A collection of short stories about Qingshan as snow and yellow

The soft lights in the house pave their way.Huang Shaotian had nothing to say: "Why is the communication room here located in the outer port? I remember that other places are located in the main building."

"Originally there were two. The larger one is in the main tower, which communicates with the inside of the Federation." Yu Wenzhou said, "The one in the outer port...is used to communicate with people who leave here. It has a state-of-the-art receiving device inside, although It’s just that it was the most advanced in that era, but it doesn’t look bad now.”

"That device must be rarely used." Huang Shaotian said without any pressure, without the slightest sense that he would be one of the "people who left here and lost their audio".

"It's almost never been used, and only some scattered signals were received." Yu Wenzhou said, "Later, in order to save energy, the communication room of the main tower was closed, and all communication functions were concentrated on the outer port side."

"It's really easy, it's a good thing they didn't close the whole port." Huang Shaotian was speechless.

"It's said that it's not too far away from closing them all." Yu Wenzhou said, "This proposal is already under review."

Huang Shaotian joked, "Then I'm here at the right time?"

Yu Wenzhou smiled helplessly.At the end of the long corridor, Huang Shaotian quickly ran down the steps and said wow: "This is the legendary auditorium!"

The auditorium in the Outer Harbor has a colorless and transparent dome.This is a design that was popular as early as the mother star era, but today's technology has changed it into another look: when you are in it, it is as if you are really in the wilderness, under the starry sky, and there is only your own in the vast world. figure.

There is a simple stone altar in the center of the auditorium.Huang Shaotian came to the side of the stone altar, stretched his head to look inside - there was no crystallization of new technology inside, just a pool of water.

At this time, the stars in the night have appeared.In a place where there is almost no light pollution, their brightness is even a little scary, but no explorer would think they are too bright.They are hopes and futures, ecstatic romances, distant places that will eventually arrive, or arrive in dreams.

The entire night sky is reflected in the pool water, and the starlight shakes slightly with the water waves.Huang Shaotian held his breath and said for a long time, "It's so beautiful."

"I thought you were used to seeing the starry sky." Yu Wenzhou walked from the door.

"I'll never get tired of watching it." Huang Shaotian sat upright by the stone altar, "It's better to meet people than to be famous. This place alone is worth a visit."

Yu Wenzhou stood beside him, and the two quietly watched the starry sky in the water for a while.The souls of countless explorers starting from here seem to be the starlight shining through the dome today, and they will always watch their successors here.

Huang Shaotian finally remembered: "By the way, where is the lip print? Where is the lip print wall?"

"Aren't these everywhere?" Yu Wenzhou blinked.

"What..." Huang Shaotian half-spoken, suddenly realized something, and shouted: "No way!!"

He lit up the bracelet and looked down, and sure enough, he saw what he was looking for on the ground.

Under the transparent partition, plates made of permanent materials are arranged on the ground, with a lip print and a name at a short distance.Huang Shaotian squatted down to look at it for a while, and said in awe, "It's all here?"

"All of them."

"so much?"

"so much."

Huang Shaotian looked at the boards covering the floor of the auditorium, the lights flickered softly in his eyes.After a long time, he said, "Hey, I like it here."

There is no distance between the ground and the sky here.The kiss left by the departed is engraved under the stars.

They kiss the starry sky as they kiss the fate of themselves and the world.

Huang Shaotian looked at those names one by one, and finally just lay down on the ground.He muttered: "I don't want to leave, just let me sleep here..."

"At least there are sleeping bags in the communication room." Yu Wenzhou sat down beside him.

"I said, Wenzhou." Huang Shaotian whispered with his back turned to him.

"Ok?"

"Do you really think I should go to the communication room?" Huang Shaotian asked.

Yu Wenzhou slightly raised his eyebrows: "Why not?"

Huang Shaotian turned over and lay on his back on the ground, looking into his eyes.

"Although I never asked, I thought I'd lose my chance if I didn't ask," he said. "You know something I don't, don't you? . . . about me."

[9490: 17: 16]

Huang Shaotian wrote his last book when he was 26 years old.The editor who contacted him was not surprised: "I think you are about to live a little more stable life. How about a small planet vacation?"

"Thank you." Huang Shaotian said politely, "I will consider it."

When he came to Xinggang where Yu Wenzhou worked at that time, the projection of his new work was playing on the video screen.Now whenever he comes to a civilian port with a little more people, he has to turn on Ye Yu's camouflage mode, otherwise someone will recognize him from countless spaceships at a glance.If you ask him, it was fun at first, but it became very disturbing after a long time.

Since he became famous, the topics surrounding him have not diminished.Initial doubts about his level of adventure and authenticity die down as he completes each challenge, replaced by discussions about his motivations and influence.Some people think that he is a desperate lunatic, and some people call for young people to read less of his adventure stories, so as not to be infected by this unrealistic heroism and make wrong choices that are not beneficial to their own lives.However, the real onlookers who don't have a special purpose generally don't discuss it that deeply, they just cheer for him.

He walks through a projection that reads "Hail to the Stars!" and enters a private room in the restaurant.Yu Wenzhou was waiting for him inside.

"Congratulations on your promotion." Huang Shaotian threw himself into the sofa and exhaled, "Ah, it really is more comfortable here."

Yu Wenzhou always took on the job of ordering food like they did when they were young: "I thought you would say that it is more comfortable on the spaceship."

"That's happiness, not comfort." Huang Shaotian said lazily, "A life without hard work is not life. How about my words?"

"It's the line that was criticized by the education committee last month." Yu Wenzhou waved away the menu projection.

Huang Shaotian leaned next to him: "I knew you were following my news!"

"I also know that you are going to publish your last book." Yu Wenzhou pulled him up from the sofa, "However, the so-called no more adventures should be just a gimmick of the publishing house. This is not like you."

"Of course." Huang Shaotian sat up straight, "Just let them think that I have earned enough money to live an ordinary life. I still have plans to complete."

Yu Wenzhou: "Are you planning an expedition?"

"Hmm." Huang Shaotian said, "It might be my last adventure! Isn't it exciting!"

Yu Wenzhou looked at him. "You're going to the tenth belt," he assured.

Huang Shaotian: "Hey -- can you stop guessing so accurately every time! This makes me feel very unfulfilled, okay?"

Yu Wenzhou: "I still remember when you said that you have to complete the challenge that no one has ever completed before."

"Yes, to tell you the truth, I had this plan a long time ago." Huang Shaotian said, "Now I finally have the money to upgrade Ye Yu's equipment again. Everything is ready, only Xifeng..."

"Dongfeng." Yu Wenzhou corrected.

"Dongfeng is Dongfeng." Huang Shaotian sneaked a glance at him, but didn't see any change in his expression, "I know you won't stop me, right!"

"If possible, I would also like to stop it." Yu Wenzhou sighed, "After all, it is a challenge that no one has ever returned alive."

"But I will come back alive!" Huang Shaotian waved his hands, "You can trust me!"

Yu Wenzhou asked back, "Do you believe in yourself?"

"...I don't really believe it." Huang Shaotian admitted.

He thought for a while, and then said: "I mean, I don't have the confidence that I will be able to come back, but if there is any hope of success, it is now. There will be a very suitable time in about seven hundred days. If you miss this , Maybe I will never wait for such a good opportunity in my life."

Yu Wenzhou said, "So you will definitely go, right?"

"I want to go." Huang Shaotian raised his head, "Maybe you don't believe it, but sometimes I feel that I was born just for this."

Yu Wenzhou was silent for a moment, pinched his face and pulled him from side to side: "I don't remember this line in your book."

"Ah, pain, pain, pain!!" Huang Shaotian scrambled out of his grasp, "It's not a line! My signature line was obviously taught by you—greetings to the stars!"

He made a very Chinese gesture, and then fell down on the sofa laughing.

The robot knocked on the door and delivered the food, Huang Shaotian unceremoniously began to eat, and from time to time he sneaked a glance at Yu Wenzhou across the table—the other person always had an expression as if he was thinking about something, which made him feel a little uncertain.When dessert was served, Yu Wenzhou asked, "Have you really thought about it?"

"Really." Huang Shaotian picked up the spoon, "Hey, you haven't said whether you will support me or not!"

"Holding on to this is not your style." Yu Wenzhou said narrowly.

"I know." Huang Shaotian thought for a while, "I just... just want to hear a definite answer from you. Don't complain about my childishness."

Yu Wenzhou: "Thinking like this means that you haven't made up your mind yet. If you really want to go, no one, including me, should be able to change your decision."

"But you are different." Huang Shaotian said.

Yu Wenzhou was silent.Huang Shaotian opened the lid of the pudding jar, and after a while he said, "Actually, I'm quite afraid that if you say 'don't go', I'm afraid that I will really be shaken. If I don't go, I might regret it for the rest of my life... ...But, hey, how should I put it..."

"I'm sorry." Yu Wenzhou said.

Huang Shaotian was so frightened that he dropped his spoon, he stammered, "What did you just say?"

"I'm sorry." Yu Wenzhou repeated, "I also didn't want to make it difficult for you."

"No! I'm not embarrassed! Well, it's still a bit embarrassing, but don't apologize to me!" Huang Shaotian said frantically, "This has nothing to do with you! Why did it become like this—"

Yu Wenzhou finally showed a smile, although it was fleeting, it finally made him look less worried.

"I will," he said. "If that is your wish, I will support you."

[10,364: 07: 52]

"You were transferred to the Port of Star [-] because I was going to go to Star Belt from here, right?" Huang Shaotian said.

Yu Wenzhou: "That's right."

The light on Huang Shaotian's bracelet went out.They just sat side by side in the dark, the stars twinkling above their heads.

"At first I didn't think about it that much." Huang Shaotian murmured, "But thinking about it now, you always appear by my side at various unexpected times. When I first explored, you were near me Base, for the last expedition, you were still at the port where I started. If you applied for a transfer this time, what about the first time? How did you know that the exit of the Gathering Star Ring is at that place? I want to believe it is a coincidence , but coincidences are too common... Just think of me as a wild guess, but I always feel that you know more about the recorder than I do."

He looked down at his hands: "Are you going to tell me that these are all fate?"

"No, it's not." Yu Wenzhou said softly, "I have been following the path you have walked."

Huang Shaotian was stuck, he didn't expect to get such an answer at all.He said in disbelief: "But why do you do this? And sometimes you are simply a prophet. Are you actually a time traveler? Is there such an unscientific thing?"

"Why did you do this?" Yu Wenzhou thought about it seriously, "Unfortunately, I didn't think it through myself. Originally, this was not necessary, and it was better for us not to get involved."

"I remember you said this." Huang Shaotian narrowed his eyes, "When we were young, when we first met."

Yu Wenzhou: "Do you still remember? Yes, that's when things started, although everything started earlier than that."

"Of course I remember!" Huang Shaotian said angrily, "You still said you regret knowing me!"

"That's not true." Yu Wenzhou said, "The thing I don't regret the most is getting to know you."

Huang Shaotian remained suspicious for a few seconds, and then tried to say in a serious tone: "Since this is the case, you should be honest, what little secret do you have? I'm leaving soon, why don't you tell me? "

Yu Wenzhou fell silent.After a long time, when Huang Shaotian thought he would not open his mouth, he finally said, "Let's start with the recorder."

"There was once an explorer who carried a recorder with him, which contained all his data: the routes he sailed, his experiences, and even a simulated personality system." Yu Wenzhou said, "This system has analyzed him over the years. The data simulated his personality and stored in the recorder as proof of his own existence."

Huang Shaotian said in amazement: "I... I also have this system in my recorder."

"The last expedition in the explorer's life was to go to the border of the human activity area at that time." Yu Wenzhou continued, "He did not come back. A few years later, a spaceship found the wreckage of the lifeboat near the border, but there was nothing in the cabin. People, only part of the memory stick of the shipboard system, and a damaged recorder. The data in it shows that the long-distance ship to which the lifeboat belongs successfully crossed the border under the pilot of the explorer, but because the engine was damaged, it was caught by the gravity of the galaxy. It was unable to save itself when it was captured. Before falling into the stars, the expedition ship sent out a drifting lifeboat recording the route across the border, and sent it back to the human world."

Huang Shaotian stared at Yu Wenzhou blankly.The other party's voice was still steady, only the fingers tightened unconsciously.

"This route is real. It led the Federation's fleet and broke through the border." Yu Wenzhou continued, "The border is no longer a border. The explorer opened the door to the starry sky. His deeds are written in textbooks." In the history books, the port of the planet that sent him off became his monument. Humanity will always remember his name."

"When did that happen?" Huang Shaotian murmured.

"600 years ago." Yu Wenzhou said.

Huang Shaotian: "For you?"

Yu Wenzhou: "For me."

Huang Shaotian moved his gaze to his bracelet, the outer part of the recorder was emitting a faint light.Yu Wenzhou said: "However, although the explorer's life is widely circulated, his wish to stay in the lifeboat is not fully realized. He hopes that the world will witness his life, but his last and most magnificent adventure No one wrote it. His recorder was badly damaged and the data was difficult to read, but there is still a way to restore his history through the data recorded in his simulated personality, and finally trace back to the moment when he went to the border."

He pointed to the starry sky above his head: "For this reason, I built this universe."

Huang Shaotian looked up blankly, the starlight was still falling gently.

Yu Wenzhou said: "In the time I was born, it was already possible to run this kind of real simulation system. Although it was not easy, I finally succeeded in restoring the world 600 years ago. It revolves around the world left by the explorers. The simulated personality of..."

"That's me." Huang Shaotian said softly.

[00: 00: 00]

"Is this the most expensive fan behavior in history?" Lu Hanwen asked while lying on the table.

"I prefer to call it academic research." Yu Wenzhou finally checked the system of the immersion chamber.He opened the vacuum lab coat from the side, flexed his arms, and made a cup of tea.

"How can there be academic research that raises funds by itself." Lu Hanwen made a face, "This is called using love to generate electricity, Professor."

"I don't want to give the sponsor a chance to interfere with the process." Yu Wenzhou pulled out the light screen that was pressed under his arm, "600 years ago, my family picked up his relic in the universe, and now it's time for us to realize his wish. Time. Hopefully this mission can be accomplished in my generation.”

Lu Hanwen asked curiously, "So, Professor, you grew up listening to his stories? Do you like him very much?"

"It's not that exaggerated." Yu Wenzhou thought for a while, "If I had to say it, I wouldn't know him better than you. After all, everyone knew his story. After 600 years, I haven't seen him. I have never had a chance to chat with him, and I don’t even know what kind of person he is.”

"He's a great person, right?" Lu Hanwen cupped his face, "And he can write very well, every book is super thick!"

"'Great' is not a way to describe a 'person'." Yu Wenzhou shook his head, "You are talking about the hero we imagined, not himself."

"Anyway, you're going to get in close contact with him soon." Lu Hanwen said enviously, biting the side of the paper cup, "If you have money and technology, you can do whatever you want..."

"I only intend to be the supervisor of the system and maintain it until the end of the operation." Yu Wenzhou put on his lab coat again and stepped into the immersion chamber, "The simulation may take some time, and the task of monitoring the status outside will be handed over to you. "

"Good professor." Lu Hanwen looked at the table, "Have you had your tea yet?"

"Let's talk about it when I come out." Yu Wenzhou said, "Although it may be cold by then."

He activated the system, and the cabin lights turned from white to blue.Under the light and shadow of the rotating galaxy, the time in the simulated universe begins to jump.

[10,364: 09: 04]

There was a long silence under the dome.In the end, it was Huang Shaotian who spoke first.

"Strange." He twitched the corner of his mouth, "I don't think it's strange now. Maybe I already felt that there was something wrong with this world, or, as a simulated personality, the ability to accept it should be particularly strong?"

Yu Wenzhou: "Shaotian..."

"Actually, I often have a nightmare." Huang Shaotian said, "In the dream, I was standing in front of a screen, and now that I think about it, it should be the cockpit of the spaceship—a sea of ​​flames is terribly bright in front of me, and I can feel that I am Fly to the center of that heat. It's the star, isn't it?"

"I think so." Yu Wenzhou replied shortly.

"A lot of things make sense." Huang Shaotian put his hands behind his head and lay down on the ground, "So you are a... administrator of this world or something."

"I should be a bystander." Yu Wenzhou said, "It should be like this."

"Hey, that's why you didn't want to talk to me when we first met?" Huang Shaotian patted the floor, "So that's how it is! Thanks to all these years, I still feel that I'm not cute enough!"

Yu Wenzhou couldn't laugh or cry: "Of course not."

"Then what do you think of me?" Huang Shaotian rolled over and sat up, "Am I a reliable impersonation?"

"You are a 'person'." Yu Wenzhou replied without hesitation, "Just like me, just like anyone else."

"Thank you." Huang Shaotian sighed, "I don't think I'm not human, even if you say it's a simulation, I don't have any real sense of what the real universe should be like, it's easier to imagine it as it is now. My dream, my adventurous impulse, if your setting for me is..."

"This is not my setting." Yu Wenzhou interrupted him, "The simulated personality has not been modified in any way, it is the one saved in the recorder."

"Oh, that's right. I should know this best." Huang Shaotian tilted his head, "So, my ending is actually much better than I thought. I was originally prepared to die in vain, but you tell me now, I actually did."

Just as Yu Wenzhou was about to speak, he corrected him again: "No, that's not me.... Is that me?"

"He's not you." Yu Wenzhou said.

"So," Huang Shaotian blinked, "do you like him?"

"I..." Yu Wenzhou didn't react for a while, "I don't know, I don't know him. He is history, a pioneer and a hero."

He paused before saying, "But the one I know is you."

Huang Shaotian said, "Then you..."

Yu Wenzhou waited for his question, but the other party stopped talking and smiled slyly: "It's nothing."

He looks at the night sky.For him, the illusory starlight still seemed within reach.

After a while, he said, "But you've told me, what's next? If this universe is run for one ultimate purpose, is this now a serious malfunction?"

"Fuck it." Yu Wenzhou said, "I don't care."

Huang Shaotian opened his eyes wide, he couldn't believe that this rude speech came from Yu Wenzhou's mouth.Yu Wenzhou continued: "Perhaps it was a mistake from the beginning. Building a universe, paving the way on this stage, observing a person's life...all of this..."

He thought about it, and finally concluded in a tired tone: "It's too arrogant."

"It's not that exaggerated." Huang Shaotian shook his head, "You don't think you are the creator."

"In fact, what I do is this kind of work, but I don't have the corresponding consciousness." Yu Wenzhou said, "Or I think I have, and this matter is not so natural. Whether it is simulation or deduction, whether it is virtual or real, What you see and experience with your own eyes is the truth.”

He looked away: "For me, the world and you are real."

"That must feel bad."

Huang Shaotian put his shoulders on his shoulders and said, "From the beginning to the present, you must have thought a lot about it over the years."

"I don't think it is necessary to continue this plan." Yu Wenzhou said, "One day, we can also interpret the data in the damaged recorder. The explorer's wish does not have to be achieved through this method. You don't need to do it for this. do anything."

"But I still want to go."

"what?"

"I want to go. I have to go." Huang Shaotian said, "If you hadn't told me this today, I would have gone too."

Yu Wenzhou asked back, "Even if it doesn't make sense?"

"It's meaningful." Huang Shaotian laughed, "I'm super—like exploring!"

He stood up from the ground: "I like adventure, I like the feeling of hanging by a thread. I like places that no one has been to... This is exactly the kind of place I want to go."

He took two steps forward and opened his hands, as if the wind of the starry sky was blowing in front of him.Then he turned around and pulled Yu Wenzhou up.

"I know what you're going to say." Huang Shaotian said, "'Maybe I like it because he likes it, and he likes it so I like it'—that's not the case, it's not for me. He's my gene, my gene." Mold, I exist because of him, these are decided before the birth of the universe. Just like some people like to beat bears, some people like to write songs, and I like to explore, no one puts a knife on my neck to force me to like it. This Maybe it's his wish, but it's my life."

He turned around in a circle and concluded: "So I must go."

"I know." Yu Wenzhou said, "I have never successfully stopped you."

"You didn't stop me, didn't you always say..." Huang Shaotian suddenly stopped.He looked at Yu Wenzhou, and then looked down at his terminal.

"I've had more than 300 today in the last...300-plus days."

Yu Wenzhou revealed the last secret in a straightforward tone, "Whenever the day is over and you walk towards Ye Yu, I will set the time back to 24 standard hours. The system is limited, and I can't set it any further. The only thing it changes is Time archive in your recorder."

Huang Shaotian opened his eyes wide: "So you did all of this, Mr. Yu, the mastermind behind the scenes."

"It's me." Yu Wenzhou smiled, "I'm the villain. Sometimes, you don't notice anything. Sometimes you notice something, but it's the first time we talked about it like today. No matter what we say What, no matter how many things I tell you, you always have to go in the end."

Huang Shaotian murmured, "I thought you didn't want to stop me."

"I don't want to, because this is your wish." Yu Wenzhou said, "I just want this moment to come a little later."

"Based on what I know about you," Huang Shaotian was still in the mood to laugh at him, "This is probably the most capricious thing you've ever done since I met you."

Yu Wenzhou shrugged.

"So that's why I'm not too surprised, maybe I've heard the truth of this world many times before." Huang Shaotian thought for a while, "Then, did I tell you, I read it in the Gathering Star Ring What's up?"

"Xinghuan? The place where you first explored?" Yu Wenzhou quickly remembered, "No."

"I saw you." Huang Shaotian said.

Yu Wenzhou: "That must be a bug."

"Looks like it now." Huang Shaotian recalled, "It doesn't look like anything special. I guess this part is not recorded, so I saw something different... I saw you warming a cup The tea is on the table."

Yu Wenzhou suddenly raised his hand to cover his eyes.After a few seconds, he put down his hand and said calmly, "That's my real world."

"Oh, so there is a cup of tea waiting for you to go back?" Huang Shaotian blinked, "You should go back, stop rewinding. You know this has to end."

"It doesn't have to end if you want," Yu Wenzhou said.

"I'm not the center of the universe." Huang Shaotian laughed, "Well, maybe in fact--this sounds so strange, but we all know it's not. I will end, and you will end, but Starry Sky doesn't Boundary, the universe is eternal."

Yu Wenzhou: "You sound like a philosopher or a poet."

"Hey, this is my truth." Huang Shaotian said, "Even this universe is eternal. Can you say that sentence again?"

"What?" Yu Wenzhou asked.

Huang Shaotian: "In order to retrace the moment when we went to the border..."

Yu Wenzhou: "...I built this universe."

"Sounds really happy." Huang Shaotian raised his head and said, "I'm going to see the stars you created."

[--:--:--]

Overwatch Star Ten.

The once-abandoned star port has now been rebuilt, and the museum retains the hall that passed through the port before departure. There are always tourists lingering under its transparent dome.

Yu Wenzhou stood by the demonstration projection, listening to the soft voice of the artificial guide: "...he travels alone during the expedition. He has no recorded lovers, and no friends who are in constant contact. He is rarely in the same place. Stayed too long. Maybe it was this loneliness that gave him the courage to go to the stars..."

Hearing this, he couldn't help shaking his head.The tour guide walked away with a group of people, and a girl next to him asked curiously, "Do you disagree with what he just said?"

"I just don't think courage has anything to do with loneliness." Yu Wenzhou smiled politely at her, "However, that's all we know about his life. In fact, no one knows what kind of mood he spent his life with." clear."

"Yeah..." the girl said wistfully, "I hope that's not true. At least someone should say goodbye to him before leaving."

She walked away with the manual.Yu Wenzhou walked to the side of the stone altar, looked down, and saw the starry sky swaying gently in the water just like 600 years ago.

[10,364: 09: 56]

As the night darkened, the stars became brighter.The belt of ten stars slanted across the northern sky like a hazy blue light.

"I'm leaving." Huang Shaotian said.

Yu Wenzhou nodded wordlessly.They walked side by side to the end of the hall, and the eternity in this short time seemed to be the light of the stars, silently surrounding them.

Since it is time to say goodbye here and now, there is no need to say what has not been said.

"By the way, lip marks." Huang Shaotian stopped suddenly, "Should I also leave one?"

Before Yu Wenzhou could speak, Huang Shaotian had already moved closer to him and kissed him on the cheek.

Then he walked forward quickly, as if he didn't want to hear an answer.

"Will you still turn back the time?" he asked from a distance.

Yu Wenzhou stood on the spot and looked at him, his back was like a flying bird with its wings folded.He could pretend that that cup of tea would never get cold, but in this short life, in this cycle of time, the things he held on to kept passing by.

Others that remained were born before the stars and will continue to the end of the universe.Philosophers talk of meaning, poets of unchanging courage, and he has but one kiss.

Under the same starry sky, he watched him leave like this every time.

"I don't know," he said.

"I guessed that you would say that." Huang Shaotian said loudly with his back turned to him, "Then wish me the best of luck!"

He walked to the door, stopped again, and turned around.

"Greetings to the stars."

He smiled and said, "—greetings to you."

END