40,000 Years of Cultivation

When the newly reborn King of Star Thieves rushed to the stars amidst the howls of wolves, the capital of the Star Federation is also welcoming a new dawn.

Although there has been the first morning glow that tore through the dark clouds on the horizon, and there are some golden and red flames on the horizon, most of the sky is still shrouded in darkness, and the temperature is close to zero, as if it is freezing the night to death. , I don’t know how long it will take for the real light to come.

For all middle school students in Tiandu, especially those who live on campus, this is an unforgettable night in their lives.

The large-scale evacuation of young people began yesterday, and the children in the kindergarten, elementary school students and some junior high school students were evacuated in turn.

But before the junior high school students were completely evacuated to the underground battle fort, the evacuation was temporarily interrupted for some reason. It just dispatched a lot of federal troops to the middle schools, so that these enthusiastic and restless boys and girls were fighting. , Sword Halberd Forest, spent a sleepless night.

Everyone knows that there is a contest in the sky to determine the fate of the Federation, but the news of the starry sky battlefield is still blocked. The announcement of the federal government is also the old one. The citizens are asked to stay at home or school as much as possible and follow the Federal Army and police forces. Command and maintain the basic social order, and require all veterans and awakened cultivators to report to the nearest military station, or register on the Internet, access the "National Battle.net", and wait for the next task assignment .

As for the outcome of the decisive battle, no child knows yet.

"Fatty, fast, fast!"

"Big head, keep your voice down, you're clumsy, I wouldn't have brought you here if you knew it, no one can run away if you make a noise!"

"Jump, you jump fast, the three of us are all below and then you, if you dare not jump, why did you come out with us just now?"

In the remote corner of Tiandu No. 29 Senior Middle School, three men and one woman and four high school students jumped down on an inconspicuous high wall.

When the girl jumped down, she seemed to have a weak foot. She let out a soft "Oh," and was complained by the three boys.

Afterwards, the fat man supported the girl, and the four of them sneaked and touched towards the city.

The four high school students are all at the most energetic and aggressive age. Their parents are members of the Union Army. They grew up listening to the battle stories of the Union Army and the cultivators. They have no doubt that one day, perhaps today, they will be too. Will take over the banner of the parents and become a new story and a new protagonist.

The boy’s lips have just grown thin, and the girl’s **** have just swollen like an inflated ball last summer, but they feel that they have grown up and are qualified and have the strength to do a big job. Field-whatever you do.

The classmates were bored all night in the dormitory, like a group of chirping chicks trapped in an airtight cardboard box. They were already out of breath. The four of them volunteered to go outside to find out some latest news. .

"We are going to the ‘Federation Square’ in the city centre, which is very close to the ‘Federal News Center’. No matter what the latest news will be on the big light curtain of the Federation Square, it will be released as soon as possible.”

The four high school students pretended to be very sophisticated and explained to their classmates, "Furthermore, even if you can't find out any news on Federation Square, you can guess the movement and momentum of the Federal Army on the street."

In this way, the four high school students slipped out, stalked their heads, and marched towards the dawn from the dark night.

On the shoulders of the classmates’ hopes, there is also the pleasure of breaking school rules and breaking taboos. The two completely different feelings turned into a fresh and exciting force, like pressing eight springs under their feet. Let them trot all the way.

The sky city at this moment is completely different from the street scene they used to see in the daytime.

Traffic control has been implemented in the sky, and there are no more shuttles that roam around day and night, but occasionally some military shuttles like steel war eagles whizz by.

Temporary fortifications were built on the street, many spar chariots were parked, and large and small packages of construction materials and psionic puppets were on standby. They could be upgraded to semi-permanent fortifications at any time. Raised to the ground will never leave the posture of a cultivator.

In the colorful high-rise buildings in the past, the glass windows were all blocked by layers of armored steel plates, like rows of tombstones with no words, quietly telling the Federation's determination to fight to the end.

"Look!"

The girl suddenly exclaimed, pointing to the distance.

The boys followed her fingers and saw that among the high-rise buildings in the city center, hundreds of beams of light that were taller and thicker than the skyscrapers rose up.

The milky white beams of light rose up into the sky like gun barrels perpendicular to the ground, piercing the dark clouds all the way into the sky.

Even the strong dark clouds could not withstand the power of the beam of light, and large waves spread around one after another, as if they would be completely torn apart in the next second, revealing the blue sky.

"Is that a cannon?"

The girl's voice trembled a little, deeply shocked by this magnificent scene.

"No, it's the highest-level defensive formation in Tiandu."

The shortest of the four, the boy with round glasses said, "I heard my dad say that this kind of defensive array can open a super-giant psionic shield with a diameter of more than 300 kilometers, enough to resist. Live the indiscriminate bombing from outside the atmosphere... at least twenty-four hours."

The teenagers were silent.

I remembered all kinds of panic rumors last night.

It is said that once the true human empire expeditionary force wins the Battle of Xinghai, it will appear in the sky above Tianyuan Star in a swaggering manner.

They don’t need to attack the ground at all, they are very likely to drag a large number of giant meteorites over, install the cheapest power unit on the meteorite’s butt, and then use large meteorites to accurately bombard the sky city and major industrial cities. There is no need to fight on the street at all. Can completely stifle the resistance of the Federation.

"Anyway... we will win."

The fat man waved his arms and gritted his teeth, "If the starry sky is not kept, we will retreat to the mountains to fight guerrillas. Ten, 20, 50 years, one day we will retake the Federation!"

"Yes!"

The young man with a particularly big head said seriously, "Think about it, it took the human race of the past 30,000 years to regain the Star Sea. What can we do for decades? We...will win!"

The biting chill got into the collar and cuffs, causing the four teenagers to shiver deeply.

But they didn't shrink back, instead, braved the cold wind and continued to move forward.

They didn't go far, when passing by an artificial lake, they found an old man by the lake by some accident.

The old man's body was wrapped in metal, and even his face was just a cold mask. It should be a ghost repairer who accidentally lost his body.

The reason why he is said to be an "old man" is because his movements are very stiff, as if rust has grown all over his body, and he will fall apart at any time.

When they saw the old man, the old man was doing something commonplace by the lake, but now it was quite unusual—feeding the birds.

There are many birds on the artificial lake, and people often come to feed the birds.

But no one has ever attracted so many birds like this aging ghost, not only appears beside him, but even falls on him, as if he has a natural sense of intimacy with him, not at all. Fear of this cold mechanical body.

"It's amazing, how did he do it?"

"How can someone feed the birds here when the army is in turmoil? Who is he?"

"I seem to have seen this old grandfather. Yes, it is him. He often comes here to feed the birds. I like to go to the artificial lake in the morning to recite ancient runes. I have seen him several times. He seems to be next to the library. Know the archivist of the archives.

"But before, his movements were a lot more clumsy. One time he couldn't get up after falling down for a long time. I helped him up. Moreover, there won't be so many birds falling on him..."

The teenagers talked and became curious.

I was about to let the girl who knew this grandfather step forward to ask what happened, "Hullah", all the birds on the archivist's body flew up, with faint flashes of light, they scattered, and rushed to the sky. .

"Hahahaha!"

There was a thunderous laugh in the metal chest of the archivist, which shocked the four teenagers.

The old man smiled unscrupulously, unscrupulously, and heartily. The whole world was filled with his own laughter. Even the dark clouds covering the sky and the sun were torn through the cracks in the wild laughter, bursting with golden light. !

Smiling, laughing, the old man's voice and breath gradually weakened.

He was originally squatting on the ground to tease the birds, but at this moment he finally couldn't support his heavy body, and sat down on the ground with his huge head drooping inch by inch.

"Grandpa!"

The girl was anxious, and the first one rushed up, followed by the three boys, trying to help the old man, but the old archivist waved his hand to the children, beckoning them not to come.

"Danger."

The archivist spoke very clearly.

Afterwards, a black flame spewed out of his metal skull.

The black flames flared their teeth and struggled desperately, as if some kind of unwilling and resentful power was being burned and completely annihilated!

With the annihilation of this force, the last life of the archivist also disappeared, like a golden match that burned out, turning into gray and white.

When the girl finally helped the old man up, there was only time to hear him in a vague voice, and finally said a weird thing, and there was no more sound from the light metal chest.

The boys screamed and waved desperately on the street. Three minutes later, the police and the Federal Army finally called. After a while, the ambulance arrived in time.

This was originally a very common incident of sudden death of an old man, and it was not surprising that it happened to the aging ghost repair.

However, when the doctors uncovered the old man's metal sky spirit cover and found that there were some traces of brain cells inside, things became weird.

When the police inquired about the serial number on the old man’s psychic prosthesis and found that it was an illegal prosthesis that had not been officially registered, the difficulty of the case increased by several levels.

"You said, before he died, he said a weird thing, what is that?"

The police frowned deeply and stared at the four frightened, bewildered boys and girls.

The teenagers looked at each other. It was a verbose and awkward sentence, and they didn't know the meaning for a while.

"Don't worry, let's think slowly, even if you don't understand the meaning, you can repeat the syllables. This is very important to confirm the identity of the deceased."

Changed a female police officer and said very kindly but very firmly.

The teenagers scratched their heads, but still couldn't think of it, all of them blushed.

At this moment, a flash of roar sounded on the horizon, and the rising sun finally broke free from the shackles of darkness after a fierce battle, and leaped high.

In the direction of the city center, there were bursts of cheers and noise, like some great news, turning into a boiling storm, about to sweep the entire city, the entire planet, and the entire Federation.

The girl's eyes rounded, and she finally understood what the old man was muttering just now.

"I, I see, Grandpa's last words seem to be—"

She puffed up her cheeks, learned the way of an old archivist, looked at the distance and the vast sky above, feeling relieved, and said with great relief: "Children, broken thieves..."