Chapter 278 Awakening in Your Arms (End)

The spiritual shock of the crystal particles surged. The blood wave in the phantom surged into the sky, smashed the palace, drowned the golden flower, and knocked down the screaming white dove.

It squeezed away towards the crippled human beings who were walking alone, and the crystal cluster also spread towards the mother nucleus.

This is the last fight between the two sides. Approaching, approaching—

A piece of blood red was dyed deep in Jiang Jianming's pupil.

The corners of his trembling lips also spilled blood.

This time, without waiting for the rebuttal, "Lauren"'s face showed the ecstasy of turning defeat into victory.

But the next moment, the corners of the blood-stained lips of the crippled human were silently curved into a smile.

Jiang Jianming took the fifth step, and another power suddenly rose up in the consciousness of crystal particles overwhelming like a huge wave.

In the deep cave filled with crystals, two spiritual forces collided invisibly!

Jiang Jianming's palm that had been resting on the crystal wall loosened, and his mental power condensed into a sharp blade tip, like a raging fire, burning the monstrous waves through a thread.

He took three steps in a row. Blood, sin and pain, the collapsed White Emerald Palace and the rotten golden rose, were all left behind.

Destruction Bishop's face twitched, and he shouted frantically: "—Jiang Jianming!!"

The nucleus of the crystal nest flickered in horror. This crippled human with anger like a gossamer still has the strength to fight back...! ?

No, the consciousness of the parent nucleus suddenly realized that this is not a "spare power" at all.

This person knows that his own strength is limited, so he will not trigger it at the very beginning, waiting for the opportunity to act under the extreme pressure of his mind and body. This is the result of an extremely cool calculation, the only perfect time!

Until this moment, Jiang Jianming suddenly smiled contemptuously, and the bright light at the end of his eyes passed by Lauren's phantom.

"Do you see me taking care of you?"

Jiang Jianming said quietly, "Crystal particles."

He is Dawn Aslan, a man who has walked from the age of darkness and hesitation to the light, and his will has long been as tough as iron.

He had been talking before, but listening to his own voice could make him concentrate and eliminate the interference of crystal particles. A few superficial questions, why did he shake him in the slightest?

The wind whistled, and the flag of the new Empire of Humanity fell behind him, just like the sacred flag of the old empire—

At that time, he and Ryan stood side by side at the head of the city, the setting sun was huge, and tomorrow was even farther away.

So he knows... if their empire falls into a long night of decay in the future, there must be another of them in the future, and a new dawn will be raised in the middle of the night.

Countless kingdoms have perished, and countless dynasties have been replaced. The buds bloom and the flowers fall, and the sun and the moon carve out annual rings.

Every rotten withered flower becomes the nutrient for the next new bud; every flourishing age declines, a new torch is raised high.

The first round of human civilization development on the blue mother planet took thousands of years, and the reconstruction of civilization after being destroyed by crystal particles took only a few hundred years. Later generations will prove the meaning of the ancestors.

This time, it will definitely go further, even if it can't reach the end.

Then don't be afraid of the death, destruction and chaos that will come.

Lauren's figure shattered and turned into the appearance of the archbishop in white.

The three bishops have long since died, and the true face of these phantoms, of course, will only be Gaius combined with the nucleus of the crystal nest!

"Wishful thinking... wishful thinking!"

Gaius waved his arms violently, and the white robe fluttered, "Can't you see your own weakness? You are weak and defenseless, what can you do to the mother nucleus!?"

His demeanor was frantic, his eyes seemed to be poisoned, and he stared at Jiang Jianming, "Wake up from your daydream, Aslan, you think I don't know that you are exhausted at the moment, you are powerless..."

The mother nucleus is close to an arm's length, and only a tiny gap is still exposed, and it will be completely blocked in the next second.

Jiang Jianming raised his right hand with the last strength.

Gaius was right, he was indeed dead. The concentrated burst of mental power just now completely drained the last spirit of this body.

So while raising his hand, Jiang Jianming's body also fell forward.

He raised his out-of-focus eyes, and thought to himself in a sullen mood: If he made a mistake, he should have gotten a medal if he knew earlier, the kind with edges and corners...

"No." Gaius suddenly stiffened and changed color.

The palm falls.

"No, no, stop, crippled human beings!!"

clang!

A crisp crash.

Gaius's phantom was twisted, his eye sockets spasmed, his cheeks twitched fiercely, and he screamed at the mother nucleus: "—No!!!"

The ring worn on the ring finger hit the crack in the center of the mother nucleus.

In the center of the ring, at some point in time, there was a half piece of red gold crystal as sharp as a blade.

click...

Jiang Jianming fell down, and when he brushed the core of the crystal nest, he saw the fast-spreading crack on the crystal ball with a dim vision, and laughed silently.

Fortunately, it seems that the ring is enough.

The cracks are getting denser, thinner and deeper. Gaius' phantom froze in a forward stance, trembling from head to toe.

"You...you...you killed the mother core? No, no no, you killed... ah, you killed..."

Until the crystal ball shattered into countless pieces from the inside out, and the crystals splashed like water foam! !

The cracking sound was sharp and high-pitched.

Enough to cover the muffled sound of humans falling to the ground.

Inertia made Jiang Jianming fall to the ground and roll for half a circle. He didn't have the strength to move again. He looked up and saw that the cave above his head was disintegrating.

finished.

The snow-white crystal particles are like scattered fireflies, flying away sadly. It is also a cosmic life-form that embraces their demise at the moment.

They may have existed for a long time, or they may have invaded many other races in the universe, but they were lost in a war and were exterminated. But it also reinvented human beings and painted a bright brush in human history. Humans remember crystal particles, willingly or not.

A long war is over.

"..."

Jiang Jianming half-opened his eyes tiredly, ignorant and absent-minded like a newborn baby, his lips just kept shaking, but there was no movement to breathe.

His chest twitched suddenly, he wrestled his neck weakly, vomited two mouthfuls of blood, and his tense body fell back softly.

It's strange, whole body is light and weak, and can't feel the pain...

What will happen after that, what will happen tomorrow?

Will he die, Ryan?

Jiang Jianming didn't know, but in the vastness of this moment, his soul became extremely clear.

A thought popped into my mind like a moth.

He thought: Maybe there will be a day when human beings can transcend the so-called cosmic rules and go to the real paradise at the end of the long journey and slim probability.

In that place, all the compatriots can walk in the light and pluck the fruits of happiness together. He will be there, and everyone along the way will be there, in whatever form.

"no no."

Gaius' phantom stared at him in a trance, and muttered before dissipating: "You... how dare you... wishful thinking... such a... step..."

Delusional?

Jiang Jianming was lying on the ground of the crystal nest, staring at the starry sky with slightly dilated pupils.

But in the future, who can say for sure?

Ape-men hundreds of thousands of years ago lived in caves and drank blood, and their greatest desire for the future was to hunt more prey and gather more fruit.

Little did they know that thousands of years later, the sea of ​​stars that their descendants could see from the porthole of the starship would be so splendid and sentimental.

Jiang Jianming finally closed his eyes and fell asleep quietly.

The starlight fell on his pale eyelids, sending him a wishful dream.

In the dream, he raised his right hand and kissed the ring. While looking at the starry sky, he casually chatted jokingly with Ryan, and finally laughed in a low voice.

Outside the crystal nest.

After the Pangu Axe was successfully launched, the crystalline creatures in the universe weakened a lot, but they did not completely disappear.

This should undoubtedly be a huge blow to the imperial army, which was about to run out of fuel, and the hearts of several generals sank on the spot.

On the battlefield, if morale is collectively depressed or even desperate in a short period of time, it will inevitably cause tragic casualties... Thanks to Jiang Jianming's words, and the emperor's presence, there is no large-scale shaken.

In just a moment, less than an hour later, the change happened.

The mecha soldiers who were fighting suddenly screamed, and they found that they could not control the mecha. This shocking change almost caused the whole army to fall into chaos, but Jiang Sheng was the quickest to realize the problem.

"Wait, everyone calm down!"

Sitting in the mecha chain, Jiang Sheng's scalp felt numb because of his guess.

As soon as he pushed the control screen in front of him, the mecha immediately resumed normal operation, but the big mecha master's wrist trembled.

Not out of fear, but out of excitement.

Jiang Sheng turned on the military channel and shouted in a trembling voice: "It's not an enemy attack, the mecha is not broken! It's the mental manipulation that is failing, so switch the manipulation mode to manual!!"

The soldiers followed suit, jerkily using the less-skilled manual mode.

Sure enough, amid the surprised voices of everyone, the stagnant mecha became obedient again.

And the enemy who just fought them, not only did not launch an attack during this time, but decomposed into the tiniest crystal particles, quietly floating in the universe.

Black Shark Base.

"Boss! Come and see, our spiritual consciousness projection is failing!"

Diana rushed in front of Sylph in a panic, her eyes that had just cried for Jiang Jianming were still red and swollen, and her nasal voice was thick: "The consciousness of the base body has returned to the original body! What is this..."

Sylph held the wrist phone tightly in her hand, and suddenly leaned against a giant computer, with a dazed expression: "Fail, fail..."

From the wrist phone, Jiang Sheng's excited and broken voice came: "Boss, there's nothing wrong with that!"

"Our spiritual consciousness projection technology, whether it is spiritual consciousness manipulation, the principle is based on the consciousness transmission characteristics of crystal particles, and now they are all invalid, this does not mean..."

Diana was stunned: "Tell me, explain?"

She figured it out in the next instant, her face suddenly flushed, and she covered her mouth and let out a small cry.

...

"illustrate?"

In the cockpit of L-Iron Rose, a square communication screen flashed in front of Lin Ge.

The emperor gasped, his heart beating violently. She stared at the leader opposite, staring at the soft lips, as if the next speech was a judgment of her own destiny.

Sylph's beautiful face showed a proud smile, but the water in her eyes fluctuated, "Of course it means...the consciousness of the crystal particles has died out, and the mother nucleus is dead."

She smiled gracefully, and the tears could not stop falling: "Lin Ge, Your Majesty, go tell everyone. Let's just say we won, we won...!"

Lin Ge fell back into the driver's seat in a trance.

She raised her hands, which were trembling from the long-term fight, and said in a daze, "Victory?"

Lin Ge asked uncertainly, "Ah, really?"

Sylph: "Really."

Lin Ge: "Don't lie to me."

Sylph: "Are you an idiot?"

On the opposite side, the background sound gradually became cluttered, and the members of the Black Shark Base burst into various cries.

Sylph, who was holding the wrist phone, smiled tearfully: "Otherwise? Your Majesty the Emperor, please look around, are there any crystal creatures fighting you?"

Lin Ge then looked around. Her mecha, Iron Rose, was standing in blood in the universe. The surroundings were clear and clear, and the nebulae were bright.

The crystal particles kept dissipating, and the huge crystal nest in the distance seemed to be transpiring, disintegrating and collapsing at the same time inside and out.

The army behind him realized it long ago, and the soldiers were all in a frenzy.

Old Marshal Chen also called in the communication, Lin Ge was in a daze, and couldn't hear what the old man said.

She has not been so confused for a long time, after all, she is His Majesty the Emperor. The scene where Kaios entrusted the Empire and the Crown of Jin Xiao to her and turned away in the night wind seemed to be yesterday.

But when look back, there are several life and death separations.

It's been a long time, and it's vicissitudes.

Suddenly, the emperor stood up abruptly and roared almost hysterically: "—His Majesty Kaios and Commander Aslan are still at the coordinates of the mother nucleus, which troop is still in the crystal nest, hurry up, hurry up and save people!! "

...

When the boiling tide of the Imperial Army began to spread in all directions, a mecha drove into the depths of the crystal nest faster than anyone else.

The intellectual brain Seth Henry drove the L-Jinxiao Crown and flew to the coordinates of the mother nucleus.

It senses that its presence is on the verge of dissipating.

Seth Henry, which is the name of the brain, was also the name of a dog.

So at this moment, it runs with all its strength. Just like the little dog many, many years ago, wagging its tail, sticking out its tongue, and eyes shining like black grapes, it ran to its owner with a Frisbee in its mouth.

On Jin Xiaozhi's screen, two lines of words flashed quietly.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

"Goodbye Master, Wang Wang!"

...

Aslan Star City.

The signs of the end of the war were so obvious that one did not even have to wait for news from the front.

The crystalline creatures raging on the streets died out, and the condensed crystalline particles also receded from the rooms of every household.

People looked up to the sky and saw the clouds passing by after the rain. The wind drove the smoke away, and the sky was bright and dignified, shining on the star city after the war.

"Its daybreak."

The soldier muttered and put down the firearm in his hand, and sat down on the brick floor with the water in the street. The water waves rippling, pushing away the halo circle after circle.

"what?"

On the street, a Jingran patient who had just been loaded into an ambulance blinked, turned over and sat up, "I don't have the pain anymore, haha, it doesn't hurt anymore!"

The man touched his face ecstatically, and stretched out his hands and feet again, "The crystal particles in my body are no longer noisy, hahaha, my crystal disorder is cured!"

A dozen paces away, Mr. Tang Ren was being supported on a stretcher.

This can be called an old man and a strong man, he is at the age of retirement, he just took out the brute force of the blue mother star, and fought fiercely on the streets for a day and a night. Finally, his crystal bone was broken, and he broke out in a cold sweat, and was dragged by his daughter-in-law for treatment.

But the old man's face suddenly changed, he waved his hand, "Hey, wait, my crystal bone..."

Those crystal particles that escaped in midair were attracted by the crystal bones one after another, filling the seriously injured gap.

Tang Ren's expression was solemn, and he suddenly shouted at the medical staff in the car: "Hey, little comrade, do you have a crystal bone monitor in your car? Bring it!"

The crystal bone monitor is a highly popular standing item, and soon a nurse brought it over and swept the old man's crystal bone.

"Up, up!?"

Immediately, the Tang family's daughter-in-law widened her eyes, "Dad, at your age, the crystal bone has actually been promoted!?"

"This, what is this..."

With a bang, Kevin jumped off the mecha and touched the sweat on his chin. He stared blankly at the changes around him, but he still couldn't react.

Another figure crawled out of the mecha cockpit awkwardly. It was a wounded old professor that Kevin rescued halfway through, and he showed a sudden realization.

"It seems that the consciousness of the crystal particle species has indeed perished, but the part of the crystal particles that has been deeply integrated with humans can continue to be used by humans after stripping away their racial attributes..."

The old professor touched the white beard, nodded and smiled: "This is probably the spoils of war brought by the race in the universe, hehehe..."

These hundreds of years have really been a calamity for mankind. But it is this catastrophe that has allowed humans to complete the evolution at the species level, and their future has more possibilities.

Ten minutes later, a voice from the front line sounded in the streets and alleys of the nine star cities of the empire.

"The Black Shark Base would like to inform all citizens. I, Sylph Pine, in the name of the former Queen of the Empire, the current leader of the Black Shark Base and the Empress Dowager, and on behalf of His Majesty Emperor Lin Ge, solemnly announce to our compatriots:

"The war is over, mankind has achieved a great victory, and the front-line armies will triumph in the future!"

In an instant, the sound of cheering was layered upon layers, thundering for nine days.

"Now, please all citizens as much as possible to absorb the crystal particles that have not dissipated, whether you are a crystalline human or a non-crystalline human."

"I repeat, all citizens please..."

In the 66th year of the new emperor's calendar, humans and crystal particles, this racial war spanning more than 500 years, came to an end with the victory of the former.

The war devastated the empire, decimating its population and depleting its resources. Fortunately, the future is bright, and needless to say, the next few years will be devoted to post-war reconstruction and recuperation.

The disappearance of the racial consciousness of crystal particles has also brought many changes to human society. But most of them are positive. According to the calculations of the Black Shark Base, those crystal particles scattered in the universe are enough for human consumption of real crystal mines in the next thousand years.

After the victory of the army, the people anxiously inquired about the news of the founding emperor.

However, the officials kept their mouths shut, and in the end they couldn't hold back public opinion. The empire had to issue a statement saying that both the emperor and the commander were seriously injured in the final mission and were receiving treatment.

The truth about Dawn Yaslan was also released one after another, and the Internet of Things couldn't be read in those days. Hospitals all over the place received several batches of people who fainted from crying.

Weeks, months, and six months have passed.

His Majesty Kaios finally appeared at a ceremony to honor heroic souls.

The emperor is still cold and beautiful, with platinum curls hanging gracefully on his shoulders. He and Lin Ge held white chrysanthemum side by side, knelt on one knee in front of the electronic photo screen of the fallen soldiers, closed his eyes and said the prayer lightly.

But the news of the commander of Aslan, there is no more text.

People say that the commander-in-chief was sacrificed. Their hero, forever asleep in the moment before dawn.

But some people quietly revealed some news. It is said that in the depths of the White Jade Palace, there is a room with the highest authority locked, and a patient who does not know when to wake up is sleeping on the bed.

...

In April, the grass grows and the warbler flies.

In the depths of the White Jade Palace, a figure in a red dress ran across the path, and the skirt swept away dewdrops.

"Kaios, bastard, why didn't you reset it!"

Lin Ge collapsed and stopped in front of Lean: "This year! This year, you must come back to be emperor for me! If I don't want to do it, I won't do it if you say no!"

Ryan was expressionless: "My old injury is not healed, and I have no strength."

"Fart, your body has been nourished a long time ago!?"

Lin Ge was shocked by his ability to open his eyes and talk nonsense, "In the end, you little monster was injured by a ghost, you have eaten the energy of the entire core of the crystal nest! Mrs. Kui was scared to death!!"

The shadows of flowers swayed, and the sound of footsteps approached. Sylph came over with a small steaming basket on his shoulders, and said helplessly, "Why did the two of you start arguing since early in the morning, and you haven't had breakfast yet?"

Lin Ge immediately threw away Ryan and rushed over with bright eyes: "Silf, did you bake cookies?"

Sylph: "It's a little burnt. You guys still eat the one made by the robot, I'll try it... ah."

Before she could finish speaking, Ryan carried her small basket away.

His Majesty Kaios lifted the damp cloth on top and took a piece to look at it, and the edges were indeed a little charred.

So he nodded and shoved it into Lin Ge's mouth smoothly.

Lin Ge: "Uh... uh, Kaios, you bastard—!!"

Behind the three figures, golden roses are blooming. Hidden among the lush foliage is a small tablet that reads:

The dearest dog, the smartest brain

Tomb of Seth Henry

Further back, is a hidden room.

Curtains fell behind the glass windows, and a large soft bed could be vaguely seen inside, on which lay a pale patient.

After a few minutes, the door to the room opened.

His Majesty Kaios, who was outside just now, walked in, first hanging his dewy coat, and then taking off his shoes by the bed.

Ryan carefully got on the bed, put the sleeping beauty in his arms, closed his eyes and lightly rubbed it twice, just like that.

The two women outside were still laughing.

The voice came, and the patient's eyelashes seemed to move.

And it seems not.

At the end of the palace is the sky, the morning wind is blowing away the night little by little, and the brilliance of dawn is swaying and falling on a golden rose inserted in a glass bottle by the bedside.

Outside the window, the bell of the splendid cathedral rang, and a flock of white doves flew over the central square.

——End of the text of "Sleep at Dawn".

2022.5.30 Yue Qianyue