Ten years, life and death obscure and far apart. I do not think of you, yet I cannot forget.
One person is inside the door, the other outside. This enormous bronze door stands between them, separating not merely ten years of time.
If Wu Xie had the chance to return to the past, would he still follow this path and meet his younger self and Zhang Qiling from ten years ago? Would he stay out of it, or become ever more entangled? If Zhang Qiling from ten years in the future also traveled back to that time, would he still let you get close to Wu Xie, thereby completely changing Wu Xie's life?
OOC warning:
This story was written quite some time ago, when only the first part of "Sha Hai" had been released, so it may conflict with later plot developments. Please read with caution if that bothers you.
Completed on June 30.
The lighthearted companion story, "A Promise for the Future", launched on June 27. It's a lighthearted, healing story, and the full text is complete. If you're interested, you can save it from the author's page.
Theme: Ten years, life and death obscure and far apart. I do not think of you, yet I cannot forget.
With my little brother's skills. The one who beats the little brother should be the little brother ten years from now.
(Ky apologizes) I came back and read it again, and this is the article that I remember to this day. The first time I saw it was in Tieba. It was so fat that I couldn't read it. I was hurt by the description of Sekine at the beginning. I was still in middle school at that time. I was immature and didn't understand what feelings were. I couldn't help but feel distressed and admired Sekine. Later I found out that it was Mu Qiang, and I bought the complete set of Mrs. Sanshi's Shahai with the money I saved on food. After reading it, I always separated Wu Xie and Guan Gen. I always thought that paper people would never grow old. How could Wu Xie, such a clean young man, be... Oh, until I saw this book, Guan Gen... Mr. Guan, you are so heartbreaking. I understood at that time that it was Wu Xie that I had always recommended. I had already made up my mind that I recommended Wu Xie. So I searched frantically for Narcissus (at that time, I felt that Sekine and Wu Xie Narcissus... Ky apologized), but then I always felt that it didn't have the same flavor, so I came back to watch it again. Well, the taste is right, it turns out that narcissus is really a fairy, otherwise I wouldn't be able to appreciate it at all. As for the significance of little brother in Wu Xie's life, I don't know. Maybe only Wu Xie can understand it. But Mr. Guan can catch up to the past. I am sure that he attaches great importance to little brother, to the point of neglecting himself. I feel bad... I feel bad. The more I look at the medicine, the rusty water and the wounds on my body, the more distressed I feel. When I compare it to Wu Xie back then, I start crying. Sekine, why can't you be kinder to yourself? Fortunately, Mrs. Zhenquan keeps producing three stones, letting me know that you are living a good life now. Otherwise, how would I cry? Wu Xie, you, my little brother, and Fatty must be happy every day, eat delicious food and laugh heartily every day... This is my most sincere expectation in three times.
I'm about to burst into tears, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
What are you doing? What are you going to do? I read novels just to be happy. Why are you so cruel? I feel depressed. It's too much. It's an extra chapter. You even jumped off the building. I also want to jump off the building. I, the author is really reckless. The writing is really good and very irritating. Please, let me go.
I never noticed that the little brother from ten years later had appeared before.
My personal understanding of this novel: 1. The world outside the bronze door is the real world, and the world inside the door is an illusory world. The time inside may be earlier than reality, or it may be later than reality. There are two ways to open the bronze door, one is artificial opening, which is in the hands of Zhang Qiling, and the other is non-artificial opening. 2. Zhang Qiling is special to the bronze door. When Zhang Qiling enters the bronze door, his replica will not be generated in the real world; when others enter the bronze door, replicas will be generated in the real world. After Zhang Qiling comes out of the bronze door, his memory will be erased by the bronze door mechanism. 3. The default setting of the bronze door mechanism is ten years, and the interval between the external opening and the internal opening is ten years. If someone enters the bronze door by mistake, as long as Zhang Qiling comes out before Zhang Qiling leaves the world behind the bronze door, his identity in the real world will not be replaced by the replica. Otherwise, you will never be able to leave the world of Bronze Gate. Zhang Qiling can violate the default settings and open the Bronze Door twice within ten years, which can cause reincarnation in the world inside the door, that is, people stranded in the world inside the door will travel to ten years ago. Such an operation allows Zhang Qiling to enter the world of the Bronze Gate and bring back those who are forced to stay behind the gate. But the price of doing so is losing the privilege of artificially opening the bronze door in the world behind the door. If he wants to return to the real world, he can only lead people back to reality when it is not opened artificially. In addition, another price is the temporary loss of immortality, that is, Zhang Qiling will gradually turn into a living corpse in the world behind the door. 4. There is probably only one chance to open the Bronze Door without human intervention in ten years, so once Zhang Qiling, who violates the default settings, misses it, he will never be able to return to reality. Guess 1: People inside the door cannot enter the real world when they open the bronze door, but people outside the door can enter the illusory world after entering the bronze door. The particularity of Zhang Qiling is that he is unique to the world inside and outside the door. The world inside the door will only produce the illusory Zhang Qiling for ten years when the real Zhang Qiling is not around. In the world outside the door, there will be no replacement in the ten years when the real Zhang Qiling is gone. Only when the mechanism is violated will two Zhang Qiling appear. Ten years is a special time. Those who pass through the bronze door will not be replaced unless they return to the original world within ten years. The Bronze Gate is Zhang Qiling's mission, so he must pass through the Bronze Gate every ten years. Guess 2: No matter inside or outside the door, if Zhang Qiling cannot open the door at the specified time, the bronze door will default to his death and then create a replica at the time Zhang Qiling should appear.
Re-editing old articles, torturing me
Help, I've read it five or six times, and I still cry every time I read it. I don't like reading sadistic stories, but I couldn't help but want to read this one.
Climb, life is hopeless, I cried in the morning
I forgot that this article killed a lot of people orz