【Zhou Ye】The Foot of Time

"Hmm..." Ye Xiu moved, opened his eyes, and saw Zhou Zekai who had restrained all his emotions.He wasn't surprised, it wasn't the first time something like this happened, he just stretched his waist and asked, "Why didn't you wake me up?"

"Tired today?"

Ye Xiu stretched his shoulders: "Yeah, I just came back from Qingdao by train, and the children on the train were very noisy, and the lower berth was still snoring...there was a rescue cabin pulled up from the sea, and there was an alien in it , the kind with half a life left."

"How about it?"

"The group of old guys said to follow the old rules and dissect." Ye Xiu shook his head, "But he just fell to the earth by accident, and he didn't come to invade, so he didn't do anything. Although he looks a little fierce, he can't just Just beat him to death with a stick? You can’t send him back, and you can’t lock him up like those threatening aliens if you keep him. Later, I saw that he can provide some technology, and his ability is not bad. The group of stubborn old men agreed to sign the contract only after obtaining a guarantee, leaving him to work in Glory, and paying the medical expenses for us to save him, which can be regarded as close surveillance. I also agreed with him. I can send him back." Ye Xiu laughed, "Fortunately, his race has a longer lifespan, otherwise, when I learn it, the greatest possibility is that he will have died of old age on the earth, right? Of course, If you send it back, who will pay for the medical bills hahaha!"

Oh, Han Wenqing.

"But fortunately, it's because of your precedent as an alien consultant, otherwise, no matter what, it would be impossible to accept him." Ye Xiu turned his head to look at him, "Actually, I was also very hesitant at the time, whether or not to take him in." Take it in. After thinking about it, I still think this is the best way to deal with it. I don’t want him, or all the aliens who came to the earth with no malice, to lie on the operating table, and let him go to adapt to humans life is impossible.”

"Mu Qiu and I have been to so many places before, we can see that we are foreigners, but many planets welcome us. The essence of kindness is universal in the universe, but human beings will definitely do better, because We will not be blindly kind, and we will also guard against possible dangers. In this way, Glory will get better and better and more diversified, won’t it? Can’t tell which alien will eventually become us and the alien An ambassador for the establishment of diplomatic relations, or help us at a critical moment. Moreover, what we Chinese are best at is assimilating others hahaha!"

Zhou Zekai looked at the person in front of him, the corners of his lips slightly raised.

He knows how the story ends.Except for him as a consultant, starting with Han Wenqing who was the first to sign a formal labor contract with Glory, many extraterrestrial visitors who accidentally came to China joined Glory one after another, either working at the grassroots level or at the top.This directly led to China's unique glory when the earth officially came into contact with alien civilizations in the future.Han Wenqing, on the other hand, did not leave Earth in the end, choosing to spend his whole life protecting the country that saved his life and gave him a responsibility.

Long-term time travel has given Ye Xiu a broad horizon and a different level of thinking that is different from most humans on Earth, and after he has thoroughly mastered the driving of the TARDIS, he has shown him a new world The people around them, and these people in turn influenced more people, including the next generation and the next generation in the training camp.

Ye Xiu is a pioneer, already at such a young age.

This is the person Zhou Zekai fell in love with.

The closer the parting is, the more Zhou Zekai can notice the goodness in Ye Xiu, as if those things he used to take for granted have become like he has never met before, and he easily catches all his eyes, as if he loves him more every second Same.

And the sand in the hourglass is passing by every second without stopping.

"...Remember the map?" The calculator in Ye Xiu's hand almost fell to the ground, "Wait, wait, calculate the coordinates, shouldn't it be calculated according to the formula? Fortunately, I specially prepared a computer that can open the root number calculator!"

"Coordinates are learned separately, space first, time second." Zhou Zekai took the calculator from Ye Xiu, pointed to the oversized globe beside him that was taller than him, "Start with the most familiar earth. "

"...I regret it, can I stop learning?" Ye Xiu hugged the globe, and was about to kneel before he even started, "How can the brain remember so many things? You put a chip in my head and return it to me." almost!"

"Permanent memory is infinite." Zhou Zekai thought about it, and added, "The earth needs to be micro-manipulated, and it needs to be detailed. For the rest of the universe, just remember the approximate location."

"Are you consoling? Your consolation has no effect at all. Even if I only remember the location of a galaxy, I can't finish it..."

Zhou Zekai smiled and told him the truth: "But you want to learn."

"...It doesn't feel good to be seen through." Ye Xiu sighed, stood up straight again, and looked at the huge and detailed globe in front of him.I don't know where Zhou Zekai got it from, there are even undulating mountains and rivers, rushing rivers, and even the trenches hidden in the sea can be intuitively touched.Ye Xiu turned it around, found his homeland in the east of Asia, stared at it for a few seconds, and said, "Well, I will learn as long as I live, even if I am 130 years old now. Age! Uh no, I'm not getting old."

"Well," Zhou Zekai nodded, "Live to die and learn to die."

"...But I can't die either!"

"So, come on."

——Whether you are good or me, we will never stop learning and exploring in our whole life.The universe is too vast, and even if we exhaust our infinite lives, we cannot turn all the unknowns into knowns.That's why we're desperate to protect the universe, isn't it?Because there are so many things that we can't see with our own eyes, how can we be willing to let them disappear before we touch them with our own hands?

So the next time we met, on the second floor of the small teahouse outside the Hangzhou branch, looking at the bicycles on the not-so-wide street, Zhou Zekai heard Ye Xiu's words without any surprise.

"...Xiao Zhou, ask me a question. You told me before that you will not confiscate my TARDIS, I can use it as I like, will this sentence always count?"

Mu Qiu still had a bit of warm breeze blowing over his cheeks, Zhou Zekai looked at Ye Xiu's slightly swaying bangs on his forehead, and nodded slightly.

"...Then tell me, is it possible for a human to learn to drive a TARDIS?" Ye Xiu looked over with a little nervousness in his eyes—of course he knew that a human had illegally obtained a TARDIS before Zhou Zekai opened his eyes. With one eye closed, the next request he will make will definitely make things difficult for Zhou Zekai.

"If you want to learn, you can teach."

Ye Xiu was a little surprised by Zhou Zekai's blunt answer. This is not surprising. Based on Zhou Zekai's understanding of Ye Xiu, the man in front of him must have prepared all kinds of excuses and tricks.But Zhou Zekai has always been such a direct person, it's just that Ye Xiu, the current Ye Xiu, doesn't have a deep enough understanding of this point.

"...If you need anything in the future, just tell me. Ah, although I don't seem to have anything to help you with, but——"

"It's ok."

Zhou Zekai smiled at him, like this gentle autumn wind, no one will notice that this is the harbinger of the last ray of warmth dying out.

"We're friends."

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...to write the last few sentences I knocked on the desk several times...