There was nothing extra in the empty room. The man's eyes finally rested on the pile of boxes, and he took down the photo frame on top. He looked a little quiet, with a unshaven chin and slightly drooped corners of his mouth.
He stopped, and his eyes fell on the photo through the reflection of the black-rimmed glasses:
The cheering young man in the photo is the same as he was many years ago. It seems that time has been frozen at that moment. The image left by ancient technology looks a little old now. But it is not that long ago, only seven or eight years ago.
What happened before just feels like a century has passed.
The memories about that time are a little blurry——
He gently pulled out the photo and turned it over. There were some small words written behind the photo:
‘Zhang Yu,.d,flutter_b,ag,——r.’
Looking at each name above, the man's eyes narrowed slightly.
Until the urging voice came from outside. "F, how long do you have?"
The man put down the photo, with that cynical expression on his face again, and turned around and replied: "It's faster than you think."
That clean and handsome face appeared outside the door, smiling slightly:
"As a single dog, it's not good to go so fast."
f also chuckled, looked at the latter and said: "It seems that you are in a good mood, and you are also making these old jokes. What's the matter, Yaoyue praised you as a 'good baby' again?"
r heard his brows twitching and said angrily:
"speak English."
f smiled faintly, enigmatically, "You asked for this."
"Okay, I'm not here to joke with you," R sighed: "How are you preparing?"
f shrugged, "Didn't I tell you before, it's faster than you think."
But R didn't look at him, and looked beyond him to the empty wall there - there were still a few shelves on the wall, which should have been filled with all kinds of glory they had obtained.
But those glory, just like this wall at this moment, have long since disappeared and become something that only existed in memory in the past. Even the memory may have faded a little. People may still remember everything after that, but that time
The center of the storm was deliberately downplayed...
He turned back. "But you have to remember, you haven't been there for several years. Technology is changing with each passing day. What we knew at the time is no longer necessarily the most cutting-edge technology now. The intensity of super competition becomes more and more intense."
As you get higher and higher, you should know how good those rising stars are."
"But it's still a little worse than me."
r looked at his companion and said nothing.
"Okay," F shrugged again: "You know, I have always paid attention to the community. You said that I am not doing business, but in fact I have been doing business, right?"
"There is still a gap between what is said in the community and reality."
"For some people, but have you forgotten that person?" F smiled: "Speaking of which, he brought us all together, and you..."
r couldn't help but remember that person.
But he quickly came to his senses and interrupted: "Okay, I understand what you mean - I wish us success in advance, and may the God of Luck favor us."
"I remember that you didn't believe in the gods in Aitalia."
"But you have to believe something once."
f laughed.
"Leave it to me," he pushed up his glasses, "I'm afraid some people won't be able to sleep now."
r looked at the other party, and for once he did not refute.
…
Ye Hua stood on the hill and looked at the corpses scattered around him.
The cold moonlight shone on the hills, and the surrounding forests had long since disappeared. I bent down and grabbed a handful of soil on the ground. I saw that the soil was turning into sand in the palm of my hand at a speed visible to the naked eye. When the wind blew, the gravel passed through my fingertips and disappeared.
Become invisible.
Looking around, the knights of the Sand King had already cleaned up the battlefield and left, and he was the only one left here - the night in the desert cooled down very quickly, and now the night wind was blowing, it was already a little chilly.
Meaning. The King of Rangers breathed out a breath, and the water vapor actually condensed into frost and turned into a light white mist.
He took a few steps forward, stopped again, turned over one of the corpses, and stared intently at the black patterns on his neck and shoulders without saying a word.
Some indescribable feelings linger in my heart.
After stopping for a moment, he continued to move forward and repeated this action until he had carefully inspected each of the hundreds of headless corpses here.
Finally he straightened up and stood in the night wind.
Many scenes flashed through my mind at once.
From the Battle of Bain thirteen years ago until later——
He picked up a broken sword from the ground and watched the reflection on the blade reflect his face. After hesitating for a moment, he released his hand and threw it far away.
The broken blade flashed through a flash of light and fell down the mountain.
Ye Hua clapped his hands and then slowly walked down the hill.
The young man holding the sword has been waiting for him below.
…
After tying the sail, Fang Plover threw away the rope in his hand with some uneasiness, raised his head, and looked at the night sky - the stars in the sky looked like countless eyes, but he was silent and just watched everything silently.
After he looked past the lone sail, he saw Ye Hua walking towards the boat, carrying a long bow, Shi Shiran alone.
The Ranger King came under the boat, raised his head and glanced above, and then said: "Ed, I have something to tell you."
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment and then nodded quickly, jumped out of the boat, clapped his hands, "Master Ye Hua, what's the matter?"
Ye Hua got straight to the point:
"I heard you were going back to Questac?"
Fang Plover nodded.
"Go back and rescue your own people?"
"besides……"
"And agree to the request of Barbartan, the King of Sand, to intervene in the war between the Istanians and the sand pirates?"
Fang Yu was startled for a moment, and then he heard the objection hidden in the other party's words.
He looked at the Ranger King with some confusion. Ye Hua looked at him silently, with a rare serious look on his face.
"Take your hand away, Ed," Ye Hua said slowly, "It's still too late to pull away."
"Wait a minute," Fang Plover was shocked. Why did he pull his hand? Not to mention that nearly half of the members of the Seven Seas Brigade were still in Questac. Sylvide was also there. More importantly, as a member of the Selected
Or, how could they watch the sand bandits attack a precarious city without offering any help?
Isn’t that what the Stargate Declaration advocates?
He simply couldn't believe that this was what the Ranger King in front of him could say. In his memory, the other party was famous for his unruly and fighting spirit. This was also proven in the southern border meeting not long ago.
This point, the resounding "dissolution order", is still talked about by people to this day.
"So you want to go to Questac and save this city from the sand thieves... Ed, do you think that you become a hero by doing this?"
Ye Hua looked at him and suddenly asked steadily.
"That's not true..."
Fang Plover's face turned slightly red and he said unintentionally.
But who doesn’t have a little dream? Who would be here if they didn’t pursue the dream of becoming a hero and a knight?
What's more...
Ye Hua finally smiled and said, "I understand, actually there is nothing to be embarrassed about."
"But more importantly, it's because of responsibility... For various reasons, if you make a decision or make a promise, you must complete it. And when these things become responsibilities and you shoulder them one by one, naturally,
He became a hero among people..."
He couldn't help but think of himself.
When you took over the Southern Territory Alliance from the previous president, how could you have imagined that it would be where it is today?
Fang Yu asked blankly: "What's wrong with this?"
"There's nothing wrong with that," Ye Hua shook his head: "It's just that there are some responsibilities that you can afford right now, but there are some responsibilities that will only crush you."
The Ranger King paused for a moment and then said: "Ed, if you want to save someone, I can help you do it. You'd better not show up in Questak, because it will only bring you endless troubles."
Trouble--"
Fang Yu was completely confused: "Why?"
This question made Ye Hua silent for a while, and then he said: "Ed, actually I don't recommend that you get involved in the conflict between these two parties so early -"
"Conflict between the two parties?"
Is it the Sand Pirates and the Kingdom of Istania? Or the Blind Followers and the Sand King?
Or the Descendants of Flor and the Rainbow Alliance?
But he quickly reacted and realized the identity of the other party: "Master Ye Hua, you mean, between the Super Competitive Alliance and the Free Selectors"
Ye Hua nodded lightly.
Fang Yu couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't quite understand what the current war between the Istanians and the Sand Pirates had to do with the Super Competitive Alliance. However, he felt that the other party had something to say, so he thought for a moment before saying with a bitter smile:
"Master Ye Hua, are you saying it's too late? They have been targeting me for a long time, and in Tansnir, I rejected their proposal——"
"'Them'?" Ye Hua asked, "Do you mean bbk?"
Fang Plover also nodded.
Ye Hua pondered for a moment, but then said: "I know that you have some minor conflicts with the Super Competitive Alliance, and you even messed up their plan in Vanrich, causing bbk's tens of millions of investments to be wasted. But these are actually
It's nothing, they will even extend an olive branch to you - and even if you reject their kindness, they will only use some small means within the rules to disgust you. This is not what I want to express.
mean……"
Fang Yu didn't expect that the other party would say that, so he couldn't help but became quiet.
Ye Hua continued:
"...Ed, the conflict between the Free Selectors and the Super Competitive Alliance has been around for a long time, but for both parties, this is actually just a fight within the rules. Even the current conflict between the Southern Alliance and the Super Competitive Alliance
The 'war' is nothing more than this. And the Super Competitive Alliance itself also understands this, because within this rule, they actually have all the advantages, so no matter how fierce we make the fuss, in the end it will just bring the two sides together.
It’s just a means to bring us back to the negotiating table.”
"The Super Competitive Alliance understands that the free-chosen ones cannot be eliminated in a short period of time. Of course, we also understand that the possibility of truly overthrowing the Super Competitive Alliance's 'rule' does not exist. Therefore, everything we do is actually just to gain access to
The smallest step back is just to preserve the right of the freely chosen people to survive..."
He paused.
"I actually know the efforts that you and the Knights of Tapolis are making secretly. Your ideas are somewhat similar to Loofah's. However, if you just turn into a shadow and try to survive in the cracks, you will only be able to survive in the cracks.
It will make the living space of the Freely Chosen smaller and smaller. Of course, this is a way, but the formal Freely Chosen Alliance also has its existence, because this means that the "Stargate Declaration"
recognition——"
"Because this means that those who are freely elected have a formal status, not just a state of being invisible."
Ye Hua turned around and looked at him: "Do you think it's a fantasy?"
Fang Yu shook his head.
This is very simple, because after all, there is more than one speaking voice in this world.
On the one hand, governments of various countries need the Super Competitive Alliance to maintain their interests after Stargate Port, especially as small and weak countries do not have the ability to independently develop Stargate. The birth of the Super Competitive Alliance is in line with the "Stargate Declaration"
By signing, you are actually giving them a free ticket.
But on the other hand, for the sake of their own independence, these small countries have to guard against super competitive alliances, because the nature of any alliance must represent the voice of the rule makers behind it.
This attitude of cooperation and prevention is the true meaning of the existence of free electors.
Free Selectors, because of their natural opposition to the Super Competitive Alliance, are the best leverage point for small and weak countries to compete against the Super Competitive Alliance.
As for China, because of its own particularity, when facing the Anglo-American alliance and the capital groups behind it, its position is almost the same as that of the majority of third world countries.
Because Fang Yu himself knew the military's position, he understood the reason as soon as he heard this.
Seeing that he understood so quickly, Ye Hua was a little surprised and couldn't help but praise: "Ed, you are smarter than I thought."
But Fang Yu only felt a little annoyed after hearing this.
"What does it mean to be smarter than you think?"
Do you look stupid?
However, the Ranger King obviously did not notice his slip of the tongue and continued: "...Ed, but what I told you before was all about 'within the rules'. Once you step out of that"
Rules', if they are aware of the real threat, neither the Super Competitive Alliance itself nor the power behind it will deal with you at all costs..."
A light flashed slightly in Fang Plover's eyes.
Since cooperating with the military, the status of the Super Competitive Alliance has plummeted in his eyes. In his opinion, the Super Competitive Alliance has not been completely defeated just because it has not been able to grasp the opponent's leverage for a while.
But after hearing these words, he suddenly thought of those 'alchemists' - could their bizarre attire and strange appearance be related to the Super Competitive Alliance?
He looked at the other party and asked:
"Master Ye Hua, do you know anything?"
But Ye Hua only shook his head. "Ed, you should know the origin of the Battle of Bain thirteen years ago and the No. 7 Ban."
Fang Yu blinked his eyes, wondering why it was related to the Battle of Bain again. This was how many times he had heard this name. Starting from Captain Querod, it seemed that everything related to the Chosen One was
Everything has a source somewhere, pointing to this war thirteen years ago.
But what exactly happened at that time remained unclear to him.
He knew about the war between the aboriginal people, but he didn't understand what role the Chosen One played in it.
Ye Hua looked at his expression and roughly understood what he was thinking:
"In the war that year, the Dragon Worshipers made waves behind the scenes, and even affected our world for a time. It was only from that time that people realized how deeply the Dark Believers had penetrated our world. Therefore, the voice of protest was once loud.
It even triggered bloody conflicts. In the end, all countries had to amend the regulations of the "Stargate Declaration" and added the seventh prohibition——"
"The tourists we see now come from this. In the final analysis, they are just to further increase the control of the Star Gate."
He looked at Fang Plover silently: "You must have been young at that time, and you may not have known how much turmoil it caused. What you later learned about the past from the community was just the tip of the iceberg. It can be said that the Battle of Bain completely changed
Understand the current situation inside and outside the Star Gate, and reshape the relationship between the chosen people and the indigenous people."
"And what was behind the tragedy at that time and what happened today? The final investigation of the 'Chosen One' who attacked the imperial envoys that triggered all this is still a mystery. The relevant person responsible,
Everything came to nothing. Only in the country, the alliance triggered a top-to-bottom purge, just like what you caused in Van Rijk not long ago..."
"However, it also caused a lot of criticism at that time. On a large scale, not only did the Super Competitive Alliance not suffer any damage, but it blamed the free electors. It was from that era that
The ideals of freedom of the forerunners were severely damaged, which resulted in the current situation."
"In the past ten years, the investigation on the Battle of Bain, especially in China, has never been stopped, but there has never been any result." Ye Hua looked at him and asked: "Do you know why?"
Fang Plover shook his head gently.
Ye Hua pondered again for a moment before saying: "Because there is a force behind it that has been suppressing this matter. I don't know if the military has intervened in the investigation. Maybe it has, but it is of little significance because the resistance from the outside world is too great.
…”
"Like three..."
But when he said this, he suddenly came to his senses. He shut his mouth sharply and looked at Fang Yu. "In short, Ed, the most important thing for you right now is to increase your strength. You and Loofah will definitely become free in the future.
The flag of the chosen ones, just like us in this era——"
"But not now, do you understand what I mean -"
Fang Plover listened silently.
But what Ye Hua didn't know about, he had always known. The military had always been involved in investigating matters related to the Super Competitive Alliance, and even cooperated with him. But it was only then that he understood that it had started as early as thirteen years ago.
, the military has already focused on everything behind this.
But the investigation has made no progress in ten years. He seems to have vaguely seen the huge shadow behind it as described by the other party. But is it just a super competitive alliance, does it really have such strength?
It may be an international organization, but after all, it is only built on the Star Gate.
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