January 2, 2020, Martyrs Cemetery in City B.
B City has a rare blue sky, with a few wisps of white clouds floating in the sky like gauze. If you look up at the light blue sky, you will be dazzled by the bright sunshine.
"What a nice weather..." Cui Heyu was wearing a black suit and holding a bunch of white lilies in his hand. It hurt a little to look directly at his sunglasses, so he reached out to cover his glasses.
A drop of water splashed from the lily petals, and Cui Heyu's palms became wet. He wiped his face vigorously and wiped away the water marks at the corners of his eyes.
"I thought it would be cloudy and rainy on days like this." Yan Yongfeng put his arm around Cui Heyu's shoulders, "But there's not even any haze today, so why isn't it raining?"
"Yeah, why isn't it raining?" Cui Heyu smiled bitterly. It would be great if it rained. You wouldn't know whether it was tears or rain that was sliding down your face.
"The funeral is almost time, where is Liang Xian?" Qiu Qizhen also held a bouquet of lilies in his hand. He looked at the newly built tombstone, on which was engraved Tan Yan's life experience, from coming into this world to leaving in December 2019. The first part was his contribution as a police officer in Ping County, and the second part was his experience after joining the National Technical Safety Department.
Every simple word composes the glory of Tan Yan's life.
"Liang Xian said he won't come." Asan walked over, with the name tag on his chest reading "Gong Tianhua from the Superpower Team".
Yan Yongfeng was the first to see the name tag: "I've known you for so long, but this is the first time I know your name. It turns out your last name is not Chai."
"At that time, it was a special mission. Our team usually didn't use real names when doing missions, so as to avoid people finding my family members based on my name information." Ah San smiled bitterly, "So he didn't even know my real name in the end."
"Liang Xian once said that missing someone is also a kind of quantum entanglement. If the consciousness is strong enough, it can be detected by people who are close to you. Many sixth senses are born from this. He is so powerful that as long as you concentrate on thinking, he will feel it." Tu Zishi's voice was a little hoarse.
"Then... as long as my consciousness is strong enough, can I..." As San said this, his voice became a little choked up. He rubbed his temples with his hands, squatted down weakly and said, "It's great to be a water-type mutant. I can control my tears with my consciousness."
"You can't cry today," Qiao Zhixue came over with a white flower pinned to his chest, followed by a little deer with a black veil tied around its right front leg and a black tablet on its antlers. "If his consciousness is still there, he will definitely be attracted here. He can see us. He hopes that even without him, we can still defeat the apocalypse. What he wants to see is not a crying warrior, but us who turn sadness into motivation."
After Qiao Zhixue finished speaking, he pounded his chest hard with his fist, as if doing so could make him feel less depressed.
"Where is Liang Xian?" Minister Yu, who was presiding over the funeral, came over and asked.
"He's not coming," Tian Shen No. 2's voice was no longer as excited as before, and he said in a low voice, "He doesn't acknowledge this funeral. Mom will continue to look for Dad. Oh, and Uncle Tan promised me to call him Dad."
Minister Yu touched the tablet and the deer's horns and said hoarsely, "If you don't want to come, then don't come. The time is up, everyone go line up."
Minister Yu walked up to the podium step by step, and couldn't help but recall what happened a few days ago.
Liang Xian pressed the alarm like crazy, asking all members of the special power team to gather in Tan Yan's room within one minute.
"Check the surveillance!" Liang Xian said, "There is a surveillance camera in front of Tan Yan's door. We can find out where he went. Find him. We must find him. It's nothing to kiss him and then run away. Find..."
He was shaking all over. Although he was a strong young soldier, his legs were not strong enough to support Liang Xian to stand. He squatted down while speaking, almost begging everyone to help him find Tan Yan.
"I, I filmed it." Tianshen No. 2 suddenly said, "Mom didn't let us follow them and drove us to another room. I used remote control to secretly open the laptop on Tan's father's desk, and the built-in camera filmed it."
After Tianshen No. 2 finished speaking, he played the video of that time. Everyone looked at the tablet screen and saw that Tan Yan was kissing Liang Xian while lighting the extinguished candle with the candle in his hand.
The moment he touched Liang Xian, his body suddenly disintegrated and blew away like ashes. His arm disappeared, the candle fell to the ground and went out, and the picture finally froze on Tan Yan's smiling face.
Qiao Zhixue immediately collected air in the room for analysis and found many rare elements that do not exist in the air but belong to the human body.
"Tan Yan's body must have reached its limit, and his consciousness can no longer support this body that should have died long ago. This body has been in a forced peak state. Its collapse is no longer explained by sudden aging or death. Every molecule in this body has reached its limit, and even the molecular state cannot be maintained, which is why this kind of ashes and smoke has occurred." Qiao Zhixue whispered while holding the test sheet, "In fact, Tan Yan has long been unable to maintain his vital signs. If it weren't for his extraordinary consciousness, he might not even be able to lift his arms."
No matter how hard everyone searched, they could only collect some trace elements in the air, and Tan Yan just disappeared.
Liang Xian believed that even if the body disappeared, Tan Yan's consciousness must exist. Because the energy of the sun was too strong, the consciousness would be hurt by the sun, so he immediately sealed all the windows in the room and stayed in the room waiting for Tan Yan to come back to find him.
No one stopped his almost crazy behavior. Everyone hoped that Tan Yan had not disappeared completely. If a conscious being existed, they could also find a way to make Tan Yan reappear.
But one day, two days... 2019 passed, and New Year's Day 2020 arrived, but Tan Yan still did not show up.
Everybody gave up.
Qiao Zhixue had tested the energy fluctuations in the room and confirmed that there was no strong energy reaction. The consciousness of a superpower is different from that of an ordinary person and can be captured by instruments. But there was no such thing in the room, and the deer that had quantum entanglement with Tan Yan had never received any prompts. All the facts proved that Tan Yan's consciousness dissipated along with his body.
Even if you don't want to believe it, you have to admit the fact that Tan Yan has left.
Since there was no body, Minister Yu could only carve a tombstone for Tan Yan in the Martyrs' Cemetery, write his life story on it, and set up a cenotaph.
On the day of the funeral, more than 20,000 superpower warriors, superpower teams, research team members, and Guo Ji'an's logistics personnel were all present, and even national leaders came to attend the funeral.
Minister Yu stood on the podium and said solemnly: "Today, we mourn the death of Comrade Tan Yan, a revolutionary martyr who fought for the country and the people all his life. He left us forever in the early morning of December 23, 2019, plunging us into infinite grief.
Comrade Tan Yan joined the people's police force at the age of 18. He has not been afraid of sacrifice, hardship or hard work. He has protected the world for forty-one years with perseverance and responsibility. In the last moments of his life, he trained more than 20,000 super-powered warriors for the country, leaving behind valuable experience and abilities for all mankind to fight against the end of the world.
Over the past 41 years, Comrade Tan Yan has protected national and people's property worth countless amounts. He has quietly made contributions beyond the scope of his job responsibilities, but he has never sought credit, been arrogant or shown off. He has been burning his remaining energy at his post like a nail.
Comrade Tan Yan left us not only strength and experience, but also the persistence of never giving up in the face of difficulties, the courage to stand up in desperate situations, and the fighting spirit to overcome everything in the journey of human evolution. Losing him is a huge loss to the country, the people and even all of humanity. His existence gives spiritual sustenance to all the superpower fighters and even us logistics workers. With him, we are fearless.
We are cowards who put all the responsibility on him, and we panicked the moment he left. I and everyone here cannot even imagine what we would do without him. Do we have the ability to continue on this thorny road
I think the answer is yes, because although Comrade Tan Yan is gone, his spirit will always be with us. Each of you is a soldier trained by him, a spark lit by the afterglow of his life, and a hope that will set the prairie ablaze and illuminate the darkness in the future. Tell me loudly, can you do it? "
"Yes!" The voices of more than 20,000 people were like a loud bell, startling the geese flying in the sky.
"I am very pleased that our soldiers have such determination, and I believe that we will fight our way out. This is what Comrade Tan Yan taught us, and it is also what every revolutionary soldier must have. The road to evolution is long, and perhaps my lifetime, your lifetime, and even your descendants will not be able to see the end, but I believe that we will definitely pass on the courage like Comrade Tan Yan, and after countless generations, we will eventually achieve the evolution of all mankind."
Minister Yu took a deep breath, suppressed the tears in the corners of his eyes, raised his right hand solemnly and seriously, turned around and looked at the tombstone of Tan Yan in front of him: "Salute to Comrade Tan Yan!"
"Salute to Comrade Tan Yan!"
The uniform salute, with the right hand level with the temple, seemed to be promising to Tan Yan that we will keep going all the way, and even if it is difficult, we will not forget our original intention, keep our mission in mind, and pass on the spirit of never giving up.
"I have discussed with the national leaders and decided to disclose the 'empty' matter to the public and make public every detail of Tan Yan's life. His contributions cannot be buried, and the country cannot continue to conceal it like this." Minister Yu's expression was solemn. "This is a disaster for all mankind. Everyone has the right to know."
No one objected, only Qiao Zhixue sighed: "It will cause unrest."
"No." Minister Yu looked at him seriously and said, "I will give speeches all over the country, Cui Heyu will monitor the Internet at all times, and the national police and armed police forces will be on standby at any time. Once there are any signs of unrest, we will immediately arrest the source of incitement and find out the black sheep hidden in various parts of the motherland to clear all obstacles for the revolutionary road."
"Do you want to use your superpowers?" Qiao Zhixue asked.
"Yes." Minister Yu was the first person in the world to awaken superpowers. After he returned from the lava world with Tan Yan, he had the power to control people's hearts. However, Minister Yu was an upright person. He believed that people's hearts were free and had never used this ability. He did not want to brainwash people in such a tough way.
But now, under the premise that everyone is aware of the situation, he must suppress all the riots and not let ordinary people be instigated by those with ulterior motives. To this end, he must personally take action to stabilize people's hearts and ensure that ordinary people in society will not be confused by the words of others.
"Bring Qiu Qizheng and a few warriors with strong consciousness," Qiao Zhixue instructed, "Your energy alone cannot influence too many people. It will be much easier to have them assist you in your speech."
"I will." Minister Yu's expression was serious, and it was obvious that he had made up his mind.
"There are enough superpower warriors, and Liang Xian is here if the 'hole' appears again. It doesn't matter if you are not in the base. But Liang Xian is now..." Qiao Zhixue thought of Liang Xian's almost crazy look and was not sure if he could complete the task.
"He can." Minister Yu has never worried about this. "He is my son and the first student taught by Tan Yan. He may be depressed or frustrated at ordinary times, but in times of crisis, Liang Xian will never forget his mission and responsibility. When I am away, he will command the special power team and lead everyone to continue fighting against the 'Void'. I understand that Tan Yan's departure makes everyone panic, but even if I leave tomorrow and Liang Xian also leaves, the road of revolution has never stopped. As long as one of us is still alive, we can continue to fight."
After leaving these words, Minister Yu left with Qiu Qizhen and others. Qiao Zhixue continued to mass-produce defense memory chips. The first batch of 10,000 chips were taken away by Minister Yu, and he would distribute these chips properly.
Everyone has his own mission, and Liang Xian is no exception.
The earth will not stop turning when someone leaves. Even if you are sad or upset, you still have to move forward.
Liang Xian didn't know how many days he had stayed in the room. He had been using his consciousness to search for Tan Yan's whereabouts, but to no avail.
He had thought that even if Tan Yan's body disappeared, he could still find a way to get another body, analyze it, reorganize it, whatever. But now that his consciousness was gone, there was really nothing he could do.
But did Tan Yan's consciousness really disappear? Liang Xian didn't believe it. How could it be possible that such a powerful person, Tan Yan, would not die even if the world was destroyed, would disappear
But he is such a gentle person. If he was still conscious, how could he bear to watch everyone sad for him? Why didn't he tell everyone through the deer
Liang Xian squeezed his trembling hands tightly. He didn't remember how many days he hadn't eaten. Would Tan Yan scold him if he saw him looking so cowardly
It would be great if I could make him angry enough to come alive... Liang Xian said with a wry smile.
The door was opened and Gong Tianhua, also known as Ah San, stood outside the door and said to Liang Xian: "The 'Void' has appeared in Qinhuangdao. It is now 15:34 in the afternoon. This is the first time that the 'Void' has appeared during the day. Fortunately, it is an uninhabited area and no one is involved. But if it continues, it may not be possible. We must take up our weapons and continue to fight. Aunt Yang almost died of crying at the funeral, but she still wants to participate in this operation. What about you?"
"I'll go." Liang Xian said without hesitation.
Ah San raised his eyebrows: "Are you okay now?"
"If I don't go, Tan Yan's iron fist will probably come back again." Liang Xian touched his face, "He can't stand my self-degradation."
"That's good to know. Change your clothes and get your equipment. We will be here in a helicopter shortly. You have 3 minutes and 26 seconds to prepare."
Liang Xian quickly stood up, suppressed the pain in his heart, and showed his most capable and energetic side to the soldiers.
As he left the dark room, he closed and locked the door, whispering, "Wait until I come back."
The author has something to say: Having written this chapter, I still have to say that I am a sweet writer! ! ! !