【Zhou Ye】The Foot of Time

When you know the cause and effect, everything will suddenly become clear.Before anyone knew it, the future 2-year-old Ye Xiu had silently guarded them for a long time through the ubiquitous time rifts.

Zhou Zekai went to the planet where Momo Bird was born.Those creatures with red feathers like flames that were swept away by the crack were all brought back by Ye Xiu. The local people even forgot that they had disappeared. Only the parents who are complex time bodies still have that impression. .Watching their outstretched wings form the most ardent sunset glow, covering half of the sky, Zhou Zekai sat alone at the door of the Tadis, closed its protective cover, and let the high-altitude wind blow his whole body.

In Callifrey's library, he met Su Mucheng. She hadn't been reborn yet, and she had a calm smile on her face. She was pleasantly surprised and told him that you were the time lord that Ye Xiu liked. No wonder Ye Xiu's The description always feels so familiar, you should treat him better.

Zhou Zekai could only smile and nod, and after bidding farewell to Su Mucheng who was walking in a hurry, he went to borrow another copy of "Sunset of the Cyberman".When he first met Ye Xiu, he had already read this book, and now he read it again - sure enough, it was different from what he remembered, the history of the Cybermen was gradually disappearing, becoming more streamlined, and some side details were erased went.And as a time lord, having experienced all kinds of paradoxes, he still has some echoes of those vanished histories in his mind, but maybe hundreds of thousands of years later, these echoes will continue to weaken, and eventually no trace will be left .

No wonder he and Ye Xiu became the prime targets of these racial assassinations, it never existed, it was more terrifying than simple genocide.

In the library, he patiently searched for clues between the lines, trying to find the Ye Xiu he fell in love with at first, the Ye Xiu he sent away with his own hands.Only the military's call for missions allowed him to leave the forest of this book, and when the mission was over, he headed back again.

By the time he realized it, he hadn't been to Earth for more than 50 years.Except for the 100 years of being separated by the time lock, Zhou Zekai has not seen Ye Xiu for such a long time since he found out that he fell in love with Ye Xiu.But when he discovered this, he just quietly looked at the book spread out in front of him, without moving a bit.

After falling asleep that night, he came to the endless sea of ​​stars all over the ladder.He froze for a moment before remembering that he had been here before, but this time, holding the box that glowed in all directions in his arms, he looked around, but he could no longer find the figure that was supposed to be looking at him from afar. .

In the vast universe, on the criss-crossing sky road, only he and his box were left standing in the dead vacuum.

"Hey, you're here again, I thought you really forgot about it completely." The box said again, "But you're still back, things haven't improved at all, have they?"

"...Mmm." Zhou Zekai hugged it tightly, as if it was the only comfort in the universe, "It's completely lost..."

"Is it your lover? Oh, don't show such an expression. He's not lost. I know where he is."

Zhou Zekai looked at it in surprise: "Really?"

"Of course, it wasn't me who took you to find him. Without me, your love wouldn't exist." The box twisted and broke free from Zhou Zekai's embrace, bouncing on the ground, leading him forward , "Come with me, he's waiting for you—hey, don't run so fast, why are you running in front of me..." Then it was caught in Zhou Zekai's arms again, so he had to command, "Oh okay, Left...turn right ahead...stop! Go to the next road and jump over!"

Full of anticipation and joy, he trotted all the way, but when the road came to an end, Zhou Zekai was startled by the scene in front of him, and his pace became slower and slower, and finally he almost walked to the last stone slab step by step, because every step required his great effort. courage.

In front of him is a huge hourglass.

His lover was standing inside the hourglass, but his eyes were closed.He didn't move, and didn't seem worried about the sand that had submerged him up to his waist.But now it is indeed considered calm, the hourglass is still, and no more sand is leaking downward.

"What's up with him?"

The scene was so weird that Zhou Zekai didn't even dare to act rashly, so he could only ask the box who seemed to know about it.

"Hmm, I thought we could figure out how to open it?"

Zhou Zekai took a step back and looked at the hourglass carefully. It was a complete piece, and there was no place to open it.Even closer, he could clearly see every detail of the other person's face through the glass - time seemed to stand still for a moment, and Zhou Zekai couldn't even find the ups and downs of breathing on him.He put his free hand on the glass cover, as if he could touch the other person's cheek through the air...

Oh, his hand went through the glass, it actually went through.

Discovering this, Zhou Zekai lay down on the glass wall in surprise, tried to stretch his arms, and then let his fingertips barely touch the opponent's cheek.

Like a miracle, the moment Zhou Zekai touched him, the man's eyes opened.

"Ye Xiu!" Zhou Zekai called out hastily, but there was no reply from the other party.The person inside is like a doll who can't speak, just looking at him with a look of happiness and expectation in his eyes, as if this is enough.But Zhou Zekai shouted again anxiously, just because he saw a cluster of sand falling on top of Ye Xiu's head.

The hourglass is at work.

However, Ye Xiu didn't move, and he could barely touch Ye Xiu, and couldn't pull him out at all.

"Oh my god," the box exclaimed, "he's going to die if this goes on, we have to find a way to break it. But how do you smash it, with your fist? Those stone slabs can't be broken and you're left with ...Okay, hit me, I'm really worried about your love, remember to be gentle...Wow...uh...huh?"

The box was lifted over the head, but it stopped there.

The moment Zhou Zekai took his hand away from the hourglass, Ye Xiu's eyes closed again, and the sand in the hourglass also stopped moving.As if he understood, Zhou Zekai slowly put down the box, tentatively put his hand into the hourglass again, and carefully touched Ye Xiu's face with his fingertips.

The sand flowed again and landed on Ye Xiu who opened his eyes——

Zhou Zekai withdrew his hand as if he had been burned, and took three steps back.

"Oh my god..." the box made such a sound again, "As soon as you touch him, the hourglass will work, and the more you touch it, the more it will leak, and finally he will be drowned in sand."

Zhou Zekai choked his own breath: "...This is a dream."

"This is a dream, but this is also reality." Box sighed, "Every time you see him, the number of times you meet will be one less. Because from now until he meets you for the first time, the number of times you meet is fixed. That's right, you lose more each time you meet, after all you know he's already... If you don't look for him, the sand in the hourglass is stagnant. And once you meet, no matter how much you try to hold on, they'll still scramble Gushing out, turning into a past that can never go back. No matter how sweet the date is, you are losing every minute and every second is suffering—this is why you dare not go to him, right?"

Zhou Zekai wanted to refute, but he couldn't find a word.

"It's too tortured... I can't bear to watch it. If you can escape, it's fine. You can't escape at all. You will have to face it sooner or later. Oh my god..." It sighed for the third time, "Forget it I beg you, wake up, I can't stand it anymore. Will you forget this time... No, you won't forget this time. Oh, my dear Zhou Zekai..."

A box can actually show a sad expression, it rubbed against Zhou Zekai's arms, as if it could give this man some comfort.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."

Zhou Zekai patted it lightly, then raised his head again, and looked at the lover in the hourglass - he closed his eyes, sleeping deeply and waiting for his loved one to wake him up.

Zhou Zekai closed his eyes.

It's time to wake up, the real Ye Xiu is not here.

It's just that dreams can escape, but reality has no room for him to hide after all.Zhou Zekai didn't know if his armor would be as strong as before in front of the young Ye Xiu.

He's not ready yet.

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