2052, Thirty Years Of Sleep

Carrying a small box of nutritional medicine, he walked out of Professor Bai's office and out of the gate of the scientific research building. The late afternoon sun shone warmly on his body, making Yan Muyun couldn't help but yawn.

"It's hard to bear it. First I slept for thirty years, then three months, and now I have to spend more than half of the day sleeping..." Yan Muyun rubbed his eyes and walked down the stairs muttering.

He planned to go back quickly to catch up on his sleep.

Although it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon, Yan Muyun was not worried about insomnia if he fell asleep at this time. Now he only needed to close his eyes on the pillow for two minutes and he would fall asleep directly.

There are two ways back to the dormitory, one is the main road that can be driven, and the other is the path through the trees. The distance between the two roads is about the same, but the experience of choosing the latter is much better.

The sun shines through the leaves on the bluestone path, and the breeze in the forest blows the face with the freshness of the vegetation. From time to time, you can see a few squirrels running among the branches of the trees or on the grass, just like walking in a natural park.

While walking, Yan Muyun suddenly stopped and stared straight at a long wooden bench not far away.

This looks... very comfortable to lie on.

He walked over and sat down, listening to the birds chirping in the forest, and wanted to take a nap here.

Anyway, there don't seem to be many students in the inner courtyard, and it is during the holidays. The students have all gone out to hang out during the day. In addition, few people come to the scientific research building, so it doesn't seem to be a big deal to sleep here.

Yan Muyun opened a metal box the size of a laptop. There were ten light red nutritional potions embedded in the upper and lower layers of the box. Two pills a day were enough for ten days.

Based on his previous experience in drinking nutritional potions, this stuff is not unpleasant to drink and even tastes better than some drinks on the market. Without hesitation, he opened a bottle, raised his head and poured it all into his throat.

Well, it's raspberry flavored, refreshing and mellow, sweet but not greasy.

Yan Muyun capped the empty test tube and stuffed it back into place, then closed the metal box and placed it under his head.

It's not that I'm worried about someone stealing it while I'm sleeping, it's just a pillow.

After all, the overall quality of college students a few decades ago was very high. Except for some rare exceptions, everyone was a good young man who was civilized and polite in the new era. Not to mention that it is still the inner courtyard of Chenjing Academy, a top institution thirty years later.

Thinking about all this, Yan Muyun fell into sleep.

...

Yan Muyun woke up from the cold.

Compared with the refreshing and pleasant breeze during the day, the cool breeze blowing on the body at night is really uncomfortable.

"Prrr..." He shuddered, making a strange sound in his mouth, and sat up.

On the bluestone path, there is a street light every few meters. The soft and cool white light shines on the path and on the vegetation in the forest, giving an extra cool and quiet atmosphere.

At the moment he woke up, looking at the unfamiliar environment around him, Yan Muyun suddenly felt inexplicably sad.

At this moment, he felt as if he had been abandoned by the whole world.

This feeling must be familiar to many people. When you go to study or work alone, or even sometimes at home, you will always feel this way when you get up after a nap.

At that moment, it felt like I had lost something that could never be recovered, and my whole heart felt empty.

Of course, this feeling will not last long. When you watch two pornographic videos, order takeout, or be asked by your roommate to play blackmail, this feeling of loss will soon fade away.

But this was not the case for Yan Muyun at this time.

First thirty years, things have changed and people have changed. After finally adapting to the unfamiliar environment and making some friends, I suddenly fell into a coma for three months. When I woke up again, I was in a completely unfamiliar environment.

This kind of loneliness and helplessness is not something ordinary people can imagine.

After sitting there and emo for half a minute, Yan Muyun jumped up from his chair and walked swaggering into the depths of the forest, humming a little tune in his mouth.

For him who has studied abroad, this is actually nothing, at least now he is not surrounded by chattering foreigners.

...

The distance from the scientific research building to the dormitory is not too far, it only takes about twenty minutes to walk.

When he was about to leave the woods in about two or three minutes, Yan Muyun's heart suddenly moved, and he always felt that the surroundings gave him a strange feeling.

I remember... there should be a fork on the left side of the road just now?

He walked back a few steps, looked closely, and found that there was indeed a fork there, leading to a darker depth in the forest.

But the problem is, when I walked over just now, I didn't seem to see this fork in the road.

Yan Muyun thought about it carefully and confirmed that in his memory of the previous few seconds, that fork in the road did not exist.

In short, he just didn't see a fork in the road that should have existed, but now he looked back and saw it again.

Looking at the dark and quiet path with widely spaced street lights, Yan Muyun hesitated for a moment, feeling uncomfortable not to go in and take a look, so he walked inside.

About ten seconds later, the rustling of leaves suddenly came from behind the bluestone path, and a figure stood where Yan Muyun had stood before.

The soft light shone on his face, it was Wei Min, who had bronze skin and a gentle and sunny personality.

At this time, there was no trace of the usual hearty smile on his face. His dark eyes were constantly scanning the surroundings, and his sharp eyebrows were furrowed tightly.

Where are people? He was obviously still here just now.

Half a minute ago, Yan Muyun's sudden turn back startled him, who was secretly following him, and he hurriedly hid behind a tree beside the trail.

However, when he looked forward through the shadow, the other party had disappeared. There was no sound of footsteps on the grass, and there was not a single soul on the path further ahead.

Yan Muyun seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, leaving no trace.

Wei Min frowned and glanced around several times. Finally, he sighed as if he was resigned to his fate and walked towards the dormitory at a faster pace.

...

In the hidden path, Yan Muyun continued to walk deeper and heard the faint sound of water flowing.

After turning a corner, the sight ahead stunned him for a moment.

Under the soft light of street lights, at the end of the cobblestone path, a crystal-clear stream gurgled by. An elegant and delicate wooden bridge spanned it, with red lanterns the size of teacups hung on both sides of the handrails.

Further away from the bridge, a white stone pavilion stands quietly, with a stone table and chairs in the middle.

This scene has quite an ancient charm.

It's just that in such a good date place, it's strange that there aren't any college students around.

Yan Muyun's mood had recovered at this time, and he walked over with interest and stepped onto the small wooden bridge.

Needless to say, the slight creaking sound of stepping on the wooden bridge and the sound of rushing water can easily make people feel relaxed and enjoy this quiet and beautiful night wholeheartedly.

He placed the metal box at his feet, folded his arms on the handrail of the wooden bridge, and raised his head slightly.

In the dark sky, there are stars, and the bright moon hangs high.

Today, thirty years later, science and technology have advanced a lot, and the overall environment of the world seems to have improved a lot. This is still gratifying.

Yan Muyun admired the moon for a while, felt relieved, and exhaled a long breath:

"call......"

However, when he lowered his head and looked at the stream under the bridge, his body suddenly became stiff and the pupils of his eyes narrowed almost half.

He saw a person, a girl to be precise, floating slowly under the bridge.

Wearing a dark red hoodie, with pale skin and jet-black hair floating on the water like algae, a pair of big eyes staring at the sky, pupils dilated, and bloodless lips slightly open...

Yan Muyun felt that his limbs were cold, his eyes slowly moved with the girl, and for a moment he forgot his movements.

Not far ahead, at the bend of the stream, the stiff figure disappeared.

"Fuck!"

Yan Muyun gritted his teeth and roared, then quickly ran down the bridge to catch up.