Pursuing the Lost

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nlight fell beside her, casting

forming one mysterious shape after another, like in

ger, and Dayna's fig

mbrace her, just as he had done

he grasped no

ayna had left him four years ago. They were alre

s he opened his eyes, he felt a wetness on his

lie on the bed, staring blan

found himself po

id I co

I suppos

have spent lifetimes exploring, held

, and the chaotic, noisy sounds intertwined, gradually constr

e...Phase

Forg

ancing at the display screen hangin

nd like a bolt of lightning, ill

d where he was and w

treets, where people hurried by w

d so familiar. The architecture was luxurious yet crowded, life

erything was no longer the s

unknown world filled wit

h his veins, turning into an overwhelmi

to the one he grew up in, that he knew where to find w

ere those small black-market shops with extraordinary capabilities. As long as you were willing

an inconspicuous temperature-controlled

item from the bag: a personal terminal that required no identity verification. He connected the terminal to the intern

ter so desperately craved

no, n

y scrolling through the long list of

ss checks, he staggered to h

me on the missing persons

parallel universe, he wo

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s, there was one that left th

ainting employed abstract techniques to depict the Harmony Trees under th

the deep impact it had

though some mysterious and ancient spirit transcended time and space,

y at the screen unti

is realization struck his

similar but different parallel universe, and Day

in love with the Walter of this un

least, he coul

memory, only to find that his longing for her had deepened,

n had driven him to activate

's thoughts back to reality. For him, the most important task

ly lit up, and an ordinary dialog box popped up at th

s vigorously, thinkin

kground was clear, and another line appe

t up, glan

uietly browsing the web, but he no longer cared about th

, a person in a mask, their entire

sted smile seemed to m

king into the café, moving towards him with slow but purposeful

here to ca

ut it quickly turned into another intense re

him and hurled it at the men in black, then d

t the back door, diving into the nondescript

teps of the men in black persistently tra

he terrain, Walter was confident

gripped his heart. W

y know his

is mind felt as if it had

erse was proving far more compl

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s the u

ons, did the shape of the universe dif

Walter soon took public transport to

rked, which had always prohibited the entry of unauthorized individuals. But Walter h

to the art school. As he gazed at the white, egg-shaped build

d, the place where they had me

ure, Walter had neve

aden place felt both

the predetermined life trajector

rse's version of Walter?

the answers, especially since the mysterious mess

find her in

bility was that they, like him, came from the same universe and followed him

his research on parallel universes had always

disappearance in the original universe to

e data related to Sky Forge, so in theory, they shou

arallel universe, research on the multive

ations in space-time and

inconsistencies, such as how they k

emed more likely and was al

e was currently in was strikingly similar to his original universe

the multiverse was born from countless subtle changes. The greater the differences bet

lready scarred heart, and the soul-deep pain burned wit

mpeded. Occasionally, he received curious glances from a few staff members, but he

on related to Dayna, to prove that the wom

e system. If he could access the school's personnel system to fin

of state-funded technical allowances. He connected to the system using the terminal, quic

saw h

at shone like the brightest st

on the name, but the profile pa

mage of a stranger, a strong wave

s correct, and the depar

s woman on

not hi

st of "Dayna's" information-birth date, birthplace, famil

atched, exce

a malevolent hand was deliberately toying with him, turning Dayna into a completely different person in this parallel un

had no

this incredible journey through time and spa

ength, collapsing to the

are

voice ca

t was both unfamiliar and familiar. Just

se, her name w

n who had taken

brane, then on the same dimensional scale, there could

couldn't be measured in human units,

alter still held a tra

just an inexplicable bug in the system, and t

red before him in the hologram, his

what are you doing

se's Dayna asked wa

me is

or some informatio

e should also be living his life according to the predetermined trajectory. Yet this Dayna seemed no

ol, then tell me what the

r a

sperately fleeing from the men in black and had n

her face changed, and she stepped

o

nged forward, tacklin

n. Walter, however, had no time for sympathy. He swiftl

next? Walter

y. I mean

ere because of you, though

yourself. There should be a person named Walter Briggs in th

n, Walter decided to b

tantly, but it was unclear whet

just to find my wife. She, li

f time and space, some things hav

f meeting and falling in love with Dayna, then gave

yna had stopped struggling. She listen

esitated but decided to take th

ocked Walter. "Is your wife taller than me, with c

when she vanished in the time-space st

he asked, "Ho

me name, but your description about y

, I met a woman

your story, perhaps there's nothing more unbe

re i

me to

er could barely contain himself, s

ly hard to believe, but

first, you need to let go of me and

ad anticipated. He could vaguely see the rationality an

comfort, though more

itantly said to Walter, "You can also cal

onded only

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s the u

ons, did the shape of the universe dif

are

ed the question for the first time. The

omagnetic car, heading towards the

ge was where Suzanne had first e

lace where he and Dayna often came for dates, a place f

only a thin layer of trust between them, they both chose to

e those

d magnetic cars were rapidly closing in, forming a pincer m

me. Who knows what department they'

of the dreaded black sui

u a fug

ed, panic i

not. Hold

s speed to its maximum, shooting

re in

't handle

in the car matter more

, veering onto the Sufna Bridge just befo

h the open windows, and Suzann

blocked off midway. Dozens of men in black stood in the midd

n in a white mask, si

would clearly be

ter smile, resigning

Suzanne suddenly a

Walter answered

s, Suzanne shout

r by the

ed to a halt just a meter awa

y jumped out, and she gra

figures leaped off the edge of the brid

, gunshots

e spot where they had jumped, staring at the calm, un