2052, Thirty Years Of Sleep

In this deep mountain and old forest, at night, the sky is like a washed blue-black cloth, and the stars are like broken gold sprinkled on the cloth.

Yan Muyun was sitting on a rock, half raising his head and looking at the sky. Not far below him was the brightly lit camp.

In addition to the very strict management of physical training in the past few months, the control has become more and more relaxed recently. The trainees still have one to two hours of free time before going to bed every night. And every time at this time, Yan Muyun always liked to run to the cliff behind the camp, blowing the cool night wind and empty his head for a while.

There is no one here, so there are no worries for a short time.

The sound of footsteps came from behind, very soft, and it sounded like a woman's. Yan Muyun turned around and saw a pair of eyes that were more beautiful than the night sky.

Ye Buyu squatted behind him, holding his knees with both hands, looking at him without blinking.

If the person whose appearance has changed the least in the past few months of special training is probably her. He still has long black hair like the ones in the academy, and his originally fair skin is only coated with a thin layer of pink, instead of being directly darkened by one or two degrees like others.

What has really changed is her personality. She used to always wear a baggy hoodie in the academy, and almost no one could see her face. But after entering the camp, although I always wore a camouflage hat at first, I no longer covered myself up every day, and I gradually talked more with other students.

"What are you thinking about?" Ye Buyu simply sat down, not too far or too close to him.

Yan Muyun smiled and shook his head: "It's nothing."

"Really?" Ye Buyu curled his lips, already expecting this answer. So she simply ignored him and raised her head to look at the stars.

The night wind blew through the forest, making a rustling sound, and occasionally you could hear the chirping of insects around.

"You said..." Yan Muyun suddenly spoke: "Is there a possibility that in fact, I didn't wake up at all, and all this was my dream. In the real world, maybe not much time has passed. God, my parents and brother are sitting beside my hospital bed, waiting for me to wake up?"

"It's possible." Ye Buyu nodded and looked at him seriously: "Maybe there are no alien species, no gods, and no superpowers in the real world, and everything is still the same as before. And everything now, including I and I are all imagined in your dreams."

Yan Muyun smiled: "Do you really think so?"

"Who knows for sure, maybe you are also a figment of my imagination." Ye Buyu blinked.

"Hmm..." Yan Muyun nodded thoughtfully, and after a long silence, he said, "But there is another possibility."

"What?"

"Actually, the original world has been occupied by aliens. Now all humans have been soaked in culture fluid. They think they are still living in real life, but in fact everything around them is false... You Do you know about The Matrix?”

Contrary to Yan Muyun's expectation, the girl nodded.

"Have you ever seen such an old movie?" He was shocked. It was a movie from half a century ago.

"There was a virtual reality remake a few years ago."

"It's a remake, no wonder."

Yan Muyun suddenly realized that it would be strange not to remake it now. After all, it is such a classic IP. It is estimated that many people want to experience the protagonist's experience personally.

He turned to look at the girl and asked: "So, if it were you, would you choose the red pill or the blue pill?"

Take the blue pill and you can continue to live in a peaceful and beautiful virtual world. Taking the red pill can clearly realize the truth of reality and return to the real but cruel and difficult real world.

Ye Buyu didn't answer, but looked at him with a pair of dark eyes without blinking: "How do you choose?"

"I choose blue." Yan Muyun blurted out with almost no hesitation.

A look of disgust appeared on the girl's face: "Huh, coward."

"how about you?"

"I choose blue too."

The two looked at each other and then couldn't help laughing.

Yan Muyun fell back and lay on the rough and cold boulder: "If the virtual world can reach a level where I can't detect any flaws, and I live happily in it, why should I pursue reality? ? Isn’t that just making you feel uncomfortable? Human lifespan is only that long, so of course you are the happiest person living in this world.”

"Aren't you curious about reality at all?" Ye Buyu raised his eyebrows slightly.

"I'm not curious." Yan Muyun shook his head: "If someone wants to give me a blue pill and a red pill, I will give him a black iron pill first. I used to live a happy life, but you came here out of nowhere to cause trouble for me. Aren’t you looking for a fight?”

Ye Buyu hugged his knees with both hands, curled up into a ball, tilted his head, and stared at the salted fish lying on the stone with his eyes like the night sky without blinking.

Time passed slowly in the quiet atmosphere. After an unknown amount of time, she suddenly said: "Are you really not curious about reality at all?"

The salted fish was silent. If his eyes weren't staring straight at the sky, people might think he was asleep.

"Not curious at all?" Ye Buyu asked.

Yan Muyun smiled, a bitter smile: "How could you not be curious... Virtual is virtual after all, and the people around you are just data simulated by computers. If possible, I still want to take a look at reality. It depends on how the people I care about are living... If they are immersed in beautiful dreams like me, that would be fine. But if they are not living well, I may not be able to continue to lie to myself. By myself."

"So, if there is really a blue pill or a red pill, which one would you choose?" Ye Buyu seemed to be deliberately making things difficult for him, with a slightly raised tone.

Yan Muyun sat up suddenly and glared at her with a fierce look: "Have you forgotten what I just said?"

However, Ye Buyu was not afraid at all, and stretched out his hands forward: "The left hand is the blue pill, the right hand is the red pill, you choose one now."

Yan Muyun's expression became a little subtle, as if he was really thinking about which one to choose.

I saw him slowly reaching out his hand, and then...with lightning speed, he flicked the girl's smooth forehead.

Ye Buyu covered his head and screamed, then wrinkled his little nose and stared at him fiercely: "So which one do you choose? Today you have to choose one!"

"I chose you and you can't give it to me." Yan Muyun sneered, then suddenly stood up and opened his arms: "Sure enough... I still want to see what the reality is like. It's a pity that there are no red pills here, then I have no choice but to find another way to return to the real world..."

After saying that, he jumped off the boulder without hesitation.

Ye Buyu was shocked. He now had no superpowers and had been injected with inhibitors. He was at best an ordinary person with a strong body. This place is at least ten meters away from the ground. If you really fall down, you will at least suffer from hemiplegia.

She quickly climbed up and clawed at the edge of the rock to look down, and then she saw the guy standing on a crooked-necked tree that grew diagonally from the cliff not far below, raising his head and grinning at her.