Everything about him is old except for his eyes, which are as blue as the sea. They are always happy and never depressed.
——Excerpt from "The Old Man and the Sea"
September 11, 2756 is destined to be an extraordinary day.
This day marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Leman Keen, the end of the Golden Age. Hundreds of cities in the solar system, large and small, held grand memorial ceremonies.
As the first-generation super soldier who fought for mankind, Leman Keen undoubtedly symbolizes the "resistance" and "freedom" that mankind seems to have long withered.
Today's solar system has really been surrendered for too long. Even if countless people are favored by the "old gods", it does not mean that everyone is willing to become a servant of the "old gods". Even the man who was martyred in the dusk,
What is the inner feeling of the supreme leader who single-handedly created an unprecedented new era for mankind? Is he absolutely loyal and surrendered? Or is he forbearing and silent?
No one knows.
In the first half century of the establishment of the Yaxing Republic, the supreme leader often appeared. He held lofty ideals and delivered an impassioned speech every time he met the public. Countless people regarded him as the hope of mankind.
.To this day, the Yaxing Republic has been established for nearly two hundred years.
Today, the solar system has achieved true unity.
The supreme leader has become increasingly silent, and his whereabouts are mysterious. Some people even suspected that the supreme leader might have died long ago, and that the man now at the pinnacle of power is a substitute in disguise. Of course, such remarks are pure nonsense, and there is no
Sufficient evidence can support it.
The supreme leader even laughed off such remarks.
Today, although he did not show up, his spokesperson did appear on Earth.
This man named Shao Junyu is the spokesperson selected by the top management from among billions of human citizens with the help of the Yaqiong core. He is also speculated by the media as the next supreme leader.
However, who Shao Junyu is, what his background is, what his academic qualifications are, and the selection criteria for the Yaqiong core have not been disclosed to the highest management level. He just came suddenly, just like he was in the solar system after the First World War.
Like the disappearing Red Dwarf Legion, they came and left suddenly.
The first and second fleets were successively destroyed by a rebel ambush and a one-for-thousand attack by the Red Dwarf Legion's flagship "Annabelle".
These things sound incredible. What is even more incomprehensible is that even though the Asia-Star Republic lost its first and second fleets, the supreme leader did not take any further measures to ensure the integrity of the republic's military strength.
The only thing the world knows is that the rebels have disappeared and the Red Dwarf Legion has left the solar system.
The memorial service started at 11 a.m. and ended at 12:30 noon.
Shaojun, the spokesperson of the Supreme Leader, appeared three times before and after, and then disappeared from the public eye at an unknown time.
Just as the media and the public were discussing this, a little later, a major event happened on Mars that instantly diverted everyone's attention.
That is, the rebels who have disappeared for more than a year are back!
Moreover, they broke through the defense line of the Mars domain and occupied Liaoming, the largest dome-top city on Mars.
…
one day ago.
Su Yao is back.
Alone.
There is no Jiuer, Taosawa Mingchi, or Zhong Chuqi and others around me.
He was standing alone outside the door of an izakaya. The owner of the restaurant was busy greeting the customers and did not notice a guy standing outside the house who did not recognize ghosts.
It was not until midnight that the first group of customers had finished their meal and went back to rest. The boss, who took time to smoke outside the store, discovered a scruffy and thin man standing in front of the door.
He was startled, thinking he was a beggar or something, so he held the door and asked carefully: "Um... friend? Are you hungry?"
Su Yao nodded.
The boss thought for a while and said, "Oh! I have pork bone ramen here, let me make you one."
Su Yao nodded again, looking very dull.
"Well... you can actually come in. There is no place to sit outside, and it will be very inconvenient to eat." The boss was very kind, and he didn't really care about the slovenliness of the beggar. After all, he only looked sloppy because of his scruffy clothes.
That's it, it's not really dirty.
Su Yao is not polite.
He walked into the store and sat down in front of the bar.
The boss warmly greeted him to sit down, poured him a glass of water, and then went to work in the kitchen.
After a while, a steaming bowl of pork bone ramen was placed in front of Su Yao, and there were ten pieces of barbecued pork neatly stacked on top. Seeing this scene, Su Yao realized that this boss was not Japanese.
, he should be from Cantonese, or Hong Kong, etc. The shop is decorated like an izakaya, probably because he likes this style.
"Please use it slowly. If it's not enough, I'll make it for you again."
Su Yao nodded. He casually placed the black cube in his hand on the bar, then picked up the chopsticks and broke it open.
But when he was about to pick up the barbecued pork, he put down his chopsticks first, picked up the bowl and took a sip of the soup. Seeing this scene, the boss was even more convinced that the man in front of him was definitely not a beggar, he was probably just temporarily depressed.
, so the boss smiled knowingly, took out his pipe and sat in front of the door.
Su Yao was very hungry, but he ate noodles very slowly, which was a kind of deliberate self-repression.
The boss didn't notice this, so he asked tentatively: "Has the guest been having a hard time recently?"
The barbecued pork that Su Yao picked up reached her mouth and stopped. He didn't speak.
The boss, who had not received a reply for a long time, said awkwardly: "I'm sorry, guest, I tend to talk a lot. If it's not convenient for you to talk, just treat it as an interruption and I won't mention it again."
Su Yao then continued to eat noodles.
After finishing a bowl of noodles, Su Yao stood up and said, "Thank you, but I have no money now, so I will give you some advice."
The boss was very surprised. He probably guessed that this person was down and out and didn't care about the price of a bowl of noodles. However, he didn't expect that when he stood up again, he seemed to be much taller than when he first entered the store.
So he hurriedly put away his pipe and said seriously: "Um... you tell me."
Su Yao picked up the black cube again, turned around, stared at the night sky outside the store with a pair of dark eyes and said: "If you have nothing to miss, run away now, towards the center of the solar system, or somewhere outside the solar system."
Well, let’s leave tonight.”
After that, Su Yao didn't stay any longer. He left the shop and disappeared into the sea of people soon after returning to the street.
The boss, who was lost in thought for a long time, came back to his senses. He touched the back of his head and smiled for no apparent reason: "What a weird customer."
It doesn't matter to Su Yao whether the boss will listen to Su Yao's advice.
After he returned to reality from a place of despair, he was already like a zombie.
In that shattered royal city, he lost the woman who loved him, and his brother who trusted him wholeheartedly. But in the end, he didn't know whether he had obtained the so-called god-killing power.
The Sumerians…the Khoibo civilization…the bunkers…the Whisperers of Chaos…
These things already know how prosperous the solar system is now.
They are back.
Those unyielding souls, those voices trying to prevent further advancement of civilization, they are here...
How many more peaceful days does the solar system have?
Su Yao is no longer in the mood to care.
He knew that there was an incarnation of the old god in Liaoming. She opened a flower shop and had lived in the solar system for seven centuries with such a disguised identity. She was the incarnation of immortality and a believer in Turaya.
And now, he wants to accept her sinful life and liberate her eternally imprisoned soul.
…
Xing Mengjie, who accompanied the young master in Tai Chi City, played the role of a hidden master.
Even A Tian was deceived by her, so others did not dare to make trouble in front of this girl. What's more, the two super soldiers she brought were just in a coma. As long as they were given corresponding treatment, they would be safe at any time.
You can wake up.
After A Tian left the person to Tai Chi City's private medical team, she went directly to find her father, Zhao Dongfang.
Naturally, Xing Mengjie would not follow. She had to ensure that these two drowsy guys woke up intact.
When she discovered that Tai Chi City's treatment cabin was a special version modified from a civilian-grade one, Xing Mengjie sighed at the wealth of Tai Chi City and began to wonder whether she should wait until the young master woke up to trick Boss Zhao.
But how did she know that Boss Zhao had already noticed that this girl was a fake from the moment she entered Tai Chi City, and the reason why he didn't expose her was because he felt it was unnecessary.
When A Tian met her adoptive father Zhao Dongfang, Zhao Dongfang was chatting with a woman with silver hair and an elegant and slim long windbreaker.
This woman was extremely tall, so Zhao Dongfang had to keep a certain distance when talking to her, so that it would not be too hard to raise his head.
"You should be very clear about our attitude. This time is just a warning. If there is no concrete reply in the near future, I think your husband will definitely reconsider our cooperation and trust." The woman's face, the man's voice
.
A Tian heard him speak, and when she got closer and saw his Adam's apple, she realized that this was a man.
Zhao Dongfang has long been accustomed to his little daughter entering and exiting his room at will, but this time he scolded you coldly: "How many times have I told you! Don't come in and disturb me when I am receiving distinguished guests! Why don't you follow any rules?
No?"
A Tian was startled and immediately stood there, not daring to move.
The so-called honored guest, who looked both male and female, turned his head and glanced at A Tian, who was a full meter shorter than him, and said, "Your name is A Tian, right?"
A Tian didn't dare to speak and just nodded.
"My name is Bai Shengxiu. Your father often mentions you to me and praises you for your sweetness and cuteness. I saw you today and you are indeed a beauty." Bai Shengxiu said something incomprehensible.
A Tian didn't know how to answer, so she looked at her adoptive father cautiously and said, "Uh...Mr. Bai was so complimentary."
Bai Shengxiu added before A Tian could finish: "It's just a pity, it's just a dry skin." After saying that, he glanced at Zhao Dongfang and turned around to leave.
A Tian, who was left with a shocked face, didn't recover for a while.
When Zhao Dongfang saw this plague-like guy leaving, he sighed and said, "What's the matter?"
Ah Tian just came back to her senses now. She couldn't help but cursed the disgusting person named Bai in her heart, and at the same time replied: "Those people who sneaked into our Tai Chi City are now in the treatment center."
Zhao Dongfang returned to his seat and sat down. From his place, he could almost overlook the entire Tai Chi City.
He turned his back to Ah Tian and said, "I understand, go make arrangements and don't neglect them."
A Tian was stunned when she heard this, obviously she didn't expect her father to say that.
She hesitated and said: "Father...they are here..."
"I know what they are here for, but since they can't afford to offend them, they have to be worshiped as Buddhas. How can you not understand these things with your intelligence?" Zhao Dongfang lit a cigar to himself.
A Tian already understood, but she couldn't get angry, especially after being ridiculed by the guy named Bai Shengxiu whose identity she didn't know, she felt even more aggrieved.
"Father...can we really just swallow our anger?"
Zhao Dongfang smiled when he heard this: "What if? You don't think that Tai Chi City has made a lot of money over the years and has taken in a lot of homeless people that others don't dare to have. We have the capital to challenge these big shots, right?"
Ah Tian stopped talking. This is a fact. She should know it better than anyone else.
After Zhao Dongfang said this, he sighed deeply, with no intention of admitting defeat in his eyes.
He took a puff of his cigar and exhaled, then said, "Okay, you can make arrangements. In addition... I have arranged for someone else to handle the matters at the underground base, so you don't need to go down anymore."
A Tian was stunned: "What about the second sister and the others?"
"You don't need to worry, just don't ask any more questions." Zhao Dongfang's tone was obviously unhappy, and A Tian quickly shut up.
"Yes, I understand."
"Um...oh, by the way...if they wake up and want to go down to join in the fun, you don't have to stop them, got it?"
A Tian's eyes flickered a few times and then nodded: "I know."
…
Gao Kehai, who was facing a formidable enemy, felt a little relieved when he saw the three lines of defense being established, but when he thought that explosives had been deployed in the deep pit behind him, he felt desolate again.
I think back then, he was also a stupid and honest man who was willing to risk his life just for a slogan.
But after he was betrayed by his own people, Gao Kehai, who crawled back from the dead, became a completely different person after completing his bloody revenge. He knew better about balance and how to protect himself.
Now Taiji City treats him well, but Gao Kehai has no intention of throwing his life and blood for his new master. That sounds ridiculous. So after the explosives were placed, Gao Kehai stayed on the third line of defense, preparing
Retreat at any time according to the situation. There are many people who have the same idea, especially those Taiji City guards who have a certain status and rank like Gao Kehai. They were all desperadoes before coming to Taiji City, but after arriving in Taiji City, they became
Afraid of death.
After the deputy compiled various data, he reported to Gao Kehai.
Gao Kehai listened absently and asked: "There is no news about the eldest and second young ladies yet?"
The deputy shook his head: "Not yet, but the two teams sent out said that two-thirds of the consecration ceremony has been completed. If another altar is activated, they will probably come back."
Gao Kehai nodded after hearing this: "Oh...then, what about up there? There is no movement up there?"
"Yes, it seems that the higher ups have sent people down, but I don't know who they are or how many people there are."
After hearing this, Gao Kehai took a deep breath and said: "Okay then, go and do your business. Pay attention to those people in front of you and make sure not to distract them."
"yes!"
…
Looking at the entrance of the last altar in front of him, the old pipe, which was almost ready, was about to follow A Li and the other two people down.
When it came time to actually get started, Old Tobacco was actually a little excited.
He walked at the front, with an experienced old mercenary behind him, and beside him were A Li and another young Tai Chi City guard.
The four of them walked slowly down the steps like soldiers forming a battle formation on an ancient battlefield and walked towards the altar dedicated to the Lord of the Past.
Entering from the entrance, Lao Yandou initially thought it would be a long and narrow space similar to an underground tunnel. However, he did not expect that the steps extending downward were surrounded by an empty void. Many restless souls were suppressed in the darkness. They seemed to be trapped by
Like the disturbed aborigines, they immediately gathered around Lao Yandong and his entourage after they came down.
Of course, this kind of onlookers is not the kind of attention you get when you are trying to impress people in a downtown area. In fact, there is nothing in front of Lao Yandou. He paid attention to both sides, but he still didn't see anything, but Lao Yandou just felt like he was being watched.
Something was staring at him. He moved downwards little by little, trying to coordinate his steps with the three people behind him.
After walking for a while, A Li reminded: "They are coming."
Lao Yandou immediately became nervous. He looked forward with wide eyes. Suddenly, the steps in front were shrouded in thick fog, and his field of vision was narrowed.
A Li added: "Don't be nervous and keep moving forward at a constant speed."
After all, Lao Yandou is a man who has experienced strong winds and waves. He has long been pessimistic about life and death, but he doesn't want to die for no apparent reason because of his own mistakes or other reasons. That would be too stupid. But the young Taiji City guard did not.
Lao Yandou had such a good psychological quality, especially since he and A Li were walking down sideways, back to back. He always felt that this was very awkward, so he quietly turned his body at some angle.
This kind of small movement seems insignificant to the newcomer. He naturally thinks that since I can see the area in front of me, there should be no problem in doing so.
But the newcomers don’t know how big of a mistake they have made.
A Li was the first to notice the abnormality, and she said sternly: "Don't be distracted! Don't turn around!"
But it's too late.
The world in front of the young guard suddenly went dark. When he realized something had happened, he found that he had walked into a dirty and muddy alley.
He looked at the unfamiliar yet slightly familiar alley in front of him, but he still didn't realize clearly that he was in an extremely dangerous situation.