Time in a collapsing world

"Hua, did this collapse happen within the past few months?" Li asked Hua.

"Yes, to be precise, it was two and a half months ago." Hua nodded and said.

"Then what's going on with you? Do you have a girlfriend, are you married, and have a child?" Li squinted her eyes and stared at this man who didn't look like he was lying at all. "Let's not talk about how you have grown up in such a short period of time. You can actually find a girlfriend. Your child is born so soon. Are you sure your child or your wife is human?"

"Ah? But my wife gave birth to my child in nine months of normal pregnancy..." The man looked puzzled, "And hasn't it been several years since the collapse? What two and a half months? Could it be that you Are you kidding me?"

"..."

Li and Hua looked at each other.

"...Li, is he lying?"

Hua confirmed the information again. It was indeed two months and fourteen days, but why did this man have such a big cognitive bias?

"There is no [lie], he did not lie."

Li opened his "eyes" and shook his head. If the man was lying, he could see the concept of "lie" through these "eyes".

"Perhaps it was the fall just now?" Li speculated, "Did you become insane after falling?"

"...Send him to the hospital?"

Hua Jianli looked like she wanted to destroy the body and eliminate all traces, and said quickly: "I will pay for the medical expenses."

"That's good." Li nodded with satisfaction.

"Hey, hey, hey, I heard your voices. Do you think I'm mentally ill?" The man complained from the side.

Li and Hua looked at each other and looked at him together again, their eyes filled with: Isn't it?

"My mind is not sick and I am still very sober. My wife is Evelin and my child is Angel. I remember these two names clearly. How could they be fake?" the man tried to argue.

"Sir, have you seen the current time?" Li took out his mobile phone and placed it in front of the man.

"Calculate for yourself, how long has it been since the collapse?"

"Well...three years and nine months." The man really calculated it carefully. Judging from the way he counted on his fingers, it seemed that he had not learned mathematics well.

But why did he come up with this answer based on his own knowledge?

"In your opinion, when was the last time the collapse occurred?" Hua asked, and the answer the man gave was indeed different from the normal time.

Next, the two of them found various information about the collapse of the city for the man, but he was able to fill in the logical loopholes based on his knowledge.

In the end, the two had to retreat temporarily and sneaked aside to discuss countermeasures.

"So strong. How on earth did this guy survive the last collapse? With such a stupid look, any dead soldier could push him to the ground and rub him, right?" Li didn't know what to do. How to convince him, the choice is bad, he is not as patient as Hua.

"If this gentleman's cognitive bias is caused by the collapse, it means that he has been in this city for at least two and a half months..." Hua frowned and pointed out the question, "Where is the food and water? Coming?"

"..."

Li thought for a while, then walked to the man's side and asked, "Where was your original house in this city?"

"What do you want to do?"

"Looking at the situation, we might be able to solve some of the problems that are troubling us."

"I told you I didn't...wait a minute, are you some cult organization brainwashing me?" The man suddenly became wary when he thought of this.

"No, sir, please believe us, we are really not bad people." Hua also came over and persuaded.

"That's what bad people say..." the man muttered.

"Hey, look here."

At this time, Li's voice came.

"?"

The man turned his head, only to find that Li had placed one hand on the wall of a dilapidated five-story house. Then with a burst of distortion, the entire building shrank into Li's hand in front of the man's eyes and turned into Made a small ball, just like in a science fiction movie.

"...I must be dreaming."

"I don't know if you are dreaming or not, but I know that if you keep nagging and pushing me to the edge, I don't mind being a bad guy." Li held a small ball in his hand and hit the man on the head. Knock it and make a "dang-dang-dang" sound.

"Sorry, I'm too talkative..."

The man immediately gave in. He didn't want to be turned into a ball in Li's hand. He had to live for his wife and children.

……

"So, this is your old house?"

Li looked at the small two-story bungalow in front of her and asked the man holding it in her hand.

"Yes, to be precise, it's my parents' house. I just live with them."

The man was honest, fearing that Li would be unhappy and take him to fly freely in the sky.

Just now, in order to find his house in this city that was devastated beyond recognition by the collapse, Li carried him to the top of a building more than once, and then jumped up with all his strength, easily jumping to dozens of heights. Meter altitude allowed him to see the direction clearly.

Several times, Li even threw it directly into the sky in order to get a wider and farther field of vision.

This was repeated several times, and even if the man was not afraid of heights, he was now scared.

"Is there anyone else living with you?" Hua asked.

"There was it very early on, but..."

The man seemed a little embarrassed to speak.

"But what?"

Li glanced at him.

"But she has been kicked out by my parents..."

The man looked a little sad. It seemed that his relationship with that person was relatively good.

"Brothers and sisters?" Li Zhui asked.

"Well, she's my sister." The man nodded, "I haven't seen her since that day."

"……Feel sorry."

Hua apologized, saying she felt like she shouldn't have brought up the topic.

"It's okay. It's been so long. I'm relieved a long time ago. And thinking on the bright side, maybe she has been adopted by a wealthy family? This is better than suffering here." The man laughed and didn't take it to heart.

"..."

"Li, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Li's silent look, Hua asked.

"It's nothing, it's just that this script is a bit familiar... Forget it, open the door. Do you still have the key?"

The latter sentence is for men.

"It's been so many years, how could I have it?"

"Okay, I'm just asking casually."

"Oh, then you don't have the key, why...?"

Without saying anything, there was only a loud "bang" sound, and the door of his hometown was kicked in by Li, even causing a lot of cracks in the surrounding walls.