Blade and Swift

After the Basilica, Xichen Yan never saw Cain again.It was as if Cain had disappeared. There were many rumors about him, but he gradually disappeared into the rumors.Not only did no one from the other world see him again, even Yan Xichen never saw him again.This gave Yan Xichen a very strange feeling. The farce of the entire Basilica Theater seemed to be picked up by Cain and put down gently.

Some time ago, Yan Xichen was living in a muddle every day. When he closed his eyes, he saw the tragedy in Kiev, and his mind was full of Fang Shuo who had turned into blood in the hospital.He lived in torment, in a catastrophe.

Guilt is a delicate emotion.

When outsiders look at other people's guilt, they always feel that it is so insignificant, as if it is a certain emotion that can be gently exposed, and it will disappear quickly.Only those who are really tortured by guilt know that guilt is a poison that can penetrate into the bone, and it is a blunt knife that cuts flesh.Guilt is not strong, tormenting a person's mind day and night, so that there will always be such a shadow under the sun.

Fang Shuo is the shadow in Yan Xichen's heart.

Fang Shuo in the Basilica Grand Theater that day, Yan Xichen was sure that he would rather see himself tortured.

Even so, Fang Shuo never appeared in front of Yan Xichen again.

"Because he was fighting with me, somewhere in the world. We fought day and night, and he wanted to kill me, and so did I. But I never killed him after I knew the Basilica. His strength is dead. Cain and I have been entangled for five days, and I have been exhausted and exhausted during these five days. You can see that I was seriously injured, but he was also seriously injured." Du Yachen snorted lightly, Fingers still fiddled with Yan Xichen's fingers meaninglessly, "So you still wonder why the two of us disappeared at the same time, right?"

"Wait." Yan Xichen interrupted him, "His will as space, do you have the ability to directly confront him?"

Cain is the law of space and the foundation of everything. If this is a fictional space, Cain is like a source code.Du Yachen once told him that killing Cain was like killing a god.But on that day at the Basilica Theater, Yan Xichen remembered that Du Yachen had also said negative words.Said he didn't have to call himself by the name of God...

"This is also one thing I want to confirm when I confront him head-on." Du Yachen stood up, took Yan Xichen's hand, walked to the shimmering lake, and looked at the green leaves on the spring branches in the distance , turned around and asked Yan Xichen, "What did you see?"

"Trees, and birds? It's afternoon, and the sun is a bit dazzling."

"Want to see autumn leaves?" Du Yachen asked a very strange question.

"……OK."

Then he saw that the tree changed, the leaves turned from green to yellow, and from yellow to golden orange, the color of the whole tree changed into brilliant colors, and the autumn leaves were blowing in the wind.

"This is my watch world, so my will can control everything here. In a sense, I am the master of this space. In my mind just now, I just ordered this tree to turn into autumn tree. So now you want to try it too?"

Yan Xichen was a little confused: "But you said, this is your watch world, only you can—"

"Try it." Du Yachen interrupted him seriously.

Guessing what Du Yachen hinted at, Yan Xichen felt his heart beat faster.He looked at the tree in the distance with gloomy eyes, and thought, if it was spring at this time, it would be nice if the tree was full of flowers.

First, very slowly, the branches seem to have changed from a distance, and then the buds are getting bigger and bigger, and they bloom one by one.The golden leaves fall and fly in the air, replaced by pink flowers in full bloom, which makes the whole tree look like a huge cherry blossom tree!

But that tree is a sycamore.

Yan Xichen stared blankly at the direction of the tree, completely shocked.Such a change made him feel overwhelmed for a while, but he thought in his heart, if it snows heavily at this time, the snow will fall on the blooming flowers...

As a result, the beautiful scenery that was still shining and sunny just now began to become cloudy, and the snow fell from the sky, like a sudden white wind.Not to mention that all the trees in the distance were in full bloom, and the snow quickly turned into large fluff, accumulating on the flower branches.What was presented in front of him was an unprecedented, magnificent and strange scenery, as if the two seasons of spring and winter merged!

Yan Xichen didn't dare to look into Du Yachen's eyes at all, his voice was so trembling that he couldn't hear it: "What does this mean?"

He was very sure that this was Du Aachen's watch world. Having just experienced the thrilling experience of being invulnerable under the protection of Du Aachen's subconscious mind, seeing the current "what you get is what you think", his first reaction was that Du Aachen's affection for him was so deep that even himself He is willing to hand over the control of the watch world to him.

When Du Yachen turned his head and saw Yan Xichen's complicated expression, he knew that he was thinking wrongly. He thought it was funny and hit him at the same time: "Your imagination can be a little more ambitious."

For a while, Yan Xichen couldn't make up his mind whether he was telling the truth or irony, and failed to receive Du Yachen's hint well.

"I didn't give you the control over the watch world, but you can do it." Du Yachen lowered his voice, "I've been doubting since the Basilica Theater, there is absolutely no need for Cain to lead everyone I went to that place just to see you. If his purpose was to shed blood, then he did it, but the whole farce is too childish. If it was to remind you of everything and arouse your guilt, then he faced it alone in private You're fine, and you don't need to go to war like this."

"Then he is..."

"He wants you to see the bleeding with your own eyes, and he wants you to choose yourself. It's cruel, isn't it?" Du Yachen laughed a little self-deprecatingly.

Yan Xichen immediately understood Du Yachen's expression.He clenched his fingers tightly: "Some choices have no escape, I understand you."

"No." Du Yachen shook his head, "I have a little selfishness. When I stood on the stage with you, for such a long time, Fang Shuo hardly interrupted us, as if he was happy to see everything that happened next. Yes. He really wants to see you make a choice, not just out of emotion, but out of more—"

Du Yachen said and cast his eyes on the flower in front of them: "For example, you are the one who has the right to speak in this world! Not only in my watch world, but in everyone's watch world, and even in the inner world."

Yan Xichen was stunned by Du Yachen's sudden awe-inspiring gaze: "You..."

He held his breath.So when the wind stopped, the leaves stopped moving, and even the water was calm.

Du Yachen said softly: "At that time, I had this conjecture, and all my blood was boiling for this conjecture. Cain is not the willer of the world at all. You are."

"You and his painful encounter Before everything started, it was not only him who stood at the beginning of this world, but also you. In the year of the nuclear leak, you finally returned to him. Whose will created this world? , maybe now is the real answer. Do you know why I found you in the world of watches? That’s because he was also looking for you, and I followed his track to find the world of watches where you are.”

Yan Xichen was silent, a small gate in his chest was opened.It was as if there were some truths he had known for a long time but never remembered.

"You know you came back to him at the last moment, but you prefer to torture yourself like a martyr. You avoid the truth, you escape the truth. So you can't think of me, and you can't think of Cain, you put I hid it very well, and placed it in my own unique watch world. There, there is everything you desire, except that there is no me and no Cain."

Du Yachen was not surprised by Yan Xichen's complete silence.He turned his gaze to the lake water in the distance, and the lake water obviously fluctuated again.

He knew that it was not fluctuations, but waves in his heart.

Looking at the waves, Du Aachen said that the reason why he was convinced that he had lost the qualification to defeat him during the battle with Cain during this period was precisely because Xichen Yan was at the Basilica Grand Theater that day, facing the challenge that Du Aachen gave him. When choosing, he chose Cain.Du Yachen also said that he had never been fatally injured during his long stay in the other world.As for Cain, the so-called willman of space, seeing him lead the watchman to resist, seeing his own skeleton being blown up but being powerless, Du Yachen began to wonder at that time, faintly suspecting that he is not the complete master of this world.And Du Yachen himself has never been threatened by Cain during his more than ten years in the inner world. He will never naively think that all these coincidences are just his luck. He believes that there is something hidden behind these seemingly wrong clues. kind of meaning.

Later he found it, and the meaning was Yan Xichen.

Yan Xichen retreated step by step, while Du Yachen approached step by step.

"I'm looking for you not only because of what you mean to me, but more importantly because of what you mean to this world. If anyone can kill Cain, that person has no choice but you."

Yan Xichen tried to find the answer from his eyes: "You bet that I chose—"

Du Yachen smiled wryly: "I really don't know how you would choose. I thought you had recovered your memory, so I dared to take a gamble. You chose me, and Cain is no longer my danger. From then on, he can't stop me no matter what I want; If you choose him, I will lose the qualification to fight against him. Because this is the choice of the will of space, I cannot disobey the rules. I have never been injured before, at least not fatally, because you, as the core of the world, are Protecting me. The Basilica was different after that, so I came back here. This is my watch world, Cain is somewhat afraid, so I don’t dare to really invade, I am safe here.”

Yan Xichen suddenly realized why he couldn't find Du Yachen everywhere these days.If the forces of this world follow his orders completely, then it is self-evident what his choice in the Basilica means.

Why Du Yachen returned to Area E with injuries all over his body that day, why his injuries were so serious, and why Du Yachen said those hurtful words at that time, everything has been answered.

He escaped from the watch world because he knew he couldn't stay in the watch world for a long time, otherwise he would live a dreamy life in that gentle town.He's been around long enough, and he has to go back to the Underworld to breathe.

"That guy isn't going anywhere, he's just waiting for me at the exit." Du Yachen wanted to scold his mother when he thought of this.

The injury was too serious last time, and he really needs to spend a few more days in the watch world to recuperate.Who knew that I almost couldn't get out of the watch world...

"I can't tell you the truth and let you choose. Such instructions are meaningless, do you understand?"

……

Du Yachen and Yan Xichen went to look for Luo Sen and Duan Mingyi separately. Yan Xichen walked along the sparkling lake alone. He knew that Du Yachen was giving him some time and space to digest.

Before turning around, Yan Xichen took two steps forward slowly. He didn't look back, and walked with his back to Du Yachen: "If... if all this is true, I swear in the name of everything, I will never hurt you .”

He walked with his head buried in an almost evasive manner, when he heard Du Yachen say behind him: "Everything obeys your will, and so do I. Got it, go."

When leaving, Yan Xichen's heart beat fast.

Luo Sen and Duan Mingyi did not leave the inner world.

Without taking Du Yachen away, their mission would not be considered complete.Just at the moment when the illusion was shattered, they appeared in Du Yachen's apartment on the mountainside.The room in that apartment is spacious and bright, but what makes people uncomfortable is that there is an atmosphere of male love in the room... such as condoms scattered all over the floor.

When Yan Xichen found the two of them in the apartment on the top of the mountain without much effort, Duan Mingyi looked at him with a look of corruption.Duan Mingyi's feelings for Yan Xichen are very complicated. He occasionally gets intimate with Yan Xichen unconsciously, but most of the time he deliberately maintains a kind of alienation.

The situation at the scene was very embarrassing, Yan Xichen's scalp was numb, he laughed twice, and turned his head away.Not to mention Luo Sen and Duan Mingyi standing in front of him, now even he himself is curious about what kind of life Du Yachen lives with him every day in Du Yachen's appearance world.

Half an hour later, four people were talking in the military tent at the foot of the mountain.

Now Du Yachen has returned to his usual laid-back look, and his eyes will only become hot and humid when he looks at Yan Xichen.They just sat there and didn't say anything, but just looking at each other, Duan Mingyi and Luo Sen felt that the atmosphere was extremely thick.

Rosen quietly asked Duan Mingyi: "Should we give them some time?"

Duan Mingyi is straight, and steel straight, after persisting in this very thick atmosphere for a while, he got up and left with an uneasy expression.

Yan Xichen was a little confused: "Why did he leave?"

Rosen got up and left without saying a word.

In the end, Yan Xichen could only cast his puzzled eyes on Du Yachen.

This person obviously knew the crux of the matter, and looked at him with a slight smile: "It may be that they all feel that we reunited after a long absence and need a chance to release our hormones."

Yan Xichen was a little embarrassed: "So obvious?"

Du Yachen nodded his eyes, smiled and nodded.

Now Yan Xichen was too ashamed to fidget, ready to get up to get some air.

"Don't care about them, I'll be back in a while, finish talking about things early and make plans early."

"Why didn't you go back to the inner world directly after waking up from the outer world?" Yan Xichen wondered.

"Because this is not the first time I have returned to the world of watches. I have learned how to control it during the years you were away." Du Yachen nodded his head and patiently explained to Yan Xichen, "But a little careless , it will be the same as it is now. How can you not get your shoes wet when you often walk by the river."

Du Yachen's prediction was right, Duan Mingyi and Luo Sen came back not long after, they brought barbecue and some food, they said they got it from the base.They looked better, and Du Yachen continued to talk about his next plan.Yan Xichen watched his eyes and found that although Du Yachen spoke calmly, he didn't want to tell Duan Mingyi and the others about the Space Willers. He guessed that Du Yachen had other plans, so he didn't interrupt.

"That day at the Basilica Theater, didn't you find that Cain was a little strange?" Du Yachen sighed, "I have no intersection with Cain in the real world, but I have heard it from you many times. Because it involves Hawkeye You never told me that Cain's real name is Fang Shuo."

"I find it very strange. If Cain is an unknown force in this space, his existence should have a meaning and purpose." Rosen nodded.

Du Yachen snapped his fingers: "Point! Gentlemen."

Rosen continued: "It seems that all his purpose is to punish Yan Zi, to make him feel pain... Cain is dead, is he a real person?"

"Maybe the real Cain is not in the inner world, but the outer world?" Duan Mingyi said suddenly.

This time, Du Yachen looked at him with meaningful eyes, and Yan Xichen felt turbulent in his heart.The four of them were silent, Yan Xichen only felt that the others were similar to him now, and they silently chose to accept this seemingly absurd possibility.

Does Cain in the other world really exist?Is he the real Fang Shuo?

If it is said that this world can be created based on human will, what about Fang Shuo?

The more Yan Xichen thought about it, the more disturbed he became. If what Du Yachen said is true, that he is the willer of this space, then he who can create the whole world will also create a false Fang Shuo because of this?

This conversation made the four of them quite exhausted, and also made Yan Xichen uneasy.Luo Sen and Duan Mingyi didn't know that Yan Xichen might have another shocking identity, so they insisted on taking Du Yachen and Yan Xichen back to the inner world before making any plans.

"Why didn't you tell them my identity?" Yan Xichen asked, looking at the backs of Duan Mingyi and Luo Sen who left first.

"Know it too late, no, know it too early, and you will get hurt."

"You shouldn't always keep everything from anyone, it's easy to make the relationship collapse. Just like before you and me."

"I'm used to it." Du Yachen silently smoked the cigarette Rosen left him, "People can't change his past, just like I can't choose the environment I grew up in. But if I can, I want to meet you sooner. Probably I have suffered a lot in vain, but I can learn to love earlier."

Yan Xichen raised his head to meet his gaze.Under the sunlight, Du Yachen's shadow came over, and Yan Xichen kissed him.

"Let's go back to the inner world and do things one by one. No matter how chaotic the world is, you and I have to believe that everything will be fine."