Dangerous

【One】End and Beginning

When Chu Yi was concentrating on watching the beating latitude and longitude data on the dashboard, a harsh beep interrupted him.The emergency lights were on and the defenses were not activated.He didn't encounter any external attacks, but he understood that this might be the biggest crisis he encountered in his life.

This day has finally come.

When he left the Time Travel Academy, the instructor gave him an encouraging look, and the senior senior who pinned the school badge with the word "T&T" on his chest whispered in a slightly reassuring tone: " May you sleep here forever." This is not a curse, but a blessing. Most of them, the drivers of the shuttles that travel between time and space, will sleep in unknown time and space because the shuttle stops working one day.Very few were able to return safely.

Time shuttle pilot is a high-risk occupation, which originated from the turbulence of time and space caused by an explosion.After the human home planet could not bear the load, many radicals proposed "interstellar colonization".This proposal has won the support of many careerists and politicians.Thus, a spaceship with an extremely powerful energy system came into being.Huge energy is not within the control of human beings.An accident before the test flight, an explosion caused by the inability to stop the energy supply, destroyed the proud civilization of mankind.Fortunately, the material world owned by human beings and their long history were not completely destroyed, but were smashed into pieces, interwoven with each other, deconstructed and reassembled, and scattered to every corner of the universe.

So space has divisions, and time has dimensions.In its own way, the universe has formed a new order after chaos.Each new world has a different civilization or history, and they are evolving in different directions at different speeds.Time travel is possible, but more chaotic and dangerous than ever.

The Time Travel Academy, or T Academy for short, is a product left over from the original world after the explosion.It is huddled in an artificial space station and has trained many highly skilled students.All this sounds very high-end, but in fact, the T Academy just raised many dead men to work for it.They need a pilot like Chu Yi to travel between different time and space to complete some strange tasks of the employers, and the energy obtained by those generous rewards is enough to support the survival of the space station.

This space station is called "Drafter", and scientists and ordinary people who were related to the "Interstellar Immigration" program lived in it.They were originally planned to be the first batch of staff and experimental subjects to land on alien planets, but they had no time to escape during the big bang, so they could only drift aimlessly in the universe worthy of the name.And when it comes to those big-spending employers, they are the most legitimate survivors after the explosion of the original world.They found a place to live that was still relatively full of energy.The difference from the people on the space station is that most of them are former elites and high-ranking nobles, and some are even aristocratic families who have pushed the colonial plan. They have long been prepared for failure.So there is the current situation, they rejected the request of the space station to return, and made a deal with it in a gesture of choking its throat.This model has lasted for hundreds of years, which is very in line with the boring taste of those in power.

Chu Yi and the others, who are at the bottom of the profit chain, are mostly from the bottom, and have their own thoughts about the future. Most of the qualified graduates of the T Academy will become the pilots of the space-time shuttle, and there is almost only one way after becoming a pilot-the day your shuttle life ends is the day of your rest.So some people died in obscurity, and some people fled boldly and recklessly - of course, the success rate of such things is very low, because the people in the T hospital will not let go of the coolies that can be squeezed and enslaved.

Even so, there are still countless people who want to enter T Academy.Because the lives of ordinary people on the Drifter are even more unimaginable: either they become tools for collective breeding, or they die in misery and poverty.

As for Chu Yi, he is the most common product of group breeding, and he was born with only a name randomly selected by the system.With his talent, he entered the T Academy.He doesn't like T Courtyard which is known for being cold and rigid, but T Courtyard made him realize what he loves - he actually enjoys traveling in the sea of ​​stars.Although it is extremely dangerous to go to a strange time and space, but after traveling countless times, he understands that in fact, every world has its own order, and as long as he does not disturb maliciously, he can live in peace.He is confident in his driving skills, but he doesn't deliberately show off, which is why he has always been on missions but has survived till now.

And now, his shuttle "Sirius" is making an emergency landing.

He glanced up at the holographic navigation, and the space-time dimension of his area showed thirty.

This dimension is a ruler to measure the speed of time passing. In simple terms, thirty dimensions means that a day and night here are thirty hours long.Although it is not as comfortable and reassuring as the 24 dimensions of the original world, compared to the low-dimensional space-time he has been to, such as the five-dimensional space-time, which is like a mayfly, and some top-level space-times are as long as the 72-dimensional space-time that destroys this person's nerves. It's a nice place to live.

Chu Yi stared at the shuttle as if looking at her own child.Although the group of people in the T courtyard wanted to break a penny into two halves, but the hard work on the shuttle was real.Sirius is already a top match. He has spent a lot of time and space with Chu Yi, and has faced various tasks, some of which are very thrilling, and some of which are just unimaginable.

But nothing in the universe is eternal.Even stars will collapse, and time also has a beginning, so it also has an end.So there is no need to panic, death is a festival that is bound to come.

What's more, for Chu Yi and the others, this kind of relief is far better than death.

It's not bad to fall into a certain time and space and spend the rest of your life quietly.

Chu Yi thought so in the sense of weightlessness of Sirius' rapid fall.

TS Eliot once said: "This is how the world ends. Not with a bang, but with a whimper."

The final landing of Sirius was silent.Chu Yi quickly got out of the cockpit and retreated to a safe distance.With his hands in his pockets, he stood sideways, and his expression was covered by his long untrimmed hair.

"Goodbye, buddy."

He solemnly said goodbye to it in his heart, and watched it self-destruct quickly, annihilated in the air, leaving no trace.It was so clean that Chu Yi thought that the 23 years of her life were just a dream.Along with it disappeared, there was also the embedded tracker that the people in the T courtyard bound to it.This kind of tracker is linked to the core program of the shuttle, and it is impossible to remove it unless it is fully self-destructed.As for why Chu Yi knew so clearly, of course it was because he was not such a law-abiding person in the first place.However, he compromised in the face of the threat of remotely cutting off the energy supply of the shuttle.Now, however, all problems are gone, and the space station never bothers with a dead profit-making tool.

Sirius self-destructs, which means, he is free.When this idea appeared in his mind, he was at a loss for a moment, and he gave up completing the task. For a moment, he didn't know how to live for himself completely.

But Chu Yi quickly turned her head, pulled her gaze away from that emptiness, and began to look at this brand new world.He settled down in this time and space.He can never go back, has nowhere to go, and doesn't have to go back.

From then on, he was an ordinary person, an ordinary person with an extraordinary background.

The place where he crashed appears to be a suburb.

He walked forward, looking around carefully, until he saw a large city cluster.The urban cluster and the suburbs seem to be separated by some transparent medium.The entrances to the city clusters are not guarded.But Chu Yi stopped.

There is a reason for his caution. The technological level of this world is not lower than that of the Drifter.He once heard from his companions in the T Academy that certain time and space knew about the existence of space-time shuttle pilots.Although the residents in such a time and space will not treat them as heretics, they may not have much kindness towards them.

Chu Yi didn't come here for a mission this time. He only had one chance, and he could only succeed, not fail.He needs proper intervention.

For example, the order of this world.

Primitive society believes in the law of the jungle, feudal society emphasizes meritocracy, imperial society favors orthodox bloodlines, and modern society respects huge amounts of capital.Although understanding the world order is a very safe shortcut, for Chu Yi now, all of this is empty talk.Without Sirius, he was all alone, nothing.

So he gave a self-deprecating laugh and walked straight to the entrance.He found that he was really thinking too much. When he had nothing, weighing things up was a waste of time.What's more, he had no choice.

The sign above the entrance of the city group flashed, and Chu Yi glanced at it quickly, and was shocked to find that this world has retained the common language of the original world.He knew those two characters, it was "Haiwen", presumably it was the name of this place.

Among the many worlds he has been to, it can be said that there are almost no languages ​​that can be used in common with the original world.So this sense of wonder triggered a deep familiarity within him. "Haven City..." He silently recited the name, searching for related memories in his mind.

No fruit.

He was a little annoyed, but not discouraged.Everything could happen, not to mention how could he be discouraged by a little illusory feeling when he was new here.It is a blessing to have the same language, not to mention that I have never been in this world.

There were many residents coming and going in the city, but no one paid special attention to him.Chu Yi felt for a while that she was not blocked by any obstacles when she first entered, and she stepped into the crowd, looking at the city without any trace.

Although it is an all-metal building, it is not as monotonous as imagined in the future world, and the gentle or powerful lines appear simple and elegant. The high-rise green plants and the light smoke from the deli on the street give a modern impression. The city adds a sense of life.Chu Yi walked aimlessly, and gradually realized that there were only pedestrians on the road.Don't they need transportation?Thinking about it, Chu Yi raised her head and looked up, and finally found some staggered tracks.

Those tracks pass through the sky above the city. It is not accurate to say that. When Chu Yi lowered her head, she discovered that there is no so-called "ground" in this city. All the buildings seem to grow out of the clouds, surrounded by various tracks— —Chu Yi guessed that it was a special passage for other means of transportation.And the road he just walked on, which he thought was the road on the ground, was just a relatively wide middle-level pedestrian main road built.

This world has already realized the real three-dimensional transportation.

Chu Yi stared at one of the tracks for a while, and finally saw a car driving on it - let's call it a car, anyway, all means of transportation have a primitive function for human beings, that is, transportation .In this sense, the name makes no difference.

That car is not much different from the car in the original world, at least in terms of appearance, it is still a vehicle, not some messy mecha that has been modified.

Thinking about something in her heart, Chu Yi looked at it for a while.

"Hey, isn't it beautiful? That's the latest model of Demon. I've always wanted to have one." Someone touched Chu Yi's shoulder with a warm tone.Chu Yi staggered away, avoiding the man's hand, and looked around, only to find that because of the stop of the car, many people gathered around, all staring at the car with admiration.

Chu Yi glanced at the young man who struck up a conversation with her, and knew in her heart that this man regarded herself as a fan of this car.Apparently the young man didn't see that Chu Yi didn't belong here.This is not because of Chu Yi's superb acting skills, but because the logical construction methods of all medium-dimensional worlds are similar. Even without the support of the database, he can ensure that there is nothing unusual about his dress, words and deeds.

In addition, Chu Yi has a face that is easy to get close to. She is not overly handsome, but her features are upright and delicate, and she looks very gentle when she smiles.Although this is very different from his personality.Chu Yi never responded to this kind of non-technical strike-up, but now, he thought it was a very good time to talk.

"Are you talking about that car?" Chu Yi seemed to be very interested in answering the question, but his tone was flat, and there was no sign of excitement.

"Car?" The young man froze for a moment, as if chewing on this ancient word, and said angrily after a while, "It's called a Demon. How can a car that can run on the S line be called a car!"

Don't you also call it a car?Chu Yi was speechless at the young man's anger as if his idol was being questioned.

Chu Yi understood the S line after thinking about it for a while. Obviously, the tracks here are graded.Presumably there will be no traffic jams here, because the diversion control is so strict.

However, for the speechless name of Demon, he was somewhat disapproving: "Isn't it amazing?"

As soon as he said that, he regretted it, because the onlookers just looked over, and there were a few big words in their eyes, "If you dare to say that Demon can't do it, I will kill you".

While Chu Yi was condemned by everyone's eyes, the young man quietly pulled him away, and explained to him when he arrived at a place with few people: "The speed of the cars on the S line is more than [-] per hour, and the Demon can enter the S line." It’s already pretty good. After all, there are only dozens of cars on the entire S line for the public, and the rest are special cars for high-level government and military officials.”

Chu Yi showed an open-minded expression.

The young man who was inspired by this expression, You Lala Zaza told him a lot of common sense about cars and tracks. Seeing Chu Yi's dazed look, he simply found a restaurant and gave him a popular science about the world while finishing dinner.

When the steaming food was served on the table, Chu Yi felt extremely relieved, thanking the world for not relying on all kinds of nutrients to provide energy.If so, it doesn't seem too bad to spend the rest of my life here.

How did Chu Yi manage to be ignorant without making the young man suspicious?

In fact, it was very easy, when the young man looked at Chu Yi who knew almost nothing with prudent eyes.He lowered his neck at the right time, and then said in a slightly apologetic tone: "I'm sorry, but when I was 13 years old, I got a serious illness and fell into a deep sleep... It can be said that I just came here."

Chu Yi expressed it very vaguely. The reason why he didn't use the bloody excuse of amnesia was actually based on his own experience: Amnesia generally does not lose basic common sense of the world, and it is very easy to be seen through in the high-dimensional world. Deep sleep means living many years less than others, and some things can be forgiven if you don't understand them at all.Of course, no matter how you put it, it was just an excuse, but Chu Yi officially saw that the young man had only met him once, so she explained it like this.Sure enough, the young man interpreted his vague explanation as reluctance to discuss in depth, so he ended the topic.

Coupled with Chu Yi's natural pale complexion, it can easily lead people to think in the direction of sickness.When the young man looked at him again, he already had a look of sympathy. Although it was hidden in his eyes, Chu Yi keenly noticed it.He secretly smiled: I'm not cheating, it's just that you didn't hear it yourself.

This beautiful misunderstanding brought Chu Yi a lot of convenience.For this innocent young man not much older than herself, Chu Yi is sure that as long as he is given a beginning, he can make up the whole story by himself.

After dinner, Chu Yi and the young man were still wandering in the street. It should be said that it was Chu Yi who was wandering around, and the young man was with him again.In fact, it was time for the young man to go home, but Chu Yi still had no intention of going home.Constrained by knowing the physical condition of the other party, his good self-cultivation did not allow him to abandon him hastily.

When he was hesitating whether to take the initiative to bid farewell to Chu Yi, Chu Yi, who had been secretly planning where to stay tonight, was attracted by the holographic projection in the central square.

A recruitment order was shown on the projection.

Chu Yi looked all over the place, and her eyes finally fixed on the smooth car in the projection.

The impact brought by the realistic 3D effect is even greater than watching Demon from a distance. Chu Yi felt her heart beating wildly, and he recalled the feeling of seeing Sirius for the first time—even his fingertips were burning.

Driving is not Chu Yi's specialty, but his instinct.Back then, he worked his life for the T Institute, and this was also a large part of the reason.Now, when he doesn't know what he is living for, driving is the meaning of his life.

He looked down and saw its name.Orion.

It goes well with it, rugged yet with a certain raw elegance.

"Is it... a car on Line S?" Chu Yi asked the young man next to him after watching for an indefinitely long time, her voice was stiffer than he imagined.

"I don't know," the young man paused, and glanced at the recruitment order, "It's the car of the Wang Group, and it should be on the O line."

Mrs. Wang... Line O is a military and political track.

Based on the young man's previous introduction and the information on the recruitment order, Chu Yi can roughly piece together the distribution of forces in this world.The Kong family in the north and the Wang family in the south are governed by the chaotic land in the central area.The Cheng family in the central area is the most powerful, and there is a faint tendency of three pillars.And Haiwen City, where Chu Yi is located, is the heart of the south and the headquarters of the Wang family.

The Wang family is the dominant one, so there should be quite a few people at hand.What is the purpose of recruiting drivers and acting in such a high-profile and high-profile manner?

It's just a vehicle driver, can it be used as an army?

Chu Yi laughed at her absurd idea.Of course, if he knew the tyranny of this world's logic, he would definitely not think so.But he doesn't know anything about it now.

But no matter what, this recruitment was an opportunity not to be missed for Chu Yi.

The young man saw his heartbeat, and kindly reminded: "I heard that the intensity is comparable to military training, your body..."

"Where is the registration office?" Chu Yi interrupted him.

"...over there." The young man finally pointed him in the direction.

"Thank you." After Chu Yi finished speaking, she turned around and left without a trace of nostalgia.

The young man left behind by him opened his mouth wide, as if he didn't react.

"Wait, my name is Via, what's your name?"

The young man shouted in the direction where Chu Yi was leaving, but Chu Yi had already gone far away and did not hear his question.

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This is the author's first post, so it probably won't be too long, maybe it's a short story.