Mist

Chapter 37: Chaos

Duan Wen landed in this crevice last.
While waiting for him to wake up and regain his strength, everyone agreed that they would split up and work on removing the traces left around the space capsule -- Those glowing flowers.

It took Ji Yushi a while to explain this matter to Big Beard, but he was still not sure if the other party understood.
Big Beard had been here for a longer time than they initially thought, it was about seventy years -- But to Big Beard himself, he felt like he had actually only stayed here for a little more than a dozen years. Ji Yushi learned from him that he was actually the first person to enter the city. Everything Xie Sian had experienced had similarly happened to him; Big Beard had lost his way in the city and it took him six or seven days to get out. Upon returning to the space capsule, the last teammate had died of old age.
After hearing Ji Yushi's explanation which consisted of a combination of words and drawings, Big Beard who realised that he would likely have the opportunity to live a life where he had never set foot in this place was excited. He immediately hugged Ji Yushi in a suffocatingly tight embrace and said a bunch of things no one understood.

Big Beard's body smelt very strongly following long periods of non-bathing. Ji Yushi who especially liked to be clean was held so tightly by this bear-like Big Beard that he couldn't breathe, but he didn't push him away.
When Big Beard let go of Ji Yushi, Ji Yushi saw Song Qinglan's small figure standing on the side.

Song Qinglan's small body had his arms habitually crossed in front of his chest as he watched them
There was a smile in the pair of bright eyes that belonged to a child, "Advisor Ji, what do you think will come to your mind when you think of Big Beard in the future?"

The iron chain used when picking him up, the fight in the small room, or this rough hug?
Ji Yushi also hooked up the corners of his lips, "I'm afraid I will think of the smell first."

Big Beard, "Murihan!"
Ji Yushi replied, "Tala."

Was this the polite expression of thanks and you're welcome?
Song Qinglan couldn't understand it anyway.

Big Beard rubbed the top of Ji Yushi's head with his plump hands, messing up his hair in the process, and then happily walked away. He seemed to be looking for tools in preparation for the weeding.

The other teammates were not in the control room at this time, with the exception for Xie Sian.
Xie Sian was a senior, but he was too young and almost the same age as them. Although they were about the same age, the differences in era, thinking, as well as the warm seventh squad atmosphere made it difficult for him who had split from his squad due to differences in opinions to integrate.

"Speaking of which, Advisor Ji, you remind me of an acquaintance."
Big Beard no longer cared about managing the cans so Xie Sian finally got the chance to eat. As he ate, he said, "You two are very similar."

Ji Yushi turned his head over. His face was clean and handsome, and his features defined.

"It's not that you two look alike, but you both have high intelligence and strong logical thinking abilities." Xie Sian said, "That professor was called Sheng Yun. He was involved with the development of the Tianqiong system at a young age and his future was limitless. While I was preparing to become a Guardian, I had the honour of taking his class for a semester. He was a very knowledgeable and humble person."

Song Qinglan asked, "I haven't heard of this. Where does the professor work?"

"He's not working anywhere." Xie Sian shook his head, "Because.......he committed suicide. That's why it's normal for you not to hear about it. For you guys, that was seventeen years ago. I heard that he has made outstanding contributions to the development of Tianqiong. It had to be said that it was a really big loss for us."