Chapter 1: The Subway That Crossed Time and Space

  "Chen Yi, go play basketball." Luo Xiaoshan was as his name suggested, with bear-paw-like hands waving in the air.

  "I'm not going." Chen Yi waved his hand gloomily.

  "What about the weekend?"

  Chen Yi knew they were worried about him, but still shook his head and said, "I have to see the old man over the weekend, I'm afraid it's not possible."

  He said, slowly walking towards the subway station.

  Liang Yu made a ghostly face and threw her school bag to the bodyguard from afar, whispering to Luo Xiaoshan: "I don't know if Chen's family can get through this time."

  Luo Xiaoshan sighed and shook his head. The three of them were extremely good friends, but when it came to the big trouble that affected their families, even Ding Dian couldn't help.

  The Chen family was originally one of the largest families in Jiangning. Chen Yi's grandfather, Chen Zhongguo, although a stubborn person, held a high position. Under his influence, his eldest son abandoned his writing and took up arms, while his second son abandoned his writing and went into business, achieving great success.

  However, a political storm in Xijing completely changed the fate of the entire family.

  Chen Zhongguo stepped down in dismay, shaking the foundation of the entire family and making them feel more turbulent winds.

  Chen Yi returned home, but his parents still hadn't come back. They were probably fighting a tough battle in the conference room, being squeezed by the bank and their peers.

  He cooked himself a bowl of noodles and ate in silence.

  Looking back two months ago, every night's meal was either a carefully cooked dinner by the chef or a lovingly prepared dinner by my mother. Never had I had consecutive days of eating instant noodles.

  Chen Yi clenched his teeth and thought to himself: Stop daydreaming, you still have to study later.

  This was also his last supplementary lesson.

  There's no way, with Chen family's previous prosperity, the invited teacher naturally has a prosperous price. Not to mention his academic achievements and status, just that white hair, a peach blossom-like appearance, worrying about the world before others do, is already top-notch.

  Moreover, this famous Professor Hu of Jiangning would only teach those who were not of high moral character - with the disappearance of Chen Jiaolong's halo, Chen Yi was even further away from the realm of a high monk.

  At seven o'clock sharp, the doorbell rang "ding dong".

  White-bearded old man, as usual, tiptoed to the Chen's house.

  He held a small briefcase in his left hand, with silver hair all over his head. When he sat down on the sofa, he didn't immediately open the lesson plan, but looked around for a while before saying: "Today, we will mainly talk about several conservation laws of physics, which will take some time, but it's very important. The more you learn, the better."

  Chen Yi nodded silently.

  Before, he regarded supplementary classes as a detestable path and tried every means to escape. But thinking that there would be no more opportunities in the future, his heart couldn't help but feel sorrowful.

  One class is solidly 3 hours.

  Professor Hu has devoted himself to educational research for decades, with a fairly good level of achievement. His content is vivid and lively, profound yet easy to understand, making it easy to remember.

  Chen Yi listened with unprecedented seriousness for the first time, and his gains were far greater than before.

  Unfortunately, I didn't take tutoring seriously in the past and now there's no more chance.

  "Alright, that's all for today." The old man with white hair slowly closed his teaching materials, took a sip of water, and said slowly: "I remember, you want to take the entrance exam for Jiangning University?"

  "Yes."

  "I asked your teacher, and based on your mock exam scores, Jiangning University is quite difficult." Professor Hu's voice was soothing, still carrying the rhythm of a lecture: "Therefore, my suggestion is either to lower your goals or study even harder."

  The next sentence is actually a euphemistic way of telling him to give up.

  Chen Yi understood and sighed twice: "Taking the exam at Jiangning University is what Grandfather hopes for."

  Chen Zhongguo had a good family background when he was young, but for various reasons, he eventually joined the army. However, his wish to have a scholarly family never changed. This led to Professor Hu's tutoring and the requirements of Jiangning University.

  Suffering a drastic change, Grandfather's mood must be exceptionally bad. Chen Yi compared to the past more and more urgently hopes to take the entrance exam for Jiangning University.

  Even if it's like hitting an egg against a rock, the chances are slim.

  Professor Hu had never considered Chen Yi as his true student, and a little sympathy wouldn't change anything. He took a deep look at him, handed him a test paper collection, and stood up to bid farewell.

  Chen Yi silently put him on the car, didn't immediately go home, but instead walked aimlessly along Binjiang Avenue, his listless appearance like a zoo monkey that had been attacked by food.

  In the 750-point college entrance examination, Jiangning University requires around 650 points, but his score is not high or low, and it's extremely difficult to reach 600 points. When Chen's family was prosperous, this wasn't a big problem, but now it seems like an insurmountable chasm.

  Even a good set of practice papers and an excellent tutor can hardly change this point.

  Two honks woke Chen Yi from his daze, and when he looked up, it seemed that they had run a red light.

  He retreated back onto the pedestrian path and saw that on his left hand was a subway station. Since it was still early, he decided to head down into the station and prepare to go take a look at his parents' company.

  The scene at 10 o'clock in the evening, with few people, can accommodate eight carriages of platform, there are 32 waiting mouths, but empty and deserted.

  Chen Yi chose a position near the back and stood there, his mind in great confusion. One moment he thought of Grandfather's downfall, the shocked expressions on everyone's faces, another moment he thought of Father's company being squeezed out, and then again he thought of his elder brother still in the army and his little sister in boarding school, wondering if they had been affected...

  A strong gust of air blew in, as if heralding the arrival of the subway.

  Chen Yi subconsciously took a step forward and bowed his head, waiting for the motorcycle to come to a complete stop.

  The light on the ground was a bit brighter, with a hint of flowing splendor. But Chen Yi didn't think much about it and stepped directly into it.

  At this time, he raised his head and found that none of the people who had been waiting on the platform had entered the subway.

  Turning back to look around, the entire carriage was also empty of people. On the seat, there was a solitary piece of paper, and above, the light from the lamp had a strange yellow-green tint amidst its whiteness.

  The last subway, there are usually few people, but not as few as this.

  Chen Yigang walked forward resolutely, wanting to see it through to the end.

  The city subway has some bus-like trains, with a length of about one carriage, which is divided into 4 small sections. Each section has automatic doors on both sides. The seats are longitudinal rather than transverse, leaving more space for people to stand and move around.

  When there is no one, it's easy to see the situation in front from behind.

  With a loud "bang", Chen Yi had just arrived at the partition of a train car when he suddenly crashed into something.

  As far as the eye can see, there is nothing.

  "Is anyone there?" Chen Yi's lips were a bit dry, and he raised his voice slightly as he asked.

  At the same time, he stretched out his hand and slowly felt forward.

  An inch, two inches..., a distance of half an arm's length, a flash of light suddenly flashed by, and I also felt resistance on my hand.

  It's as if a layer of transparent light screen is blocking here.

  An ordinary boy would have been at a loss and cried out in alarm, but Chen Yi did not.

  He pushed the light screen in front of him again, not to break it, but to test its properties - soft and elastic, indicating that it was not a rigid metal; the deformation caused by force was very small, but also not non-existent, indicating extreme toughness; no feeling of electric current, no temperature difference of ** or gas...

  Chen Yi exhausted all his strength to make himself think, rather than being afraid.

  However, the result was not very encouraging.

  His foot jerked suddenly, and a surge of strength sent him lunging forward.

  "The train accelerated." Chen Yi immediately turned his head and saw a strange scene flashing by outside the window.

  It started with the intersection of two or more colors, and then gradually took shape.

  Chen Yi gave up on the inexplicable light screen and started moving quickly in the carriage. The glass on both sides turned into another kind of screen, with a gradually clearer trend.

  War!

  At the first window, Chen Yi finally saw the situation. It was two groups of naked people fighting, they were holding long and short-handled weapons, throwing and stabbing each other, the scene was very deep and wide, with a scale of hundreds of people.

  The second window had a raging fire burning on it, so realistic that one couldn't help but reach out to touch. The scene next to it changed into dense lightning and surging waves.

  The speed of the car is getting faster and faster, and the scene becomes blurred again. Before that, Chen Yi saw wars and human figures again, but they were not very clear.

  He furrowed his brow deeply and muttered to himself: "What kind of place is this?"

  The screeching sound of "brake" echoed in my ears.

  Chen Yi was flung forward with a jolt and had just managed to scramble up when the car came to a stop.

  "Hiss"

  The doors on both sides opened with a hiss of air, and a purple light flashed into the car.

  Chen Yi rubbed his head and lifted it up, immediately stunned.

  Only to see hundreds of meters high dome, carved with tens of thousands of square meters of huge murals, and five arches equivalent to it, and slender pillars, as high as 30 or 40 floors, the bright glass stained windows decompose sunlight into colorful colors, shining all the way to thousands of meters away...

  What was most astonishing were two gigantic sculptures, as large as the Statue of Liberty, one male and one female standing on either side, with torches in their hands crackling and popping, igniting flames that reached human height.

  This is not a subway station, in fact, this building is several times larger than the largest airport hall Chen Yi has ever seen. A long train stops in front of one of its arches, looking tiny like an earthworm.

  Chen Yi wanted to poke his head out to take a look around, but was blocked again by the flowing light screen.

  Neat footsteps echoed from behind.

  Chen Yixin was startled, quickly turned around, and saw a group of men wearing white high hats and long clerical robes, standing in a fan shape, bowing their heads and saying loudly: "Welcome, great master."

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