【Zhou Ye】The Foot of Time

Becoming Glory's advisor was not as complicated as he thought, it just happened that he was there when there was a problem that Glory couldn't handle.That was the third time Ye Xiu had met him, and he had the cheek to ask him for help. Almost as soon as he saw Zhou Zekai's figure appearing, he pounced on him, said all kinds of good things, and even used "the boundless sea of ​​people is long What kind of fate is it that we can meet for the third time in time" as the reason, and he looked like he was determined no matter what.

Zhou Zekai, whose face was covered with a lot of chattering words, finally waited for Ye Xiu's chance to catch his breath and stopped him: "I will help, this is my ideal."

"Ah? What is your ideal?"

"...to maintain the peace of the universe."

As expected, Ye Xiu laughed wildly.It took Zhou Zekai a lot of effort to explain clearly that he was a soldier or a general in Gallifre, and he was already a thousand years old.His job is to maintain the peace of the universe in a real way, not some unrealistic slogan.Regardless of whether Ye Xiu asked for help or not, if any Time Lord was here, he would more or less lend a helping hand.

It's just that Ye Xiu's focus was completely off after listening to it.

"Wait, you're a thousand years old? Do you know how old I am? You actually asked me to call you Xiao Zhou? Will I lose my life? I'll go—oh no, I can't die...but it feels like calling you Xiao Zhou It's still cool hahaha!"

So Zhou Zekai pushed the boat smoothly and established his position in Glory.He even has ready-made documents for the contract, so he doesn't need to spend much time negotiating conditions.Of course, the reason is also very simple, that is, Zhou Zekai likes the earth very much, especially this eastern country on the earth, so he hopes to obtain an officially recognized identity so that he can come here frequently.In the future, if there are any emergencies, he will also provide help.

A general from Gallifrey became Glory's advisor, and Glory earned it no matter what.

After the matter was resolved, Ye Xiu invited a meal.

"Thank you, brother!" Ye Xiu held Zhou Zekai's food, "I knew you were a good person the first time I saw you. My vision is really good!"

Zhou Zekai stared at the food in the bowl, it was something he didn't like very much, but he still ate it silently.

"Thank you very much last time. If you hadn't told me, I probably wouldn't have figured out what was going on with me. Although I have been able to be resurrected all the time, who knows if there is a limit to the number of times, in case I really die someday Can't survive? I'm completely clueless!" Ye Xiu remembered something while talking, and asked, "By the way, you gave me the car keys last time. I see you entering your TARDIS today. when……"

"Yep."

"... If I remember correctly, the TARDIS is a very important and precious thing! You actually gave away the key the second time we met?!" Ye Xiu was almost dumbfounded.

"……You are special."

"Haha, yes, you said last time that I am unique in the universe, did you know that you wanted to have a good relationship with me when you first met? Haha, I actually have two TARDIS I’m probably the only human being with the key, right? Lord Grim and... Uh, Xiao Zhou, what’s the name of your Tardis?”

"One shot cloud piercer...it's called one shot cloud piercer."

Yes, his Tardis is called Cloud Piercer.I don't know who came up with the name, but in the end it really became an indelible mark.

Ye Xiu was in a good mood throughout the meal, and he was quite beaming when he spoke.Zhou Zekai knew that Ye Xiu had always had a good impression of the Time Lord. He was the third person Ye Xiu knew after the Su brothers and sisters.What's more, I have helped him a lot. Of course Ye Xiu will recognize this friend, but now he is just one of many friends. Although he is from an alien, it is nothing special.

And he only has the last two sides left.In the last two aspects, Zhou Zekai has already understood what happened, there are only so many things left, he can know without using his brain——

On the penultimate side, Ye Xiu knew that he was the Time Lord, and he also explained the fixed point to Ye Xiu, promised that Lord Grim would not be confiscated, and gave him the key.

It was the penultimate first meeting, he lit a cigarette for Ye Xiu, and told him that he would give Ye Xiu a gift the next time they met.

You see, it's so clear.

Ye Xiu was like this before parting with him, wasn't it?Step by step, step by step, because the person I love has informed the key details in advance, and he can't change, won't change, and can't change.

After eating, Zhou Zekai drove a gun through the clouds and fled far away from Hangzhou, China, and the earth, and he didn't even want to step into the solar system again.Anyway, it's the last two sides, he thought he could just ignore it temporarily.

It’s just that in his dream, he returned to the sea of ​​stars. The ladders that had occupied all the corners of his sight had almost disappeared, leaving only two stone slabs under his feet, and the huge hourglass was in front of the stone slabs.The hourglass was almost empty, and the man he loved was almost gone, save for a small patch of hair on the top of his head.He opened his arms to embrace the cold hourglass, he couldn't wrap his arms around it, he could only stick his whole body on it.There was no feeling of touch in the dream, he felt that the glass must be cold and biting, and after thinking about it a few times, it seemed that it was really frozen on it and could not be torn apart.

The box also lost the strength to bounce around, and moved a few times before it touched his feet.

"You're about to lose him. We're all going to lose him."

"..."

"We can't escape, you know. And you have a lot of missions to accomplish, you have to accumulate qualifications, so that you can qualify for that meeting, and then give that qualification to you at 440 four years old. Neither of us can Stop, the end of the timeline is another beginning, we must move on."

"..."

"Oh, Zhou Zekai, Zhou Zekai... my partner. You already have the answer in your heart, don't you?"

Yes, there is already an answer.

He has to go to the appointment.

The second time Ye Xiu met him was on the streets of Hong Kong.At that time, Hong Kong was still too early to return to the motherland, and Ye Xiu sat in the Ding Ding car and looked out the window, just like the scene of an old movie.Zhou Zekai also got on the tram. There were not two or three people on the tram, but he went straight to Ye Xiu and sat down.

Ye Xiu immediately turned his head. He wanted to take a look at it, but after his gaze fell on Zhou Zekai's face, he didn't leave.

"...I remember you." Ye Xiu narrowed his eyes slightly, which showed that he was a little wary, "I saw you once eight years ago, and I asked you to borrow a fire."

"Yeah." Zhou Zekai nodded, "I remember that too."

"...You don't look like you've changed at all, it's really well maintained."

"You too."

Both fell silent, Zhou Zekai knew that Ye Xiu was guessing his identity in his heart.This is of course, anyone who meets such a suspicious person for the second time will be on guard.Ye Xiu is not him, he saw the key in each other's hand when they met for the first time, and knew their status as lovers in the future.

So Zhou Zekai could only wait in silence.Ye Xiu knew that he probably wouldn't die, no matter what happened, there would be no worst outcome.In the face of unknown and potential dangers, he is always more willing to try than others.

Finally, Ye Xiu hesitated and said, "...you said last time that you would give me a present when you meet me this time?"

"Yes. Hold out your hand."

Ye Xiu thought for a while, but still extended his palm to Zhou Zekai.

Zhou Zekai put that One Shot Cloud Piercer's car key into his palm.

"Here you are. It will be useful."

Looking down at this thing that was clearly ahead of their time, Ye Xiu blinked a few times, then raised his head abruptly, and once again sized Zhou Zekai up and down a few times.

"Are you a time traveler?"

Zhou Zekai nodded slightly: "I am the Time Lord."

Ye Xiu almost jumped up, but he held back.He calmed down in his seat before asking in a low voice, "What do you know?"

"...you won't die."

Ye Xiu laughed, and said, "Really... I've always wondered if Mu Qiu did something about my current appearance... Maybe this is the special ability of your time lords? Can people live forever?"

"No." Zhou Zekai shook his head, "You are the most special."

"what?"

"You are fixed in time and space."

"……what is that?"

"A fixed point in time and space, a permanent existence that cannot be changed or eliminated, unless this universe perishes." Zhou Zekai stared into Ye Xiu's eyes, "You are unique, the most important person, truth and belief." After he finished speaking, Zhou Zekai realized that he hadn't completely concealed his emotions. A hole had been cracked in his all-time disguise, and the deep love leaked out—this was what he had been trying to avoid, at the stage of friends and strangers. Emotions displayed prematurely.

Ye Xiu took some time to digest such a long sentence, and then muttered: "How do you say that..." The following words were so clear that Zhou Zekai couldn't hear them clearly, but he knew that Ye Xiu I just want to complain that he explained the definition as if he was talking about love.

After a while, Ye Xiu asked: "...So, I will never die, nor will I grow old? No matter what happens, I can come back to life?"

"Yes." Zhou Zekai replied, "You are also a paradox, even your TARDIS wants to escape."

"...You know I have a TARDIS? Oh, of course, you are the Time Lord, so there must be something you can do." Ye Xiu smiled wryly, "Are you going to take Xiaoxiao away?"

Zhou Zekai shook his head: "No. She belongs to you."

"...I'm not a Time Lord."

"I know." Zhou Zekai nodded, "She doesn't want to leave you, I respect her."

"You know this, why do I feel that every time Xiaoxiao sees me, I feel very irritable and want to kick me out?" Ye Xiu sighed, "I should return her to Mucheng, but I don't want to. Knowing where she is, she didn't come to look for me. Oh, Mucheng is the younger sister of the original owner of my Tardis, I think she is the one who has the most right to inherit Xiaoxiao, right?"

"Every time lord has his own. She will have another one."

"Really? It seems that you mean that I can feel at ease?" After speaking, Ye Xiu didn't ask for an answer, but turned his head out of the window again.

They just sat on the tram like this, without any platform to get off, they just let the car take them forward.The number of people on the car gradually increased, and then gradually decreased.Drive into the terminal, and drive out again.None of them moved, as if they were all thinking about the past in the sunshine of the spring afternoon.

"...My name is Ye Xiu." I don't know how long it took before Ye Xiu spoke again, "What about you?"

"Zhou Zekai." After a pause, Zhou Zekai said again, "Call me Xiao Zhou."

"Yeah, Xiao Zhou." Ye Xiu replied.

Then they were silently taken by the tram to one platform after another, until Zhou Zekai received the task and left.

Finally, Ye Xiu met Zhou Zekai for the first time.It's too easy to find this day, put the time forward eight years, and leave the specific date and place to your intuition—look, you hit it right away, and you don't need Zhou Zekai to try it a second time.

Ye Xiu was wearing a black overcoat, standing on the streets of Shanghai with people coming and going.The wind was a bit strong, so he turned up his collar and put his fingers together, trying to block the wind.But no matter how much he pressed the lighter in his hand, at most it would give him a little spark, which made the cigarette he was biting in his mouth sway up and down impatiently.

After tossing around like this for about half a minute, Ye Xiu finally gave up. He raised his head, looked to the left, and then turned his gaze to the right—to Zhou Zekai.

At that moment, as if awakened with a start, Zhou Zekai took a step back abruptly.He lowered the brim of his hat, trying to turn around and leave, mingling with the crowd.

But Ye Xiu stopped him.

"Hey buddy! Can I borrow a fire?"

Zhou Zekai took out the lighter from his pocket, opened the lid of the lighter, swung his thumb, and a cluster of flames jumped out, fluttering in the wind.Ye Xiu hurried over and handed over the cigarette butt.

"Thanks." Ye Xiu took a deep breath in satisfaction, and then said politely, "The lighter is very nice."

Zhou Zekai put it away silently.

"...Do you want one?" Ye Xiu shook the cigarette case in Zhou Zekai's hand.

"I don't smoke." He didn't smoke, and he always carried a lighter because of Ye Xiu.

"Oh." Ye Xiu said nothing more.

Zhou Zekai thought that his current expression must look very sad, even though he didn't want to show it at all, but Ye Xiu didn't walk away - this man is just like that, too gentle.After I realized it, I didn't ask anything, just stood beside me and smoked a cigarette, which could more or less dispel some loneliness.

Ye Xiu finished smoking the cigarette, extinguished the cigarette butt on the trash can, and threw it in.

"Well, I'll go first." Ye Xiu thought about it, and then said, "It's going to rain later, so you should go back early."

Ye Xiu waited for three seconds, but didn't get an answer, so he didn't intend to waste it any longer, turned around and wanted to leave.

"……and many more."

Ye Xiu stopped and turned around, "Is there anything else?"

"Next time we meet... I will give you a present."

"Haha, next time?" Ye Xiu looked back at the front again, and waved his back to Zhou Zekai, "Let's talk about it next time."

He stood where he was, watching Ye Xiu go away.The figure he was extremely familiar with, the figure he had seen for countless years, was the only one in color among the gray crowd.But as Ye Xiu walked farther and farther, that touch of color was completely submerged by the gray waves after all, and he couldn't find it anymore.

From the beginning to the end, Zhou Zekai didn't move.

——Just like the unmoving Ye Xiu when he and Ye Xiu first met and parted.

Finally, as if discouraged, he leaned back and used the chameleon system to perfectly conceal his existence with Cloud Piercer, which caught him firmly.

"...It's over."

Zhou Zekai opened his mouth to his square box, but after all his square box wouldn't ramble to him like in his dream, saying those words of consolation that he didn't know.

"Let's go."

Filtering out the perceptions of those around him, Zhou Zekai disappeared on the streets of Shanghai.As his box says, he still has a lot to do.For the next 7000 years, he will do his best to climb higher and become a general important enough to attend the council that decides the life and death of the universe.Whether it is the current universe or the new universe, he must guard it carefully. This is his and Ye Xiu's universe, and this is the universe that he and Ye Xiu have tried their best to protect.

So he knew that he must not stop here.

He knows it better than anyone.

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The universe is so big, and the time is so long, how difficult would it be without you?