ryethenovel Chapter 196 Lin Zhou Receives Mysterious Email: About Your Car Accident 7 Years Ago
Chapter 196 Lin Zhou Receives Mysterious Email: About Your Car Accident 7 Years Ago
The restroom was eerily quiet.
Only the faucet that wasn't turned off properly was still leaking water "drip, drip".
Lin Zhou stared intently at his phone screen.
The pale blue light from the screen shone on his bloodless face, casting a chilling glow.
He placed two fingers on the screen.
Zoom in on that eerie photo, bit by bit.
This is definitely not footage captured by a highway surveillance camera.
Surveillance cameras typically have a top-down view, which is rigid and fixed, and the image quality is also grainy and rough.
However, the composition of this photo clearly has a strong sense of tilt.
In the foreground, there was even a blurry patch of rain-soaked, thorny shrub leaves.
What does this tell us?
This indicates that there was a third person present at the scene of this horrific car accident, amidst torrential rain and raging flames.
The person was hiding behind the bushes on the outside of the road.
Holding a high-resolution camera or mobile phone.
Like a venomous snake lurking in the shadows, it calmly and motionlessly recorded everything.
"abnormal."
Lin Zhou gritted his teeth and squeezed out two words.
His gaze passed over the burning Aston Martin and settled on the figure holding a black umbrella.
enlarge.
Zoom in again.
The pixels became blurry due to extreme magnification, and severe noise appeared at the edges.
But the right hand holding the umbrella handle was glaringly bright because it was close to the firelight.
Especially the ring on her middle finger.
A dark red gemstone.
The towering flames and rain reflected a strange, bloodthirsty cold light.
Like a slightly open demon's eye, it coldly watches its prey struggling desperately inside the car.
"This ring..."
Lin Zhou narrowed his eyes, his brows furrowing into a tight knot.
So familiar.
That sense of familiarity that emanated from the very core of the being was definitely not something from the original owner's fragmented memories.
Rather, it was something he witnessed firsthand in a fleeting moment, after he traveled through time!
where is it?
Where exactly have I seen this before?
Lin Zhou closed his eyes, his brain like a high-speed supercomputer, frantically searching for all the information he had recently come across.
The meeting room of Starry Sky Media?
The finale of The Masked Singer?
Or... Dynasty Entertainment?
"System, stop pretending to be dead."
He coldly issued the command in his mind, his tone carrying an undeniable air of authority.
"Immediately provide me with a full online comparison of the features of this ruby ring. I need to know who its owner is!"
【Ding--】
The system is receiving instructions...
[Image feature extraction in progress... Ruby facet analysis in progress... Comparison with publicly available data across the entire network in progress...]
Only Lin Zhou's increasingly heavy breathing could be heard in the restroom.
one second.
two seconds.
Five seconds later, the cold, mechanical voice rang out again.
Comparison complete.
[Match found highly similar target: Zhou Lixing, current president of Dynasty Entertainment.]
[Attached photos: A week ago, a cover story interview for a financial magazine and leaked photos from an internal meeting at Dynasty Entertainment.]
As the system's voice faded away.
Several clear photos were projected directly into Lin Zhou's mind.
In the photo, Zhou Lixing is wearing an expensive custom-made suit, with a fake smile on his face that suggests he is superior and in control of everything.
And his right middle finger rested on the armrest of the leather sofa.
She was wearing a dark red gemstone ring!
Both the cutting technique and the retro design of the setting are exactly the same as the ring in the blurry photo of the car accident scene!
"Zhou Lixing..."
Lin Zhou suddenly opened his eyes.
A devastating black storm instantly raged in his deep eyes.
If the previous business battles were merely a game of cat and mouse in the capital market, then...
Now.
The nature of it has completely changed.
This is not about stealing resources.
This is a blood feud!
Seven years ago, the Lin family was one of the most prominent wealthy families in Beijing.
However, due to this sudden car accident, the original owner was left with both legs disabled and unconscious.
Immediately afterwards, the Lin family's business was inexplicably suppressed and quickly collapsed, and the parents died of depression as a result.
It turns out that none of this was a natural disaster.
It's a man-made disaster!
Just as Lin Zhou was piecing together all the clues and preparing to thoroughly unravel this blood debt,
A sudden change has occurred!
【warn!warn! 】
In his mind, the system's originally pale blue light screen instantly turned into a blinding blood red.
The piercing alarm sounded like ten thousand sharp whistles blowing at the same time.
[Severe emotional fluctuations detected in the host; brainwave frequency significantly exceeds the safety threshold!]
[Warning! The seal on the original owner's remaining memories has severely weakened!]
[Core protection procedures have failed!]
[Forced memory regression is about to begin!]
"What?"
Lin Zhou hadn't reacted yet.
next second.
An indescribable, excruciating pain suddenly cleaved open the top of his head.
"Well!"
Lin Zhou grunted, and his phone fell onto the marble sink with a "thud".
pain!
It hurts so much!
It's like having a rusty iron chisel driven deep into the cerebral cortex by a sledgehammer.
Then it frantically churns and tears inside.
Those scenes that this body instinctively sealed away, selectively forgotten because they were too horrific.
It's like a dormant volcano that's been suppressed for seven years.
At this moment, a cataclysmic eruption occurred!
Lin Zhou gritted his teeth.
The ten fingers of both hands were so pale and bloodless from excessive force.
He gripped the edge of the sink so tightly that he almost crushed the marble countertop.
He tried to use this physical tension to resist the overwhelming pain in his mind.
In the mirror.
His once handsome face was now completely distorted.
Veins bulged on his forehead, and cold sweat poured down like a waterfall, instantly soaking his loungewear.
"Stop..."
"System...stop this!"
Lin Zhou roared wildly in his heart, resisting this savage force.
But the system's cold, mechanical voice now sounded incredibly cruel.
The backtracking process has started, but the underlying logic is locked and cannot be terminated.
[Memory synchronization rate: 10%...30%...70%...]
The pain is intensifying exponentially.
Lin Zhou's legs went weak, and he uncontrollably collapsed to his knees on the cold tile floor.
He was breathing heavily.
My vision started to blur and I saw double.
Outside.
The sound of Su Qingge teaching Nuonuo to play the piano was originally crisp and melodious.
But to his ears now, it sounded increasingly distant and ethereal.
It's like being separated by a thick layer of deep-sea water.
Instead.
It was a deafening clap of thunder!
"Boom!"
The illusory thunder exploded directly in his mind.
Then came the sound of cold, dense raindrops.
It seemed to pierce through time and space, mercilessly striking his face and body.
The delicate fragrance of the high-end shower gel completely disappeared from my nasal cavity.
A strong, pungent smell, a mixture of burning gasoline and engine oil, assaulted his lungs.
[Memory synchronization rate: 100%]
[Backtracking, beginning.]
The lights in the real world went completely dark.
Lin Zhou felt his soul being violently pulled out by a giant hand and ruthlessly thrown into a dark and violent vortex.
When he regained consciousness.
The warmth of the villa was gone, as was the light in the bathroom.
There was only endless darkness and torrential rain that threatened to engulf the world.
ear.
A furious roar came from the engine as it approached the redline.
And a young voice filled with despair and anger.
"Brake! I can't press the pedal!"
"Who... touched my car?!"