Chapter 289 The Fifth Person
The lounge on the fifth floor was very large. She was in one corner of the lounge, and the other person was at the other end.
The light enveloped a small area, so that except for his fingers and legs, all other parts of his body were immersed in deeper darkness. She heard his footsteps, and her vigilance, which had not been completely let down, was raised again.
Who was it?
Lin Wu?
Soon, this vigilance fell again. Because before her eyes officially saw the other person clearly, You Xi "heard" the other person's voice first.
[You Xi, it's me.]
Her heart beat violently. In these worlds, there was only one person who could talk to her like this.
You Xi opened the closed crystal bubble, bent down and drilled out.
Not far ahead, the light golden light in his hand turned into tiny stars, circling around him like fireflies, illuminating the people in the dark.
Youxi saw a strange man walking towards her. He was tall, with a cold face, and a pair of lake blue eyes under his black forehead.
He walked quickly and came to her in a blink of an eye, hugging her who was still in shock.
Youxi said in her heart: Xing Min?
[Yes, it's me.]
He repeated it again, tightened his arms around her, and said: "Finally, I found you..."
The other party's voice was low, and when he spoke, the language was not as fluent as the voice transmission, as if he was not yet familiar with the use of this language.
She felt a slight tremor in his voice and embrace. He seemed to have tried his best to control it, but he still couldn't control the tremor.
Youxi suddenly understood the word "finally" he said. She had completely lost contact with him since she woke up in this world. She had experienced six stations, nearly seven or eight months.
Similarly, Xing Min had completely lost her news. Could he have been looking for her all these seven or eight months?
She was pushed by the station mission and had to move forward. Fortunately, she met partners one after another along the way. So although she lost news of Xing Min these days, she was not lonely, and even very fulfilled.
But obviously, it was not the case for him. He was very worried about her and looked for her every day.
She had never seen Xing Min like this, who would be so upset and trembling with fear because of something.
A part of You Xi's heart softened. She reached out and hugged him, gently patted his back, and said soothingly: "Well, you found me."
This hug was very long, he did not let go, and she let him hold her.
In this dark, cold and strange space, his embrace seemed particularly warm. Even though she was not weak, she did not reject such a sense of security.
He came from the other side of the universe that she could not imagine. Until now, she did not even know what form of life he was.
For a long time, no matter how far the space was, he was the one who experienced everything with her, and the only one.
During those long years of the apocalypse, she experienced all kinds of good and bad, and grew up slowly. Although he was silent most of the time, he was always there, and she was used to his existence. When this existence disappeared one day, she always felt incomplete.
If she had never lost him, she would not know how important he was.
For her, she didn't know when it started, but Xing Min had become an indispensable part of her.
This was a deep feeling that went far beyond ordinary heartbeats, care, and liking, but it also made her emotional and her heart beat violently.
She patted his back, stood on tiptoe, and buried her cheek between his shoulders and neck.
**
Soon after, on the open space on the first floor of the library building, the tall glass tree house was released by You Xi.
Apparently, Xing Min's light arc could resist things in the non-physical plane. After meeting him again after a long separation, she also hoped to stay with him in a more comfortable environment.
After the two of them entered the tree house via the elevator, Xing Min directly emitted a light golden light, which covered the entire tree and the tree house in a thin layer.
Seeing this, You Xi couldn't help but remind: "Why release the shield now? This is a waste of energy. Why don't you release it when the situation requires?"
"No, the situation is different now. It won't consume much energy, and this body doesn't have a weak period." Xing Min looked around the tree house, "Have you been to the Fairy Tale Park station?"
"Yes, you've been there too?" With the double defense and isolation of the tree house and Xing Min, You Xi felt less cold. She put away her down jacket, put out the camping lantern on the bar, and then took out two cups of hot lattes, "Are you hungry? Do you want something to eat?"
"Not for now. I've been there too, but I guess I missed your time." Xing Min sat down with her at the bar and briefly told her what had happened during this time.
He had indeed been looking for her for a long time, but it was not quite what she imagined, because his current identity was the same as hers, a passenger on the endless train.
His situation was similar to that of Youxi and the others. When he regained consciousness, he was already in the train compartment. He had ten item slots, one skill, tickets, a mobile phone... The things he had at the beginning were similar to theirs.
Unlike every time he entered the apocalyptic world before, when he could only rely on the bodies of dying people, this time, he found that he had a completely healthy body.
At first he thought it was someone else's body, but later when he saw his reflection in the train window, he realized that his current appearance was 70% to 80% similar to the real him.
Especially the color and shape of the eyes, which were so familiar that he was a little surprised.
He hadn't seen his physical body for many, many, many years. When he caught a glimpse of it, he was shocked for a long time and thought that he had really rebuilt his body. Later, he found a mirror and looked carefully, and soon found the difference.
Some of the unique features of their race were gone, and they looked much more ordinary. The ones that remained were the parts that were originally closer to Youxi's race.
Xing Min had never told Youxi that his race was also a carbon-based life form, so he had some similarities with her race in appearance.
"So, is this your original eye?" Youxi curiously reached out her hand and gently touched the end of his eye with her fingertips. His eyes were very beautiful, with a little upward arc at the end of his eye, a little distant and cold, but not cold, and even very gentle when he looked at her.
"Yeah." Xing Min responded softly without dodging. The pink color on the tip of the ear, which had finally disappeared due to the movement of her cheek against his neck, reappeared.
"This look is still ordinary?" You Xi stared at his face with an incredible expression, "So, what are the unique physical features of your race?" It can't be a head with six arms, right?
[……]
Familiar speechlessness appeared in her mind, and You Xi was also a little speechless. By the way, she hadn't seen him for such a long time that she forgot that he could read his thoughts directly.
You Xi supported him: "Can I spend 30 star coins to temporarily block you from reading my thoughts?"
"The functions of star coins and star tools are temporarily ineffective." Xing Min's tone was a little apologetic, "My situation is similar to yours now, and the help I can provide is limited."
"What are you apologizing for, didn't you just save me?"
"You can deal with that thing without me." After all, it took him so much time to find her, and she protected herself very well without him. "As for your thoughts, the situation is different now. When we are more than a certain distance apart, the sensitivity between our thoughts will weaken. In the future, when we are close, I will try not to sense you, unless it is an emergency. Call me when you need me, and I will sense you."
You Xi understood. In fact, after she woke up in the endless train world, Xing Min also woke up in this world. The reason why she couldn't contact him was because both of them had bodies and identities as passengers, were in different trains or stations, and were too far away, so they could not sense each other's thoughts.
What happened to Xing Min indirectly confirmed her previous guess about the world of Endless Train based on the memory fragments.
They probably all entered the virtual world in the real end of the Endless Train through the connection, and Xing Min sneaked into the end of the world by possessing the aboriginals. When he appeared in this virtual world, he was like many other aboriginals and obtained the identity of an ordinary passenger.
Therefore, his body was able to get rid of the previous weak period.
Because in this virtual world, everyone's starting point is similar.
"Then you will also receive the task reminder? Do you also need to find a ticket?"
"Yes, this part is the same as you-" Xing Min's voice was not finished, and he saw You Xi took out his mobile phone.
"Which name did you use? I'll add you as a friend first, and then I'll add you to the team. You've finally found me, don't let us get separated again!"
"My name hasn't changed." He said, and thought of something, "Do you have a team?"
You Xi quickly added all her friends and teammates. She was about to tell Xing Min how she met her past partners and Leng Mian's plan, but the team group soon exploded because she added someone to the team.
Xi Yuan: ! ! What's going on? Why are you adding teammates in the middle of the night? Xing Min? Who is this? Xiao Xi, don't scare me. Isn't there anyone in your group? Who are you adding?
You Zhenzhen: So noisy, it's midnight in your group, but it's dawn here, okay? How come you forgot about the time difference again? Mom, who is this person, which partner from the end of the world before? Do I know him? Tang
Yatong: Xing Min? I don't have any impression of him. He should not be from my native world...
You Zhenzhen: Huh? Brother Wu is not moving again. Where is he?
Xiyuan: Wait, Xiaoxi will reply first. Are you okay?
You Xi was speechless.
She just pulled a teammate and blew up all her friends.
You Xi: ...I'm fine. Xing Min is one of us. Don't worry.
You Zhenzhen: Xing, Min - looking at the name, the new teammate should be a handsome guy, right? Hello, I'm my mother's daughter! You should be in the same time layer world with my mother now, right? What are your skills, defense or combat?
Tang Yatong: Zhenzhen... Can you send a message after you come out of the toilet? I have been holding it in for a long time...
Xiyuan: My male teammates...
Youxi: ...
My friends are so enthusiastic. Youxi is so enthusiastic that she doesn't know what to say.
Youxi: Let's get busy. It's best to find a way to cross the time and space boundaries as soon as possible. I will contact Lin Wu again. He is very smart. I guess he should have found a way to cross the time and space boundaries, but he can't contact us for the time being.
Youxi's guess was very accurate. A few hours later, when she called Lin Wu alone again, the other party suddenly replied.
**
On the mobile phone, Lin Wu sent a separate message.
Lin Wu: I'm sorry, I triggered an incident before, and possessed the memories of the original residents of the site, and entered the fragments of the incident that year... It's a bit complicated. I will explain it when we meet. Now, tell me first, which time layer are you in?
Seeing Lin Wu's message, she put her worries aside at first, but there were too many messages in his short words, especially the last sentence, which she didn't quite understand.
You Xi: Can we know the time layer world we are in?
Lin Wu: Yes, there will be some clues, because the different places where everyone is located belong to the world where time is stagnant, and the time zone of each world is one day, that is, 24 hours. Some worlds still have electricity, electronic clocks, and the clocks are all moving. You can get the time directly from these aspects. It is more convenient for the world where Xiyuan is. Just ask the aboriginal students inside what year, month and day it is. In your case, you are in a completely closed library, which should belong to the dark world. In terms of time, it should be many years after the disaster, which is a relatively later era in all time layers...
So, under the guidance of Lin Wu, Youxi collected the tree house and acted with Xing Min.
This time, with Xing Min's light shield, she explored with less care. After reading various information about the receipts left in the comprehensive library and the leisure beverage area, she quickly learned the time layer she was in - February 18, 2048.
Lin Wu: I'm lucky. It's a very critical time layer. I should be able to piece together the "key" from the dropped rewards.
Youxi: Key? The key to cross the world? What is it?
Lin Wu: Have you ever received a reward similar to a puzzle?
You Xi: Yes, there are two pieces - is it possible? !
She understood it as soon as she sent the message. Yes, on the white side of the puzzle pieces, there are words like light and dark, and numbers behind them, so those numbers - represent the years, months and days of different time layers?
Lin Wu: Well, you already understand. The puzzle is the key to cross the world. Puzzle pieces from the same time layer can be combined into a whole puzzle, and that is the key to cross the world.
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