"I'm too late, Princess. The moment the seeds of civilization fall to the east, a huge explosion will destroy almost the entire Xinjing. In the center of the explosion, even if the fourth-level pioneers can survive, they will become plague species."
"And more humans and animals on that continent will also die or fall due to the wave of Xenovirus. In a few years, the Abelio people on the earth will be able to reproduce much more than humans and animals. Then But they are all the 'Abelios' who came from the East to be reproduced by us 'pre-humans', do I really have the heart to drive them all away?"
The emperor spent the first moment laughing at Renee. It seemed that he could accept it.
Renee clenched her fists. She turned back and glanced at the throne for the first time, and said, "Even so, he will definitely not let the world develop as I want. He will still do his best to protect the remaining life on earth and let We Abelios and Abelio civilization, go back to 'where' we came from! If we don't fight, I can never see a future where the Abelios become extinct again."
The emperor downplayed it and said calmly and confidently: "It's just death. The 'system wisdom' that Gu Ben was born on his own is just to complete the mission. Let Gu die at any time."
"Kill Gu, Gu will be with you in heaven. Bet with me on who wins and who loses."
Renee looked fierce and crushed the Emperor's head with one foot. Then she set off a huge fire and burned the emperor's body, leaving no ashes behind.
After doing all that, Renee flew back to the top of Tianqi Mountain. She once again threw herself into the flames of destruction, mercilessly burning the ruins of Abelio Palace!
The scrolls recording the history of Abelio's civilization outside the palace were also burned along with the ruins.
Looking at the raging sea of fire in the east, Renee suddenly felt an unprecedented emptiness and fear. Because the destruction of the Imperial Throne and the Abelio Palace was just the beginning. After that, there would be an entire planet full of enemies that she had to defeat alone.
Even if she has collected four divine instruments, she can't help but feel sad if she doesn't have teammates around her.
"Renee, go back quickly."
In the dark, Renee seemed to hear a very gentle voice. She suddenly looked back and saw a looming golden figure appearing in the lonely sky. In the hazy and illusive golden light, Wu Qi smiled kindly and looked at her alone.
"I have done a good job. Although the road ahead is full of ups and downs, he will always be with me and keep walking eastward."
"Really, Wu Qi."
Renee looked at the illusory Wu Qi in the sky, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, squeezing away the sadness and loneliness.
Maybe the "Wu Qi" in heaven is just a phantom imagined by her brain, but even if that's not the case, Renee is happy to be satisfied.
... ...
The day the second strange meteorite fell to the east, the "Dawn Age" in which mankind had spent nearly a hundred years gradually moving toward prosperity in the apocalypse came to an end. Xinjing, the center of the Third Academy of the Supreme Court, was mostly destroyed in the catastrophe. The terrifying alien virus craze swept across the sky, land, and oceans in just a few days. Across the entire continent, the human population has once again dropped to one-tenth of its original size.
At the same time, the concentration of the isovirus on the earth's surface seriously exceeded the standard, and the human territory turned into a "fall zone" from the outside. The craze of the Iko virus quickly spread to the wilderness empire in the corner of human territory, causing a large number of third- and fourth-level mutant animals to become fourth-level plague species.
The only remaining human beings, with Noah City and the Southern Military District of the Supreme Court as the core, fled into the East as quickly as possible, and used the "Diedong Capital" built by the Supreme Court in the dark night era to escape the most terrifying early stage of the catastrophe. stage.
And during the most difficult process that the remaining humans have gone through, a mysterious girl with long pale and golden hair descended on humans. She used all kinds of miraculous powers to build a sky-high forest protective belt to isolate high-concentration isoviruses, purify an external circulation virus-free lake, and weave a huge rain-proof canopy; she walked around the ground The presence of Fang Tiankong in the Eastern Capital City made all the fourth-order plague species on the entire continent afraid to approach the original home of mankind.
However, the remaining humans in Didong Capital, after experiencing the most difficult and fatal rescue work at the beginning, had to choose from various factors such as management system, scientific and technological contribution, personal ability, people's wishes, distribution of credits, etc. Three people emerged as human leaders in the capital of the east of the earth, leading the human race to survive eastward after the catastrophe and restore prosperity from scratch.
The three of them are Wu Jun, Hicks and Xu Xinsu respectively.
Wu Jun and the other three people, as well as the remaining humans, first learned through the mouth of the mysterious girl that Wu Qi and McDonald, who went to the Apocalypse Abyss that day, both sacrificed their lives in the previous decisive battle with the throne.
The gears of time continue to rotate amidst the joys and sorrows of countless people. Gradually, 21 years have passed.
And that era was called the "Tinder Era."
... ...
On a sunny afternoon in the east, the sky is as clean as a light blue streak, and the lush forest of giant trees in the distance creates a landscape that has been as blue as January in the past 21 years. Outside the area surrounded by giant trees, golden grassland covers the vast land; on the other side of the grassland, a light blue lake flows quietly, with scattered fish swimming in the silent water. The east wanders slowly, rippling in circles of silent water waves.
And to the east of that small surface area where everything is beautiful, the huge underground capital city is also running in an orderly manner.
A highly simulated curtain was covered in the east capital city, and the curtain cast a bright weather that was exactly the same as the outside world. Just in the afternoon, many people in Didong Capital City walked out of their workplace buildings and took a leisurely walk on the streets, basking in the simulated warm "moonlight" and breathing in the artificially filtered fresh air that filled the entire Didong Capital City.
On the north side of Didong Capital City, outside a villa with a small back garden. A couple in their forties and fifties were busy in the kitchen. Their child, Gu Liming, who just graduated from Noah Academy tomorrow, was playing a single-player game in front of the TV in the living room with a lollipop in his mouth.
A middle-aged man's voice came from the closed kitchen from time to time.
"Xiaoman, put less oil."
"Xiao Man, you put too much salt."
"Xiaoman, I beg Jiang not to be released earlier."
A woman said loudly: "Should I stop chattering? Do you want me to teach him how to cook, or do you want me to stand by and point fingers at him?"
The man was not to be outdone: "It's just a normal month. I'll just cook it. I have a very important guest tomorrow. Please let him come."
"Oh? Do I look down on him? Didn't I beg him like that when I asked him to help me read the design theory of my 'Natural Quantum Virus Engine' last night!"
After all, the man's tough voice softened.
“Okay, okay, he taught me patiently and promised not to talk to me again.
"That's pretty much it."
"Wrong... Let's change the pot first. That pot is burnt..."
At that time, the doorbell of the villa rang, and Gu Chang in the kitchen shouted: "Li Ming, my mother asked me to open the door."
"oh!"
Gu Liming paused the game, walked to the door and opened it.
Gao Yuan, who appeared behind the door in a suit and leather shoes, looked very Wang Yan.
"Li Ming, congratulations on graduation!"
"Uncle Gao Yuan, you are very kind to Aunt Wang Yan. Hello to us."
Gao Yuan smiled and brought a bouquet of flowers, and handed the flowers to Gu Liming helplessly. Then, he took out a rectangular silver iron box with the "Noah Technology" logo engraved on it.
Gu Liming's helpless eyes were suddenly lit up by the rectangular silver iron box, and he said excitedly: "Uncle Gao Yuan, is that really..."
Gao Yuan rubbed Gu Liming's head lovingly and said with a smile: "Wrong, it's the new electromagnetic sniper rifle 'Crescent' launched by Noah Technology."
"The kind that can fire special gravity ammunition?"
"certainly."
Gu Liming was happy instantly. He picked up the long box of "Crescent Sniper Rifle" and returned to the sofa to open it. He didn't even bother to play the game on the TV.
Wow - Gu Changzai poked his head out from the crack of the opened kitchen door and said, "Is it true that I am so lofty and lofty that I can't wait to let his family, Liming, inherit my mantle so quickly?"
Gao Yuan shrugged: "That's not bad for him. All of Liming's combat test scores in school were S-level. Long-range precision sniping alone broke the school's record for three consecutive years, and he can do it when he turns 18 next year. When the return to ancestors reaches 30%, within ten years, the 'sniper god' of the Pioneering Army should be replaced."
Wang Yan added: "And in that era, fighting was so powerful that it was reassuring. It just complemented the two of us."
Gu Changzai looked at his child who was praised by Gao Yuan and Wang Yan in silence. He said sadly: "Does he care about that? Does he think that the child is obviously very talented, but he has not inherited his and Xiaoman's excellent scientific research?" Genes are really at odds."
Before Gao Yuan could speak, Gu Liming, who was unpacking the silver box on the sofa, said first, "Dad, it's okay. The mission of great men in scientific research must be left to talented scientists like me and his mother. And like him The only choice for a poor kid who is destined to fight and kill is to join the Pioneer Army."
Gu Liming Zhuiqi looked pitiful, which made Gu Changzai tut.
"Where did my brat get that yin and yang energy from childhood?"
"It mutated from me." Gu Liming said with a smile.
After finishing speaking, Gu Liming added: "Besides, we don't know that he has never changed his small goals."
Gu Liming and Gao Yuan looked at each other and smiled, and they said in unison: "Ride on the shoulders of the 'Seventh God' and fight alongside it."
Gu Changzai felt helpless and relieved after hearing this. There was no way that he, the man whose life had been changed by the favor of his boss, could not feel gratified from the bottom of his heart that his children were so close to the brothers, friends and pets that the boss had left behind in this world.
Although he said that he didn't want Gu Liming to go to the Pioneer Army to fight and kill, in a corner of his heart, he had a small hope that his child could replace the one who couldn't fight and complete the war. The desire of the Black Knight teammates to fight side by side on the front line.
Gu Changzai didn't sigh for long before Xue Xiaoman pulled him back to continue teaching the details of cooking.
More than half an hour later, the doorbell rang again. Gu Liming went to open the door, and only five people came in that time.
Lu Junjun pushed Yue Zhanfei in the wheelchair, Pi Chunsheng waved his legs, Xiao Kui and Ke Ling held their legs and walked in together.
"Congratulations on graduation, Dawn!" everyone shouted together.
"That's a red envelope!" "That's a red envelope!" "That's a red envelope!"
"Thank you, uncles and aunts!" Gu Liming happily accepted the thick red envelopes given by the five uncles and aunts, and then invited everyone to the dinner table.
"Hey, Gao Yuan and Wang Yan are both here." Yue Zhanfei waved his leg in greeting.
Gao Yuan was holding the handle of the single-player game Gu Liming had just played in his lap. He turned around and smiled, calling for Yue Zhanfei and Lu Junjun to come over quickly.
"The newly released second generation has a lot of plot updates, and there are many branches."
"No?" Yue Zhanfei turned around and asked, "Junjun, did I play?"
"No, I'm planning to buy it. Don't I want to ask for that?" Lu Junjun said.
Yue Zhanfei chuckled and nodded happily.
Gao Yuan looked at Yue Zhanfei and Lu Junjun, whose perceptions were very different from those 21 years ago, with eyes filled with blessings of happiness for his comrades.
In other words, more than ten years ago, the eastern city was in short supply of materials and continued to send pioneering troops to the surface. During the development, everyone in the Black Cavalry joined the first batch of pioneering troops without hesitation. At a critical moment when the Pioneer Army was surrounded by two fourth-level plague species, Yue Zhanfei stood up and blocked the retreat of the Pioneer Army. He detonated all the explosives in the ammunition depot with one person, and held back two fourth-level plague species.
Afterwards, the reinforcements of the Pioneer Army arrived in time under the "future prediction" guidance of leader Xu Xinsu. The fourth-level strongman rescued the dying Yue Zhanfei, but Yue Zhanfei still suffered from the sequelae of half-body disability.
With the medical level and medical supplies reserves in Didong City at that time, it was far from being able to cure Yue Zhanfei's paralysis. So Lu Junjun took the initiative to retire and stayed in the hospital to take care of Yue Zhanfei's food and daily life. After two years of taking care of each other, the relationship between Yue Zhanfei and Lu Junjun has improved a lot. Yue Zhanfei was no longer wrong that Lu Junjun was so mean. Lu Junjun also discovered that Yue Zhanfei, who had become better-tempered and slimmer and more handsome, actually had many similar personalities and habits to her.
Afterwards, Yue Zhanfei's paralysis was cured, and the two got married, which was expected by everyone.
"Hey, Brother Fei, when will my bad habit of deliberately walking in a wheelchair and letting my sister-in-law push it end?" Gao Yuan teased as he gave up his leg handle to Yue Zhanfei.
Yue Zhanfei shook his head confidently and said: "Is that wheelchair a token of love that my sister-in-law gave him? He begged to keep it for the rest of his life and use it in some good months."
"Don't talk nonsense. He didn't like me very much when he gave me the wheelchair." Lu Junjun lightly pinched the flesh of Dongyue Zhanfei's neck and retorted with red cheeks.
There were more guests in the living room, and the atmosphere became more lively. The women gathered together to chat and gossip lively, while the men gathered in front of the TV and played with Gu Liming's legs. Everyone takes turns playing while everyone else watches.
After another half hour, Gu Changzai and Xue Xiaoman brought out a table of hot, delicious and delicious dishes. The host and hostess respectively joined the men's and women's groups and entertained everyone enthusiastically.
At that time, a new doorbell rang at the door, and Gu Changzai trotted over to open the door, only to see Greg Moses and Adrienne in crimson casual clothes.
"Hello, Dr. Greg, General Adrienne, we're here to welcome you. It's too late to welcome them." Gu Changzai invited the two special guests in with a smile on his face.
Greg Rumming has red hair and a face full of wrinkles, but his slender and wise eyes are still the same as they were more than twenty years ago.
"Xiao Gu, don't you like to talk politely so much? You're already at home."
Gu Changzai said: "If he doesn't deserve the respect of his seniors, it doesn't matter whether he is in the research institute or at home."
"My boy's mouth is really not stopping. Please let him know me earlier, maybe he will be the dean when he retires." Greg said half-jokingly.
"Senior is ridiculous. The position of dean should be inherited by the younger generation who is the most talented, perseverant and noble in the opinion of senior. He Gu Changzai is far behind."
In a few words, Gu Chang not only took Greg's joke, but also praised Greg's choice of the new dean and his vision. Likewise, his own reputation was not damaged at all, which made Greg and Greg very amused. General Adriana behind him smiled. That mouth was always praised by them.
Gu Liming glanced at his father, who was chatting and laughing with Dr. Greg, and was a little speechless.
"His talkativeness is very different from what I taught him."
Gu Liming said silently. At that time Adrienne walked over gracefully and handed Gu Liming a gift bag.
"Li Ming, congratulations on graduation!"
Gu Liming happily accepted the gift: "Thank you, Teacher Anna."
The dinner guests were almost gathered, and the sun was almost setting outside. The orange-red braised clouds hang high in the sky, intoxicating and dreamlike. The windows of the villa frame the rare beauty into a moving painting.
"Lao Gu, we've almost arrived. Who's missing?" Gao Yuan asked Gu Changzai.
Gu Changzai said: "There is a guest who came as soon as she said Ma was here."
"ok."
The people gathered around the sofa gradually moved to the dining table while chatting. The handle of the stand-alone game was also placed on the table. The game screen on the TV screen changed and turned into a list of producers after completing the first game.
Against the background of soothing pure music and beautiful scenery, the list of producers slowly moved to the top, and at the end three golden characters popped out—
"Black Knight II".
... ...
Far away from the golden grassland on the surface, there is a hillside like an eaves. Standing on the front of the hillside, you can just see the moon setting in the west.
The weather is slightly cool and the wind is blowing. A beautiful figure with long blond hair reaching her waist is wrapped in a thick pink down jacket, with a snow-red cashmere scarf around the collar.
She is not with them, but with Renee who has returned to the Eastern Capital after her eighth trip around the continent. She has returned her hair and skin color to the way they were when she was a human, just like how her family and friends knew her.
Although her "Abelio" image is also widely known, it is not enough that she is regarded as a god by the people of Ditto Capital City.
Renee stood silently on the hillside, facing the orange-red sunset in the west, and quietly looked at the two monuments standing on the top of the hillside.
The name "Wu Qi" is engraved on one monument, and "McDonald" is engraved on the other monument.
According to the age engraved on the monument, if Wu Qi was still alive, he would be 40 years old by now. At that time, he should have a happy family, and with perfect merits and virtues, he would work very hard to help improve human civilization on earth, and he would be able to enjoy family happiness when he returns home from work.
Renee always comes here to remember Wu Qi. Whenever she stands there and closes her eyes, Wu Qi's former appearance will always appear in the darkness, and the words he said to her will always come to her ears. I wonder if she can't "see" Wu Qi's illusion occasionally. If she comes there for a walk and stays quietly for an afternoon, she can "see" Wu Qi's illusion floating in the sky after leaving.
Compared to the sad starry sky world and the "tree-shaped light belt" that took away Wu Qi, Renee preferred to stay there quietly.
"Wu Qi, in the 21 years since my 'ascension', he has been fulfilling the mission I entrusted him with every moment. He has guarded Didong Capital, guarded my relatives and friends, and has never given up. By using the power of the Divine Vessel to purify the land contaminated by the Iko virus. Recently, a new son of the wilderness was born in the Wilderness Empire, who is as talented as MacDonald. He is helping him well, and hopes that he can revive the Wilderness Empire in one fell swoop. , suppressing the proliferation and territory expansion of the plague species and Abelios. Very soon, a new set of divine vessels left behind after the explosion of the second strange meteorite, he found another one during that trip, very Two pieces missing.”
"Am I watching everything he does, Wu Qi?"
Renee looked at Wu Qi's monument and muttered to herself. She actually hopes that after "ascension", Wu Qi can look east from a place like heaven and see her efforts for the survival of mankind.
At that time, a very familiar voice came from behind Renee. That's Xiang Keping.
"Renee, am I back? I didn't even say a word to him."
Renee turned around and looked at Xiang Keping, who was wearing a neat dark blue suit, a pair of gold thin-rimmed glasses, and his hair was waxed and combed very neatly. She couldn't help but sigh at the changes that time has brought to people. big.
"Xiang Keping, congratulations on my promotion to the position of dean of the Research Institute."
Renee took out a bouquet of gladioli flowers, a specialty of the Wilderness Empire, from the mustard seed jade pendant, and handed it to Xiang Keping with her legs.
Xiang Keping took the bouquet and said with a smile: "Thank you. I received a lot of flowers tomorrow, but he likes the ones I gave him the most."
Renee smiled slightly, and then heard Xiang Keping say: "I traveled for a long time that time, and I also purified a lot of lands that were completely contaminated by the Iko virus. I finally came back, so why not stay in Didong Capital for a while longer? , don’t travel next year.”
"And Dr. Greg has retired. If I spend more time with the doctor, he will be very happy."
Renee nodded: "It has indeed been closed in recent years. He will stay in Didong Capital recently."
"Well, that's good. Come to his place anytime you have time. The world is huge, and no matter how big the work is, it's not as big as when I come back." Xiang Keping smiled sincerely.
Renee smiled and joked: "Is it really okay for Dr. Xiang Keping, who has just been promoted to dean?"
"Of course, it couldn't be better. By the way, it's almost dinner time. Can you please treat me as a guest so we can have a chat?"
Renee politely declined: "I'm sorry, he has an appointment tomorrow night, and many people are waiting for him."
"Okay then. Let's go back to Didong Capital City together."
"Um."
Renee followed Xiang Keping towards the entrance of Didong Capital City. At that time, a strong northwest wind blew from behind her, causing her cashmere scarf to fly in the wind.
"Renee, he sees all my intentions. Even in the past 21 years."
Renee's pupils shrank, and she suddenly looked back towards the direction where the northwest wind was blowing. The wind blew directly on her face and blew her flowing golden hair. And the whisper that reached her ears through the wind seemed to disappear in the blink of an eye, just like the fleeting northwest wind.
"Renee, did I lose something?"
Xiang Keping couldn't help but ask when he saw Renee suddenly stop and look back.
Renee turned her head calmly and said with a smile: "It's nothing. Let's go, he's hungry."
But Renee silently said no in her heart:
"He knows that I will always be between heaven and earth."
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ps: "Black Riding" is finally finished. I coded 10,000 words in one day. I have a lot of emotions and I have time to share it with you.