Absolute Zone Zero: I survive in Liufen Street

"I want them all!"

Fu Fu was stunned for a moment when she heard Xiaobai's words, then she gave a sweet smile to Bai Yu who was looking at her with expectation.

Fu Fu straightened up and moved forward to hold Bai Yu's shoulders. In his eyes that changed from expectation to confusion, she slowly pushed Bai Yu back and pressed him down on the pillow, then covered Bai Yu with a quilt very considerately.

"Be good, Xiaobai, go to bed early." Fu Fu smiled and patted Bai Yu who was lying down, and said with a loving look.

"..." Bai Yu's eyes narrowed, and he accused Fu Fu with a disappointed and speechless look. "Didn't you tell me to be willful?!"

"There's a difference between being willful and wishful thinking." Fu Fu reached out and touched Bai Yu's forehead. "We don't even know when we'll be able to gather enough energy to send you back.

Do you still want to travel between the two worlds?

Is the system the Star Train driven by the [Pioneering Star God]?

"Is there really no other way?" Bai Yu lowered his eyes and buried half of his face in the quilt with a gloomy expression.

"Well...it's not that there is no solution at all." As soon as Fu Fu finished speaking, Bai Yu's eyes lit up.

"Don't be too happy yet. If it is something that can be accomplished with hard work, I wouldn't say that Xiaobai is dreaming." Fu Fu lifted a corner of the quilt and crawled in. She lay down beside Bai Yu, looking at the ceiling blankly and said, "According to the records in the database, our "system" travel cannot go back.

Because the speed of time flow in each world is different, the system cannot return to the same time period without time coordinates.

The luckier ones may even see someone they once knew for the last time.

But in most cases, the system returns to the world it has been to, and all it sees is a completely unfamiliar and unfamiliar environment.

Things and people have changed, but there are still some traces of the past to reminisce about, which can be considered a happy ending.

Some worlds have even been destroyed and reborn several times.

The cruelest situation is facing an "old friend" who has the same appearance as you but whom you don't know.

Therefore, the most sincere advice given by the predecessors to the younger generation in the systematic travel guide is:

[Don’t look back!]

If you don’t have a “time coordinate,” then don’t look back! 】

So if one day we leave this world, it will be impossible to return to the time when Xiaobai existed."

"Is it because there is no "time coordinate"? " Bai Yu turned over and lay on his side, looking at Fu Fu beside him, and asked seriously: "Then how can we get the time coordinate?

Since Fufu can send me back to the time after I was injured, then what is my "time coordinate"? "

"Of course it's you, Xiaobai." Fu Fu also turned over and looked face to face at Bai Yu's stubborn eyes, explaining: "I can send Xiaobai back because Xiaobai is now a living "consciousness body", and there is a natural and inseparable connection between you and your "original body".

The system can then locate Xiaobai's existence "time point" based on this link and send you back smoothly.

But Xiaobai doesn't have such a "time anchor point" in the world of [Zero Zone].

"Isn't this living 'body' of mine enough?" Bai Yu asked.

"No, although Xiaobai is alive now, your body is a gift from the [World Consciousness] and does not actually belong to Xiaobai.

Even if the [World Consciousness] welcomes you, Xiaobai is just a guest, and you bear the mark of your own world.

Then this body can only be lent to Xiaobai as a "guest room."

"..." Bai Yu pressed his hand against his chest, feeling the steady, strong heartbeat beneath his palm. "But Fufu said there's a way."

"It's very difficult ~ so difficult that almost no one can do it." Fu Fu didn't want to give Bai Yu hope and then disappoint him, but just like Bai Yu was honest with her.

Since Fu Fu knows the method, she can't just give up on Bai Yu's behalf just because the method is difficult.

"...I still want to listen to it." Bai Yu stubbornly pursued the possibility of that "delusion" coming true.

"Time coordinates" are the location of a drop of water cut from the river of time.

It’s like taking a “photo” of time and making it into a “puzzle”.

With this "puzzle piece" in hand, the system can find the missing location of the "water drop" in the flowing river. In this way, it can achieve the goal of entering the same section of the river.

This is how the system tracks time.

But the water in the river of time is turbulent, so how could it reserve a place for a drop of water?

Unless, that "water drop" is special enough, so special that its loss will cause a "vortex".

Xiaobai, do you understand what I mean?"

"[Phaethon]...

They are special "water drops", right?"

“Yes, anyone who is qualified to stand on the stage of [Destiny] is qualified to become a special ‘water drop’, but it is only a qualification.

[Phaethon] is the [protagonist] in this [fateful drama], and their choices are destined to affect the entire world.

And every decision they make will cause "water waves" to turbulent, affecting the fate of others.

If Xiaobai wants to become a special and indispensable "water drop", then he must be so important that once he disappears, the [fate] of everyone around him will be affected and shifted, forming a "vortex".

Only in this way can Xiaobai, as an "outsider," be branded by the [world consciousness] here and establish his own [anchor] in the river of time. Fu Fu looked at Bai Yu with sorrow and said, "This is also why the system never goes back."

We are born to be travelers, but the price we pay for being too powerful and free is that the weight of our own existence is almost nothing.

The system does not have the right and qualifications to change the [destiny of the world], so it is naturally impossible to gain recognition.

After losing contact with the host, the system can no longer return to its former river.

Xiaobai, now you understand why I said it's wishful thinking to want to travel between two worlds. "

"...I understand." Bai Yu closed his eyes, settling all his turbulent thoughts into the depths of his heart. "Let me think about it..."

"Xiaobai, don't worry.

Anyway, it’s not time for us to make a choice yet.

We still have a long way to go before we can go back.

You don't need to come up with an answer right now." Fu Fu raised her hand and touched Bai Yu's face, saying softly, "If Xiao Bai really can't bear to leave, we can even finish our "guide's life" here before leaving this world.

Of course, this only works if there aren't any problems with this world first."

"Haha~ Then we can only hope that Mi Huyou will behave like a human being and not invite Shaoji back to be the director." Bai Yu laughed softly.

"Fufu, you're right. We still have time. Let me think about it. We're not in a hurry." Bai Yu let out a long sigh, opened his eyes, and looked at Fufu beside him tenderly. "Fufu will wait for me anyway, right?"

"Yeah! I will always stay with Xiaobai until the day Xiaobai makes a decision." Fu Fu replied with a smile.

"In that case, let's not think about things that happened so far in the past.

The future is too far away, so let’s first think about how to give Susan a reasonable explanation tomorrow.

Go to sleep, good night Fufu, see you tomorrow."

"Yeah. Good night, Xiaobai. See you tomorrow."

Small Theater

Bai Yu: What do you think, can we take Phaethon with us when we leave?

Fu Fu: ...Who could travel through time and bring the "Child of Destiny" with them?! Xiaobai, wake up!

【Destiny Child】Zhe/Ling: Ah-h! ! Huh???