Some classmates still wanted Zhang Lingling to refund their virtual coins, but others gave up after a few curses and fell silent. She finally exhaled. This matter was over at last.
Jing Shu was stunned for a long time, then could only give a thumbs up. That oath was spot on. When the time came, would Zhang Lingling's house really be flooded, would an earthquake really bring it down? They would wait and see.
When that day came, how would Zhang Lingling explain it? Look, the curse you swore years ago came true. What else do you have to say?
To be fair, Zhang Lingling the class monitor was good at changing the subject. "Classmates, I have sad news. Of the 59 students in our class, only 32 remain. I have changed the handles of the ones who left to 'deceased'. If you still have something to say to them, send it now. They will never see it."
[Xie Zihao]: "Those who called me ugly back then are dead, yet I am still alive. I should thank the heavens for sparing me."
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The water shortage that plagued everyone for half a year was temporarily resolved, but the authorities did not relax.
They began enforcing new rules more thoroughly. As the saying goes, without rules, nothing can be set square.
Runaway inflation and grain shortages had wrecked currencies around the globe. Other countries were a mess. We did not need to worry, because we switched to virtual coins. It worked the same way as pocket money in WeChat.
There was not even much research needed. They simply changed the label from "pocket money" to "virtual coin." Outstanding issues about converting old pocket money into the new virtual coins were all resolved.
On October 20, the authorities ushered in face-recognition payments, tightly linked to big data.
Even more shocking was the decision to recall all steel items and household cutting tools. From June until now, the rate of violent violations plummeted to 0.1 percent. The reclaimed metal was smelted and used to build the artificial sun.
When news spread abroad that regions here were distributing water purified by the artificial sun, and that people were lining up to pay by facial recognition for meals and ice pops, the whole world was stunned.
"Why do those people still have water to drink?"
"Why do those people still keep order and queue for food?"
"My god, those people are blessed. They even have ice pops."
"I cannot take it. We have plenty of food, but I still want to go there. It is so safe. No dangerous weapons in everyone's hands, no one getting clubbed from behind. You would not have to live in fear."
As someone who reborn, Jing Shu paid attention to what was on TV and to foreign news.
It only went as far as attention. Jing Shu's abilities were not enough to turn the wheels of history. Jing Shu only needed to know more to protect herself.
All those big events were far away. Jing Shu's one worry was whether the RV she had already paid for would end up screwed over. After asking Niu Mou, he said Yang Yang was still alive in this world and should be back soon.
Based on signs found over the days and Jing Shu's memories from the previous life, Jing Shu felt that Yang Yang was probably in the U.S. pulling a job with Wang Dazhao and the others.
Judging by Yang Yang's look at the time he certainly was not going there for anything good. If they could ship an RV back, never mind the things the Americans had "recently lost." Jing Shu had wondered before what on earth they were doing in the U.S. that required such a big cargo ship and months of secrecy.
Back then Yang Yang also said that even in death they must not expose their identities. Jing Shu understood a little. If their identities were exposed and anyone caught proof, it would be over.
Later, Jing Shu learned the truth. Those messy high-tech items that went missing over there were indeed taken by Yang Yang leading a team. He even made it onto their blacklist. The funny thing was that they still had not figured out the team's true identities. That was awkward.