"All the brilliance in life must be repaid with loneliness after all..." Xian Qianhua muttered to herself as she leaned against the window and looked at the vast stars.
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by García Márquez?" Yan Sichen raised his head and asked with a smile.
"Well, this is my favorite sentence."
"I also like this book, but this paragraph is too sad to read." Yan Sichen lowered his head and smiled bitterly.
Xian Qianhua looked at him but did not speak to continue.
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"You said... can we return to Earth alive?" Xian Qianhua can't remember the time. She has been half asleep recently and can't tell the difference between dreams and reality.
"There is always a sense of unreality..." Yan Sichen is no different.
"That's right...not true..."
…
"I had a dream."
"Um?"
"In my dream, I saw a mountain floating in the sky, and the sea. Many people were leaning against the mountain to bask in the sun. There was a fish at my feet, a clown fish that was bigger than any ship. It got into the forest.
Deep in the depths, there are colorful ripples stirring, and many people are surfing there..."
"Hmm? Your dream sounds really special."
"I also saw the moon. It was penetrated and broken into many pieces. I couldn't see the familiar things on the ground... Is that still the earth I know?"
"You must be too anxious."
"No, I'm calm...I know I can't go back, we will all die here."
Yan Sichen stopped answering because he knew that futile consolation would not solve any problem. They indeed had no food and water.
"Would you like to dance with me?" Xian Qianhua's eyes suddenly became clear, and she made a romantic request.
Yan Sichen did not refuse, he accepted the invitation with a smile.
The two danced in the gradually weightless environment, and finally hugged each other tightly...
…
The above are perhaps the most authentic memories of Xian Qianhua, or in other words, the memories left by the real Xian Qianhua.
Later, she and Yan Sichen were rescued, wandered in the Holy Land of the Transcendent, got lost in the Origin Archives, and were trapped in the Mars camp for more than ten years... All of this was an illusion...
Hit rock bottom.
Seeing those hundreds of corpses, Xian Qianhua was not surprised at all.
Humanity is utterly defeated.
Haha...humanity has been utterly defeated.
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It was 9 a.m. on May 11, 2755, and the Battle of Asia had been going on for three full years.
Su Yao, who was driving the Rover, had just returned from the Jupiter battlefield.
He brought back a very bad news - the rebels escaped, their fleet was ambushed, and many of his comrades who had fought alongside him for many years were killed in this terrible pursuit.
The "Yuankong", the flagship of the Yaxing Republic's first fleet, also suffered heavy damage. It has now lost its power source and has become a prisoner of the rebels.
This defeat may completely change the situation of the war.
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"Where are the others?" Yan Zhongyu, the general of the "Changge" Army of the Republic of Jianmei Xingmu, is one hundred and thirty-nine years old this year. This age is in the prime of life for the third generation of super humans.
His adjutant is a descendant of the second generation of super humans, Lu Shaoyuan, who is only seventeen years old.
"Under questioning in the array room, the supreme leader is also there."
"The supreme leader is here too?!" Yan Zhongyu's expression changed. What he was most worried about happened.
"Yes, the forward position of Europa was destroyed, Yuankong was captured, and the captain Yin Siping was killed. I am afraid that this defeat will alarm sir."
Yan Zhongyu knew the consequences very well. He was silent for a while and then said: "Go and call Alan back and let her clean up this mess."
Lu Shaoyuan's mind was spinning and he quickly figured out the context. He admired Yan Zhongyu's calmness and ability to control the overall situation. But... it really doesn't make sense to let a "bandit" with a dirty record return to the solar system to clean up the mess...
Problem?
But this is not something Lu Shaoyuan needs to consider, he only needs to implement it according to Yan Zhongyu's instructions.
"Yes, let me know right away."
"Well, let's go, we can't let the supreme leader wait for us."
…
Lying in a shallow pool, Su Yao looked at the changing colors in the sky and understood.
This is what happens when the sequence in the array room is checking his built-in thinking core.
But he wasn't worried at all.
Jupiter's mistakes were all due to Yin Siping, the captain of the First Fleet, who was greedy for credit and rushed forward. His arrogance and underestimation of the enemy ruined more than 70% of the combat units of the First Fleet, a total of 5,513 people who had undergone mimicry crystal transformation.
The super soldier died.
Now Yin Siping is also dead, publicly executed by the rebels.
What does it mean for them to escape?
Su Yao sat up, her faith unshaken in her heart, but she was actually a little bit scared.
This has never been the case.
Ever since mankind entered the countdown to the expedition, Su Yao, as a third type of super human, did not know what fear was at all.
He is a warrior blessed by the old gods, the guardian of the solar system, and the pioneer of mankind's true transcendence. How could he be afraid?
But his hands were shaking slightly uncontrollably.
When the rebels who emerged from the darkness desperately rushed into the First Fleet's resistance field, their madness caught everyone off guard.
Even though she killed countless enemies in actual combat, Su Yao still failed to protect her team.
"What's wrong with me..." Su Yao murmured to herself.
As the words fell, the sky suddenly became gloomy, and then it started to rain lightly.
Su Yao raised her head and looked at the sky, hearing the patrolman's call in her ears.
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The supreme leader has not appeared for many years.
It is said that in order to prepare for the "Origin of Fire" these years, he was listening to the teachings of the old gods.
This sounds really inconsistent with human scientific values... So privately, everyone will change their opinion.
The supreme leader is negotiating with the "god" of Shangyuan civilization in his own way, asking him and even what mankind needs at this moment.
That Holy Grail.
The "Holy Grail" made by Turaya and carrying the divinity of all the other four old gods.
Yan Zhongyu did not dare to look directly into the eyes of the supreme leader. He was as humble as a servant who had made a mistake.
The Array Room, which consists of 1,450 obelisks engraved with the mottos of the "Dead Sea Script", was originally prepared for the rebels. Here, no secrets can be hidden, not even the human heart can hide the deepest secrets.
Dark thoughts.
As the first senior officer to be analyzed by the array room, Su Yao didn't know whether it was an honor or a great shame.
From the time Yan Zhongyu came here to the time the supreme leader left, he was unable to say a word to the man who was closest to God.
Compared to that gentleman, Yan Zhongyu felt that he was supreme.
"Please follow me." The guide at the entrance of the array room was an ordinary human girl.
She was originally a member of the rebels, but here her mental shackles were opened, and her body and mind accepted the divine brilliance bestowed by the old gods, and thus she became a "model"-like existence and was left here.
Almost every rebel who was sent here later did not need to activate the array room. As soon as they saw this girl, their once extremely strong willpower collapsed.
Yan Zhongyu has not publicly expressed his views on this, but in his heart, he has a feeling of sadness that the rabbit is dead and the fox is dead.
But he is a soldier, not a philosopher, so don't worry about those thoughts that have nothing to do with him.
…
After receiving Su Yao, Yan Zhongyu applied for a pass for him and asked Lu Shaoyuan to send him back to Earth.
On the way, Lu Shaoyuan and Su Yao started chatting.
But it has nothing to do with this seemingly endless war.
In the tenth year since the launch of the subdome core, the first central axis that once promoted the "Origin Draft" has been completely dismantled. Now there are only dense scars left on the earth, and the crazy magnificence of the past can no longer be seen.
Passing through the atmosphere, man-made weather systems transform the altitude of 20,000 to 23,000 meters into an underwater forest that is upside down in the sky.
The giant seeders active here are even more hideous than the giant monsters that humans once imagined. They are like the old rulers with tentacles described in the Cthulhu mythology. But in reality, they are just slaves of humans.
Providing the most basic services to the entire planet.
"Brother and I have different ideas. I don't want to go to places outside the solar system. I want to stay here. I want to get married and have children here and live like ordinary people." Lu Shaoyuan is young but seems to have no fighting spirit.
This is more surprising to Su Yao.
In his opinion, influenced by the trend of transcendence, young people today should be full of ambitions to visit unexpected places in the solar system, but Lu Shaoyuan has no idea at all.
"Don't you think the earth is too small?" Su Yao asked.
"Well, if you are driving a battleship like Brother, the earth is very small, but the life I yearn for is more primitive. In many places, it takes a whole day to walk without using any tools. Looking at it this way, it is quite big." The place Lu Shaoyuan said
Located in northwest China, it is an old-era ecological resettlement area specially approved by the Yaxing Republic. There are currently nearly 30 million ordinary people there who have not been transformed by any super human plan. Their production and life are very primitive. The most common
The means of transportation are maglev cars and trains. The average life expectancy of people is no more than seventy-five years old. The ratio of men to women is relatively balanced, but the fertility rate is extremely low. According to the calculations of the core of the subdome, in another two hundred and thirty years, this ecological resettlement area will be
will disappear.
"That... is also very good. I hope you can do it." Su Yao smiled softly.
Lu Shaoyuan was stunned for a second when he heard this, then looked at Su Yao gratefully and said, "Brother, you are really special."
"Huh? Why do you say that?"
"Because when I talked to others about my thoughts before, they would always try their best to change me, or criticize me, or even threaten me, but you are different. You make me feel very warm." After Lu Shaoyuan finished speaking, he smiled and held his hand.
He took Su Yao's hand and said, "Thank you, Brother Su Yao."
Su Yao looked at Lu Shaoyuan in a daze. The moment he felt the temperature of Lu Shaoyuan's palm, the picture that appeared in front of him was scarlet and dirty.
Two years ago, the Titan rebel camp was captured, and the ground combat troops led by Su Yao conducted a thorough bloodbath on the rebel base camp.
Regardless of whether the rebels resist or not, under the guidance of the supreme leader's will, they will pay a bloody price for their ignorance and betrayal.
Facing the well-equipped super soldiers, the rebels had no chance of winning, and the base camp was quickly breached.
What Su Yao saw in front of her eyes was not human beings, but a group of traitors, military medals one after another, until...
"elder brother?"
Su Yao came back to her senses, and the blood-red sky in front of her eyes disappeared.
The drizzle was hazy, and Wangye Ecological Area was right in front of us.
This first-generation man-made ecological zone built six centuries ago has undergone more than ten renovations and upgrades. Although its foundation is still not as good as many other ecological zones of the same type, it is still the largest and most populous ecological zone so far.
Ecological Area.
The Star shuttle landed on the tarmac, and the woman who came to pick it up was wearing black clothes and a black hat, holding a black umbrella.
Everyone behind her is dressed like this.
Su Yao's mood suddenly became heavier, but he did not escape from this matter.
Lu Shaoyuan originally wanted to follow, but after seeing such a battle, he chose to say goodbye.
Su Yao thanked Lu Shaoyuan and stepped off the shuttle alone.
A girl who was no more than 1.6 meters tall immediately ran over and planned to hold an umbrella for Su Yao, who was 2.3 meters tall.
But she was too short, so the scene looked really funny.
But Su Yao didn't laugh at her. Instead, he felt a little warm in his heart. He picked up the girl and held her in his arms like a child.
The girl's face turned red immediately.
Although she was still holding an umbrella, her body was trembling and her head was hidden in Su Yao's arms. Su Yao looked at her and smiled, then walked over with her bag.
The woman who picked her up at the airport was also 1.9 meters tall, but compared with Su Yao, she was still much shorter.
She whispered: "Father is waiting for you." Then she turned around and got in the car.
Su Yao sighed softly and got into the car.
When they got to the car, the girl in her arms no longer dared to stay in Su Yao's arms, although she wanted to stay like this.
…
On the way home, Su Yao was silent.
Only the woman sitting in the passenger seat kept chattering, constantly questioning why he failed to come back before his mother died, why he insisted on participating in Jupiter's siege, and why he didn't die on the battlefield after the defeat, but chose to come back and bring shame to the Su family?
Countless reasons made Su Yao become more and more silent.
The girl sitting next to him is named Su Nuomi. It seems that to follow the tradition of the Su family, almost every generation of the Su family will produce a being with an extremely special name.
Because her grandfather likes to eat glutinous rice dumplings, sister Su Yao, who was named Su Nuomi, did not feel sad about it. Instead, she felt that her name was very special. It must be a special fate that gave her such a name, not to mention... Su
Glutinous rice is better than dumplings, right?
But glutinous rice is really special.
There are currently four direct children in the Su family. Nuomi is the second oldest, and she has a younger brother and a younger sister. However, among the four siblings, she is the only one who has the foundation of an ordinary person. Not only did she not successfully become the third generation super human, she actually
He has also "degenerated" into the appearance of an ordinary person from a few centuries ago.
But even so, Nuomi is still the sister favored by Su Yao and the sister respected by her younger brothers and sisters.
Over the years, the three children of the Su family have joined the First Fleet, and the burden of family affairs has fallen on Nuomi. Therefore, although Su Nuomi looks like a child next to Su Yao at the moment, she is actually a full-fledged child.
A strong woman, of course...just a little smaller.
As for the one who keeps chattering, she is not in the direct lineage of the Su family. Her surname is Shen, and her original name is Shen Chunnan. She is the illegitimate daughter of the head of the Shen family who has been acquainted with the Su family for a long time.
When he was young, in order to avoid trouble, Shen Chunnan had been fostered in the Su family, and he recognized the then head of the Su family, Su Yunchi, as his adoptive father, and he was considered half of the Su family.
More than ten years ago, the Shen family participated in a rebellion and suffered a catastrophe. The entire family was wiped out, leaving only Shen Chunnan, a girl who had little real affection for the Shen family.
Su Yunchi left her in the Su family to participate in family affairs.
Because she is more than ten years older than Su Yao, she has always regarded herself as the head of the family. At the same time, she is also Su Nuomi's right-hand man after taking over the affairs of the Su family, so although she is angry.
But Su Yao and Su Nuomi, brothers and sisters, didn't dare to say anything.
…
After arriving home, Su Yao took off her military uniform, put on black clothes, and went to burn incense and worship in front of her mother's tombstone.
Su Yunchi, who retired from the position of head of the family, is a whole head shorter than his son. Although he is also a super human, he is still the first generation, and the once nearly perfect genetic sequence has mutated and caused many problems.
Now he is suffering from illness and can hardly sleep normally. Therefore, although he is only seventy years old, he passed the title of head of the family to his daughter Nuomi early.
Su Yao's mother had a much more tragic fate than her husband.
Li Yao, who married Su Yunchi at the age of twenty-one, not only left her eldest son with the character "Yao", but also gave Su Yao a transcendent physique beyond human beings as her maternal body.
With four children and three third-generation super humans, Su Yao's mother created a miracle with her life.
Now all she has left are some video data and some frozen photos, and the rest are only the few memory fragments in Su Yao's mind.
As a child, he was sent to a special base to undergo intensive transformation. At the age of eleven, he was able to fly a star shuttle between Mercury and the Earth by himself. He joined the army at the age of eighteen and officially joined the First Fleet at the age of twenty.
As a third-generation super human whose lifespan far exceeds that of humans, Su Yao is really too young.
"Actually... your mother never complained about you before she passed away. She was proud of you and hoped that you would become the first warriors to step out of the solar system." Su Yunchi has also changed a lot over the years. Not only does he look older, It changed a lot, and my personality seemed to change from summer to winter overnight.
The tone of recalling the past by the stove made Su Yao find it puzzling, even a little incredible.
He silently looked at his mother's remains on the tombstone and said softly: "Mom, you will get your wish."
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"I still have your room for you, but I don't know how many nights you can stay here." Nuomi took Su Yao to his home next to the underwater garden.
This super undersea garden with an area of more than 100,000 hectares is almost as old as the Wangye Ecological Zone. It is said that its original builder just wanted to make some extra money, but he did not expect that after experiencing a catastrophe, the undersea garden not only did not wither. , instead it became the lush appearance it has now.
"I can probably stay for a year." Su Yao put down her bag and walked into the room.
Nuomi was stunned, and then she came to her senses.