Blind Date in Time and Space

Xia Shumin couldn't help but ask: "Don't they grow crops?"

Ma Yien sent her words.

"Crops? What is this?"

"Huh? It's just rice and wheat, things that are grown in the ground and can be eaten when mature."

"In the ground? Things that grow in the ground? I don't know, we don't know these things."

Xia Shumin was shocked by Cassian's answer and asked again.

Only then did he realize that there was not even a blade of grass in his village, it was completely bare.

Chen Ji had a bad feeling and continued to ask him.

As a result, we learned that Cassian’s village not only had no plants, but also the sun, moon, stars, rain and wind, birds singing and flowers fragrant, seasonal changes, everything!

The village is made of iron houses, surrounded by darkness. There is no wind, no rain, and nothing. There are only the guardians and things called spar dug out from the river bed outside the village.

Cassian knew about concepts such as the sun, moon, stars, plants and animals, but he had never seen them. He had only heard them in the stories of the old people in the village.

For him, there are only the guardians, the village, his family, and the ore on the riverbed outside the village, and his understanding of other things is very vague.

Even the concept of water on the river bed was told to them by the guardian.

This resulted in Cassian being a 12-year-old child with a sharp mind and clear logic, but it was difficult for Chen Ji to communicate with him.

He lacks many concepts of normal things in the world. Many things he relies on listening to the elders in the village, and the elders in the village hear it from the guardians.

"What kind of world is this?!" Mu Xiaoxiao frowned, "It's like a dead place that was deliberately blocked off."

Astana also speculated: "Perhaps it is a place abandoned by gods, inaccessible to outsiders."

But these are just guesses.

Zhou Wan said to Ma Yien: "Ask him, do they eat crystal stones? Or what?"

If he were to eat crystal stones, then Cassian would most likely not be able to eat the food on earth.

"No, we put the crystals into the altar, and food, iron, clothes, medicines, toys, and so much more will appear from the altar. All of our things are obtained from the altar using crystals."

Transform it directly?

Cassian's words once again made Chen Ji and others look at each other in shock.

Even in the Divine Grace Continent, Astana has never heard of such a strange thing:

The altar gave them everything, and only the altar could give them items.

"That's it..."

Chen Ji sat on the sofa, touching his chin with his hand, frowning and thinking, surrounded by a group of beautiful girls.

"So, crystal stones, guardians, and altars are the most critical things in Cassian's world!"

Chen Ji looked at them and analyzed: "According to what he said, crystals are mostly gray and occasionally blue. There should be no such thing on earth or in your world, so there is no way to give it to him.

Mayion, ask him, who is the guardian? What is the state of the people in the village now? "

The girl nodded and sent the message.

"A guardian is a guardian. He is just like us, but he will not age or die. I heard the old people say that he knows everything in the world, but he never said... By the way, he could do it in the past. He taught us how to play games, but now it’s like this, and we’re all very sad.”

"Everyone in the village is kneeling and praying to the guardian to get out of the altar. The guardian will not let us leave the village. If I come to the altar of Tongtian, the villagers will scold me if they find out."

After reading his words, Chen Ji began to think deeply again.

Obviously, the Guardian is different from Cassian and others. I wonder if he is a strong person after training.

He should know the truth about the world, but he doesn't tell others, not even the altar, the crystal, the outside world, etc., deliberately hiding it from the people in the village.

"What is the Altar of Babel?"

Astana asked.

She cares about things related to gods, and Cassian said before that the altar would give them many things, much like gods.

"The altar is a huge gray-white column. The old man in the village said that the guardian once looked up. The altar leads to other towns. Many places are connected by this pillar. At the top of the sky, there is the creation of everything. Gods, and our ancestors live there!

I'm at the altar now. "

Cassian's words made Chen Ji and others think deeply again.

Is the altar like the trunk of the world tree?

However, it can lead to other towns, proving that there are more than just people like them in Cassian's world, but Cassian has never seen outsiders. Before, he guessed that Chen Ji was a person from other towns.

Chen Ji wanted to continue chatting with him, but Cassian suddenly said in a panic: "I saw a light, it was someone from the village who came to find me!"

After these words, Cassian stopped sending messages, which made Chen Ji worried that he would be scolded and would not be allowed to come to the Tongtian Altar again.

By noon, he still hadn't appeared. After Astana had lunch here, she returned to the Divine Grace Continent.

Mu Xiaoxiao originally wanted to go back to Jiuyu, but Xia Shumin pulled her and said that she wanted to go to Green City Peony with her to have a look.

The empress did not refuse.

Looking at her expression, Chen Ji felt that she was quite happy to stay on Earth? I am also happy to go out with Shumin to work on house decoration.

The two Zhou Wans went to work. By the way, Zhou Wan asked her secretary to go to the supermarket to purchase some food to send to her home in case Cassian needed it. She seemed to remember the scene of Zhou Wan in the wine room, so she prepared it in advance.

Chen Ji stayed in the living room, with Ma Yien and Xiao Ke by his side, continuing to wait for news from Cassian.

…

A world far away.

"Cassian!!"

A bright light appeared in the darkness, and an urgent voice came from afar. Cassian, who was staying by the Altar of Babel, heard it and quickly shouted to answer them.

Soon, several people wearing thick clothes and holding a small dim lamp arrived at a slow pace. They saw that Cassian was safe and sound. They were handsome and thin, with tired faces. He breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards came the scolding:

"Cassian, what are you doing here?! Do you know how worried the people in the village are about you!"

"The village chief took out a small amount of lamp oil in order to find you, but you ended up... Oh, go back and apologize to everyone properly, do you hear me?"

"Cassian, don't leave the village again! You have already walked out of the village three times!"

The words of reproach and concern from his relatives made the thin Cassian shrink his shoulders. After they all calmed down, he whispered:

"I...I...Lord Guardian...now that it's like this, our food is almost gone. I, I don't want to see everyone starve to death..."

Several people were silent for a while.

Cassian looked at his father Santos and saw that his father's eyes were sunken and his face was very thin. He had not eaten enough for many days and left most of the food to him.

As for his mother, she had died of starvation not long ago and was returned to the altar. He ate half of the food she received.

"Don't worry, Cassian!"

Santos gently patted his shoulder with a six-fingered palm and said in a hoarse voice: "The Guardian has taught us everything. He will not watch us die. He must be..."

"Father!"

Cassian became excited, "The Guardian has gone crazy. He has watched many of us die, even my mother...!"

"Cassian!"

Santos gasped and stopped him: "You are not allowed to say that the guardian is crazy. You are not crazy. He is just..."

"No, he is just crazy. He took away his sister, took away Amber, took away the newborn Auston, he killed the children in the village..."

"Snapped!"

Santos slapped him, gasping for air, his chest heaving violently, and his body shaking.

After being beaten, Cassian became nervous and hurriedly stepped forward to support his father.

His father was too weak and he still managed to come out to look for him. His energy would be consumed faster. If this continued, his father would also return to the altar...

However, he didn't have any food with him, and neither did anyone else. No one in the village had been able to eat for several days.

"Father, I found people from other towns!"

The thin Cassian ran back to the Altar of Babel, touched its gray-black wall with both hands, and looked up at the dark sky.

In his hands, the dust on the gray-black wall fell one after another. The Babel Altar looked like an old and dead tree, and its trunk had been rotting for many years.

But maybe it was because he was too excited that he didn't get any response from the man named Chen Ji. The surroundings were quiet and dark.

"People from other towns?"

Santos sat on the ground to rest and looked at Cassian with the others, not too excited.

In fact, they didn't see anything coming either.

The so-called other towns are just things that the guardians have said but they have never seen.

In more than a hundred years, no one has ever seen anyone from other towns.

The Altar of Babel stands there quietly, not knowing how high it leads.

"Cassian, let's go back...you must be obedient and stop talking about the guardian being crazy."

The father said weakly, forcing Cassian to come back and help him up.

He also planned to tell everyone about Chen Ji, but it was already difficult for everyone to find him outside the village, and they didn't want to stay outside in the cold anymore.

Helpless, Cassian could only turn back three times with one step, constantly looking at the Babel Altar, and walked towards the village.

The group of people lit up a small lamp and followed the route in their memory, moving forward in the darkness and cold.

Cassian's father was even weaker.

He almost staggered as he walked, his thin body shaking constantly.

Cassian wanted to carry him, but his father refused.

but.

The father finally fell to the ground. After being helped up by the panicked Cassian, he said to him tremblingly with gray-white lips:

"Cassian, you carry me back and put me in the altar... This way, there will be food. You have to live and live well!"

"Santos!"

The remaining people knelt down sadly to say goodbye to him.

Only Cassian, who kept shaking his head without saying a word, spread his legs and ran towards the village quickly.

Facing the cold, in the darkness, he saw a glimmer of light emanating from the entrance of the village.

The village chief Ogar, who has lived for more than a hundred years, is waiting for their return.

"Village chief, me! Me!"

"Don't worry, kid. Speak slowly and everything will be fine."

…

The last bit of food in the village was eaten by Cassian's father, Santos.

night.

Those in the village who could still stand gathered in front of the altar, and according to past practice, knelt in front of the silver-white door of the altar.

They were praying to the guardian in the altar to open the door, reappear in front of them, distribute ore to them, and let them use the altar to obtain food.

They didn't speak, and just kneeling was already consuming the little energy left in their bodies.

for a long time.

Cassian raised his head and looked at the kneeling man.

There were a few fewer than last night. Grandma Glenda, who lived next door to him, did not show up, and his uncle Tosi, they, maybe...

"The Lord Guardian is still blaming us."

The low and hoarse voice of village chief Ogar sounded, echoing in the quiet village.

Cassian looked at him, and then looked at the circular altar in front. The two silver-white doors were tightly closed, and the guardian still did not appear.

"Put the dead into the altar."

Ogar ordered calmly.

Soon two people stood up, silently went to a house, and carried out the dead people inside.

Cassian's hand was held tightly, it was Grandma Glenda!

He was very sad, and there seemed to be something in his eyes that wanted to flow out, but a certain will in his mind suppressed his emotions and made him hold back.

He could only watch Grandma Glenda being placed on a platform in front of the altar. He could only recite the farewell poems for Grandma Glenda along with everyone, the poems taught to them by the Guardian:

"Your great life has come to an end, and eternal darkness has enveloped you. May you find a long rest, and Ma'ien is with you!"

"Mayan!"

"Maine!!"

After reciting three times in a row, the dead person on the platform gradually turned into a warm light, slowly melting away her body. The light floated up like stars and merged into the altar, making the round altar emit a faint light. light.

Everyone in the village stared at this warm light in trance. The power of the light allowed them to regain some strength. People who could not walk before also walked out of the house at this time.

All the living people knelt in front of the altar door, their sadness was forcibly suppressed, and no one shed tears.

"We want food."

Village Chief Ogar whispered, and a ray of light appeared and fell into a thin metal plate in front of him, turning into a light blue, almost transparent liquid.

This is their food.

According to tradition, relatives of the deceased will receive half of the food, and the rest will be distributed by the village chief.

"Pregnant Katia will ask for one more portion, leaving five more portions. Let's divide the rest among everyone."

Ogar quickly made the distribution, and everyone had no objections and waited quietly.

Only Cassian stood up, his thin body stood upright, and looked at everyone with stubborn eyes: "Sister Katia is pregnant and will give birth soon, but the guardian will also walk out of the door and take the child with her. Let’s go, it’s exactly the same as before!”

In front of the altar, everyone was silent.

After a long while, someone hesitated and said, "Perhaps the guardian wants to protect our children..."

"But why didn't you tell us?!"

No one can answer this question.

The Lord Guardian has refused all communication since a few years ago and has been doing things in silence. All the ores dedicated to the altar will no longer have food and items.

Whenever a child is born, the guardian will walk out of the door and take the child away.

"I want to continue out of the village!"

Cassian revealed his decision and said aloud that he saw someone from other towns, his name was Chen Ji, and he lived on Earth.

Everyone didn't know where the Earth was, and they had never been to other towns or seen people from other towns.

They had reason to question Cassian.

"Let him be."

A rare smile appeared on the face of the village chief Ogar: "Cassian did not lie, although I have not met people from other towns."

The village chief has almost the prestige of a guardian.

He was one of the first to grow up and was raised under the guardian's personal care.

"Cassian, take the lamp with you. There is still enough lamp oil for you to go a few times, but you have to promise me not to leave the village again without lamp oil."

"Okay, village chief!"

Cassian nodded heavily.

He planned to set out as soon as he woke up and wait at the Tongtian Altar. He must contact Chen Ji in the Earth Town again!

Village chief Ogar said again: "Kasien has one more serving. He is working hard and is one of our hopes for survival."

hope?

Everyone raised their heads in confusion. They rarely came into contact with this word.

hope.

…

Earth, night.

Zhou Wan knocked on Chen Ji's door, and it took a while before Chen Ji woke up.

"What's wrong?"

Chen Ji was only wearing a pair of shorts, and his beautiful manly figure was displayed in front of Zhou Wan.

It was Zhou Wan who didn't completely become a couple with him.

She was only wearing a nightgown and her hair was a little messy. She had obviously just woken up.

"Mayan."

Zhou Wan whispered: "I wanted to go to the living room to drink some water, but I saw her sitting quietly by the window. Was she like this before?"

before?

In the past, Ma Yien used to stand in front of Chen Ji's bed, staring at him all the time. She could not move her eyes away all night long, and once even startled Chen Ji.

"I gonna go see."

Chen Ji returned to the room and put on a short-sleeved shirt, and went to the living room with Zhou Wan. Sure enough, he saw a girl in a white dress sitting on the sofa by the window. Her slender white body was bathed in bright eyes, quietly Watching the Yellow River Bridge late at night.

Although the girl said nothing and had a calm expression, both Chen Ji and Zhou Wan could sense an inexplicable sadness and sorrow in her.

It was as if she were looking into Cassian's world and seeing things in that world that were once familiar to her.