40,000 Years of Cultivation

The ghost of the little girl entwined the Sea of ​​Wanzang, and she seemed to hug the old man who stepped into **** tightly. Her question was like a sharp lancet, dissecting the soul of the Sea of ​​Wanzang, letting human beings The leader of civilization, the commander of the combined fleet trembling lips, his eyes muddy, speechless.

"Why didn't you bring us?"

"Why didn't you bring us?"

"Why didn't you bring us?"

The ghost of the little girl didn't notice the strangeness of the old man, and was still asking innocently.

"...I'm sorry, Bai Ling'er, I'm sorry."

Wan Zanghai trembled, stretched out his twisted hands, trying to hold his sister's ghost, but strands of crystal clear ripples of life slipped from his fingertips, like white and delicate gravel.

"I was wrong, I was really wrong!"

Wan Zanghai burst into tears, "No matter how you retaliate against me, it doesn't matter, come on, Bai Ling'er, take my soul away and be buried on earth forever with you!"

"revenge?"

The little girl's ghost looked a little confused, "What are you talking about, brother, what'retaliation'?"

"you……"

Wan Zanghai was uncertain, his eyes confused, his hands waving wildly, "Are you a real existence, or my dying fantasy? Are you the real Bai Ling'er, or the deepest trauma in my memory? Fake, it’s a man or a ghost, don’t, don’t torture me anymore, come on, I am ready for the final judgment, no matter what the destiny and ending, Bai Ling'er, and all, all stay on the earth and wait for death People, come on, it doesn’t matter what you want to do to me, come on!"

Wan Zanghai closed his eyes, with winding, red tears flowing from the corners of his eyes.

However, what he ushered in was not cruel revenge, but the confused voice of his sister: "I, I don't know, we don't even know, brother, save us."

"what?"

Wan Zanghai opened his eyes again and saw the ghost of his sister, still as innocent, pitiful, and helpless as the little girl hundreds of years ago.

"We don't know what we are."

The little girl’s ghost stretched out her hand, and the ripples of life at her fingertips were surrounded by wisps of intense flames, as if to bring endless pain and fear to her, "Shortly after the immigrant starship left, there was a very strong light falling from the sky, everything was The mountains, the sea, the cities, the villages, and every one of us, even deep in our souls, are flaming flowers.

"Then, I don’t know clearly, we become something weird, we seem to have no body, and we seem to be able to manipulate everything, we seem to be dead, but obviously we have a richer perception than before, we can see I saw a lot of ripples and magnetic fields that were invisible in the past, but I seemed to be missing a lot of important knowledge and memories. I seem to be Bai Ling'er, and I am like many other people, thousands of people who have stayed on the earth.

"Brother, I'm so scared, I don't know what's wrong with me, how long I can maintain this state, one day, will it disappear and completely die!"

"Don't be afraid, Bai Ling'er, I want to think about it, I want to think about it!"

Wan Zanghai stretched out his fingers in a trance, and gently faced the ghost's fingers together, muttering, "Then how did you catch us? Is this all true?"

"The immigrant starship sailed in the sea of ​​stars, leaving a long trace that we could not detect when we were alive, but now we can see clearly, like a rut run over by a wheel."

The little girl’s ghost said, “In the way we are now, we are no longer afraid of the vacuum of the universe. We can even use solar storms and various magnetic field rays as a driving force. It took more than a hundred years to catch up. Fortunately, our brother is still alive. ——Save us, brother, you are our only hope. Everyone believes in you. Only you can figure out our state and get us out of trouble. We, we don’t want to die, we want to live!"

"Trust me?"

Wan Zanghai was ashamed of himself.

"Of course, everyone believes that my brother is a good person."

The ghost smiled sweetly, "In the beginning, when I was still in the village, everyone knew that my brother was very enthusiastic, very kind, and always willing to help others. He was completely different from other demons on the wasteland. Later, my brother also opened a net. The water company helped everyone on the wasteland find a clean water source. You also promoted the great reconciliation between the demons and the underground people. I don’t know how many lives have been saved by these two points! Brother, just like the past, save again Everyone, once, you can do it, we believe in you."

"Save? Believe?"

Wan Zanghai froze for a long time, looked at his skinny body, and said in pain, "I want to think about it, I want to think about it."

"Ding!"

The door opened, and the medical team came in to provide him with regular treatment and maintenance.

Where the light was shining, the little girl's ghost disappeared without a trace, as if it was really just the illusion of an old man dying.

...

Since that day, the ghost of the little girl often appeared.

It was like a whisper in the wind and a whisper in the ear, or a string of silver bell-like chuckles from the wasteland hundreds of years ago.

No, it's not just little girls, there are many other ghosts.

Those civilians and working people who have been blessed by the Wanzanghai, the beneficiaries of the "Global Water Purification Project" and the "Great Reconciliation between the Demon Race and the Underground", those simple and kind people still remember that Wanzanghai once did They did not remember or care about Wan Zanghai's betrayal and abandonment of the little things they did to save civilization. They smiled and their eyes were shining, and they regarded Wan Zanghai as their last hope.

Even if Wan Zanghai was crying bitterly and told the truth to these kind ghosts, the ghosts understood very well and believed that all bad things were done by the rich and powerful. Wan Zanghai must have been coerced by them and had to do this—— What's more, didn't Wan Zanghai already avenge them in the "Outer Solar System Massacre"?

Now, there is no restriction from the powerful, rich and powerful.

Just ask Wan Zanghai to lead them again and live in the vast sea of ​​stars!

The old man was indulging in ghostly hallucinations all day long, forgetting everything in the combined fleet.

Because of his health, iron confidants such as Tie Xiong have become less and less letting him handle heavy official duties, and have even gradually cut off his communication with the outside world.

The trend of the Returnists has intensified on every starship, and Texiong and his military police are also like springs in the dark, accumulating strength in a calm manner.

Wan Zanghai, who has been struggling for a lifetime in conspiracies and tricks, can still smell blood in the wind even if he is blind and deaf and bedridden.

He just doesn't care about these things anymore, he doesn't care about everything except the ghost.

at last--

When Tie Xiong did not show up for three consecutive days, the medical team in charge of his health also replaced a group of strangers, completely cut off all communications with the outside world, and the continuous slight shock of the starship passed to his bedroom, Wan Zanghai Know, the time has come.

Tie Xiong reappeared, wearing a murderous uniform, military boots trampled on blood and internal organs, and on the shoulders of the black uniform, there was a crimson identification card inlaid with a skull symbol that Wan Zanghai had never seen before.

Tie Xiong looked at Wan Zanghai, his eyes were red, the corners of his eyes trembled, excited and frightened.

The old man looked at his confidant with an indifferent expression and quiet eyes. He took out a wooden box from under the pillow with some effort, and threw it away: "Give it to you, Axiong."

Tie Xiong hesitated for a moment, then opened the wooden box, but it was a dagger with the words "A relaxing day, only yesterday" engraved on it, which was the motto of the old SEALs.

"in those days--"

Wan Zanghai calmly said, "I just used this dagger to kill my instructor."

Tie Xiong understood.

"The report commander, under the commander's wise leadership, correct deployment, and personal command, all the'human enemies' of the'returning faction' have broken the law and received their due punishment. The order of the joint fleet is completely restored, and no one dares to chaos. Talk about chaos!"

Tie Xiong grabbed the dagger and said every word, "I am a faithful believer of the commander-in-chief. I firmly believe that human civilization can no longer turn back. Only if we go forward bravely and reach the other side of the stars is a new hope and a new home!

"It's just that the system of the'New Earth Joint Fleet' is too loose, weak and decayed. We are completely scattered and unable to withstand the wind and waves on the way forward. The emergence of the'Return Faction' is the best proof and warning!

"Only by reorganizing the command of the joint fleet, establishing a ‘military government’, and implementing strong military control, can tens of millions of people be gathered into a determination to win and complete this dark road!

"Commander, I have been busy with this for the past half month. Until this moment, the Iron Fleet has taken shape. I can finally report to you. Please don't worry!"

"well."

Wan Zanghai smiled and said, "Good job, Tie Xiong."

"It's just that the matter is big, countless crew members are bewitched by the'returning faction', unable to understand the necessity and justice of the establishment of the military government, and even say that we are... the murderer.

Tie Xiong said, "It is impossible for us to kill all the opponents, nor to allow their resistance to transform into complete hostility. Someone must stand up and take responsibility for the'slaughter of the returnees' and the'establishment of the military government'. , To expose the dark chapters before you can embark on the journey of light.

"Commander, you have always been the savior of human civilization and the'god' in everyone's mind. For our civilization to chop the waves in the sea of ​​stars and sail all the way to the end of the stars, you are willing to make any sacrifices, right?"

"Yeah yeah."

Wan Zanghai laughed, "Do it, Tie Xiong, do it, just... Even if our civilization can really sail to the end of the stars, at that time, is it still'our civilization'? It's still an'earth civilization' or "Human civilization"?"

"I do not know."

Tie Xiong carried his dagger and walked towards the Ten Thousand Tibetan Seas, "The earth has been destroyed, and nine out of ten people who escaped have also died tragically in the'Outer Solar System Massacre' planned by you. Can you call yourself "Earth Civilization" or "Human Civilization" with a shy face?"

"I, I don't know."

The old man closed his eyes, but couldn't hold back the tears. "...I don't know."

...

Thousands of pairs of angry hands lifted Wan Zanghai high, spitting, and scuffled all the way to the reactor.

"murderer!"

"Bloody executioner!"

"The devil, this devil deceived us, betrayed us, and ruined everything!"

"Civil thief, independent husband, at this time, I still want to be a dictator!"

"Burn him to death, burn him to ashes, so that he will never be restored, and he will never be overborn!"

Many times, humans need demons.

Mankind needs a demon, so he created a demon with his own hands, and then went through untold hardships to defeat the devil, thus giving himself the banner of "justice" and gaining the courage to continue.

Wan Zanghai was thinking calmly in the raging flames.

My sister and other ghosts, thousands of ghosts from the earth, all huddled in the corner of the reactor, watching him quietly, protecting him, and waiting for him.

...

His corpse turned into hundreds of millions of bits and pieces of dust, scattered into the dark vacuum.

In front of him, the "reborn, completely new" fugitive fleet accelerated forward. Behind him, countless ripples and ripples turned into billions of ghosts, wrapping and swallowing the gleaming dust, forming a brand new fleet, the ghost fleet.

"Brother, we are finally together, it's great."

"Yes, that's great, I didn't expect another form of life to be like this."

"Next, where are we going, are we going to chase the fugitive fleet?"

"No, not in a hurry. Anyway, we have the trajectory of their sailing and jumping. If we want to chase, we can catch up at any time."

"Brother, we were all scared at first, unable to grasp our own form and frequency, and seemed to fall apart at any time, but now with you, everyone is not afraid."

"Yes, believe me, with me, everyone doesn't need to be afraid."

"Brother, what will the future be like, where are we going?"

"The future will be very beautiful. One day, we can reach the other side of the light, find a way to reverse time and change everything. We can stop all mistakes, restore all regrets, and resurrect everyone who died tragically in natural and man-made disasters. , Everyone can live happily together."

"Brother, we are no longer humans, so what are we now?"

"I don't know, but the universe is so big and time is so long. One day, I will tell you the answer. Now, sleep a while, sister, you are so tired. Leave everything to me. Brother is here, go to sleep, sister, go to sleep, go to sleep..."

[End of the Three Sisters of the Fanwai]