Twenty-nine years old (thirteen)
At this time, Bian Senlin and Fatty were eating.
There was a tablet next to their dining table, and the fat man was reading the event reports while eating.
"Wow!" the fat man exclaimed, "The one who ranked first in your division has already received three clearance badges."
Bian Senlin had already known the news before dinner. He looked at the fat man strangely, as if to ask what the big deal was.
The fat man scratched his chin with one hand. He felt a little strange about Bian Senlin's calm attitude.
In the afternoon, he noticed Bian Senlin's anxiety. It had only been a few hours, and his mood should have been affected to some extent after knowing that the gap was widening.
The fat man thought so and asked.
"It's very simple," Bian Senlin said, "I figured out what I want most."
"I enjoy this process, the thrill of my mind spinning at high speed and creating sparks, every line of code I type, every problem I solve, makes me happy."
This is not right. Don’t you have any competitive spirit?
The fat man then asked, "So you don't want to win?"
"Yes," Bian Senlin answered frankly.
"I knew my level from the beginning, and I don't think I'm the best in the world right now.
It's normal that someone would be ahead of me, and I won't lose anything even if I fail this time.
But if I were eliminated in the preliminaries, I would be very unwilling, very unwilling!
So I am still moving forward, still trying my best. As long as I can move forward a little bit, I still have unlimited possibilities! ”
Bian Senlin has his own confidence in this regard.
He pointed to his ranking, which had been rising steadily since the afternoon, and said, "In fact, my choice was right. After I calmed down and did the test, it confirmed my answer."
The fat man fell silent now. Compared to Bian Senlin who was full of confidence in himself, his armor of self-confidence had been shattered to pieces over the years.
After dinner, Bian Senlin once again devoted himself to the competition.
After solving two more problems, Bian Senlin rubbed his eyebrows, saw that the time was almost up, and without further delay, he went to bed decisively.
Last night's experience told him that this was the best option.
According to Bian Senlin's expectation, he should get the third clearance badge at noon on the 3rd.
But he still underestimated himself. At around 10 am on the 3rd, he reached the most difficult requirement in the preliminaries a full 2 hours ahead of schedule.
Bian Senlin was a little happy, as he would have more time later.
2:00 p.m. on the 3rd.
Cleared the Border Forest preliminaries, obtained 3 clearance badges, 80 points, and ranked 98th.
This was the first time he entered the Xuanxing Cup's published competition area rankings.
The fat man was surprised by this. In his original estimate, he would be ranked around 200th at most after completing the Forest Customs. This was already an overestimation on his part. After all, he was only ranked around 300th when he first participated in the competition.
Bian Senlin smiled and drank the hot milk that the fat man prepared for him.
After a short rest, he continued to sweep the points.
When the fat man was explaining the rules to him, he told him that the final result of the Xuanxing Cup auditions would be determined by the total points ranking of the upper and lower games.
The preliminaries are the only chance to gain points fairly.
Perhaps it was because he had already passed the level and was truly free of any psychological burden, Bian Senlin felt that he was in better shape than ever before.
90 points, ranking 67th.
100 points, ranking 32
…
Bian Senlin's ranking continued to rise, but he fell into an indescribable state of excitement, solving one question after another.
Run successfully, submit.
Bian Senlin clicked submit again, but this time the system prompted that it had timed out.
Bian Senlin was stunned for a moment, then he realized that it was already 20:03 on the 3rd and the game time was over.
Immediately afterwards, Bian Senlin's tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and endless fatigue mixed with sleepiness surged over him and drowned him.
He didn't even bother to look at his own grades. He just pulled out the sofa bed next to him and fell asleep contentedly.
He even dazedly told the fat man, "Don't call me for dinner."
The fat man didn't know when it started, but he looked at Bian Senlin, who was immersed in it, with a silent and complicated expression.
He said nothing, but silently put the energy-replenishing things prepared by Bian Senlin, such as milk chocolate, next to him.
The fat man, leaning on a crutch, pulled a blanket over Bian Senlin, then walked to the computer and sat down.
Seeing Bian Senlin's final results, the fat man let out an almost inaudible sigh, as if expressing both nostalgia and emotion:
118 points, ranked 18th.
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The fat man who had fallen asleep and was sighing had no idea that in the future time and space, which was 11 years away from them.
September 20, 2034, Space-Time Anomaly Processing Center Base.
Bian Senlin once saw a man in combat uniform take off his helmet, with a resolute and solemn face walking out of the passage door that was opened layer by layer.
At this time, a young lady with a high ponytail, about 26 or 27 years old, was waiting in front of the passage. She had a straight figure and a perfect combination of vitality and capable temperament.
Her work badge had her position and name: Assistant Researcher, Lu Cen Cen.
Seeing someone coming out of the passage, Lu Cen Cen greeted him with a smile: "Captain Wei Li, you've been working hard on this mission, welcome back."
Wei Li nodded and said, "Assistant Lu."
After the greetings, Lu Cen Cen got straight to the point: "Director Bai is waiting for you at the command center."
Bai Yan, director of the Central Control Center, is the head of the special task force for this abnormal incident.
Wei Li and Lu Cencen walked towards the command center, and Lu Cencen introduced to him some of the situations that happened during Wei Li's mission.
As soon as they entered the command center, a young female researcher walked towards them holding a thin handheld screen.
"Captain Wei, this is the data and situation of this mission. Please confirm and sign it." The researcher handed the handheld screen to Wei Li.
"Okay." After Wei Li checked and found no problem, he signed it neatly, returned it to the researcher and continued walking forward.
Lu Cencen was about to follow, but was grabbed by the researcher and pulled to an inconspicuous corner. Lu Cencen gave her a look that told her to leave quickly.
Obviously, the two have a good relationship.
The researcher peeked in furtively to make sure Wei Li was far away and out of earshot. Suddenly, he excitedly whispered to Lu Cen Cen, "Wow, Cen Cen, he's so handsome!"
Lu Cen Cen rolled her eyes at her friend and said with a helpless smile, "You should at least control yourself. You've been transferred from the research institute to the central control center. You'll be seeing people more often in the future. You can't be a fangirl all the time."
Her friend didn't take it seriously and continued to ask her, "I heard Captain Wei is still single. Do you know why? Does he have a girlfriend?"
Lu Cen Cen thought for a moment and said, "Probably not... I haven't heard of it. However, I advise you not to hold your hopes too high. I heard that Captain Wei's heart can only hold the stars, the sea, and the vastness of time and space."
"Ah..." The friend looked at the unmoved Lu Cencen and became a little excited: "Are you really not moved? This kind of upright man is exactly what I like!"
"Haha..." Lu Cen Cen smiled politely, "Compared to men, the romantic energy line fluctuations in the depths of time and space are more to my liking."
The two chatted and laughed for a while before going their separate ways to go about their business.
On the other side, Wei Li had found Bai Yan who was studying something on the observation platform.
Bai Yan is a woman in her forties with neat short hair and a delicate and cold face, showing few signs of aging.
Bai Yan greeted Wei Li upon his arrival, "Captain Wei, thank you for your hard work. This is the Central Control Center's analysis report on this unusual incident so far. Take a look."
Wei Li was not polite either. He and Bai Yan had worked together many times and were considered old partners.
Wei Li took the report and read it carefully, then asked casually, "I saw a young man who was sucked into a space-time rift at the 2014 space-time anomaly node.
We were sending him back when he was interrupted by an energy entity that appeared out of nowhere. He's now missing. Have you found out anything about him?"
"His information is at the back." Bai Yan replied.
Wei Li was looking through the information when a photo of Bian Senlin with a lively smile came into his sight. It was indeed the unlucky young man who almost died in the time tunnel.
Bai Yan continued, "The command center immediately went to investigate after receiving your report. Although they didn't find his whereabouts, they did give us quite a few surprises."
"Huh? Bian Senlin?" Wei Li frowned. He had seen this name in the file not long ago.
Bai Yan nodded and said, "The initial outbreak point of this abnormal incident, the apartment you found at node 2024, is Bian Senlin's residence."
Wei Li flipped through the information and saw the information of 30-year-old Bian Senlin in 2024.
In the photo, Bian Senlin is obese and looks lonely, his eyes are like glass balls covered with frosted material, completely different from the clear and energetic one in the previous photo.
"Currently, there is no trace of this person in the entire 2024 space-time. We speculate that the Border Forest in 2024 should have encountered the same thing as the Border Forest in 2014 space-time.
According to the energy trajectory, they should have fallen into a certain space-time."
Bai Yan clicked a few times on the console and called up a diagram of energy fluctuations.
"What about the side forest on this side of the main space-time?" Wei Li thought of something and flipped through the information, raising his eyebrows in surprise: "Institute of Intelligence? Our people?"
The main time and space refers to the normal time and space where they are now, which is 2034.
The Institute of Intelligence is one of the research institutes under the Space-Time Administration.
Bai Yan nodded: "An hour ago, when the first-level alarm sounded, the research center also detected abnormal energy."
Wei Li said he knew about this: "I know. The energy level was not high at the time, and the research center would occasionally show up. I asked Team Two to handle it."
Bai Yan tapped Bian Senlin's information: "He was there at the time."
"So where are the people now?"
"The person has been taken back to the Abnormal Processing Center."
Bai Yan's expression was intriguing. "Interestingly, shortly before the incident, he applied to temporarily leave the base."
"Leave for a while?" Wei Li felt it was too much of a coincidence.
According to regulations, base personnel need approval from their superiors to leave the base.
Staff members are arranged to take a certain amount of leave according to the confidentiality level, but apart from normal vacation periods, few people will ask for leave to leave the base.
“The reason he gave was that his teacher had passed away and he wanted to see him for the last time.
Upon investigation, it was found that his teacher Chen Yuan suffered a sudden heart attack around 10 pm last night and was confirmed dead after failed rescue efforts.
He was still working overtime at the institute when he received the news. Just as he was about to leave, an abnormal energy incident occurred. The entire institute was delayed for several hours while conducting investigations and taking notes.
When I was about to leave again, I was taken back to the Abnormal Processing Center."
Wei Li thought for a moment and asked, "What's the conclusion of the investigation? Does he have any problems?"
Bai Yan shook her head and said, "We're still investigating. Dr. Bian is a late bloomer.
Before the age of 30, he was an ordinary person. After graduating from university, he joined the company and his performance was unremarkable.
He suddenly applied for graduate school at the age of 32 and obtained his doctorate degree at the age of 38.
At that time, he was spotted by the current head of the Institute of Intelligence and selected into his laboratory.
At the beginning of this year, the Space-Time Administration was officially established, and he was included in the list of members of the Institute of Intelligence, officially becoming a researcher at the Space-Time Research Center.
Bai Yan's fingers tapped rhythmically on the table: "Based on the current investigation, his past experience and current research have not revealed anything suspicious.
However, almost all the clues that can be found in this abnormal incident are related to him, and even the whereabouts of the border forests in two time and space are currently a mystery.
It's such a coincidence, I had him taken back to the Abnormal Processing Center for an in-depth review..."
Before Bai Yan could finish her words, a staff member in the command hall reported the discovery of an abnormal energy gathering.
Bai Yan asked someone to check the monitoring situation, and he and Wei Li looked at the giant screen in the command hall.
"It's the 2023 spacetime, very close to the anomalous spacetime node where the initial outbreak occurred."
Wei Li felt that the energy trajectory was somewhat familiar, and compared it with the energy trajectory diagram that Bai Yan had just drawn up.
Looking at the 80% similarity in fluctuations, Wei Li said, "There's a chance it's one of the border forests between the two time-spaces. We can only find out more specifically by investigating."
Bai Yan also noticed this. She pondered for a moment, "Two of your team members were injured during the mission and are still recuperating. You just got back. Is there anyone available from the second team?"
Wei Li shook his head. "Everything else is fine, but this unusual incident is too dangerous. I'd better make another trip."
"Thank you for your hard work." Bai Yan sighed. "The Abnormality Handling Center was established too recently, and we're short on staff. We can only rely on you for now."
Bai Yan and Wei Li both thought of the current shortcomings at this moment, and thought that the progress in personnel training had to be accelerated.
No matter how much I think about it, I have to wait until I come back this time.
Captain Wei, who had just returned, walked towards the time and space jump center again.
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