I've heard this urban legend

In 1992, train K7667.

This is a train bound for the border of the motherland, and the terminal station is at the northernmost tip of China.

The train gallops along the track on the snow field, and there is a well-proportioned sound between the wheels and the rails.

In the process of driving, the car body swayed slightly.

So when Zhang Cheng came out of the toilet, he staggered accidentally and almost fell.

He quickly held on to the wall of the car and looked into the compartment through the glass of the door. His father and his sleeper were in the middle of the compartment.

He is 12 years old this year and will be in junior high school next year. There is no need for his father to lead him to go to the toilet alone, so he didn't say hello to his father.

This is really a trivial thing, and the sky has been polished and it can be seen clearly.

The junction of the carriages was chilly. He only wore a thin autumn coat, hugged his shoulders, quickly opened the door, and walked back into the warm carriage.

Suddenly, the surrounding darkened, as if entering a tunnel.

It was pitch black, and there were snoring sounds one after another in the compartment, and every sleeper compartment, from his perspective, was the same.

In order to make it easier to find the position of his sleeper when he came back, before he left, he deliberately glanced at the side of his bed. There was a red plastic bag, which contained half a leftover roast goose and two breads. I bought it on the platform before I got on the bus.

The plastic bag is very eye-catching, as long as he walks towards it, he can find his position, instead of checking and groping for each sleeper.

However, when he opened the car door and stepped into the car, he looked up and couldn't help being stunned.

Within sight, like floats in a fish pond, five identical red plastic bags lined up one after the other.

For an instant, he was a little confused.

He walked to the first plastic bag and found that the bed next to it was empty, and his father was sleeping on the opposite side. The light was dim, but he could tell that he was sleeping soundly.

Just as he was about to lie down, he thought curiously, so what are next to the other four plastic bags?

He didn't lie down, but walked towards the next target, only two or three meters away, and he walked over in a few steps.

The same plastic bag, the bed next to it was empty, and the father was sleeping on the opposite side.

It's just that the posture is different. The father just now had his head up, but this father is lying on his side.

Zhang Cheng opened his mouth wide in astonishment, why does he have another father?

He then walked towards the third red plastic, his bed was also empty, and the father on the opposite side was in a deep sleep, ignorant of everything.

The fourth and fifth... all had the same scene. His bed was empty, his father was sleeping soundly, and the other passengers were all sleeping soundly.

The long aisle, just him, a 12-year-old kid.

Why are there five dads?He was scared and couldn't help but want to go to the toilet once, but he didn't dare.

He ran back, wanting to get back to the first father, but in the middle, he stumbled and fell hard.

Terrified and in pain, he cried out with a loud cry.

"Xiao Cheng, what are you doing? Why are you making so much noise, go to sleep!" A father happened to wake up next to him, lay on the bed, stretched out his long arm, grabbed his arm, and dragged him into the cubicle.

Zhang Cheng was terrified, suppressed his crying, and lay back on his bed under his father's scolding, covering his face with the quilt.

Weeping silently, I fell asleep unconsciously.

The next day, his father called him, "We'll be there soon, don't go to sleep."

Zhang Cheng sat up, poked his head into the aisle anxiously, and found that the folding chairs in the aisle were already full of people chatting, and the people in the carriage were chatting enthusiastically, eating breakfast, and everything was as usual.

"Put on your coat quickly, and remember to put on your hat and tie your scarf later, otherwise your mother will see it and nag again." His father reminded him while packing his luggage.

Was it a dream last night?Looking at the moving scenery outside the window, Zhang Cheng looked up at his father, and an idea came to his mind.

Who is this father in front of you?

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just now.

Xue Fei has a phobia of flying and would not choose to take a plane unless it is absolutely necessary.

And to go to the northern border of the motherland, there is no high-speed rail, so I have to take an ordinary train.

However, except for some special routes, it is difficult to find such a green leather sleeper car in today's diverse travel options.

He bought a top bunk, and he was afraid of falling if he turned over, so he went down to the ground as soon as the sky was brightened, sat on a chair by the window, and looked at the chat records on his mobile phone.

Three days ago, a person surnamed Wang, who claimed to be his father's high school friend, contacted Xue Fei and said that his father had a box stored in his safe.

And this person is going to go abroad recently to empty out his domestic assets. He hopes that Xue Fei will come over and take away his father's things.

Xue Fei asked if he could send it by courier. The other party said that when his father kept the box, he said it was a very precious thing, so he hoped that Xue Fei would come over in person to avoid the risk of being lost by mail.

So Xue Fei stepped on this train.

There is a photo of the box in the chat history, it is the size of a palm, and there is a seal on it, and it is forbidden to open it.

It's Xue Fei's father's handwriting.

Xue Fei put away his mobile phone, looked out the window, and saw the endless snow field covered in silver, accompanied by the rhythmic bumps of the train, which made people think a lot.

At this time, a person passed by him. Because the aisle was narrow, the other person whispered, "Sorry."

Xue Fei couldn't help being taken aback, and looked at this person curiously. It was the back of a tall man, well-dressed, walking towards the end of the aisle.

Of course, Xue Fei cared about him not because of his size, but because this was the sixth time this person passed by him, and he remembered his clothes.

At this time, most people were still sleeping, and not many people woke up and walked around, but this person passed him repeatedly, which was a bit suspicious. After all, in a closed train, there was no reason for a person to pass by. Six times and still not getting a thing done.

Soon, the man came back again.

This time, Xue Fei looked up at him. He was a man who was almost 40 years old, wearing a pair of glasses, with delicate skin. Judging from his clothes and temperament, he looked like an ordinary middle-class man in a big city.

He passed by Xue Fei and walked out of the carriage.

Xue Fei noticed that the index finger and middle finger of his right hand were yellow, which was the trace of years of smoking.

So, he got up and came to the junction of the carriages, waited for a while, lit a cigarette, smoked it for a while, and saw the man walking back again.

Xue Fei took the initiative to look up into his eyes, then smiled kindly, and handed him a cigarette, "A cigarette?"

The man hesitated for a moment, then took it and put it in his mouth.

Xue Fei took a step forward and pressed the lighter to light it for him, "There are not many places where you can smoke now."

"Yeah, it's not like when I was a child." The man said with emotion: "The world is developing too fast, and many things have changed."

Xue Fei let out a stream of smoke leisurely, "Hey, big brother, I see you've been walking around, as if you're looking for something, are you looking for someone?"

The man flicked the cigarette ash, sighed, a bit helpless, "Yes, actually it's not."

"Brother, what you said is interesting, why is it both true and not?" Xue Fei laughed.

"...Have you ever had the experience where a famous person dies and you think, eh? Isn't this person dead long ago? Or is there something that you remember to put somewhere, but after a while Time to look for it, but no matter how hard I look, I can’t find it.”

"Poor memory?" Xue Fei smiled.

The man shook his head and blew out a smoke ring, "If only it were that simple. I have a friend who took the train with his father when he was a child. He got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet. When he came back from the toilet, he found that there was an identical one every few meters. Sleeper, there is a person who is exactly like his father sleeping on it, the number is five."

Xue Fei became interested, "And then?"

"Then he was very scared, so he chose a berth at random and went to sleep. After dawn, everything returned to its original state."

Xue Fei understood, "Parallel space? Several parallel universes overlapped on the train, resulting in five identical scenarios."

And what the man said just now about the death of a famous person and the fact that things cannot be found actually mean this, and he has gone through a parallel universe.

"Little brother, you know a lot." The man said: "Some people are so stupid that they don't understand these things at all. It's useless to talk to them. Look at you, college student?"

"Well, I'm graduating soon." Xue Fei chatted, "What do you do?"

"Me, I'm on business." The man smiled, and at this time he had finished smoking, "Thank you for the cigarettes, and I wish you a pleasant journey." After finishing speaking, he returned along the same road.

Seeing the man leaving, Xue Fei snuffed out the unfinished cigarette in his hand.

In fact, he doesn't like smoking. The reason why he brings cigarettes is just to talk to people who smoke.

I thought that the other party was looking for someone, that there was business to do, but it turned out not to be.

It's just a middle-aged man who is whimsical and wants to step into the link of the parallel universe again.

The friend a man talks about is actually himself.

That's why I repeated my behavior when I was a child, walking around in the car non-stop.

Xue Fei returned to the carriage, saw that he was almost at the station, packed up his luggage, and waited to get off.

The train stopped slowly, Xue Fei went down to the platform, and as soon as he dragged his suitcase out of the station, he saw a short and fat middle-aged man holding a sign with his name on it.

He smiled and walked over, "Uncle Wang, it's really cold today, you really don't need to pick me up, just give me the address, and I'll just find you."

"Xue Fei?" Uncle Wang looked him up and down, "Same as your father, tall. Are you tired from the journey, let's go, uncle will take you to dinner."

After being polite, Xue Fei was let into the car by Uncle Wang and drove to a restaurant.

While waiting for the food to be served, Uncle Wang took out a small wooden box the size of a palm, and pushed it in front of Xue Fei, "This is what your father put in my place. I sent you the photo for viewing a few days ago. You are good!" Look, I have never touched this seal."

The box is not big, and the seal is not small. A three-finger-wide strip of paper is firmly stuck to the lid.

"What's in it? It's so mysterious." Xue Fei frowned.

Uncle Wang shook his head, "Anyway, you should put it away first. In fact, your father left it with me and said that no one should give it to him until he comes to pick it up. But now he is missing, and I have to go abroad again, so I can only contact you." , give it to you for safekeeping."

"Thank you, Uncle Wang." Xue Fei put the box in his bag.

"You're graduating soon, have you found a job?" Uncle Wang asked with concern.

The elders are like this, either asking if you have a job, or if you are married, Xue Fei truthfully said: "I haven't looked for it, and I don't plan to look for it. I plan to do my father's job."

Uncle Wang said with emotion: "That's right, the son inherited his father's business. There are so many missing people every year, you can find people back, and you can do good deeds while making money. But, you have to be more careful, your father... Sigh, Is there any news about him?"

Xue Fei shook his head and smiled bitterly. His father accepted a commission three years ago to go abroad to find someone, but he couldn't find him, and he himself disappeared.

Perhaps there are clues in this box.