Bulwark of Light

Chapter 1 Zero Zero Unity

23:44.

Empty light rail station, Gu Shen glanced down at his watch as he ran.

Can we still make it to the last train… He was a little worried, but a low whistle sounded in the distance immediately.

“Boom–“

In the dark and dark tunnel, thousands of brilliant arcs of light burst out in an instant, and the last light rail train slowed down slowly and stopped smoothly at in front of Gu Shen.

Seeing the train, Gu Shen just relaxed, then frowned, holding his breath.

The door opened, and a rust smell assured the senses.

He took two steps back and looked at the train. The carriages were old and mottled and rusted. There were three neat numbers written in white paint beside the window:

Zero Zero unitary.

“If I remember correctly, Dato City… Didn’t this kind of trains be eliminated long ago?”

“di di di ——”

Too late After thinking a lot, Gu Shen was ejected from the cat’s waist at the last moment when the door of the car was closed, and squeezed into the car without any risk.

Grab the armrest, relaxed.

Out of the corner of the eye, he glanced inadvertently.

“Oh huh…”

Gu Shen’s heart beat a beat slower.

Normally this light rail goes to the remote suburbs. The last train is usually not taken by anyone else, only myself, but today…

There is a girl in the carriage.

Gu Shen felt that his heart was melting. This girl was sitting across from him, less than thirty centimeters apart. She had almond eyes and peach cheeks, her long hair was scattered, and she was wearing a thin, almost transparent pure white lace. Long skirt, bare pink shoulders, and large snow-like skin.

The thin skirt is very white.

But the girl is even whiter, so dazzling.

The girl did not wear shoes, and lightly tiptoed on the floor of the carriage… On her knees lay a half-spread thick book, quietly reading the thick book.

This girl is too perfect, she has an indescribable unique temperament, not like a real person in the real world. Looking at her, Gu Shen felt like he saw a ray of light.

Quiet, soft, holy, ethereal.

The girl raised her head between pages.

The two looked at each other, Gu Shen quickly looked away, rubbed his hands together and hurriedly covered his lost self-control.

He suspected that he was dreaming.

How can there be such a beautiful girl in this world?

And…she’s wearing so little, doesn’t she feel cold?

I really want to lend her my coat to wear.

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[The second person… got into the car. ]

The girl raised her head, surprise flashed in her eyes, then closed the book and carefully looked at the boy who boarded the car.

Although this teenager is now huddled in the corner of the train, rubbing his hands and breathing, each minding their own business and giggling, he doesn’t know what it means to “get on the train”.

But she knew very well that it was impossible coincidence.

“Wow——”

The light rail started slowly, and the arc splashed back and forth and washed the tunnel wall.

Although this train is old, it runs very smoothly.

The sound of the arc ejection outside the window, after penetrating the glass, only a hoarse rustling sound like the rain washed away.

Neither of the two said a word, so they kept quiet. If no one spoke, the light rail would pass through the long tunnel and drive silently for about 20 minutes before arriving at the terminal.

But this calm didn’t last long, and was soon broken by the girl’s crisp voice.

“A very important question: between 3 and 4…is there a real π?”

Gu Shen thought he was hallucinating.

Are you talking to yourself?

He turned his head in surprise, looked around, saw the empty interior of the carriage, and met the girl’s serious gaze, Gu Shen pointed at him, the girl seriously nodded.

He was embarrassedly laughed, the other party was really talking to him.

“Between 3 and 4…is there a real pi?”

What kind of question is that?

The answer is, of course, yes.

But at this time, Gu Shen hesitated and didn’t answer directly.

The reason is simple.

Because the girl stared straight into her clear pupils, reflecting a wave of incomparable seriousness, this look made Gu Shen believe… This seemingly simple question is not that simple.

The girl stretched out a hand and pointed behind Gu Shen.

Gu Shen looks back.

The interior of this old carriage was unexpectedly engraved with mottled murals at some point… It is vaguely seen that it is an old scale with a long scale, and I don’t know where the end spreads. But what can be clearly seen at the moment are the two numbers 3 and 4 marked in bold above.

“If you touch this ruler…”

The girl stretched out a hand and touched the ruler in the air, her voice became lighter, like a gust of wind, sweeping the carriage , with a touch of sadness.

“Can you touch π?”

Gu Shen was startled.

He suddenly understood the real meaning of this problem, an infinite number that does not recur, a number that exists only in theory.

The precision of this number is unlimited.

The accuracy of the ruler is limited.

Even if this ruler is magnified billions of times, it will never have a point, which belongs to the “π” of infinite precision.

“Gu Shen…what’s your answer?”

Gu Shen is a little confused, does she know her name?

The girl’s outstretched hand slowly spread out, and the palm of the hand has a silver cross pattern flowing, emitting a glow.

The moment he saw the cross glow, Gu Shen felt familiar and warm, like returning to an old dream, he couldn’t help but make the same action, the boy extended the hand, wanting to be with the girl. Five fingers interlocked.

“puchi.”

Seeing this action, the girl smiled.

No imagined touches.

The girl in the pure white gauze skirt closed her hands and stepped back, little by little, to the end of Gu Shen’s line of sight, the girl’s smile little by little disappeared, and in the end there was only solemnity and seriousness.

“Gu Shen…”

“…live.”

The wind dissipated in the carriage.

“Boom long long long!”

The light rail exits the tunnel—

The light source over Gu Shen’s head shatters instantly.

If there really is a daydream in this world, then what Gu Shen has just experienced is the most wonderful daydream in his 18 years of life, even though this daydream happened at night.

But when the light rail exits the tunnel, the dream is shattered.

He suddenly realized… everything had changed, the moment the mottled train exited the tunnel, it seemed to be washed and washed away by an invisible force.

The light rail began to tremble, and the entire carriage was in violent vibration, like a curved steel snake body, bumping up and down, and all the arcs splashing out of the window were extinguished at this moment.

The wheel hub collided with the rail, and the ear-piercing friction sound shattered this beautiful dream.

Gu Shen have one’s hair stand on end looking at the scene in front of him.

The light in the whole carriage dimmed, but it was still empty.

But the girl’s seat was replaced by a tall woman in a black dress.

She wore a top hat that was wide enough to cover her entire face, holding a stack of old yellowed newspapers in both hands, reading in the fragmented light, even when sitting, she was almost as tall as Gu Shen. flush.

If you stand up…I’m afraid it will be more than two meters?

23:59.

Glancing down at the time, Gu Shen turned pale.

I may have encountered some kind of extraordinary event that cannot be explained by conventional cognition… Although the lights in this carriage are dim, it is faintly visible, and the seat armrests are brand new, which I can be seen everywhere before. Mottled, rusted, all disappeared.

Have you been in such a train for 15 minutes?

Every word the girl said was burned into her mind, especially the last three words.

Live it.

Gu Shen’s scalp was numb, he cautiously looked at the tall lady who was immersed in reading the newspaper, and felt a strong danger in his heart.

As soon as the eyes are gone.

As if “hearts are in harmony”——

The woman in black dress with great oppression slowly raised her head, Gu Shen saw under the dark brim, emanating radiance. Two dark and deep real red glows appeared.

“This gentleman.”

The woman in black folded the newspaper, raised her head, and asked in a polite low voice, “I have a very important question… I want to ask for advice.”

“You…please speak.”

Gu Shen squeezed his fingers, took a deep breath, and tried his best to keep himself calm.

My own reply doesn’t seem important.

Because this lady, after speaking her own words, each minding their own business took out a tick Bone Blade, put it on the newspaper in front of her knees and wiped it slowly, the newspaper was stained with blood.

Then…she opened the dress, a silver ring ruler hung from the inside of the dress, two snow-white fingers smeared with red nail polish, rubbing back and forth between the 3 and 4 marks of the ruler .

“Just now.”

The tall woman sitting upright clasped her Bone Blade with her other hand, turned her head sideways, and asked in confusion, “Have I… touched the π? ?”

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