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Randall said he pursues justice and equality, and time is the most just and equal thing. It will not stop for anyone, and it will pass relentlessly and cruelly until the end of death.
Gu Yu looked at Lu Shen: "Is there any way?"
"No." Lu Chen sweated on his forehead, his temples were wet, he shook his head and said, "There is another way - the Star of Hope is a bomb after all, as long as it is a bomb, there will be a lead, as long as the lead is removed, the countdown will start. will stop."
He calmly disassembled the bottom of the box, revealing the most complicated part—thousands of wires, as thin as silver cotton threads, twisted into a ball.
Gu Yu took a deep breath, his eyes dimmed: How can you find the right one for such a lead
Lu Chen clenched his hands tightly, his fingertips trembled slightly.
But he concentrated his attention, controlled his slightly trembling hands, and stared straight at Gu Yu with his dark pupils: "As long as there is a reason, you will definitely find it, Yu Yu, I will not let you..."
He couldn't say this anymore, and Gu Yu lightly pressed his wrist.
Lu Chen looked up at him.
Gu Yu's eyes curled up and he smiled lightly: "I believe you, Mr. Lu. Don't worry, we'll take your time."
That smile was very nice in Lu Chen's eyes.
Lu Chen regained his mind, clenched his fingers and then released them, forcing himself not to think about the consequences that he couldn't find, but to concentrate on this dense silver thread.
Residents of countless planets in the empire, countless pairs of eyes stared at Lu Chen's hands with bated breath.
Those steady hands picked up the silk threads and carefully looked for them one by one. It is not the lead, but the life of tens of millions of female insects on the five planets in the capital circle.
The capital circle's insect population accounts for one-fifth of the entire empire.
With the weight of one fifth of his life, he was forced to take on Randall's frivolous ideal.
"Marshal." The colonel persuaded Randall in a low voice, "There are less than eight minutes, you should evacuate with us!"
Randall calmly looked at the black-haired male not far away.
Meng Liu noticed his gaze, and squeezed the dagger tightly with extra vigilance.
The colonel is still persuading: "Marshal! Time is running out!"
Meng Liu heard the colonel's words clearly, and his eyes turned dark. They looked at each other, not far from each other, but seemed to be separated by a gulf that could never be crossed.
Randall sighed helplessly: "You take them away first."
The colonel was so anxious that he almost bit his tongue: "What about you?!"
Randall spoke as lightly as a sigh, keeping the volume only within the range that the colonel could hear clearly: "If he doesn't leave, there's no way for me to leave. There's really no way, you go first."
Meng Liu didn't hear anything, he blinked, only to see the colonel for a moment.
The colonel stopped in front of Randall and lowered his head silently.
Until there are only five minutes left.
The colonel gave Randall a military salute: "No matter what the outside world thinks, you will always be the Admiral Chericks that I follow faithfully!"
Randall withdrew his gaze from Mengliu, smiled lightly, and then lowered his voice and said, "Don't go to Evil, he doesn't belong to the organization. Go, go far, and never go back to the capital again. ."
Meng Liu didn't know what Randall said again, only to see that after the colonel saluted, he turned around with a blank face, waved his hand, and led all the army bugs that surrounded the place to evacuate.
Randall, did not go.
But Meng Liu didn't want to ask him why he didn't leave.
Meng Liu felt very tired. Just like the pain of a dagger cutting through his skin, it can still hurt into the bone marrow at first, and then the pain is already numb.
He looked at Randall—the love of his life.
There was only complexity and a hint of sadness in his eyes.
It's the last minute. Randall always stood there calmly, not moving, and even tidying up his collar very leisurely.
Meng Liu suddenly realized at that moment that he and Randall might really only have this last minute left in their lives. His numb heart couldn't help but move, his pale lips parted slightly, wanting to say something.
Say something
Sorry, and-
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The last forty seconds.
Gu Yu closed his eyes, burying the last despair in his eyes. He opened his eyes again and looked at Lu Chen, who was still immersed in finding leads, the corners of his lips raised slightly, and he smiled.
He roughly looked back at the first half of his life and found that he had lived a very simple life for the past 26 years.
It is only divided into before meeting Lu Chen and after meeting Lu Chen.
Dad really gave him a good name, a prophecy.
The only regret is that Gu Yu felt that when Mr. Lu came to this world, it was too short to live only until he was twenty-eight years old - the misfortunes of his youth had already accounted for the first fifteen years, and Gu Yu could not even achieve happiness. Fill his last fifteen years.
Because it is not fifteen years old, they will stop at this age forever.
Alas, as expected, all worms wish to live longer, one more day to open their eyes, one more day to see the worm they love, and one more day of happiness.
Gu Yucang's gray-like eyes softened, and the ends of his eyes were bent, and he finally focused his gaze on Lu Chen inch by inch with extra nostalgia and greed.
But fortunately, in this short career of more than 20 years, he successfully met his teacher Lu, and completed what should have taken a lifetime to do ahead of schedule.
So, nothing to regret.
In the last twenty seconds, Lu Chen's steady hand suddenly stopped on a silver wire.
He hurriedly stretched out his hand and shouted a little trembling: "Yu, Yu Yu! Scissors, give me the scissors!"
Gu Yu hurriedly handed it over, and all the bugs who had closed their eyes before the live broadcast opened their eyes again, put their hands on their chests in prayer, and stared nervously at the scene on the screen.
Lu Chen's hand didn't tremble when he was looking for it, but at this moment it was so trembling that he couldn't stop.
Gu Yu grabbed his right hand behind him and lent him his steady strength.
Suddenly there was a bang, a gunshot, and the bullet bounced off the ceiling and hit the console several centimeters deep into the table.
Randall raised his gun calmly and said, "Stop."
Gu Yu turned his head and Randall fired another shot. He wrapped his arms around Lu Chen's waist and dodged sideways. The bullet had just grazed his arm, and blood came out of the wound and wet his sleeves.
"Wait! Stop!"
Meng Liu rushed over, trying to stop Randall.
"Bang bang bang bang-"
It wasn't until Randall shot the magazine continuously and Mengliu's dagger almost stabbed his own artery, Randall snorted and threw the gun on the ground without any interest.
Only the first shot of the burst of bullets was aimed at Gu Yu and Lu Chen.
The next few shots were directed towards the ceiling.
His original intention was to deceive the two insects and delay the time until the last second, but Gu Yu rushed back without fear of death, and cut the thin wire before Randall could shoot the magazine empty.
Also, it was cut right.
Time stopped at the last three seconds, and he didn't move anymore.
The bugs before the live broadcast opened their eyes wide, forgot to breathe, and were silent for three seconds at almost the same time. It wasn't until three seconds later that the worms realized that they had really escaped from the dead, and finally burst out of their emotions. They hugged each other and cried bitterly.
Randall sighed softly.
Lu Chen covered Gu Yu's arm and tore off the corner of his clothes to bandage him.
Gu Yu patted the back of his teacher Lu's hand soothingly, raised his eyebrows, and showed a smile of the rest of his life.
Before Lu Chen said anything, Randall said, "I advise the two of you not to do anything."
The two insects turned back at the same time.
Seeing Randall pressing something lightly on the console, he took out a laser gun from above and pointed it at them with a blank expression. He smiled for a moment: "The plan I have been preparing for many years because you all came to nothing. Do you two think I will let you go easily?"
Lu Chen lowered his voice: "Randall, don't keep making mistakes again and again!"
Randall smiled nonchalantly: "My end was doomed from the very beginning, do you think I still care if I make mistakes again and again?"
He gave them a fictitious point with the muzzle: "If the two of you don't move, I naturally won't shoot at you. You know, I never do anything unprepared, and I imagined my ending as early as the beginning. Now that we have gone through twists and turns, we are still walking on this line and have not derailed.”
Meng Liu asked him, "What do you mean?"
Randall glanced at him: "As early as the beginning of the design, this underground research room has already planted a time/bomb. It is not powerful, but it is enough to blow up the military building including the basement."
Gu Yu didn't know what to say: "You really... don't make a way for yourself."
Randall smiled and said, "I've come this far, and I only have the ending of going to a dead end. There's no need for the two to worry about me. The key is the life and death of the two of you. Now there are only six minutes left to count down. The bomb will go off, and I still have a gun in my hand, and I'm curious how you will save yourself in this situation?"
Gu Yu smiled lightly: "Would it be better to take the gun?"
As soon as the voice fell, Mengliu suddenly rushed towards Randall, blocking Randall's muzzle, Randall couldn't shoot for a while, and Mengliu shouted: "You guys go!"
Gu Yu didn't leave, but rushed forward at the same time. When Randall was too worried to shoot, he grabbed the gun in his hand and kicked the gun far away from the other corner of the laboratory.
Before Meng Liu could say anything, Gu Yu grabbed his hand and said, "Come on!"
When Randall was looking for another gun on the console, the three insects had already arrived at the door of the laboratory and got into the elevator.
Randall was expressionless, calmly loaded the gun he found, and aimed his right hand at the elevator door that was about to close.
He finally saw Meng Liu's back.
Randle paused, then calmly put the gun down.
Meng Liu turned around, and before closing it at last, through the gap, he clearly saw Randall's always calm lake-blue eyes.
Finally, the elevator door closed.
Soon after reaching the ground, Gu Yu held his teacher Lu to run outside, but Lu Chen's footsteps suddenly stopped. Gu Yu turned back with him and looked at Meng Liu, who was standing still in the elevator.
Lu Chen didn't say anything, he seemed to understand Meng Liu's decision.
However, Gu Yu held down the elevator door that was about to close and said, "Aren't you going, Mengliu? It's too late!"
Meng Liu lowered his head, his hair falling down to cover his expression.
At that moment, he suddenly figured out what Randall had said before.
Meng Liu was indecisive since he was a child, and it was difficult to determine whether the decision he made was correct. The strict family education taught him to always be cautious about his answers. He spent the first half of his life so tangled until he met Randall.
This female worm who is seven years older than him always gives him the most correct answer when he is hesitant and tangled. Meng Liu trusted and depended on him until Randall suddenly refused to give him an answer.
But when he finally saw Randall's calm eyes, Meng Liu understood his intentions.
It turned out that Randall had been waiting for him, waiting for him to find the answer himself.
This time he put the choice between them in his hands. This time he asked him to make the answer for them. And until the moment he made his choice, Randall's eyes were truly calm and peaceful.
The worm he loves really gave up loving him at that moment.
Thoughts only flowed in at that moment, Meng Liu looked up, and this time he said calmly, "You guys go, I have to go back."
Gu Yu didn't move his hand pressing the elevator door and asked, "Are you crazy?"
Meng Liu shook his head: "Even if Randall has come to this point, even if there are reasons for his own character, the turning point is ultimately mine."
Gu Yu said, "Are you sure you are going back for a lunatic who wants to kill so many insects?"
Mengliu paused, but his eyes were firmer than ever before: "He became like this because of me. Anyone can hate him, curse him, and abandon him, but I can't."
Gu Yu took a deep breath: "Are you sure?"
Meng Liu nodded: "I'm sure."
For the first time he was so firm, so unshakable for such an answer.
"I can't leave him a worm and die alone there," he said.
Gu Yu slowly released the hand holding the elevator door. He looked at Meng Liu and said softly, "Goodbye."
Meng Liu smiled lightly: "Thank you."
He paused, and when the elevator door was gradually closing, he said, "I'm sorry, the hurt I've caused you is irreparable, even if I apologize... I'm irreparable. But I still have to say, I'm sorry."
Gu Yu clenched his teacher Lu's hand.
The elevator door was completely closed.
Lu Chen held Gu Yu's hand instead, turned his head to look at him, and smiled lightly with his cold brows.
Their eyes reflected each other.
"Not running yet, Yu Yu? Waiting to die." Lu Chen said with a smile.
Gu Yu regained his senses, hurriedly grabbed Lu Chen's hand, and ran out of the building.
The army bugs have all been evacuated, and only the two of them are left in the empty square in front of the building. Gu Yu dragged his teacher Lu without gasping for breath, and dashed straight ahead until the building left only a vague outline behind.
bang-
The ground shook as well, and the building behind him collapsed with a bang.
Gu Yu bent down to support his knees, ran out of breath, and was choked with exhaustion.
Lu Chen also ran so far, his face still very normal. He patted Gu Yu's back and sighed, "Yu Yu, you should exercise more."
Gu Yu straightened up and said rationally, "Compared to lying at home a year ago, my physical fitness has improved a lot, isn't it?"
Lu Chen thought about the speed at which his family met Sa Yazi running away just now, and then recalled the way he used to walk to death. He was immediately convinced and speechless.
Gu Yulan turned Lu Shen and looked back at the collapsed building in the distance.
The dust is all over the sky, and it has to be floated in the air for a long time before it sinks.
Gu Yu said untrue: "We actually came out alive, Lu Chen."
Lu Chen lowered his eyelids, cupped his face, and kissed his forehead without too much grief.
"Yeah." After the kiss, Lu Chen pressed his forehead again, curved his lips and smiled, "We came out alive."
Gu Yu really admired the two of them, how much hatred must they be, so that they were struggling to the death line for three days. The tip of his nose was sore, and suddenly there were some incomprehensible grievances, and he opened his arms for comfort: "Hug, dear."
Lu Chen naturally did not hesitate to hug him.
While hugging him, he joked: "I thought my hero is mature, why do I still cry all day long?"
Gu Yu buried it between his neck and whispered, "It's never too late."
Lu Chen asked, "How old is Gu Yuyu this year?"
Gu Yu is very reasonable: "As far as pretending to be tender, I will always be eight years old."
Lu Chen said, "In my opinion, six years old, no more."
Gu Yu was dissatisfied: "I'm six years old, so your mental age is sixty years old?"
Lu Chen let out a sullen laugh in his chest, grabbing at his cheeky face: "When I was discussing with me, I said that I will always have eighteen and one flowers, how come I have a sweet mouth, and I turned my face after the discussion? Gu Yuyu, two faces Are you still so arrogant?"
Gu Yu kissed the corner of his lips and said, "Eighteen, eighteen, dear, you will always be eighteen and one flowers."
Lu Chen smiled, kissed the place where his cheek was pulled, and said, "Perfunctory."
In front of the ruins, in the huge square, only they were left after the catastrophe.
They are much luckier than the countless worms of this era.
The author has something to say: There is one more chapter to end~
In fact, this is the original ending of Randall and Mengliu, I think it is also a kind of he. But after thinking about it, I decided to add a traditional he story. If you want them to end here, don't buy extras, don't buy extras.
In the later episodes, we will meet Mr. Lu and the others, hehe.