【Zhou Ye】The Foot of Time

How could it be... terracotta warriors?

Zhou Zekai took another step forward, put his palm on the glass, curled up a small bag between his brows, and murmured: "Weeping Angel..." Shouldn't it be the Weeping Angel? (Note 1)

Ye Xiu nodded next to him: "Yeah, these guys also know how to do as the Romans do. We can hardly see the statue of the weeping angel here, and there are no cemeteries. But these terracotta warriors and horses are used in many scenic spots, especially in the Qin Palace in Hengdian. There are a lot of them, but they are quite smart.”

Zhou Zekai was dumbfounded—it was the first time he had heard of such a thing... Well, well, Ye Xiu has brought him too many "firsts", he shouldn't be surprised.

Before every time lord embarks on a journey, he will learn a lot of basic information, which involves all aspects of the universe, and it is shockingly huge.It took nearly 40 years to learn as fast as Zhou Zekai, and during his travels, he was still learning continuously, absorbing knowledge insatiably, so as to be able to deal with various situations that may exist in any time and space.

And the crying angel is the key point that must be learned in the basic materials.

Because every Time Lord is a piece of cake in the eyes of the Weeping Angel.

"How did you find it?" Ye Xiu asked, "Has anyone been sent there?"

Qiao Yifan shook his head: "Fortunately, not at all. Last month, Luo Ji upgraded the scanning prediction system, which can monitor the dynamics of time rifts more accurately, and the prediction rate has reached 80.00%. Yesterday we detected fluctuations in Hengdian, Luo Ji He and Baozi arrived in time, found it, and immediately confirmed its identity. Of course, this is also thanks to Senior Zhou for informing in advance."

——No, I really don't know anything.

Zhou Zekai suddenly felt that his future self had dug a big hole for himself to jump into. He was a bit of an Alexander, he just came to the earth for vacation, really.

"I really want to know where Luo Ji's limit is. Such a researcher, you actually let him go out to work."

Qiao Yifan smiled: "No matter how smart a genius is, he needs some fresh air."

Ye Xiu took out a sonic screwdriver (Note 2) from his pocket, pressed the button against the closed door, and with a sound like an electric current, the delicate door swung open.

"...Actually, this is what we want to study the most." An Wenyi was a little greedy.

The sonic screwdriver twirled mischievously between Ye Xiu's fingers, and the corner of his mouth twitched: "It will take a long, long, long time."

These three people are still here, envious of hacking all kinds of electronic devices... um, a screwdriver-even though it is blessed by the speed of sound technology, it is still a screwdriver.At this moment, Zhou Zekai had already entered the isolation room first, and came straight to the iron railing, so close that he could touch the terracotta warrior as long as he stretched out his arms.

"Oh, Xiao Zhou, help the old man stare for a while, your eyes are going to pop out of their sockets." The motionless middle-aged man finally spoke out, covering his eyes with his palms and shaking his head, "Academician Guan, did you find anything? Don’t be a white-collar worker with your salary.”

Guan Rongfei shook his head, but there was no dejection on his expression, just full of excitement: "No, there is nothing. No matter how you scan it, it is a stone, and its main component is calcium carbonate. No matter how I look at it, it doesn't look like— —”

"Creature." Zhou Zekai said firmly, "It is a creature."

"The oldest creatures in the universe." Ye Xiu walked in, the heels of his leather boots were particularly loud in such an empty environment, "No one knows how they originated, even the Time Lords haven't been able to research them, we can only speculate , maybe as old as the universe."

"It's impossible, no creature can survive for such a long time." Guan Rongfei immediately denied it.

"But it is standing in front of you. But it looks different. It is usually an angel with its face hidden, so it is called a weeping angel. It usually appears in European and American countries. It is the first time I saw it in China. It is probably because They haven't learned how to pretend to be terracotta warriors before?" Ye Xiu pointed to it, "They have the most perfect defense system, and the Time Lord called them... um, Xiao Zhou, what did you say?"

"The Lone Assassin."

"Yes, the lonely assassin." Ye Xiu nodded his head heavily, and naturally swept away what should have been explained by Zhou Zekai, as if he had done this countless times proficiently, "They are quantum locked, that is, Say, when people look at them, they don't exist, they turn into hard stones. And no one is bored enough to kill stones."

"But stones can't kill people, okay?" Wei Chen was still rubbing his eyes.

"Of course not a stone. But when you look away, when you blink, it can take a chance and make you disappear—'whoosh' and disappear. Of course, you are not dead, although some kind of To a certain extent, for those who live in the present, it is also death, because it will send you to the past."

Ye Xiu looked at the terracotta warrior. It lowered its head quietly, looking so harmless.

"It feeds on time. It devours the time you would have lived on at this point in time. And you will die alone in an unknown corner of history."

——That's why weeping angels are selected into the basic knowledge that time lords must master. The time lords who have almost unlimited time, and their TARDIS with infinite time energy, are the food that weeping angels most want to hunt, As long as you get a Time Lord and the TARDIS that he owns, these Weeping Angels will no longer have to worry about food and drink.There was a time lord who was hit by a trick, but fortunately he managed to contact his companion in the end, but it's a pity that the TARDIS never found it again.

Zhou Zekai thought silently in his heart, and felt a little headache.

—Well, he literally sent himself here with free shipping, and two TARDIS as gifts.

"Then can I take a look?" Guan Rongfei grabbed Zhou Zekai who was closest to him, "Let me see how it moves!"

Zhou Zekai shook his head.

Ye Xiu, however, was very calm: "It's fine all at once, the instrument will record the number of life forms in an instant. Anyway, there is a fence, everyone just blinks their eyes collectively, it can't come out. Why Xiao Zhou, why don't you Want to be haunted by the old man?"

Although he hadn't felt it before, Zhou Zekai could hear the horror of being entangled by this madman from Ye Xiu's tone.

"...Okay." Just blinking for a few tenths of a second, there shouldn't be any mistakes.

Ye Xiu snapped his fingers: "Then follow my instructions, three, two, one, blink!"

"what!"

It was just a short [-] second of darkness. When they opened their eyes again, exclamations escaped uncontrollably from the scene in front of them—the figurines who had just stood there stunned. At this moment, both hands are holding onto the railing, pulling to both sides, the solid iron railing has been pulled away by [-] centimeters, and the head that has been hanging down has also been lifted up, it is a big mouth with fangs. Grim face!

"It's detected, it's detected!" Guan Rongfei was the first to react, he hugged the instrument and kissed it twice, then dragged it away, no longer nostalgic for the frozen sculpture, "I'll analyze it! "

Wei Chen touched his heart: "Oh my god, this almost gave me a heart attack! Quickly stuff it back!"

Qiao Yifan and An Wenyi immediately began to push the terracotta warriors inside, but the stone hands were already inseparable from the railing.

"We can only close this room completely." Qiao Yifan said helplessly, "Let's go out first."

Wei Chen stepped back while looking at it, cursing: "You can't keep this stupid thing of grandma, it's a stone now, right? Hurry up and ask someone to bring the cutting machine, if you chop it up, you will die, right?

Ye Xiu sneered: "If it were so easy, the weeping angels would have been extinct long ago. Do you know why Xiao Zhou reminded you not to leave any video data? Any videos and photos of weeping angels will eventually become weeping angels. If you They chop up, hehe, are you helping the earthworms increase their numbers?"

"...Then seal it with cement and take it to the South China Sea for reclamation?" Wei Chen began to think hard.

Zhou Zekai shook his head: "It's possible."

Wei Chen looked at the bent railing through the glass, swallowed, and agreed: "Then what should we do? With this strength, I don't think our isolation room is very useful. We can't send people 24 hours a day Here, practice blinking only one eye, right? My eyelids are going to cramp!"

Ye Xiu smiled "hehe" and said, "Isn't that simple? Put a mirror on it, let it look at itself, and fix it forever!"

Wei Chen was dumbfounded: "I'll wipe it! This is okay too?!"

Ye Xiu patted him on the shoulder: "Why not? Just make sure that the light in this room is not turned off, so that it can quietly be a daffodil for a lifetime."

As if to confirm this sentence, before the end sound landed, there was only a "pop", and the entire corridor was plunged into darkness.

power cut.

The shroud of darkness has never been as chilling as it is at this moment. The sense of fear does not infiltrate from the outside, but is generated from within the body, encroaching on every corner of the body along the nerves.Even though the sign on the wall indicating the safe exit is still glowing green, everyone knows——

Useless.

As long as you can't see the dangerous creatures in the isolation room, it's useless!

If it was outside, everyone would take out their mobile phone and light up the screen at this moment, but not here.Glory's security level is too high, they have their own internal lines, and no member is allowed to carry a mobile phone!They don't have any lighting tools on them!

"Snapped!"

This is... the sound of glass breaking!

……run!

This word jumped into their hearts so clearly, and before they could take a step forward, a "click" overwhelmed the beating heartbeat. In the darkness, a bunch of small flames danced weakly but vigorously. It reflected Ye Xiu's water-like face.

The fingers of the terracotta warriors barely stopped within half a centimeter from the bridge of Ye Xiu's nose.

Ye Xiu lighted a cigarette indifferently, took a deep breath, and then sprayed the smoke on the hideous face that was close at hand, and chuckled: "So I said, you shouldn't quit smoking here."

Zhou Zekai lowered the muzzle of his raised gun. If Ye Xiu hadn't lit the lighter in time, he would definitely have chosen to shoot—even though it is very easy to accidentally injure others in this closed environment, the flash of light from the laser gun can also give them A moment of respite.

only……

Zhou Zekai took one more look at Ye Xiu.

I should be the food provider who attracts the Weeping Angel the most, why was it Ye Xiu who was attacked first?

Ye Xiu cupped the flames with his left hand, and said, "Old Wei, I am deeply worried about your power supply."

Wei Chen pressed the earphone with his fingertips, asked a quick question, and explained, "The system was hacked just now, and the database has been invaded. Luo Ji had no choice but to cut off the circuit urgently, and it will be restored in 3 minutes."

"...Hmm." Ye Xiu nodded thoughtfully.

"I sent someone to find the mirror, and then arranged a room with an independent circuit for it."

Zhou Zekai shook his head at him: "No."

"Xiao Zhou said this can't stay here. Judging by the situation, you can't look down on it." Ye Xiu lowered his head, "We have to transport it away and throw it in a place where the light is guaranteed 24 hours a day so that it can look at itself. .”

"Is there such a place?" An Wenyi began to think.

"Little friend, there are so many wonders in the world." Ye Xiu grabbed the brim of his hat and blinked, "Just give us the mirror."

Three minutes later, the light returned to the world. Wei Chen not only found a large full-length mirror, but also fixed it in a shelf with the terracotta warriors and horses. As long as it is not a strong natural disaster such as a magnitude 3 earthquake, it is absolutely impossible to put this "no longer hanging mirror" "Terracotta Warriors and Horses with Heads" are separated from the mirror to ensure that it can be narcissistic for eternity.

Looking at the weeping angel in the shape of a terracotta warrior in his TARDIS, Zhou Zekai felt that such absurd things would never be experienced by another Time Lord.

"It's good to go, thank you all this time. Sigh, I didn't say, we have known each other for so many years, when will you let me take a ride?" Wei Chen's hand touched the "sports car." ", as if it was stuck and couldn't be pulled out.

Zhou Zekai shook his head firmly - the TARDIS is a very private domain for the Time Lord.It's one thing to pick someone up for rescue or emergency transport; it's quite another to invite someone on board.Not to mention that the man in front of him knew his future self, Zhou Zekai had just met him now, even if it was his future self, Zhou Zekai didn't think he would invite him into his... home.

yes home.

and so……

Zhou Zekai turned his head and glanced at Ye Xiu who started to toss about the bridge again.

——The person who entrusts the house key to him must be very, very important.

"Tsk tsk," Wei Chen saw that Zhou Zekai turned his head, so he could only say sourly, "I know, the little love nest of the two of you is really nasty. You two are still... forget it, I don't want to say anything, you have counted .”

Zhou Zekai could only smile.

"Hurry up, hurry up, your eyes are already hurting, and you still have to dodge them, what kind of hatred?" Wei Chen waved his hands in disgust.

"Goodbye." Zhou Zekai said this sincerely.Although it was only such a face-to-face meeting, Zhou Zekai could also see the character of this person.In the future, he will always keep in touch with this person.

He's a time traveler, and the messy timeline is something he's learned to deal with early on, and he's used to it.

The door was closed, Zhou Zekai turned around, walked behind Ye Xiu, and asked, "Where?"

"Star 26-α, twenty kilometers underground."

"26-α?" Zhou Zekai was stunned. It was a very barren planet with no one to develop it. There are only 48 hours of daylight in [-] hours a day. It doesn't seem to be eligible, let alone what Ye Xiu said It's still underground.

Ye Xiu skillfully poured out a bag of salt and activated the TARDIS. A few seconds later, Ye Xiu rushed towards the door with one stride. He was about to open the door when he turned back and took the walking stick hanging from the railing back into his hand. He straightened the top hat on his head, straightened the tie around his neck, and then pushed the door open——

"I've always wanted to take you to see, the fairyland on earth."

The faint blue fluorescence broke into Zhou Zekai's sight without saying hello.

He walked over slowly, stepped out of the Tardis almost cautiously, looked around, the corners of his lips were raised before he realized it.

This is a huge mine, and there are crystals shining with blue light everywhere, illuminating the dark underground into a dreamy world.Zhou Zekai even felt that if he stepped here, he would destroy the beautiful scenery. He didn't even dare to breathe too hard.

A palm was stuffed into his palm, and Zhou Zekai held it reflexively, and was pulled by the force from it, staggered on the uneven ground, and arrived at a flat open space in a short while.The cane that Ye Xiu insisted on bringing out was casually discarded, and his warm body was pressed against it. Zhou Zekai was being led and began to sway slightly rhythmically, as if he was dancing without music, but it was not a dance of any kind. As for the movement, they just hugged, shook their bodies slightly, and moved in a small range in place.

"An hour ago, I was at the dance in Windsor Castle."

Ye Xiu whispered.

"Toasting and drinking, I was drunk, I stood in front of the window with a glass of wine, but I couldn't drink, I could only look at the moon. At that time, I thought, it would be great if you were here."

Ye Xiu stared into his eyes, as if they were filled with words, but even with the TARDIS that can translate any language in the universe, Zhou Zekai still couldn't decipher a single word, except for one thing——

Ye Xiu wanted to kiss him himself, Zhou Zekai was absolutely convinced.

This is simply bewitching, it shouldn't be so fast, this is the second time he saw Ye Xiu.

Zhou Zekai whipped this idea in his heart, but he still couldn't resist getting closer, so close that he could count each eyelash of Ye Xiu and write down their length——

"Di Di!"

The communicator rang, and the ambiguous atmosphere was swept away. Zhou Zekai let go of Ye Xiu as if surprised, and took a step back.He glanced at it—it was an emergency call, the coordinates had been issued, and his vacation was forcibly suspended.

"Well, my General Zhou, Garifrey really can't leave you for a moment."

Zhou Zekai was slightly stunned, but soon understood.They didn't talk nonsense anymore, returned to the Tadis, quickly pushed out the terracotta warriors and settled them properly.Zhou Zekai entered the coordinates from the communication, and Ye Xiu, who was leaning on the driver's platform with his waist on his side, folded his arms in front of his chest, and suddenly said, "I said Xiao Zhou, you don't plan to just leave, do you?"

As soon as Zhou Zekai turned his head, a pair of lips involuntarily covered their lips. Compared with the bewildered astonishment of the first meeting, this time Zhou Zekai almost immediately plunged into it, actively chasing Ye Xiu's tongue, playing and entangled.Zhou Zekai had to admit that this feeling was really good, although this kiss was destined to be short-lived.

"It's the kiss of victory."

Ye Xiu pressed the wrench for the other party. This time, Ye Xiu and his "Newsstand" were not picked up by Zhou Zekai's TARDIS, but were left in the mine in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Zekai watched Ye Xiu's figure alternate between virtual and real, and at the last moment, he heard a sentence from the other party full of smiles——

"Next time we meet, I will definitely kiss you as soon as I see you."

Zhou Zekai couldn't help but burst out laughing, then coughed lightly, thankful that the TARDIS had already driven away when he lost his composure, and Ye Xiu didn't see it... well, it probably didn't.

He went to the locker room to change into his combat uniform, pushed open the door of the TARDIS, and strode out.

"Major Zhou Zekai."

An old man greeted him with a smile. Zhou Zekai knew him. He was one of the oldest Time Lords. Each of them had been reborn at least ten times. status.He immediately performed the military salute and looked around, but it was not on the battlefield.He thought it was because of another planet being invaded this time, so he urgently recalled him-although the time lord's vacation is very flexible, after all, a person who disappears from the battlefield for 1 minute can actually walk around on a third-level civilized planet for a year, But this further illustrates the urgency of the emergency call.

Sensing the question in Zhou Zekai's line of sight, the old man smiled and explained: "Major Zhou, please come with me. This urgent recall is actually not urgent, it's just... a commendation meeting."

There was no surprise on Zhou Zekai's face - he will at least be promoted to lieutenant colonel this time, and if he is lucky, he will be a colonel, but he is still not far from the general Ye Xiu mentioned.

But he will eventually reach that step, which has become inevitable.

Zhou Zekai followed the old man to the venue, pondered for a few seconds, and finally said, "Sir."

"Ok?"

"I have a question, I want to ask."

The old man looked at him kindly: "Just ask."

"Not a Time Lord, piloting a TARDIS, is it possible?"

The old man smiled slightly: "Only the Time Lords can drive the TARDIS, because it needs to understand the knowledge that other races can't learn even if it takes a lifetime. The Time Lords are the race with the highest intelligence. We can learn to drive the Tower in ten years." Diss, but if it is other life, it will take at least 500 years to learn how to use the coordinates of Tardis, right? No life can live that long. What's the matter, child, have you encountered this situation? If so , maybe some child changed the DNA with the deformed arch (Note 3)."

Zhou Zekai just smiled and said nothing.

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Note 1: The setting of the crying angel is simply amazing!Generally, my Amway Doctor Who is the first Amway 2005 edition, the tenth episode of the third season BLINK/wink, this episode won the Hugo Award, it is amazing!If you want to know more about the Weeping Angel, you can take a look, you won't regret it! ! ! !Note 2: Sonic screwdriver, super useful props!It can be used to unlock, only valid for metal objects, it can also be used to calculate, detect paths, check systems, machines or circuits, etc. It can even be used against ATM machines, and then banknotes will come out [Please give me a dozen! ! ! ! 】However, it is only effective for metal, that is to say, wooden doors, it cannot be opened =L=

Note 3: Chameleon Arch can change the DNA of the time lord, give it new memory, and store its original biological information and in the pocket watch, so that the time lord can become a creature of other races—basically It is the choice to become human.If you open the pocket watch, your identity and memory will be restored.