Li Lin let go of the knife in her hand and offered her final tribute. Li Lin, who had been wandering between life and death for a long time, suddenly woke up.
When she woke up, she found herself sitting in a waterlogged forest.
Those straight yew trees grow very tall, and cold light falls between the sparse branches and leaves.
Li Lin stood up and looked around. It was difficult for Li Lin to determine whether she was alive or dead now. She tried hard to recall what happened before...
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"Going further forward should be the place of worship. You...you still have a chance to turn back now." Li Lin said to the two people behind her.
They looked at Li Lin in silence, then took the lead and walked forward.
Li Lin understood and followed her.
The three of them followed the only clear white path in the darkness and came to a huge triangular door.
This is where the light comes from.
But when the three of them reached the light, they couldn't see clearly what was behind the door.
Although the light was not dazzling, it obscured everything. At first, Li Lin could vaguely see the outlines of the people around her, but gradually she could not see anything.
She simply closed her eyes and walked forward.
She didn't open her eyes until she felt that the cotton-like light wrapped around her body disappeared.
Then I discovered that there seemed to be a dark lake in the darkness in front of me. In the center of the lake, a huge, pyramid-like building stood in the distance.
Li Lin knew that that was her final destination - the Tomb of Old Friends, where the legendary "Prometheus", the first human being who came to Gaia, was buried.
However, the lake in front of her would definitely not be easy for Li Lin to cross.
Opening the ancient books in the database, Li Lin saw the records of the place of worship.
"The dawn that people were looking forward to has not yet arrived. The darkness continues endlessly. Gradually, we forget the light and the colors. In the era of eternal night, we are all the children of darkness..."
The descendant of darkness... Li Lin turned on the multi-view module and scanned the world in front of her.
The results show nothing...
But Li Lin doesn't think they don't exist.
She continued to look down.
"At the end of the fifth century, we found the Holy Grail filled with blood, which was enshrined on the altar of death by Turaya, that filthy, filthy monster, who had been possessing it, using it, polluting it
It, it is no longer pure, but we still need its help..."
As recorded in ancient books, in the late period of the Darkest Civilization, mankind encountered unprecedented disasters, and they had to use the Holy Grail of Life to continue civilization.
But at that time, the Holy Grail of Life had been contaminated by the "monster". It was completely tainted. Humanity had to choose between destruction and using the contaminated Holy Grail of Life. The result was... Of course we can't give up just like that. In the end, human beings still have to choose.
He chose to open the door to Turaya, use the contaminated Holy Grail of Life, and thus ended the Darkest Civilization Age.
This record is of little help to the problem Li Lin needs to solve now, but it can strengthen her confidence to continue on.
She remembered every word her husband said to her, and knew that she was not here to obey some unclear order.
She wants to dedicate herself as the seed of life to the depleted Holy Grail of Life in order to reawaken the sleeping Gaia star.
Thinking of this, Li Lin did not continue reading... because she knew that there was nothing she needed in the remaining records... She had read the ancient book over and over again before coming here, every paragraph of it.
They have all been remembered in her mind.
The next journey can only be completed by herself.
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When Yincheng and the others entered the palace of joy, the "heart" that was completely dimmed in the darkness no longer had those "human spiders" that weaved dreams of joy. In fact, their real name should be "the nightmare of the rift", they It is a special form of civilization that exists in the deserted areas of the universe, but no one knows where exactly they are and why they have become the guardians of this ancient temple.
Yincheng, who was not lucky enough to see the true appearance of these "cracked nightmares", could only guess from the dead bones on the ground in this palace of joy that they must be a very terrifying bloodthirsty monster.
Ou Shaobai and his men followed carefully. When they passed a wreckage, Ou Shaobai accidentally discovered a flashing badge.
He leaned down to pick it up and saw that it belonged to the Interstellar Army.
"Major! We found the traces left by Commander Xue Ming and others."
Yincheng paused after hearing this, but when he turned around and saw the badge in Ou Shaobai's hand, he continued to follow Nan Yingjian without saying anything.
Ou Shaobai was a little embarrassed. He handed the badge to his subordinate and said, "Put the badge away and collect DNA samples from these remains for backup."
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"I've followed you here, and you still don't want to tell me." Yincheng asked Nan Yingjian.
Nan Yingjian walked in front of Yincheng and asked "What did you say?" without looking back.
"You...hey...what can I ask? I just want to know why you wanted to kill Bai Jin! What have you experienced in these years?"
Nan Yingjian smiled when he heard this, feeling a little cold.
"Do you need any special reason to kill her?"
"Little Jane!"
"Okay, mother-in-law, I killed her because those words she just said have dragged us all into a pit of fire." Nan Yingjian looked back, but not at Yincheng, but at Ou who was following far behind. Shao Bai and the others.
Yin Cheng had also noticed something was wrong with Ou Shaobai and the others a long time ago. He caught up with him, turned on the silent system and asked quietly, "Is there something wrong with them?"
Nan Yingjian nodded, "Yes, they were sent by the top management. Maybe they are related to the person who captured Bai Jin."
"Huh?" Yincheng was stunned. "This... you mean... the attack was arranged by the top management?"
"Huh... When did you become so imaginative? When did I say that the attack was arranged by the top management?"
Yincheng was speechless, thinking, 'Isn't that what you meant?'
Nan Yingjian sighed and said, "Let's put it this way...most of what Bai Jin said just now is true, including some of her speculations... We did find some things that may be related to the legendary 'Lily' There is evidence related to Silk and that she once came to the earth and started the traces of the inheritance of human civilization... But after all, it is the legendary record of ancient theology. We must make it more specific, so... Bai Jin's guess is indeed correct, but she It’s too mysterious to say.”
"us?"
"Yes, we, we are an organization, but unfortunately, you are not among them." Nan Yingjian teased Yincheng.
Yincheng laughed dryly and said, "Now that you've told me this, can I choose to join?"
"It doesn't matter what I say, it depends on what 'sir' means."
"Sir?! That's really weird! I seem to have heard this word countless times! But it was always related to those guys who caused disasters before. Why are you starting to mention 'sir' now? Who is sir?"
"I can't tell you this, you just think of it as... the leader of us people." Nan Yingjian cleverly avoided the topic. She ignored Yin Cheng's speechless face and continued, "Anyway, Bai Bai
Jin said something she shouldn't have said, and the more she knew, the more people wanted to kill her, which was obviously extremely detrimental to her." Qiankun Tingshu.com qktsw
"Uh..." Yin Cheng was a little confused, "But Bai Jin doesn't seem like the kind of person who would be stupid enough to throw herself into a pit of fire, right?"
"Yes, she is indeed not stupid, so she obviously has a reason for doing this."
"reason?"
"I don't know how much you know about the Bai family and the seven major families, but what I want to say is... Bai Jin will do this, which will indeed be detrimental to herself, but it will give the Bai family a glimmer of hope."
"What's the meaning?"
"Bai Jin didn't bring her little maid with her this time, did she?"
"You mean Bai Yurong?"
"Yes, our current glorious republic is ostensibly run by the top management and its major subsidiaries, but in fact, its entire body is composed of seven major families." Nan Yingjian said as clearly as possible.
concise.
Yincheng nodded thoughtfully.
Nan Yingjian added, "So, the attitude of the seven major families is very important to the Glorious Republic, or... to the military, political and business circles! Although the Bai family has no power in the military, after all, their family controls the world.
Vegetables on the tables of a billion people, grain in rice pots, and various electrical appliances and electricity in the house. In recent years, the Bai family has also gained several big figures in the political world. It can be said that as long as the Bai family does
A small move may directly affect the stability of the entire society. Do you think... would the top management be willing to watch the Bai family face the government every day?"
Yin Cheng shook his head, "Then I definitely don't want to."
"Yes, you see, even you know that you don't want to. How could the top management not find a way to sideline the Bai family, or the seven major families, and then incorporate them all for their own use over the years?"
"Oh...I understand...you mean...although the Bai family members have made great achievements in politics in recent years, in fact this is also a kind of excuse for the Bai family by the top management?"
"Yes, but it's not just the Bai family, but the entire seven major families."
"Ah...tsk...I understand...but...what does this have to do with the problem we are facing now?"
Nan Yingjian felt a little helpless. She looked at Yincheng and sighed softly, "Why are you still so confused?"
Yincheng really didn't understand. He smiled awkwardly and said, "I've been in the army, haven't I? I don't have the brains of people like them."
This sentence is very true. In fact, it was because of these experiences that Nan Yingjian could see the reality clearly.
But now, she had nothing to hide from Yincheng, so she explained, "When the supreme leader came to the Qin family's banquet in person, the already weak Qin family's market value doubled overnight! Close to a bottle of
The Qin family, which has risen again since then, has become the balancing valve among the seven major families. As long as the Qin family's attitude is not clear, society will be stable and peaceful. Can you understand this? "
After Yincheng thought about it carefully, he nodded seriously, "I have heard from Lao Zhao and the others before that the supreme leader's appearance is really impressive."
"Well, as long as you understand, then... combined with what I said before, our current human society is actually built on the trunk of the seven major families. The power in their hands is the inner strength of society, and balancing them
The gap between them is very important for social stability and prosperity. Our top leader has always done a good job in this regard! But the problem is... if the top management wants to further guide social development, they absolutely do not want to look at the faces of other families.
, so they have been thinking of ways to incorporate the power of these families... There are many specific methods and examples, so I won’t go into details one by one. In short, under the operation of the highest management level in recent years, the power of the seven major families has indeed increased to a certain extent.
It has been ignored to some extent, but there are a few exceptions." Nan Yingjian reached the key point. She was about to collect her thoughts and continue, but Yin Cheng frowned and interrupted her, "Wait a minute, I'm a little confused again...
Let me take a look..."
Nan Yingjian was a little helpless, but the destination was still far away, and she didn't care about these few minutes.
After sorting it out for a while, Yincheng said, "I probably understand what you mean. Please listen to my analysis and see if it's right..."
"you say."
"That is to say, there are seven people sitting in the room now, seven people representing the seven major families. As the top management of the boss, if he wants to conquer the country, he has to rely on these seven people, but these seven people are not united, and they are almost divided into
Two groups of people were killed, so the boss's strategist or assistant, our supreme leader, came forward to mediate and let a weak person sit on an equal footing with the other six people. Only then did the two sides settle down! But settling down does not mean that the boss speaks.
It works. After all, once a decision is made, it must obtain the consent of more than half of the people. If the military advisor declares that he wants to maintain a balance, then he will never go out to fight... So the boss decided to secretly deal with these seven people... and maybe even replace them.
His strategist, so that he can implement his grand blueprint according to his ideas, right?" Yincheng used a more popular description to sort out his thoughts.
Nan Yingjian looked at Yincheng in surprise, because he not only extracted the key concepts more concisely in this paragraph, but also introduced some of his own thoughts.
When Yincheng saw Nan Yingjian's expression, he thought he had said something wrong, so he smiled naively and said, "Did I say something wrong?"
Nan Yingjian came back to his senses and shook his head and said, "No, your understanding is correct, and you also added a few points that I missed... Indeed... now the top management has begun to notice that our top leader is intentionally maintaining a balance.
This matter, I estimate... when the time comes, they will definitely remove the supreme leader."
Yincheng was startled, "Removing the supreme leader?! Doesn't that require a unanimous vote from the top management?"
"Yes, it sounds difficult to achieve, but if the top management has reached an agreement long ago, it is not difficult. I think...our boss Xiao may have realized it long ago."
"Let me go...then if the top management removes the supreme leader, does that mean that he has gained enough power to do what he wants without looking at the faces of the seven major families?"
"uncertain."
"Not necessarily?!" Yincheng was stunned again.
"Mr. said... All of these conditions can only be met when the variables are relatively stable and there is enough time. There is one exception, that is, the top management has realized that they have no time to operate anymore. Their status
Even if we may receive threats at any time, we will still take action in advance.”
"Threatening the top management? Tsk..." Yincheng pondered for a moment and then said, "So... this action is actually a point of disagreement?"
Nan Yingjian was startled again, then looked at Yincheng in disbelief and said, "Aren't you stupid at all?"
"I got it right?"
"Yes, in fact, when the comprehensive clean-up operation was carried out, the top management had already begun to be alert. When they ignored the seven major families, they made a dangerous move, that is, they went with the flow and used the fire of 'invasion' to destroy the seven major families.
The family became 'one of their own'! But the comprehensive clean-up operation completely disrupted their plans! And Percival's incident happened so suddenly, they had no reason to reject the supreme leader's proposal! In other words... they were forced
Implement this plan!" Nan Yingjian's voice turned cold.
After hearing this, Yincheng took a deep breath!
"Hi! Mother! This... this... this is too dark!?! You mean! In order to determine the future direction of mankind, in fact, Boss Xiao... or rather... you have already fought with the supreme leader.
?!"
Hearing Yincheng’s bone-deep questions.
Nan Ying Jian was speechless for a moment.
Indeed... Yincheng is right.
According to their original plan, there should be no resistance to the implementation of the plan for the future of mankind.
However, after the establishment of the top management, there were serious differences with their plans... Obviously, it is impossible for the top management composed of "human supremacists" to take such a huge risk to implement the "Homecoming" plan.
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At the beginning, Xiao Qing and the others had made a concession, which was to let the Interstellar Army implement the "Explorer" plan.
But the plan failed... The "Explorer" plan, which almost used up all the strategic reserves of the Glorious Republic, ended with the disappearance of all Vision VII Voyager...
With little time left, Xiao Qing and the others could only place their hope in the "return home" plan he made when he left.
But this plan is full of darkness...
It's not a happy ending plan.
It even involves one of the most fundamental philosophical issues!
"If all existing human beings cannot be saved! Then do we still need to continue our civilization?"
This question is very difficult to answer.
Even people with high enough ideological consciousness such as Han Kongwen, Xiao Qing, and Li Boan would find it difficult to answer this question.
Some people may say that for the continuation of the future and for the sake of human civilization, we should all do this!
But after removing the most fundamental blood ties, who is willing to make such a contribution? What is the significance of such a contribution?
Precisely because there was no clear enough answer, the top management completely broke with Xiao Qing and others.
Although these Nan Ying Jian has not yet explained it to Yincheng... it can be seen that... when he broke out his hometown dialect, he already understood what happened in this world...