The Midnight Owl

Since the first day of entering "Owl", Wu Sheng has been thinking about what kind of existence "Owl" is.

Stable parallel universe?Unstable space-time warp?Concrete consciousness space?

The information currently available cannot support him to draw any conclusions.

So he never talked about it with his buddies.

If he is solving a difficult problem and thinks that he has the possibility of solving it, he will never solve it halfway and show it with an ambiguous half-finished product, but whatever he wants to give must be a definite and clear correct solution.

Wu Sheng thought it was a rigorous scientific spirit, but Xu Wang pointed it out when he was in high school, saying that you are so self-confident, conceited to arrogant, arrogant to paranoid, and you deserve to be beaten.

Wu Sheng didn't humbly accept the correction back then, no, ten years later, he still had the same virtue until Xu Wang "remembered his memory".

A world that has existed for at least ten years, playing with the "chosen ones" in applause.

Only when he realized how overwhelming his opponent was, Wu Sheng was suddenly glad that he was not fighting alone.

"The following are all my assumptions and conjectures," Wu Sheng cleared his throat, and finally said, "You are welcome to interrupt at any time, interactive discussion..."

Xu Wang: "Why do you suddenly become humble..."

"The appearance of a BUG means that there is a problem with the operation of the program itself." Wu Sheng looked at Xu Wang, "The same goes for Owl."

Xu Wang understood a little bit: "You mean, the owl broke down that night?"

"The coordinates and time don't match, so it makes sense," Qian Aiquan got in touch, "Something went wrong, and everything must be messed up."

"But it's not right," Kuang Jinxin said, "The passers-by seen by the captain are still passing through the pass and handing in the papers normally."

Wu Sheng nodded: "So it's not an internal failure of the owl, but a problem with the 'path' connecting it to reality."

Kuang Jinxin: "..."

Qian Ai: "..."

Translator Xu Dechang: "The moment I was sucked in, the transmission path went astray."

"Oh—" Kuang Jinxin and Qian Ai suddenly realized.

"It was zero o'clock at that time, and the passage between Owl and the real world opened," Wu Sheng continued, "Xu Wang should not be in the selection list, but for some reason, he strayed into a secret passage and entered it in an unconventional way. "

Xu looked at the black line: "I was forced, okay, why did you make it sound like you were sneaking in..."

"Brother Sheng, if you say that, I understand everything!" Kuang Jinxin raised his hand, but before he was called, he couldn't hold back and spoke directly, "Owl is like a room, we are tenants, NPCs, infection department building Ah, those are the furniture in the room, but neither we nor the furniture know that there is a mezzanine in the wall, and it is this mezzanine that the captain entered, and then looked at us from behind the wall!"

Qian Ai: "Can you be more scary..."

Wu Sheng: "There are owls in the interlayer."

Qian Ai: "..."

What he said was a joke, he didn't really want something more terrifying! ! !

But Xu Wang suddenly became clear. Kuang Jinxin's metaphor and Wu Sheng's supplement made the "Phantom Journey" ten years ago come to the ground from the clouds and mists, and the context became clear: "I entered a place that only belongs to owls." space, so we can talk to it..."

"The problem is that an owl is an owl, and the level is the world of the owl." Qian Ai's head was just a little clearer, and it became confused again. "Could there be a space inside the space?"

"Theoretically, the multiverse exists," Wu Sheng said, "otherwise we are sucked into the owl, and there is no way to explain it fundamentally."

"Is it possible that our consciousness is just sucked in," Kuang Jinxin thought with his head tilted, "actually the body is still somewhere in reality?"

Xu Wang: "..."

Qian Ai: "..."

Don't raise such terrifying conjectures innocently! ! !

Wu Sheng: "It's possible. It doesn't matter whether you break through the level or bring your injuries back to reality, they are all simulated phantoms given by the consciousness level. In reality, we may be lying in the experimental cabin now..."

You are fucking serious about discussing it! ! !

"But," Wu Sheng changed the topic, raised his eyes firmly, and looked at each of his partners, "Consciousness should never be trapped in the body, and the realm deep in the brain is more worthy of our struggle and efforts."

Three partners: "..."

In Wu Sheng's eyes, they really saw a person's endless yearning and persistence in exploring the unknown.

but--

Qian Ai: "Why don't we continue to discuss why the captain's crossing path deviates?"

Xu Wang and Kuang Jinxin: "Totally agree!"

Rainy night, thunder and lightning, magnetic field chaos, space distortion, Xu Wang's own mood swings... After discussing for a long time, the friends concluded these "suspicious points".

Especially when the accident happened, Wu Sheng turned his head and saw an empty corridor, but Xu Wang at that moment could clearly see Wu Sheng turning his head, and even through the shape of his mouth, he could tell that he was saying "thunder". An important basis for the "time-space dislocation theory".

But in the end, it's just speculation.

Which of these conditions is the key?Or are all conditions necessary?Or, they were completely in the wrong direction, and the real situation had nothing to do with what they thought?

Nobody has an answer.

Finally, and most importantly - what the owl said.

Kuang Jinxin: "Captain, are you sure, the owl who talked to you later is the same person as the notification tone we usually hear?"

Xu Wang: "Absolutely."

Kuang Jinxin: "Then why did it say, this is the first time someone heard it speak?"

"Damn, it's not like someone was really trapped inside, right?" Qian Ai thought more and more, the back of his neck became colder, "I can only read the prescribed lines at ordinary times? Are you beaten severely if you want to tell the truth?"

Xu Wang: "Can't you think of a high-tech punishment method..."

Kuang Jinxin: "I still feel like artificial intelligence. Every day, every level, there are teams breaking through. If it is a human, it can't handle it..."

The discussion was fruitless, and the three partners naturally looked at the military division.

Wu Sheng pondered for a moment, then slowly raised his head: "Why is it not 'help me', but 'help me'?"

Kuang Jinxin: "..."

Qian Ai: "..."

Xu Wang: "This point you are concerned about..."

Although Wu Junshi's perspective is very unique, he didn't tell the reason in the end.

Brainstorming consumes a lot of energy. The friends who are really dizzy don't bother to move. They order takeaway and finish dinner directly in the living room.

"Old Money Eats China" will not be broadcasting live today. According to Qian Ai, the receiving information is overloaded today. If it is broadcasting, I can't help but chat with fans about parallel universes, and it is easy to lose followers.

After eating, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

After all, they were in someone else's home, not a hotel. Although Xu Wang said that they could lie down in the bedroom, Kuang Jinxin and Qian Ai insisted on nestling on the sofa in the living room.

Xu Wang didn't force it, went back to the bedroom, and lay down on the bed with his clothes on.

The box has been put back into the closet. Once the gate of memory is opened, it is difficult to close it.

Xu Wang put his arms on his forehead to block the excess light above his head, but he had to look at the dim light on the ceiling.

Knowing that watching it for a long time will make your eyes dazzled, you still have to do everything possible to watch it longer. This is him ten years ago.

He actually thanked Wu Sheng for that push.

Sometimes, people's thoughts cannot be broken by themselves.

If not for that moment, he might still be on the verge of ambiguity, thinking about gains and losses every day, and his mood fluctuates up and down. Tragic.

Meet Wu Sheng ten years later?

Even if the owl was matched, the two of them would break up the team in minutes.

He was even more grateful for Wu Sheng's "not mentioning a word" after that night.

In this way, they will have the opportunity to return to the "friendliness line", and they will be able to form a team again and walk side by side after ten years.

Like Wu Sheng?

of course.

But you have already taken the memorial of broken love, so you can't go back on your word.

"There's no room for the sofa," Wu Sheng sighed pitifully from the door, "Although you didn't invite me, I volunteered to come here."

"Are you complaining euphemistically..." Xu Wang was angry and funny, rolled to the side, and the 1.8-meter bed immediately left ample space.

They lived in the same room in the hotel for a week, Xu Wang is still relatively calm about sharing the same room or even the same bed with Wu Sheng.

Wu Sheng lay down, guarding the one-acre three-point land that Xu Wang gave up, relaxed his body, looked at the ceiling and breathed a sigh of relief.

For a while, neither of them spoke.

They were all lying flat, motionless, all looking at the ceiling, and not talking, which was rather weird.

Unable to bear it, Xu Wang took the initiative to extend an olive branch: "Did you suspect parallel universes from the very beginning?"

Wu Sheng: "Huh?"

Xu Wang: "We just formed a team, the day you first lived here, I saw your notebook web page."

Wu Sheng: "Oh."

Xu Wang: "Why didn't you tell us then?"

Wu Sheng: "It's just a guess, the theory is not yet mature."

Xu Wang: "Now the theory is mature?"

Wu Sheng: "I'm mature."

Xu Wang: "..."

Turning over and lying on his side, with his back to Wu Sheng, Xu Wang had a hard time resisting the urge to kick Wu Sheng off the bed.

Wu Sheng didn't need to look, he knew Xu Wang's expression now, he must have squinted his eyes, gritted his teeth, and kicked him eight hundred feet in his heart.

The corners of his mouth raised unconsciously, Wu Sheng looked at the dim light, like amber.

He never forgot what happened that night, as long as he could remember, every picture, every sentence, even how heavy the rain was, he remembered it clearly.

Before that night, he never thought that he and Xu Wang could have feelings other than friends.

So when Xu Wang slowly approached, he instinctively panicked.

No, he actually panicked all night, first panicked because he couldn't find Xu Wang, and then panicked because he didn't know how to deal with it.

He didn't even know if Xu Wang really wanted to express something at that moment, or if he just wanted to find solace too much, so he was in a daze for a while.

It took him almost a month to understand himself.

But Xu Wang was fine the next day, even more focused and devoted to studying than before.

That was the first time he discovered that guessing people's hearts was much more difficult than doing the puzzles.

Xu Wang is about to take the college entrance examination, and his family is busy preparing for him to go abroad. The trajectories of the two are extending to completely different directions at a clearly visible speed.

He didn't bother the other party's review anymore, and he waited until the end of the high school entrance examination before delivering the book.

Later, there is no later.

After several correspondences, the confession was rejected, and the first love died young, clean and tidy.

He also thought, if Xu Wang hadn't been pushed away that night, would things have been different in the future?

do not know.

There is no if in the world, let alone an answer after the if.

All he knew was that that night, he did the stupidest thing in his life and lost his heart.

……

Zero hooting, 1/23, snow field.

In the huge world, they are only one team, no more cruel competition, no more intrigue, long-lost comfort.

As soon as he came in, the first thing he received was the 3/23 submission reward and the 4/23 coordinates.The reward is the same as before, one stationery + one weapon.

But right now, they have more important things to do.

Since it is not the level to be broken at the moment, there is no crisis such as black bears. The four partners calmly found a cave and avoided the cold wind. Then they formed a circle, stood still, and waited for the moment to witness the miracle.

Xu Wang held the keychain, clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and concentrated.

Having said so much and analyzed so much, without this unique evidence, everything is empty talk.

3 minute later.

Qian Ai: "Well, are you sure you summoned like that?"

Kuang Jinxin: "How about changing your posture?"

Wu Sheng: "Or throw it on the ground to see."

Qian Ai: "Do you have humanity? That's meow..."

"Snapped--"

The key fell to the ground immediately, and black, orange, and white mist rose instantly, and then the thick mist dissipated. A three-flowered kitten licked its paws and wiped its face diligently.

Qian Ai: "How do you know to throw..."

Wu Sheng: "It's always done in magical children's dramas."

Qian Ai: "Your coverage is too broad..."

"What kind of fairy stationery is this? It's so cute!!!" Kuang Jinxin couldn't stand it any longer, and felt a pang in his heart, he stretched out his arms and hugged Xiaosanhua into his arms.

"It's cute. When those people first used it, I wanted to rub it, but I didn't. Later, they ran and went home, leaving it alone, not to mention how pitiful it is." In the past, they touched their ears, scratched their chins, and served Xiao Sanhua comfortably. While stroking the cat, they asked him seriously, "Why have you not grown up in ten years?"

"Cats are indeed devils..." Qian Ai looked at the two "seriously ill cat-loving patients" and felt emotional for a moment, but saw the little head tilted, the blue-green eyes looking at him innocently, and walked over by a strange coincidence.

5 minutes later.

Qian Ai: "Is this also a one-time stationery? Will it be gone next time?"

Xu Wang: "I don't know, see if it's five o'clock, can you bring it back to reality?"

Qian Ai: "If I can't bring it back, I'll go to the Endless Sea and open a treasure chest to make another one!!!"

"By the way, does it have a name?" Kuang Jinxin asked.

The little Sanhua who had been transferred to Qian Ai's arms suddenly raised her head, her little ears pricked up, as if she knew she was talking about it.

Xu Wang was stunned and shook his head.

"Then let's give it one now!" Kuang Jinxin smiled brightly.

"If you name it, you will have feelings." Qian Ai's heart was already sour, "What if I can't take it back, it will be gone next time I come in?"

Kuang Jinxin: "This is specially reserved by the owl for the captain. It must be different from ordinary phantoms!"

"Wang Wang." At some point, Wu Sheng took a stone and wrote two large characters on the ground, "The captain's name is Wang Wang, and the captain's cat is named Wang Wang, perfect."

Qian Ai: "There are good reasons."

Kuang Jinxin: "Catchy!"

Xu Wang's black line: "You named a cat 'Wang Wang', won't your conscience hurt?!"

Wu Sheng got up, came to Qian Ai, and asked Xiao Sanhua's opinion with special respect: "Woof, do you like it?"

Xiaosanhua stared at him for a long while, blinked her eyes, moved her ears, and happily uttered the first meow in her life: "Zhi."

Wu Sheng: "..."

Qian Ai, Kuang Jinxin, Xu Wang: "..."

<[Fantasy] Soul Painter>, the main body, a Sanhua little milk cat whose name is Wang Wang, and whose cry is Zhi.

At five o'clock in the morning, the four partners returned to reality, and Wang Wang became a keychain again, falling into the palm of Xu Wang.

Qian Ai calmed down: "There is no need to fight sea monsters anymore..."

"I'm afraid not." Wu Sheng said.

Qian Ai didn't understand, Xu Wang was also confused: "What do you mean?"

Wu Sheng said: "If we want to know what an owl is and what we need to help, we can only continue to go forward and collect information more deeply."

"That's right," Xu Wang became even more confused, "Isn't that what we decided?"

"Not enough stationery," Wu Sheng said, "Thinking about the third level, how much stationery we used, the reward now, let alone the future, it is impossible to break through 4/23 alone."

Xu Wang understood, his heart slowly fell, not because he lost his passion and impulse, but because the farther the goal was, the more difficult it was, the more he had to calm down and make his mind clearer.

"Go to the endless sea again."

Wu Sheng looked towards the eastern sky, where the new morning was glowing, the first whitening.