The last jump mission
These three photos allow Bian Senlin to observe the visible changes in himself, a familiar yet unfamiliar person, in just a few years from the perspective of an observer.
This touched him deeply. Since returning from his last mission, he has been madly wanting to go back to 2014.
Because my grandmother was still alive at that time and nothing unexpected happened at home.
But he soon realized that it was all in vain.
Regardless of whether he can retain the memory of this period after returning, even if he can, he is powerless to change it.
First of all, he couldn't change his parents' decision.
The three-foot-thick ice does not form overnight, not to mention that the 40-year-old self also said that in the long run, this matter would be a good thing for my parents.
Secondly, the most helpless things in a person’s life are birth, old age, sickness and death.
He couldn't keep his grandmother, all he could do was to accompany her as much as possible and... watch everything happen.
This feeling of powerlessness made him struggle in confusion and pain, but the three photos in front of him made him feel differently.
If all this is unavoidable, if he cannot stay in the past, if he needs to choose a state to face all this, he will choose himself in the third photo.
When Bian Senlin looked at the third photo, it was as if he saw his future self shouting at him: Hey, people should be like a wild grass. Even if they encounter a storm and hail, they must get up again and move forward again.
Just when Bian Senlin returned to his room with the three photos, Wei Li came to his door.
This space-time accident affected more than ten space-times. So far, only the 2021 space-time and the 2024 space-time have not been fully repaired.
The restoration of the space-time in 2024 requires finding the 30-year-old Bian Senlin, which is not something the current Bian Senlin can participate in.
In other words, the 2021 space-time repair mission will be the last jump mission of the border forest.
But what Bian Senlin didn't expect was that Wei Li gave him two choices at this time:
"You can choose to carry out this final mission, or you can choose to give up. If you are sure you do not want to participate in the next mission, we will send you back to 2014 safely."
Bian Senlin never thought that the Space-Time Bureau would let him go at this time.
If Wei Li had come earlier, perhaps he would have agreed without thinking.
But Bian Senlin, who had just been touched by the photo, just looked at Wei Li in confusion: "Ah? Don't you need me anymore?"
Wei Li looked at Bian Senlin, as if confirming his current condition.
"If your condition doesn't allow you to participate in the next mission, the research team will activate the time anchor point to quickly raise Qingzhu's affinity with the πai energy body to the qualified level, allowing him to perform the next mission in your place."
Bian Senlin was stunned when he heard this: "Time anchor point? That's not—"
He remembered hearing the researcher talk about it before, and he also learned about it during his time and space knowledge tutoring.
Activate the time anchor point to cover a certain space. After people in this space complete their set goals, they will return to the anchor time point 15 minutes later.
From another perspective, they can use space-time technology to complete things that would take several years or even more than ten years in just 15 minutes.
The person can come back, but the body functions will not come back, which is equivalent to consuming several years of vitality in 15 minutes.
“This is one of the reasons why I came to you. Ordinary scientific researchers may be able to continue their research work after returning from the time anchor point.
But combatants are different; once their physical function declines, they face the prospect of retirement."
Wei Li was frank about this: "Su Qingzhu is an excellent warrior. If there are other possibilities, I don't want her future to be cut off.
In addition, although I did not agree with ordinary people getting involved in such a dangerous space-time mission at the beginning.
But since you have already participated and persisted until now, even if you want to quit, I hope you are not escaping because of frustration.
After all, although I haven't been your instructor for long, no one under my command has ever deserted!"
Wei Li didn't ask Bian Senlin to give him an answer immediately, but only gave him a time: "Tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock, if you choose to continue, come to the training ground to meet me."
After Wei Li left, Bian Senlin thought about this matter seriously.
Whether he goes back now or goes back after completing the last task, he can return to the time when he left.
In this case, he doesn't want to leave any regrets, nor does he want to leave just to escape.
What's more, when he was carrying out the mission in the space-time of 2022, Sister Qingzhu also took good care of him, and he didn't want Sister Qingzhu to retire because of his withdrawal at this time.
So, the next day, Bian Senlin arrived at the training ground on time and stood in front of Wei Li.
When Wei Li saw Bian Senlin, a barely perceptible smile appeared in his eyes.
Of course, as a devilish instructor, he didn't give Bian Senlin a chance to figure him out:
"Now, the training begins."
"yes!"
Wei Li was staring at Bian Senlin training when Chen Lie appeared out of nowhere.
He lazily said, "I told you, that guy was still thinking about his responsibilities in that situation. He definitely wouldn't back down."
Wei Li looked at Bian Senlin and nodded in satisfaction. He then said to Shen Lie, "In that case, we should just carry out the next mission in advance."
Chen Lie understood what Wei Li meant. The longer the night, the more dreams one may have. The recent rumors always felt a little off.
"Okay, but let's switch? I'll go find the edge forest of the 2024 time and space, and you take this kid to 2021?"
Wei Li nodded, he meant the same thing.
They quickly drew up a plan and submitted it for execution, completing it three days ahead of schedule.
On the morning of the jump, Wei Li brought Bian Senlin into the jump platform, but there was no sign of Chen Lie.
Wei Li frowned and called Chen Lie, but heard the staff in the command room say awkwardly: "Captain Wei, Deputy Captain Shen made an early jump 10 minutes ago. He said he won't wait for you."
Wei Li shook his head and didn't care about the lawless guy who would do this from time to time.
Wei Li focused his attention on Bian Senlin: "Are you ready?"
"alright."
Bian Senlin, who had already had two formal jump experiences, completed the pre-jump preparations quite skillfully.
"Set off!"
As soon as the words fell, the two figures disappeared from the jump platform.
At this moment, Lu Cen Cen hurried into the command room of the jump hall.
"They're leaving?"
"Just left, what happened?"
The staff looked at Lu Cencen in confusion, as her breathing was a little rapid due to running. This was not common for her.
"Nothing." Lu Cencen quickly adjusted her breathing and looked at the jump platform through the huge display screen in the command room.
The latest news caught people off guard. I just hope that everything goes well for them on this mission.
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2021 space-time anomaly node.
This operation is different from previous ones. Bian Senlin has the experience of repairing the barrier under Shen Lie's remote command in 2016.
So this time he did not choose to go to his 27-year-old self and wait for Wei Li to complete the repair of time and space. Instead, he stayed with Wei Li to help.
Their repair work was completed smoothly, and now the only step left was to collect the abnormal energy scattered in this node.
Since the last mission brought πai back to the space-time base, the research team has gained a deeper understanding of abnormal energy.
So they upgraded their equipment again, allowing them to locate, separate and collect abnormal energy more easily.
After testing, it was found that the abnormal energy in this space-time has no self-awareness and has not yet formed a πai energy body. The collection work is proceeding smoothly.
The last abnormal energy location appeared next to 27-year-old Bian Senlin, unsurprisingly.
The 27-year-old Bian Senlin's body shape has started to change a little, but it is not as exaggerated as when he was 28 or 29 years old.
While waiting for energy collection, Bian Senlin saw 27 confidently taking on a work task.
But due to an early assessment error, he soon encountered problems that he could not solve.
Bian Senlin watched 27 working overtime until two or three in the morning almost every day to solve this problem. His condition was getting worse and worse, but no miracle happened.
The mission ultimately failed, and 27 was devastated.
The leaders no longer dared to entrust him with important tasks, and 27 began to feel hesitant in doing things and lost his initial confidence.
Bian Senlin never met 27 until the very end. He was like a strange bystander, observing everything calmly.
Seeing the experience of 27, Bian Senlin was thoughtful. Could it be that the extremely bad condition at the age of 28 started from this time?
No, that's not quite right. There must be something else he doesn't know.
Now that I have experienced the border forests of multiple time and space, I have a general outline of my experiences in the next ten years.
A relatively big blow occurred when he was 22 years old, but as can be seen from his essays, he had already recovered from this blow by the age of 24.
As for his experience at the age of 27, Bian Senlin believes that it would not lead to the state of despair he experienced at the age of 28.
Could it be that something else happened between the ages of twenty-five and twenty-six?
While Bian Senlin was observing 27, Wei Li was also observing him.
Wei Li discovered that the young man whom he had rescued from the sea of time and space had indeed grown a lot without him noticing.
"team leader?"
"Um?"
Bian Senlin pointed at the collection equipment and terminal and said, "It seems that the abnormal energy has been collected. Does the current data trend mean that it is returning to normal?"
Wei Li looked at the monitoring data and found that this space-time node was indeed returning to normal.
In this way, the repair mission of this trip is completed.
As long as Chen Lie makes smooth progress, the crisis caused by this level one accident that has affected more than ten time and space times can be resolved.
Even someone as experienced as Wei Li couldn't help but relax his tense nerves at this moment.
Wei Li nodded to Bian Senlin: "Mission accomplished, let's return."
(Volume 2, End)
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