Neverland

Area C central base, basement level, central dormitory area.

"I still think it's quite difficult to handle." Xu Muzhou sat by the bed, held the half-black and half-white hydrangea under the lamp and looked at it for a while, then threw it into the sky, and then Caught it with the palm of my hand.

The small hydrangea pendant rolled back and forth in the palm of his hand, and the black slime on it dangled, but it couldn't be wiped off.

"Obviously, the answer is right in front of you this time, which is equivalent to opening a test, but it turned out to be more difficult than guessing the content of the task." Xu Muzhou sighed.

Yan Cen closed the refrigerator door and came out of the kitchen with two glasses of ice water.His military jacket was casually thrown on the quilt at the head of the bed, and the sleeves of his shirt were rolled up high, revealing the beautiful lines of his arms.

He handed Xu Muzhou one of the glasses of ice water with lemon, then pulled a chair and sat opposite him.

"Try it." Yan Cen said: "If you fail, there is nothing you can do. This is not a cleanup task in the first place. Don't put too much pressure on you."

Xu Muzhou gulped down half a glass of water, grinned from the ice, waved his hands, and said, "It's still a little stressful. According to Zhong Lu's words, it seems that if this task can't be solved, the world will be destroyed."

"The world won't be destroyed just because a person's life path goes wrong, otherwise the world's fault tolerance rate would be too low." Yan Cen unbuttoned the two buttons on his neckline, and continued: "It's nothing more than a slowing down of the world line— —For example, Qin Wei needs to do a major event to promote the development of the world, but she doesn’t do it, so she has to wait for the next person who can do it. Zhong Lu finds it troublesome because once something goes wrong, then wait The process of a person's emergence is too uncertain, and it is easy to have long nights and dreams."

When Yan Cen mentioned this kind of topic, he was inexplicably serious, Xu Muzhou grunted and nodded.

The air conditioner in the house makes a slight sound of ventilation. Yan Hongfei's dormitory is a typical military style, with quilts folded into small squares, and there is nothing on the table except an alarm clock. It seems that no one has lived in the room.

Xu Muzhou picked up the documents scattered around him and tidied them up one by one. It was already off-duty time, he didn't have to rush back to the work area on the ground, he could spend time in Yan Cen's office to straighten out these obscure documents.

"When I was in the scientific research team, I also heard some gossip." Xu Muzhou arranged the materials according to the page number, and said in a casual way: "I heard that every year on Qin Wei's birthday, she is not at the base. I heard— —Wait a minute, you're not listening, are you?"

Xu Muzhou didn't know what else he had imagined, so he raised his head vigilantly, looked around for a week, and asked in a low voice while holding the document: "That's the kind, those of you with special professions, in order to prevent collusion with the outside world, so—— "

"...No." Yan Cen felt that if he didn't interrupt him, the plot might turn into an interstellar spy movie.He put down the water glass in his hand, and said matter-of-factly, "You underestimated Qin Wei."

Xu Muzhou was still immersed in his brain and couldn't extricate himself, he was startled when he heard this: "Huh?"

"I think Song Yan misunderstood Qin Wei's evaluation earlier." Yan Cen said.

"The phrase 'strawberry milk cake'?" Xu Muzhou complained, "From the moment I saw the word major general, my trust in this evaluation is only [-]% left."

Although Yan Cen also wanted to criticize Song Yan's poor vision on this issue, what he wanted to say was really not this.

"Song Yan inadvertently mentioned to me that Qin Wei was not the one with the most potential or the most powerful among the mission subjects she had taken care of." Yan Cen said: "...I think this statement is watery."

"Do you think Sister Song Yan is blinded by the love filter?" Xu Muzhou asked.

"That's not the case. Song Yan looks like a fool, but her work ability is not bad, and her mind is clear." Yan Cen waved his hand: "I just think it's too early for her to be tempted - even Song Yan herself said that at that time When she was forcibly recalled by Neverland, Qin Wei hadn't officially entered the world line. The progress information of the guidance mission was issued in real time, so maybe even Song Yan herself didn't know how capable Qin Wei was. "

Xu Muzhou hadn't heard them talk about the guidance system in detail before, so he asked doubtfully, "Are the task targets of the guidance mission divided into three, six, or nine grades?"

"Divided." Unexpectedly, Yan Cen didn't ambiguously passed, probably because Xu Muzhou had made an exception anyway, so he also said very simply: "There are many factors that can affect the world line, but every key world line In the world line, there will only be one main influencer—this person is closely related to the direction and progress of the world line, or in other words, this person is the one responsible for promoting the progress of the world line.”

"Is this the target of the guiding mission?" Xu Muzhou asked.

"Yes, this is one of them." Yan Cen said.

Xu Muzhou became interested and asked, "What else?"

"Didn't I say it before, for some people who can control the world line, turning left or right at the next intersection may cause the world line to shift." Yan Cen said: "Destiny is It’s true that the trajectory is set. But life is not like a game. In the game, except for the protagonist, all NPCs have a set pattern. Their words and deeds have templates, but life is different.”

Xu Muzhou made it clear: "Oh... There are also some people who are closely related to these 'protagonists', and they can also be said to have an influence on the world line."

"Yes, these people are the task objects of the guidance mission." Yan Cen said: "The guidance mission time is long or short, because the influence of the guidance mission on the world line is limited. For example, Robert, he belongs to this kind of world line People with side influences."

Xu Muzhou thought of Song Yan and Yan Cen's hesitation when they mentioned Robert in the last world, and guessed that this was what Song Yan didn't say last time.

"For the guidance system, most of the mission objects are these 'supporting characters'. Because the number of world lines is limited, there are actually quite a few people who can be called 'protagonists'." Yan Cen said.

Xu Muzhou glanced at his face and asked, "...do you think Qin Wei is the 'protagonist'?"

"I don't know." Yan Cen said, "I'm not sure."

"If... I mean if." Xu Muzhou said, "If Sister Song Yan thought that Qin Wei was a 'supporting role', but in fact she was a 'leading role', what would happen?"

Yan Cen was silent for a moment, even if he said "I don't know", he always said it clearly and neatly, and never showed any substantial hesitation.But now Xu Muzhou found that he did show some uncertainty for those two seconds.

It was rare for him to reveal a bit of real worry, and he couldn't help but lower his head and pinch the bridge of his nose.

Xu Muzhou already knew him very well, and knew that at least half of his expression was because of disgust and trouble.It's just that Yan Cen's emotions came and went quickly, and when he looked up again, his expression was as usual.

"Then Song Yan will be in trouble." Yan Cen said.

He was talking about Song Yan, not Neverland, Xu Muzhou instinctively felt that there seemed to be some difference, and asked faster than his brain: "Why is it Sister Song Yan?"

"Nothing." Yan Cen said.

In addition to being able to get a rough idea of ​​his emotions, Xu Muzhou was also very familiar with Yan Cen's signature perfunctory, and he was not fooled when he heard the words, and immediately followed up: "Do you have something to hide from me?"

The little fox is not what it used to be, and it's hard to be fooled by relying on his status as a boyfriend to show his teeth and claws.

Yan Cen smiled slightly.

Xu Muzhou looked at him vigilantly, he knew that Yan Cen's acting skills were superb, if he really wanted to hide something from him, it would be a piece of cake.

However, the corners of Yan Cen's eyes were bent down, the corners of his lips were raised, and the color of his amber eyes became lighter under the halo.Usually, when he laughed casually like this, there was always a hint of mockery and disdain for a minute or two, but today perhaps he only had Xu Muzhou in his eyes, so the smile seemed much gentler.

"Did you use a beauty trick?" Xu Muzhou asked warily.

Yan Cen raised his eyebrows: "I'll just take it as your compliment on my good looks."

——Sure enough, I thought too much, Xu Muzhou thought, this is still his original brother Yan.

"Information can't be given for nothing." Yan Cen folded his arms and leaned on the armrest with his elbows, looking at Xu Muzhou with a half-smile: "Boyfriends also need to settle accounts clearly, come on."

Xu Muzhou: "..."

——The last time "Teacher Yan" gave him a lecture, the class fee was to light a cigarette, but today I don't know where to go to raise the price.

"There are no props here." Xu Muzhou discussed, "I owe you first?"

"Too inactive." Yan Cen sighed, leaned over on his own, and tapped Xu Muzhou's lips.

Xu Muzhou: "..."

——Has Teacher Yan started to blatantly belittle students now?

"Actually, it's nothing." Yan Cen sat up straight, and said lightly: "If it really had such a big impact, Neverland might just hold Song Yan accountable."

This answer is a bit too simple, but it sounds like there is nothing wrong with it.Xu Muzhou thought about it for a while but didn't figure out what was wrong, so he just thought that Yan Cen was playing a hooligan again.

"That's right." Yan Cen raised his chin at him: "What kind of gossip did you want to talk about before?"

Yan Cen didn't mention it, Xu Muzhou almost forgot what he interrupted earlier, he recalled it, and then remembered what he wanted to say.

"It's just listening to them chatting, and the authenticity can't be guaranteed." Xu Muzhou said: "Every year, Qin Wei's birthday, and the day before her birthday, she will leave the central base. According to them, it means that the major general will go to meet a Old friend... I suspect that he went to see Sister Song Yan."

"It's very likely." Yan Cen said.

"Qin Wei will go out one day in advance, and then stay out for one night, and will not come back until nightfall on her birthday." Xu Muzhou said: "It's like this every year, and her itinerary is not a secret. I don't know how to remember it this year It's been a long time, and I left in a hurry near the afternoon."

Xu Muzhou patted the heavy pile of documents in his arms while talking, and said happily: "It's a good thing she's gone, otherwise it wouldn't be easy to fool."

"What's wrong?" Yan Cen asked.

"The special scientific research group is directly under Qin Wei, and it seems to be doing a confidential research for her." Xu Muzhou said, "Qin Wei attaches great importance to this and asks about the progress almost every day. Fortunately, she is not here these two days, otherwise If you directly ask me about my research, I’m afraid it will be revealed.”

Speaking of this, Yan Cen glanced thoughtfully at the documents in Xu Muzhou's arms, and asked, "What is she studying?"

"I'm not too sure, I haven't read all the information." Xu Muzhou said, "It seems to be a neuron stripping transmission technology."