Chapter 1594 Eight: Five

What are people doing when the countdown to Doomsday reaches its end?

The front arrow of the magic tide is approaching the destined meeting point, which is only a short distance away from this small planet where all living beings live. The first alarm comes from the Voyager satellite array, and the second alarm comes from the The observer’s secret room in the Thunder Tribe State—the interval between the two alarms was no more than three and a half minutes, and when the two alarms came successively, most of Cecil’s area had not yet ushered in the sunrise.

At four o'clock in the morning on Cecil, at the Luan Junction, the tower keeper Green woke up from his sleep. He was disturbed by a chaotic dream, and the twilight sky outside the window reminded him that he had not yet arrived for the changing of the guard. But he was not sleepy anymore, so he put on his coat and came to the equipment room on the top of the tower. He shared a simple breakfast with his colleagues on night shift, and then came to the office with a cup of hot coffee Looking at the window, while thinking about the work schedule for the next day, while waiting for the dawn to arrive.

At the same time, in Aldernan, the sun had already flooded the entire city, the majestic clock tower began to ring, and the huge imperial machinery began to operate for a day. The old Grand Duke Ferdinand felt a little stiff in his joints on this cold morning. Before leaving for the Obsidian Palace, he thought of Andersa who was still stationed at the border—his own After all, the age has come, and when the famous Iron Duke has his joints rusted, maybe... it's time to care about his granddaughter's lifelong event.

On the shore of Baisha Lake, Home finished his all-night work—in his current position, he didn’t have to work so hard, but the joy of working with ore always made him forget his fatigue. The head of the mining company, who was born as a slave worker in the mine, took a nap at his desk. In his sleep, he saw the dark mine where he once lived, and saw the shackles of the slave workers and the blackened stone piles. He woke up from this short sleep, and the whip and shackles were shattered together with the nightmare. His eyes fell on the table next to him, and he saw his treasure—that was an obelisk carved into a magic net. A shaped trophy, with a line of text engraved on the base of the trophy: To the discoverer of the original stone of Home, the outstanding mining expert Mr. Home - Rebecca Cecil.

At 5:15, the sun has gradually emerged from the horizon. The big businessman Cord Baldwin is holding a newspaper under his arm, and he is hurrying towards his office. He is not so young anymore, with a slightly fatter body It is also easier to feel tired than a few years ago, so he slowed down halfway, and began to try to adapt to the rhythm of life that a man in his late middle age should have. Seeing a majestic arc gradually rising from the horizon, it is a huge sun disk, and the clouds and mist on the edge of the sun disk are filled with eye-catching bright red.

As the countdown to Doomsday reaches its end, everyone is living their lives.

At 5:35, Gawain arrived in his study after breakfast - he did not sit down at the desk, but stood quietly in front of the large French window, quietly watching the sun on the horizon Gradually filling his eyesight, watching the bloody light on the edge of the sun spread over the city little by little, Amber was standing beside him, reporting the current situation seriously: "...the space projection process of the deep blue webway has ended Starting an hour ago, the magic power observation departments of various countries have successfully detected the formation of a huge magic power field. Although it cannot be observed by the naked eye for the time being, it is estimated from the data of various places that the strength of the magic power field outside the atmosphere should have reached the threshold value and can be carried out at any time. ideological projection;

"Tarash Plains Control Center reported back that all parameters are normal, the highest system authority has been synchronized with the observer's secret room, and the entire system of the mother star barrier will be activated in fifteen minutes. At that time, an optical phenomenon visible to the naked eye will appear in the sky...

"The teams of the Theocratic Council have arrived at the scheduled location, and they performed the last time synchronization an hour ago,

Now it's just waiting for the planned moment to arrive. "

Gao Wen nodded lightly. He didn't say anything, but still calmly admired the scenery outside the window, as if he was completely immersed in this incredible beauty.

Because in fact, he really has nothing to do—confronting the apocalypse is not something that can be done by one or a few heroes fighting hard at the critical moment, nor is it that the protagonists press the button at the last second of the countdown. The story of a key button that can turn things around is a long journey, a huge combination of painstaking efforts of thousands of people, years of preparation, countless long-term costs and exhaustive trade-offs. The plan, it has a heavy beginning, a vigorous process, and a solemn and peaceful final moment, at least in his eyes, the real doomsday crisis will come to an end like this:

People made all preparations before it came. The wise thought hard, the industrious worked hard, and the brave paid blood. They built dikes and high walls before the flood and storm came, instead of calling for heroes when the disaster broke out. Or light candles to sing something, they will coldly watch the arrival of the doomsday in the thick walls of the fortified city built by all will, scold the blood rain and the long night-finally, survive in the dawn.

Now, Gawain was ready, and he watched the moment when the dawn was coming.

At 5:45 Cecil time, the head of the Holy Setting Sun Corps and the commander of the White Knights, Amer Krit, stood in front of the icon of the God of Commerce. A clergy member of the Church of Light raised his head, quietly staring at the holy statue belonging to the alien god in front of him, with a calm expression, and behind the chapter leader, there was a small group of heavily armed white knights and the same Number of war nuns.

The original priests of the God of Commerce had already been evacuated yesterday—with the hint of the oracle and the active cooperation of the heads of various churches, the evacuation did not cause much disturbance.

A low hum came from near the ear, and the voice of another battle group commander came from Amer's helmet: "This is the Temple of Harvest, the last time is correct, five minutes before the 'delivery'."

Amer put his hand on the side of the helmet, and responded in a low voice: "This is the Commercial Cathedral, the last time we looked at each other, and I received it five minutes before delivery."

Then he raised his head and looked at the knights and nuns following behind him. The two white knights immediately stepped forward and began to arrange a simple sacrificial environment according to the procedures stipulated by the God of Commerce. The metal was placed in front of the icon, and blessed holy water and essential oils were poured on the side, and another war nun came to the icon and lit the candles that had been prepared—the crackle caused by the slight jump of the flame With the sound, Amer opened the pocket watch he was carrying, and watched the time on it quietly.

He just stood there like a statue. After some time, the steel sculpture suddenly moved. He took out a piece of slightly yellowed parchment, and threw it without hesitation at the moment when the countdown reached zero. Into the small altar made of metal and stones, the parchment burned spontaneously the moment it touched the altar, but the flames did not burn it, but directly sent it to another world—— Before the letter disappeared completely, its superficially brief message caught Amer's eyes:

The Sword of Dawn.

"Cathedral of Commerce, the letter has been delivered." "Church of the Blood God, the letter has been delivered." "The Temple of Dionysus, the letter has been delivered." "The Temple of Abundance..."

Somewhere in the deep world, a majestic palace stands quietly on the top of the mountain. Faule, the god of winter and mountains, is sitting on a huge rock in front of the palace. He stared expressionlessly at the gorgeous palace that had imprisoned him like a cage for hundreds of thousands of years, as if waiting for something bored.

He saw that the depths of the palace were bright and brilliant, and the soulless holy spirit was praising the valor and greatness of the gods near the throne, while countless explosives were piled up in every corner of the palace, from the corridors to the halls, from the heights. tower to the throne.

After waiting quietly for an unknown amount of time, the God of Winter and the Forest suddenly sensed something. Immediately after he made a casual move, a small piece of paper suddenly appeared in his hand in midair. When he saw the handwriting on the small piece of paper, Afterwards, the god who was regarded as the patron saint by the mountain people finally showed a happy smile on his face.

The giant-like god suddenly stood up from the rock, and raised the wine glass in his hand to salute the palace in front of him. His voice was thunderous and rumbled throughout the kingdom of God: "Toast to the entire age of mythology!!"

The detonating device was instantly activated, and countless high-performance explosives, incendiary bombs, and pre-charged crystals began to release their devastating power according to the predetermined process, and all these powers were restrained around the seat of God, and directed toward the The soulless god on the throne was compressed and released—the palace, which was so strong that it was far beyond the ordinary, shook violently in an instant, and disintegrated and tore apart at a speed visible to the naked eye. The roar of ravings came from the direction of the god seat, echoing throughout the kingdom of god.

The divine half was irritated—His roar was filled with the weakness and endless madness after being severely injured.

The patron saint of the mountain people raised his wine glass, drank the fine wine in one gulp, and then frowned: "...It really isn't as good as that made by the God of Dionysus...don't let him die!"

As he said that, he threw the wine glass in his hand on the ground, grabbed the hunting knife and battle ax beside him, and faced the fierce heat wave, he strode towards a series of explosions that were still going on. In the burning temple that was still disintegrating and collapsing, he walked towards the huge shadow that was constantly expanding in the depths of the temple, and towards the "god" who had suffered heavy losses but had not yet completely died.

Obviously, Winter and the God of the Forest didn't do very well in the demolition class.

But it doesn't matter, he can rely on the chopping ax and hunting knife in his hand to pass the insufficient scores in the blasting class.

The patron saint of winter and mountains rushed to his final battle.

"You all don't die!"

...

An inexplicable glow suddenly descended from the sky, covering the entire area of ​​the church that had been sealed off by martial law in advance, followed by more glows, and a low-pitched sound from the sky—it sounded like an invisible The thunder storm is brewing in the clouds, and it seems that there are countless angry spirits roaring in the sky above the earth. The residents who were evacuated to the nearby blocks in advance all looked up in astonishment, watching the vision on the church area with a little nervousness, and those who were also The priests who were evacuated to nearby blocks gathered around their respective bishops, priests, or saints in anxiety, seeking guidance and comfort.

"Don't worry, this is a test given to us by the goddess, and it is a crucial part of our faith."

The Abundant Maiden stood in front of her followers, with her back facing the direction of the Abundance Temple, calming the nervousness of the priests with a gentle and calm tone.

"The Goddesses know the right way, they are on the right way, and we..."

A slight scorching heat came from her chest, and the Holy Maiden of Abundance lowered her head, and saw that the wheat ear-shaped holy emblem worn on her chest had quietly cracked a gap at some point.

She stared blankly at the cracked holy emblem, but after a while she raised her head, her expression becoming calmer than before: "We, too, will walk on our right path."

The behemoth built by all beings in the world for a long time to resist the doomsday judgment has begun to operate, and the information from each end of this behemoth converges to its brain like nerve signals.

"...the news just came." Amber left briefly, and soon returned to Gao Wen's side, "the holy images, holy emblems, or holy objects corresponding to the three gods of abundance, the god of commerce, and the god of blood have all appeared to varying degrees. The vision of damage, among which the image of the blood god reacted most violently, and the icon in the cathedral turned into dust with a bang..."

"...When the throne of God collapses, the symbols of the world will inevitably be affected," Gao Wen said softly, "This at least confirms that the actions of the various kingdoms of God have been carried out as planned, and some of the divine half-body has fallen."

"The Theocratic Council is still closely monitoring the situation in the cathedrals, and until all the icons are damaged, the alert level will always be maintained at the highest level," Amber nodded lightly, "Dawn of the World and the ground troops It has also been assembled at the "inducing point" outside the city, and the sacred objects and eternal stone slabs collected from the headquarters of various sects have been arranged. If there is a certain god who fails to act and causes the divine half to come to the world, our Troops can launch an attack in the shortest possible time, theoretically...the divine half body in a weakened and severely injured state will not be an opponent of the Dawn of the World."

Gawain nodded slightly, and almost at the same moment, a strange glow appeared in the sky in his vision.

It was a lavender mist-like glow, which suddenly appeared at the highest point in the sky, as if clouds of a different color had emerged from the clouds, and another sky was enveloped outside the sky, and then the glow began to flow toward the sky. Spreading in all directions, like layers of waves, continuously spreading into the distance, and where the rays of light went, the entire sky was distorted and oscillated for a moment—accompanied by this vision visible to the naked eye, Gao Wen I also felt a very short-term restlessness in the surrounding magical environment.

In the next second, he realized: "...Ophelia's side has been activated."

The planetary shield is gradually closing outside the atmosphere.

The whole world saw or felt this historic scene. The clouds of different colors rose and spread outside the atmosphere, and gradually enveloped the entire planet. The astonishing scale of the energy barrier even changed the color of the sky, allowing the clouds to reflect An extremely magnificent and beautiful lavender or light blue hue, and for those transcendents who have the ability to perceive the flow of magic power, they can even see the magic field constantly oscillating in the sky beyond the skylight visible to the naked eye-this is A short-lived vision caused when the magical torrent inside the celestial body is transformed into an energy barrier above the planet.

The original Sentinel had planned to use this vision to destroy the ecosystem of the entire world, but now after debugging and resetting the Ophelia Matrix, this terrible "charging shock in the atmosphere" has turned into a short-lived and harmless The gentle breeze, along with the closure of the planet's shield, blows across the entire sky above the world.

And for those who are still sticking to the sky station at this moment, the scene they see is another magnificent and wonderful scene.

It was a layer of dreamy twilight like soap bubbles, rising and expanding from the surface of the planet under her feet, spreading outward in space, and approaching the synchronous orbit of the sky station little by little. Azalena stood watching Looking into the space from the viewing platform, you can see the "mist" like phantom clouds rising in the dark space, making the whole sky station seem to turn into a steel castle floating above the clouds, surrounded by endless curtains of aurora. Bottom-up lifting in space.

That layer of "clouds" finally stopped, and it did not fully expand to the height of the sky station, because this is already the limit of the barrier that the deep blue network channel can support, but for the broadcast-transmitter array installed on the sky station , This is enough to project the thoughts of all beings on the planetary shield.

In each compartment of the space station came the voice of the Supreme Engineering Commander Nicholas: "Attention all units, the projection of thoughts will start in ten minutes."

Azalena took a light breath, and looked away from the porthole: "I really want that guy to come up and take a look, ordinary people can't see this scenery in their lifetime."

"You mean Mr. Byron?" Siren Cassandra gently shook her long snake tail, "Then you invite him when you are on vacation next time, anyway, he should be able to come up then."

"...he is afraid of heights," Azalena sighed, "very, very afraid of heights, I took him to the sky for a ride, and he can vomit the fear of heights all over me."

Cassandra thought for a while: "Then you can bring him even more. This is called desensitization treatment, and the space station is different from ordinary high altitudes. Maybe he won't be afraid when he gets here?"

"What you said makes sense," Azarena smiled slightly, "Then I'll try it when I go back."

In the next second, Nicholas' voice echoed in each cabin again: "Attention all units, the surface signal has arrived at the space station, and the broadcast-transmitter array will start up in fifteen seconds. Pay attention to check the operation of the nodes in the visual area."

...

Gao Wen quietly stared at the sky, seeing that the sky was completely covered by a layer of beautiful lavender rays, and the sun, which was completely covered by blood-colored patterns, rose up little by little in this lavender rays, just like the past billions of years Like that, it illuminates the whole world.

Under the sunlight, the vision in the direction of the church district in the city is still continuing—beyond the sight of all beings in the world, the twilight battlefield of the gods has not yet been clearly seen.

"The planetary shield has been activated," Amber held the file that had just been transferred from the printing device next to him, and read the content for Gao Wen, "The non-directional thought trend has been injected into the broadcast system, and the transmission from the Tarash Plain The monitoring signals are all normal, judging from the information sent back by all parties... Our parent star barrier has been activated as designed."

"The parent star barrier has been activated, but this is only the first step." Gao Wen never took his eyes off the sky, and his thinking was clearer than ever. "The real test happens when the magic tide front arrow contacts the barrier At that moment, whether the strong city we built can survive for our civilization... will be decided at this moment."

"Fortunately, we didn't have to wait too long," Amber said softly. "To ensure the accuracy of the parameters, the barrier was activated after the last shock of the magic tide was detected by the observer's chamber—that shock was the magic tide. Evidence of contact between the main body and 'O', so in theory, after a while, we will be able to get the 'final judgment' here."

Waiting is the biggest torment, even if the waiting time is not very long.

Amber ran to fetch two chairs, and put one of them behind Gao Wen: "Sit and wait."

Gao Wen waved his hand: "I'm not tired."

"Just say you're tired." Amber glanced at Gawain, then stood on tiptoe and pressed Gawain's arm vigorously to pull him onto the chair, "You've been standing for too long, you should sit down for the last moment wait."

Gawain looked helplessly at the Shadow Assault Goose who stood on tiptoe and was still a short winter melon, and suddenly laughed, he stroked Amber's hair, and then sat on the chair: "Okay, I'll just sit down and wait. "

Amber watched Gawain sit down, and she sat on the chair next to her, but she was quiet for a while, then suddenly got up slightly, and moved the chair closer to Gawain.

Gao Wen glanced at her: "What's wrong?"

"I am nervous."

"Actually, I'm a little nervous too."

"A steel king who has no blood and no tears will be nervous?"

"You have published sixteen issues of "Holy Words" and you are telling me this?"

"... Well, that's true," Amber laughed, "You are human too."

Gao Wen just curled his lips. This time, he didn't refute the girl next to him, nor did he make any jokes. He just sat quietly in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, bathed in the blood-colored sunrise with Amber, and watched the world's countdown to the end. appearance.

Then, the countdown hit zero.

It's eight o'clock.

The clouds in the sky seemed to tremble a little, which was a sign that the magic tide front arrow had finally touched the barrier of the mother star.

But Gao Wen was suddenly in a trance, and then all the lights and shadows in his vision were shattered.

The endless and complicated lights and shadows rotated rapidly in the shattering, and reorganized in the perception in an incomprehensible way. Gawain felt as if his soul was pulled out of his body at once, and was sent to a distant place. It was a strange place, but this feeling of confusion was fleeting, and he soon felt he "stabilized" and saw clearly the scene that appeared in his field of vision.

There is endless pure white in all directions, and a hazy figure stands quietly in the center of the pure white. The figure has no face, but has the same outline as a human being.

Gao Wen's heart moved, he tentatively walked towards the strange figure, and greeted him: "Hello, you are..."

"This is the sailor fleet. In the name of the first batch of pioneers, we pay tribute to the new sailors."

That figure didn't seem to see Gawain, nor did he hear Gawain's greeting. He was talking on his own, which made Gawain quickly understand - this is just an ancient video record.

Immediately afterwards, he heard the hazy figure continue to say:

"Our successors, when you or one of you discovers this video record, it must mean that you have met the final condition - you should have understood the meaning of 'adulthood' and resisted your The ultimate ordeal that you can face at this stage, you have stood independently and proudly on this planet, and are ready to step out.

"Our congratulations and best wishes to you.

"When the Voyager Fleet just set off, we foresaw the long and lonely journey. We knew the special laws of this universe. We knew that it was as luxuriant as midsummer and could breed countless Brilliant civilizations are as fierce as storms. Countless brilliant civilizations will fluctuate and perish in a short cycle. We hope to find partners in this long and lonely journey, but we also know that on the scale of the universe, we can compete with other civilizations. Traveling with civilization is a luxury.

"Even so, we still firmly believe that you will appear—maybe after tens of thousands of years, hundreds of thousands of years, or after the fleet is millions of light years away, you may learn from the relics we left behind. Some things may also develop unprecedented civilizations that are completely beyond our expectations, but in any case, we firmly believe in your existence.

"You must exist, and if you can...we hope that you can also embark on this long journey in the starry sky, because this starry sky...is really worth seeing."

Beside Gao Wen, in the endless pure white background, countless magnificent scenes suddenly appeared——

He saw the blazing stars, and saw the huge pillars of flame erupting from the surface of the star, drawing an arc tens of thousands of kilometers high in space, and the brilliance and heat waves emitted were still dazzling hundreds of millions of kilometers away. ;

He saw dark and cold stars, drifting alone in the vast starry sky, the surface of the huge rock structure was covered with rifts and peaks, and some suspected remnants of ancient civilizations could be faintly seen in the frozen surface structure;

He saw the distant galaxy cracking, a huge space crack stretching across the space, large-scale high-energy gas clouds gushing out from the crack, soaking the endless stars in the galaxy, and a huge fleet passing through the depths of the cloud, Countless resources are collected, and magnificent space giant structures are built.

The surface of the gas giant planet is stormy, the mountains and rivers of the alien star are bathed in the sun, the endless heavy rain is splashing upside down in the alien land, and the glorious ancient alien kingdom is flourishing in the strange land.

At the end of the scenes, there are countless intelligent creatures looking up at the sky.

"Not all creatures have the opportunity to reproduce wisdom, not all intelligent creatures have the opportunity to look up to the sky, not all creatures that look up to the sky have the opportunity to step into the sky, not all creatures that step into the sky are lucky enough to live Take that first step."

All the light and shadow froze, and that hazy figure appeared in Gao Wen's eyes again, and he slowly raised his hand, pointing to a certain direction in the distance.

"You took that step, you took that very slim chance at the end of the zillion zeros.

"Don't waste this opportunity.

"Let's go, maybe our fleet will no longer appear in your sight, but you can firmly believe that we are ahead of this route, just like we firmly believe in your existence.

"I wish you all the best of luck."

Gao Wen took a sudden breath, and then all the lights and shadows were shattered, and everything in front of him returned to its original appearance in the blink of an eye.

He calmed down and noticed that the huge sun had risen to a high place in the sky, and under the shining of the huge sun, there were endless lavender rays covering the whole world. Surrounded by purple rays of light, it looks like a grand curtain hanging from heaven.

He heard Amber's voice softly coming from the side: "It's so beautiful..."

Gao Wen blinked, the confusion in his mind gradually subsided, and Amber next to him finally noticed his strangeness, and immediately asked with some concern: "Are you okay?"

"...I'm fine," Gao Wen rubbed his forehead, and then realized, "Has the demon tide arrived?"

"Yes," Amber nodded lightly, and pointed to the aurora curtains that appeared in the sky during the day, "As Kamel expected, it's a very beautiful scene."

Faint cheers have begun to come from afar, but it is unclear whether it is coming from the square or somewhere in the central area. Maybe... the whole world is cheering?

"Did the gods come?" Gao Wen asked again.

"No, the Dawn of the World is staring at the induction point, but all the sacred objects of the gods have been broken, and the gods have not descended into this world."

Gao Wen opened his mouth again: "Then..."

"We succeeded," Amber finally burst into a very bright smile, just like when she escaped from the ruined old territory with Gao Wen many years ago, "We succeeded! Old Zongzi , We succeeded! And the same system that we and the Nuoyi people used seems to be successful on their side too!!"

She jumped up, and the loud yelling almost made Gawain's ears ache, but this time, Gawain didn't care about her reckless behavior, because an impulse to cheer also filled his heart ——He laughed, but before he also cheered, the magic net terminal installed on the desk next to him suddenly started, and then Amoen's voice suddenly came, interrupting his movements: "Don't be busy Cheers! Do you have medical personnel over there? Send a few groups over to help."

Gawain was taken aback, and hurried to the magic net terminal: "What's going on?"

"Faule came back after being beaten half to death. When Dunmer went back to check the scene, he didn't notice that there were still a bunch of bombs that hadn't exploded. Nefari and Kizna ran slowly when they detonated..."

Gao Wen: "..."

He came to the magic net terminal in astonishment, and then saw the chaotic scene on the holographic projection with a dull expression—a group of ashen-faced or bloody "gods" gathered in the assembly field next to the golden oak tree .

The blood-faced Winter and the god of mountains and forests are sitting on the big rock in the center boasting of their bravery, the blood god Danmo is holding his head helplessly and watching Faul blowing, the goddess of curse and the goddess of wind are sitting awkwardly. Receiving emergency treatment from the three Fengrao sisters in the distance...

But Gao Wen counted carefully and found that there was not one missing.

And they all looked very energetic - it's just that after finally recovering from their injuries, they returned to the appearance they had when they met Ms. Ye.

So he smiled and sat on the high-backed chair behind the desk, leaning back comfortably.

"Mortal doctors probably can't cure this, at least we don't have the technology now," he said with a happy smile, "Anyway, the natural domain you control also has the power of healing, so you can work harder."

When Amoen heard this, he immediately protested: "Do you know how many of them there are..."

But Gao Wen had blocked the voice of protest.

He squinted his eyes, and for the first time in years, let his body and mind completely relax.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the bright sunlight has spread all over the earth, and the warmth is unbelievable.

On the wall opposite the desk, the mechanical clock was still ticking, 8:05—after the countdown to the Doomsday Judgment, the time pointer of the Loren civilization jumped briskly to the next second.

(season finale)

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