Opening: Mutation [Edited]

September 20, 2024, 12:00 AM

In an apartment in the Bay Area of ​​Donghai City, a fat man sat in front of a computer.

Chubby fingers moved nimbly on the keyboard. With the crackling sound of tapping, lines of text appeared in the document:

"Hello, 40-year-old me, I am you from ten years ago..."

Today is Bian Senlin’s 30th birthday. At the age of 30, he rarely drinks a little wine.

Unfortunately, he had a poor alcohol tolerance and soon became drunk and confused.

A drunk man is unreasonable, and he suddenly has the urge to write a letter to his past and future selves.

His thoughts flowed with the sound of keyboard tapping, and he quickly finished writing the letter to himself 10 years later, leaving a note at the end.

He quickly reopened a new document and muttered to himself while typing on the keyboard:

"Next, I'm writing a letter to myself ten years ago. What was I doing at this time? Oh... I think I was celebrating my 20th birthday at KTV with my classmates..."

30-year-old Bian Senlin was full of thoughts and poured out everything in his heart.

After finishing writing, he leaned over the table and picked up the robot model on the table and brought it close to his eyes.

He gave the robot a two-finger flick and muttered to himself:

"If they suddenly received this letter on their birthday, would they be shocked? It's quite interesting to think about it.

Hey... I'm such a whimsical person. I might as well find a place to bury the letter and dig it out ten years later. It seems reliable..."

He was already a little dazed and didn't notice that there were a few silent flashes of lightning in the night sky outside the window.

For a moment, garbled characters appeared on the electronic screen that displayed the little robot's expressions.

30-year-old Bian Senlin suddenly thought of something and picked up the keyboard again:

"Oh, right, I also need to write a letter to that 26-year-old loser, telling him not to... No, I should write it a little earlier, to the 25-year-old..."

Bian Senlin, who was concentrating on writing a letter, did not notice that several abnormal electric arcs appeared on the small robot that he had casually thrown aside.

These arcs gradually expanded and extended behind him.

Several arcs of light broke through the barriers of time and space and flew towards various time and space.

*

September 19, 2034, 23:58, Space-Time Base - Intelligence Research Institute.

It was almost dawn, but the lights in the Intelligent Research Institute were still on, and the smell of coffee filled the air.

"I'm so sorry to bother you."

"Well, everyone has urgent matters. Just leave it to me. Go home and take care of it."

After handing over his work to his colleagues, 40-year-old Bian Senlin packed up his things and quickly walked out of the laboratory building.

He frowned slightly, as he was caught off guard by the phone call he received not long ago.

"Dr. Bian, the director is communicating with you," the intelligent assistant's voice came from Bian Senlin's headset.

"Connect!"

After a slight beep, the communication was connected.

Bian Senlin stood still: "Director... yes, I'm taking three days off... I've already handed it over..."

Before Bian Senlin finished his call, a flash of lightning suddenly fell from the sky and hit him directly at his feet.

The silvery arc of light illuminated the stunned face of 40-year-old Bian Senlin.

Inside the building, the staff's exclamations were faintly heard:

"What's wrong? What's wrong?"

"Which lab is leaking energy again? Didn't I tell you to pay attention? Pay attention!"

"It doesn't seem like an energy leak. Something hit the shield, and some of the energy leaked out..."

Many staff members have rushed over to check the situation, but before they can come to a conclusion, a sharp alarm suddenly sounded throughout the space-time base.

"Level 1 alert, large-scale space-time anomaly detected!"

"Attention! Level 1 alert..."

Everyone froze on the spot.

Level 1 alarm, it has never been sounded since the establishment of the Space-Time Bureau!

A researcher looked at the flashing red alarm lights around him and muttered, "Oh my God! Is this the end of the world..."

*

September 20, 2014, 12:00 AM.

A KVT private room in Baishui District, Yunwu City.

“I hope I can become a top technical expert within ten years!”

20-year-old Bian Senlin silently made his birthday wish, took a deep breath, and then blew out all the candles in one breath.

The lights came on instantly, and the students' cheers suddenly rose and fell.

Today is Bian Senlin’s 20th birthday. His roommates gathered a few good friends to organize a party for him.

After blowing out the candles, his friends started to ask him what wish he had made.

"Hey, have you ever made a wish to be single?"

"Well, it's obvious you don't understand forests. I think you're going to become a technical expert or something!"

"No way, Forest. Are you really not going to spend your whole life with code like this?"

“Hahahahahahaha…”

Friends who know about Bian Forest were amused. Even if they didn’t tell me, it was really possible.

Someone coughed. "I guess there's nothing wrong with this... Hey? Fish, what's wrong with you?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at Yuzai.

I saw Yuzai opened his mouth wide and pointed his trembling hand behind Bian Senlin.

Everyone looked in the direction and suddenly everyone was frozen in place.

Bian Senlin, whose ears were red from being teased by everyone, looked behind him in confusion at everyone's expressions.

A black hole quickly expanded in front of his eyes. Before Bian Senlin could react, it wrapped him up and swallowed him, then disappeared from everyone's sight.

*

"This...what's going on..."

“Help…Help!”

Bian Senlin only felt that his entire head was aching, from his skull to his cochlea and then to his eye sockets. The dizziness also made him feel dizzy.

The intense discomfort made Bian Senlin subconsciously want to hold his head with both hands and press it, but his hands and feet were numb and out of control.

The loss of control of his body overwhelmed the huge panic that surged from the bottom of Bian Senlin's heart.

He had never had such a direct feeling about death, nor had he ever longed for the word "alive" as much as he did now.

Bian Senlin didn't know where he was now. He felt like he had just learned to lie on his back on the water when swimming, but his body was sinking uncontrollably.

Breathing became increasingly difficult. He wanted to struggle, but he could do nothing. He was like a soul watching himself slowly drown and fall into despair.

Just as Bian Senlin was gradually losing consciousness, he seemed to see a figure vaguely.

The figure seemed to have enveloped him in something, and at that moment it was like a fish that had left the shore returning to the water, or a person who was short of oxygen getting an oxygen tank.

Bian Senlin felt as if his body had soaked in a hot spring, it was very warm, the numbness in his limbs gradually faded away, and the severe headache and dizziness were also relieved.

The man poured something into his mouth again, and he felt a cool sensation. As the cool feeling spread throughout his body, all the previous discomforts in his body disappeared, as if he had suddenly woken up from a nightmare.

Only at this time did Bian Senlin have the energy to look around at the surrounding environment. They were in a void, surrounded by a circle of silver light.

The man in front of him who had saved him was wearing a neat combat uniform, had a strong and sturdy build, and his face could not be seen clearly because of the helmet he was wearing.

When the man saw that he had woken up, he took him through the void quickly without waiting for him to say anything.

By the time Bian Senlin reacted, they had already arrived in front of a crack, and through the crack they could vaguely see the private room they were in before.

Bian Senlin realized that this was the black hole that had dragged him into before.

He watched as the man held something in his hand and pointed it at the crack, and the crack actually began to slowly close!

At this time, the surrounding scenery is also changing rapidly, as if the image is playing in reverse.

Bian Senlin watched all this in amazement, watching the scene finally freeze at the moment before he disappeared.

The man turned around, and Bian Senlin heard his voice for the first time: "Go back!"

Before Bian Senlin could react, the man gave him a light push from behind, and he seemed to have crossed some kind of boundary.

It's an amazing feeling, like a video has had a few frames cut, corrected, and re-recorded.

Seeing that everything was back on track, the man was about to leave, but the accident still happened.

A ball of energy light that came from nowhere hit Bian Senlin, then wrapped him up and disappeared at the speed of light.

It was just like a kidnapper who suddenly dragged someone into the car and then drove away from the scene. It was so funny and unexpected.