East of Eden

"Ding dong, your new order is here, please process it in time~"

In Edgar Allan Poe Bar, Long was counting the orders on the electronic screen one by one, and sighed: "Since I opened the coffee business, I have become busier and busier. I really should spend money to hire two more people."

Snoring, the machine produced warm coffee and milk froth. Long packed them one by one and handed them to the man waiting at the bar.

"Bon voyage, delivery guy." Long smiled and waved.

"Meow~"

Xing didn't answer, but the white cat lying on his shoulder raised its head and barked, as if to say, "I heard it."

Xing stroked the cat's head, it purred against the man's palm, and narrowed its eyes in satisfaction.Xing picked up the 12 cups of coffee packed in the carton, nodded goodbye to Long, pushed the door and walked out of the bar.

A black motorcycle was parked at the door, narrow in the front and wide in the rear, with big tires, a high chassis, retro silver metal air vents, and a bunch of phone calls for ordering coffee on the rear of the car.

Star put the coffee in the incubator, and then put the cat in it too.He put the helmet on for the kitty first, then put it on himself, and pushed down the windshield.

The rain in Haven City has stopped, the sky is as clear as blue, and the sun is shining brightly.Everything is bathed in brand-new sunshine, and the wildflowers and grass along the roadside are revived and swaying softly in the wind.The order of the city has been restored, and everything is brand new and developing, like a young boy of fifteen or sixteen, or a citypop with a light melody.

Turning on the engine, Xing rode his motorcycle through the city, passed through high-rises and alleys, subway stations and McDonald's, and delivered cups of coffee to customers.

At this time, Heathwell's voice came from the headset: "Hey star, downstairs in the central building, thank you for two glasses of iced Americano!"

Heathwell and Yunan ordered coffee every morning, so Xing deftly turned to the road leading to the central building and arrived on time at 8:50.

Heathwell and Yun'an were waiting for him at the entrance of the building. Both of them were dressed in business attire and looked much more mature.Yun An seemed to have a hard time getting along with the tie of his suit, pulling on the collar with a look of disgust, almost strangling himself to death.

The Bing American was handed over to them, and Xing asked, "How does it feel to go to work?"

"Ah, I'm so tired of going to work!" Yun An immediately complained, "I get to work at nine o'clock every day, I'm so sleepy."

Heathwell said: "Actually, it's okay. I can learn a lot of new things. I'm learning programming recently, and I can already write codes for small robots."

Yun An said dissatisfied: "I can also write code."

Since the closure of the holy relic and the return of the two world lines to parallel, the world that was once ruled by Su Huang and the Weaver party has now become anarchic.

Helios was reduced to ashes in the explosion, but his core program remained. After a series of expert studies, people believed that the structure of this program was perfect, surpassing any regime in history, and the interim parliament passed the bill , unanimously decided to use its brain program to manage the world.

The management efficiency of AI is much higher than that of humans, and it can take care of all aspects.There are no so-called "privileged classes" in the world, nor are there so-called "sophisticated people" and "corruption". Everyone is equal in the eyes of AI. It only determines the position based on the level of absolute ability. This may be some kind of true liberation.

In order to maintain the code of Helios, a group of scholars became employees of the technical post, and Heathwell and Yun'an are now two of them.

Nine o'clock is approaching, and now they have to rush to work.

"Goodbye, Star."

"Bye~"

The two said goodbye to Cangxing, and hurried into the glass revolving door of the building with coffee.

Watching their backs go away, Xing started his motorcycle and continued on his way.

With the last two cups of coffee in the incubator, Xing turned on the accelerator and drove towards the edge of the city.Along the way he passed sidewalks, neighborhoods, shops, traffic lights, all in order under the management of Helios.Although the body of Helios is destroyed, it has infiltrated into every aspect of people's life invisibly. The code is like an invisible hand, fine-tuning everything all the time.

Perhaps Helios' wish came true, too.

He exists in every corner of the world.

The motorcycle stopped in front of a cemetery.Xing took the last two cups of coffee, hugged the cat, and said hello to the gatekeeper who guarded the grave.

The cemetery is newly built and is very neatly maintained. Rows of black marble tombstones stand on the lawn, and flowers, grass and flying butterflies add gentle colors to them.

Soldiers who died in the final battle are buried here.

Xing came to the third row, in front of the 7 and 8 tombstones juxtaposed from the left.One was engraved with "Shanmu Zhelang" and the other was engraved with "Showan Edifence". Xing put two cups of warm black coffee in front of their graves, squatted quietly for a while, and finally held the kitten in his arms Turn around and leave.

At this point, his morning work was done and it was time to return to Poe's.

Xing has always been alone, with a cat. I don't know when he has gradually gotten used to this lonely life, but occasionally he feels a little lost.

At this moment, a strange call came in, and Xing answered it immediately, and said in a calm voice: "Hi, this is Edgar Allan Poe's coffee delivery service, what do you need?"

"Hmm... I'm not used to coffee. Do you have sparkling water? Lemon flavor is best."

Xing carefully recalled it in his mind, and said, "No, I'm sorry."

Hearing his answer, I didn't expect a burst of laughter from the opposite side: "You are still as serious as before, Cang Xing."

Familiar intonation.

In this world, there is only one person who always laughs and calls him by his full name.

Xing silently put down his phone, and saw a slender blond man standing across the road, wearing a baseball cap and a denim jacket, with golden eyes like two curved crescents.

A bus passed between the two, their clothes were blown by the wind, the blond man on the opposite side took off his hat and smiled at him:

"haven't seen you for a long time."

haven't seen you for a long time.

Because of surprise, Xing slightly opened his eyes, but then he thought, well, anything can happen to that person.Helios is like the wind that the stars can never fathom.

"Want to go to Edgar Allan Poe for a drink?" Xing straddled the motorcycle and asked him.

At the same time, in another parallel world line, the young Cang Xing was hanging out with Liang Shiheng in the back garden of the palace.The red-haired female general Sopela still disliked them, but she no longer said anything, and Liang Shiheng would not oppose her either.

Sopela lost her left eye in the natural disaster, and now wearing a black eye patch, she looks even more sassy and fierce.Everyone knows that she is the most loyal and brave general in the empire, just like the bloody rose, strong and beautiful.

"Emperor Saspin has released you, now you can go wherever you want." Sopela passed Liang Shiheng, leaving a sentence behind.

In the brightly lit garden, Liang Shiheng looked at the woman's back and smiled, and said softly, "I'm free now, but where am I going?"

The natural disaster has receded and will never come again.On that day, Cang Xing arrived at the palace in time and found Liang Chen in the Astronomical Tower. Hearing his description, Liang Chen instantly understood the ins and outs of all this. He took the initiative to close the holy object, and the four golden pieces shattered. The warship of the Weaver party is teleported back through the time-distorted portal.

Although the land of Xizhou and Donglu has been devastated, it has not lost its vitality. Through the hard work of the people, it has regained its former vitality.

Cang Xing looked up at the birds in the sky, and suddenly said: "Come with me to the north."

"Huh?" Liang Shiheng turned to look at him.

"Grasslands, snow-capped mountains, cattle and sheep." He said gently, "It's good there, enough for us to spend a lifetime together."

They held hands lightly and smiled at each other.

So, people see this scene:

The rumored great Zhu Siliang Shiheng wore a white robe, rode horses side by side with another barbarian guard with black hair and black eyes, galloped out of the palace, crossed the long street, and ran towards the boundless and vast wilderness in the north. The wind blew behind them. Wave after wave of golden wheat waves.

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BGM:ourlove-Kenichiro Nishihara/Mabanua