The three chatted for a while, then William Harris and Logan Wright left. Parties like this were foreign games; they weren’t really used to them.

Ethan Brooks pursed his lips. He was leaving tomorrow, and he truly felt a bit reluctant.

Pain leaves the deepest marks on people, and the discipline of iron and fire creates an even stronger sense of belonging. Although it had only been three short months, this memory was undoubtedly profound.

He sighed, lowered his head to look at his phone, and finally asked the question that had been bothering him for a long time.

“System, tell me, why are you a phone?”

“Because the chosen one needs a phone, so I took this opportunity to appear before you.”

“What if I had bought a computer back then?”

“Then I would be a computer.”

“Then can you turn into a computer for me to see?”

He was just joking, but the system took it seriously.

A flash of light passed, and the phone in his hand suddenly transformed into a silver laptop. The craftsmanship was extremely fine, the whole thing exuded a faint metallic sheen, and the screen was completely transparent, like a pane of glass, radiating a strong sense of technology.

Ethan Brooks suddenly understood: this time-travel phone wasn’t really a phone. It just appeared in his life in the form of a phone, but if needed, it could become anything else.

“Actually, what I need most is a girlfriend. Why don’t you turn into a beautiful woman?”

“……”

“What if I had bought an inflatable doll back then?”

“……”

A shimmer of light flashed across the laptop in his hand, and it turned back into that black glass phone, the screen now dim.

Ethan Brooks, bored out of his mind, continued:

“Fine, you can be a phone, but why make it so advanced? It’s so advanced I don’t even know how to use it, and I don’t dare take it out, afraid someone will recognize it. What’s the point of that?”

“I searched the internet for all kinds of information and came up with the design that best fits the current aesthetic preferences of Earthlings.”

Ethan Brooks curled his lip in disdain.

Chapter 7: The Next World—A Chinese Ghost Story

“Knock, knock, knock.”

There were a few knocks at the door.

“Ethan Brooks, may I come in?”

Ethan Brooks frowned and immediately sat up from the bed.

“Of course, Lena.”

Lena had short golden hair cut to her ears, wore a red evening dress, had light makeup on her face, and walked in with a smile at the corner of her lips. She sat down next to him, very close.

“Can I sit here?”

Ethan Brooks took a light sniff. The woman was wearing a bit of perfume, a very pleasant scent.

“Of course, make yourself comfortable. And, you’re very beautiful.”

A trace of worry appeared on Lena’s face. She turned to look at him and said, “You’re going back tomorrow, right? Will we ever see each other again?”

Ethan Brooks narrowed his eyes. Foreign women were usually very open. When she sat on your bed with such exquisite makeup, it was already a very obvious hint.

“Hard to say, but I think we probably won’t. Asia is on the other side of the world.”

Lena suddenly leaned in, staring straight into his eyes. Their faces were very close. She parted her bright red lips and said, “Actually, I really like Chinese kung fu. If you have time, could you teach me?”

Ethan Brooks nodded. The fire he’d built up over three months was about to burn him to ashes, and this woman was teasing him, making his breathing quicken.

Lena leaned forward and kissed his lips, her hands naturally wrapping around his neck, her body shifting to press against his.

Their kissing grew more and more passionate, their bodies burning hot, soft breaths coming from their noses.

……

In the real world, in Jinguan City, it was another deserted alley.

Ethan Brooks, dressed in a dark green officer’s uniform, appeared out of thin air. But this time, he was mentally prepared, and his intermediate mastery of combat gave him even better reflexes and balance, so he landed steadily.

He paused, took out his phone.

“Why is it another alley?”

“There’s someone in the chosen one’s room. If you’re not afraid of suddenly appearing and scaring her, I can change the positioning strategy next time.”

Ethan Brooks was taken aback. “Someone? Is it Emily Foster, or maybe a thief?”

“Based on the photos from your previous phone, it should be her.”

Ethan Brooks was finally at ease. After thinking for a moment, he said, “Let’s go home. It’s time to put your phone functions to use. Come on, open the map for me.”

A 3D map instantly appeared on the phone, marking both his home and his current location. The shortest route was highlighted in red, and the map’s orientation changed as he moved the phone. The scenery along the street looked exactly the same as in real life—pretty impressive.

“Oh, it’s here. I know the way, you can turn it off.”

Ethan Brooks put away his phone, glanced around, took off the medal pinned to his chest, then removed the epaulets, cap badge, and collar insignia from his officer’s uniform and put them in his pocket. Only then did he stride forward with confidence.

The plot of “Escape from the Amazon” is set in 1999, and this uniform is the 1987-style military uniform. The current active-duty uniform is the 2007-style. According to Chinese law, non-active-duty officers are not allowed to wear active-duty uniforms.