Facing each other

Wei Shao's back tensed up for a moment, and he didn't open his eyes immediately because he felt that hand unfastening the clasp of his watch.

Now he knew how his watch was lost.

Unfortunately, today's watch strap is a pin buckle style, not as easy to open as the hook buckle last time. The thief carefully fiddled with his wrist, but failed to open it, and was reluctant to leave.

Wei Shao pretended to be sleeping soundly. After a while, the thief pretended to be brave and gently lifted his wrist. His movements became bolder and bolder.

Wei Shao turned his wrist and clamped the thief's hand, and with his other hand he pinched the thief's shoulder and pressed him to the ground.

He sneered and looked down at the thief he had caught in the act: "You are quite brave..."

Wei Shao paused and his brows slowly frowned.

Too thin.

She was so thin that he could hardly judge her age by her body shape and appearance. The cloth she used to cover her body was tattered and dirty, with pieces of cloth hanging off her body, and it was impossible to tell the shape of the clothes. There were wounds everywhere under the cloth, with new and old pieces overlapping. His shoulder blades were arched abruptly, and looking to the sides, his upper arms were not even as thick as Wei Shao's wrists, and his wrists were even more frighteningly thin.

But no matter how you look at it, this is just a small child.

After a brief moment of shock, the kid under his hand suddenly burst out with amazing strength and twisted his body violently.

At that moment, Wei Shao saw clearly the look in the boy's eyes - fierce, violent, and alert.

Like a little wolf that emerged from a group of wild beasts, it would bite anyone it saw.

But perhaps because he knew he was in the wrong, the brat did not bite him. Instead, he struggled hard to break free from his loosened grip and fled in panic.

Wei Shao looked at the boy's back and was reminded of the refugees he had seen in the news before.

As the daylight gradually sank, he took off his watch and placed it on the wall, then lay down with his clothes on.

This time when he returned to the real world, Wei Shao's thoughts became much clearer. He opened his exercise book, which recorded his detailed diet, daily life and activities for the week.

Everything is normal.

Wei Shao supported his chin, unable to figure out the reason.

He took out his lighter and lit it up again and again. His eyes inadvertently fell on a corner of the desk and then paused.

etc--

It seemed like... he had read the book Wei Xia left for him both times before traveling through time?

Wei Shao slowly lowered his head, looked at the book "Zerg" that glowed coldly under the light, and fell into memories.

After finishing reading it last time, he casually stuffed the book into a drawer. He took it out again on Saturday when he was looking for a charger for his mobile phone. He wanted to put it directly back into Wei Xia's pile of "treasures", but when he remembered the bloody plot that he didn't finish reading last time, he couldn't help but open it again.

This time he insisted on reading five pages, and then he was again so frustrated that he threw the book and ran away.

Wei Shao thought, could it be that this book was the cause of his traveling through time?

But the book has an interstellar background, and the two protagonists, one is an admiral and the other is a noble, both of them are extremely rich. They have nothing to do with the poor place he traveled through, right?

Despite this, Wei Shao still decided to read the novel again to find out what was going on. He tentatively opened the book.

Um?

Can’t open?

Wei Shao frowned as he looked at the motionless book. He then took the whole book, placed it against his knees, and tried to pry it open with both hands, but still could not.

He simply reached for the lighter on the table and started burning the cut edge of the book's pages.

If it weren't for the two time-travel experiences before, Wei Shao would probably think he was hallucinating.

——The orange flames were separated by an invisible barrier and could not touch the body of the book no matter what.

At this point, Wei Shao was completely certain that this book was the culprit that caused him to travel through time twice.

-

Early in the morning, Wei Shao went out with his schoolbag. When he was about to reach the gate of the community, he quickly unzipped the bag and threw the Zerg novel into the garbage collection station.

The moment he turned around, Wei Shao felt that the sky had become much brighter.

-

In the evening, he finished copying his homework as usual, yawned and prepared to go to bed, but his eyes froze when he turned to one side.

The book that should have been in the garbage station was lying quietly on his right hand side.

…

Wei Shao tried many methods, but he couldn't get rid of this damn book, nor could he open it casually.

Even when he searched for this book online, it would result in a 404 error when he clicked on it.

It seemed as if some force was deliberately preventing him from reading the contents inside, yet also preventing him from getting rid of the book.

He stuffed the tattered book back into the drawer and thought, "Whatever you want, I want to see what you're trying to do."

Another week passed, and the first thing Wei Shao did when he got home was to flip through that strange book.

Not surprisingly, he opened it this time.

It seems that the CD time is one week.

This time, Wei Shao did not just flip through three or five pages and then close the book. Instead, he put aside his messy emotions and prejudices, leaned back on the bed, holding the book, and began to read it carefully from the beginning.

Then he felt pity for the admiral named Philo.

It's not that we pity him for not having a happy marriage, but we sigh that he is so brave that he can conquer the world, but he can only be trapped by the violent blood brought by his genes, which creates such a book full of love and hate.

Wei Shao didn't remember when he fell asleep. When he opened his eyes again, he was no longer in his bed.

It was still the same ruins. When Wei Shao opened his eyes, he saw a familiar figure squatting at the foot of the broken wall.

The kid was holding a rusty metal stick in his hand, digging something on the ground. Wei Shao breathed lightly and watched secretly.

After a while, he saw the kid pick a wriggling insect out of the soil and try to put it into his mouth.

! ! !

Wei Shao acted faster than his brain and rushed over to grab his hand: "You can't eat this!"

The bugs fell off as the two of them moved, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The kid with a disheveled head searched the ground hurriedly for a while, but when he found nothing, he just stood there in a daze.

Wei Shao looked at his bony spine and motionless body, and suddenly realized that he might have just done something self-righteous and arrogant.

He came to his senses and hurriedly looked through his pockets, trying to find some snacks or something to eat.

Unfortunately, there is nothing.

What he could bring seemed to be related to how often he used it - he could only find a pack of cigarettes and a lighter.

Wei Shao felt a little guilty for his few remaining consciences.

The kid finally looked up at him, then turned and left.

Wei Shao felt a little embarrassed and a little unhappy. He thought to himself, I gave you two watches and you didn’t say anything…

But soon, this idea no longer came to his mind.

The kid came back and handed over a watch, which was the one he left last time.

Wei Shao was a little stunned: "I give it to you, I don't want it anymore."

The kid opened his mouth: "@#￥%..."

Wei Shao: “…”

#I don't understand Smith#

Could this be the legendary Zerg language?

Seeing that he didn't respond, the kid squatted down again, dug out five copper coins from the mud at the base of the wall, placed them together with the watch on the remaining wall, then turned around and ran away.

Wei Shao was prepared and grabbed his arm.

Too thin, Wei Shao frowned and thought again.

The kid subconsciously covered his head, but when he realized that Wei Shao didn't make any other moves, he slowly put it down.

He tilted his head, his thin, sunken face facing Wei Shao. There was still a lot of vigilance in his brown eyes, but his look was not as ferocious as last time.

He muttered something to Wei Shao.

Wei Shao: “…”

[He said, I have returned the things to you and asked you not to cause trouble to him. 】A cold mechanical sound appeared out of nowhere.

Wei Shao's face changed. The unfamiliar mechanical sound made him alert instantly, and his originally lazy expression suddenly became very aggressive.

The kid noticed the change in his expression, felt a sense of crisis, took a step back, and ran away, disappearing from sight in a flash.

Wei Shao did not chase after him as there were more important things waiting for him.

"Who are you?" he asked in a cold voice, glancing around, "Come out."

Almost at the same moment, a book with a black cover quietly emerged from behind him: [Host. 】

Wei Shao clenched his fists, prepared himself mentally, and then turned around suddenly -

When he saw the familiar, haunted book cover, Wei Shao no longer felt terrified. The fierceness on his face turned into numbness: "Who the hell are you? A book spirit?"

[You can call me a system. I exist to maintain the order of the world of Zerg. 】The book floated in the air, as if it was spying on Wei Shao with a pair of invisible eyes.

Wei Shao said "Oh" expressionlessly: "So what does it have to do with me?"

System: [There is an unreasonable plot in the original text, which causes a crack in the plot logic. I would like you to repair this crack. 】

Wei Shao said "Oh" again: "No."

System: [If it is not repaired, the protagonist will die prematurely and will not be able to reach the subsequent plot lines, and the world will collapse. 】

It will also disappear.

Wei Shao was amused by its self-talk and asked in confusion, "What does that have to do with me?"

I thought you felt a little sorry for him. 】

Wei Shao touched his chin and said, "Philo is quite pitiful, but you also said that this is just a fictional world. Why should I disrupt my original life rhythm for a fictional character?"

【Then why did you leave your watch to him? 】

Wei Shao was slightly startled: "What?"

The mechanical sound of the system was flat, but Wei Shao could still hear a hint of control: [Didn’t you just say you wanted to give your watch to Philo? 】

“…”

Wei Shao was silent for two seconds: "Who do you think that little devil is?"

The system didn’t waste any time talking to him: [Philo. 】

Wei Shao: "...You must have made a mistake."

Of course the system couldn't be wrong, but Wei Shao just couldn't connect the skinny little ghost who had just caught and eaten insects with the majestic Zerg interstellar admiral Philo described in the novel, who had both good looks, combat power and genes.

In the silence of the system, Wei Shao asked again: [You said he will die? 】

The system didn't expect that he had learned to talk to it silently so quickly, so it replied: [Yes, according to the current development, he will freeze to death on a snowy night without food. 】

Wei Shao really didn't want to be threatened by this crappy book, but he also felt that the kid was really miserable, starving to death or freezing to death...

The system seemed to sense his hesitation: [Actually, you don’t have to do too much. Just give him some food and clothes at the right time, just like raising a puppy in your world. 】

This metaphor made Wei Shao frown slightly: [I don’t raise animals, and he is not a puppy. 】

The system thought this meant rejection.

But after a while, the human asked it again: [How do you write "These are given to you, you don't have to return them" in the Zerg language? 】