Chapter 284: A Distant Reunion
The voice in the communicator is getting smaller and smaller and more blurred, Mark has not made a move, the point of light caught in the subspace storm is gradually shrinking, he clenched his teeth and was extremely conflicted in his heart, Mark is facing a very difficult choice, at this time, if he goes to track the point of light, he is likely to completely lose contact with the large army and get lost in the stargate space, it will be a dead end for him, but if he returns now...... Maybe he will lose the opportunity to know the truth forever, what is this mysterious voice trying to tell him? What does this voice have to do with Nina, the person who disappeared into the mysterious hollow...... And why is it here?
Mark looked at the communicator, and then at the point of light in the distance, not knowing how to decide, but time waits for no one, and if he keeps standing still, he will only lose the opportunity to return or move forward...... Mark had to make a decision to come.
"Come to me, take a step further." The mysterious voice that resembled Nina sounded again.
"Damn! Fight! ”
Seeing that the white point of light flickered twice, Mark couldn't sit down anymore, and he twisted the switch of the communicator with a twist of his heart, pushed the handle at hand to increase the speed to the highest, and broke into the point of light...... Just like he had felt before, there was something in this strange space that seemed far away, but in fact it was right in front of you, and Mark had just flown forward, and within a few minutes he felt the ship hit something. The power of the engine seemed to disappear suddenly, and an invisible force lifted the entire spaceship, and the white light broke through the darkness of the subspace storm, coating the entire spacecraft with a silver film.
Mark's eyes blurred, and a comfortable warmth rose from his feet and spread throughout his body, when he opened his eyes again...... Mark froze where he was, unable to believe what he was seeing.
The bluestone paved road has been polished a little smooth over the years, the road is lined with some weeds that have emerged after the rain, the lush French plane trees stand on the side of the road like strong sentinels, the dense branches and foliage are connected to form a natural roof, and the path is separated by two basketball courts, the courts are fenced with green rubber barbed wire, and the smell of the rubber floor being heated on a hot day. It's almost evening, it's time for the boys to meet to play, the soles of their shoes rubbing against the plastic floor make a sharp noise, the railings around the stadium are full of people, the high-spirited teenagers are drinking drinks and playing each other, bicycles are coming and going between the paths behind the barbed wire, and the crisp sound of the bell is mixed with the rustle of the sycamore leaves in the wind, full of the smell of summer.
This is the university he once attended, Mark has been graduating for many years, but after all, he has studied and lived here for several years, he will never be mistaken, this is his alma mater! It was as if he had a big dream, full of memories filled his mind, but he was indeed walking in the academy, the moon, the spaceship, the alliance, the dusk, everything was so far away, as if it was just his whimsical daydream......
Looking at himself again, the protective suit and oxygen mask were gone, and the spaceship was nowhere to be seen, he was wearing an ordinary white shirt, a pair of versatile jeans underneath, and everything around him was exactly the same as when he was in school.
"Nina?" Just when Mark couldn't figure out the situation, he saw a figure in the square in the distance, a tall figure, wheat-colored skin, that familiar face, there was absolutely nothing wrong with it, it was her!
The man stood motionless in front of the fountain in the square, the water splashing in the sunlight turned into bursts of golden rain, the phantom of the setting sun was crushed by the wind, and thousands of golden hares ran and leaped with joy and fell into the earth. She stood on tiptoe and looked at her outstretched hand, motionless, as if she were actually holding a golden rabbit.
Nina, as usual, tied her long hair into a single ponytail behind her back and wore a sunhat, but she was still dragging a trolley case that symbolized her freshman status, it was already summer but she was still wearing a long-sleeved sports jacket, she looked left and right, as if she was looking for something, or maybe she just couldn't find the way, it quickly got dark, and the street lights in the playground and the square were all painted on. People walked past her in the square, children playing skateboards, students bowing their heads to read, couples snuggling together...... And she seemed to freeze frame, neither movement nor expression, if not for the occasional flip of her tiptoe to the other side.
Mark was walking towards her, but heard a flurry of heckling and exclamations in the distance, and the lights of the fan-shaped school building behind the square went out one by one, followed by the dormitory building and the library, and finally the street lights in the square and on the road.
There was a thud and the entire campus was plunged into darkness.
There's a power outage! The freshmen shouted as they retained the playfulness and energy of high school students, excitedly pulling their friends and gathering in a circle on the playground, playing games or waving mobile phone flashlights and singing. Mark continued to walk towards the girl who looked exactly like Nina, he was so comfortable walking in the familiar square, everything was so normal, it was a wonderful feeling.
"Smack!" Mark walked up to the girl and put his hand directly on the other's shoulder, the girl looked up at Mark in a daze, and by the thin light he could see the familiar eyes, she neither spoke nor moved, she froze in place like a frog being targeted by a snake, as if the sudden intruder was startled.
"Sorry...... I just wanted to help you. Just as Mark was about to let go of his hand, the girl nodded slightly.
"Take me to the place where I report." She said, her voice exactly the same as Nina's.
In this way, I Mark led her slowly in the dark campus, and didn't say anything along the way, Mark remembered the roads and architectural patterns in the school, but he couldn't see the road clearly, and he almost tripped several times, and the embarrassment made his palms sweat slightly.
Along the way, Mark turned his head to look at her several times, and her eyes were not on him, but looked to the side with ethereal eyes, what was she looking at? You shouldn't be able to see anything in such a dark place, do you notice that I always look at her so I avoid the sight? Am I behaving weirdly? Was it me who scared you? It's weird indeed...... But she doesn't seem to know me, isn't she really Nina......
Passers-by walked past them, and Mark couldn't see their faces clearly, only a blurry shadow.
When I came to the office door, a dim crescent moon had just risen at the end of the corridor, and I could see the fountain and the square through the guardrail, when suddenly a call came, and the floor lamps on the square were turned on one by one, and the fountain and the leaves on the side were dyed golden yellow by the street lamps, and the ground was also sprinkled with light, like countless golden rabbits coming out of the earth again, running happily along the carpet of floor lamps, and finally jumping on the splash of the fountain and throwing it high into the sky.
"Look, it doesn't look like it's going back in time." Mark couldn't help but say as he watched this dreamy scene stupidly.