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The frozen time gradually dissolved.
After an unknown period of time, the two separated.
Outside the ship was a boundless starry sky.
"I flew out of Earth," Chen Yu said.
"Yes."
Xing Biqi's face turned red. She was too shy to say anything. She just lowered her head and said yes from her throat.
"Based on our current speed, we will soon pass through the strong gravitational pull of the Sun.
Although there's no live broadcast today and we're not restricted by time, Sirius is too far away, so let's fly at 5,000 times the speed of light. "
"I'll listen to you …" The girl bit her lip and clenched the "daily necessities" in her hand. She hesitated and said, "But … But are we just going to stand here like this?"
"How tiring is standing? Is the sofa uncomfortable?" Chen Yu asked as he pulled Xing Biqi to the sofa. He then crossed his legs and said, "Let's just sit here."
Xing Biqi: "…"
"What's wrong?
Is there a problem? "
"No … no problem."
"That's good."
Nodding, Chen Yu casually hooked his finger. Immediately, a double-door refrigerator appeared before the two of them.
He opened the left door of the fridge and took out a bottle of iced red wine and two goblets. He handed one to Xing Biqi and unscrewed the seal. "Can you drink?
Red wine. "
"Never." Xing Biqi licked her lips with her pink tongue and raised her glass. "It should be drinkable."
"You've never drunk it before?
Nonsense. "
While pouring a glass of wine, Chen Yu curled his lips and said, "The last time I went to your house for dinner, you even drank. I don't know if it was red wine or beer, but you drank quite a bit."
"Ah?"
Hearing this, Xing Biqi was at a loss. "Eat?
When did you come to my house for dinner? "
"Um..." Chen Yu immediately recalled the Amnesia Bat he had given the other party. Hurriedly, he took a sip of red wine and said, "I misremembered."
"Did you drink with other girls?" Xing Biqi asked suspiciously.
"No, I just remembered wrongly. Don't worry about it.
Come, to Beili Beili, cheers! "
"Chen Yu, are you hiding something from me?"
"Are you going to drink?"
"Hah …"
After taking a sip of the red wine, Xing Biqi wanted to say something but hesitated. In the end, she chose not to pursue the matter. "It's delicious."
"Drink more if you like it."
"It's not that the wine is good, it's that drinking with you is good.
I wish I could fly like this forever. "
"That's impossible. There's not enough energy."
Xing Biqi: "… I'm not talking about the energy problem."
"But without an energy source, it can't fly," Chen Yu said firmly.
"Alright …"
Setting down her glass, she stood up and looked at the Earth behind her. After a long silence, she suddenly said, "Chen Yu, I don't know much about physics.
But yesterday, we saw the image of Earth four years ago on Proxima Centauri. Can we see the image of Earth one or two years ago? "
"Not bad."
Learning from the upper-class techniques he had seen on television, Chen Yu gently swirled his wine glass and said, "The speed of light in a vacuum is 300,000 kilometers per second.
As long as he was two light years away from Earth, he would be able to receive light information from Earth two years ago.
On this trip to Sirius, I'm going to take some pictures of Earth eight years ago.
The only thing I'm worried about is that the distance is too far, which will lead to a lack of clarity. "
"…" Biting her lips, the young lady lowered her head and stared at the red liquid in her cup. "Then I'd like to see the Ganjing District of Dalian City eighteen months ago. Is it possible?"
"You... want to see your parents?"
"Mhm."
"No problem."
Setting down his wine glass, Chen Yu said in a low voice, "Drive the spacecraft 1.5 light-years away. With such a short distance, the clarity will definitely be very high."
"Can you see their faces?"
"I can't say for sure. Let's give it a try."
Five minutes later, the Type-R Spacecraft left the sun's strong gravitational field. It then activated FTL navigation and flew straight toward Sirius.
The spacecraft only needed 0.2 seconds to accelerate from zero to 5,000 times the speed of light.
Inside the spacecraft, a bizarre scene once more took place.
…
"Leader, look at this."
Suddenly, the office door opened, and Big Sis Wu walked into the room. She then placed the document in her hands on the wooden table and said, "This is an emergency message from the military network."
Hurriedly accepting the document, the middle-aged team leader's expression turned serious when he saw the mark on the cover. "Shouldn't a document with such authority be issued by the higher-ups?
Why did they send it directly to us? "
"They must have activated emergency regulations and sent it to us first.
The higher-ups might not have received it yet. "
"Is that so..."
Nodding, the middle-aged team leader tore open the envelope and pulled out a document. After quickly scanning through the document, he frowned and asked, "The Type-R Spacecraft flew away?"
"Flew away?" Taken aback, Big Sis Wu asked, "Where did it go?"
"According to the preliminary satellite monitoring results, the spacecraft left the atmosphere at 20 ° north latitude. After circling around Earth three-quarters of the way, it flew toward Sirius."
"Sirius?
Why is he going to Sirius? "
"Who knows what Chen Yu is thinking right now?" Putting down the document, the middle-aged team leader immediately picked up the phone on his desk and dialed a shortcut key.
Beep...
"Hello, I'm the leader. Did the target disappear?"
"Yes, Leader," the voice on the other side of the phone replied calmly.
Smack!
Angrily slapping the table, the middle-aged team leader shouted, "Why didn't I know about this?!
Why didn't you inform me about such an important matter?! "
"It's not the stipulated reporting time yet."
"But this is an emergency disappearance!
You are neglecting your duty! "
"Leader, this isn't an emergency disappearance."
The voice on the other side of the phone remained calm as it explained clearly, "He just disappeared from our sight."
Narrowing his eyes, the middle-aged team leader asked, "May I ask what's the difference?"
"The difference is that he is still under our control."
"... Where is he?"
"In the grove in the People's Square."
"Why don't you go in and check it out?"
"Target No. 1 is currently intimate with Target No. 2. It's not convenient for us to go in."
"But the reality is that... the two of them are almost at Sirius."
“？”
"You are temporarily suspended. Your duties will be handed over according to the sequence."
After saying so, the middle-aged team leader hung up the phone without waiting for the dumbfounded team leader to react.
"Leader, what should we do now?" Big Sis Wu asked worriedly. "Chen Yu is fine. We have protected him well.
However, Xing Biqi is too popular now. Many foreign agents and forces are paying attention to her. It will be very easy for Chen Yu's identity to be exposed. "
Pulling out a medicine box from his pocket, the team leader swallowed a few pills and asked, "Do you think he is afraid of exposing his identity now?"
"No," Big Sis Wu said. "We are the ones who are afraid."
"Yes.
He is not afraid. He is only worried that he will be caught off guard if his identity is suddenly exposed. "
After swallowing the pills in his mouth, the middle-aged team leader said in a low tone, "It is very difficult to change habitual thinking. Moreover, we have already learned about his personality through the psychological portrait we have collected over the past year.
Unless he is strongly stimulated, he will not be willing to break the status quo.
At the end of the day, he is just a high school student. He cannot control his subconscious.
"We are different.
Society needs development and stability. Although Transdimensional Review's appearance is troublesome, it has clearly improved development and brought benefits.
The only aspect we cannot guarantee is stability.
If Chen Yu's identity is exposed, the complexity involved will be too great, and it will be even more difficult to maintain stability.
So... "
Sighing, the middle-aged team leader said, "We are afraid. America, Japan, and the other governments are afraid as well.
Everyone is trying to find a balance.
The search for Chen Yu has always been at a tacit level with our country.
"However, the various governments and groups have different thoughts. There are plenty of radicals who wish to expose Chen Yu's identity.
Once his identity is exposed, setting aside the series of troubles it will attract, just the status and form between us and Chen Yu will become very delicate. "
Pushing on her glasses, Big Sis Wu said, "More importantly, now that Chen Yu's identity has been exposed, there is no longer a need for him to continue keeping a low profile.
With his personality, he won't easily stir up trouble. "
"This is the complexity of his identity." The middle-aged team leader nodded.
"I even suspect that America's intelligence agencies have already discovered Chen Yu's identity.
Only, like us, they don't dare say anything, "Big Sis Wu said.
Hearing this, the middle-aged team leader said in a self-deprecating manner, "A wolf in sheep's clothing hide-and-seek among a flock of sheep. Even if some sheep discover him, they won't dare let the wolf know that they have discovered him."
"What an appropriate analogy."
"But one day, they will discover him.
Hopefully, I'll be retired by then. "
Muttering to himself, the middle-aged team leader picked up his phone once more and started a meeting with the team's important members to clean up Chen Yu's mess.
The first problem he needed to solve was how long Chen Yu would take to return.
If he returned late, the families of both parties, especially Xing Biqi's family, would definitely fall into chaos.
With Xing Biqi's current popularity, there were also so many reporters and agents surrounding her...
"I've changed my mind. I want to retire now," the team leader said as he held his forehead in pain.
...
1.5 light-years away from Earth...
Suddenly, a flash of light appeared in the pitch-black sky.
A pure white spacecraft then appeared out of thin air and entered a stationary state.
"This position is about right."
Inside the spacecraft, Chen Yu sat up from the sofa. He then pulled Xing Biqi up and asked, "How is it?
Dizzy? "
"No, my eyes are closed.
Can I see it from here? "
"I should be able to.
Even if there are any discrepancies, you just need to control the spacecraft to move forward and backward.
Now, tell me the exact time. "
"Mhm." Nodding, Xing Biqi listed a series of dates.
She was accurate down to the minute.
"Let me do some calculations."
After saying so, Chen Yu started calculating in his mind while controlling the spacecraft to accelerate and retreat.
"This is it!"
Two minutes later, Chen Yu snapped his fingers.
The universe before the two instantly zoomed in. The solar system, the Oort cloud, the outer planets, Jupiter, the asteroid belt... and finally Earth.
"Dalian City's Ganjing District..."
With the technology of the 69th century, a distance of 1.5 light-years wasn't a problem. Very quickly, the two arrived before the Ganjing District of Dalian City in Asia.
Whether it was the buildings, square gardens, or the traffic flow on the streets, everything was clearly visible.
It was far clearer than the view of Earth from Alpha Centauri yesterday.
"Go up a little. There's a road next to the bus station," Xing Biqi said as she pointed at the scene ahead. "Yes!
Go up a little more! "
"Here?"
"Yes, yes!
Can you zoom in? "
"Yes."
The scene zoomed in once more.
Finally, they could even distinguish the red tiles on the sidewalk.
Their faces were also clearly visible.
This time, without needing Xing Biqi's instructions, Chen Yu tacitly moved the camera to focus on a group of people walking out of a hotel.
"Chen Yu, that man in the gray coat is my father..." Xing Biqi said in a hoarse voice.
"That woman is Auntie?"
"Mhm."
"..." Chen Yu didn't know what to say.
"My parents' faces don't look alike," Xing Biqi said as she forced a smile. She then turned to look at Chen Yu and said, "Their faces aren't that fat."
"The amount of light information received is limited at a distance of 1.5 light-years.
Most of the images are simulated, so it is normal for there to be discrepancies.
"However, I know that they are my parents.
My parents from a year ago.
At that time, they were still alive... "
In the video, a group of people said goodbye to each other. Afterward, Xing Biqi's parents boarded a black Passat.
Father Xing sat in the driver's seat.
For some reason, Xing Biqi didn't feel like crying as she stared at the scene before her. She simply watched as her parents boarded the doomed car.
"Stop watching," Chen Yu suggested.
"Chen Yu." Hesitantly, the girl asked, "Do you think it is possible to travel through time if technology continues to develop?"
"Based on current theories, time travel is irreversible.
In other words, it is impossible to return to the past. "
"Aren't these high-tech products of yours from the future, then?"
"They are from the future. However, they aren't 'sent' over. Instead, they are replicated using the current timeline's resources through a certain method.
Someone once explained to me that it is very difficult to send a basketball from Mars to Earth. However, if we can control Earth's industry to produce a basketball through the internet on Mars, it will be very simple.
However, Mars and Earth are two parallel worlds. "
"In other words, even if I interfere with my parents' life and death from a year ago, they won't be able to come back to life in this world?"
"Yes."
Chen Yu subconsciously held the girl's right hand and comforted, "However, technology is more magical than magic. There might be a solution to everything one day."
"Really?" Although Xing Biqi's words were interrogative, her tone was very declarative.
"Mhm." After hesitating for a moment, Chen Yu nodded. However, he inwardly muttered, Sorry, it's fake...
"It would be great if my parents could see us."
"Why?"
"If they see that I am so happy now, they might leave with peace of mind. They won't keep calling my name after the car accident..." Pursing her lips, the girl smiled and said, "That would hurt too much."
Turning around, Chen Yu stood in front of Xing Biqi and hugged her tightly...
...
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, one month had gone by.
The morning sun, which was filled with vitality, "woke" Chen Yu up from his sleep.
"Mr. Chen, you're awake!"
"Mhm."
Stretching his body, Chen Yu pulled out his phone from under his pillow and unlocked it.
The wallpaper displayed on the screen was a photo of a man and a woman under the starry sky.
Both of them were smiling happily, and their smiles were even more eye-catching than the Sirius star in the background.
"Good morning."
Chen Yu silently said in his heart. He then stood up, walked up to the window, and yanked open the curtains.
Swoosh!
Outside the window, green buds had already sprouted, and the accumulated snow had melted.
"It's spring. How nice."
"Mr. Chen!"
Leaning forward, Little Peach said, "It's already eight in the morning. The eleventh official livestream will start in an hour. You have to hurry."
"It's fine." Turning off his phone, Chen Yu pushed open the window and said, "An hour is enough."
"Mr. Chen..." Squinting at Chen Yu, Little Peach said, "I think I saw a photo on your phone just now."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes!"