex and multifaceted case.

If this continues, there simply won't be enough time!

Suddenly.

The boy thought of ' Happy Pill,' Serotonin!

That was a medication Dr. House prescribed for himself; it could suppress brain nerve activity!

There is a risk of developing dementia or stupidity!

The next moment.

Looking at the white pills in his hand, Qin Yiguan gritted his teeth.

Boss Meng, I must save him!

He swallowed the Serotonin in his hand, a pill he had sworn he would never take!

finally.

Sleepiness is creeping in!

The Metaverse Experimental Zone, on the outskirts of Vortex Cloud City.

The boy stood alone.

After glancing at the time and going through several rounds of trouble, Boss Meng had seven and a half hours left.

Various pieces of information flashed through my mind.

He's always wanted to find his own Longevity Society... Could it be that they imprisoned and interrogated Boss Meng?

Equipment Management Bureau, Zanyin Group, Blue Agent...

This time, we cannot simply and brutally kill; we must restore the dying Boss Meng!

Time is of the essence.

The Metaverse is incredibly vast, and I know very little about its topography.

Once you've gone in the wrong direction, time cannot be turned back!

Where should I begin?

Beep beep beep.

This time, it was the communicator in the Experimental Zone that rang.

It turned out to be the all- Metaverse Know-It-All I had only met once and hadn't been in contact with for a long time.

A sleazy face with a mustache flashed by, accompanied by a fawning smile, "How are you, boss?"

The boy replied, "I'm not a big shot."

"If you're not someone, then who are you?"

Baixiaosheng said with a fawning expression, "I'll share a secret video with you!"

From the boy's perspective, a scene suddenly appears.

The perspective in the photos makes it seem like a candid shot taken by a passerby.

It was a vast, desolate area, and judging from its boundless expanse, it was undoubtedly Experimental Zone.

The next moment.

A streak of light flashed by, kicking up dust hundreds of meters high. The dust, in a straight line, vanished into the distance in an instant.

The video duration is displayed as 1.2 seconds.

The boy was taken aback. "What is this?"

The Metaverse Know-It-All did not answer, but simply slowed down the video.

When slowed down 800 times, the boy could barely make out that the light and shadow was a human figure!

When slowed down 1500 times, the boy saw that the figure was a boy dressed in black running.

When the video was slowed down 2300 times, the boy's Pupil constricted sharply, and he looked horrified!

"That's me!"

"Yes."

"If it's not you, then who is!"

Baixiaosheng exclaimed excitedly, "1.2 seconds, 6.12 kilometers in sprints, 15 times the speed of sound! I only caught a glimpse of you before, I was blind to your true stature!"

"I've bought out this video; it'll help the big shot hide his identity."

"Please take good care of me from now on, boss!"

Qin Yiguan was stunned.

I can actually run at 15 times the speed of sound!

immediately.

The boy then checked the time the video was recorded.

My mind went blank.

The timeframe for the Experimental Zone was 5 hours prior.

During that period, I had amnesia. One second I was in the Geometry Design Tower, and the next I was back in the Dog Gang, asking Chen Fazheng he had any ' Black Drug '!

The Geometry Design Tower is far away, a full 9,000 kilometers from the Dog Gang.

I actually... ran back at 15 times the speed of sound?!

"Boss!"

"Boss!"

"Are you still there?"

"Baixiaosheng I ask, what exactly is your ' Reality Enhancement '?"

Baixiaosheng was still calling out over the communicator.

Qin Yiguan, however, recalled Dr. House's words.

--[Time Lag Syndrome].

Dr. House's girlfriend Song Miao, also suffered from this mental illness, and at that time, Song Miao was also living in the Experimental Zone.

She felt her surroundings slowing down while she herself sped up. She kept running... running... until she finally ran ahead of time and disappeared.

Dr. House also said that [Time Lag Syndrome] is a hidden ailment of his that was somehow activated in the Metaverse.

Qin Yiguan immediately glanced at his information panel.

There is no [Time Lag Syndrome] in the Consciousness Matrix!

"It must have been activated."

"Then it disappeared."

Why is that?

Qin Yiguan tried hard to recall, then suddenly looked up abruptly.

It's that blue potion!

The drug that caused Boss Meng's abilities to mutate... I injected the remaining residue.

then.

I inexplicably found myself in the Geometry Tower.

I inexplicably found myself back in the Dog Gang.

That was... two instances of Time Lag Syndrome!