Chernobog, an industrial city in the southwest of the Ursus Empire, is where all the stories begin. The Integration Movement announced their existence to the world here, and Rhode Island rescued a crucial figure-the doctor, as well as the officials and troops who suddenly evaporated in the city. In the first chapter of the game, everyone Every word sets off the weirdness behind this city.
Valentin stood at the gate of Chernobog, looking at the Tsarist Russian-style buildings in the city, filled with emotion.
For a whole week, he and Xing Yihuang rushed here without stopping. The first ship stopped at Letania. As soon as he got off the ship, Valentine used the system to find the fastest way to reach Chernobog. They created a false identity and took the train all the way from Leitania to the Ursus Empire. When he passed the Waifan League on the way, Valentin didn't even think of stopping to take a look. For him, the Vaifan Alliance is not his hometown, it is just the birthplace of his body. The real hometown is still the distant blue planet, but he cannot go back, at least for now.
Sitting on the train, Valentine felt like he was back on the road to college again. At that time, his home was in eastern China, but the university was in northwest China. Due to his family's financial situation, he could only go to school by train, which lasted two days and two nights. The hard seats on the train are uncomfortable but full of life, just like my own home when I was a child. Although I was poor, I still lived a very happy life. You can sit in your seat for more than ten hours without being able to straighten your legs, staring at the changing scenery outside the window in a daze, or you can sit upright to observe the living beings in the carriage, and stretch yourself while the person opposite you is going to the toilet. body, and then repeat this process until you reach your destination.
This is like life, which is dull and meaningless. You are always in the same environment all the time. You can relax occasionally but the duration is always short. You just live like this until you grow old and die.
Then after a few hard seats you realize that the sleeper is damn comfortable.
In his previous life, he had only taken a sleeper berth a few times, and occasionally used the saved living expenses to go home and enjoy luxury. When he lay on the hard sleeper on the train, listening to the sound of steel rubbing outside and feeling the rhythmic rocking of the train, Valentine always fell asleep quickly, even more soundly than at home.
It's like you used to spend 300 on health care, but this time you gritted your teeth and spent 1,000. Can you feel uncomfortable?
Especially after coming to this world, Valentine had 100,000 Longmen coins in his arms. Isn’t it just a piece of cake to buy a sleeper? What's more, as a man, you can't be stingy when you have a girl by your side, right? So after finding a direct train to Chernobog, Valentin bought two soft sleepers with a wave of his hand. After finding out that there were four beds in the soft sleeper compartment of the train, he also bought the other two beds. A world of two people was forcibly created.
Although nothing happened on the train, their interaction was just helping to get hot water while eating.
It's not that the brother is a coward, it's that the sister is too aloof and cold, and she looks like she should keep strangers away. Valentin seriously doubted that she actually longed for love in her heart, but after thinking about Xing Yihuang's fist, he gave up the idea of causing trouble.
No one wants to live, brother.
What? How come there are railway tracks between moving cities, you ask? Because of the almighty Source Stone, brother. Countries still need trade, and they cannot shut themselves down and build cars just because of natural disasters. As a result, modular rail tracks came into being.
Modular rails solve the inconvenience caused by ordinary rails when moving in the city-state. If time is sufficient, the government of the mobile city-state can also collect the rails laid in the wilderness and wait until a new place is connected to the rail network. Therefore, the world of Terra has a railway network that is completely different from that of Earth, ensuring basic trade flows between city-states in various countries.
Because the trains in this world are driven by Originium, their speed and comfort are much better than the trains in Valentine's previous life. They completed the journey across several countries in just three days. As for the rest of the time... because they don't have legal identification, they have to stay in that city for a short period of time every time they transfer. There is no way.
Valentine turned around and looked at the train cars that were getting further and further away in the distance. He looked at the people coming and going, and the stone in his heart gradually dropped. In fact, he didn't want to come to Chernobog so soon at first. There were still two years before the fall of Chernobog in the game. Why did he come so early?
But the battle at Buttermore changed his mind. In this world, being patient and waiting will only make things worse. It is better to cut through the mess quickly and take the initiative, and you may get some unexpected effects.
So after getting the news that Rhine Life was chasing him, Valentin directly made the decision to go to Chernobog. Anyway, Colombia can’t stay any longer, so it’s better to get straight to the point.
Originally, he was thinking of coming to Chernobog some time before the incident, joining Rhode Island when they were fighting the Integration Movement, maybe saving ACE, and then following the main line of the game's plot. . Now, his idea is to reach Chernobog as soon as possible while there are still two years left, where he will establish and develop his power, and strive to block the integration movement outside the city gate when that day comes!
The plan was audacious and almost impossible to accomplish. But Valentin still boarded the train to Chernobog. He had read a novel in his previous life, and he liked a sentence in the novel very much.
"A hero who does something wrong is better than a fool who does nothing."
Valentine is no hero, but if he can pull this off, he is.
Although he made such a decision, he was still a little shaken in his heart. This is an approach to forcibly change the world line. He is not sure what the future will be like if he really does this, whether the events at Dragon Gate will still happen like in the game, but he is already standing in front of the gate of Chernobog. , has reached this turning point of fate.
The arrow is on the string and must be fired.
Sometimes, people have to push themselves. Who knows how much potential they have?
A cold wind blew, bringing with it the unique chill of the northern ocean. The wind blew past Valentine, blowing his windbreaker and making a rustling sound.
"Sneeze!" Valentine sneezed.
It’s not December now, is it? Why is it so cold! Valentine stood shivering in the cold wind with his arms folded, and the Ursus people around him looked at him with ridicule in their eyes.
"Another rich young man who comes to travel without doing enough homework."
Valentine felt aggrieved.
A woolen coat was draped over him. Valentin looked back and saw Xing Yihuang standing next to him with a face as warm as Siberia.
It looks like he keeps away from strangers, but he is very hot inside.
Valentin was very moved, this sister’s saving was not in vain!
"I didn't expect that the Ursus Empire would come back again." Xing Yihuang did not look at Valentine's smiling face. She looked at the city wall in the distance and sighed softly.
Valentin then remembered that Xing Yihuang had a dark past, which happened in the Ursus Empire. He wanted to comfort her but couldn't find any suitable words. After these few days of getting along, Valentin understood that Xing Yihuang's inner strength was beyond his comparison.
What Xing Yihuang needs is a promise that is reliable enough, not the icing on the cake and soft comfort.
But that promise... Valentin thought about it carefully on the train, and he couldn't give it.
The best ending is that he completed the system's tasks and got a wish, and Valentine must return to his original world. What about Xing Yihuang? She could only stay here, in the world of Terra, and return to her parents.
He couldn't stay with her forever.
Valentine felt a pain in his temples. Love is really a troublesome thing... The most important thing is that he is probably thinking about peach. It is really embarrassing that Xing Yihuang has no feelings for him but thinks so far.
But he can still make a promise, such as sending her back to his hometown.
"How do we get in?" Xing Yihuang looked at Valentine, waiting for his reply.
The system is omnipotent, but he wants the Source Stone. So most of the time, unless the system is kind and takes the initiative to help him solve his difficulties, Valentine and Xing Yihuang usually work together to find a solution when encountering such a problem.
Moreover, the system has stopped talking to him recently, and Valentin feels a little lonely.
"Ha, lonely." The system's voice sounded just right, and Valentine could see a funny figure with blue light floating in the air in his mental space.
"For cosmic travel across dimensions, you're not alone at all."
Traveling across dimensions? Space travel? What is that?
"And there are only two of you on this journey. Do you think it's appropriate for me to pop out and be a light bulb?"
Valentine understood this sentence.
"But I didn't feel that Xing Yihuang's trust in me increased along the way."
Valentin looked at Xing Yihuang's face and replied: "Wait until night."
Xing Yihuang turned around and walked away, looking for a hotel where he would spend the night.
"This girl has a poker face to everyone, you should understand this." Looking at Xing Yihuang's back, the system's voice sounded.
"Her disguise is too deep, I can't see through her." Valentine shook his head.
The system said nothing, and Valentine also focused on the city wall not far away. Because of identification reasons, Valentin did not get off the train in the city, but jumped from the train as he approached Chernobog. At that time, the speed of the train was already very low. It would have been difficult for him to jump off the train because his body in his previous life was definitely not good, but now Vaifan's body is absolutely fine.
He can even strike a pose after landing.
Then because he didn't flee the scene immediately, he was chased by the railway police for ten minutes.
Valentin feels that he is being targeted by the world. Every time he wants to pretend to be a B, someone comes out to embarrass him.
Xing Yihuang has even gotten used to it.
"Maybe when I can reach the level of Buttermore without relying on the system's own strength, I can really pretend to be a perfect B." Valentine raised his head and looked at the sky.
Black is like ink poured on white paper, slowly and aggressively swallowing up the light blue sky bit by bit. On the other side of the sky, a crescent moon has appeared, and the huge sunset still reveals half of its head. Sunlight. In this cold country, even the sun is cold.
He reached out and touched the woolen coat wrapped around him. In this cold season, only the clothes given by Xing Yihuang were still a little warm.
Valentine was suddenly moved to tears.
In this world where he has no relatives, Xing Yihuang is his only relative.
Oh no, he also has a sister...
"System? Are you there?" Valentine called.
"If there's something going on, we'll leave the court if there's nothing going on."
Valentine was happy, the system was quite grand.
"I remember reading information in Rhine Life. It said that the original owner of this body had a sister?"
"yes."
"Then he... No, where is my sister now?" Valentine was a little curious.
"I don't know, but you should be able to see it soon." The system gave an extremely vague explanation.
"I'll see you soon... Is it in Chernobog?" Valentine murmured in a low voice.
"A person's life is very long, one hundred and thirty-six thousand five hundred days. Soon it may be three to five years, or you may pass her by as soon as you turn around. You recognize him, but he forgets about you."
"This is fate, buddy. Even if you can foresee the future, change time, travel through space and jump dimensions, fate will still move forward according to the script that has been written long ago."
"What you call changing your destiny is just a plot in the script. At the beginning of the birth of the first universe, everything was already doomed."
The system spoke strange words again. Valentin ignored the system and walked towards Xing Yihuang, who was waving to him from a distance.
He suddenly remembered something.
"As you said, everything has already been decided. Then you also know what will happen to Xing Yihuang and me in the future?" A bold idea appeared in Valentine's mind.
"I know, but I can't tell you." The system did not satisfy his curiosity.
"Does that mean it's impossible for me to be with her?" Valentin asked again without giving up.
"No comment."
Okay, it seems I can't say anything else.
"We have found a hotel, a double room, but the room rate is twice as expensive because there is no identification." Xing Yihuang handed Valentin a room card. There is a bear head printed on the key card, which is a little faded.
"The environment is average, worse than the hotel that day." Xing Yihuang turned around and walked deeper into the alley, with Valentine following her.
"Why don't you want two rooms?" Valentine's fingers flew, playing with the room card.
"Because it's expensive." Xing Yihuang didn't even look back. "arrive."
Valentine looked up. This is a rather low-key looking hotel, and the door looks like an ordinary house. But when he walked in, he found that there was something different inside.
There is a whole wall of paintings. Valentine doesn't know much about this aspect, so he can only see some satire on the government. The front desk of the hotel is made of solid wood, and the corners have been patinated with dark yellow patina from the long hours of entertaining customers. At the front desk was a local Ursus uncle with a long beard and a sea soul shirt. Behind him is a wall of wine cabinets filled with all kinds of wine. The word that appears most frequently on the wine labels is "vodka."
"It's really...a hotel with local characteristics. I thought I was in a pub with this wine cabinet." Looking at the wine cabinet behind the boss, Vaifan admired softly.
"Welcome to Usas, my friend." The hotel owner greeted Valentine with Usas's unique retroflex accent. "I hope you enjoy your stay here."
"Definitely." Valentine responded with a smile.
"Ha, if you need any help, you can always call me through the bedside phone. The service hours are from 5 am to 11 pm. Of course, if you need vodka, the service is available all day long."
"Thank you for your kindness. We will notify you if necessary." Va Yifan bowed his head in greeting and pulled Xing Yihuang upstairs.
I have to go do something in the early hours of the morning, so I need to get some sleep now.
"The sound insulation effect here is very good, no matter what you do, there will be no problem!" The voice of the boss of Ursus came from behind Valentine. He raised his arm and gave a thumbs up to show his understanding, and soon disappeared into the corridor.
"Young people are so energetic..." The boss looked at the empty stairs and unscrewed the cap of the vodka again.
