The Wheel of Chronos

Xue Lun's blue eyes were full of surprise and uncertainty, she looked at her younger sister's face, that beautiful face she was so familiar with, and felt as if she was in a dream.The younger sister looked at her in confusion, waiting for Sharon to answer, but Sharon was speechless, unable to utter a single word.

Don't have a pocket watch?what does that mean?That means, history changed before she came back.The younger sister had no contact with the old watchmaker at the Time watch shop, nor did she buy a pocket watch from him.So this Christmas, she didn't plan to give herself a pocket watch.That's right, the fact that my sister gave her a pocket watch was completely facilitated by the guidance of an old watchmaker, and that old watchmaker does not exist in the b-1P6 world line she is currently in.

does not exist?How can this be?How could he not exist?It was a strange paradox that if he hadn't existed, hadn't had a pocket watch, then nothing would have happened after that.He must exist, but he does not belong to the b-1P6 world line, just like the soul of Sharon in this body, does not belong to this world line at all.He is indeed a time traveler, he must have arrived at the most primitive world line A from other world lines, and gave the pocket watch to his sister, and indirectly to Sharon.But the current b-1p6 world line, he has never arrived.If he hadn't arrived, and hadn't been observed by Sharon, then he didn't exist.

Old Man Time, where did he go?Why on earth did he give her the pocket watch, and what was his purpose?

And most importantly, who is the old man at this time?He must know all the facts about Sharon, and he is very clear about every world line that Sharon has experienced.Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to do the godlike act of indirectly giving the pocket watch to Sharon.

what is going on?Why did things become like this?How could she change all that without a pocket watch.She had already entered a dead end, and if she couldn't find a breakthrough, the god of death would reap her sister's life and take away the freedom of her body at the same time, and she would enter another six-year-long nightmare.

The haze of failure to save her was densely wrapped around her, she had lost the ability to think and was on the verge of collapse.Staring at the ceiling of the concrete boiler room with distracted eyes, wondering if he was trapped in a nightmare.

"Sister? Sister, are you okay?" Josephine put her palm on Sharon's forehead worriedly, "You have a fever, your body is so hot."

"Sister... woo... sister..." Josephine burst into tears. The appearance of Sharon really scared her. She just lost her parents, and her sister is her only support now, but how could her sister become like this? ?She looked as if she had lost her soul, lost all hope, and the light in her eyes was about to go out.

"Sister, I'll take you away, I'll take you away... Let's go...to the hospital, you need medical treatment..." Josephine choked, but she tried her best to pull herself together, wiped away the tears on her face, and planned to recite Pick up Sharon and go down the mountain to the town.If this continues, she is afraid that her sister will not be able to hold on.

She tried her best to pull Sharon's arm, turned her back, and supported Sharon's body with her thin back. She leaned on the wall, stood up unsteadily, and walked towards the door of the boiler room.The iron door of the boiler room was rusted, and the latch was broken long ago. Josephine used the iron wire and D-shaped buckle in Sharon's pocket tool bag to securely fasten the latch to ensure that outsiders could not enter.Now if she wants to go out, she must also untie the D-shaped buckle and the wire.

"Josie, we can't go out." Just when Josephine was about to reach out to untie it, Sharon suddenly stopped her.Josephine's actions finally pulled Xue Lun out of the haze that the pocket watch didn't exist. Her mind regained a bit of clarity, and she tried to suppress the sense of despair in her heart, and kept encouraging herself: You still have a sister, you And sister, you can't give up everything now, you have to die to survive!

"elder sister?"

"Hush, listen, listen carefully." Sharon said softly.

In the quiet boiler room, the thick concrete walls almost cut off the sound of the outside world, only the cracks in the door and the transom above the head can let in some sound.Sharon got off Josephine's back and led her to stay at the door, leaning against the cold iron door to listen to the voices outside.

"Crackling", "creaking" and "swirling", there seemed to be the sound of someone walking outside, and there were more than one person, many people. The sound of them stepping on the branches and grass was very weak, but it was unavoidable.

"It's those killers, they must have found us hiding inside." Sharon said softly.

"But why didn't they break in after such a long time?" Josephine asked with a pale face.

"I don't know, maybe not long after we came in, they found us hiding inside. But they haven't moved, there must be some reason. We must not go out now, otherwise we will be outnumbered, and we will be like sheep entering the tiger's mouth." Sharon road.

Why, why didn't you break in?The only explanation is that the superiors of these killers ordered them not to do anything for the time being, but to watch the movements of the two sisters.And who are the superiors of these killers? Why did they hesitate to kill the two sisters?Could it be that the person behind these killers just wanted to kill the parents, not the two sisters?

No, it's too early to draw conclusions.There may be more complicated facts in this. Maybe it's not that these killers don't want to kill them, but that these killers don't all belong to the same organization, which may include more than two forces.But at the moment, these forces have disagreements over the matter of killing the two sisters, or simply have conflicts, and have no time to continue chasing and killing them.

Xue Lun couldn't help feeling suspicious now, did her father and mother really die on the plane?If what is happening now is all what happened in history, then the father and mother never got on the plane at all, they were killed before that, and it is only natural that the body does not exist in that plane thing.But the plane did take off, and since it took off, there must be a crew, and no one's body was found among the wreckage of the plane.Could it be that the crew parachuted early?Moreover, that plane did encounter a space-time anomaly, and there was a space flash, and it suddenly appeared on the flight path of the Goddess of War, and it crashed when it encountered the airflow from the tail of the Goddess of War.This proves that, as the party who started the time-space explosion—Nulent Spencer must be on the plane.

Inferred in this way, what is happening now is indeed different from the history that Sharon has experienced.What is going on with this world line?Perhaps since Old Man Time never reached this world line, the butterfly effect has already begun to ferment.

"Sister, what should we do now?" Josephine was very anxious. They couldn't go out, but staying inside was too passive.

Xue Lun stood up, a sharp pain in her chest, abdomen and back made her gasp, her body swayed and almost fell, Josephine hurriedly supported her.She trembled and tried to calm down, and then began to scan the entire boiler room.This boiler room is too simple, with a total area of ​​no more than twenty square meters. There is a large rusty boiler in the center, and some pipes on the four walls are buried all the way to the ground.But there should be no other connection at the other end of the pipe, and the house heated by the boiler room has long since ceased to exist.

The pipe is only as thick as a thigh, and it cannot be passed by a person. It is impossible to leave through the pipe buried in the ground.

what to do?Sharon's brain was spinning rapidly.First of all, she must understand the enemy's movements before she can decide what they should do next.Prepare for the worst-case scenario and work out a maximum survival plan.Now that they are sitting in the city of sorrow, they can't escape, so they can only take a step back, so that the enemy can't break through their defense.How to achieve maximum defense?This boiler room itself is definitely not able to withstand it, whether it is a door or a window, it can be easily broken through, and it cannot be ruled out that the other party has a blasting device that can directly blow up the wall.

There is only one choice - into the boiler!But you can't go in rashly, this boiler is easy to get in, but it's difficult to get out, and after they go in, they will fall into a more passive situation.Moreover, Xue Lun couldn't tell whether the other party had an infrared device in his hand, and could detect the thermal imaging of the room through the wall to confirm the movements of the two of them.If their actions of climbing the boiler were observed by the other party, the other party would obviously be able to catch them more easily.Because they entered the boiler, they were equivalent to cocooning themselves, and they couldn't escape.Therefore, they can only judge whether to take this last step based on the opponent's movement after the opponent makes the first move.It would be best to lure the enemies away first, but in this case, they must act separately.

Sharon began to think about the escape plan in her mind.

"I'm sorry sister...it's all my fault, I shouldn't have brought you here, and now we're trapped..." Josephine looked extremely regretful and guilty, her beautiful eyes were already red and swollen from crying.

"No, you did a good job. Under the circumstances at that time, this was the best choice. You can take me not far away, and it is best to enter a hidden building to hide, otherwise we are all lost now. It's in the other party's hands." Sharon pulled her into her arms, "Josie, you're very smart, don't underestimate yourself. My sister has a plan now, listen to me... that's it."

"No, sister, this is too dangerous, you will die!"

"Josie! Listen to me, this is our only chance. If we don't do it firmly, we will both die. My sister will not die, as long as you strictly follow our plan, okay?"

Josephine sobbed, unable to answer.

"Okay? Promise me." Sharon asked again.

"Well, well, sister, I promise you." Josephine finally responded positively.

"Okay, then let's start." Sharon took out a box of fuel from her pocket. This thing is lighter oil for cotton-wick lighters, which Sharon found in the storage box of the car's passenger side. , and slipped it into his pocket.For a while, there was also a flip-top cotton wick lighter.After she got the car at Winchester Port City Airport, she was careful and checked the whole car before departure to check whether there were surveillance videos or listening devices inside.Fortunately, she obtained two valuable escape items.

She sprinkled the box of lighter fuel around the walls of the boiler room, then took out the lighter and lit it.Flames flickered in front of her thumbtips, illuminating her face.

"Josie, I count to three. One, two, three!"

As soon as the words fell, she threw the lighter on the fuel line, and the flame quickly ignited.

"Quick, quick, Josie, quick!"

Josephine turned around and ran to the boiler. Sharon hugged her legs directly and sent her whole body to a high place. Josephine forcefully opened the rusty boiler inspection hatch. As soon as Sharon exerted force, she was sent to a high place. into it.

"Hey! It's on fire inside! Come and help knock on the door!" There were loud shouts from outside.

"Josie, can you climb out by yourself?" Sharon asked while leaning on the boiler inspection hatch.

"No problem sister."

While they were talking, the iron door had already been banged violently.

Sharon didn't care about other things, closed the boiler inspection door, immediately turned around and jumped hard, kicked her feet on the wall, and grabbed the edge of the transom with both hands.Fortunately, the transom window was enough for one person to pass through, so she turned over directly from the transom window, and as soon as her feet hit the ground, she ran away without having time to look around.

"Hey! They're running out of the window!"

"Here!"

"Come on!"

In the panic, Sharon could hear the shouts of the enemies behind.Her chest and lungs had already been injured by the concussion, and it seemed that a rib in her back was broken.As soon as he exercised vigorously, he felt pain as if cut by a knife, and he couldn't breathe. Every time he ran, he felt as if he was being beaten.But she could only grit her teeth and persevere. After running less than 100 meters, her back was completely wet with sweat.

"Tug chug chug..." There was the sound of gunfire from behind, and bullets whistled and flew past Sharon's side. She didn't care about anything else and just ran as hard as she could.

This is a rally race against death, and it is also a gamble on the verge of life and death.Whether she can win life depends on whether she can attract all the enemies to her side, creating a gap for Josephine to escape.

While running, Sharon counted the time.If nothing happened to Josie, she should be able to climb out of the boiler and leave the boiler room within 2 minutes.Her wristband was always on. Before boarding the plane in the London area, she built a private conversation program between herself and Josephine in the wristbands. This program will not be captured by any monitoring system, which means no will be monitored.Before igniting the fuel, she and Josephine had started the call program together and kept in touch all the time.

At the moment, the wireless earphones she plugged into her ears were maintaining the call with Josephine, although she could only hear faint noises and Josephine's suppressed breathing.Josephine dared not speak now, because she was not sure that all the enemies were gone.Once someone finds out, it's over.

Xue Lun didn't know how long she stumbled and ran in the Metasequoia forest, and finally found a big rock, where she could take shelter and catch her breath for a while.During this time, Josephine remained silent.

"Josie...Josie? How are you? Please answer."

"Sister... there should be no one outside." Josephine's trembling voice came from the earphone.The light of the flashlight was shining in the distance, but it was still some distance away from where Sharon was currently.It was too dark, and she couldn't see her fingers. She fell down several times when she was running, and now there is nothing good about her body.

"That's good, go out quickly, run all the way in the direction I pointed you, and when you reach the town, go to the police station immediately, call Uncle Jack at home, and then wait for me there, don't go anywhere."

"Uh...heh...huh..., sister, the boiler door is stuck, I can't open it!"

"Don't worry, don't worry, Josie, calm down and see what the problem is."

"...Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...sister, I...I can't open it..." Josephine was so anxious that she was sobbing, and one could imagine how terrified she was in such an environment alone.

"Put harder? Don't worry, you will definitely be able to do it." Xue Lun was extremely anxious, wishing she could fly back to her sister.Just when she finished saying this, a flashlight suddenly shone on her. Sharon cursed secretly, turned around immediately, and continued to run in another direction.She didn't know where she was running at all. In the darkest hour of the morning, she couldn't tell the direction, and she didn't have time to use the wristband to locate it.She also can't turn on the flashlight, otherwise she will be easily spotted by the enemy.

"Josie?"

"... woo woo woo..." Only Josephine's sobs and gasps could be heard in the earphones.

"What happened? Answer me, Josie?" Sharon ran in the dark night with messy and flustered footsteps. The pursuers were getting closer and closer, but her thoughts were all on Josephine on the other side.

"Sister... woo, someone, someone has come in, right outside, I'm afraid... help me..." Josephine's sobbing and trembling of fear made Xue Lun's scalp explode.

"Josie, run! Run!" Sharon gave up and continued forward, turned around and ran towards the boiler room.

"Sister...help me...something is beeping, it's a bomb...it's a bomb..."

"Run!!!!"

No, don't, don't do this to me...

Sharon's ears were filled with the sound of her panting and heartbeat, and the sound was getting louder and louder, completely overwhelming her consciousness.Until she heard a loud "bang" in her ears, and the top of the hill in the dark night was lit up with fire, and the sound of the world was completely extinguished, leaving only the shrill tinnitus.

"what!!!!!!"

Sharon wailed, completely oblivious to where she ran, and her eyes were filled with the blasting flames full of death.The foot suddenly stepped on the air, and the whole person fell down from a steep slope.She rolled down involuntarily until she fell on a smooth concrete road.A car whizzed by, and when the headlights illuminated her, she was already paralyzed and unable to move, and the car ran over her right side of her body.The driver was so frightened that he braked, and when he looked back, she was already lying in a pool of blood, which was horrible.

God is dead, and the devil is coming. I don't know when I will wake up from this Christmas dream.

The author has something to say: Believe me, failure is fucking success, and one or two failures are a must.The fight was too bad this time, so I had to reload the file and start over.