Ding Yan is a sophomore.

His academic performance was quite good, ranking high in the entire department. In addition, he was steady and gentle, and looked quite handsome, so he was quite famous in the campus.

It can be said that Ding Yan is completely a "child of other people's family". He has always been synonymous with "excellence" since he was a child. Even though he failed in the college entrance examination and did not get into his ideal university, he can plan his life and future well in this school.

There happened to be no classes this morning, so Ding Yan planned to play basketball with some friends to exercise.

“Pass the ball!”

The friend next to him said to Ding Yan.

Ding Yan also understood what he meant, and he made a wonderful pass, shook off the opponent and then threw the ball to his teammate, successfully creating an opportunity for his teammate to shoot and score.

“Nice!”

His friends happily put their arms around Ding Yan's shoulders and boasted about how great his skill was. If there were any schoolgirls around, how many people would cheer for him.

In the face of these compliments, Ding Yan just smiled. He had experienced too much such compliments since he was a child and had long been immune to them.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside the stadium: "Ding Yan! Is Ding Yan here? Someone is looking for you!"

Is someone looking for me?

Ding Yan was stunned for a moment: "Who would come to see me at this time?"

The friend next to him glanced outside the court, then whispered to Ding Yan, "It looks weird to be looking for you outside."

"Although she is a pretty girl, her face looks too plain. And the man next to her is even weirder. Doesn't he feel uncomfortable wearing such thick clothes in such hot weather?"

"And he's carrying such a big black umbrella. It looks weird..."

Ding Yan smiled when he heard this: "Who knows?"

He threw the ball to his friend and said, "Then I'll take a break."

Coming out of the stadium gate, Ding Yan wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the two people who were looking for him.

One of them was just as my friend said, a beautiful and delicate lady. Although her expression was cold, her face made this coldness look so comfortable.

Standing next to the woman was a smiling man. Although the man was shorter than the woman, for some reason, Ding Yan could tell at a glance that this man was the visitor who really wanted to talk to him.

The combination of these two people looks really weird...

Wearing such thick clothes in such hot weather and holding an umbrella? Looking at the two people in front of him, Ding Yan hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Hello? May I ask who you are..."

"Are you Ding Yan?" The thickly dressed man said with a smile, "Ding Yan, a sophomore in the Department of Economics and Management?"

Ding Yan nodded: "Well, if there is no sophomore in the Department of Economics and Management in this school with the same name as me, then I should be the one you are looking for."

The man nodded, the smile on his face unchanged: "Then I'm looking for you. Hello, my name is Bai Ling."

Bering...Bering Strait? For some reason, after hearing this name, this thought subconsciously flashed through Ding Yan's mind.

"Um, hello, Mr. Bai..." Ding Yan said blankly, "Excuse me, what can I do for you two?"

Bai Ling looked at Ding Yan with a smile.

It seems really hard to imagine that this man named "Ding Yan" will become a hunter who can deal with "disaster"-level aliens alone in the next few years.

At the moment, he still looked very young, and had not lost the ignorant student air. He was not at all as weird and crazy as described in the diary.

The current Ding Yan is so different from the madman described in the diary that if Bai Ling hadn't confirmed it with Ding Yan himself, he wouldn't have dared to say that this guy was the one he was looking for.

"Interesting," Bai Ling said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to be like this now. Well, time is really interesting, it's like a closed loop."

Huh? Listening to Bai Ling's words, Ding Yan was a little confused.

What on earth is this guy talking about? Ding Yan glanced at the man opposite him a few more times. The man who called himself "Bailing" always had an unpredictable smile on his face, as if he knew everything, which made people feel a little strange and mysterious.

In addition, for some reason, when I stood next to him, I always felt that the surrounding environment became a little colder, as if the person next to me was not a living person, but a freezer.

All these factors combined made Ding Yan subconsciously want to retreat.

This is a normal reaction of ordinary people wanting to stay away from events that are beyond their understanding. Anyone who encounters such a situation will feel confused.

"Well, Mr. Bai, I'm sorry, is there anything I can do for you?" Ding Yan said, "If nothing else, I have to go back later..."

Bai Ling heard this and said, "Oh, I almost forgot that you are only a sophomore now. Sorry, I always forget where I am right now when I am immersed in the long river of time."

His voice sounded a little distant and a little vicissitudes of life, as if it came from some place so far away that it was difficult to see, hazy and strange.

Could it be... a mental patient? Ding Yan wanted to run away.

He had seen cases of mentally ill people suddenly attacking others before, and this strange guy in front of him did look like a mentally ill person in some ways.

Fortunately, the other party did not bother me too much.

Bai Ling took something out of his handbag and handed it to Ding Yan, who was standing opposite him. "Sorry to bother you, but it seems that the timing is not right. As an apology for my intrusive visit, I hope you can accept this. Although it may not be of much use, it should make you feel better at least."

What is this?

Ding Yan looked at what Bai Ling handed over and felt a little overwhelmed.

Although it looked like just an umbrella, Ding Yan subconsciously did not want to accept the gift because of his previous impression of Bai Ling.

But it doesn't feel right to just stay in this stalemate.

After hesitating for a long time, Ding Yan took the umbrella from the other person's hand and looked at Bai Ling with some confusion.

Facing Ding Yan's gaze, Bai Ling just smiled and said, "It will rain today, and the rain will be quite heavy. Take it with you for now."

Raining? How could it rain?

Ding Yan remembered very clearly that he had checked the weather forecast before and there was no sign of rain at all, not to mention today, or for the whole week.

Now he felt more and more that this guy who called himself "Beiling" was a psychopath.

"I'll just throw this umbrella away later," Ding Yan thought to himself, "otherwise I'll always feel uneasy."

A thought flashed through his mind, and the next second, Ding Yan saw Bai Ling and the woman turn their heads away without any reluctance.

They came strangely and left even faster, as if they really just wanted to come and see me.

As he was leaving, Ding Yan could vaguely hear the woman talking, as if asking something: "Prophet, are you leaving just like that?"

Bai Ling turned his head and glanced at Ding Yan behind him, then smiled at him and whispered something to the woman. Because the voice was so soft, Ding Yan didn't hear it.

“How strange…”

Ding Yan sighed, feeling that this meeting was somewhat strange.

He returned to the court, threw the umbrella aside, and continued playing ball with his classmates.

After playing a few small games, Ding Yan suddenly heard a friend say, "Huh?"

"Why does it feel like it's raining?"

rain?

Ding Yan looked at the sky in surprise.

The sky was still clear at this time, and the sun was already as scorching as in midsummer.

But in this early summer weather, Ding Yan was surprised to feel a slight chill on his face.

That was... the coolness of raindrops splashing on one's face.