More than one hundred and eighty years after the war between humans and Ga, at the same time, unknown to everyone, it was also nine months after a certain boy who had been sleeping for more than two hundred years woke up, and humans and Ga did not know why. Nine months after the abrupt cessation of conflict, the leaders of both sides met to formalize the peace agreement.
At the same time, almost all human beings have been relocated from the earth to the countless ships in outer space, and most of them have even lived on the ships for several months. Only the aftermath troops are still on the earth. After signing the agreement, countless ships carrying humans will use the disposable space instruments specially built on Mars to open wormholes that allow them to make long-distance jumps and travel to the vast universe. And the expensive space instruments that consume almost one-third of the earth's resources will self-destruct after humans leave.
In a huge temporarily built square, the dome of the sky made of alloy glass presents a semicircular cover on that square. On one side of the edge of the square, the flag symbolizing the Confederate government is flying.
The streamlined long metal textured tables were placed on the left and the right, facing each other, and the two forces in the square were clearly separated. One side is all in pitch-black military uniforms, neat and uniform, while the other side is not so uniform, but also wears convenient and neat combat uniforms. The two sides looked at each other with cold faces across a boundary, and the atmosphere was very gloomy.
The peace agreement was first signed by Geman Frederick, the supreme executive chairman of the government of the Alliance of Humanity, and then it was sent to the opposite side, Professor Seema, who was the representative of Jia's side.
Although science and technology has made great progress, both humans and Jia have become accustomed to the full virtual information method, but for this kind of signature with special and great significance, they are still accustomed to using paper and pen to write their names by hand.
Professor Seema took the agreement and carefully browsed through the clauses one by one. When he felt that there was no problem, he began to sign.
Among the group of people behind him, Tasha was standing among them, unlike the other Jia who stared at each other with a bad face, although she kept looking at the opposite side, but Not to stare at people, but to look for people hard. It's just that she searched around but couldn't find the person she wanted to see, so she felt a little resentful.
She raised her head and looked in one direction. On the opposite side, the man who could be seen at a glance stood there, standing in front of everyone.
The straight military uniform, slender figure, extremely handsome face, and that indescribable sense of invisible coercion made that man look like a luminous body, making people involuntarily focus on him.
Tasha was a little annoyed.
Didn't see Mutt again.
she thought unhappy.
The marshal was so stingy that Mutt wanted to leave with him, and he always refused to let Mutt come back and stay with them for a while.
When she thought that these disgusting humans would leave in two days, she was in a good mood, but when she thought that Mutt would also leave, and she would still be a human hostage in name, she began to feel depressed again—even though she actually knew that there were With the human marshal here, Mutt should not be bullied by humans, but she was unhappy thinking that she would not see Mutt for a long time.
...
The ceremony for signing the peace agreement ended safely, and Michael returned to the city not far away.
Almost all human beings have evacuated the earth, and this city is the only one that is still functioning, although it has almost become an empty city. Only a few soldiers stayed here, doing the final evacuation work, and they will leave here today or tomorrow on ships going to outer space.
The dark boots made dull footsteps on the metal floor, and the dark cloak fluttered behind him from time to time with his steps. Gold badge on shoulder collar.
Michael walked quickly to the door on the side of the corridor, he stood there, a light swept him from head to toe, and the door opened automatically. He was just about to step in, when suddenly there was the sound of hurried running from behind.
A young soldier quickly ran up to him and saluted him. Michael recognized that this was one of the confidant correspondent soldiers beside his biological father.
"Your Excellency Marshal, Chairman Geman originally planned to return to the ship with you tomorrow morning, but now he has temporarily revised the itinerary. Therefore, please return to the ship tomorrow morning by yourself. Your Excellency, Chairman, will secretly go to Savannah City due to important matters."
The soldier said, "The confidentiality level of information is the highest level, and only verbal notification is allowed, and only you will be informed."
Michael nodded to show that he understood. The soldier who summoned him saluted again, then turned around and ran away quickly.
Turning around and walking into the door, Michael suddenly frowned. In the room, he felt the sound of breathing other than himself, which meant that there were other people in his office room besides him. This discovery made his eyes freeze. , The body also tensed up at any time, like the posture of a beast about to attack.
If it was a well-trained lurker, they would feel threatened the moment Michael suddenly exuded oppressive force, and even if they could remain hidden, their breathing would change slightly. However, Michael did not feel the slightest change in his breathing, that breathing was still steady and quiet, as if he was in a deep sleep.
sleeping
A thought flashed through Michael's mind, and he suddenly thought of something. He walked over and stood behind the sofa and looked down. The black-haired boy lay quietly on the sofa and slept soundly, breathing evenly.
The man's original awe-inspiring gaze softened when he fell on the boy. He stood behind the sofa, bent down, reached out to lift the ends of Mute's hair that fell on the eyelashes, and stroked the boy's warm and soft cheek with his fingertips.
The sleeping boy hummed softly in his dream, and unconsciously rubbed his hand, the cute little animal-like appearance made the corners of Michel's mouth twitch, and he rubbed his light black hair again. .
[Your Excellency Marshal, Chairman Geman called you over.]
A voice suddenly sounded from the room, and Michael frowned. He glanced at Mutt, and after confirming that Mutt hadn't been awakened by the sound, he relaxed his frown, and gently stroked the young man's cheek. Then he turned around and left the room quickly.
It's just that the footsteps are much lighter than when they came in.
The door closed automatically with a snort, and the sound of Marshal's footsteps gradually faded away.
In the quiet room, not long after, the sleeping boy opened his eyes and rubbed.
...
"I thought for a long time before I made this decision."
The man who is the chairman of the Confederate States said, stretched out his hand, and handed Michael a black ring that looked like Ugin.
A light curtain rose in the room, and the three-dimensional projection of the earth appeared in front of the two people in the room.
There are black marks in more than a dozen places on the projected earth. Michael frowned as he looked at those black marks.
He asked, "What is this?"
Geman raised his hand, and on his left hand with a snow-white glove, there was the same black ring as the one he gave Michael just now.
"There are two in total, both here."
Geman stared at Michael and said, as if he wanted to see any emotion in Michael's eyes.
"The button that activates the nuke."
The dark blue pupils contracted slightly, and Michael stared at Geman's eyes, and their eyes collided in the air, as if sparks exploded for a moment.
"You don't know about this. I secretly ordered someone to arrange it when you went to explore the universe."
He was clearly talking about an extremely terrifying thing, but the man's tone was understated.
"Twelve nuclear bombs are placed at the marked positions, and the ring is the switch."
"This was agreed by the representatives of the major states. They have been worried that if we leave the earth, Jia will evolve enough to leave the earth in the future, and it will pose a great threat to human beings."
"So before we leave, the Jia race must be completely wiped out."
The man said, in a flat but extremely cruel tone.
Then, suddenly, the conversation changed.
"Although it is the request of the representatives of all states, the final power is still in my hands, and at the same time, it is also in your hands. As I said, you are the future leader of mankind, so when we leave the earth, It's up to you to decide whether to activate the nuclear bomb or not."
He said, "If you feel that you want to fulfill the peace agreement with Jia, you don't have to start it."
The long and narrow phoenix eyes stared at the small black ring on his palm, and Mier slowly clenched it tightly.
Geman turned around and gave a low laugh.
"Fortunately, very few people know about this matter, and no one dares to leak it... If Jia knows about this matter, they will definitely try to take this ring away at all costs."
Michael suddenly clenched the hand holding the ring.
...
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"Brother Michael, can I go back to my parents' place these two days? After all, I'm leaving soon, and I don't know how long it will take for me to come back..."
Michael paused with his fingers, then hummed.
"You have to be back on board five hours before departure," he said.
"Okay! I'll be back on time."
The young man who got the permission said happily, but he didn't notice that Michel came over and kissed him lightly on the cheek with slightly cool lips.
Mo Lan's eyes stared at Mutt who didn't react and was a little dazed. Michel didn't see any emotion in his eyes, but his voice was much lower.
"promised."
Mute, who was stunned for a moment, came to his senses. He remembered that this was the promise he made with Michael when he was just a child.
A kiss on the cheek is an absolute promise.
Mutt couldn't help laughing, after so many years, it was Michael who became more childish than him.
"Okay, we have an appointment."
The boy smiled, leaned over, and kissed Michael on the cheek.
[promised.]
…
... ... ...
At noon the next day, according to the pre-arranged plan, Michael and his subordinates left the city in a spaceship and returned to the ship in space first. Chairman German and his party temporarily changed their itinerary for other reasons and went secretly to Savanya City.
For the safety of Chairman Geman, the only person who knew about this secret itinerary was Michael, except for those who followed him to Savannah City.
"Your Excellency Marshal, I have received a message from the city! Due to an accident, three spaceships were damaged, and the last group of people who evacuated from the city may not be able to evacuate according to the stipulated time, and there is a small commotion inside the army!"
Michael frowned. He glanced outside the spaceship, and it hadn't left the atmosphere yet.
"Go back first."
He says.
Since he has not yet left the atmosphere, he simply returns to take care of the last matter. Moreover, some personnel will be stranded if the three spacecraft are damaged. Then, those redundant personnel can be evacuated from the earth together with his current spacecraft. To avoid wasting time.
It was just a commotion caused by the fear of military technology and logistics personnel who would be punished by military regulations because they could not evacuate. Michael quickly dealt with it and arranged for these redundant personnel to board his accompanying fleet.
However, just when he led the fleet and was about to set off again, suddenly an urgent message came.
"Report! Your Excellency, Marshal! An emergency signal came from the city of Savanya! It is said that Chairman Geman and his party were attacked by Jia!"
impossible.
Michael thought so almost reflexively.
Not to mention the peace agreement just signed, but Chairman Geman’s trip to Savannah was a temporary decision by Geman. Almost everyone believed that Chairman Geman returned to the fleet with him on his own ship, except He, there's no way anyone would know Gehman went to—
Michael's fingers pressing on the console froze for a moment.
… Do not.
someone knows.
One other person besides him might know.
The man's eyes narrowed little by little, and the shadows in his eyes were bottomless, as if brewing the breath of a trembling storm above the sea.
impossible.
he thinks.
It can't be...
...
When the rescue fleet arrived at the city of Savanya, everyone saw with depression that a huge hole had cracked in the corner of the top of the sky in the city of Savanya. Several destroyed spaceships were emitting thick smoke on the ground, some were still burning, and small-scale explosions occurred from time to time.
They saw two spaceships that obviously belonged to Jia's forces, and they had received news that this time Jia's attack was not all out, but the elites among them attacked the human chairman.
Before the other spaceships could react, the leading spaceship directly launched an attack on the two Jia's spaceships—the rapid and violent attack made the two spaceships unable to resist, and they were destroyed and fell to the ground one after another—at this time, the other spaceships The spacecraft that had just arrived hadn't even reacted yet.
No one knew why their marshal would instantly destroy Jia's spaceship without saying a word, even the subordinates who were on the same spaceship as the marshal didn't know.
The oppressive feeling that seemed to be extremely cold coming from the expressionless Marshal made everyone shudder.
At this moment, the Marshal just stood there, making people so frightened that they could hardly breathe smoothly.
Judging from the situation at the scene, Jia's attackers should have already entered the city hall where Chairman Geman was. All the surviving Jia were killed.
The spaceship landed on the ground, and Michael rushed into the city hall with a team of subordinates.
The huge city hall was empty, only the dull footsteps of countless military boots trampling on the ground echoed chaotically. On the way, several Jia tried to stop them with strength, but even if Jia had special power, he could not do anything before the powerful firepower fired by hundreds of people at the same time.
Michael almost ran to the door of the room at the end of the hall, and he heard a voice coming from inside—that all-too-familiar voice made his pupils constrict.
no.
he thinks.
Not possible to be.
The man's eyes were full of hostility, and he reached out and punched the door's opening button heavily.
The heavy mechanical door slowly opened in front of him.
Just at this very moment—
The moment his gaze fell into the room—
An extremely ferocious airflow gushed out, and the invisible terrifying force vibrating in the air shook the entire hall, almost causing cracks to crack on the hard alloy walls.
That was the power of the mighty Ga that Michael was very familiar with.
The violent gushing air could almost push a person up, and the subordinates behind him subconsciously raised their hands and hugged their heads or hid behind obstacles. The ground was shaking violently, like an earthquake, making everyone unable to stand still. At the same time, the wall also cracked, and countless shattered metal pieces rolled down and hit everyone's heads, forcing them to dodge in embarrassment.
Before the opened door, only one person stood motionless.
The slender figure stood firmly on the spot as if rooted under his feet, and the violent air current couldn't shake him at all.
The pitch-black hair flew up in the air almost frantically, and Michael's pupils staring at the front shrank almost to the limit that human beings could achieve, and countless gravels fell from his side or behind him.
The moment the door opened, he saw the figure of the father in his blood and in name was lifted up by an invisible force like a shock wave, hit the wall heavily, and died instantly with the back of his head cracked—
He saw the man who killed his father with that terrible power—
Short black hair, a familiar face with a little childishness.
He saw the boy bursting out with Ga's power standing there gasping for breath, his originally pitch-black pupils were flashing with a blue luster that made him feel extremely strange and disgusting.
He saw the woman named Tasha appear next to the dead Geman in an instant, and almost couldn't wait to snatch the black ring from Geman's hand.
Michael stood there, his mind blank at this moment.
There was a sound of something breaking in the depths of my heart.
It turns out that those girls know...
So the kid knew...
The matter of the nuclear bomb buried on the earth, the matter of the ring that controls the activation of the nuclear bomb-so he knows everything!
But for so long, he has never asked himself a question!
It turned out that he never believed in himself!
...
[Why is it so coincidental that Jia woke up when he retreated steadily and couldn't hold back?]
[Why did he meet you just when you came to Earth?]
...
[Your Excellency Marshal, this is top secret information, and will only be given to you verbally.]
Not alone.
Neither he nor the soldier saw that there was a teenager in the room who looked like he was sleeping.
…
[If Jia knew about the nuclear bomb, he would definitely take the start button from us by any means.]
... ... ...
play hard
… Yes, by any means!
Michael raised the gun sharply, aiming the gun at the boy with pale cheeks and shortness of breath.
As if sensing danger, Mutt turned back.
The pair of pupils flashing blue light collided with his gaze heavily, and for an instant, the air seemed to freeze.
The boy stood in the middle of the room and looked at him. The light was dim, and he couldn't see the look in Mutt's eyes clearly. He could only see Mutt standing there motionless.
His finger on the gun twitched convulsively, but he couldn't press it down.
His lips were as sharp as a knife's edge at this moment.
It was as if a storm was raging in his eyes, tearing apart the things he had carefully and carefully protected in his heart.
"...give me the ring."
Michael said, in a voice that was terribly cold.
He saw Mute's pupils tremble violently the moment he said these words.
Suddenly there was a shout from behind Michael, and several gals who came from nowhere appeared behind the team, and their attack caused quite a commotion.
And at the moment when there was commotion in the team, Tasha, who got the black ring, had already soared into the air.
"Go, Mutt!"
She shouted, blue light flashed all over her body, and she was about to disappear into the air.
But almost at the same time as she flew up, Michael, who was standing at the gate, moved his hand, and the muzzle of the gun was already aimed at Tasha in the air, and he pressed down heavily with his fingers—
However, at the moment when his finger was about to press down, his body shook violently.
A silent bullet from the opposite side pierced his chest, deflecting his right hand, and the bullet passed Tasha's side.
The grazed bullets hit the wall, and in the next second, Tasha's figure disappeared into the air, together with her tightly clenched ring.
"Your Excellency the Marshal!"
"grown ups!"
The nervous shouts of the subordinates rushing to support him were too far away to be heard at all.
He pressed his hand to his chest, where the bullet pierced through, blood seeped from between his fingers, staining the snow-white gloves red.
In Michael's blurred vision, he saw the figure of Mutt, who raised his gun and shot the bullet at him, disappeared into the air, completely disappearing, as if something in his body was also taken along with him. take away.
Something disappeared, just like the figure that the boy left.
The place deep in his chest seemed to have been corroded by something, leaving only an empty piece.
…
[promised?]
[Well, it's an appointment.]
The vows made cannot be broken.
This thing that was more important to him than anything else was always easily given up by that child.
…
It was because he was too stupid, holding on to the memories stubbornly and refusing to let go.
He has been refusing to admit it - those two hundred years are enough to change everything beyond recognition.
Survival of the fittest.
Humans and Jia, either you die or I live.
In order to survive, it must do whatever it takes.