Chapter 74
The wind and snow suddenly stopped, leaving the Wuyan Tower hanging alone in the air.
[Chen Jian] was sitting in the leadership room reviewing twice as many documents as usual. When he heard the door being pushed open, he said calmly, "Knock on the door and come back in."
"I." Shen Jian slammed the door shut and answered expressionlessly.
He threw a document on the table and sat down.
The flying document pushed another document off the table and landed lightly on the ground. The tip of [Chen Jian]'s fountain pen paused for a moment, then he signed his name on the document smoothly and then fastened the pen cap.
He crossed his arms and looked at Shen Jian who was sitting on the sofa on the right with a smile, "What?"
[Chen Jian]'s expression was very soft, but his eyes seemed to be smiling, "Are you going to tell me that you guys have broken up the deal and I don't need to save this snowstorm anymore, because everyone will be finished anyway?"
Shen Jian glanced at the smiling man in the leader's seat, then shifted his gaze for a while without saying anything.
The only sound in the air was the friction between light and shadow and lifeless furniture.
[Chen Jian] looked at Chen Jian who was sitting on the sofa without saying a word. His smile froze for a while, and finally he couldn't laugh anymore. The corners of his lips slowly fell, "Don't tell me that you guys really broke down."
His brows knitted together, "I have tried to stop you many times before."
Shen Jian looked at him calmly again, and raised his hand to stop the accusation that the other party blurted out.
"I just asked you to look at the document."
[Chen Jian]: …
[Chen Jian] coughed, picked up the document he had ignored, and said nonchalantly, "I forgot."
The leader did not respond, but silently shifted his gaze to the bright veil across the street through which the sun was shining.
They were silent for a while, and Shen Jian leaned sideways on the chair and asked calmly, "Do you understand, me?"
Since he compiled the information from the seabed into a document, Shen Jian has been like a stiff living statue.
“Although things are very clear now, I still want to know, if it were you, how would you be able to train such a terrifying intelligent being.” Shen Jian rubbed the ring that had fallen off his fingertips, held it in his hand, and shook it towards [Shen Jian].
The leader who came from another world seemed particularly tired at this moment. "Tell me about it."
[Chen Jian] held the document in his hand and finally raised his head to look at the leader of the other world who was leaning on the sofa and looking at him with his head slightly tilted.
He said calmly, "The cloud means that when it twists its circle, I am your past, but I am not your future. Is that right?"
Shen Jian lowered his eyes and moved the ring, "Well. It's not that Yun said it, but Yun knows it."
They were silent for a while.
Shen Jian didn’t know what [Shen Jian] was thinking, but he knew more.
For example, when he first came, if Chen An wanted to break away from the "mistake" and continue to exist, he would have to be trapped in a cycle, because he is Chen Jian's Chen An, not the Chen An of this world [Chen Jian], and his existence is unreasonable.
However, the meeting between Chen Jian and [Chen Jian] was peaceful and stable, without any cover to confuse the world line that had already become a tangled mess.
So, discarding all the premises, the most important question is: Shen Jian came from another world, so it makes sense for them to exist at the same time, but where did Shen An come from?
"It's very simple." Shen Jian answered the silent question of the young leader above, "He is a relic that I dropped in the last cycle. The previous timeline couldn't hold it, so I threw it to the original line."
Chen Jian said calmly, "To put it simply, all this is that the consciousness of the Wuyan Tower was born from my death and twisted time and space. The moment time and space were twisted, the first timeline distortion occurred, and 'my' timeline became independent."
He stopped and shifted his gaze to the silent [Shen Jian] face.
In the midst of heavy snow, they were discussing very calmly a conclusion that could change the current research system. Both of them had no expression on their faces, even though they were well aware that the other's brain was working so fast that it was hot and aching.
Shen Jian glanced at [Shen Jian]’s whitish fingertips.
Very good, Shen Jian thought, this kind of thing that makes the brain burn, it is better to share the pain with others.
"In other words, if I die at the age of thirty, then the me between the ages of twenty and thirty, which is the year when the cloud was born, is isolated by the time-space line."
Because Yun is only looking back at himself during this period of time, time will continue to go back during these ten years, neither moving forward nor moving backward.
[Chen Jian] glanced at the leader who was looking at the ring quietly with his eyes downcast, and paused, "So, you and me?"
He observed Shen Jian's expression, which seemed particularly depressed involuntarily, and with difficulty separated a little nerve network for analysis.
The document in his hand was very thin and only answered two questions.
However, if that were the case, Shen Jian would not be so taboo - the worst way to stop this cycle is nothing more than Shen Jian's suicide.
This is easy for them. Even if the entire galaxy and even all the Chen Jians in the parallel universes were to die, [Chen Jian] believed that they would be willing.
They are just willing to choose the less painful option between "the world is destroyed in pain" and "the world is destroyed by them in one clean blow", making them look like world-destroying villains.
[Chen Jian] thought lightly, if everything could be solved just by their death... Oh, I couldn't ask for more.
...At least I don't have to work overtime anymore.
He glanced secretly at the documents next to him that seemed to be crushing him.
Thinking like this, [Chen Jian] still didn't know what the other self was afraid of.
Are you really worried about how to kill "Chen Jian"?
He leaned back, his face a little colder, "Are you afraid that I won't commit suicide?"
[Chen Jian] sneered softly, "Don't worry, you just need to pass this message to them, and each one will be faster than the other in attacking you."
Shen Jian paused for two seconds and looked at him helplessly, "What are you thinking about?"
He said speechlessly, "I need to explain the relationship between you and me. This must be explained. I may be older than you in a physical sense, and you should call me brother or something like that..."
[Chen Jian]’s eyelids twitched.
"You are me."
Chen Jian said, "However, because the next ten years of timeline became independent and entered countless cycles, the original complete timeline of 'Chen Jian' was equivalent to having a section cut off."
"…So, you will spontaneously regenerate a complete timeline like a severed limb, and between the ages of 20 and 30, you will no longer be me."
Shen Jian’s voice gradually lowered.
"As for whether the two timelines will merge in the future, I am not sure, but I am sure they are definitely confused because of the leader."
Shen Jian gripped the armrest tightly this time and raised his eyes calmly.
It is obvious that leaders go through numerous cycles.
"Originally, the timeline consisted of countless parallel lines, but one line suddenly cut off a section and curved into a loop, and it kept bumping around."
Shen Jian continued calmly, "The timeline before this ring can repair itself and continue to move forward, but what about the rest?"
It will only become more and more confusing afterwards.
That is, after the age of thirty, all the worlds where Chen Jian still exists will fall into a cycle.
——The two dreams that Shen Jian had were of him in the past timeline, not the him in the past who had not lost his memory.
"It's me." Shen Jian said, "I caused all this."
He leaned his stiff back against the sofa and frowned for a while, then stood up, took a breath, and turned his back to [Chen Jian].
Shen Jian didn’t want to know what expression was on his face right now, nor did he want [Shen Jian] to know.
"Now, I am sure that I have not lost my memory at all." Shen Jian said, "Because I only have this memory. My cycle started when I woke up as the leader of the Wuyan Tower."
There was silence inside the door.
Chen An was leaning against the door with his hood pulled very low. This time, surprisingly, he did not slap away the subordinates of Wu Yanta who came over to tease the child with a smile.
They came up curiously and asked, "What's going on?"
Chen An shook his head and leaned against the tightly closed door and took a deep breath.
He prayed quietly and deeply for the first time to countless gods.
I hope that his leader will not be hateful, mean, or guilty during the rest of his life, and will not imprison himself in the abyss.
It's not his fault.
Shen An held the sword, his eyes hidden in the shadows, his thin lips pursed.
If anyone could see his eyes through the cloak, they would know in an instant that he was ready to die.
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"I'm going back, Chen Jian." The leader from another world sat on the sofa, the sunlight shone through the red curtains onto half of his face, making it abnormally red.
[Chen Jian] clasped his hands together and placed them on the table, saying nothing, as silent as water.
The dim light of the projection was still shining, falling on the dark red carpet and sofa, but it avoided the position where Shen Jian was sitting, and his face was shrouded in darkness.
After a pause, [Chen Jian] asked, "What are you going to do?"
The leader was surprised for a moment and tilted his head, "You don't need to ask, I."
Shen Jian smiled very lightly, “Six hours ago, I said Yun was lying.”
He showed the snake-shaped ring on his palm, "The cloud is here - never mind how I let him in, now."
"There is only one way to end this cycle - I will personally destroy the machine, then destroy my Annihilation Tower, annihilate Yun's consciousness, kill all his direct descendants, cadres and subordinates, and finally activate the Annihilation Tower's final crash insurance, and crash into the deep sea somewhere."
“End this cycle.”
Shen Jian said while holding up his face.
His expression was blurry. The light fell on his face over time, but was obscured by the heavy projection into a thick black.
“That’s the only way, Shen Jian.” He seemed to be talking to [Shen Jian], his tone was very light.
But he seemed to be convincing himself that it was blocked and difficult, just like the crucifixion of Jesus.
He could die in any way he wanted. But he had to sacrifice his Tower of Invisibility...
Shen Jian was silent for a while, thinking quietly.
Sure enough, it is still.
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