Hanhai City is just a small mountain city, obviously surrounded by mountains and in the hinterland of the mainland, but it makes those who hear its name mistakenly think that it is a coastal city.

The reason for this embarrassment of "facing the sea" should be traced back to the distant period of geological metamorphosis, and it is rumored that the mountains and mountains of Hanhai City were indeed vast and vast thousands of years ago.

Of course, this is all a long time ago.

Hanhai City is divided into east and west by a small river, which starts in the southern mountain stream and is formed by the convergence of many underground streams in the mountains, so the water is always clear and cold, which is quite different from the rivers in other regions.

This small river, known to the locals as Sun Moon Creek, has been supporting the land and its people for thousands of years.

Close to the source of the river is the outskirts of the mountain town, and at the foot of the mountain lives a natural village.

Although the small village is away from the urban area, the environment is very pleasant, especially when the new rain is early, the water mist will decorate the mountain stream like a fairyland, and the stream that increases due to the rain will also bring some unexpected gifts out of the mountain lava from time to time, adding countless joys of life to the local villagers, especially the children.

The rainstorm in the first two days was particularly violent, but fortunately it cleared up on Saturday.

In the evening, on the gurgling stream, the mist is slowly fluttering and dancing, changing the shape from time to time, and the fresh air after the rain is mixed with the smell of clear stream water, which will instantly make people escape from the sultry heat of this early summer.

At the foot of the mountain, by the Sun Moon Creek, the houses built along the river are exuding warm light, looking from afar, like twinkling stars dotted on the winding river.

At this moment, in the first house at the foot of the mountain, the Yuan Chen's family was sitting around the dining table.

Every weekend when he goes home, Yuan Haochen, a resident student who comes back from Hanhai No. 3 Middle School in the city, is like being amnestied, and the school life is really too depressing.

In a few days, I will take the college entrance examination, Hanhai No. 3 Middle School is a very ordinary middle school in the city, and the results of the college entrance examination every year are thrown off a few streets by the first middle school and the second middle school.

The reason why it is called unique is because he is the hardest working student in the whole school. He studied extremely hard, and everyone from the principal to the doorman Lao Wang knew this.

However, he was born stupid and a standard straw bag, so much so that Principal Zhang would pat him on the shoulder with great sympathy whenever he saw Yuan Haochen, and said very awkwardly: "Classmate Haochen, academic performance does not mean everything, we can develop in other aspects." ”

In the house, her mother wanted to speak several times and stopped, Yuan Haochen knew that her mother wanted to care about herself and cheer herself up, but there were too many similar words, and now she didn't know how to speak when she was nearing the end.

The atmosphere couldn't help but be a little embarrassing, Yuan Haochen had to bow his head and pick up the rice, and then hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, "Mom, I'm a little tired from reading these days, I want to go to the river to rest for a while, and I'll come back to read later." ”

The mother was stunned: "Okay, okay, take a break, don't work too hard." ”

Along the Sun Moon Creek upwards, near the foot of the mountain, where many small streams converge, after a long time, a small pool slowly formed, the water is not very deep, clear to the bottom.

The bottom of the pond is paved with small stones of different shapes, most of which cannot withstand the erosion of time and streams, and have already become smooth, revealing the material inside the stone, showing different colors, and becoming more warm under the light of the moonlight.

Yuan Haochen sat on the boulder by the waterhole in a daze, his feet were barely immersed in the water, the cold touch went straight to the depths of his mind, refreshing, raised his head and looked at the stars in the sky, everything became quiet.

Yuan Haochen didn't know what he was thinking, maybe he was still worried about his studies, or he was already thinking about a way out after the college entrance examination, his parents worked so hard, if he couldn't go to college, he would have borne some of the burden for his family earlier, maybe it would be a good result......

After the rain, the sky seems to be more and more distant and deep, and the rain removes the dust from the air, as if people can see the deepest part of the sky at a glance.

Yuan Haochen suddenly remembered the question he asked his father when he was a child, how big is the universe, and does she have no edges? If so, what's beyond the edge?

This question is obviously not something that Dad and him can understand, but the lack of an answer adds a bit of mystery, so that Yuan Haochen is always upset, just like today, quietly looking at the stars of the universe.

Suddenly, a dazzling meteor quickly swept across the sky, Yuan Haochen's eyes were unconsciously attracted, looking at the direction of the meteor's disappearance, and fell into contemplation. In fact, in the past, the stream was not as turbulent as it is today, but after several days of heavy rain, the water flow suddenly doubled.

Meteor! Another meteor flew in from afar.

No, Yuan Haochen stood up suddenly, and when he looked at it, this meteor looked extraordinary, and he actually rushed towards him along the mountain stream.

Yuan Haochen understood, this was not a meteor, he saw that the cold fluorescence was getting closer and closer, and it was in front of him in a blink of an eye.

Boom, the cold fluorescent light leaped into the center of the pool, glowing faintly at the bottom of the pool.

Yuan Haochen couldn't wait to walk towards the depths of the pool, and when the pool was waist-high, he pressed his eyes to the surface of the water, and he could already clearly see the cold fluorescence.

It was an object the size of a fist, and at this time it was lying quietly at the bottom of the pool, quietly, emitting a distant fluorescence by itself, which looked so extraordinary.

Yuan Haochen's eyes widened, he was deeply attracted by the fluorescence, a little confused, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

About five minutes later, Yuan Haochen leaned into the bottom of the pool.

Finally, the cold fluorescent ball was carefully picked up.

The texture is like a stone, but it emits such a charming light, this light is not dazzling, and it feels extremely comfortable.

This light reminded Yuan Haochen of continuing to read at the end of the evening self-study at school, and after the dormitory lights went out, the cold street lamps reflected in the playground continued to read.

Illusion! Yuan Haochen suddenly noticed that it seemed that this light was slowly fading.

Sure enough, from the moment he held the light cluster in his hand, the fluorescence gradually faded at an inconspicuous rate. Yuan Haochen was a little flustered, as if the priceless treasure he had just acquired was slowly leaving him.

After about five minutes, the fluorescence had dimmed to the point of imperceptibility, and it looked like an ordinary pebble at the bottom of the pool.

Time passed, and the cold moonlight still reflected on the small pool, and Yuan Haochen stood in the pool stupidly and waited for the miracle to light up the pebbles in his hand again.

Slowly, Yuan Haochen understood that this was just a delusion, so he had to slowly walk ashore in disappointment. Sitting on the boulder as usual, holding the pebble in his hand in a daze.

After a long time, Yuan Haochen had no choice but to sigh and get up and leave the pool. He decided to go home and study the stone.

Pushing open the door, his parents had already washed up and were silently waiting for him to come back.

There was a bowl of snacks on the table, as well as washed and cut fruits, which were all prepared for him by his mother, thinking that his parents had paid so much for themselves, but his performance in school would never bring them glory, Yuan Haochen sighed again.

"Come back, your mother has prepared some snacks for you, eat first and then read." Father spoke first.

"Why are you soaking wet, what's going on?" Suddenly, my father noticed something was wrong.

"Well, I just went to the river and picked up this stone. So ......," Hara explained.

Mother had already quickly brought a bath towel, "Go to the river to pick up some stones, what should I do if I get sick." ”

"Dad, this stone flows out of the mountain with the stream, and it still fluoresces when I first picked it up, but now it's darkened, do you know what's going on?" Yuan Haochen asked.

"Bring it to me," my father looked at, but he didn't notice anything unusual, and after pondering for a while, he said, "Maybe it's some kind of ore, it contains phosphorus or some other component, oxidation and glow, just like the glow sticks you played with when you were a child, and when you finish consuming, it becomes dark." Don't think too much about it, just study hard. ”

"Maybe." Yuan Haochen was noncommittal, and after changing into dry clothes, he threw the stone on the bookshelf in the room gloomily.

Mother had already brought the snacks into Yuan Haochen's room, hesitated for a while, and said, "I see that you seem to be very tired today, or you should rest early, and go to school early tomorrow to review well." ”

"Okay." The inexplicable gains and losses made Yuan Haochen look a little lost.

It's really been too hard lately, the lights were turned out, lying flat on the bed, the starlight spilled in through the window, and Yuan Haochen quickly fell asleep.

In his sleep, Yuan Haochen dreamed that he was sitting on a big stone in a waterhole, and suddenly the scene around him suddenly changed, and he was already in the vast universe, various forms of celestial bodies were moving along different trajectories, and they emitted different colors of light, sometimes far and sometimes near.

Yuan Haochen couldn't help but want to stretch out his hands to touch, this feeling was very unique, the stars seemed to be far away in the sky, but there was an illusion that they could be reached by leaning out.

More and more stars appear in the field of vision, constantly evolving.

Yuan Haochen seemed to have a long time in his dream, or at all time had become meaningless.

He saw the birth of a star, and when it grew and grew, it exploded and the inner core glowed dimly.

After some time, even the only remaining dim light in the core was lost, and everything became calm......