In the vast sky, there seemed to be the sound of gears turning - An Yu raised his head, and in the endless universe, a huge central gear gradually emerged among the five golden gears, and it finally led them to slowly rotate together.
Suddenly, he suddenly understood.
Time travel.
As He was on the verge of awakening, He briefly but completely gained His ability to come and go freely in time and space.
The appearance of the little octopus man in "Super Abnormal Kindergarten" was really sudden. He remembered that at that time, he was still dealing with the super abnormal body fused with the time vehicle in Area 34. When he was tortured to the point of losing consciousness, the superior casually shared this little octopus man in the communication. Gossip.
He never thought that this character would be created by his future self.
An image in my memory suddenly resurfaced in my mind.
After the orphanage completed its mission, the broken lenses gradually disappeared as time and space were repaired. The first and third lenses disappeared slowly, and only the second lens disappeared instantly, as if it was snatched away by a hand in the void.
That lens still carried the 1% that the officer had cut off and forgot to recycle. Now the chaotic body has been completely integrated. In other words, that 1% accidentally cut into a ray of Qin Zhilu's own will.
And he remembered that the moment the lenses disappeared, the officer looked up to the sky and said, "It seems like there is a familiar breath passing by."
That glimmer of hope finally showed up in front of him.
To move forward...
An Yu abandoned distracting thoughts and worked hard to explore the trajectory of time and move forward...
…
When he opened his eyes again, he was still in a corridor.
The corridor looked like something out of a brain laboratory, a world away from an orphanage.
The ability to travel through time and space is particularly difficult to control, and it is difficult for him to accurately locate where he wants to go.
An Yu was about to leave when his eyes suddenly glanced at the calendar on the wall.
The winter solstice of 2138.
The consciousness that was about to pull away suddenly stopped.
On the winter solstice of 2138, when Qin Zhilu was 16 years old, he was temporarily blinded due to an experimental accident, but that day was also a turning point for him to emerge from mania and depression.
It was the penultimate door that was sealed in the depths of memory and was not pushed open in the end.
An Yu's heart suddenly trembled.
He walked slowly along the corridor to the door and tried to unlock it with Qin Zhilu's administrator password.
The mechanical door opened silently——
…
The thin body on the test table was twitching uncontrollably.
Blindness caused Qin Zhilu's inner demons to explode after he killed his family. He struggled hard, and the restraints left deep cuts on his limbs. He gasped for breath with tears in his eyes as if he was on the verge of death. echo.
It was a desperate beast ready to jump into the abyss.
When An Yu entered, he should have heard the sound of footsteps, but he did not pause at all. Instead, he struggled even more fiercely.
"Please, Mr. Researcher!" Young Qin Zhilu stared at the ceiling with empty eyes, tears streaming down his face, "Kill me, don't let me exist anymore, I don't deserve it and can't be in this world anymore." To survive, I..."
He kept mumbling endlessly, like a crazy man talking to himself, sometimes pleading, crying, and in the blink of an eye turning into curses. An Yu was distraught after hearing this, and stood beside the test stand at a loss, just wanting to help him calm down.
The restraint belt can cause severe pain, and An Yu knows it better than anyone.
But he didn't know what to do at all, so in the end he could only subconsciously reach out and put his hand on the head of young Qin Zhilu like the officer usually did to comfort him.
Crazy people are instantly quiet.
The voice also calmed down.
——"You're not my researcher?"
Qin Zhilu actually felt the difference in his palms.
An Yu immediately retracted his hand, turned around and walked out hastily.
The little octopus man in the cartoon has already explained that time travel is different from recalling past memories. Everything he does during time travel will truly affect the future, and he cannot act rashly.
"Who are you?"
Young Qin Zhilu asked behind him, his voice still trembling uncontrollably, "Are you here to deal with my people? I have never been blinded by experiments. You found the precursors of distortion in the analysis, right? "
"No." An Yu finally couldn't help but speak, looking back at the pale boy, "You're fine, you'll be fine, you're blind... you'll be fine in a few days."
"You are lying. The blindness this time was sudden. The researcher said that the brain is not sure whether it will be temporary or permanent. How do you know?"
Hearing this, An Yu's chaotic mood suddenly became calmer.
He turned around and said warmly: "Because I know more than the researchers, and I'm not from here."
Young Qin Zhilu didn't say anything for a long time, but he didn't refute either.
After a while, he said: "You are indeed not from here. Your voice is very hoarse. I am familiar with every staff member in the brain, and no one has such a voice."
An Yu was stunned when he heard this.
On Yun Dao, the superior told him that the voice that revealed the "turnaround" was a hoarse male voice with unclear enunciation.
He once guessed everyone he knew, but he failed to guess that it was himself—himself from the future who had a cold.
He was stunned for a long time, and the young man Qin Zhilu called him several times before he came back to his senses.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?"
As if instinctively, An Yu whispered: "I just passed by unexpectedly and wanted to see you. I won't hurt you."
Young Qin Zhilu pursed his lips and said nothing, staring in his direction with his blank eyes.
"Your blindness will heal in a few days. Everything will be fine. Don't punish yourself." An Yu's voice became even softer. He walked a few steps back to Qin Zhilu and whispered, "I know." It’s a lot, you can trust me.”
"Why?" Young Qin Zhilu still questioned.
"Fine..." An Yu paused for a moment, then leaned over and whispered in his ear: "Based on me, you weren't sure whether Qin Zhishi was deformed when you killed her."
Those black eyes suddenly condensed.
An Yu looked at his stiff body and continued: "I also know that there is always a chaotic voice in your mind, a cold and mysterious tower, calling you to get closer."
The breathing on the face became rapid.
"What else do you know?"
"I also know that there will be people... no, there will be a turning point, there will definitely be one. You have to wait and be kind to yourself."
"A turning point..." Young Qin Zhilu was lost for a moment, "Is this a turning point for mankind?"
"I can't say, but he will give it his all if that's what you want."
"Do you promise?"
"I promise."
The laboratory was quiet for a while, and young Qin Zhilu's breathing gradually calmed down, as if he was thinking and making judgments.
"Where is he now? Is he safe? There have been a lot of abnormal attacks outside recently. If he is crucial to the fate of mankind, he can apply for asylum in the Black Tower."
An Yu coaxed softly: "He is in a remote corner and will try his best to survive. He will appear at the appointed time."
"Then how do I recognize him?"
An Yu paused for a moment, looking down at his reflection on the floor.
"Maybe he will be the first one to hug you."
"Hug..." Young Qin Zhilu was stunned for a moment and murmured: "It is true that no one has ever hugged me. It seems that you do have supernatural cognition..."
An Yu looked at him and said softly: "Yes, he will take the initiative to appear in front of you."
"He knows me?" Qin Zhilu asked in a low voice.
"Sooner or later we will get to know each other." An Yu curled his lips, "Be gentle to him and don't bully him into crying."
Young Qin Zhilu hesitated after hearing this, "He loves to cry? Can a person with a weak will become a human being?"
"Well..." An Yu thought for a while, "Yes. Don't underestimate a fragile rabbit."
"What a strange analogy this is." Young Qin Zhilu frowned, and asked after a moment, "Okay, what else can I do for humanity besides waiting?"
An Yu stared at him for a long time and said softly, "Submit to your own emotions and heart."
The young man Qin Zhilu was a little depressed, looking blankly into the sky, "But it's hard for me to obey my emotions... I've never obeyed."
An Yu thought, "Then, at least once in this life, obey your emotions."
"Which time?"
"You decide for yourself, I'm leaving." An Yu said and turned around. He walked to the door and suddenly stopped.
His knowledge is still gradually awakening in his consciousness, and he is constantly uncovering the truth of time.
As soon as a sentence was about to come out, An Yu took a deep breath and changed his words: "No, just the wind and snow."
"What?" The boy on the test bench immediately asked.
An Yu said: "Just use the wind and snow as a signal. When there is heavy snow in the sky, just obey your heart for once."
"But it's snowing outside every day..."
"It doesn't matter." An Yu chuckled and pressed the door handle, "You will recognize it then."
*
The winter solstice of 2138 was too far in advance, so he looked back.
When he opened his eyes again, An Yu was glared hard by the sunlight above his head.
The narrow and cramped patio was filled with the stench of decay, and even the bright sunlight above revealed the aura of being half-dead.
Strange yet familiar, the slums.
His arm was hit hard and he came back to his senses, only to find Ling Qiu sitting next to him behind the railing.
"Why are you dazed? Didn't you just wake up and feel sleepy again?" Ling Qiu grabbed a piece of bread, tore off a piece with his teeth, and chewed hard, "I saw your posture the day before yesterday, and I thought you wouldn't be able to sleep this time. It's been ten and a half months, but I didn't expect to wake up in two days. Oh, looking at you now, you won't just wake up for a short while, right? Are you hungry? Do you want to eat? "
An Yu was still in a daze, looking at the messy bread that was handed to his mouth, and took a bite in a daze.
