The top of the tower was melting, and bricks were falling off the walls. Aberrant species appeared in large numbers in the White Tower.
All the people living in the tower were rushing down the long staircase. Only Ni Ji was swimming upstream.
In order to be faster, he ran almost vertically along the wall most of the time. Most of the people rushing down to escape only felt a gust of wind passing over their heads.
This tower is so huge, with each floor equivalent to a small village. Even taking the high-speed elevator to the top of the tower takes a long time.
Two mutants leaped out from the darkness and blocked Ni Ji's way forward.
He rushed forward without stopping, strangling one with his black long sword and splitting another with his red bloody blade.
The sentry's black military boots swept past, leaving afterimages of blood and knife light behind him.
Lin Yuan looked at Ni Ji on the virtual screen.
I watched him very carefully, wanting to memorize his every move and every subtle expression.
He is a handsome fighter. It takes great speed and a stable core strength to run on the wall like that.
With extremely long legs, he can leap over obstacles as lightly as a swallow. When he does a ground-touching spin kick, he can kick the enemy away with one swift kick.
Normally, he loves to laugh when he is in front of me, but his solemn look at this moment is also very attractive.
In short, everything is good.
I really want to wait for him.
Lin Yuan sighed. At this moment, she was sitting on the top floor of the White Tower. The palace above had completely melted away.
The wind became very strong, and the whistling sound was ringing in my ears, as if it would blow people away at any time.
The walls on all four sides were slowly melting and getting lower, and the ground was collapsing until there was little left.
Even the stone wall that Lin Yuan was leaning against with his back was shaking and about to collapse.
She heard the dull sound of artillery fire coming from the bottom of the tower. From the future she had glimpsed, Lin Yuan knew that one day countless sentinels would invade the White Tower.
Now, I have done everything I can, destroying the queen's body and defeating her spirit.
The rest is up to the warriors who share the same goal as themselves. I hope those brave sentinels will succeed.
Be able to finally embark on that path of life.
Of course it can be done. There are so many lovely people among them.
Of course it is possible. Everyone in this world has seen all the truth.
Lin Yuan raised his head and the entire blue sky appeared before his eyes.
What a beautiful sky, it seems like I can touch it with my hands.
Under the blue dome, Lin Yuan felt a little sleepy and wanted to take a nap.
Then he closed his eyes slightly.
Then she heard Ni Ji calling her name on the personal terminal, with a slightly hoarse voice, as if she was afraid something might happen to her.
"Lin Yuan?"
Lin Yuan wanted to tell him that she was fine. She was just a little tired and wanted to take a nap, just for a while.
But I was too tired. I opened my mouth, but no sound came out.
"Lin Yuan!"
The voice in Ni Ji's terminal raised its pitch and sounded like she was about to cry.
Lin Yuan woke up and blinked hard to show that he was fine.
"Don't sleep, you, you listen to me." The sentry's hoarse voice was accompanied by panting while running, and he began to speak desperately.
“I’ve been learning to make a lot of desserts lately.”
"We have the latest soufflé, which you said you liked last time."
"I also learned how to make Q-cake. It's very soft and delicious when dipped in bean powder. You must try it..."
Ni Ji's voice sounded breathless.
He seldom ran like this. Even when he was running in that sea of flowers and at a life-or-death race, Lin Yuan had never heard him panting so heavily.
But he kept talking.
"You know, Lin Yuan, marshmallows are actually delicious when roasted. I'm sure you haven't tried them yet."
"I found a brown sugar jelly shop far away. It has a strong almond aroma. I want to go with you next time."
Brown sugar jelly,
Lin Yuan leaned against the cold stone wall, listened, licked his lips, and finally sobered up a little.
Along with Ni Ji's mumbling, one could also hear the killer whale whimpering.
The tentacle, which had been completely unable to move, slowly crawled out from under Lin Yuan's skirt amid the cries of the big fish.
The tentacles squirmed and grasped the half-broken stone wall, helping Lin Yuan stabilize his body as he almost fell.
With a loud crash, the precarious ground finally couldn't hold on and collapsed.
Lin Yuan's feet were empty and his body fell down.
Fortunately, the only tentacle that could move caught the stone beam at the edge of the broken edge in time, hanging Lin Yuan on the edge of the ruins at the top of the tower.
The tentacles were clinging to the edge of the stone wall, hanging Lin Yuan's entire body.
The wind was blowing hard at the top of the tower, and the badly injured body was swaying in the wind.
There was a huge height difference under my feet, and there were broken concrete slabs and broken steel bars below me. I could hear the terrifying roars of the mutants.
With Lin Yuan's body, he would die if he fell down, and it would definitely not be a pretty death.
"I'm still alive." Lin Yuan, who had regained consciousness, immediately spoke to comfort Ni Ji, "Don't be afraid, I'm still alive. The tentacles are hanging on me."
On the other side of the screen, after a few seconds, Ni Ji hummed very softly. The voice was a little shaky, as if it was him, not herself, who was hanging on the edge of the ruins.
Lin Yuan wanted to smile at Ni Ji on the other side of the screen, but her face hurt so much that she was afraid that her smile would not look good.
In fact, she could no longer hold on. But she didn't dare to let go of the tentacles. She didn't dare to imagine what it would be like if she fell down and was smashed into a meat pie, and Ni Ji rushed up to see her dead body.
I didn't dare to imagine the scene at that time, so I gritted my teeth and let the tentacles that could not withstand gravity hold on with great effort.
That person had experienced a life-and-death separation from his best friend. At that time, he was skinny and gloomy, like a lunatic with self-destructive tendencies.
He had just gotten better, and he began to laugh again and to cherish his life.
Lin Yuan tried hard to think about Ni Ji, and thought about the delicious food he had talked about with her over and over again. This gave her some strength, so she raised her arms and grabbed a little bit of the edge of the ruins.
My vision was a little blurry, and I saw the sentinel on the screen holding an anti-gravity gun.
He knelt on one knee, holding the gun with both hands, and his black-gloved fingers pulled the trigger without hesitation, shooting at the wall of the White Tower.
The White Tower was once the strongest fortress of mankind. It was completely closed, and except for the window of the palace on the top of the tower, there was no window that could connect to the outside world.
The outer wall is extremely strong. It has been proven that no weapon currently available to humans can blast open the outer wall of the White Tower. Not even the anti-gravity gun can do that.
To enter and exit the White Tower, one can only go through the gate at the bottom of the tower.
But the White Tower is different now. The falling of holy bricks has made this once impregnable fortress look riddled with holes.
It was obviously too late to run up the narrow stairs. There was only one way left. I had to try it.
Ni Ji adjusted the power of the anti-gravity gun to the maximum and fired at the weakest point between the holes on the wall. After a silent shot, cracks appeared on the inner wall of the wall.
A huge killer whale appeared from the void and crashed head-on into the cracked area. The pure black fish hammered at the white tower. With a bang, the tower wall shook, and with another bang, a huge gap was opened.
Outside the White Tower, the lit virtual screens slowly rotated around the tower.
More people gathered quietly outside the tower, and cameras were set up to broadcast this thrilling battle live.
In the camera, there was a loud bang, and a gap appeared in the middle of the white tower due to the implosion.
Broken bones and stones fell along the outer wall of the tall white tower. A killer whale rushed out of the cave.
A sentry in black stepped on the killer whale's head and flew along the outer wall of the white tower straight to the top of the tower.
The huge virtual screen was spinning, and the sentinel star, stepping on the killer whale, flew quickly, passing through those vain pictures, and rushing through the picture scroll of thousands of human history.
Like a brilliant comet, it rushed towards the top of the white tower regardless of anything.
This scene was captured by a camera outside the tower and played on the TV screen that everyone was watching.
Soon, the giant killer whale became small in sight. It climbed all the way up to the clouds, so small that even high-definition cameras could not capture it, and ordinary people could no longer see what was happening there.
"Who is that and what is he doing up there?" someone asked.
Ordinary people's eyesight cannot see what is happening on the top of the tower from such a long distance.
But the best sentinels can when their vision is fully open.
"He went up there to save people. To save the guide who helped us all."
Ji Xuan stood in the temporary command post outside the White Tower. His eyes glowed with a bright green light as he looked up at the top of the White Tower.
"Come on, Ni Ji." He said in his heart, "Go faster. She can't hold on any longer."
Inside the White Tower, Du Yuanyuan, who had just killed a powerful mutant, took a breath and looked down at the video screen on her personal terminal.
I saw Ni Ji break through the outer wall of the White Tower and rush all the way to the top of the tower.
She also knew who was on the top of the tower at the moment, and could guess who was the reason why the queen's powerful mental power did not activate.
"Come on, Ni Ji. Go to Xiaoyuan quickly." Du Yuanyuan said in her heart.
"Come on, Ni Ji. Don't leave Guide Lin alone."
"come on."
Many people pray in their hearts,
Lin Yuan knew that Ni Ji was rushing towards him desperately.
She wanted to be able to wait for Ni Ji.
I want it so badly. I have never wanted it so badly in my life.
I just really couldn't hold on any longer.
Too much blood had been shed, and the fingers that were clasping the edge of the ruins were cold and numb, and he could no longer feel their existence.
The tentacles were stretched very long, and the suction cups lost their elasticity and loosened one by one.
The limit.
This really shouldn't happen. It might just be the last bit of time.
Lin Yuan closed his eyes, feeling very sad, and watched his fingers loosen.
As she fell, she suddenly wanted to say to Ni Ji, if both of them are still alive this time, let's test our compatibility.
No matter what the measured value is, I hope you can come to my house and live with me.
It sounded like the words didn't express the meaning clearly, like a marriage proposal.
It doesn't matter, I just want to propose to him.
What a pity.
I don't have this opportunity anymore.
The body was falling and consciousness was gradually becoming blurred.
Ni Ji has already seen Lin Yuan.
The guide's body was covered in blood, hanging on the edge of the collapsed ruins of the tower by a tentacle.
It was too late. No matter how fast he accelerated, he was still just a little bit short.
She would fall onto the next level of sharp, jagged rocks.
Just a little bit.
I can't reach her.
The soft body fell out of his sight.
The sentry's eyes instantly glowed with purple fluorescence, and he pulled out the anti-gravity gun that he had used once.
Without even a second of aiming, he raised his hand and fired several shots at the White Tower.
While moving at such a fast full speed, each of his shots accurately penetrated the gaps in the holes and hit the crucial supporting points in the floor.
Terrible dynamic vision, terrible gun control ability.
Lin Yuan fell from the edge of the ruins at the top of the tower.
The floor slabs of the next level cracked at the same time, and countless remnants of steel and rubble from human buildings collapsed to the next level with a rumbling sound.
A long, huge crack appeared on the ground on the next level, followed by even larger cracks, collapses, and falls downwards.
Lin Yuan fell from a great height, but did not fall on the reinforced concrete ground.
Her body continued to fall down along with the dust and rubble.
Layers of floor slabs cracked, and rocks and dust fell down.
The killer whale flew towards the falling rocks that were like a messy rain.
The rubble blinded his eyes and made his skin bleed, but the sentry on the whale's back was completely unaware and kept his eyes open, staring at the countless falling rocks in front of him.
Finally, he met the girl who had fallen from a high altitude.
He stood on the killer whale's head, stretched out his hands far away, and caught the person steadily when she fell.
He caught it and held it tightly in his arms.
It seemed that in this short period of time, I lost everything and regained everything.
Air was flowing back into his lungs. He was finally able to breathe. His chest was aching, and it hurt so much.
Ni Ji stroked Lin Yuan's face, held her in his arms, kissed her forehead repeatedly, and carefully wiped the blood from the corners of her mouth.
Yes, the treatment cabin, we must find the treatment cabin immediately.
The killer whale turned its head and flew towards the nearest treatment cabin.
No, I should give her this first. The sentry hurriedly took out a ring he had made from his pocket. With shaking hands, he held it in front of Lin Yuan.
"You agree, right? You will agree. At least give me a status." The last half of the sentence was said while buried in Lin Yuan's hair, and the tone sounded a little crazy.
Isn't it crazy to say such things at a time like this
The guide in his arms had his eyes closed, his face was pale, and he was unconscious, so it was impossible for him to give him any answer.
Why is now the time to say this? Crazy.
The sentry who had just been able to accurately hit the target with a shot from a long distance, now lost his composure and became as mentally disturbed as a young child.
In the end, he could only hug Lin Yuan tighter, feeling bitter in his heart.
He sat on the whale's back, holding Lin Yuan in his arms, and looked down again and again to check on her condition.
So many of her tentacles were broken and so much blood was shed.
Ni Ji couldn't imagine what would have happened to him if he had reacted a step slower and only had time to see Lin Yuan falling to the ground.
He didn't know what would happen to him. He didn't even dare to think about it.
Even before that thought came to my mind, my heart was aching as if it were being stabbed by a knife.
Fortunately, she was still alive, lying in his arms, her body soft and breathing weakly.
As long as the person is still alive, the treatment cabin can heal all wounds.
The injuries to her spiritual body can be healed by her as her exclusive sentinel.
I can spend a lot of time accompanying her to recover slowly in the way she likes.
From now on, I will never let her do this again.
Never let her go alone again. It would be best if I could cling to her every time, no, every day.
If she likes fish, show her the fish; if she likes tails, give her a tail.
If she likes sweets, make the most delicious candy for her.
Anyway, whether you hook her or seduce her, one day she will belong to you alone.
I will never leave myself alone like this so easily and do those life-threatening things alone.
The killer whale flew very fast, and the whistling wind filled his ears. Artillery fire exploded under his feet, and the sound of gunfire and the roar of the monster mixed together.
The battle between humans and the White Tower continues.
More people came to join the battle against the mutants, and some were organized to rescue the important reserve resources in the White Tower.
With the bombardment of the enemy, this battle is bound to destroy a lot, but it will also gain a lot.
The tower collapsed with a rumbling sound, and from then on there was no longer any eternal safe haven, the Garden of Eden, in this world.
People will slowly rebuild a new order and establish a new human world on the ruins.
Whether you are a sentinel or a guide, if you want to survive in this world, you must really break away from the stereotypes of the past.
A big fish with a black back and a white belly flew out from the billowing smoke, carrying the sentinel and the guide all the way to the distance.
From the azure blue sky, sunlight poured down, shining on the scarred bodies of the two people.
Lin Yuan lay in the treatment cabin for a long time.
When I woke up, the roar of the cannons had stopped, but I could still hear occasional chaotic gunfire coming from the streets.
Ni Ji was guarding outside the treatment cabin. He probably stayed here for as long as she had been unconscious.
His eye sockets were sunken, and there was even a layer of blue stubble on his chin.
Lin Yuan did not ask Ni Ji about the war. After her spiritual body slowly recovered, she had read countless information.
A little better than I expected.
That day, the White Palace collapsed, the Queen died, and except for a few stubborn ones who escaped, the Empire no longer existed.
This is enough. At least my blood was not shed in vain, and the blood of so many soldiers in the White Tower was not shed in vain.
The two of them rode Ni Ji's killer whale home.
"What was that you held before?" Lin Yuan suddenly spoke halfway through, putting his index finger and thumb together to form a circle.
"I heard it all, although I didn't have the energy to answer you at that time."
The sentry's face suddenly turned red, and he turned his head away, refusing to pay attention to her.
He obviously hurt himself like this.
She clearly didn't tell him and did such a dangerous thing secretly.
Even now, he acts like nothing happened and smiles at me heartlessly.
This person had no idea what kind of torment he had been through, didn't know how painful it felt like his heart was being torn out at that moment, and didn't understand the anxiety he had felt while waiting outside the treatment cabin for the past few days.
"Take it out quickly. I agree." The man leaned into his arms, poked him with his finger, and raised his ring finger. "Have you prepared a ring? Wear it here for me."
"Hurry up, I'm very tired. After putting on the ring, I want to eat some candy."
"I heard what you said then. If you want a tail, give the tail. If you want a fish, give the whole fish."
"The things you promised me must be counted."
The same goes for the promises I made in my heart. They can all be heard anyway.
The sentry finally kissed her hand.
Holding her hand, he took out the small ring and solemnly put it on her ring finger.
The ring is polished to a fine luster, and Lin Yuan's name is engraved on the inner ring.
The size was just right, not too big or too small, and it fit perfectly. When the ring was put on, Ni Ji lowered her head and repeatedly kissed her finger with the ring. She even shed tears.
Lin Yuan grabbed the sentry's broad palm.
There were calluses from practicing with firearms, and scars from repeated cuts from blades. But she still looked very pretty, with long, slender fingers and a few pale blue veins floating under her skin, a kind of powerful beauty.
Lin Yuan looked into the sentry's eyes and put the other ring on him.
The bases of the two people's fingers that were connected to their hearts were locked with rings that symbolized their fidelity.
The process was silent, with no spoken vows of love.
The mental images of the two people were connected. All the words that were to be said were exchanged in a few moments.
A bright full moon hangs in the night sky, and the sound of the waves is beautiful.
The tentacles wrapped around the killer whale to heal its wounds.
Lin Yuan pinched Ni Ji's fingertips and gently kissed his ring finger.
The two hands were clasped together, and the light from the rings flickered.
In the past, Lin Yuan vaguely felt that he was not quite like a human being.
Maybe he is a hybrid of monster and human, or maybe he is just a pure monster. He should not live in the human world.
But it doesn't matter now.
She learned a wide range of emotions.
Even learned what love is.
She fell in love with a human being, fell in love with many, many friends, and lived happily in the human world.
The sound of gunfire on the ground was still ringing, and the blood flowing out of the White Tower had not stopped.
The killer whale flew by and Lin Yuan saw his home from afar.
The roses on the wall have budded again. Xiaosuo might be busy in the kitchen.
Life is no more stable than before. It is still unclear where the future of mankind will eventually go.
But at least the heart is free.
No longer a slave to anything.
Love each other with the one you cherish and go home together.
This is enough.
—End of article—
Early morning of May 3, 2023
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