Chapter 1: Mysterious Bank Card

In this vast world, every single being thinks that they are unique.

From a macro perspective, the 7 billion people living on this blue planet are not really all that different; some have money, others don't; some have power, others don't; some are good-looking, others not so much. Ultimately, everyone is just a collection of atoms that will eventually be disintegrated by time.

However, from a micro perspective, this is undeniably correct. Even identical twins who are almost completely identical in appearance, are born into the same family, and go through almost the same upbringing will have completely different lives due to the extremely subtle differences in their DNA.

Every person is extremely special. As the philosopher Heraclitus said more than 2500 years ago, "No one can step into the same river twice," not only because the river flows forward but also because humans cannot stop time and therefore cannot step into the same river again. In this sentence, the subject, a person, is also constantly changing.

Science shows that a person's body undergoes cellular metabolism at the rate of about 500,000 cells per second. Even if we ignore the movement of molecules, the human being of the next second is not the same as the human being of the previous second.

There is also a saying in Buddhist scriptures that "every grain of sand is a world." This phrase actually refers to the fact that, from the subjective perspective of every person and even every grain of sand, the world is always completely different.

Therefore, the saying that "every person is unique" is absolutely correct.

Shi Lei had never thought of it this way before. He had never even considered this question. As an ordinary fourth-year college student, he was so ordinary that no one would notice him walking down the street.

Although he wasn't too bad-looking and could even be considered handsome, no matter whether it was his studies or his family background, he was definitely in the lower-middle class. He would be lost in a crowd and impossible to find.

His parents were just ordinary employees, and in this developed province, which was among the best in the country, they only made around 3,000 to 4,000 RMB per month. While they weren't exactly struggling, just the tuition and living expenses for Shi Lei each year were more than a third of their income. It could hardly be described as relaxed.

Shi Lei had always been content with mediocrity. He was never someone with grand ambitions. He had gotten lucky on the college entrance exam, scoring a few tens of points higher than on previous mock exams, and had just barely gotten into this top-tier university. His parents were overjoyed, but Shi Lei himself knew that he was absolutely at the bottom of the class after entering college. He had no chance of being a student leader, a school beauty, or achieving great success after graduation.

All he hoped for was to find a job that looked decent and had a salary above the minimum before graduating. He never had any excessive expectations for life.

But this ordinary person, whose greatest achievement in life was probably winning a "Buy One, Get One Free" coupon from a beverage bottle cap, was currently sitting on his dormitory bed, completely focused and in a daze as he stared at the black bank card in his hand.

The bank card looked ordinary too, with no special size or material. The front had raised digits for the card number, and the back had a magnetic strip. If there was anything special about it, it was that the issuing bank in the lower right corner was one that Shi Lei had never heard of.

Slave Development Bank.

It appeared to be a foreign bank, and Shi Lei, who had studied for more than three years in college and passed the College English Test Band 4, could accurately translate the short English phrase to "Slave Development Bank." But even if foreigners had unconventional thinking, was it hard to imagine anyone naming their bank after the word "slave"?

In the signature field on the back of the card, there were six handwritten Arabic numerals that looked like a withdrawal password. But who would be so stupid as to write the withdrawal password on the back of their bank card? Don't they fear that the card might be lost or stolen?

The seemingly ordinary bank card was already showing its extraordinary nature due to the issuing bank and the password on the back. But what was even more extraordinary was that Shi Lei clearly remembered that he had never picked up this card off the ground, so why was it now in his hand?

Maybe there's a lot of money on the card? If the password is really the six digits on the back of the card, maybe he could make a small fortune? After all, the owner of this card should be that guy driving the Porsche.

It seems like an ordinary bank card, but because of the issuing bank and the password on the back, it has already revealed its extraordinary nature. What is even more extraordinary is that Shi Lei clearly remembers that he did not pick up this card from the ground, so why is it now in his hand? Perhaps there is a lot of money in the card? If the password is really the six digits on the back, maybe he can make a little money for himself? After all, the owner of this card should be the guy with the Porsche. Just as the brand Porsche appeared in his mind, a strong fear completely enveloped Shi Lei's body. He shivered on the bed, trembling in the early autumn, and the almost-absolute-zero cold spread from his heart to his entire body.

The seemingly ordinary bank card, because of the issuer and the password on the back, has already revealed its uniqueness. What is even more unusual is that Stone Lei remembers very clearly that he did not pick up the card from the ground, so why is the card now in his hand? Maybe there is a lot of money in the card? If the password is really the six digits on the back of the card, he may be able to make a small fortune? After all, the owner of this card should be the guy with the Porsche. The Porsche brand and everything that happened after that were so unusual. If everything is true, Stone Lei may have finally become an "unusual" guy. But who wants to be different?

...

That was what happened last night.

Senior year is a peculiar academic year. Although there are still classes in the first semester, the teachers have quietly stopped taking attendance. They know that students entering the graduation season are busy contacting internships to secure a job before graduation.

However, the fourth year of college is a strange one. While there are still classes in the first semester, the teachers no longer take attendance, as they know that students entering the graduation season are busy contacting internship units in order to secure a job before graduation. Yesterday, Stone Lei went to an interview with a state-owned enterprise. To be precise, he took a written test in the morning and received an interview notice in the afternoon. The number of people taking the exam was as high as 100, but only four people were finally recruited. However, being able to enter the interview list means that Stone Lei's test score was among the top 20. When he received the interview notice, he was excited and jumped for joy.

By the time he arrived at the company and went through the interview process, it was already after 8 p.m. Although he was told to go home and wait for notification, he could tell from the interviewer's eyes that he had been rejected.

He was hungry and disappointed as he walked down the street in Wu Dong. He was regretful that he had messed up the interview and thought that if he had just adjusted his answer to a certain question slightly, he might have gotten the hard-won job.

Time seemed to be playing a joke on Shi Lei. It wasn't until he realised that the street was completely empty that he realised it was late at night.

It's only five or six minutes to twelve o'clock, according to the time on his phone.

The sound of angry grumbling came from his stomach, as if the five internal organs were protesting that Shi Lei had forgotten to eat. Shi Lei, who was adjusting his direction and planning to quickly return to the vicinity of the school to find a small restaurant to fill his stomach, was suddenly blinded by the two bright lamp posts in front of him.

The mechanical roar fills Shi Lei's ears as he stares blankly ahead, completely unaware of the danger approaching.

When Shi Lei finally saw what was behind the lamp posts and realised it was a fast sports car making the loud noise, he was even more scared.

The speed, exceeding 200 metres per second, was coming straight towards Shi Lei and showed no signs of slowing down, with only a distance of ten or so metres remaining.

"Has the driver gone mad?"