On May 8, 2000, in a coastal city in the south of country C, people here had just finished their seven-day holiday and began to return to their busy work. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoWith the arrival of May, the temperature in the city continued to rise, and finally broke through 30 degrees Celsius on the 8th. The high sun bakes the cement pavement that is constantly accumulating heat, so that pedestrians walking in it have to feel that the temperature has risen a few more points.

"I really want it to rain soon!" In the library of a well-known university in the city, a young man with black hair and a slightly handsome face closed the book in his hand and placed it on the table with a clatter. Then he kept fanning the collar with his hand and muttered.

This black-haired young man is named Qin Heng, and he is a librarian in this university. A year ago, he had just graduated from this university, and he thought that he would finally be able to make a big impact in society, and like other college students, he was full of hope to send his resume to major companies, and imagined that he would soon be able to reach the top of his life.

But the truth is cruel, Qin Heng kept running around in interviews with various companies during the year, but none of the companies hired him. The interviewers of those companies scanned his resume again and again, and finally smiled awkwardly when they saw the history and archaeology filled in the professional column, and asked him to go back and wait for news.

I went back and waited for news, but there was no more news. In desperation, Qin Heng had no choice but to return to his alma mater as a librarian.

The monthly salary is 2,000, which is not much. But Sheng's price level on campus is not high, so Qin Heng can have money left over every month and send it back to his parents who live in the countryside.

Qin Heng looked at the water cup in his hand, then picked up the water cup and drank it all in one gulp. The cold water entered his throat, which seemed to bring him a trace of coolness. But after a short period of pleasure, it was still unpleasantly stuffy.

"Why don't you say that the school doesn't install a few air conditioners in the library, just relying on these poor fans really want to suffocate people, no wonder every summer, there is not even a single figure in the library. Qin Heng said to the aunt next to him with some dissatisfaction

The aunt sitting next to Qin Heng looked to be about forty or fifty years old, and she was also the librarian of this university. Qin Heng didn't know how long she had been here, but she knew that when she first entered the school, this aunt was already the librarian here.

The aunt frowned slightly, and her eyes reluctantly left the book in her hand, as if she was a little dissatisfied with Qin Heng disturbing her. But after a moment she said, "Just get used to it." ”

After being interrupted by Qin Heng, Auntie's interest seemed to be no longer in the book in her hand. She looked up at the library that was empty at the moment, and suddenly asked Qin Heng inexplicably, "Did you watch the news last night?"

Qin Heng replied in confusion: "No, I don't have a TV there." ”

"Oh~~" Aunt's tone was a little disappointed, and then she continued to explain: "Last night's news said that there will be a strange astronomical phenomenon of nine stars at 0:00 on the 20th of this month. ”

"Nine Stars in a Row?!" Qin Heng said with a little surprise, but then he seemed to remember something, his expression gradually regained his calmness, and continued: "Doesn't the book say that it happens every 30 years? What's the fuss. ”

Although Qin Heng did not have a deep understanding of the movement of celestial bodies, in the days when he was working in this library, he had accidentally read related books, and the celestial phenomenon of Lianzhu would occur once in about 30 years. 30 years may be a long time for human beings, but in the vast universe, 30 years is just a blink of an eye, where can it be called strange.

For Qin Heng's rebuttal, the aunt's face was still calm, she casually pointed to the northwest direction in front of her, and then said, "Are you reading the book "Annotations on Astronomical Phenomena" that is placed in the 7th book of the 5th column of the 5th column in Building C?"

Qin Heng looked in the direction of his aunt blankly, how could he remember which book it was, but for that book, Qin Heng vaguely remembered what the annotation was, so he nodded.

"What the book talks about is just the phenomenon of alignment, including the seven-star and eight-star alignments, which happens once every 30 years, but the nine-star alignment is not so common. ”

"How many years is that? fifty years, one hundred years?" Qin Heng asked with a smile, in his cognition, the seven stars and eight stars were all about once every 30 years, and the nine stars were only connected for a few decades at most.

Auntie's fingers drew a six-character figure, and then said, "Six thousand years." ”

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On the night of May 19, Qin Heng was on his way to his hometown on a bus. It was Friday, and his job was a weekend. Taking advantage of the break, he hurriedly bought a ticket and set out on the way home.

Qin Heng looked at the ticket in his hand with annoyance, and then raised his head to look at the darkness outside the window. Originally, he booked the bus ticket at noon, and it was late in the evening when he returned to his hometown to make an appointment. However, the bus broke down unexpectedly on the way, and by the time the driver had repaired the bus, it had already begun to fall into the night.

The inside of the bus is quite quiet, and it is already dark outside the window, so it is easy to make people dazed and sleepy. Qin Heng looked at his watch, and the hour hand inside just pointed to the number 10.

Boredom, Qin Heng suddenly remembered the conversation between himself and his aunt ten days ago, and there would only be a nine-star alignment after six thousand years.

He vaguely remembered that his aunt said that the time when the nine stars were connected was 0:00 on the 20th, and then subconsciously looked at the time on his watch, and for some reason Qin Heng's mood began to be a little excited.

"There are less than two hours left. ”

Qin Heng was very excited to guess that the nine-star alignment would only appear once in six thousand years, so when was the last time it appeared.

It's 2000 A.D., and the last time the nine stars were connected was in 4000 B.C. Qin Heng closed his eyes and pondered, what period was 4000 BC.

Finally, Qin Heng recalled the knowledge of that period in his mind.

That time is very far away, it is equivalent to a legendary period. According to legend, there was the Yellow Emperor, the leader of the Huaxia tribe, who slashed and killed the Jiuli monarch Chiyou in the battle of the deer to unify China. Later, there are beautiful stories such as Yao Shun Yu Zen let so that later generations have passed down to this day.

Legend has it that people at that time regarded 100 years old as spring and 100 years old as autumn. The more Qin Heng thought about it, the more fascinated he became, and the time in the car finally didn't feel boring, but seemed to get faster.

I don't know how long it took, Qin Heng only felt that his shoulder was gently patted, and the flight attendant walked up to him and said, "Young man, our terminal has arrived, get off." ”

Qin Heng stepped out of the car, stood on the ground and stomped his feet. He looked around and was suddenly caught by a television hanging on the wall in the lounge for passengers alighting at the terminal to rest and watch.

"The astronomical spectacle is about to appear, and astronomy enthusiasts from all over the world are vying to be the first to see this spectacle. The news host on the TV said excitedly, and then as soon as the picture turned, the activities organized by astronomy enthusiasts from all over the world appeared in front of Qin Heng's eyes.

Before the report on the activities of astronomy enthusiasts was finished, Qin Heng left first. Because the terminal was still a long mountain road away from his hometown, Qin Heng didn't want to delay any longer.

At this time, Qin Heng had just walked out of the terminal and happened to meet the flight attendant who had just woken him up. Qin Heng recognized her and specially said hello. The flight attendant was also surprised, but he also nodded and smiled quickly.

After watching Qin Heng's back gradually disappear in the direction of the east of the terminal, the flight attendant walked into the lounge. At this time, the news of the Nine Stars had just been reported on TV, and the news host on TV was turning the script to another page and continued to speak: "This morning, an unknown male corpse was found on the hillside one kilometer east of Station A. ”

The flight attendant seemed to be thoughtful when he saw the news.

"Aunt Chen, what are you thinking?" the uncle next to the flight attendant asked, looked at the picture that appeared on the TV and continued: "You have to be careful when commuting to work, although few people can walk on that road on weekdays, but after all, our station is only one kilometer away, so it's better to be careful." ”

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Qin Heng was walking alone on the mountain path, but at this time, the originally dark mountain road was unexpectedly bright. He looked up at the moon hanging high in the sky, and the moon seemed to be several times brighter than usual, bright and silvery.

But it seems to be too bright.

"Is it because of the alignment of the nine stars that the moon will shine like this?" Qin Heng naturally muttered to himself. I looked at my watch again, it was 23:50, and there were still ten minutes before the Nine Stars Alignment.

Boom~~, several unnatural tones sounded around Qin Heng, and then three figures rushed out to block Qin Heng's way.

Qin Heng was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the three people, and then looked at the three people through the moonlight, shouting in his heart that something was wrong.

I saw that the three people in front of me had thin faces, and there was a hole in the arm with a penetrating needle.

"Addict!" Looking at the three of them like this, Qin Heng was extremely nervous, the heartbeat on his chest became fluctuating, and beads of sweat slid down his forehead, and he didn't know what to do for a while, so he froze in place.

"Money!" a junkie shouted with a knife in front of Qin Heng.

Hearing this, Qin Heng immediately took off his backpack and threw it at the feet of the addict. Just take advantage of the inexplicable courage in his heart when those addicts are searching his backpack.

Run!

Qin Heng ran away, no matter the direction, no matter whether it was the road or weeds or gravel under his feet, at this time, he just wanted to escape from here and save his life.

When the three addicts saw Qin Heng who had fled suddenly, they immediately chased after him, they were all maddens, and where was there any morality at all.

At this time, Qin Heng didn't dare to stop for a moment, even if the dead branches under his feet were easy for him to step on.

The sound of chasing behind him gradually became smaller, Qin Heng thought that he had already thrown off the three addicts, but suddenly a figure appeared in front of him who was escaping.

Qin Heng's pupils shrank, and he saw that it was one of the addicts, and there was a knife in the addict's hand.

In the blink of an eye, there was no time for Qin Heng to react. He collided with the addict, and the knife was left on Qin Heng's chest.

cough cough~ Qin Heng endured the severe pain and wanted to stand up again, but he was still caught by the other two addicts who came later.

In the end, the three addicts didn't know which direction to flee, and only let Qin Heng cross the mountain. In addition to the oozing blood hole in his chest, there was also a touch of coldness on his neck.

Qin Heng's eyes looked at the silver moon in the sky weakly, I don't know if it was because of the return to light or other reasons. He didn't feel the slightest bit uncomfortable, just a little tired, as if he was about to fall asleep.

"That's how I felt before I died. Qin Heng only felt that his eyes were getting brighter and brighter, and the light reflected by the moon illuminated the sky as if it were day.

"Am I going to fly to heaven?!"

"But this heaven seems to be too dazzling!" Qin Heng's eyes slowly closed.

Tick tick tick ~ ~~, the second hand on Qin Heng's watch is constantly moving closer to the number 12, and the hour and minute hands have been waiting on that number for a long time.

Click~, the second hand at this moment falls above 12 and no longer beats.

Zero hour has arrived, nine stars are connected, night and day!

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I don't know how long it took, Qin Heng only felt a faint red light on his eyes, but his eyes couldn't be opened. And his body seemed to be soaked in a viscous liquid, which made him very uncomfortable. He wanted to reach out and resist to escape from this uncomfortable environment, but everywhere his hand could touch it was a warm and soft barrier.

But suddenly, Qin Heng only felt that this uncomfortable feeling became stronger and stronger, and his body was constantly moved, being moved into a narrower passage.

This uncomfortable feeling made Qin Heng gradually depressed and approached the peak, but in the next moment, the uncomfortable feeling on Qin Heng's body disappeared.

Fresh air poured into his nastrils, allowing Qin Heng to take a big breath.

Ahem~~~, Qin Heng coughed a few times. Instead of red light, the familiar white light greets you.

Qin Heng's eyes slowly opened, but a little girl about seven or eight years old appeared in front of him, the little girl was wearing animal skin, her eyes were shining like black pearls, and a beautiful mole in the corner of her eye was very dazzling.

Seeing that the little girl was stretching out her hand to him, Qin Heng, who was still in doubt, wanted to resist, but when he found that he was waving a pair of baby-like hands, he was completely stunned.

Constantly recalling in his mind, Qin Heng only remembered that he was killed when he returned to his hometown, and then there was this strange scene in front of him.

"Where am I?"

"What is this place?"

"Am I dead?"

Qin Heng's series of questions turned into an out-of-tune wow sound after they came out of his mouth.

The little girl held the baby in her arms in a good manner, and then obediently walked up to the old man beside her, and asked obediently, "Dad, what name do you give your brother to?" ”

The old man's hair was already gray, but his complexion was very ruddy. He looked lovingly at the baby who was being held by the little girl, and said two words with a full heart: "Qin Yun." ”