He came from the bell tonight

Star Dollar 2508.

The heavy snow scattered, and the outline of the city ruins loomed in the flickering neon lights.Most of the tall buildings in the distance have collapsed, and only a few black shadows remain towering in the thick fog.

Half of the soot fell on the snow, staining the crystal.A few burnt cigarettes were originally covered in the snow, and some water melted around it, and condensed again in the blowing of the wind and snow.

The surface of the black boots was also engulfed by white, but they remained motionless, as if frozen.After a long time, the boots lifted slightly, shaking off the snowflakes.

The man leaning against the car was wearing only a dark thin windbreaker, looking at where the wind and snow came from.The street lamps are sometimes bright and sometimes dark because of poor contact, and there is only soft and hazy light.

With a "click", the lighter lit another cigarette.

The terminal placed on the roof finally shook out of the snow through vibrations. Perhaps the sound was too abrupt, which made the man cough violently.But the cough was so long that it almost coughed up blood from the lungs.

He had to bow slightly so that he could feel better for a while.

The cigarette that he had just taken a puff of was caught in his palm, and it was so hot that it hurt.After a long time, cold cigarette butts stuck into the snow.The red palm pressed into the snowdrift on the roof of the car, and groped for a while.

"Boss, is it convenient for you to talk?" A clear and mature female voice came out of the pocket earphone, hesitated for a moment, trembling uncontrollably, "The communication signal between the alliance galaxy and the old star has been completely cut off, the old star Over there... there was a local collapse this afternoon, and they have completely lost contact. According to the sources of my detachment, I'm afraid..."

The terminal was silent for a moment, and the wind and snow intensified.

Local collapse originally refers to a kind of self-correction in the process of universe expansion, which is to automatically eliminate the spatial overlap generated during the fusion process of the metaverse and the second universe.Most of the time it is caused by force majeure.

But the old star is not.

"They used the old star as bait, and closed it down immediately after the mimetic insects invaded. There was no announcement, no move-out procedure, and the notification was only 5 minutes in advance. There are so many people on the old star... Now life and death are uncertain, What can they do? President Fang and his wife are still under house arrest in Jiuxing, they..."

The female voice gradually choked up, weeping uncontrollably.

"We still can't do anything. Otherwise, we might as well fight them. I still have some weapons in my warehouse, and I still have some old classmates who I contacted in private..."

Snowflakes stuck to the broken hair and suddenly fell on the eyelashes.Those peach blossom eyes were slightly closed, gradually sinking in the black dizziness.No one knows what the end of despair is, how dark is the place deeper than sorrow.

He should have gotten used to it by now.

The violent cough forced the tall body to slide from the side of the car door. Fortunately, there was a rearview mirror to support it.The bruised fingers struggled hard, and the thumb scraped the thin ice and touched the smooth mirror.

Some strange pictures flashed in my mind.

wrong.

He thought, how could Ou Chuchu be in the police force? Isn't she taking care of children in a charity? .

But in the overlapping pictures, Ou Chuchu is holding a gun.

There was also the thin figure with long hair standing beside her.When the bullets burst out in the holographic scene, the clear smell passed from the end of the hair to the fingertips.

After a while, the hoarse cough was suppressed.

Bloodshot peach blossom eyes quietly stared at the corner of the rearview mirror.

There appeared a word "Mausoleum", which seemed to be carved with a dagger.One stroke at a time, the strokes are chic and powerful.

He was stunned in the wind and snow, not daring to blink.

When I rubbed the word with my fingertips, the long-silent notch was like a secret word with bumps and bumps.The sharp edge opened a wound, and the blood dripped on the literal, dense.

In an instant, a picture emerged from the depths of his mind out of thin air.It seemed to be that clear night many years ago, even the cold breath was vividly remembered.

...not imaginary.

On the city street under heavy rain, Ou Chuchu stared vigilantly at the figures in uniform at the corner.After they walked away, she returned to the shadow of the old building and touched the terminal out of the flower bed.

The small pop-up window that popped up suddenly showed a picture.

"Can you see it too?" The voice of the person opposite was hoarse.

Ou Chuchu nodded, and suddenly unconsciously said in a dark tone: "Su Ling..."

"...I knew it." The hoarse voice was full of ecstasy.The cough he had been holding back all this time also brought out a little smile when he finally became unscrupulous.

Ou Chuchu froze for a moment, and asked worriedly: "Boss, did something happen to you? Mimetic liquid is something that can damage the lungs... If, if Su Ling was here, he wouldn't want to see you like this .”

She knew that she might have said something wrong, so she silently stopped it.

After a while, the voice from the other side of the terminal was surprisingly calm.

"The Science Bureau of the old star has long been able to take care of itself, and will never sit still. But they need external support... You find a way to contact Xi Zidu and Lian Xiao, and meet in the old place."

Ou Chuchu was taken aback, and licked her dry lips: "But even if we can go to the transit station, we can't reach the old star without the permission of the spaceship."

The hoarse voice did not hesitate: "Unless there is a spaceship that does not have the alliance's permission to evade tracking."

"But the Liberty Ship has been stranded at the edge of the universe, and no one has seen it for many years... Wait," Ou Chuchu's eyes lit up, "...Blizzard?"

In the snow-covered ruins, he got into a blizzard, and the car door closed automatically.This dual-purpose light ship from the Empire era still maintains top-notch performance.

As a product of the end of the empire, it has no alliance number.

"I will wait for you at the transfer station. But before that, I have to go to the Liberty Ship first."

The hung up terminal silenced all sound.

In the dark car, only the pointer on the console is lit.

As he passed the wind and snow silently, he held the old golden pocket watch and lowered his head slightly, as if kissing the most precious thing in the world.

The milk glass on the bar was held by slender fingers.

When he raised it to his mouth, Su Ling turned his head in the direction of the dark stairs.

The pocket watch showed that three minutes and seven seconds had passed since the clock tower of Imperial College struck zero.The door of Xiao Huaiyan's room was still closed.

Perhaps sleeping pills were indeed effective for his ailment.After pretending to be "orange juice", Xiao Huaiyan drank it on time almost every day.And the other "Xiao Huaiyan" hasn't appeared for half a month.

But every time Suling heard the ringing of the bell tower in the distance, he would subconsciously stop for a while.

Next to the milk cup was a book that Xiao Huaiyan hadn't finished reading, and it was neatly closed with the bookmark in between.A bright star is painted on the cover of the book, and the title of the book is "Voyage of Time".

Su Ling stared at the cover for a while, remembering the magnificent sights that Magellan [-] passed during its space voyage.It is very familiar, as if it was within reach at a certain moment.

He opened the refrigerator, selected pineapple-flavored and cucumber-flavored supplements, poured them into a clean glass, and mixed them with water.The small white tablet melted from the edge the moment it hit the water, bubbling, and gradually disappeared into the liquid.

When Su Ling was about to put the prepared "fruit juice" into the refrigerator, he paused out of the corner of his eye.

Xiao Huaiyan appeared at the stairs at some point, leaning against the wall, the shadow covering most of his face.Those peach blossom eyes stared straight at Su Ling.

After thinking about it, Su Ling decided to hide the cup first, and closed the refrigerator door tightly.

However, when Xiao Huaiyan approached slowly, Su Ling noticed something was wrong.

Those precious peach blossom eyes were slightly red, moist uncontrollably, engulfing the usual indifference and arrogance.

He looked both happy and sad.

Su Ling handed the milk cup to him: "Do you want a drink?"

The person in front of him caught it in a daze, without moving.

"Very sweet." Su Ling added.

Before he finished speaking, he was pulled into an embrace.The temperature on that person's body was very high, and it was a familiar aroma.

The person who was holding him with one hand was still not willing to put down the glass, sniffing at his hair with nostalgia, his voice trembling slightly: "...It's true, Su Ling, maybe all of this can be changed."

After a while, he said to himself again: "I may be crazy. But don't worry, I will figure it out. I won't let you stay there alone again..."

Facing the incoherent voice, Su Ling lowered his hand that was about to attack.He looked a little bewildered.The only thing I could think of was touching his hair.

"Don't cry."

After a long time, I got a choked answer: "I haven't."

Under the dim light, Xiao Huaiyan quickly wiped the corners of his eyes, and then let him go.

The "Voyage of Time" was turned to page 125. Xiao Huaiyan pointed to the complex images on it and read it to Su Ling seriously: "There are many details in the universe that we don't know, and there are many special states. If the universe itself In a special period, any special state is an extremely normal phenomenon."

"Like now."

"I, from January 2508, 1, appeared here."

Su Ling frowned slightly, and caught a glimpse of a small paper bag containing sleeping pills not far away.

"I didn't lie to you," Xiao Huaiyan stared into his eyes, pretending to be relaxed and said, "A lot of things will happen in the future. Ou Chuchu will go to the police station in the northern galaxy, and Xizi works in the military department. He also works as a pirate for pirates in his spare time." Through acting as an agent, he won the lawsuit for Lian Xiao."

Su Ling asked, "What about you?"

The handsome young man was in a daze for a moment, and forced a smile.

"This is the first time you care about me."

He finally shook his head and fell into agitation, trying to find something from his surroundings: "...I don't have enough time. Today, what date is today?"

Su Ling opened the pocket watch and put it in front of him: "February 2496, 2, seven minutes past midnight."

Xiao Huaiyan seemed to think for a moment and remembered something.The thin lips moved, holding the edge of the bar with his hands, and took a deep breath.

"Listen, there's going to be a funeral today. You must... come with me and keep an eye out for those attending, everyone."

"Whose funeral?" Su Ling raised his head slightly.

Xiao Huaiyan raised her soft hair, and lightly touched Su Ling's face with the other hand.

"I'm not sure if there's a paradox in this. I can't tell you much, but you'll find out sooner or later."

Such a close posture shackled Su Ling to the side of the bar.

Su Ling heard a sigh.

Immediately afterwards, he saw the soft thin lips gradually approaching him, and stopped when he noticed his slight retreat.

The man said to himself: "...it seems that now is not the time."

Immediately, an extremely soft kiss tried to land on the broken hair on Su Ling's forehead.

Before he touched it, his whole body was instantly paralyzed, and he fell on Su Ling unconsciously.

Su Ling's fingers stuck in his hair, as if he touched the strange words he heard just now.

The author has something to say:

The college entrance examination should be over today?Then I wish this year's candidates all get good scores and get the admission letter of their dream school!