(Foreword)

When you are lost, you often see another ray of light.

(Text)

April 16, 2017 at 14:12 pm

The school's cafeteria is a two-story circular building located in the southwest corner of the campus, and since the meals have already passed, there are not many people in the cafeteria. Professor Wu was slightly slow to walk due to his leg and foot problems. We slowly walked to the second floor of the cafeteria.

"It's so late, there shouldn't be any dishes, why don't you eat a bowl of noodles?" Professor Wu pointed to the window of the pasta snack and asked me with a smile.

"Okay." To be honest, I've been hungry for a long time, so I can eat whatever I want.

"I'm having a treat today, what noodles would you like to eat?" Professor Wu took out a staff card from his pocket.

"What's so embarrassing about that? How can you get a professor to pay for it? I'll do it anyway. "I just wanted to pay for it, but I was stopped by Professor Wu.

"Eh, you're welcome, isn't it just a bowl of noodles? I'll do it anyway. As he spoke, he put his staff card on the card reader, and I could no longer bear to refuse his offer.

After a while, two steaming bowls of noodles were served and placed in front of us.

"You're welcome, eat, by the way, Cheng Yin, can you tell me why you like quantum physics so much?" Professor Wu asked as he took a bite of noodles.

I couldn't speak for a moment, and the memories slowly came back to me. For Arthur, for Xiaoyu, for the dwarf, and for the dead Yin Ji, the 'Queen', Yu Bo, and the human race that is about to be destroyed because of the current world line. So, I had to create a whole new world...

The fire of guilt and faith gripped me, and I knew that I would never be a hero, but at best a clown, a clown desperately trying to fight against fate. It was I who got them out of the world line of the A series, and it was I who caused the world line to shift, ushering in the beginning of the world of the B series...... And the only thing I can do now is for them to live, to live tomorrow, to live in a future where they will no longer be destroyed.

I choked up at the thought of this.

"I'm just asking, don't you care." Professor Wu probably noticed my expression at the moment, so he made a round and stopped asking questions.

I glanced back at Professor Wu's right leg and asked, "By the way, Professor, what's wrong with your leg?" I saw that you seemed to be a little struggling when you went upstairs, were you injured? ”

Professor Wu hesitated for a moment, looking a little nervous, but after a while, he smiled and said, "Oh, I'm old, and I only climbed halfway through the school's mountaineering outreach activity last month, and my leg was sprained."

Mountaineering activities...... Maybe I can follow this topic to answer the confusion in my mind.

I continued to ask, "Professor, did the other two professors who interviewed me go too?" ”

"Of course, the professors of the entire physics department basically participated. What's wrong? ”

"Oh, it's nothing, I'm just curious, I saw Professor Li's right hand before that there seems to be a scar, I wonder if it was also injured when climbing the mountain?"

"He, after a few minutes of climbing, sat at the bottom of the mountain and did not move. The one on his hand wasn't a scar at all. ”

"Not a scar...... Is it? "I seem a little lost.

"It was a semicircular birthmark he had when he was born."

"It turned out to be semi-circular, I remember Xiaoyu said it was circular..."I whispered to myself.

"Cheng Yin, what did you say?"

"Nothing, nothing... By the way, you just said there is a scientific research society? ”

"Oh yes. There's a scientific research group on the 20th, I wonder if you're interested in participating?"

Number 20, the Society, these words pierced me like a sharp sword. For the first time, I felt that I was so close to success. Even if we don't find Professor "Z", if I can find Alpha first, at least we have a chance to stop this world line. No matter how small, it's worth a try.

"Professor, may I ask you a question?" My voice was a little muffled.

"Cheng Yin, what's wrong with you, if you have any questions, you just ask." Professor Wu was slightly startled by my expression.

"Do you know A-E-F?"

"Of course, what's wrong with the organizer of this workshop?"

"Do you know about Alpha?" I raised my voice to speak.

Answers, all I want are answers, it's too important for me to know or not know. It was like a thunderbolt that shook the entire continent. I felt my heart beating so fast, so fast. I need answers!

"Cheng Yin, I don't know what's wrong with you, but I really don't know what Alpha Company is. Never heard of it. ”

"Impossible! You're lying, A-E-F is alpha, right!! "My head hurts and I feel like I can't control myself.

"Cheng Yin, what's wrong with you?"

"It can't be, it can't !!"

I kicked over my chair and walked out of the cafeteria.

April 16, 2017 17:31 p.m

I was sitting alone on the couch at home, and I still couldn't calm my mind. I couldn't believe it was all a coincidence. I sighed deeply and looked at the setting sun, its afterglow shining on my face, warm but cold.

What's wrong with me, my headache is slightly better. I took a sip of water. Wait, there might be some good news for the gnomes. Thinking of this, my mood calmed down a little.

I quickly dialed the gnome's cell phone and asked, "Hey, gnome, are you free now?"

"What's wrong?" There was the voice of a dwarf on the other end of the phone, and the sound of keystrokes on the keyboard.

"I went to the University of Science and Technology Development today for an interview."

"You made it through?"

"That's not the point, I saw a scar on one of the professors' hands, but it was said to be a semicircular birthmark."

"Maybe it's just a coincidence."

"Do you remember the last time we talked about Company A-E-F at the dessert shop?"

"Of course I remember, I've already checked this, A-E-F doesn't seem to have any connection with the three of Alpha."

"I've heard that today. Damn it! Is there an alpha company at all? "I almost couldn't control my emotions.

But the dwarf sounded calm, "Cheng Yin, don't be so excited, I understand how you feel now." ”

The gnome is right, when you see that all hope turns to disappointment. This sadness is hard to put into words.

"Cheng Yin, although we do not have any news about Alpha Company now, it does not mean that this company does not exist at all now."

"This ...... What is the meaning? I asked the gnome.

I heard the dwarf tapping quickly on the keyboard and then explained to me, "Do you know how many companies in the U.S. merge and change their names in a year?" Some of these companies had to merge with other companies due to some mistakes in decision-making, and some of them had to be renamed and reopened due to succession, internal conflicts, and changes in decision-makers at the top. ”

As soon as the dwarf said this, it dawned on me.

"According to you, the company 'Alpha' is very likely to be another company born by 2025 through a company change or name change that exists now. What is now is only its rudiment, but its formation is in the future tense. ”

"Yes, that's it. Alpha is a thing of the past for the future Xiaoyu, however, Cheng Yin, for us..."

"Is it futuristic?!"