Stretching out her hand tremblingly, Chu Yanran took off the identity tag from the corpse.

I saw the words "Guo Xingcai" written clearly above it.

really……

Everything is not a dream...

All of this, what Chu Yanran dreamed about while she was locked up, all happened in reality...

The Void invaded the underground base and liberated the "Forerunners", and then... there was a massacre...

A massacre without warning and without the ability to fight back...

But why...

The timing of all this is completely confusing!

Chu Yanran clearly remembered that all the research had ended successfully. She had already boarded the plane to return home, but she was hijacked by AOA members on the way, and then she was locked in a room that was completely closed to the outside world.

They didn't torture Chu Yanran, they just locked her up.

Then almost every night, Chu Yanran would dream about her days in the experimental base... But many things have changed...

The experiment is no longer going smoothly... The successive deaths have made people panic... The most terrifying thing is the result that Chu Yanran is seeing now.

The experimental base was occupied by the Void, and all three "Forerunners" were missing, leaving only a shock plain and a white giant.

What does this all mean?!

Chu Yanran couldn't figure it out...

She was completely confused.

time……

time……

Right...time!

An idea flashed in Chu Yanran's mind, and she suddenly realized something.

So she hurriedly took out the operating board and marked the time nodes one by one.

In 2023, the door was discovered.

In 2024, research on “pioneers” will officially begin.

In 2025, the first phase of research was successfully concluded. Humanity obtained something called a "factor" from the "Forerunners", and it seemed that the outline of the future was already clear.

But...in 2025, the mysterious organization AOA, which had been dormant for nearly two years, resurfaced.

Not only did they openly hijack Chu Yanran's special plane, they also imprisoned her.

During the whole process, Chu Yanran had no idea what was happening outside...

The only thing she remembers now is those fragmented nightmares...

Then...

Around the second half of 2025... the closed laboratory where Chu Yanran was located was destroyed by an unknown impact, and then...

Her spiritual consciousness crossed the long river of time and came to Gaia, and she replaced Ouyang Lailai as the "parent" within Hong Yan.

But when she became Ouyang Lailai, Chu Yanran forgot her identity. She didn't remember who she was, but she knew that she was definitely not Ouyang Lailai and she never belonged here.

But she couldn't remember where she came from either...

Until... by mistake, she and Ye Xin were wrapped by a mysterious bloody figure in the underground hot spring network...

When she woke up again she was back on earth...

and regained his memory.

But at this time...the earth has become so strange to Chu Yanran.

The fragments of memory and the past before the time travel are constantly intertwined, making it difficult for Chu Yanran to distinguish which ones are true...and which ones are fake...

So she came here, to the underground base...

In the end, everything in front of her was proving one thing to her.

Her nightmare is real.

Xu Li launched an attack on humans, and humans... were completely defeated...

…

Summarizing this, Chu Yanran’s heartbeat started to increase.

Hurry.

Because she remembered what she had discussed with Zeng Yijie and others...

The question of time and the multiverse

…

"What do we lack most now?" Zeng Yijie asked.

"Time." Fu Yihan seemed to be used to hearing it, and replied a little lazily.

"Yes! Time is not only what we lack, but also what all mankind lacks! We need enough time! Only in this way can we have a future!" Zeng Yijie's sense of worry is too strong, which everyone knows very well.

But...it can't solve the fundamental problem.

"Hmm... This research will take at least several generations, or even more than a dozen generations, to complete. After all, one bite won't make you fat." Li Rang agreed.

But Chu Yanran shook her head and said: "I don't think it's right... Scientific research is actually not a pure accumulation process. It doesn't mean that if we keep working hard in one direction, we will definitely gain something. Sometimes... we really need a little luck.

.”

"Your grandfather said this, right?" Zeng Yijie looked at Chu Yanran and said.

Chu Yanran nodded: "Yes, you should agree with this view."

Zeng Yijie did not answer. He asked instead: "But luck is too illusory. We can't take everyone's future as a bet."

Several people present looked at each other in confusion, and then Yu Gege, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said: "Actually, isn't it always like this? Every time the collider runs, it's like shaking a dice, and the winner or loser is unknown."

Chu Yanran was a little surprised, because what You Gege said was similar to what Chu Hongjun told Chu Yanran.

but……

"We want to be the bookmaker."

"Huh?" Shen Mengyan couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all.

"Yes, we want to be the banker!"

…

But how can humans become bankers...

Chu Yanran had no clue at all.

The only possible solution is about the "bend" of time, but "bend" time is different from any previous research on "bend" because the direction it involves is an unknown field.

Although we have a clear concept of time, we have never really touched time.

…

"This is a point, it is full of infinite possibilities, because there are no constraints to limit its direction, size, length and width, it is just a concept of existence." The comment on the last photo only has this dry sentence.

.

Chu Yanran was puzzled. She had never been able to understand the true meaning of this sentence.

Even though the person who added this comment lived next door to her at the time...

Yougege is like a mystery!

She was obviously just a weak female writer, but Chu Yanran always felt a shudder every time she saw You Gege.

Her body exudes an aura of isolation from all living beings.

And this aura never weakened even when she was among the crowd.

…

"Holy shit! Where is this?" Milanca's eyes widened, and Cersia behind her did the same.

Now Cersia's vision has recovered, but after recovery, she can no longer see the world clearly.

The two people who were clearly still in the elevator shaft now actually appeared outside the elevator. Moreover, the outside of the elevator was not a dark ruin, but a large passage with people coming and going.

The lights are bright, the ground is spotless, and the vehicles passing by are in an orderly manner. Looking at it this way, the two of them seem a bit strange.

"Hey! You two!"

Cersia was startled, and when she looked back, she saw a bearded man and several men with guns walking towards her, so she subconsciously

Want to run.

Milanca reacted quickly. She hurriedly stabilized Cersia and whispered: "Don't run! We are wearing military uniforms!"
To be continued...