(Foreword)

Across the pain of countless worlds, looking back suddenly, it is the joy of reunion after a long absence.

(Text)

January 1, 2020 at 11 a.m. sharp

After a long journey, I finally got on the icebreaker bound for the Arctic glacier.

The endless blue water stretches all the way to the horizon, and it is impossible to tell whether it is the sky or the sea from a distance, just like the past and the future, whether it is the horizon or the timeline, it is blurry in my eyes at the moment.

I stood on the deck of the icebreaker, looking at this lonely sea, letting the seagulls hovering in the sky whisper in my ears, lying alone on the railing, the sea breeze gently blowing on my cheeks, and an inexplicable sense of loss welled up in my heart.

I'm back in the past, back in 2020, but it also means that I'm going to be separated from them forever.

Yes, I should have known that going back to the old world meant that I had to be separated from Arthur and Xiaoyu and never see them again, but I forced myself to ignore this.

I smiled bitterly, lowered my head, and covered my cheek with my right hand, not because of the coldness of the sea breeze, but because of the sadness in my heart.

But I also said: If the world decides our life and death, then let me kill the world and recreate an ending where none of us will die.

And the realization of this ending, if all I want is separation, then even if the pain of this moment, I can be willing to eat it.

As long as they are alive, alive to escape from the uninhabited island, and to have their future, I will feel that no matter how bitter this loneliness is, it will still be worth it in the end.

I looked up at the blue sky again, the sun shining through the clouds on my face, felt a little warmth, put my hand down in my pocket, and slowly walked towards the restaurant in the boat.

On the second floor of the icebreaker, there is a huge western dining room, with a gorgeous European-style ceiling, retro decoration, a thick dark blue carpet on the floor, and seats spread out along the floor-to-ceiling windows on both sides.

When the weather is nice, diners can overlook the tranquil waters, if you're lucky.

You can also see seagulls playing against each other against the glass.

There is a black lacquered piano in the middle of the restaurant, and people will often sit in front of the piano and play a song, accompanied by beautiful songs, enjoy the wide sea view, taste delicious food, you will forget all your worries, some are so beautiful.

I smiled wryly again, maybe it was just right for me who was in a lost mood right now, I thought as I pushed open the door of the restaurant, and for a moment a lyrical little song captivated me. No, I realized that it wasn't just me, almost all the people who were eating stopped their utensils and listened to this song with tears of emotion in their eyes.

I slowly moved my gaze to the center of the restaurant.

"Who says the world is always dark? Who said countless worlds just waited?

For you and I are willing to cross the boundaries of time, life and death have become sweet ......"

A girl sits at the piano, her fingertips dancing like elves dancing among the flowers, and she sings softly—she is dressed in a white sweater, sky blue jeans, straight black hair up to her waist, and a slightly round face.

Her appearance is clearly cute, but her lyrics really touched my heart.

For some reason, my heart seemed to cry along with her lyrics.

"Ah...... This is? ”

I touched my cheek, and I didn't shed a single tear when I was so lost on the deck before, but listening to the girl's lyrics, I cried inexplicably.

No, what's the matter, as a man, how can I shed tears so easily.

I had just raised my sleeve to wipe the tears from my eyes, but the sound of the piano suddenly stopped, and just when people felt inexplicable, the girl suddenly came over and grabbed my sleeve and pulled me over, and hugged me in her arms.

"Char, is it really you?"

Char's name wouldn't have shocked me even a hundred times in the previous world, but now the extent of my surprise is really hard to put into words.

"Char? How do you know my name? You are? ”

I looked at her in amazement, but she smiled, and the smell of her hair made me feel familiar......

"It's me, Arthur."

"Ah...... Arthur? How can it be? How could it be you? ”

I jerked to my feet, grabbed Arthur's arm in surprise, and looked her up and down for now.

But immediately I frowned again, sighed deeply, and asked her:

"There's only one way to get here. You...... Dead? ”

Arthur nodded, and suddenly held my hands: "Char, you, me, and Xiaoyu, we are one in life and death, wherever you go, we will follow there, even if it is hell, it can't stop us from being together." ”

Arthur ...... "I held her firmly in my arms and stroked her hair." You're stupid enough to live in the post-disaster future, but you still want to come and suffer with me. ”

"No, it's obviously you who are stupid, if the world changes in the past, then the future me will definitely not be me, I will forget you, and I will forget myself."

"Looks like we're all stupid." I smiled.

"No, it's not just us who are stupid, they are stupid."

Arthur pointed to the door of the restaurant, and by the light that came through the doorway, I saw them—Xiaoyu, Yin Ji, Dwarf, Yubo, and "Queen".

I, desperately holding back tears, still rained down tears at this moment, moistening my face.

"We have all come, and we have finally found you through the love you have so strongly missed, and through the connection between Yubo and the 'Queen'."

"Hmm." I nodded, and ran to them, to the light.

"Char!"

"Yo, man, why are you crying alone?"

"Woo~"

I threw myself into their arms and held them firmly together.

Arthur walked up to me, and she gently touched my head and smiled tenderly at me. We opened the door to the dining room together, and the clouds in the sky had completely cleared, and the crew of the ship could not open their eyes even as the sun shone on it.

"Look! It's a pod of dolphins! A child on the boat shouted excitedly as he pulled his parents who were talking next to him.

"It's incredible, it's the first time I've seen so many dolphins in so many ways!" One of the crew members also sighed at the same time.

"They're back, they're back, they're coming back from other seas, I've lost count of how many years...... said another elderly crew member with tears in his eyes.

We look at the dolphins chasing in the blue sea, maybe this is the meaning of life, no matter how bitter and miserable the past is gone, we are just smiling happily here at this moment, regardless of the past and the future.