Darkness is Coming

  April 25, 2011 was a heavy day for the people of Nandu.

   Seeing that the excitement and shock of the extraordinary war gradually subsided, and the curiosity about the Awakened and extraterrestrial creatures was also satisfied, people finally recalled the sacrifice in the defense of Nandu, and the sadness began to spread after the air defense siren sounded.

  In the silence, Du Xinlu, Secretary of Jiangbei Provincial Party Committee, Zheng Chengjie, Governor of Jiangbei Province, Wang Baining, Secretary of Nandu Municipal Party Committee, and others solemnly welcomed the returning heroes.

   Most of the soldiers who died on the Shangjing battlefield were soldiers of the 258th Division who were temporarily transferred to the Shangjing Military Region. The 258th Division was originally the 258th Brigade of the ace machine-infantry brigade. Therefore, most of the soldiers of the 258th Division are from Yuanjiang and Jiangbei. Before they set foot on the battlefield, they have written a suicide note. In their suicide note, you can find the same last wish: if you sacrifice, you are willing to return to your homeland.

   In order to fulfill their wishes, the Shangjing Military Region dispatched a large number of troop carriers to transport the coffins of the fallen soldiers back to the southern capital. On the Shangjiang Expressway, army-green troop carriers formed a long line, carrying the soldiers to complete the last expedition.

  The bones of the fallen soldiers were not buried in the cemetery, but in the Nandu Martyrs Cemetery. State leaders headed by Wen Weiguo, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, held a memorial ceremony at the Nandu Martyrs Cemetery with a heavy heart.

  The people of Nandu spontaneously organized, put on black clothes and hung white cloth on their shoulders, waited quietly on the road of military vehicles entering the martyrs' cemetery, and paid tribute to the remains of the martyrs.

Under the scorching sun, hundreds of figures wearing thick tunic and military uniforms walked slowly from the north gate to the Martyrs Monument. State leaders such as Wen Weiguo and Dang Zhengfeng walked at the head of the team, followed by Du Xinlu, Zheng Chengjie, and the commander of the Nandu Military Region. Afterwards, Yang Xiaoqian, Yu Qian, Fang Yu, Qi Xinwu, Qi Lie and others walked at the end.

Walking past the group portraits of martyrs made of 179 pieces of granite, the Martyrs Monument stands on the top of Yuhua Terrace. The forehead of the monument is shaped like a red flag and a torch. Engraved with eight characters: the return of the soul, the eternal river!

   After laying wreaths for the martyrs, Chairman Wen delivered a speech.

   The speech was short, only one paragraph.

   Over the past three years, the people's heroes who died in the People's Liberation War and the People's Revolutionary War will be immortalized!

   Over the past 30 years, the people's heroes who died in the People's Liberation War and the People's Revolutionary War will be immortalized!

   It can be traced back to 1840 years. Since then, in order to oppose internal and external enemies and strive for national independence and people's freedom and happiness, the people's heroes who have sacrificed in previous struggles will live on forever!

   Now, the people's heroes who died in the foreign invasion war and the people's defense war will live on forever!

   Since then, in order to resist foreign invasions, defend the integrity of the country and the security and stability of the people, the heroes of the people who sacrificed themselves in the upcoming crises and challenges will live on forever!

  ………………

   The night was pitch black, like ink like hair.

  Southern Capital Zijin Villa, Yang Xiaoqian, who had been plagued by questions all day, found his answer in a luxurious suite.

When Yang Xiaoqian knocked on the door and walked in, Liu Yuanzhou didn't get up. It wasn't because he was arrogant and rude, but he couldn't get up. He sat in a wheelchair with complicated designs and many sophisticated devices. Yang Xiaoqian was terrified, wearing a mesh helmet on his head, with two electrodes attached to his forehead.

"Hello."

After Yang Xiaoqian entered the door, Liu Yuanzhou's wheelchair turned on its own and slowly moved towards Yang Xiaoqian. His voice really became calm and emotionless. This voice was not made by his vocal cords, but by a flashing red and green spot. issued by electronic equipment.

   "You are this?"

Yang Xiaoqian, who has always pursued the collapse of Mount Tai in front of his eyes without changing his color, was shocked. Today, he did not see Liu Yuanzhou in the memorial ceremony. Yang Xiaoqian felt very strange. Now that he saw Liu Yuanzhou, he understood the reason. With Liu Yuanzhou's current embarrassed posture, he participated in the memorial ceremony. There is a lost state.

   It's just that Yang Xiaoqian couldn't understand, how could Liu Yuanzhou end up like this?

   In countless open and secret battles, Liu Yuanzhou has always been invincible. No matter who he fights with, he is always the final winner. In the hearts of Yuanjiang people, Yang Xiaoqian and Liu Yuanzhou are symbols of invincibility, and in Yang Xiaoqian's heart, Liu Yuanzhou is the symbol of the real myth.

  How could Liu Yuanzhou, who has no last resort, become like this? Yang Xiaoqian felt nervous. He was still waiting for Liu Yuanzhou to take action and kill the mutant in one fell swoop. Could it be that this tall man has fallen?

   "An accident." Liu Yuanzhou's lips and eyes did not move, and the mechanically synthesized electronic sound came from the loudspeaker on the wheelchair.

   "Well..." Yang Xiaoqian hesitated.

   "Don't worry, this is a successful accident, I'm very happy." The electronic sound always maintains the same volume and the same tone, without fluctuations.

   Yang Xiaoqian knew that in fact, electronic sounds could simulate emotional sounds to a certain extent, but Liu Yuanzhou obviously did not adopt that kind of design.

   "Are you happy?" Yang Xiaoqian couldn't remember how long he had not seen the emotion of "happy" in Liu Yuanzhou, he felt that he needed a chair now.

  Black fog lifted a seat in the suite and brought it behind Yang Xiaoqian, Yang Xiaoqian sat down slowly, his line of sight was level with Liu Yuanzhou.

   "Yes, I'm very happy." Liu Yuanzhou's eyes swayed up and down, which should mean nodding.

   "You... Luo Yingnan should be able to heal your injury, I'll let him come over now." Yang Xiaoqian said, taking out his phone.

"No, I'm not injured." The electronic voice stopped Yang Xiaoqian's movements. An ellipsoid standing behind the wheelchair stretched out two "hands", picked up the teacup, and "slid" to Yang Xiaoqian's body. This ellipsoid had no feet. The chassis is rollers and tracks, and there is no ups and downs when traveling, just like a round glass ball sliding on the ice.

   "Drink tea."

  Yang Xiaoqian took the tea cup, and the hot tea was placed in the porcelain cup produced by the Jingdezhen porcelain kiln.

   "You're not injured, so you are?"

   "There is tea in the cup."

"what?"

   "After the tea is full, keep pouring water, the water will overflow."

  Yang Xiaoqian looked down at the tea cup in his hand, and thoughtfully, it turned out that this tea was a teaching aid.

"Thinking is the proof of the existence of the individual. The body is just a container for thinking, a container with limited capacity like a teacup. Now, this container is a limitation, a confinement. I am very happy, because I have found to break this shackle and achieve My ideal approach."

The lights in the room flickered on and off, as if applauding Liu Yuanzhou. The TV was automatically turned on and switched channels at a very high frequency. Only one or two syllables could be heard each time it switched. The built-in speaker will turn the volume to the maximum, and each short syllable will form a sentence.

   "It's just that I need a little more time."