In the spring of the 114th year of the Era, the top management of mankind, headed by Lin Sen and others, used the power of people's hearts to deceive the golden birdcage, and in one fell swoop pulled out the poisonous thorn deeply embedded in mankind.
But the destruction of the golden birdcage does not always bring good things.
Humanity did not even have time to cheer for victory before facing catastrophes one after another.
The fundamental reason for the occurrence of these catastrophes is that after the destruction of the golden birdcage, all the major domes lost their original protection and defense power, and humans once fell into a tragic situation where they could only fight against the alien species through hand-to-hand combat.
Of course, many heroes were born behind the catastrophe.
Li Boan is one of them.
As one of the survivors who participated in the Hundred Days of Defense of Erub, Li Boan went from being an unknown to a world-famous fighting hero in less than a year.
This is undoubtedly a proud achievement for a young man.
What goes up must come down. Li Boan's special prominence caused dissatisfaction among some people, especially after spending the most difficult hundred days and after the new digital core was launched, the original regular army began to gradually take over the defense work, and
Eliminate dissidents by cleaning up the disciples.
Although this kind of behavior was noticed by Vaisala Amy and others very early on, they were preparing for the Arbiter and the "Homecoming" plan at that time, so they turned a blind eye as long as there was no trouble.
It went too far, so there was no stopping it.
So the tragedy was born...
As a combat hero, Li Bo'an should have joined the Wings of Freedom Guards and become an excellent sergeant. However, due to the heroic death of the commander-in-chief who was initially responsible for leading Li Bo'an, the promises he made to Li Bo'an and other militiamen during the war also failed.
It became a thing of the past. Although this situation was difficult for Li Boan and others to accept, since most of the militiamen chose to compromise, Li Boan could not cause any big troubles by himself, and the matter was finally settled.
But at that time, Li Bo'an had already fallen in love with Nangong Jue. In order to pursue his lover and give her happiness, Li Bo'an decided to start over. At this time, the only chance to join the Wings of Freedom Guard was to become a training instructor for the descendants of the empire.
This is a very dangerous position, but it is also the only position that Li Boan can choose. In addition, Li Boan was injured in the battle at that time. Due to the careless treatment, he became a very special kind of servant. This kind of servant
They have extremely powerful combat capabilities, but at the same time, because the alienated cells in their bodies are more active, they are also called demons wandering on the edge of alienation, and are therefore highly discriminated against.
And in order to ensure absolute safety within the dome, it is absolutely impossible for people like Li Boan to be allowed to enter the dome without receiving special treatment, so the helpless Li Boan finally took a path that he could never have imagined.
The point of no return.
…
"I have heard these stories many times, but what does this have to do with what you are talking about?" Dongfang Ruo asked, looking at Lin Sen in front of him.
Lin Sen: "It does not sound like there is much connection. Li Bo'an and Nangong Jue, they are just insignificant individuals. Even if they become as powerful as Mei Rui, they will not be able to make any impact on the world..."
Dongfang Ruo frowned, if these words had been said before, they would definitely have been denied.
Sure enough, Lin Sen smiled bitterly after finishing speaking, and then continued: "But one individual is not terrible. When thousands of individuals condense together, the situation is completely different."
Dongfang Ruo secretly thought that it was true, and then thought carefully about what Lin Sen had just said.
"You're saying that Li Bo'an is just an example. In fact, because of this kind of negligence after the war, we laid huge hidden dangers for ourselves, and this hidden danger was later discovered and exploited by thoughtful people. Is that what you mean?"
Lin Sen nodded: "Smart, but we still need some solid evidence to prove it. However, this evidence is actually not that big. On the contrary, it is just a detail, a detail that we have ignored for a long time."
"What?"
"That's which way the wind is blowing."
"Wind direction? What wind direction?" Dongfang Ruo was confused again.
Lin Sen then told another story: "There was a legend in the history of the empire. It is said that before Talasha came into power, someone tried to change the tradition of the Zansbol Empire being ruled by a queen, and planned to elect a queen.
Have you heard of the story of a male heir with both ability and political integrity who was crowned king?"
Dongfang Ruo thought for a moment, then raised her eyebrows. She really knew: "I've heard of it. I remember that when I was studying at Hongzhe Academy, the teacher who taught classical art told us about it."
Lin Sen nodded: "That's good, but do you know that this elected male successor with both political integrity and talent tried to evade his responsibilities and stay away from the center of power before he was elected?"
Dongfang Ruo shook his head: "How could I possibly know this?"
Lin Sen smiled: "That's it... then... just think it's a story I made up."
"Oh?" Dongfang Ruo sounded weird and thought to himself at the same time: 'I thought you were making it up all the time.'
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Lin Sen say: "I won't say anything about this person's name. After all, the relevant records are all mentioned with vague code names, but I must talk about this person's experience."
Dongfang Ruo held his cheek in his hand and looked at Lin Sen and said, "Then tell me quickly."
Lin Sen felt a little embarrassed, and then started the main text of the story.
…
In the history of the Zanspore Empire, there were indeed a group of dignitaries who believed that men were superior to women. On the surface, they bowed to the Queen of the Zanspore Empire, but secretly they were trying to figure out how to subvert this country dominated by women.
A vast empire in power.
However, within the imperial system, even if civilization is highly developed, tradition and blood cannot be ignored.
Therefore, how to find an excellent male and orthodox royal heir has become the key point.
Historically, among the queen's heirs, boys have to be trained from an early age and eventually become royal knights or expedition generals. Therefore, if you want to cultivate a qualified heir without being noticed, changing the civet cat to a prince is the best way.
method.
So before Talasha, that is, in the middle of the Tussia Dynasty, a group of thoughtful people replaced Queen Tussia's son with a daughter through layers of infiltration. [In the unofficial history of the Zansbol Empire, the girl who was replaced eventually became
The leader of the Co-prosperity faction that poses the greatest threat to the imperial regime, and this Co-prosperity faction is the prototype of the Free Association government.]
Everything seems to be perfect, but this group of careerists who are deliberately planning to usurp the throne have ignored the children's own cognitive and personality growth during their growth.
So when the child came of age, the day this group of people planned to launch a coup, he ran away.
But those who lost this child were still poisoned by power, and were eventually wiped out in a massive coup.
The commander-in-chief of the imperial guard who was responsible for suppressing and clearing out the coup villains at that time was the mother of the later Queen Tarasha.
As the mother of the Human Emperor, one can imagine her character and skills.
In order to eradicate the problem, she launched a nationwide search for the boy and issued an announcement that, regardless of life or death, as long as she could bring the boy back to the imperial court, the warrior would be granted the title of Baron.
There must be a brave man under a heavy reward. For a long time in the empire at that time, many people were not doing their jobs and just thinking about how to find this boy.
There were also many people who pretended to be rewarded, but of course they were eventually discovered and executed.
In this way, three years after the nationwide manhunt, the whereabouts of the missing boy with royal orthodox blood were still unknown. In order to get the empire back on track, Tosia had no choice but to order the commander of his Imperial Guard to withdraw the reward.
From then on, the empire gradually returned to peace, but the boy's life and death still became a topic of conversation after dinner.
So where did this boy go?
Is he already dead? Or has he really gone to hide in a paradise where no one can find him?
…
Speaking of this, Lin Sen suddenly stopped.
Dongfang Ruozheng was fascinated by what he heard. When he saw Lin Sen stopped, he couldn't help but said angrily: "Hey, how could you do this? Why didn't you say anything?"
But Lin Sen winked at Dongfang Ruolai, and at the same time he stood up and walked towards the house.
Dongfang Ruo was startled when he saw this, and when he turned around, he saw Manny standing not far behind her with a tired look on her face.
"Mannie!?!" Dongfang Ruo quickly ran over to help her.
Manny was very weak, and her body was also cold. Although she hadn't felt this feeling for a long time, Dongfang Ruo would rather see Manny who enveloped herself in a light. At least she wouldn't do that.
Suffering from illness.
"Mannie! Manny! How are you, Manny?" Looking at the pale Manny in his arms, Dongfang Ruo panicked.
Manny's aura was very chaotic. Although she had her eyes open, they were full of confusion. It felt like her soul was still lost even though she was here.
"Mannie, don't scare me! Manny! Look at me? It's me! Dongfang Ruo!" Dongfang Ruo put his cold hands on his face. Dongfang Ruo wanted to wake up Man in his arms in this way.
Ni.
However, the results were little.
Not only did Manny show no signs of improvement, she even suddenly showed a frightened expression after looking at Dongfang Ruo for a while, and then began to struggle to stand up.
How could Dongfang Ruo be left alone like this again...even though she had done this before...
At this time, Lin Sen walked out of the house. He came over and said, "Hold her down. I can save her."
"You?" Dongfang Ruo was doubtful, but there was really no good way to do it at the moment. He could only believe in Lin Sen in front of him for the time being.
But Manny in her arms stopped. When she saw Lin Sen, her frightened expression was even worse than before. Not only did she start to break away, she also started to scream and kept repeating: "Don't do it."
Come here! Go away!!! Go away!!”
Dongfang Ruo became even more suspicious when he saw this, and immediately raised his hand to stop Lin Sen, and stood aside with Manni and said: "Who are you? Why is Manni so scared when she sees you?"
Lin Sen shrugged innocently and explained at the same time: "I am who I am, but maybe she doesn't see me as I am now, but as a dark, faceless monster."
monster?
If Dongfang didn't accept this explanation, she comforted Manny and said to Lin Sen: "No matter what, don't come over yet!"
Lin Sen also looked indifferent. He raised his hand, then put something on the table and said, "Okay, I'll put the 'antidote' here, you can do it yourself."
After saying that, Lin Sen walked to the earthen stove nearby, lit a fire, and started to boil water.
Dongfang Ruo looked at the so-called antidote, and it turned out to be the statue he had seen in the house before, and the statue was carved by Manny in Dongfang Ruo's arms.
But when she looked at Manny, Manny was still trembling, and the confusion in her eyes was still there, and now there was an extra layer of fear, which made the already frail little girl even more pitiable.
If Dongfang knew that ordinary methods were impossible to get Manny, the only choice now might be to believe in Lin Sen.
After thinking for a while, Dongfang Ruo said softly to Manny: "I'm sorry, Manny, it's my sister who is incompetent. Now I can only let you take the risk and give it a try."
As he said that, Dongfang Ruo grabbed the statue from the air and took the statue on the table in his hand.
Lin Sen looked at the novelty, but looked at his hands, smiled, and continued to boil water.
On the other side, Dongfang Ruo didn't know what to do after getting the statue. After looking at it carefully, she thought to herself: 'You can't really treat this thing like a pill and break it open for Manny to take, right?'
At this time, Lin Sen turned his back to Dongfang Ruo and said: "Take it and let Manny see it carefully, and she will be able to find herself."
Dongfang Ruo understood what he said, but Manny in his arms became more and more restless, and her struggle became stronger and stronger. It was extremely difficult for Dongfang to get her to look at the statue.
Moreover, after Manny saw the statue, she calmed down for a while, and then began to resist continuously, while showing an extremely painful look.
Dongfang Ruo saw something was wrong and asked again: "Hey, you're not lying to me, are you! Why is Manny looking more and more uncomfortable?"
Lin Sen rolled his eyes when he heard this, and then said: "So I told you to hold her down for me before, and I will hold the statue for her to see."
Dongfang Ruo's face turned red and he hesitated for a long time without replying. Finally, he lost his temper and raised his hand to smash the statue at the back of Lin Sen's head.
I just heard Lin Sen say "ouch".
Then...
"Is this...is this okay?" Dongfang Ruo hugged Manny from behind and tried to keep her calm, but Manny was not happy.
With a big bag on his head, Lin Sen stood there holding the statue for a long time with a helpless expression, and finally said: "You'd better sit down, hold her in your arms, and then open her eyes and let her see, OK
?”
Dongfang Ruo frowned, thinking that this was similar to some bad guys' methods of torturing people.
But in this situation, we can only do this.
It was finally done here and Manny was at peace.
Lin Sen came over with the statue and said: "Mannie, believe me, I won't harm you! I just want to help you and let you find your true self!"
With that said, Lin Sen raised the statue of Manny and placed it in front of Manny's eyes.
Manny's eyes were blurred at the moment. After she stared at the statue for a few seconds, she suddenly began to struggle desperately again, and this time she was surprisingly strong.
With Dongfang Ruo's strength, he was almost controlled.
Fortunately, if Dongfang Ruo was prepared in advance, Manny could not escape.
However, it seemed that this situation was of no use, so Dongfang Ruo asked: "What on earth is going on? Didn't you say this is the antidote? Why is Manny still like this?"
Lin Sen was very calm, he only said: "Be patient, this process is not that fast, but you have to believe me, this is the only way to save her."
Dongfang Ruo had never noticed that Lin Sen, whom she had once despised and disliked, could be so calm and fascinating, but that feeling was short-lived.
Dongfang Ruo muttered silently that this is just a puppet, the real Lin Sen is not here, not here!
The feeling disappeared.
Back to Manny, this process is indeed not very short.
Because it lasted all night.
At dawn the next day, Manny finally stopped struggling, but Dongfang Ruo felt that she was just tired and had no strength to struggle, rather than that the statue was working.
But no matter what, seeing Manny finally calm down, Dongfang Ruo's heart was at peace.
After picking up Manny and putting her on the tatami in the room, Lin Sen brought hot water and asked Dongfang Ruo to help her scrub her, then closed the door and left.
Dongfang Ruo didn't think much about it, but he happened to be sticky too, so he just wiped himself together.
But when she went out with the basin, she found that Lin Sen was missing.
Dongfang Ruo was startled and quickly put down the basin and started looking around.
As a result, Lin Sen didn't let her search for long. He was sitting by a well not far from the house, drinking cold water and humming a song leisurely.
Dongfang Ruo frowned and said, "It's very leisurely for you."
Lin Sen smiled slightly: "My biggest gain from being trapped for so long is that I learned to be calm. Although I was abandoned in the end, but actually thinking about it, it's good to get used to it and let it go."
Dongfang Ruo shook her head, and then she smiled inexplicably. She walked over, picked up the water ladle and took a sip.
The well water is extremely sweet and refreshing. It doesn't feel like ordinary water at all. It's even more amazing than fine wine.
Dongfang Ruo felt that there was hardly anything in this world that could surprise her, but she didn't expect that just a sip of cold water in the morning would make her sigh like this.
But then Lin Sen smiled: "Drink less, be careful of a bad stomach."
Dongfang Ruo's face turned red, he put the ladle down, rolled his eyes at Lin Sen and said, "Okay, stop pretending to be a worldly expert, let's talk about the unfinished story last night. I'm not like you.
So much time wasted here!”
Lin Sen slapped his forehead when he heard this: "Yeah, I almost forgot, you have to save the world! Look at my memory... Haha..."
Dongfang Ruo: "..."
Lin Sen's smile faded, he cleared his throat and said, "Well, don't think too much, I didn't mean to laugh at you."
Dongfang Ruo snorted coldly and sat down next to Lin Sen: "Who is overthinking it? Just tell me quickly. You are procrastinating and trying to trick me into subscribing!"
Lin Sen was startled when he heard this. This time it was his turn to be confused: "Scam subscription?!"