Chapter One: Deliver Noodles to a Dead Man at Midnight

“You were followed. Guanlan waited for you to boot the computer.” “It cannot connect to anything.” “Tianheng doesn't need a connection to find you.” Midnight rang. Headlights appeared in the tunnel. A train without a number hurtled down tracks abandoned for three years. Zhou stepped back to eat his first bite. A steel panel tore loose from the train and sliced through the space where his throat had been. Green data exploded across Lin's vision. [ABSURD EVENT ESTABLISHED.] [Key node Zhou Qiming survived. Predetermined mortality reduced from 99.97% to 4.12%.] [ABILITY STOLEN: PROBABILITY SIGHT 0.01%.] The world split into translucent futures. Four men in black rushed onto the platform.