One day, one-third of the world's population was forced to install the "Time Bank" APP on their mobile phones. The balance shows your remaining lifespan. If it reaches zero, you will die.
Delivery boy Chen Mo's balance: 71 hours and 59 minutes.
His mother used her last three minutes to buy him a few more breaths. The landlord charged him eight hours of rent every day, and the elevator was crowded with time-stealing pickpockets. He runs orders on the streets and gambles with death every day.
Until that global time inflation, his balance shrank to 57 hours overnight. When I was standing on an abandoned viaduct and about to jump off, the APP suddenly popped up a message that had never appeared before: "Abnormal fluctuations have been detected. Do you want to accept the time trial?"
He pressed Accept, and from then on he heard the sound of time flowing - it was the last crisp sound like broken glass before the balances of countless people in the city returned to zero.
And the man behind the system is sipping a cup of coffee, admiring the struggle.
"Do you think you are rebelling against the rules?" He threw Chen Mo's information into the "Observation Objects" folder. "Every step you take is within my calculations."
