(Foreword)

The truth of affairs is accompanied by terror,

Behind the horror lies the truth.

(Text)

June 6, 2050 at 1:50 p.m

I looked at the time, leaned my head on the log table as before, and watched the flames burning in the fireplace waiting for Zhao Xie to come.

But he didn't come, and I was the only one the whole time.

Why didn't he come? Why is it different from before?

I tilted my head on the table in confusion, remembering what he had said last time: "You saved my life, and I will not harm you." ”

I saved his life!

It dawned on me.

That's right! It was because I saved his life that he came to warn me, and then went to do that dangerous thing alone, and he died. However, in this world, I have not saved the life of a dwarf, so naturally he will not come to talk to me.

But......

I frowned and continued to think: will he still go to the thing that killed him today? Still won't go?

In this world where I don't have a friendship with a dwarf, of course I can't ask him directly, it will only make him defensive and suspicious of me.

For now, I can only follow him quietly in secret, so as to ensure his safety and find out the truth of the matter by the way.

I suddenly remembered what they had said on the morning of June 7:

"The last time I saw him was around 11 o'clock yesterday morning. I didn't go downstairs all day yesterday because of my stomach upset, I only went downstairs once around 11 o'clock to go to the toilet, and when I met him, it was just when I turned to the toilet. ”

"He's standing next to the fake coral, and he's watering the fake coral."

(Zhou Qiuxian) "It was about 17 o'clock in the evening, I brought the roast squirrel meat to Zhao Xie's room, and then went out." You see, he still has my plate from yesterday on his bedside table. ”

(Wu Han) "Oh, I probably saw him around 1 o'clock in the morning today, right?" At that time, I happened to be hungry and went downstairs to look for something to eat in the kitchen. I just watched him walk around the hall with his eyes closed, and I didn't think much of it, and thought he was sleepwalking!"

"I met him at 19 o'clock, and at that time I returned the glasses he borrowed and saw him sitting on a chair in his room. ”

According to their description, the time of the gnome's accident should have been after 1 a.m. on June 7. But the gnome told me, "Don't trust anyone but me, it's not safe here." It can be seen that their words are not credible, and it is very likely that someone has lied.

It's almost two o'clock now, and the next closest one is 17 o'clock, the time Zhou Qiuxian said to see him. I'm going to have to make an excuse anyway and stay in the gnome's room.

Thinking of this, I quickly stood up, rummaged through my room, found a few pieces of paper with the principles of quantum physics left by someone, scratched my head and walked to the dwarf's room.

"Pygmy ...... No, Zhao Xie, Zhao Xie, you open the door, I have a question I want to ask you. I knocked Zhao Xie's door.

Zhao Xie opened the door with a "squeak", raised his head from the bottom up, looked at my whole body, and then asked, "Char?" Is there anything wrong with you? ”

I immediately put those pieces of paper in front of the dwarf as a tool for lying, and said to him, "You see, I found these pieces of paper in my room, what do you mean by what is written on them, why is there such a thing in such a simple room where we happen to live in?" ”

I just wanted to find a random excuse to stay in the same room with the dwarf, but I didn't think that this guy was really serious, snatched the papers from my hand, and studied them carefully.

"Schrödinger's cat...... Schrödinger's Cat ...... 2020 ...... Parallel Worlds...... The intersection of countless world lines...... So that's it! ”

The dwarf looked very excited and lay on the ground alone, not knowing what to write.

Although I didn't understand, I felt a lot more relieved to see him stay in the room so well-behaved.

The hour hand had just passed 17 o'clock, only to hear a slight knock on the door suddenly, followed by Zhou Qiuxian's voice: "Zhao Xie, it's time to eat, I roasted squirrel meat, you can eat a little." ”

"I don't eat! I don't eat! I'm not hungry right now! The dwarf scratched his head, and while he was writing hard there, he shouted at Zhou Qiuxian outside the door.

"If you don't eat, you won't eat! What are you yelling about! Zhou Qiuxian's voice was louder than that of a dwarf, she paced her feet hard, and turned her head away with a "snort".

I looked at the dwarf, then at the closed door, and thought to myself: it seems that Zhou Qiuxian did not lie.

Next at 19 o'clock, Yu Hui came to return the glasses borrowed by the dwarf.

I sat on the side as before, looking at the dwarf lying on the ground in the same position, and unconsciously felt sleepy.

No, I can't sleep, it's a critical time!

I slapped myself twice on the face, and then I looked at the dwarf and the dense number of symbols in his hand.

The bell rang at 19 o'clock, and the door was knocked again, and from that end came Yu Bo's voice: "Zhao Xie, you open the door, I asked you to borrow the glasses during the day, and now I have come to return them." ”

"Leave it at the door! I'll come out and get it myself later! ”

I couldn't help laughing, and sure enough, even Yu Bo was closed. However, he did deserve it.

"What are you laughing at?" The dwarf glanced at me and continued to write his astronomical figures.

"Nothing...... It's nothing. I shook my head and smiled alone in a corner.

From this point of view, Zhou Qiuxian and Yu Bo, what they said were the truth, at least they did not deceive us.

The rest ...... Only Wu Han.

I thought so, but the dwarf suddenly stopped writing, stood up, and walked towards me. With two short but powerful hands, he pushed me out of the door, pointed at me, and said, "Why are you staying in someone's room all the time?" I'm busy ahead of me so I didn't care about you, but now that I'm busy, you should go out too. ”

"Well, I'm ...... How did you cross the river and tear down the bridge, you forgot who gave you your current paper. The dwarf did not listen to my complaints, but closed the door with a "snap" and drove me out.

I looked around left and right, and there were so many people coming and going in this place that it was easy for me to be suspicious when I was leaning on his door.

Thinking of this, I left for now, ran back to my room quickly, and opened the window glass to an angle that reflected the situation on the first floor.

In this way, time passed minute by minute, and it was about 11 o'clock, and through the refraction of the window glass, I saw the scene of the dwarf looking left and right, looking nervous, and going out alone.

He...... Out on your own?

Where is he going?

I immediately tiptoed downstairs and quietly followed him.

In that direction? Is it the Beast Zone to the south?

I suddenly remembered that in the early morning of June 8th, Yin Ji also pointed to the beast area...... Could it be that the death of the dwarf and the disappearance of the Yin Ji after June 8 are all related to this beast area?

I suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and realized that this was not easy.

It's another abyss, an abyss I don't know.

Just as I was in the middle of the fear of the unknown, a pair of familiar and yet unfamiliar hands suddenly covered my mouth and nose from behind my back, leaving me unconscious and cold in the mud.

June 7, 2050 at 9 a.m. sharp

"Zhao Xie, Zhao Xie is gone!"

Zhou Qiuxian's shout woke me up from my dream, and I looked at my hands and feet and my own room that was too familiar to be familiar anymore, and I threw off the quilt and ran towards Zhao Xie's room.

In Zhao Xie's room, the quilt was as neat as before, and it was not messy at all. I knew in my heart that he hadn't slept here all night last night and had left early.

Don't believe anyone but me, it's not safe here.

Damn, I still haven't been able to save him, who attacked me? Who carried me back to my room?

My mind was a mess, and I didn't know where to start.

"Where did Zhao Xie go? How did he come missing? Wu Han stared at Zhou Qiuxian's face and asked her.

Zhou Qiuxian shook his head vigorously, lowered his head very low, and suddenly showed a frightened expression on his face:

"He couldn't have been caught by a monster while he was sleeping, was he?"

"Weird...... Monster. ”

"Uh......h Woo. ”

When she said this, Arthur and Xiaoyu suddenly hugged each other in fright as before, and retreated to the corner of the wall.

"There's no way he's been captured by a monster, and he didn't sleep here at all last night." Yu Bo said, pointed to the dwarf's quilt, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and continued:

"You see that this room is neat and there is no trace of a fight, the most important thing is that Zhao Xie's quilt is still folded so neatly, it seems that he was not taken away by something, but he never came back at all. When did you last see him? ”

Yu Bo's words swept away the fear in their hearts. Then the five of them stared at each other, each beginning to think back to the last time they saw Zhao Xie.

Arthur was the first to stand up and say to us, "The last time I saw him was around 11 o'clock yesterday morning. I didn't go downstairs all day yesterday because of my stomach upset, I only went downstairs once around 11 o'clock to go to the toilet, and when I met him, it was just when I turned to the toilet. ”

"What was he doing at that time?" Yu Bo asked.

"He's standing next to the fake coral, and he's watering the fake coral." Arthur replied.

"Okay, next." Yu Bo continued.

Zhou Qiuxian looked at us and said, "It's about 17 o'clock in the evening, I brought the roast squirrel meat to the door of Zhao Xie's room, but he never came out, but yelled at me back." You see, at his door there is my plate from yesterday. Zhou Qiuxian pointed to the plate at the door and rolled his eyes.

Yu Bo looked at Wu Han and asked him, "Did you meet him yesterday?" ”

Wu Han replied: "No, I have been alone in the room all the time. ”

He lied in the last world, but he is obviously different in this world, Wu Han, are you the murderer?

I thought so, but Yu Bo then asked me, "Char, what about you?" ”

Until the truth comes out, I'd better keep a low profile.

I replied, "Neither do I, I'm alone in my room." ”

"What about you? Have you ever met him? Wu Han asked.

"I went to return the glasses he borrowed at 19 o'clock, but he blocked the door, but he responded, and he should still be in the room at that time." Yu Bo replied.

"In that case, the time when Zhao Xie finally disappeared was 19 o'clock in the evening when he responded to Yu Bo." Wu Han looked at us and said.

"That's it, it seems. But where did he go?" Zhou Qiuxian asked.

Yu Bo clapped his hands and faced us: "We don't want to come here like this, let's go and look for it together!" ”

They nodded together, and I just watched coldly, because I already knew the end.

Yu Bo pointed to me and Arthur and said, "Char, Arthur, you follow me along the coast to the north to search; Zhou Qiuxian, Wu Han, you go to the south along the coast to look for it, Xiaoyu, you stay at home and look after our house. That's it, let's go! ”

After Yu Bo had finished speaking, Arthur and I followed him out and headed north; And Zhou Qiuxian and Wu Han also followed closely out of the door and walked to the south.

The three of us crossed the Lost Forest again, came to the extinct volcano, and turned back to the cabin, without thinking, the result was definitely nothing, so we could only wait for the return of Zhou Qiuxian and Wu Han at the door of the cabin. We waited from the afternoon to the evening, until we finally saw their lost souls walking slowly around 19 o'clock in the evening.

I turned my head and walked alone into the cabin.

0:00 on June 8, 2050

He's dead, after all, killed by the guy who stunned me out of the six of us.

Damn it! It's in another world! Obviously, I have another chance to do it again! But why, but why, I still can't protect him, I can only watch him die.

I'm not reconciled, I'm not reconciled! But what can you do if you are not reconciled? He is dead, and we are going to die.

I, lying on the windowsill thinking about the gnomes, thinking about my past and future self, anxiously awaited the arrival of Yin Ji, waiting for my last glimmer of hope.

The wind blew and rattled the wooden windows. When a thunderclap flashed in the sky, she appeared in front of me again.

Her face was indeed extremely pale today, like a blank piece of paper, which looked terrifying and terrifying. I stared at her blood-red eyes, trying to take hold of her shoulders, but my hand passed through them. I made my steady, trying to keep myself calm, and then asked, "Yin Hime, I know you're in a lot of pain right now, but I beg you to tell me who killed the dwarf?" How can I avoid being gassed to death...... The X…… How can I remember The X...... How can I find her......

I lowered my head in pain, held my head with both hands, and sobbed incessantly, tears dripping down my hands.

Although Yin Ji was also in pain, she still stretched out her right hand and gently stroked my head, although she couldn't touch me, she still smiled and said:

"I'm different from The X, but I still know that she's gentle and will save you. I remember being locked up in a lab, a lab where I could hear the sound of the sea, and although I don't remember the exact location of the lab, I do remember vividly remembering that I passed by a predator on the way to be carried through a predatory area. Although I don't know about Zhao Xie, I do know that I am about to lose consciousness and no longer be able to control my body, which will bring harm to mankind, and maybe this is the reason why you died in the end. ”

Yin Ji said reluctantly, blood flowed from the corners of her mouth, and her body gradually became transparent.

"Yin Ji, don't go! You don't go! ”

You stay, you stay.

In the last world, and maybe in the next world, I have always met you, and you have always been by my side.

Only you can hear my true heart, and only you can understand the anguish in my heart.

Now without you, and I am alone, facing death again, facing death alone, how should I bear this fear, and how should I walk this road......

I slammed my hands on the windowsill and whimpered with my head down.

Maybe it was Zhao Xie's death that made my heart irritable again, and it also made my fear finally come to the surface.

I am the only one who is reincarnated, and I am the only one who knows everything, who else can really be trusted? Who can really understand me?

I can speak, and I can speak from my heart, and I'm the only one who can talk to her, but after tonight, she will disappear too.

Her hand rested gently on my head and I looked up.

I couldn't feel the weight of her hand, but I cried and laughed.

"Fool, even if we don't meet again in this world, you'll still see me in the next world, won't you? Death is not the end, as long as you don't think it's over, no matter how many times, you can never be, and I will still be here. ”

She smiled one last time, and was blown away by the wind, and was no longer to be seen.

She disappeared before my eyes, and disappeared before my eyes again, but as she said, death is not the end, as long as I don't think it is over, as many times as I want, I can never, and she will still be here.

I woke up and looked out the window - there was nothing, not even a yin.

But I laughed, smiling in misery, because I knew that there was always her in the world I saw.

June 10, 2050 at 8:30 a.m

I put on my thick clothes, stuffed an axe in my bag, and walked alone towards the beast area.

According to Zhou Qiuxian's previous description, there are often leopards and tigers in the beast area, so one should never go.

Originally, I would never go to such a place alone, but the death of the dwarf and the last words left by Yin Ji made me decide that I would risk my life in order to "live". Thinking like this, I put on my backpack and stepped on the land of the beast area step by step, carefully looking for traces of the research room mentioned in the mouth of the cathode.

"Who?!" I turned my head and felt a strong, malicious gaze fixed on me. But when I looked around, I couldn't find any sign of him.

Am I being too careful?

Just as I was thinking this, I heard a low bark from far and near, followed by a leopard with a bloody mouth and a fierce gaze.

I looked at the leopard, and before I could take the axe from my backpack, I saw a knife suddenly fly from the back of my head and hit the leopard's throat. The leopard died in an instant, and the person who came slowly was Yu Bo.

That knife, I will never forget! It was in the previous world that Hubo ended up holding the knife that threatened Arthur.

"What's wrong? Man, you can't sit on the ground and get up, do you? Yu Bo smiled and handed over his hand, but I slapped away the hand he handed over, and said to him coldly: "I don't want you to save me!" ”

"Yo, why do you always treat my kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs, why is it so difficult to be a good person these days?" Yu Bo stretched out the thumb of his left hand and skimmed his nose, looking aggrieved, but I ignored him and just returned to the cabin the same way.

June 10, 2050 at 10:48 a.m

"......

It was raining heavily outside the window, and I sat cross-legged in front of the fireplace and watched the fire burning inside, and sat alone in a state of boredom.

Thinking about the beast area, thinking about Zhao Xie, thinking about Yu Bo, and thinking about the murderer who I don't know who it is.

Xiaoyu walked over as before, blew the short whistle in her neck vigorously without making a sound, and then pointed at the fake coral in front of the door of the dwarf's room.

"Okay, Xiaoyu, I'm not in the mood to pour that fake thing...... So, fake stuff? ”

Why didn't I notice it before?! Since it's fake, then why do gnomes have to pour it!

It dawned on me.

I touched Xiaoyu's head and sent her aside. Xiaoyu pursed her lips and sat on the wooden chair with an angry "hum".

"Oh no, no! Something big is wrong, something is wrong! ”

Just as I was about to run to the fake coral to find out, I saw Zhou Qiuxian running in in a panic, holding a purple wild orange in his hand, with a very frightened expression.

I, looking around, immediately stopped. I thought to myself: There are many people here, if the murderer finds out......

Thinking of this, I pretended to be nothing, and mingled among them to listen to the conversation that followed that I already knew.

"What's wrong? So flustered? Arthur happened to come over and look at her in horror and immediately asked.

"Animals outside...... All...... All poisoned! ”

"What?! Poisoned?!" Arthur's eyes widened, and his hands and feet trembled and he slumped to the ground.

"yes, yes. You see, the wild oranges they eat seem to be poisonous. ”

Zhou Qiuxian said and held up the purple wild orange high to show us.

"Shall we ...... Didn't you eat at all? Arthur said, tears streaming down his face.

"No, we can still make a living from fishing, and the fish in the sea should still be edible." I interjected as before.

"Yes, don't panic, let's go to the beach to confirm the situation first." Yu Bo walked down the stairs to us.

They looked at Yu Bo and calmed down.

"What about Wu Han? Where is Wu Han? Call him along. Yu Bo added.

Zhou Qiuxian let out an "um", then quickly ran to Wu Han's room and called him out.

So the six of us walked together towards the beach, and when I confirmed that there was no problem with the fish in the sea, I made an excuse to stay alone on the beach and store food for the next twenty days or so.

"These fish are enough for the next twenty days, right?" I looked back at the mountains of fish behind me, wiped the sweat from my head, and smiled alone.