Neverland

Xu Muzhou's consciousness floated in a sea.

—That may not be accurate, because there is no water here.

But there seems to be no oxygen either.

It's hard for Xu Muzhou to describe how he feels now, his consciousness is drowsy, like half dream and half awake.It was as if part of his emotions had been taken out by someone, and he could only feel abnormally peaceful.

Within his limited range of vision, he seemed to be in an incomparably wonderful space, which was extremely empty and without boundaries, and the entire space was covered with very thick black.

- It's a place I've never seen before.

Xu Muzhou still remembered what happened before, and there was no problem with his memory.But it was probably caused by the sequelae of that emotional detachment. He only felt that those memories became very detached, as if recalling the past after a few years. He clearly remembered all the details, but he just couldn’t return to that environment with empathy. .

This kind of place with no sound and no light source is easy to cause psychological burden to people, but probably Xu Muzhou has already experienced an anti-science adventure, and he is not anxious or uneasy.

He is like a small bug that is happy with the situation, it doesn't matter which leaf is blown by the wind and settles on it.

Xu Muzhou closed his eyes again, he was still a little tired, closing his eyes and resting his mind would make him feel more comfortable.

In this very quiet environment, Xu Muzhou had enough time to rest and enough space to think.

——I might have caused trouble for Brother Yan, Xu Muzhou thought calmly.

When the hydrangea fell off his wrist automatically, Xu Muzhou didn't regret what he did. He tried his best not for anyone, but for himself.

——It's just a pity, Xu Muzhou thought, originally he said that after the task was completed, he would go back to Neverland to study the next stage of love.

It seems that it should not work for the time being.

Xu Muzhou is sure that this is not Neverland, but another completely independent space.

He strangely felt a sense of floating, his body was lying flat and floating in mid-air against gravity, and he couldn't feel anything except the airflow slipping between his fingers.

Xu Muzhou also seemed to have some problems with his control over his body—his limbs were limp and uncontrollable, as limp as a weight.

In this space, "time" seems to have really stagnated. Unlike the theoretical time stagnation of Neverland, the time here is frozen as if it has turned into a solid, with the softness coming from nowhere The airflow gradually approached and then gradually moved away.

It will take Xu Muzhou a while to really feel his body - except for his thinking ability, everything here is extremely slow.

After an unknown amount of time, there was finally a change in the seemingly endless darkness, a slight light shone on Xu Muzhou's eyelids, his long eyelashes trembled, and he slowly opened his eyes.

In the corner of the eye, a hole was torn open by the white light at the end of the darkness in the distance. The white light poured in one after another and was swallowed up by the darkness, only reflecting the tiny dust flakes in the air.

Those things floated in mid-air like raindrops, flashing a bright blue-purple under the light.

It turns out that this world is not completely colorless, Xu Muzhou thought.

But before Xu Muzhou took a closer look, those colors quickly disappeared into the darkness like rain and fog.

At the same time, the light source in the distance outlined the lines of a figure with a good figure, and an inappropriate smell of tobacco wafted inexplicably from the originally empty space.

The only light source was blocked again for a large part, Xu Muzhou blinked, tried to turn his head, and looked towards the light source.

The visitor stepped on a pair of sky-high, slender high heels and sank silently into the darkness.She was clearly stepping on the void, but it was like walking on flat ground, but in an instant, she walked to Xu Muzhou's side from the distant border.

"I thought I had found foreign aid for myself, but I found trouble." Zhong Lu winked at him condescendingly, and said with a smile, "Xiao Muzhou, what should I do with you?"

Zhong Lu is still so good-looking, she is wearing a bright red dress today, her long hair is slightly curled down from her shoulders, her makeup is exquisite, and she even remembers to choose the color of her lipstick to match her nails.

——It doesn't look like you're in a bad mood.

There was still a faint smell of burning tobacco on her fingers, probably because she had just smoked.

Xu Muzhou felt that he was so baffled that he had come to this point. He didn't want to think about his own life and future, but he still had thoughts about whether Zhong Lu smoked or not.

But he still couldn't help it.

"...So why do you all smoke?" Xu Muzhou asked.

Zhong Lu squinted her eyes and smiled, then lightly scratched the back of his hand with her index finger, and said, "You still have the heart to think about this...why don't you think about it, how will I punish you if you violate the rules and disrupt the world line?"

"Will you kill me?" Xu Muzhou asked.

Xu Muzhou asked very naturally, as if he was not asking about his life or death, but what he would have for breakfast tomorrow morning.

At this moment, Xu Muzhou suddenly felt that people were really strange. He had the guts to tell the truth in front of everyone outside the upper study room regardless of the consequences. In fact, a large part of it was because he was an employee of Neverland. A relationship in which life is not threatened.

——Anyway, he doesn't belong to that era, so he doesn't have to worry about being settled by Wei Wenxuan.

But now that he's had a good time, when he calms down and faces Zhong Lu's upcoming "punishment", he feels relieved and doesn't care about his own life anymore.No matter what Zhong Lu's punishment was, he could accept it.

Once people are not even afraid of death, they will become very indifferent when faced with other options.

Zhong Lu tilted her head and looked at him for a long time, then said with a smile: "Of course not, Neverland will guarantee the safety of all employees."

Xu Muzhou blinked, and didn't think it was a good word from her.

"But you caused me such a big mess, I'm really worried." Zhong Lu sighed exaggeratedly, raised her index finger and middle finger, making a small figure, and ran all the way from the back of Xu Muzhou's hand with two fingers "Walk" to his shoulder, reached out to touch his face, and said distressedly: "What should I do?"

Xu Muzhou tilted his head slightly to avoid her hand, and said, "I have a family, so I can't touch it."

"Yo." Zhong Lu bent her eyes and said with a smile, "You think of him now, why weren't you afraid of hurting him before?"

"Neverland uses emotions as the standard for judging things. Although this standard may have disadvantages, there is only one good thing - rewards and punishments are clearly defined, and responsibilities are clearly defined. I think you won't even sit together." Xu Muzhou paused , asked: "... Where is Brother Yan?"

"It's no good for a child to be too smart." Zhong Lu was disappointed that he didn't lie to Xu Muzhou, and the joy in her tone lost a lot, but she still replied, "He's gone back to Neverland."

Xu Muzhou breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter how high the probability is, it is only a probability. Although Xu Muzhou rationally never will implement any anger system, he has only just let go of his mind at this moment.

"But you are not so lucky." Zhong Lu said: "Violation of the rules for no reason led to a change in the direction of the world line... It is a big mistake in Neverland. You wrote the warning, but you didn’t listen to it yourself.”

"How is Liu Yingying?" Xu Muzhou suddenly asked, "You said the world has changed, what kind of reform is it?"

"In this world, Liu Yingying's son was supposed to succeed to the throne and be the next emperor, but that's not the case now." Zhong Lu is always very magnanimous at times like this, answering every question: "The incident of Liu Yingying's murder of Song Xueyao was established, she If her identity is erased, her son will not be able to be the emperor—"

"Very good." Xu Muzhou raised the corners of his lips: "That's enough."

This dynasty is different from other worlds, and it is not within Xu Muzhou's cognition. Xu Muzhou once thought about why, but he didn't think of a possibility until the end of this mission.

The essence of time travel is a paradox, because once the time node is changed, all subsequent historical developments will be erased and restarted, so time travelers should not exist in theory.

——Then what if the world the shuttler lives in itself has been changed.

Although Xu Muzhou doesn't know whether his guess is right or wrong, it doesn't matter which one the result is to him. He doesn't feel regretful if he does what he does. If he guesses correctly, it's just an extra guarantee.

"Actually, what you think is right." Zhong Lu suddenly said: "It's not you, it should be someone else, or something else. There is indeed an abnormal change point at this point in time, and I have been monitoring it in real time for many years. ——Now it seems that it is indeed you."

"You know what I'm thinking?" Xu Muzhou asked back.

"Of course." Zhong Lu said with a smile, "I am the rule."

Xu Muzhou was not surprised, anyway, since the other party was a different existence from Yan Cen and Song Yan, it was normal to have some special abilities.

"Your purpose is not to allow that kind of person to be in power—now the purpose has been achieved." Zhong Lu shrugged and said, "But no matter whether this point 'should' be changed or not, in the final analysis it is you who changed the path of the mission world, and I You still have to be punished according to the method of Neverland."

"Yeah." Xu Muzhou asked in an unusually peaceful mood, "What punishment."

He looked too calm, Zhong Lu couldn't help hissing, and asked half-truthfully, "You're really not afraid...why, you never thought that the result of violating the rules is that you will never be able to leave Neverland ?"

"That's just right." Xu Muzhou said, "Remember to tell Brother Yan the news, so we don't have to worry about it anymore."

"It's boring." Zhong Lu withdrew her hand boredly, and said, "I'll give you a privilege, and you don't have to be punished too severely... There are many unsolvable tasks in the cleaning system, and the conditions of these tasks are different from the general sense, so There has been a backlog. But this kind of task backlog is also troublesome, so I will pick one as your punishment for violation. Of course, don’t worry, although it is said to be an unsolvable task, it is not that there is no solution, it just needs you Balance it carefully."

Xu Muzhou didn't seem to have thought that the so-called "punishment" was a different kind of task, so he asked suspiciously, "Is it that simple?"

"Yeah." Zhong Lu said, "But Neverland will temporarily deprive you of your memory—"

Xu Muzhou frowned, feeling that this seemed to be a trap.

Sure enough, Zhong Lu went on to say, "And there is no progress bar for unsolvable tasks."

Xu Muzhou: "..."

"Then how do I know how well the task is done?" Xu Muzhou said, "If the task has not been completed, how should I come back."

Zhong Lu didn't answer, but showed him an ambiguous smile.

Xu Muzhou's heart skipped a beat, and he understood what Zhong Lu meant—this was fundamentally a mistake. If he completed the task with great ability, he would naturally be able to pay off his merits, but if he didn't get this "merit", then he might have to pay for it. Trapped to death outside.

——You can’t go back to Neverland, and you can’t go back to your own body.

"This expression is finally interesting. It seems to have a sense of crisis." Zhong Lu tilted her head and said with a smile, "How is it?"

Now that Xu Muzhou is lying here, he can't even control his arms and legs, like a piece of fish on a chopping board, it can't be said.

Xu Muzhou pursed his lips, and said in a low voice, "...Brother Yan, you don't have to go."

"Normally there is no need for it," Zhong Lu said.

Xu Muzhou settled down.

"Then I agree." He said lightly.

"But I'll put my ugly words first." Zhong Lu said: "Yan Cen's old house is on fire, if he insists on thinking about it, I can't stop him."

Xu Muzhou lowered his eyes and hummed.

"Why, don't you ask me to stop him." Zhong Lu said, "For the sake of your great contribution to Neverland, I will try a little harder."

"Adults are responsible for their own choices. I have the right to make choices, and of course he does." Xu Muzhou closed his eyes and said, "Come on."