Chapter 42 – I’ve reincarnated?

In the next second, the chair would have slammed into the man’s body.

The surrounding crowd were already stunned, their mouths slightly open as of they were about to scream.

But suddenly, the chair stopped and Wu Qiang froze in that position. His eyes were hazy, and it seemed as though he was stopped in time with magic, he was completely still.

“Ah–!!”

An onlooking girl closed her eyes out of fear, a scream erupting from her mouth.

The man turned around and hugged the girl behind him, trying to protect her with his trembling body, he was extremely nervous.

But.

After a long time, the man opened his eyes and looked back in confusion.

Wu Qiang had already placed the chair back down and was now seated with an expression that was deep in thought.

“What year is it?”

And as everyone looked at Wu Qiang, he suddenly asked the man in front of him.

???

“W-what?”

The man was extremely confused. Just a second ago, this guy was trying to beat him to death in a fit of rage, and in the next second, he had lost his memory?

Was it because he knew it was his own fault, so he tried to resolve this situation in the least embarrassing way he could think of?

The man couldn’t understand the situation, but because he was afraid that this guy would get angry again, he replied nervously, “It’s 2018!”

Hearing this, Wu Qiang’s eyes widened and he stared at the man. In shock, the man quickly pulled the girl and ran out of the store.

Wu Qiang didn’t chase them, he was still in disbelief as he mumbled to himself.

“How could it be 2018?”

2018 was the beginning of everything, according to his memory, this was the year that was recorded by the future generations.

Someone once said:

In the Human Federation, you can forget the year that you were born, but you must never forget the year 2018.

“Did I reincarnate? But the timeline was sealed off a long time ago……or, did the Time Management Bureau miss something?”

The Time Management Bureau, in his memory, was an official organisation in the Human Federation responsible for managing and sealing off time.

They had been in operation for thousands of years, and they had never slipped up even once!

“Fuck me, don’t tell me this is a trap!”

Wu Qiang couldn’t stop himself from becoming nervous, did the Time Management Bureau guys who didn’t get any results for thousands of years get bored, create a hole and threw him back here!

It wasn’t improbable!

In his era, travelling in time was strictly prohibited, you couldn’t go to the past or beyond, and if you were found to have secretly travelled in time……

Not only that, the Time Management Bureau was famous for having nothing to do, they were the kinds of guys that would die of boredom every day in their office.

“I know!” Wu Qiang came to a realisation, slapping his shiny forehead, “If a hole opens up, they have the cause to come back in time to catch me. Then, they not only would’ve fixed a hole, but they could also take a nice work trip to play in this timeline!”

“How convenient for them!”

“Fuck fuck fuck! How can I be excited right now! They’re obviously planning on sacrificing me for their own benefit right now!”

Wu Qiang angrily slammed his hand onto the table, scaring the people beside his table into changing their seats. They sat far away from him and trembled in fear in case he were to notice them.

“No! Do they think I’m such a pushover? If I don’t create some trouble for you guys, I’ll write my surname backwards!”

Wu Qiang immediately woke up his two friends, speaking excitedly, “Brothers! I’ve reincarnated back into this time period!”

“?”

His two friends looked at each other, their faces filled with confusion.

Wu Qiang wasn’t worried about the people from this time period finding out he was reincarnated. Even if everyone found out, wouldn’t that just mean more trouble for the guys at the Time Management Bureau?

I’ll see how they’ll resolve this!

“Reincarnated……” Li Pi paused for a moment before asking, “Do you know the winning lottery number for next week?”

Most people would think of buying lottery tickets when they heard about reincarnation.

“Fuck your damned lottery tickets! Fucking tell me, do you even know the winning number from last week? Fuck! Who would remember it!” Wu Qiang’s face was creased with wrinkles.

The Time Management Buearu had become more strict in the 10 years that followed 2018, the general population didn’t even know what was happening in that time period, and here he was talking about lottery tickets? Hah, he must still be sleeping! 

“Forget it, go back to your timeline!” Li Pi was immediately disinterested and started rubbing his still-woozy head before sprawling out lazily on the table.

“I……”

Wu Qiang didn’t know what to say.

“If I could go back, would I still be here talking with you!?”

There weren’t even virtual reality games in this time period! Who wants to stay in such a backward time period! Fuck!

He felt as though he was a modern man stuck in the past, there weren’t phones or computers, travelling was a hassle, and the living conditions and entertainment were trash!

Was he back here to play a romance game? Because love triumphs over everything?

Wu Qiang looked at the people walking on the streets, Tian Hai city was a big metropolis, their living conditions were quite good and the women here were pretty.

But Wu Qiang’s forehead got more crumpled as he looked.

“It’s too tacky, too tacky……Even if I jump off a building and die here, I will never fall in love with these village women!”

He quickly turned back, his friends were definitely unreliable, and he could only rely on himself.

………

If not, he would simply be a laughingstock to those guys from the Time Management Bureau, a guy that went and sparked a romance with cavewomen……

It was practically the horror flick of the year!

“……Or, I should go and turn myself in!”

Wu Qiang hesitated.

According to the law, turning yourself in would lessen the sentence, he didn’t need to pit himself against that department. Unless, they wanted to see him create some trouble?

“Eh?” Wu Qiang thought something was off, these kinds of ethical dilemmas……

“Am I going through a routine morality test right now?”

These kinds of systematic procedures included cleaning one’s memory and throwing them into a virtual scenario.

They wanted to see the true thoughts of an amnesiac person when faced with similar situations in their daily lives.

“Fuck……I almost fell for it.”

After he spoke, Wu Qiang quickly covered his mouth. He was essentially sure of his situation, he was probably in a test right now!

And after realising that, he took a look at Li Pi, who was lying on the table.

Just now……I told this guy I reincarnated……would they deduct my points for that?

There was a law that didn’t allow anyone to tell other people about their reincarnation if they had travelled in time due to special circumstances, the first thing they should do was to turn themselves in to the relevant authorities.

“Alright, I’ve already lost a few points, I need to quickly go and turn myself in!” Wu Qiang was a bit sad.

These virtual scenarios were undetectable during the test, and they involved all kinds of topics. This test could be one of the most important of all of the tests, and if he failed……it would be difficult for him to even communicate with other people in society. 

These tests were the reason why public safety was so great in his time period.