After Wu Zhaoxing left, Sun Qian has been sullen. Everything is kept out of her knowledge, and it is said to protect her, but in fact it is an injustice to her.

"Not at all. Sun Qian complained, pouting, and staring at Nian Hao with wide eyes. "Don't always say it's to protect me. I want to face everything with you, too. This is an obligation that should be given to me, do you understand it? You have given me the right to have you, and you have to give me the obligation to face it together. ”

Nian Hao looked at Sun Qian, he was not surprised that she would say these words. I don't know if it's the youth, or everything I've touched, maybe it's a step that must be taken to grow up. It's just this kind of thing, but as long as a normal person can't be more or less within the scope of what he can understand, he will have nowhere to rely on. Facing it together, it seems that I have mustered up courage in my mind, but in fact, I still rely on myself completely.

"Do you really want to know something?" Nian Hao lit a cigarette, rewrapped the hilt of the sword on the table, put it in the box and closed it.

"Yes, can you say what I can understand? I'm stupid, I only know how to learn, and I know that reality is very simple. Maybe I don't know too much about what you're telling me. But. At least for now, I know that the boy I like is enough to be a superhero. It's okay to say so, I gave you my love, and everything about me. After that, I learned that the person who gave, that is, you, is a superhero. I'm not afraid to know what will happen later, at least, you can tell me that that's the best protection for me. ”

Nian Hao lit a cigarette and thought hard. The girl in front of him was greeted by an unknown darkness, and he had to light a light, even if the light could not even be seen under his feet, but he had to lead her away, and once he let go, he could fall at any time. A memory came to my mind, a boy holding a candle and leading the girl through the endless night.

"If you can, can you start from the beginning? like telling me a bedtime story?"

"I can't refuse your request. Nian Hao smiled slightly.

"It's tiring to sit and talk, but you still feel warm when you hold me and talk. ”

"Didn't you complain about me being too hot during the day?"

"It was very comfortable when it was cold. Sun Qian said. The two had already returned to the bedroom, and after Sun Qian closed the door, she simply took off her coat and cotton pants, wearing thin short sleeves in it, and the perfect shape of her chest was very distinct. Sun Qian lifted the quilt and got in, Nian Hao didn't say anything, took off his coat, and lay down together. Nian Hao adjusted his posture slightly, and Sun Qian cooperated with her back to her body, completely leaning on Nian Hao's chest.

"Let's start with a story from a long time ago. Nian Hao searched for his memories and struggled to piece together the words.

A good beginning of a long time ago, Sun Qian secretly admired. When she was a child, until she was eight years old, her parents always told her bedtime stories before she went to bed. Regardless of whether Sun Qian understands it or not, anyway, the fragments of the world's history are completely input into it, although Sun Qian has forgotten many stories. It's just that in the age of reading, when you hear similar things, you can always fully understand them at the first time. Because of this, Sun Qian's knowledge is more consolidated than that of ordinary children. Coupled with excellent grades, he became the so-called 'neighbor's child'. ’

"It's been a long time, and I can't say what era it is, but it was a time when there was a lot of war. But there are no high-rise buildings like ours, and some are just small dilapidated houses built of mud and stone thatch. Not as many people as we do now. ”

"Is this era our world?" asked Sun Qian.

"Maybe. Nian Hao replied: "Whether it is the past or the future, it belongs to our world." But it's still not part of our world. We are neither the past nor the future at this moment. Just this moment. ”

Sun Qian's mood was obviously depressed, and she said, "Do you know? When you arrived at the police station that day, an old policeman named Zhao Cui said a lot to me. ”

"Briefly, he means that I am a person from the past to the future, but who should not live in this world. Right?" Nian Hao described it simply, and he hugged Sun Qian tighter.

"I'm sorry, you're going to blame me for not telling you all the time?"

"I don't blame you. Nian Hao said: "For you, those untouchable truths, there is no need to apologize for your ignorance. ”

"The war era you just talked about, did you use it in the era?" Sun Qian turned her words back.

"The first memory is probably from that era. It's just that I know that I wasn't born in that era. All I can know is that in those days, I held this sword. The sword was originally very long, made of special metal ores, and some rare elements. This kind of sword could not be forged at that time, but the truth is, I held this sword in those days. I took the sword, rode on horseback, and a white horse that was so dirty as black as charcoal, galloped over the field, and came to a gathering place of dwellings, and saw that the inhabitants were very poor, but the smiles on their faces were very bright. But when I got there, the inhabitants were scared because they saw my blood. ”

"In what capacity did you appear?" asked Sun Qian.

"I don't know. The question of identity seemed to be no longer needed at the time, but I knew one thing I convicted: to protect someone. Protect him. His name, you know for sure. ”

"Who?"

"Fusu. ”

"Fusu?" Sun Qian thought for a moment and asked, "Fusu, the great prince of the Qin Dynasty?"

"Yes, weird. The hilt of the sword contained in the box on the table was the weapon used to protect Fusu in the first place. ”

"Then you came from the Qin Dynasty?"

"Without this thing, no one has ever been able to go from one end of time to the other in the eons of time. ”

"Reincarnation?"

Nian Hao denied again: "To be dead is to be dead, and there is no reincarnation." As for why I remember, that's exactly what I'm looking for. ”

"Did you protect Fusu?"

"Nope. I got off my horse, turned around, and walked towards the other horse that had been following me. The horse had a rope tied to a man. When I untied the ropes, the man immediately fell. I went to help, but he was out of breath and dead. There was blood in his mouth and nose, and there was not a trace of breath. Dead, indeed dead, I know that one. It may have been the two of us who suddenly broke into the village on horseback, and the people of the village gathered around me with all kinds of things for plowing the fields and fishing. They were very vigilant, they were all dressed in tatters, but their eyes were full of hatred. One of the guys in the lead spoke in tongues, dialects I didn't understand, and shouted at me with a hoe. I ignored him, I just sat down on the ground, probably because Fusu died, and it seemed that all my hopes at that time were gone. I picked up my sword, probably to kill myself, but when the residents saw me pick up the sword, they all took a few steps back, and the hatred did not diminish in their eyes. Then, in a split second, all the inhabitants died. ”

"You killed them?"

"Nope. Not me. It's not that me, either. The bows and arrows that flew from afar, densely packed, shot into this side. Even I was hit by many arrows. Those onlookers didn't have time to run, and one by one they were smashed through their bodies and fell to the ground. The thick armor I was wearing, six arrows penetrated it, only hurting my skin, and not my internal organs. After that, the memory is gone. ”

"How did you have this memory?" asked Sun Qian.

"Since childhood. Nian Hao replied: "After I went to school and understood the written language, I found that my memory was in the Qin Dynasty, but it was different from the historical record. Rode alone to save Fusu, but still failed. ”

"It's really different from history. Sun Qian said: "I believe that what you are talking about is the real history. ”

"Believe me so much?"

"Didn't you say that the sword you were holding at that time was the hilt of the sword that is now in our house?" Sun Qian's tone was obviously soft when she said about our family.

"When that guy brought the hilt of his sword, everything about me was real, it was true. Nian Hao continued: "After I had this memory when I was a child, I was different from other people, when the boy was young, he always wished that he was a general, holding a small wooden stick, and wielding it as a long sword. I'm the same, alone in the back of the orphanage, in the messy woods, holding a long wooden bar, waving like this. It's just that the first swing of the wave makes me notice. Well, it's not different, it's like it's innate. I played a complex swordsmanship, and my body involuntarily shuttled through it like a martial arts master on TV, the wooden strips were very soft, but after I stabbed out, I was able to penetrate the trunk of the tree. This set of techniques, I clearly know the name "Shadow Sword Technique" in my mind. ”

"Looks amazing. Sun Qian closed her eyes and muttered.

"Well, I don't know if it's powerful or not, but I feel like I'm different. Sometimes there is a feeling of loneliness, but once it comes out, it disappears immediately. I didn't even have time to savor the feelings. ”

Saying this, Nian Hao stopped talking, and he heard Sun Qian's snoring. Nian Hao slowly pulled out the hand that was holding her and gently covered her with the quilt.

Nian Hao was sighing, because over the years, people who listened to him talk about these things would always fall asleep unintentionally. A world that does not exist in this world, but really exists, and enters the current world, it will always be diluted by a quiet and huge force in various ways.

The next day, Sun Qian woke up first. She ordered takeout through a mobile app. Two servings of tofu brain, three drawers of xiaolongbao, six raw fried, and a bowl of hot wontons. Sun Qian noticed Nian Hao very early, and sometimes the breakfast brought to school was often two of these things, repeated. He would like to eat, Sun Qian thought. When she took the takeaway and was about to put it on the table, she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable when she saw the very conspicuous box. Sun Qian took the lead and put the box on the coffee table.

After a while, Nian Hao also woke up, glanced at the box on the coffee table, and didn't say much, just his eyes fell on the dining table. He walked over, grabbed a soup bag and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Brush your teeth first!" Sun Qian walked out of the kitchen with dishes and vinegar bottles, and ordered Nian Hao.

Nian Hao nodded, cocked his thumb, indicating that the taste was great, and then turned around and walked towards the bathroom.

"Don't go bare-chested, it's really cold. Nian Haocai stepped into the bathroom and looked back at Sun Qian, with a down vest over a turtleneck cotton sweater. Then he shook his head and brushed it off.

After breakfast, Nian Hao asked Sun Qian what she was going to do today. Sun Qian replied to him that he couldn't wander around like this. Before restarting classes, take the time to consolidate your previous knowledge. Good proposal. Nian Hao agrees.

"What about you?" Sun Qian said, "Are you with me?"

"I've got something. ”

What was the specific matter, Sun Qian didn't ask Nian Hao. It's just that when she was leaving, Sun Qian asked Nian Hao to put the contents of this box away. Sun Qian said that this thing looked a little panicked. Nian Hao also said more, opened the box, took the hilt of the sword in his hand, and shook it slightly. Without Sun Qian looking, the hilt of the sword actually merged with the shadow.

What Nian Hao has to do today is to visit the so-called accounting company in Wu Zhaoxing's mouth. The two still agreed on the coffee shop at the beginning and met at about 11 o'clock in the afternoon.

"It's coming!" When he arrived at the coffee shop, Wu Zhaoxing immediately stood up and greeted Nian Hao.

"It's not going to be another talk. Nian Hao said.

"Of course not, I'm waiting for the formalities to be completed before I can take you in. ”

"Far from here?"

"Of course it can't be. Wu Zhaoxing shook his head and said, "It's very close, but the procedures take some time." ”

"So troublesome?" said Nian Hao.

"It's a big organization, after all. Wu Zhaoxing was a little proud: "It is a huge influence on the world. ”

"Huge impact? Can it all affect the previous World War II. Nian Hao quipped.

But Wu Zhaoxing didn't joke, he paused for a moment, and then said: "Without us, maybe World War II would have been a different result." ”

"It's huge, indeed. Nian Hao took a breath and said.

The two were silent for a moment, and the salesperson stepped out of the bar and closed the door, as well as the blinds. (This shutter was added later.) Once that was done, the salesperson pulled out a black suitcase from the bar, the same style as the bodyguard next to the president of the United States. The suitcase appeared to be heavy and rested on the table, and a distinctly muffled sound came out when it touched the table.

Wu Zhaoxing pulled the suitcase, entered the code on the upper combination lock once, and pressed the open button. The box opened, and inside was a stack of A4 paper printouts, as well as a tablet.

Taking out the A4 paper, Wu Zhaoxing looked at it and said, "These are confidentiality clauses, according to the procedure, you have to sign them." With that, he took out the pen from his bosom and handed the documents to Nian Hao. Nian Hao received it in his hand, and he didn't even look at it, and wrote his name directly. It was handed back to Wu Zhaoxing.

"Why don't you take a look at what's going on?" Wu Zhaoxing frowned.

"Now my name is Nian Hao, but you haven't helped me find my real name, do you think this kind of document is effective?"

Wu Zhaoxing nodded and said, "Yes." Anyway, it's the program, it doesn't matter, next, you put your finger in the center of the tablet. A thumb will do. ”

According to Wu Zhaoxing's prompt, Nian Hao took the tablet he handed over, put it on the table, and pressed it with his thumb. Immediately, the extinguished tablet flashed the screen. A clear operation interface flashed out with a lot of data. Wu Zhaoxing stood up and walked to Nian Hao's side to take a look.

"The fingerprint entry is successful, and your bioelectric entry is also successful. Just why the above prompts an exception. Wu Zhaoxing pointed to a row of data.

"It's my heartbeat. My heart rate has always been so low. ”

"Sixty-three?" Wu Zhaoxing took a breath of cool air.

"You won't tell me that I'm not human, don't enter. ”

Wu Zhaoxing shook his head. He denied it, and clicked continuously on the tablet to enter other programs.

"Alright, authorization is complete. You can come with me. With that, Wu Zhaoxing stood up, and the salesman also walked over. The salesman was on the wall next to the bar, and after a few taps, he spoke a series of words into the wall. Nian Hao squinted, he seemed to understand and was very familiar, but he still didn't know the specific meaning.

As the unintelligible voice ended, a crack appeared in the wall, slowly spreading from top to bottom, and finally forming the shape of a gate. After a rumbling sound, a door opened in the wall. Wu Zhaoxing made a gesture of please.

Nian Hao looked inside, a piece of black, as if the light was absorbed by the black, and it was extremely silent.

"This place has been your base for a long time. You arranged it before?" Nian Hao's face turned cold.

"No! how is it possible!" Wu Zhaoxing said: "Last time you destroyed this place, we only transformed this place." It's just a space-swapping device, and from there, you can swap out to another space. It's where one of our branches is located. ”

Nian Hao glanced down at his shadow. The shadow seemed to realize something, and moved itself, the shadow's hand pulled into his arms, Nian Hao grabbed it with one hand, and before he touched the shadow, he pulled out the hilt of the sword in his hand. The hilt of the sword was held in his hand, and the shadow returned to its original form.

"Can I bring a weapon with me?" asked Nian Hao.

Wu Zhaoxing nodded: "Yes." ”

As soon as the words fell, Nian Hao held the hilt of the sword and shook it in the air, and after the action fell, the sword body appeared out of thin air on the hilt. Wu Zhaoxing gasped when he saw this.

"I guess you don't know the real name of this sword. The remnant sword has a hilt of 36 centimeters and a sword body of 76 centimeters. It weighs fifteen pounds and one tael. Well, it should be seventeen kilograms now. Nian Hao introduced like this.

"This sword is called an afterimage?" Wu Zhaoxing sighed: "Do you know that it has other names?"

Nian Hao glared at Wu Zhaoxing, and said disdainfully: "Black pupils." Right. ”

Wu Zhaoxing nodded, but still made a gesture of please: "There is a time limit for the opening of this thing in the replacement space, please hurry up and go in." ”

Nian Hao glanced at the black abyss, held the sword, and stepped directly into it. As soon as his eyes broke through the barrier of darkness, he saw an empty square. Like the enclosed opera houses of Central Europe, they stand in the center of the stage, facing the rows of empty seats in the audience. Wu Zhaoxing then arrived.

"This is Europe?" asked Nian Hao.

"Yes. Wu Zhaoxing nodded and said, "Please come with me." ”

Nian Hao felt a familiar feeling, which made him extremely uncomfortable, he no longer looked at all this, just turned around and followed Wu Zhaoxing to the stairs on the side of the stage. The two of them made their way backstage and into a small door on the side of the backstage.

Inside this door is a large library with more than 30 rows of bookshelves placed at equal distances. The books on the shelves all have heavy covers, and they lie peacefully in them. The surrounding walls seem to be made of wood, and there are various shelves on the walls. Of course, it is also full of books. However, what is striking is that there are various kinds of long swords and shields hanging on the walls, as well as specimens of the heads of various beasts. A living European-style aristocratic temperament.

Wu Zhaoxing led the way again and walked over with Nian Hao from the passage of the bookshelf on the very side. At the end was a long table full of books, many of which were opened and placed next to them. Fancy electric lights hanging from the roof illuminate the table very brightly. At the table sat an old European man with a full beard and white hair, dressed in the robes of a European-style clergyman.

When the old man saw Nian Hao coming, he immediately stood up and said with a smile: "Welcome to Your Excellency." ”

Authentic Chinese came out of the mouth of this old man. Nian Hao put away the long sword, disappeared in the shadows again, and then sat down casually on the wide wooden seat next to him.

"Is this a branch?"

"Yes. The old man replied, and then nodded to Wu Zhaoxing. Wu Zhaoxing realized it, turned around and left.

"Are we in Europe?" asked Nian Hao again.

"Well, this is the European branch of our accounting agency. ”

"You probably have a branch in Asia, why don't you let me go there?"

"Because the Asian branch has been infiltrated. The old man said, "It's dangerous over there now." ”

"What do you think I'm going to ask you?" Nian Hao took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.

The old man sighed and said, "People who smoke here are often beaten out by us. This is an old academy. ”

"Then you keep me. Nian Hao said.

The old man sat down, took out a book from the side, put it in front of him, and said, "Because you are from that world." We don't have the right to kick you out. ”

"Novro Continent?" Nian Hao said.

The old man nodded.

"Let's get straight to the point. Nian Hao puffed out the smoke ring and said, "I need you to give me some answers." ”

The old man nodded again, and he said, "What do you want to know?" I can tell you everything I know. ”

"Can I abandon everything?" said Nian Hao, "After all, I live in this world, and the life this world gives me is not my life. ”