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Chapter 817 Chapter 816 · "TE· All Things Resurrection (11)"

[City of Measurement, Residential Buildings in Outer City]

【102km from Central Building. 】

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"Grandma, grandma, can you tell me a story?" Next to an old-fashioned rocking chair, a little girl leaned next to a gray-haired old lady.

The bell at the window jingled, and the window next to it had been sealed, so no black mist leaked in. There were only the old lady and her granddaughter in the small house. They cuddled together, and the photo on the table glowed brightly.

"Tuan Tuan, what story do you want to hear?" the old lady said gently.

"I haven't heard the story of the universe since I was a child. Now the world seems to be destroyed. I want to hear it." The little girl raised her head and said: "Grandma, how big is the universe? Is it as big as a big pool?"

The old lady raised her head and thought for a while.

Her cloudy eyes shrank slightly.

"The universe... The universe is very big. It originated from a big bang and evolved from a state of extremely high density and high temperature... Compared to it, our ruined world is just an inconspicuous planet. ." The old lady said: "Because the dimension was blocked many years ago, we cannot leave the ruined world and go into space, but I still know that there is a vast and boundless universe above our heads..."

"Grandma. Where did you know this?" The little girl blinked.

The old lady squinted her eyes and thought for a long time.

After a moment, she recalled:

"My mother, your great-grandmother, lived in the era before the catastrophe of the century - in that era, manned space technology gradually matured, and people began to engage in various exploration, research, experiments, production and military affairs in space. Applied round-trip flight activity.”

"My mother's memory is not clear. Humanity has had many memories erased since the Century Catastrophe. Not many people remember the era before the Century Catastrophe."

"But at that time, before the catastrophe of the century, she vaguely remembered that the ruined world was not called the ruined world, but the name of a planet. The development of human science and technology is like flowers blooming, making rapid leaps every year. Mechanical manufacturing, bionic technology, artificial intelligence The fields were developing rapidly. They confirmed quantum entanglement, transplanted the hearts of genetically modified pigs, and developed rudimentary AI... everything was great at that time."

"People are trying to explore the universe beyond the galaxy and find another intelligent civilization. So they send signals to the depths of the distant universe, carrying human text and audio and video images, hoping to find a civilization similar to theirs."

"Have they found it?" the little girl asked.

"Found it." The old lady smiled.

"Really? Great, what is that civilization?" The little girl was very excited. If humans can find a new civilization in the vast universe, it will be very lucky.

The old lady touched her head:

"It's called [Tavi]."

“The universe is a Pandora’s box, and humanity unfortunately invites the devil.”

"Ding——" The bell swayed slightly, and the lily's petals drooped slightly.

The old lady picked up the group photo on the table and fumbled with her rough fingers for a black-haired woman in the frame. The little girl watched with her.

The black-haired woman in the photo has long, shiny black hair, cunning eyes like a little fox, and a charming smile.

They watched in silence for a long time.

"Is this my great-grandmother?" the little girl said.

"Yeah." The old lady responded.

The little girl knew that this black-haired woman was her great-grandmother - her great-grandmother was very, very old, spanning the Catastrophe of the Century and the War of Dawn. She had made indelible contributions to human civilization, and had led Soldiers have been on the battlefield themselves.

My great-grandmother died in the 72nd year of the disaster. The cause of death was death.

According to the diary left by my great-grandmother, my great-aunt had a habit when she was young. If she met someone she admired, she would call him "Little Handsome". However, the little girl didn't know who had received such an honor in that era, because her great-grandfather had never been called "Little Handsome" by her great-grandmother. That emotion must have been quietly buried by my great-grandmother.

Grandma’s name is Xi.

She was really beautiful when she was young.

"Small universe,

"The joyful universe,

"Bounce and laugh,

"It was when I was a kid..."

The little girl hummed a song and leaned against her grandma's rocking chair. Grandma sang along with her until the city-state's energy supply ran low and the ceiling lights went out.

The windows were corroded and had holes, and black mist seeped in through the gaps in the windows, eroding their skin, but they were still singing about the universe that could no longer be touched.

The little girl stretched out her rotten hand and looked at the dark ceiling through her fingers.

She thought, maybe the universe is really big and the sky is really far away - in distant civilizations, maybe there really are civilizations similar to them, spying on this mysterious and dangerous universe.

It may usher in a new life, or it may usher in an end.

How far is the universe and what is life?

"How much new becomes old,

"Time never retreats,

"Today I am facing you,

"There must be changes..."

…

[City of Measurement, Terminal BW-03. 】

【78km from Central Building. 】

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"The inspection is completed and the aircraft is in good condition."

"Route information and other data have been input into the cdu (flight management system), the flight plan has been checked, and the engine, lights, wings, etc. have been automatically detected by the Dawn Flight Assist System."

"This is the Measurement City Aviation Administration. Thirty-six flight applications from the bw-03 terminal have been detected. Please flash your light to reply when you receive it. Please flash your light to reply."

"Report, the concentration of black fog is too high and the light cannot penetrate beyond 2m."

"Response received."

The rain was heavy, and several pairs of black-soled rubber shoes splashed across the asphalt road.

The sky and the earth are the same color, and the continuous rain has condensed into a rain curtain, floating back and forth in people's unclear field of vision. The water on the ground was rolling and pooling together.

The red light representing warning and the green light representing traffic overlap and flash in the darkness. A blue-haired young man wearing a military cap stands in the rain. The heavy rain has wet his military uniform. He looks far into the horizon, which is movable. The boarding bridge is coming slowly.

Beside him, a total of thirty-six columns of soldiers rushed past carrying boxed objects. The small delivery vehicle made a "woo-woo" sound, carrying several sealed cans and glass bottles.

He raised his wrist, and the screen of his watch flashed bright blue, displaying: [Flight Qualification Authorized], and next to the screen was his name and photo.

"The bridge is connected, please have qualified pilots to get on the driver's seat."

"The Aviation Administration has approved the flight application. The flight range is 100km within the Measurement City, and the flight time is twenty minutes and forty seconds. This flight mission is an escort mission, and all weapons and equipment of the aircraft have been blocked and cannot be used. "

"Pilot Lou Likarpos. The system has recognized your aircraft piloting ability and approved you to participate in this escort mission."

The announcement came from the watch, and the blue-haired young man raised his head slightly, his eyes distant.

"Click-click."

The movable boarding bridge is connected to the aircraft, and the footsteps of soldiers boarding the aircraft can be heard above the blue-haired young man. He lowered his hands and walked in the direction of the other plane.

A woman with rose-red hair walked towards him. She was tall, beautiful and wearing a flight suit. Behind her was a line of players.

They looked at each other through the rain, and the thick black fog rattled between their flight suits and military uniforms.

"Violet, has the Source Stone been transported to the plane?" the blue-haired young man said.

"Ninety-seven percent of the existing Source Stones are already being transported to the signal station at the edge of the world, and less than 3% of the Source Stones are stored in city-states as backup energy. Now, most of them are transported on planes." Wei Wei Olet said: "Lu. Can you reveal the purpose of this order?"

Lu shook his head:

"This is Su Mingan's order. I don't know what he plans to do next. His plan is all in his mind, and he will not reveal a word to outsiders."

"He is more cautious about civilization than any of us. His surveillance is everywhere, and any action or language will be observed. All we can do..."

Lu put his index finger in front of his lips:

"...Only silence."

Violet's eyes widened slightly and she nodded quickly.

The searchlight moved slowly on the medals on their chests, outlining the lines of the city-state's military honors. Including every soldier standing outside the terminal, the military honors on their chests were shimmering.

Lu raised the horn and a clear voice came out.

"Everyone, our mission is to fly these planes near the Central Building to conduct escort work and protect one person."

"I believe that you can successfully complete this escort mission and win the victory rate for mankind that is less than one in a billion."

"Beyond personal origin, wealth and status, we gather here to face powerful invaders who want to overthrow human civilization. But I believe that our efforts will not be in vain, and the civilization in the ruined world will definitely survive."

"Good luck to you all."

He put down the speaker, and Violet smiled at him: "Copying Su Ming'an's speech back then, is it quite smooth? To be honest, everyone here doesn't know why they are flying to the Central Building now. Is there any danger to Su Ming'an? ?”

"Get on the plane, don't talk nonsense. I don't know about this kind of thing. We are only responsible for following orders." Lu smiled and shook his head, boarding the helicopter nearby.

Violet and other players boarded other planes as passengers, while the NPC pilot took the driving seat. There was only one exception. Lu directly climbed into the driving seat of a helicopter and placed his hands in front of the operating console.

"I haven't driven in a long time." Lu recalled his past: "When I was flying a plane, it was when I threw the criminal gang out of the plane when I was 23 years old."

"You had a lot of experience when you were young." Ruiying, a player in the back row, smiled: "I heard that you were an arms dealer in the gray area back then. No wonder you can fire airplanes and cannons."

Lu turned to look at him and smiled gently, but this smile looked dark:

"Ruiying, don't talk nonsense, what I do is serious business."

"Dip, drip."

"Identity verified. Pilot Lou Likalpos."

"The destination of this flight is the Central Building of the City of Measurement."

"Mission target - City Lord Asa Akto."

"Mission purpose - escort mission."

"May you succeed in your mission."

"Human civilization will last forever."

Cold announcements sounded one after another, and similar announcements sounded from other planes.

In the heavy rain, the two direct lights "deng" and "deng" were like sharp swords piercing the rain curtain. Next, two more lights came on, four lights, eight lights, sixteen lights... until thirty-six planes took off.

Like a herringbone geese, one plane heads up, and the other planes divide into two lines and follow behind.

"May human civilization last forever."

"May human civilization last forever."

All kinds of sounds sounded from the communication microphone, like surging waves. The voice is mixed with thick accents and dialects, but it conveys a consistent tone and vision.

Continue civilization.

——Continue civilization at all costs.

“Buzz, buzz, buzz—”

The propellers rotated rapidly, and the terminal lights on the ground lit up slightly. Use the minimum resource consumption to supply the aircraft with take-off.

Like dozens of eagles taking off, the plane braved the heavy rain and the black fog that obscured the vision, and rushed into the dark sky, like thirty-six sharp swords piercing the darkness. Only the scarlet radar dots on the screen, like morning stars, pointed their direction.

"May Zhai Xing's civilization be like the civilization in the ruined world..."

Lu drove the helicopter at the front of the thirty-six planes, like a leading hummingbird. He lit a cigarette with trembling fingers, ignoring the no-smoking orders shouted by the flight system.

He patted the cigarette ashes with his index finger, raised his lips, and smiled slightly:

“…lasting forever.”

…

[City of Measurement, outer city area. 】

【32km from Central Building. 】

…

After leaving the underground hibernation cabin, Noel found Su Lin who was coming and asked Su Lin to use the dream weaving technique to secretly convey the next move to several players. At their call, thousands of people followed them in just over ten minutes.

"Come here - follow me!"

Players who can drive boarded the car one after another. Long streaks of flying soil rose up behind the truck, like thunder covering the earth.

They raced towards the Central Building, like thousands of horses galloping.

At the same time, the residents of the city-state ran for Noel's orders. They started looking for anything to burn. Firestones, torches, firewood, even clothes and cloth... Even though they didn't know the meaning of these orders, they still obeyed.

It is impossible to distinguish between men, women, old and young in alleys, high-rise buildings and blocks, and people's figures are constantly moving in the darkness.

Night has come, heavy rain is drifting, and there are continuous sounds of trucks speeding, motorcycles starting, and people's footsteps... In this dense eternal night, it seems that there are still countless hopeful creatures.

"Sir, look, is my lighter okay?" A bearded man pulled Noel and said with a smile: "I smoked it a few days ago, it should still be usable."

"Okay, thank you." Noel took the lighter.