Space-Time Base

Bian Senlin followed Wei Li, walking silently in the long corridor. His face was a little pale and his expression was a little restrained.

But he still couldn't help his inner curiosity and observed his surroundings carefully.

The passage is bright and spacious, and the silver-white main color and simple design make people feel very comfortable visually.

The outside world could not be seen from inside the passage, which made the originally tense Bian Senlin relax a little.

He and Wei Li had just come down from the space-time jump platform, and he was not very adaptable to the cross-space-time jump.

Although it didn't feel like my internal organs were about to be shattered like the first time I was caught in the crack, it still felt uncomfortable.

He was just thankful that he hadn't eaten anything before, so he didn't vomit out the food on the spot in shame.

Just as Bian Senlin was looking around, Wei Li, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped.

Bian Senlin, who almost bumped into Wei Li, was a little curious, but didn't dare to ask. He just quietly looked at Wei Li's expression.

Wei Li was obviously surprised when he saw the new message in his communicator, but he didn't linger on it for too long.

After a while, he brought Bian Senlin to the end of the passage. After a blue light scan, the door slid open to both sides.

At this time, Lu Cen Cen was already waiting outside. Wei Li briefly introduced them.

After handing over the resettlement and reception work in Bian Senlin to Lu Cencen, he left in a hurry.

Bian Senlin was still silently wondering whether Wei Li's hasty departure was related to the news he had just received.

To be honest, the departure of Wei Li, the only acquaintance he wasn't very familiar with, made Bian Senlin a little overwhelmed.

But before he could think too much, a bottle of drink was handed to him.

Bian Senlin took it blankly, only to see the girl in front of him, who looked not much older than him, smiling and saying:

"The jump doesn't feel good, does it? Here, have something to drink to calm you down."

Generous and cheerful was Bian Senlin's first impression of Lu Cencen. It was like meeting a peer at school, which made Bian Senlin, who was originally very reserved in front of Wei Li, relax a little.

Bian Senlin unscrewed the bottle cap, and the sweet and salty taste with a cool feeling instantly suppressed the discomfort that was originally churning in his heart.

Bian Senlin's eyes lit up and he drank a lot more. He felt that if he had this when he was carsick before, he would have felt much better.

After he finished drinking, Lu Cen Cen patted his shoulder and said with a cheerful smile, "Are you hungry? Come on, I'll take you for a midnight snack!"

Then he praised Bian Senlin's luck: "Old Wang is on duty in the cafeteria tonight, don't miss it~"

After hearing this, Bian Senlin belatedly realized that he was hungry.

Before coming here, he just had a quick breakfast for the competition. Before he had time to eat lunch, he was caught in the gap and floated there for an unknown amount of time.

I didn’t feel it before because I was too nervous, but now I just feel so hungry that I can eat two chickens.

Old Wang in the cafeteria didn’t know who he was, but since Lu Cencen praised him so highly, his cooking skills must be very good.

Thinking of this, Bian Senlin couldn't help swallowing and quickly caught up with Lu Cencen.

"Um...that..." Bian Senlin didn't know what to call Lu Cen Cen for a moment.

Lu Cen Cen noticed his embarrassment and said with a nonchalant smile, “Just call me Cen Cen.”

Bian Senlin's communication skills were basically zero, but at this moment, he suddenly had an idea and quickly responded, "Okay, Sister Cen Cen!"

In terms of date of birth, he is older than Lu Cencen, but in terms of physiological age, he is younger than Lu Cencen.

Bian Senlin couldn't understand these complicated paradoxes, but there should be nothing wrong with calling her sister more often.

Lu Cencen did not lie to him. This old Wang's cooking skills were indeed amazing. He was very satisfied with the meal.

In addition, Lu Cencen gave him a very friendly feeling, and the chat was relaxed and pleasant, without any sense of distance as when facing a stranger.

After such a meal, he was basically completely relaxed, no longer tense and restrained, only curious.

"Why are there still so many people in the cafeteria so late?" Bian Senlin held a cup of water and looked at the people around him who were coming in and out of the cafeteria. The number of people was not many, but not too few either.

He now knew exactly what time it was that he was there—September 20, 2034, a little after 2:00 AM.

"Yes, this sudden accident forced countless people to get out of bed in the middle of the night." Lu Cencen supported her cheeks with her hands, looking a little weak.

Bian Senlin was very familiar with this kind of smell. When the fat man was forced to work overtime during the holidays, he exuded this kind of office worker smell.

In this regard, Bian Senlin could only look at them with sympathy.

Lu Cencen had just briefly talked to him about this sudden accident.

From 2014 to 2024, abnormal situations were reported at midnight on every September 20th.

Bian Senlin didn't quite understand, but he could tell that this large-scale abnormal situation was also an extremely serious and rare accident for their Space-Time Administration.

And he just happened to be unlucky enough to be affected on his birthday.

"Tsk, it's a bad year." Bian Senlin felt that he was very unlucky, but he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

However, when he learned that there was another unlucky guy like him who also fell into the space-time rift and had not been found yet, he couldn't help but be silent.

Sure enough, there is no worst that can only get worse.

Thinking of the experiences in the gap of time and space, Bian Senlin couldn't help but shudder and could only pray for that guy's good luck.

However, it seems that all this is probably just an accident for him.

After following Wei Li's instructions and completing the tests, I will probably be able to go back to my own 2014 time and space.

"Come on, I'll show you where I live. Hmm... it's not far. Let's walk over there. It's a good opportunity to digest the food and get familiar with the surroundings."

Seeing that he had rested enough, Lu Cen Cen stood up and said.

Bian Senlin scratched his head. "Um... Sister Cen Cen, Captain Wei asked me to cooperate with the inspection..."

How do you arrange accommodation?

Lu Cen Cen waved her hand and said simply, "It's okay. Eat well and rest well first, then go to the medical department tomorrow."

Bian Senlin thought about it and agreed. It was already early morning here, so there was no need to rush.

Besides, after the shock and stress of the day, I did feel sleepy after eating and relaxing.

Following Lu Cencen in the space-time base of the future world, Bian Senlin noticed that in addition to the staff coming and going, there were also many busy little robots shuttling around.

Seeing his curiosity, Lu Cencen summoned a small robot. They were all controlled by the base's life-assisting artificial intelligence, named Xiaoshi.

"Xiaoshi is very smart. You can ask it to accompany you to the medical department for tests tomorrow. If you encounter any problems or need anything, you can tell Xiaoshi and he will take care of it."

After hearing what Lu Cencen said, Bian Senlin curiously chatted with the little robot for a few words.

Bian Senlin found that it was indeed very intelligent. If it weren't for the little robot's appearance and its cute but mechanical voice, it would be almost the same as a real person.

Out of professional habit, Bian Senlin wondered if he could give the robot a new voice package and let it talk to people. Would it pass the Turing test? ①

As he was thinking, Bian Senlin's attention was completely attracted by the robot.

He even accidentally forgot about Lu Cencen beside him. This kind of technology always has a fatal attraction to him.

Lu Cen Cen didn't care about Bian Senlin's rudeness, or perhaps it was just what she expected.

She had looked up information about Bian Senlin and studied his experiences, personality, and hobbies throughout his life...

For her, receiving and resettling people in Bian Senlin is her job, and since it is a job, she must do it well.

Lu Cen Cen turned and left only after confirming that Bian Senlin had checked in and there were no other problems.

"Yes, it's been arranged. Yes, I'll be right back!"

Halfway through the journey, the communicator was connected to the Bluetooth headset. Lu Cen Cen walked fast but not hurriedly. Her voice was crisp and clear, and her temperament was capable.

At this time, Lu Cencen did not look like the older sister next door complaining about overtime when she was talking to Bian Senlin.

Level 1 alert is very serious. Various tasks are coming one after another. Countless people are destined to have sleepless nights tonight.

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Let’s go back a little bit in time.

Wei Li found Bai Yan after handing over Bian Senlin to Lu Cencen.

As soon as he came back, he received the latest news - the abnormal movement of the 2023 space-time node has completely subsided.

This sudden first-level abnormal event spanned more than a dozen time and space nodes, and its scale and impact were unprecedented.

To use an inappropriate analogy, it's like a perfect glass bead suddenly has a dozen cracks appearing on it.

Once the cracks deepen to a certain extent, the glass beads will shatter, and no one can bear the consequences.

The moment the space-time anomaly processing control center detected it, the entire base sounded a level one alarm.

The superiors immediately set up a special task force to deal with this emergency as quickly as possible.

Their execution team put out fires everywhere, rushing to 2024, 2020, and 2019, where the abnormal energy reactions were the greatest, to carry out repairs and investigations.

Wei Li discovered that 30-year-old Bian Senlin had disappeared for no reason at an abnormal node in the space-time of 2024, and was suspected of falling into a space-time gap.

After transmitting the information back to the command center, Wei Li went to the 2014 time and space based on the clues he had investigated, where he met 20-year-old Bian Senlin for the first time.

But an abnormal energy that came out of nowhere kidnapped the person right under his nose, until Wei Li got the news again and went to 2023 to bring the person back.

The reason why Wei Li brought Bian Senlin back was just as he had told Bian Senlin, Bian Senlin needed a detailed examination.

At that time, when he rushed to rescue the forest below, the strange energy had dissipated, leaving only a protective shield that was about to break to barely protect the two of them.

Wei Li also noticed that the energy released by the broken protective shield of the three people present at the time merged into the body of 20-year-old Bian Senlin, but ignored the other Bian Senlin and him, as if these energies had consciousness.

Wei Li scanned with his own device but found nothing.

Out of intuition and a sense of responsibility to ensure that Bian Senlin's body was not affected, and after listening to Bian Senlin's description, he realized that there might be some clues, so he decided to bring Bian Senlin back.

You know, from the time of the incident to now, the cause of this serious space-time accident is still confusing.

Only by knowing where the root lies can this crisis be resolved, and Bai Yan is looking for Wei Li at this time for the same reason.