Parallel universe, Earth, 2025.
"With the further discovery and exploration by the archaeological team, the veil of Time Town has been revealed to the world step by step, giving us the honor to explain some incredible things that happened in ancient times." Live broadcast on the TV A reporter interviewed Dr. Zhang outside the excavation site of Time Town. The reporter asked: "Dr. Zhang, can you give me an example of something incredible that can be explained?" Dr. Zhang, who is in his early forties, said with a smile on his face: " For example, in previous archaeological activities, it was discovered that the remains of some ancient people contained artifacts that should not have appeared in their era, such as pacemakers. The discovery of Time Town allows us to try to understand the truth of the facts."
Xue Yan'er and Ye Yiyun were in front of the TV. Their shining eyes never left the TV for a moment, and there seemed to be an inexplicable emotion surging in their hearts. They know that for mankind, a historic moment is coming, and it is finally possible for mankind to unlock the secret of time. For them, hope has come, and their expectations are about to be realized.
The reporter's live interview with Dr. Zhang continued to play on TV. "Dr. Zhang, as a domestic expert in time and space research, we can see theories about the extension, slowing down, stopping, and traveling of time in your works. As for the discovery of Time Town, I don't know if it will help to confirm your theory. Help?"
Dr. Zhang listened to the reporter's questions with eyes shining. He said excitedly: "Once we can completely recreate Time Town, humans will re-understand the concept of time, and all the hypotheses I have put forward in the past will be confirmed."
Ye Yiyun and Xue Yan'er heard Dr. Zhang's words on TV and cried out excitedly, "Finally there is hope! Finally!" They each stretched out a hand and held it tightly, extremely excited. Ye Yiyun said excitedly to Xue Yan'er: "Ten years! Ten years!"
"Yes, ten years." Xue Yan'er sighed: "No, it has been more than a thousand years for you." Ye Yiyun continued: "Then let's pack our things quickly and get ready to go!" Xue Yan'er stood up immediately , to organize things.
On TV, a staff member quietly ran to Dr. Zhang. The man whispered to Dr. Zhang: "Doctor, there is an electromagnetic anomaly in that area, and a strange phenomenon may occur." Upon hearing this, the doctor hurriedly told the reporter that it was urgent and he needed to go take a look.
Dr. Zhang and his archaeological team discovered that the location of Time Town is in a vast desert, with no human habitation for more than a hundred kilometers. In Dr. Zhang's theory, there is a time tunnel on the earth. After he rummaged through a vast sea of ancient books, he discovered that there was a record in history about a small town where time stopped and the people in it would never grow old. Later generations have always regarded this story as a myth.
The doctor and his team call this town Time Town and have been working hard to find Time Town. In a recent discovery by a desert expedition team, they discovered that things that were thousands of years apart existed at the same time, and this place had not been inhabited for more than ten years or even hundreds of years.
As a major archaeological discovery, it attracted scientific people from all walks of life to explore, and the team led by Dr. Zhang was the main force. Dr. Zhang and his assistant hurried to the archaeological site of Time Town. An area of nearly 30 by 30 meters has been excavated more than 200 meters deep. Looking down from it, it looks like a volcanic cave.
In this huge deep well, there were originally many workers and scientists digging and working, but now they have been notified and have returned upwards.
The engineer in charge of the scene saw Dr. Zhang coming and hurried forward and said anxiously: "Doctor, something happened underground!"
Dr. Zhang was startled, "What? What's the matter?"
The engineer said: "A worker is missing!"
Dr. Zhang was puzzled: "Missing? When did it happen? Did anyone send someone to look for it?"
"What just happened happened just a few minutes ago. There was an abnormality in the geomagnetic field just now. I asked the two workers at the bottom of the ground to investigate, but there was no response for a long time. When we used the elevator to pull them up, only one person was left!"
"Where is the person? Did he fall to the bottom of the cave? Rescue him quickly!"
The engineer looked very panicked at this time and stammered: "No, he disappeared!"
"What? Disappeared? What do you mean?" Dr. Zhang asked.
The engineer said: "Both of them wore cameras, and the situation at that time was on the screen of the command center. At first, when the geomagnetic fluctuations were not very violent, everything was normal.
Suddenly, the geomagnetic field reflected on the instrument fluctuated violently, and the picture returned to their camera kept shaking. The missing worker screamed, and his camera picture disappeared...
And in the picture returned by another worker's camera, although it is not clear, but, we can still clearly see..."
At this point, the engineer sighed, and Dr. Zhang asked nervously: "What is it?"
"Disappeared! He disappeared for no reason!"
Dr. Zhang asked: “Where is the other worker?”
The engineer said: "He was in a trance and was receiving treatment from the doctor. When I asked him what happened, he just muttered to himself and couldn't ask anything."
"Then let's take a look at the previous camera footage."
Dr. Zhang and several engineers and scientists repeatedly played the camera footage of the workers' final return. The people who were still on the screen one second disappeared without a trace the next second.
Dr. Zhang held in his hand the dozens of pictures that had been edited and printed out in those two seconds. He looked carefully, but other than confusion, he could not see any answer that could explain this phenomenon.
"Dr. Zhang, two young men asked to see you." The assistant asked Dr. Zhang for instructions.
Dr. Zhang, who was struggling and confused, said: "Is it a reporter again? See you, see you!"
"They said they could solve your problem and provide help." The assistant paused, "They also asked if anyone was missing."
"What?" Dr. Zhang slapped the table, "Who leaked the news that someone was missing?"
"No, only a few parties and senior officials know about this news." Dr. Zhang, who was already confused, became more confused and said: "Let them come in."
Ye Yiyun and Xue Yan'er walked into Dr. Zhang's temporary office, "Hello, Dr. Zhang, my name is Ye Yiyun, and I have a rich character. Just call me Ye Yiyun."
Ye Yiyun introduced himself and pointed to Xue Yan'er next to him, "This is Xue Yan'er."
Xue Yaner nodded and smiled at Dr. Zhang: "Hello, doctor."
Dr. Zhang was a little curious and a little wary of the man and woman who came unexpectedly, and asked: "Excuse me, what can I do for you?"
Xue Yaner said: "I'm here to tell you a story." Dr. Zhang frowned: "Story?" Xue Yaner continued: "This story can explain your confusion."
"Really?" The doctor didn't pay much attention to someone who came to tell him a story.
"The story I am about to tell you may be unbelievable, but it is absolutely true. I hope you can listen to it to the end."
Although Dr. Zhang was in this anxious moment, when he heard Xue Yaner said that this story could answer questions, he said: "Okay, I will listen, but I don't have much time for you."
Xue Yaner said: "The time you spend will definitely be worth it."
Dr. Zhang asked curiously: "Really?" Then he began to listen to the story Xue Yan'er told with concentration.
"Thirty years later, you have clearly researched the theory of time travel and established a time travel base based on this so-called excavated time town.
I will be born five years later. When I was twenty-five years old, I joined your research team and accepted the first time travel project. One of its purposes was to test the feasibility of time travel.
Another task is to find the worker who disappeared here thirty years ago... no, today. "
Xue Yaner began to tell a story, and the beginning of such a story made Dr. Zhang stunned. It not only made him excited to hear that he could establish a time base in the future, but also completely added another layer of doubt to him.
However, due to long-term study of time and space, he also understood various strange events. Although he was surprised, he continued to listen patiently to Xue Yan'er.
"The worker's name is Li Jun." Xue Yan'er continued the story.
In 2055 AD, the first time and space travel project was launched, and Xue Yaner, as the first time and space traveler, had entered the time machine.
Dr. Zhang, who is over seventy years old, is still full of energy and directs the engineers to enter the final debugging stage. Three-two-one, start! The light of the time machine flashed, and Xue Yan'er in the time machine disappeared. To be precise, he traveled through time.
Xue Yaner came to 1,200 years ago. Based on a large amount of statistical data, Dr. Zhang and his team determined the time when Li Jun traveled to 1,200 years ago. Due to the large time span, there was an error of about ten years.
After the time machine was activated, Xue Yaner flashed out on a high plain. She looked at the beautiful wind and sunshine in ancient times and felt happy. She walked towards the village not far away, preparing to find out the exact era she had traveled to.
"Uncle, may I ask where this is?"
A middle-aged man saw that she was a young woman. After answering a few questions, he asked: "Little girl, where did you come from? I have never seen anyone as beautiful as you."
Xue Yaner hurriedly said: "I came from the small town in front." The uncle muttered: "It's a small town, I haven't heard of it." Afterwards, Xue Yaner said goodbye to her uncle.
After some investigation and questioning, Xue Yaner discovered that the era she was transported to was earlier than the era Li Jun could travel to. It would probably be ten or even decades before Li Jun would travel to this dynasty.
So, she returned the same way, activated the time device on her wrist at the time wormhole point from which she came, and returned to the time machine in 2055.
After discussing with Dr. Zhang and others, she made two slight adjustments to the time travel, that is, twenty years. Half an hour later the time machine started again.
Xue Yan'er still appeared on the high and low plains. The local scenery was beautiful and the vegetation was even more lush. She walked towards the village not far away and inquired about the exact era she had traveled to like last time.
She met a gray-haired old man, "Old man, may I ask where this is."
After answering a few questions from Xue Yan'er, the old man asked: "Little girl, where are you from? You look very familiar! I seem to have seen you somewhere."
Xue Yaner hurriedly said: "I came from the small town in front." The old man muttered: "It's a small town, I haven't heard of it." Xue Yaner said goodbye to her old man and set off for the imperial city.
Xue Yaner followed the hologram she carried with her to find where Li Jun might have appeared. She came to the imperial city that day and scanned the streets, making some records and looking for clues.
At this time, Xue Yaner saw a majestic general riding back home on the street. Xue Yaner found that the general looked familiar.
Because there was a prediction of Li Jun's avatar after aging, Xue Yaner knew that the appearance of this middle-aged general was very similar to that of the older Li Jun.
However, it is normal for people in the world to look alike. In order to prevent her from making a mistake, she walked along and scanned it with her wrist transmitter, and finally confirmed it without a doubt.
Xue Yaner knew that once Li Jun returned to the mansion, it would be difficult for her to see her again as a civilian, so she waited for Li Jun to dismount and walk into the mansion.
"Li Jun!" Xue Yan'er shouted. The general seemed to hear a thunder, and it was obvious that he was startled and his body was shaken.
The general turned back to look at Xue Yan'er and said, "You have the wrong person." Then he turned and walked towards the mansion. "Wait a minute! Dr. Zhang, do you still remember?"
Xue Yaner shouted again. The general was shocked: What! His face looked both frightened and excited!
"You come with me." So the general led Xue Yan'er to the main hall, and said to the servants serving on both sides and the soldiers guarding, "You all go down!"
When only the general and Xue Yan'er were left in the hall, the general said: "I am Li Jun, but now I have changed my name."
It turns out that this general is none other than the missing worker. "Who are you?" Li Jun asked.
"I am Xue Yan'er, the chief engineer of Dr. Zhang's team." Xue Yan'er introduced herself.
"Really?" Li Jun was obviously a little disapproving of this young woman.
"We have figured out the secret of time travel, and I'm here to take you back!" Xue Yan'er explained the purpose of her visit.
"Ten years! Ten years! Is it true?" Li Jun asked excitedly, and then murmured to himself: Can I go back? Can you really go back? but……
Li Jun's excitement flashed across his face and he hesitated.
Xue Yan'er saw it in her eyes: "What, why do you still hesitate? Don't you want to go back to your own world, your family and friends? Live a modern life?"
"Haha." Li Jun burst out laughing when he heard this and did not answer.
"Moreover, if a person travels through time for no reason, the impact on history may be as unpredictable as the butterfly effect!"
Li Jun just said calmly: "I don't want to go back, I'm fine here!"
"Is it good to have a modern apartment, car, air conditioner or refrigerator?" Xue Yan'er asked.
"Haha! House, car? What does it have to do with me! I have congenital heart disease, and my family spent all their savings on treating me. My father passed away when I was ten years old...
My mother also died of overwork when I was twenty! And since I was a child, I have been bullied by others! I have no concern for so-called modern civilization! "Li Jun said dissatisfied!
"But you are a modern person after all!" Xue Yan'er said.
But Li Jun changed the subject: "You must be wondering, am I not very frail and sick? How can I be like this? When I became a general, the natural environment in ancient times was better. My health is slowly getting better and better.
And in this era, even a little knowledge can solve many problems. I invented a few simple cold weapons, which couldn't be simpler.
The combat effectiveness of our army has increased dramatically and we have won many battles, haha! Over the years, I have been promoted to a higher rank, and have reached the rank of General of the Army! "
"You'd better go back with me! Can we talk slowly when we get back?" Xue Yan'er begged.
"No! I feel so comfortable here! I have food, clothing, and service! Three wives and four concubines! Haha, how cool it is!" Li Jun had already made up his mind.
"And what's the difference between ancient people and modern people? They're not the same as intrigues! Money women! And I have all the things people desire now!"
Xue Yaner's attitude towards Li Jun was completely beyond her expectation. Li Jun didn't even want to go back! Since she had never thought of such a situation before, Xue Yaner did not have a good way to persuade Li Jun.
At this time, Li Jun said: "You can go to the guest room and take a rest. I have official business to attend to, please do as you please."
Xue Yan'er wanted to say something more, but Li Jun said with a sullen look on his face: "Here, send this girl to the guest room to rest. She must be treated well and can't be neglected."
Another ten years of error, a slight deviation in fine-tuning is ten years apart, Xue Yan'er was brought to the guest room and thought, but now the time of Li Jun's time travel has been determined.
As long as he goes back and does the third time travel, he can accurately reach the era that Li Jun first traveled to. The Li Jun who just arrived will not be as majestic as he is now. If you take him away, he will definitely go back.
Xue Yaner spent the night in Li Mansion. On the next day, when Xue Yaner was about to bid farewell to Li Jun, he was told that the general was not at the mansion. Xue Yaner was about to leave a message and leave alone, but was rejected/
The guard told him that no one was allowed to let her out without the general's order. Xue Yan'er felt bad and was put under house arrest by Li Jun. Since he didn't want to go back and was afraid that his information would be leaked, he didn't want me to go back either.
Xue Yan'er was anxiously thinking of a solution, wandering at the door of the guest room, when a man who looked like a scholar came over: "Girl, you look very worried. Have you encountered any trouble?"
Xue Yan'er looked up at the man who spoke to him, with a delicate face, and said, "Hello, who are you?"
"Hello, my name is Ye Yiyun, and I am a distinguished person. I came to visit General Li, but General Li is not here and is about to leave."
Xue Yan'er's brain was spinning rapidly at this time, thinking that modern people couldn't handle it, so there was no problem in deceiving an ancient person.
She hurriedly cried to Ye Yiyun that she was imprisoned by the general and could not escape. Ye Yiyun felt awe in his heart. Seeing the young girl from a good family trapped, and seeing Xue Yaner's charming appearance, he felt heartbroken.
Ye Yiyun decided to take Xue Yan'er out of the house. He hid Xue Yan'er in his sedan and rode out of the house together.
Unexpectedly, not long after leaving the house, Li Jun led his men to catch up. Ye Yiyun was also a person who valued love and righteousness. He asked Xue Yan'er in the sedan to ride with him to escape Li Jun's pursuit.
Ye Yiyun rode a horse and ran with Xue Yan'er. Because he was chased too fast, he and the horse fell off the cliff together. Under the cliff was the space-time wormhole point that Xue Yan'er had previously determined.
Before Xue Yaner could react, he urgently activated the information device that was half malfunctioning due to the turbulence. In an instant, the two of them traveled through time and space.
"Where is this?" Ye Yiyun looked around blankly. Xue Yan'er looked around and saw a large power plant in front of them.
She came to the duty room of the power plant and asked the security guard inside: "What year and month is today?"
The security guard replied casually: "June 3rd."
"What year?" Xue Yaner asked nervously.
"I'm living my life in a fool's errand. What year is it? Don't make trouble here, just walk around." The security guard chased Xue Yan'er away impatiently. At this time, Xue Yan'er saw the calendar clock on the wall.
At this time, Xue Yaner's consciousness was completely awake. She discovered that they had arrived in 2005 AD, and next to them was Ye Yiyun from more than a thousand years ago.
Ye Yiyun looked at the giant power plant and was in a daze for a long time, "What is this? It's so spectacular!"
Xue Yan'er was surprised that Ye Yiyun's expression was not panic but more curious.
Xue Yan'er sighed, "Now that things have happened, I will tell you the truth. I hope we can find a way to return to our respective eras." Ye Yiyun did not understand Xue Yan'er's words.
However, Ye Yiyun comforted Xue Yan'er and said, "It's okay. I made a lot of farm tools and weapons. Although they all failed, I never gave up. I visited General Li just to ask for advice from him."
Xue Yaner smiled and said in a low voice: He is actually a half-scientist from ancient times. He is the right person. But when Ye Yiyun mentioned Li Jun, Xue Yaner felt that the problem was serious.
Because Xue Yaner came from more than forty years later, she adapted quickly to the current life, but Ye Yiyun was completely unable to adapt at first. Later, Xue Yaner slowly taught and explained. Fortunately, Zhang was still very smart as a paleoscientist.
Ye Yiyun slowly understood what happened, although it was difficult to understand. And smart people are smart people. Under Xue Yaner's guidance and self-study, Ye Yiyun's knowledge level has improved by leaps and bounds.
In the past ten years, Xue Yaner and Ye Yiyun formed an expedition team to search for traces of time tunnels, or time wormhole points, and finally discovered relevant traces not long ago.
They then provided the information to Dr. Zhang, an expert in the field of space-time research, and Dr. Zhang's follow-up research finally gave them hope.
The story of Xue Yaner is almost complete.
Dr. Zhang couldn't fully digest this unbelievable thing for a while, but when he heard Xue Yan'er said that the news about Time Town was provided by them.
He was surprised: "What? Did you provide the information? Oh, no wonder you look familiar! You are the ones in the expedition team! But...but..."
Dr. Zhang seemed to feel that something was wrong, "How could it be?" As a very smart scientist, he organized his thoughts.
Dr. Zhang said: "You are saying that thirty years later you went to look for Li Jun who disappeared today, and you were chased by Li Jun and accidentally traveled to ten years ago and found the time town not long ago.
Li Jun also disappeared in this time tunnel, and all time travel thirty years later is based on the discovery of today's time tunnel.
The key is that it was an ancient person and a future person who discovered the time tunnel today! " Dr. Zhang finished all these awkward words in one breath and laughed.
"This is what makes our experience so incredible." Xue Yaner couldn't help laughing.
“It wasn’t until I discovered the time tunnel recently and learned that Li Jun disappeared here that I realized how incredible the whole thing was, but the fact is the fact.
Thirty years later, I did receive a mission to find Li Jun who disappeared to ancient times thirty years ago. It was precisely because I was chased by Li Jun in ancient times that I traveled to ten years ago.
It was precisely my rediscovery of the time tunnel not long ago that led to Li Jun's disappearance.
And the time machine built on the basis of Time Town can give us the opportunity to find the missing Li Jun. Alas, this is a strange circle, but it is also a fact! "
"These are all facts. I'm afraid this is the secret of things under time. Everything is a fact and everything is a given." Ye Yiyun added sadly.
Afterwards, Xue Yaner and Ye Yiyun walked with Dr. Zhang to the construction site. As they walked, Xue Yaner said to Dr. Zhang: "There is one piece of evidence that proves that Li Jun has indeed traveled to ancient times."
"What is it?" Dr. Zhang asked, "Pacemaker!"
"What? A pacemaker?"
"Yes, Li Jun suffers from congenital heart disease and has been equipped with a pacemaker since he became an adult."
"What? How could it be possible? Such a thing could happen! You have congenital heart disease and you still work here! What nonsense." Dr. Zhang immediately called to confirm that this was indeed the case, but it had been cleverly concealed by Li Jun.
"Dr. Zhang, you know that the archaeological discovery was an ancient man equipped with a pacemaker." Xue Yan'er reminded Dr. Zhang.
"What, you mean..." Dr. Zhang opened his mouth wide, "Yes, that person is Li Jun." Xue Yan'er said calmly.
"And I speculate that the so-called legend of Time Town was caused by my two time travels. The middle-aged man I met during the first time travel and the old man I met during the second time travel are actually the same person.
For me it was less than an hour, but for him it was more than twenty years. I'm afraid he really thought I was from a small town.
But it was never found, so the legend of an immortal man from a small town spread. "Xue Yan'er told Dr. Zhang her speculation about the origin of Time Town.
Dr. Zhang nodded slightly: "Based on what you said before, if it is true, it is indeed possible."
The three of them came to the excavation site. There was a huge pit going down. Xue Yaner and Ye Yiyun decided to go down to explore. Dr. Zhang agreed and told them to be careful.
Xue Yaner and Ye Yiyun walked into the elevator, descended more than two hundred meters vertically, and almost reached the place where Li Jun disappeared.
The two of them don't know what will happen, whether a time wormhole will appear again and make them disappear, or whether there will be fluctuations in time and space, causing the two of them to fall into the abyss of time and space.
Xue Yan'er knew that she might be separated from Ye Yiyun soon. She hugged Ye Yiyun tightly and whispered: "You have to take care."
Ye Yiyun had mixed feelings: "We will definitely meet again."
The two of them arrived at the place where Li Jun disappeared, "I would think..." Before Xue Yaner could finish her words, she disappeared, leaving Ye Yiyun alone standing there blankly.
Xue Yaner found herself in a huge colorful halo. Her consciousness was very clear. She could feel that time had stopped. Looking around, she seemed to be able to see billions of years from the ancient times.
She seemed to know something. Time and space have a beginning and an end. Where there is a beginning, there must be an end. From the big bang to the ultimate collapse of the universe, people go from birth to death.
The Big Bang is an established fact, and the ultimate collapse of the universe will inevitably occur in the future.
From the beginning to the end, in this long time, thousands of things are like a well-made movie. Although you don't know the ending when you look at the beginning, the ending is there.
In 2065, the eighty-year-old Dr. Zhang was waiting alone in front of the time machine. Ten years had passed since the first and second time travel experiments.
The time machine never flickered again. He waited for Xue Yaner's return, and Dr. Zhang never executed the third time travel plan.
The other person waiting for Xue Yan'er is over sixty years old. Over the past thirty years, he has worked hard to build a time machine, just to find the person he loves.
In his dream, he seemed to often hear Xue Yan'er's voice: Ye Yiyun, long time no see, I'm back.
