Raven

Like a scene from a fairy tale.

The gorgeous starry sky is the background, the steel track continues to extend, and the green leather train moves forward in space.

In the boundless universe, this twelve-car train looks very small.However, in fact, it is many times larger than the real green leather trains running on land in ancient times, and the "windows" alone penetrate the height of the upper, middle and lower floors.

The green leather train—Old Time is the most popular space cruise ship on the "Azure Line". It starts from the tourist star Visette, passes through dozens of colonial stars and sub-space ports, and after traveling around the earth for a week, it finally returns to Visette, the entire journey took 168 standard hours, or 7 Earth days.

The Old Time takes a high-end route, and its tickets are always the most expensive among all space cruise ships.However, even so, it is still hard to get a vote.

Because this is the easiest way to be close to the earth, open to all.

In the 23rd century AD, the thriving earth civilization was wiped out in a sudden catastrophe.

The earthquake triggered a tsunami, and the groans of death and injury broke out amidst the groans of zombies. All the disasters that humans imagined at that time were staged in turn, and the social order completely collapsed.

Collapse does not mean the end. There are infinite possibilities for human beings who have gone from the barbaric era to the peak of technology. They struggled to survive in the ruins, gradually adapted to the harsh environment, and then slowly and difficultly began to rebuild their homes.

The catastrophe not only destroyed the homeland of mankind, but also caused the collapse of the entire earth, and forced those non-human races who only showed traces of existence in the story to come to the bright side and work with mankind to rebuild after the disaster.

As a result, facilities that were difficult to complete were built one by one with the strength of a single family, and the post-disaster reconstruction society has unparalleled inclusiveness and creativity.

Human beings and non-human intelligent creatures have taken steps towards the universe at an unimaginable speed. Alien colonization, artificial star immigration, and subspace construction based on occult techniques have been realized one by one.

Destruction and rebirth are staged alternately. After the catastrophe, there is another explosion of species on the earth-an explosion of both types and numbers.The earth can't bear it, so by the year 4022 in the new calendar, 70% of the intelligent creatures originating from the earth, led by human beings, live in the space outside the earth.

The blue earth has almost become a place of pilgrimage.

Due to various reasons, the earth has been under control and tourism is not open, so the old time is also nicknamed - a journey of feelings that smashes pots and sells iron.

Since the earth is the selling point, the core of this emotional journey is of course the huge viewing platform on the old time.Among the three-story viewing platforms, the middle floor is the golden location with the highest ceiling and the widest view.

There are VIP boxes on the golden viewing platform, and the high price finally deters most passengers.

But there are still a lot of rich people who are taken advantage of, and the few VIP boxes are still full all year round, and reservations need to be made several months in advance.The view provided by the box is worthy of its price, the furnishings are top-notch, and even the virtual tour guide is more refined than the public area.

"The catastrophe has changed the earth's landscape, and even the shape of the plate has changed to a certain extent, but it is not obvious from our distance."

In the VIP box, a young man was speaking. He was wearing an elegant suit and was sitting facing the viewing window with a cup of coffee in hand.

This is obviously a real person.

"I know." The answer was a middle-aged man, also in a suit, with the last sip of coffee left in his hand, "From this distance, we can see clearly only two cracks at the north and south poles—oh, now Only the one at the North Pole is visible."

The azure planet is suspended in space, because the distance is too far away and the atmosphere is blocked, only the ocean and land can be distinguished.Yet a black line that nearly splits the northern hemisphere in two is clearly visible.

Comparing this crack to the plate, you can imagine how huge it must be when viewed from the ground.

This Arctic fissure is one of the traces left by the catastrophe. It extends from the North Pole to the Tropic of Cancer, and its trend basically overlaps with the Prime Meridian.

At the South Pole, there is also a crack extending along the 180° meridian and ending at the Tropic of Capricornus.

The two cracks at the north and south poles are collectively called the big crack, which is the most striking trace of the catastrophe.

"Yes." The young man had a commercial smile on his face, neither too serious nor too enthusiastic, "This is also the reason why we have not been able to land on Earth so far."

"Speaking of which," the middle-aged man seemed to ask casually, "I heard that you stayed on Earth before changing jobs?"

The young man smiled, as if he didn't realize that the other party used a very special word "changing career", and he didn't answer vaguely: "The earth is very attractive..."

The middle-aged man didn't have to ask clearly, the other party's avoidance already showed that the news he heard was probably true.After drinking the last sip of coffee, the middle-aged man got up and said goodbye: "It's getting late, I should go to my child and tell him the story of the earth."

"Then I won't waste Boss Qian's time." The young man didn't hold back, got up and sent him out of the box, "We will meet again next time we have a chance."

"If there is a chance to cooperate again... stay for a while."

There is no dress code for the guests on the Old Times. Most of the passengers who come for the journey of love are dressed casually. The formal attire of suits and leather shoes is incompatible with the atmosphere of the public area. The middle-aged people take off their suit jackets while dialing out their children's communication hang on hand.

And the young man who stayed at the side of the box to watch him leave also raised his hand to loosen his tie, put down his business smile, and his expression relaxed and faded.

He leaned against the door, pulled out the terminal and took a look. The box was still available for more than an hour. Just as he was thinking whether to stay in the box for a while or go back to the room directly, a person walked up to him. He called out his name: "Wei Yanchuan?"

The one who came was also a young man, he and Wei Yanchuan, who was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, were completely two extremes.The young man was wearing a baggy T-shirt and jeans. His hair was half-length and not short, and there was a blue stubble on his chin. It was unclear whether he was too lazy to repair it or kept it on purpose for styling.

Surprisingly, the young man with the decadent style looks quite energetic. He is tall, has long legs, and has a good silhouette. He abruptly props up this ugly look and becomes an avant-garde personality.

Wei Yanchuan froze for a moment.

The young people smiled, and naturally gave each other a step: "I'm Zhao Qiaosheng, remember?"

Wei Yanchuan raised his eyelids, remembering this, he looked Zhao Qiaosheng up and down: "Your change is not small."

Zhao Qiaosheng also looked at him. The man in a suit was tall and slender, and he was much thinner than he remembered. The thinness strengthened the facial lines, giving him a vaguely sharp look in his eyebrows and eyes.

"You've changed a lot too." After sizing up, Zhao Qiao said slowly, "Successful?"

"Where..." Wei Yanchuan twitched the corner of his mouth, "Do some small business." He obviously didn't want to continue this topic, and looked around, "Are you alone?"

"Probably." Zhao Qiao shrugged, "The old man asked me to watch over my younger brother, not far or near, secretly."

"Go ahead and talk about it if it doesn't affect you?" Wei Yanchuan glanced at the terminal again, "Make the most of the last hour."

"Okay. If you don't take advantage of it, don't take it for nothing, especially if it's not cheap at all." Zhao Qiaosheng followed Wei Yanchuan into the box, and couldn't help saying, "You are really willing."

"You took advantage of second-hand." Wei Yanchuan closed the door, took off his tie and put it on the back of the chair, "The company will reimburse you, I came out to discuss business."

Zhao Qiaosheng threw himself onto the sofa and sank into it in an invisible posture: "Which public house is so generous?"

Wei Yanchuan, who had already taken off his suit and was unbuttoning the top button of his shirt, replied, "Convenience store."

"No wonder." Zhao Qiao, who was comfortably nestled on the sofa, dragged across the virtual screen, picking and ordering drinks, and the action of ordering was very skillful.

A teleportation array lit up on the glass tabletop, and the two cups of coffee were taken away, and the glass of beer with water droplets hanging on the wall and the red wine in the goblet were served.

Wei Yanchuan sat down on the sofa next to Zhao Qiaosheng. Because he was wearing formal clothes, he couldn't sit as relaxed as Zhao Qiaosheng: "Which cup is mine?"

"What to wear and what to drink." Zhao Qiaosheng took the beer.

Wei Yanchuan glanced at him, folded the cuff of his shirt in half, and then reached out to pick up the wine glass.

The old time continued to sail, and at this moment, the scar of Antarctica was exposed on the earth outside the window.

"Meeting is fate." Zhao Qiaosheng raised his glass, "Cheers to fate."

Wei Yanchuan touched him: "Cheers to fate."

The thin young man clasped the cup holder with his fingers, and when he twisted his wrist to tilt the wine glass, a blue tendon emerged from the thumb joint and submerged obliquely under the skin of the wrist joint.

In order to better show the scenery of the earth, the lighting in the box is similar to that of the external light source. Under the cold light of the universe, Wei Yanchuan showed the peculiar paleness of being in a dark environment for a long time. The color of the blood vessels is faintly revealed.

Zhao Qiaosheng's gaze fell from Wei Yanchuan's side face to the side of his neck, and then to his fingers: "You... are a little too thin."

Wei Yanchuan raised his eyebrows: "Although thin is skinny, I still win with arm wrestling, believe it or not."

Zhao Qiaosheng: "...What is 'return'?"

"What are you pretending to be stupid for?" Wei Yanchuan sipped his red wine, "Speaking of which, the last time we met was five years ago, right?"

"That's right." The beer in Zhao Qiaosheng's hand had already bottomed out, "I actually saw you when I boarded the boat, and I didn't dare to admit it."

Wei Yanchuan put down his cup, and clasped his wrist vainly: "If I saw you first, I wouldn't dare to recognize you at first sight."

"After that accident, didn't we all have a psychological assessment? Although my assessment was good, the superiors still insisted on transferring me to the rear. I didn't want to accept it, so I just came out." Zhao Qiaosheng turned the cup, "In I’m used to being wild outside, and staying home for a while would kill me, and then I went to the Hunter’s Guild to get a name and pick up some jobs.” He drank the last bit of wine, brushed his hair, “Do as the Romans do, how many It’s become like this over the years.”

Wei Yanchuan commented: "It's very chic."

Zhao Qiao laughed, and then asked, "What about you? Why did you enter the convenience store?"

The author has something to say: this year my three-dimensional turmoil is magnificent... Take a breath to recover

If I haven’t written for too long, I think there will be various problems. Please point out more and give me more advice_(:з」∠)_