Luo Xue could never agree with what Gao Tong did. Burying him along with his ideals in the unknown deep space was the best judgment for him.
Now...
Before its death, the deep space behemoth was still trying to erode Luo Xue's mind, but it didn't know that doing so would only bring it to its demise faster.
After using the Withering Sword Intent, Luo Xue now almost became the incarnation of Withering, an existence more terrifying than any plague. Nothing can escape from Withering, even though it can be hardly defined as life.
Countless mental pollutions impacted Luo Xue's soul. She was a little dazed. It was not because the mental attack of the deep space beast was too powerful, but because she herself did not resist.
Because some people can only be seen in the deepest memory of the subconscious...
The disaster engine has completely collapsed and the core of the formation has completely disappeared.
Luo Xue was hanging alone in the air five thousand meters above the ground. She slowly closed her eyes and completed her last sword.
The deep space monster suddenly began to twist wildly. Even though it was unconscious, it felt fear from the bottom of its heart and wanted to avoid this area as much as possible.
The surrounding dark clouds were surging and moving, and countless amounts of matter were re-aggregated. The giant beast in deep space tried to give everything, but it could not stop this sword.
Huge space folds slowly emerged at this time, and a strong "string vibration" phenomenon appeared out of thin air, completely tearing apart the body of the deep space monster.
"Buzz..."
Even the last roar seemed so weak and desperate. The huge body of the deep space beast began to split from the inside, constantly breaking into small pieces of flesh and blood and scattering everywhere.
Viewed from a low altitude, it looks like a gorgeous firework made of flesh and blood. Perhaps this is the most beautiful moment in the short life of the deep space monster.
The giant beast of deep space falls.
Thirty minutes had passed since the deep space monster arrived, and the crisis was completely resolved, with humanity's only loss being one disaster engine.
When several cruise fortresses arrived at the battlefield belatedly, they could only see the remains of the deep space behemoth still suspended in the air and gradually falling.
"Oh My God... "
The military commander went to the battlefield in person, feeling the afterglow of this heroic and magnificent battle. He was speechless for a long time and could only use an ancient exclamation to express his shock that was difficult to conceal.
Only when you actually arrive at the battlefield and face the deep space behemoths that are extremely terrifying even in death, can you feel the unbelievable nature of this battle.
She really killed an entire deep space beast...
This is a super monster that even the entire cruise fortress needs to be mobilized for months to suppress.
Even though it is not in its complete form because it has just arrived, it still has many of the abilities that a deep space beast should have. Its strong healing ability, terrifying mental shock, and ineradicable physiological pollution are all weapons that can render humans helpless.
But in front of Luo Xue, the healing power is nothing compared to withering, and mental shock and physical pollution are even more useless.
Then, the commander realized the significance of this hero who almost single-handedly defeated the deep space monster to the human race today, and immediately gave the order,
"Approach the remains of the deep space monster and find the hero!"
Even if we just find the body...
"But, but..." The adjutant hesitated and said, "Even if the deep space beast is dead, it will have strong mental pollution properties... If you approach it rashly, something might go wrong."
"Overload the cruise fortress engine, activate the fully enclosed protection system, and immediately approach the remains of the deep space monster!" The commander said softly, "We are already one step late, so we can't be late for the second step."
What if the hero is still alive now, and because of their hesitation, the time is delayed and the hero can only sacrifice regretfully...
This is an outcome that cannot be tolerated.
The adjutant was silent for a while, then nodded.
"yes."
Soon, several cruise fortresses began to clean up the high-altitude battlefield before the danger period was over, and the search for the remains of the deep space behemoth also began simultaneously.
Now, whether we find the hero who is still alive or her body, it will be of great significance to mankind.
At the same time, after a long fall, the No. 132 suspended tower finally landed successfully and completed a device-free docking with the ground.
After losing the Scourge Engine, the suspended tower could no longer adjust the docking point position in mid-air and could only rely on the remaining docking devices to ensure the safety of the docking process as much as possible.
Fortunately, the landing point was a plain, and the suspended tower did not crash in the end, but the degree of damage had exceeded ten percent.
As a result, many people living in the tower on the lower three floors suffered casualties, especially those living near the docking device, where the casualty rate exceeded 30%.
But, anyway...
Suspension Tower No. 132 successfully survived the crisis.
But it also became the first suspended tower without a scourge engine... No, now it can only be called a tower city.
This may become the first high tower city built by mankind in the endless wasteland, and the people living in the city will soon face the same dilemma as the people living in the wasteland.
Facing the natural disasters and catastrophes that are everywhere on the earth, every day you survive is a blessing.
On the ninth floor of the high tower city, Ling Ling stared blankly up at the sky through the gray observation window.
Her gaze was still fixed on the remains of the deep space beast that had become a smaller dot, hoping that the person she missed would fall from the sky and return to her.
Celis sat silently nearby. She knew very well how great everything she had just witnessed was.
But... the price is that the world has lost a serious girl forever.
"Sister Xue'er...it will take a long time for her to come back, right?"
Ling Ling finally withdrew her gaze and looked at Celis.
Celis didn't say anything, she looked up at Lingling.
She thought she would see a pair of hopeful eyes, or the sadness of knowing the truth, but she found that Lingling's eyes were very dull.
Ling Ling...seemed to have known it all along, and she had accepted it all.
Being stared at by such a pair of eyes, Celis opened her mouth, and the words she had prepared were on the tip of her tongue, but in the end, she could not say anything. She just nodded slightly.
"... Um."
"Did Sister Xueer succeed?" Lingling asked again.
Celis nodded vigorously this time.
"Um."
"Sure enough, Sister Xue'er is the most powerful!"
Lingling sighed. She walked to the window, raised her little hand, and gently touched the glass window, as if she was caressing Sister Xueer above the sky.
"Sister Celis, can you promise me one thing?" Ling Ling suddenly turned her head and said.
"... you say."
"Can you please not demolish the lab?"
Ling Ling said seriously, "I want to do something amazing. Even if I can't compare to Sister Xue'er, she should praise me when she comes back."
Celis's eyes flickered slightly, and she lowered her eyes.
"Sure... no problem."
Chapter 151 How long will it take, Sister Xueer
The third deep space behemoth crisis was resolved in a total of thirty-two minutes, the shortest duration in history.
The first two deep space behemoth crises lasted six months and four months respectively, with response times of fifteen days and three days.
At the same time, this crisis had the lowest casualty rate among several attacks by deep space monsters. The human side only lost one Scourge Engine, and about 5% of the residents of the 132nd suspended tower suffered casualties. The tower city as a whole remained intact.
Gao Tong, the former mayor of the 132nd Suspended Tower, was convicted of crimes against humanity, severance of civilization, and genocide, and should have been sentenced to exile to deep space.
But in the final battle, he overdrew his own superpowers and fell into the cracks of shattered time and space, which was an even more cruel and painful end than deep space.
After learning of Qualcomm's death, some of Qualcomm's followers committed suicide to apologize, while others received the due trial.
In addition, as the first ground-based tower city, No. 132 Suspended Tower is excluded from the organization of suspended towers. It no longer has a mayor, but is directly governed by a governor sent by the federal government.
The first governor was Winna Celis, who was responsible for the post-war reconstruction of the Tower City.
Only a part of the residents of the upper three floors left this ground-based high-rise tower city and headed for other suspended high-rise towers, but most of them stayed in this ill-fated city and experienced life and death with it.
The laboratory project that Qualcomm applied for to the federal government during his lifetime was officially approved. The person in charge was temporarily appointed by Governor Celis, and after three years, it would be handed over to the heroic orphan Lingling - the federation could not employ child laborers itself.
...That's right, after confirming the death of the hero who defeated the deep space beast alone, Ling Ling has been identified as her relative who remained in this world.
Ling Ling did not choose to make Luo Xue's name public. In her opinion, Sister Xue'er was just her Sister Xue'er, and she did not want this name to be spread among the world.
In addition, Ling Ling, who knew Sister Xue'er's personality very well, was also clear that Luo Xue did not care about these things, but instead did not like to be too much of the spotlight.
So in the end, Celis chose Luo Xue's pseudonym "Li Guijiao" as the hero's name that would be recorded in history forever.
Lone heroes are always easy to be sought after, not to mention eventually fall.
The perfect hero is a dead hero.
With the intentional or unintentional promotion of the Federal Parliament, the name "Li Guijiao" quickly spread throughout all the suspended towers and became a saint-like existence.
Even the barbarians knew that there was such a magical girl who, under immense pressure, single-handedly killed a powerful being that even the big shots could do nothing about.
At this time, the hero's most caring sister Lingling naturally received a lot of attention and attracted everyone's sympathy.
Moreover, her identity as the daughter of Lingxi was deliberately chosen to be announced at this time, directly drawing people's attention to the strangeness of Lingxi's death that year.
The Lingxi Laboratory incident was finally reopened for investigation, and the sixteen charges against Lingxi were dropped, restoring all the reputation he had enjoyed during his lifetime.
After the reconstruction, the laboratory received funding from the Federal Parliament and a large amount of donations from the public. As a result, the research topic of people with special abilities was once again put on the desk of all laboratories.
In this way, the ground tower city spent three dull years after its magnificent historical moment, until Lingling officially took over the Lingxi Laboratory project, which once again shocked the entire human world.
Ling Ling had just become the head of the laboratory when she produced a report that shocked the entire human civilization.
— "Natural Disaster Engine Research and Development Report"
Qualcomm had already left behind a lot of information on this aspect. In the past few years, Lingling has been using the necklace "Lingxi Remains" to conduct research and supplement the basic knowledge she lacks.
Gao Tong’s judgment was correct. Lingling did inherit her father’s wisdom and creativity.
In the past few years, the project was delayed because she had little interest and was still young and unable to understand such complex and extensive knowledge.
When Lingling decided to advance the research herself, the efficiency became terrifying.
More importantly...
She is actually a cultivator.
Although the breathing technique left by Luo Xue is simple and cannot break through to the level of soul accumulation, it is indeed a practical method of cultivating immortals that can help Ling Ling feel the existence of the spiritual power of heaven and earth.
The Calamity Engine is essentially a formation. Ordinary people who cannot sense spiritual power can only simply piece together the formation runes like the tower.
The "string vibration" device that Gao Tong used with his special powers and the entire suspended tower was indeed ingenious, but it was so fragile that even Luo Xue, a complete layman in formations, could easily crack it.
Not to mention the Scourge Engine, which is the greatest creation left by previous civilizations.
The operation of the core of the formation alone was incomprehensible even to Luo Xue, an orthodox cultivator. She could only use the authority key to simply overload it until it collapsed.
If it fell into the hands of a cultivator like Li Guijiao who was proficient in formations, it could at least increase its power by about 40%.
Therefore, Lingling, through her own sensitivity to spiritual power, combined with the information left by Gaotong and the ideas left by Lingxi, directly shortened the journey that would have taken humans at least a hundred years to within ten years.
The research and development report she held in her hand had already reached the stage of feasibility testing.
Once the feasibility test is completed, it means that humans have the ability to mass-produce suspended towers, and human civilization will surely enter a new era.
At the same time, the development of an awakening potion that allows ordinary people to become people with special abilities has been completed and has entered the small-scale experimental stage. It is hoped that artificial awakening of special abilities can be achieved within five years.
And based on the research on deep space monsters, genetic medicine has achieved a phased breakthrough. Qualcomm's lifelong wish is no longer a mirage, and becoming a level 10 ability person has become a possibility.
Of course, the use of these two drugs has become much more standardized than before, and the federal government has established corresponding systems to restrict them to prevent them from getting out of control again.
Everything is moving in a good direction. Because of these achievements, the former No. 132 suspended tower was awarded the title of No. 1 ground tower city by the federal government.
Amidst all this fame, Ling Ling's identity as the orphan of a hero was gradually forgotten. Even her father was rarely mentioned. Her reputation in the No. 1 Ground Tower even surpassed that of Governor Lady Celis.
However, Celis didn't care much about these things. She would never forget the shock of witnessing the battle between the giant beasts in deep space that day.
Compared to that great war, the power to rule a small tower city was not worth mentioning at all, and it was not enough to make her inflate.
Although she is now in a completely different position than before, Ling Ling has never forgotten why she tried her best to do all this.
As usual, Lingling came to the observation window again and looked up at the sky.
Now she has grown into a pretty young lady with a graceful figure. At the age of sixteen, her figure is already well-proportioned, but it is mostly concealed by the plain white coat.
But... in Lingling's heart, she will always be the little sister who follows Sister Xueer around, tugging at the corners of her clothes and learning to speak.
"Sister Xue'er, the last time we met was two years ago... How long will it be this time?"