(Foreword)

Words that cannot be heard, air that is deaf to ears.

(Text)

"Is anyone there? Is anyone there? ......" Arthur rang the doorbell several times in a row, but there was no answer.

"Is this doorbell broken?" Arthur muttered quietly, and poked her head into the gap between the two doors, through which she vaguely saw a vicious old man on crutches at the window on the second floor, looking at her with a serious expression!

"Stand back, stand back, stand back! Are you looking for death? Suddenly, a loud sound came from the doorbell's transponder, and out of instinct, Arthur immediately took a big step back.

Only then did she realize that the lasers on the doors on both sides had already been aimed at the middle of the place, and she was afraid that her head would touch the mechanism a little further forward and shoot her into a hornet's nest.

Thinking of this, Arthur couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, reached out to wipe the sweat on his head, and shouted into the transponder: "Mr. Ren Dan, I saw you in front of me." I know you're in there, can you please let me in first? I have something to say to you. ”

"If you have something to say, say it here! Don't give me any for me, I don't have time to deal with you little girls! Ren Dan, the captain of the giant ship, said angrily.

"Mr. Ren Dan, you see that a girl of mine came all the way to find you, and it is so dangerous outside, how can you bear it?" Arthur deliberately cried and said miserably.

"I don't care! I didn't want you to come, go back quickly! Hurry back! The captain of the great ship drove Arthur away without mercy.

Arthur looked at the sky, which was getting darker, and then at his watch: it was 16:34, not much time before night fell.

Arthur continued to shout, "Mr. Ren Dan, if you don't let me in again, then I will have to wait for the door forever." The night is about to come, and you really watch me die at your door? ”

"If you want to wait, you can wait, whatever you want!" The captain of the giant ship dropped this sentence and did not respond.

February 13, 2038 at 17:05

Arthur looked at the door, which remained unmoved. She never left half a step, just waited, waited, waited, waited...... Until the last rays of the sun slowly sink into the earth.

Just as Arthur was desperate, the transponder suddenly rang, and the voice of the captain of the giant ship came from inside.

"Hey...... I really can't help you, you come in quickly. ”

The door opened automatically, and Arthur immediately stepped inside.

Pushing open the door of the Red Keep, Arthur saw Ren Dan, the captain of the giant ship, standing at the top of the stairs with a serious expression.

Arthur looked at the captain of the giant ship, who had an old dark red scar on the left side of his face, eyes as sharp as eagles, a gray-brown old cigarette in his mouth, his back slightly hunched, and a mahogany dragon head crutch in his hand, and the moment he looked at Arthur, he struck the ground with his cane, making a "bang" sound.

"Little girl, now that I've let you in, you should be able to tell me, right? What are you looking for me? The captain of the giant ship asked without beating around the bush and asked straight to the point.

"Mr. Ren, since you asked directly, then I won't beat around the bush. I heard that you used to be the captain of a giant ship, and I want you to take me out to sea. Arthur said directly.

"Hahaha~~!!" The captain of the giant ship suddenly laughed and looked at Arthur solemnly: "This is the most audacious thing I have heard this year. How many people are too late to save their lives, but you want me to accompany you to the sea?! ”

"Yes." Arthur said firmly.

Ren Dan slammed the ground with his cane again, and snorted with his nose: "You little girl thinks that she has a long life, and you want to put my life on the old man." I tell you, there are no doors! I'm not going to do such crazy things with you, old man! “

"Mr. Ren, listen to me, I know my proposal sounds crazy, but I ...... this" Before Arthur's words were finished, the captain of the giant ship hurriedly said: "Don't say it, I won't agree to anything." Wait until tomorrow when the sun comes out, and you will give me back! With that, he turned and stepped up the stairs, heading towards the second floor.

Arthur anxiously chased after him, blocking the way of the captain of the giant ship with his hand: "Mr. Ren, I know that my request sounds ridiculous and selfish. But I didn't do it because I was really crazy, or because I thought I was going to live too long. It's to change the fate of all people in my world, so that the tragic ending doesn't happen again, so that all of us can live in a future with a dawn. For this I have to go out to sea, I have to find the 'Ark', go back to the time node of the Arctic glacier in 2020, and make the right choice to prevent all the tragedies from happening......," Arthur said seriously.

"Joke, you sound like you're saying that I'm back in time from the future, and I can change the past." The captain of the giant ship said angrily.

"I did come back from the future......" Before Arthur could finish his sentence, the captain's crutch struck her hand, leaving her arm red and swollen.

"Do you think this kind of bluffing will make me believe it?! I'll tell you, I'm not so easy to fool, old man! Don't say that you didn't travel back from the future, or you really traveled back from the future, old man, I won't take my life in order to help you change the ending of your so-called world! Do you understand?! If you get it, get out of the way! The captain of the giant ship roared viciously.

Tears swirled in Arthur's eyes, not because of the pain in his arm, but because of the heartless words of the captain of the great ship.

Indeed, for the captain of the giant ship, he was not obligated to help Arthur at all, nor was he obligated to be willing to risk so much, even with his life, for Arthur's sake.

But for Arthur, the captain of the ship was now the only hope she knew of, and if the captain of the ship didn't help her, who would she turn to to lead her in the search for the "ark"? After all, this vast sea is impossible for a layman like her, who has nothing and doesn't know anything, to find it.

Thinking of this, Arthur couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, and tears flowed down his face.

February 13, 2038 at 23:59

The rain fell from the city, and with the rain was lightning and thunder, and the storm was raging. Arthur stood silently at the window, silently watching the rain, and she wished that it was just falling and falling...... It seems that if it is falling like this, you will not be able to see the sun tomorrow, as if Ren Dan can change her mind if it falls like this.

Suddenly, a lightning bolt struck, hitting the villa's electrical control box. The box of the control box was scorched, and a certain main wire inside was also split in half, "crackling" and emitting firelight.