This year, the body of Commander Aslan was buried in Wassen.

...of course it is false.

Jiang Jianming's dormant cabin was made into an ice coffin and hidden in the underground darkroom of Bai Emerald Palace.There are only three people in this world who can open it.

He slept in a dormant liquid that was as clear as water, and he was wearing a field marshal uniform, with the highest honor medals on his chest, surrounded by white chrysanthemums, golden roses, and imperial flags.

"You've been asleep for two hundred and twenty-six days, Aslan."

Lai An stroked the edges and corners of the ice coffin, his eyes darkened, "I am going to build a military academy, and tomorrow I will discuss the details in the Council Hall, will this make you happy?"

After half a year, Lai An closed his eyes.In the past six months, the pain of his lover's departure has been eroding him all the time.

He hungrily collected everything that left traces of Jiang Jianming.First, he returned to the Blue Mother Planet and asked Lin Song to take him to the Z2 wild area.The wild area is no longer what it used to be, and there are no junk ships coming and going.The emperor found the hillside where they first met, and stood from sunset to dawn.

I went to the manor in Watson again, pushed open the door of the small villa, touched Jiang Jianming's used things one by one and put them back to their original places, and finally watched the surveillance.

He saw Jiang Jianming sitting outside the courtyard in the middle of the night, looking at the starry sky, stretching out his hand weakly, then retracting it.

In the small surveillance screen, Jiang Jianming hugged Seth's neck and muttered in a daze: "...Did you know that His Majesty once promised me that he would take me to a place farther than the starship."

"But you see, I can't go anywhere now."

Lai An watched it several times, and finally succeeded in causing himself to collapse again, turning into a pool of bloody crystals.

The upper echelons of the empire discovered that after the commander-in-chief left, Kaios the Great became visibly gloomy.

But in contrast, the emperor's governing methods have been softened a lot, as if the soul of the departed person resided in him.

The empire put down its fighting for a short time, and didn't even avenge the Lava Space Pirates.

The emperor slowed down his pace and set about rebuilding the Blue Mother Planet, balancing the three major galaxies, reforming the old system, enlightening the wisdom of the people, and recuperating.

The scars of the human race are healing. Although they are still stumbling and many things cannot be perfect, everything is moving in a good direction.

What people don't know is that the emperor secretly visits the commander and talks to the dormant chamber almost every day.

Later, Kaios liked to sleep underground late at night, and he didn't need to move the bed. A floor bunk was enough.

Later, the floor bed was no longer needed, and he could sleep by wrapping himself in crystal bones.

Sometimes he loses control of his emotions due to excessive sadness, and when he loses control, he crystallizes, and without hurting anyone, he just turns into a pile of grievances on the dormant cabin.

Sylph was terrified and collapsed at first, but after seeing it too much, he became no stranger to it. Instead, he would rush to collect data with research equipment when Lai An was crystallizing.

Lin Song crossed his legs beside him, gnawing on an apple, ridiculed: "...That is to say, is it really good to base scientific development on the suffering of others?"

Sylph looked serious: "But the question is, can your Majesty still be called a human being in this situation?"

Lin Song: "It makes sense, I want to withdraw my foreword."

In the summer of the third year of the new imperial calendar, the Keos Military Academy and the Aslan National Library were established one after another.

In the winter of the same year, the concept of the Black Shark Base, the first official scientific research base of the New Empire, was initially established.

At the beginning of the following spring, Seth Henry's life was coming to an end.

When the veterinarian suggested euthanizing the old dog, Seth was still licking the old flying ball that no one had played with him, with great difficulty and nostalgia.

The emperor was silent for a long time, then shook his head.

A few days later, Seth fell asleep in the hibernation chamber.The small dormant cabin was sent underground to accompany the sleeping founding commander.

"Aslan," Lai An stroking the ice coffin, said in a low voice, "don't be afraid, we will stay with you and won't leave."

In the fifth year of the new imperial calendar, the newly promulgated imperial code stipulates that new humans and disabled humans, nobles and commoners enjoy the same human rights.

Emperor Keos personally approved the establishment of the "Imperial Disabled Human Rights Organization".This is the predecessor of the later "Amorphous Human Race Protection Association".

The new emperor calendar six years.

The second interstellar expedition.

The initial opposition was stronger than four years ago, mainly because the price of the first expedition was too tragic, and even the word "distant interstellar" was demonized.

In addition, the people are now gradually freed from the oppressive atmosphere of the old empire, and dare to speak out.For a time, the pressure of public opinion was enormous.

Some people even said sadly and indignantly in private: "Is your majesty mad? Why is it that every time An Bang governs the country for a while, he has to rush to the distant interstellar and ruin his reputation for his achievements!"

This guy who insulted the emperor was naturally detained.The emperor was too lazy to take care of it. He suppressed domestic opposition with iron and blood, and ordered the crown prince Lin Song to stay in the imperial capital. He brought the new military commander Chen Hanke and most of the capable generals, and once again marched in person.

——Big victory.

The following year, Kaios returned home amidst the cheers of the whole world, not because he had fought enough, but because he felt that the soldiers were tired.

So the emperor simply and rudely changed a group of people, and he only rested for half a month before launching the third holy battle.

— Another big victory.

The seventh year of the new imperial calendar is a glorious year, and the footprints of mankind have been pushed forward by more than half a light-year.

Jinrilun carried out a large-scale cleanup, and the alien creatures along the border of the empire were expelled; while Yinbeidou opened up the border of the empire, three planets that could be used by new humans were discovered, named Alpha, Beta, and Omega respectively..

The emperor ordered the establishment of silver Beidou military fortresses on these three planets.

The first fortress fights against alien creatures, the second fortress intercepts space pirates, and the third fortress, together with the Black Shark base established at the same time, provides resource and technical support for the distant interstellar campaign.In this way, a distant interstellar offensive and defensive line like an iron wall was built.

This year, the people worshiped their Majesty as a god.

This year, they saw victory, saw the light, and saw the beautiful future that the sleeping people had hoped for——

"...Why." Sylph pressed her fingers tightly on the optical brain.

Cold sweat slipped from the tip of her delicate nose, and she muttered in a daze, "Why haven't the number of infections and deaths in Jing Chaos decreased...?"

——I also saw the shadows walking quietly in it.

"Didn't it mean that the amount of true crystal ore is enough?"

The automatic door of the research room opened, and Kaios strode over from behind, reached out and flicked the virtual screen in front of Sylph, turning it towards him.

His Majesty had just returned from the New Year's banquet, and the years had added to the majesty on his brows. Keos looked at the data carefully and clicked his tongue in annoyance.

"It's like this again... Your original calculation was wrong? If there are not enough real crystal mines, the expedition can still fight."

"not that simple!"

Sylph stood up suddenly, and said anxiously: "Even if the speculation at that time was wrong, but the number of true crystal mines brought by His Majesty's two expeditions is there, and the popularity of tranquilizers is also there, and the number of patients will not decrease.What's the point of anti-increase?"

"..."

The emperor was silent, and Sylph was right.

"Your Majesty, I feel something is wrong."

Sylph's blue eyes were cold and calm, vaguely reminiscent of Commander Aslan's past.

"Think about it, our research is progressing, and our medicines are being upgraded, but the level of medical treatment for crystal disorder seems to have stagnated. Isn't that surprising?"

"If we are moving forward, but humans and Jing Chao are still in a relatively static posture, it can only prove that..."

Lai An: "Sylph, why don't you tell me that crystal disorder is a disease that will evolve with the advancement of human technology?"

Sylph: "It's hard to tell right now—my instinct wants to nod, but I can't prove it to you. What science needs most is proof."

"I'm trying to restore the residual data of the gray owl laboratory. Grandpa should be researching things related to the Crystal Chaos Tide. I hope I can get some clues."

Lai An could only nod silently.He took off the dress coat for the banquet, and let go of his long hair that was braided gracefully.

When looked up, suddenly caught a glimpse of the fireworks set off outside the window, rising to the horizon, bright red and purple.

"Ah, fireworks. It's the New Year's Eve again."

Sylph sighed.

Lai An walked to the window and put his hands on the window sill, the brilliance outside was reflected in the depths of his cold emerald eyes.

"I remembered that the commander told me in the early years that maybe many years later, I will still miss him, but I will no longer love him."

After he finished speaking, he was silent for a long time, and said with a sigh: "It should be considered... many years later."

In the eighth year of the new imperial calendar, the fourth sacred battle.

The empire has no resources to worry about, but the emperor's footsteps have not stopped.

Perhaps it was because of the uneasiness that "something seems to be staring at him in the depths of the universe" that has been lingering in my heart for many years.

Perhaps to fulfill a belated promise to seek beyond the starships.

The starship traveled far, far, and the time span of the fourth expedition was three years.

Countless jumps, countless battles.Far from the hometown of humans, drowned in the sea of ​​darkness.

What is the end of the unknown?The pioneers of the Silver Beidou have set their sights on Nebula countless times, with a passionate vision.

Is it the new world?

Is it another transformation of human civilization?

In the eleventh year of the New Emperor's Calendar, the advance of the Silver Beidou Expeditionary Force was hindered, many vanguard starships were out of control, the soldiers were confused, crystal disorder frequently occurred, and it was even difficult to move forward.

"Your Majesty," the accompanying general dissuaded, "the concentration of crystal particles in the Yu Region ahead is too high, and the fleet cannot pass."

Keos stood at the highest point of the bridge with his hands behind his back, his cold face reflected on the porthole glass, as if he wanted to merge with that universe.

The general pleaded: "Your Majesty, please let the fleet turn around."

The emperor pondered for a while, then raised his right hand: "The whole ship stops moving and stands by for orders."

Ten minutes later, he personally drove the Crown of Dawn out of the White Jade.

Jin Xiao returned half a month later.When Kaios stepped out of the cockpit, he was covered in blood, and there were bloody footprints behind him.

The accompanying generals were frightened, and they all rushed forward with exclamations.

"—Go away!"

The emperor's expression turned cold, and he sternly waved away the medical soldiers who were about to come to help him.The air pressure around him was unprecedentedly terrifying, as if it was suppressing some monstrous waves.He only gave an order for the fleet to return to the country at full speed, and locked himself in the command room, and no one was allowed to enter.

The generals looked at each other, panicked.I don't know who unconsciously slipped out: "If Commander Aslan is still here..."

If the commander-in-chief is still there, someone can take care of His Majesty.

The next day, the mecha surveillance video of Crown of Dawn was sent to the Black Shark base.

That was the first time that the Human Star Expedition Fleet observed the image of the Nebula—it was like a huge white eyeball hovering in the depths of the universe.

In the same month, the data recovery work of the Gray Owl Laboratory was completed.

An urgent communication from the Empire reaches His Majesty.Sylph on the opposite side was pale.She opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, she burst into tears with an "ah".

——At the end of the march, there is the long-awaited invader.

"His Majesty has returned triumphant!"

When the Yin Beidou Interstellar Expeditionary Army returned to the court, the good news spread throughout the Nine Star Cities.

On a cool autumn night in Aslan Star City, people stepped out of their homes one after another, looking up at the starship across the starry sky, intoxicated by this magnificent scene.

The little nun who had just converted to the Crystal Cult put her hands together piously, "It's so beautiful."

She closed her obsidian-like bright eyes, and murmured: "Your Majesty led the heroes of the Yin Beidou back. May the brilliance of the crystal particles bless Your Majesty and our heroes..."

"That's great. Although His Majesty is brave, places like Far Stars are still dangerous. It's better to go home..."

"Isn't that right, my son who is useless, I haven't seen him for three years!"

Beside them, two old men were chattering.People were celebrating, unaware of the shadows hanging over their heads.

This night, the armed starship was moored at the starship port.

Lai An did not return to Bai Emerald Palace.

He was wearing plain clothes and a mask, walking aimlessly in the Star City of Aslan at two o'clock in the morning.

There are still many people on the street, and the smell of food is tangy. They are celebrating the return of the heroes with lights and laughter all night long.

Lai An remained expressionless, walking numbly away from the crowd.He was groggy from the unhealed wounds on his body.In a trance, it seemed that there were three pairs of eyes staring at him through distant memories.

One pair belonged to Odin, which were green eyes containing violent power; the other pair belonged to Jiang Jianming, which were gentle, calm and firm black eyes.

The last pair are the eyes of the starry sky - no, the eyes of the crystal nest.That snow-white and huge crystal nest, it has been watching everyone there, but humans don't know it.

Sylph told him that it would take at least another twenty years before a new generation of more effective tranquilizers was developed.

However, according to the data, in less than three years, a huge wave of crystal chaos will break out in the empire, which cannot be stopped by a generation of tranquilizers.

At that time, the tragic scene of hell will reappear in the world, dragging this beautiful and stable empire into the abyss of destruction.

"...Jiang, I'm about to lose again."

Lai An muttered this sentence, his heart suddenly felt like Ling Chi's pain, and it was so painful that he couldn't breathe, and the lights of thousands of houses in front of him were blurred into one piece.

He staggered a step, in a daze, and gasped, "Aren't you coming to scold me, or come to save me?"

Saying these words, it seemed that the heart that had been hard for many years suddenly softened, and a sense of powerlessness flowed out from that gap.

He hadn't cried for many years, but now he thought about it again, and wanted to go back and kneel in front of Jiang Jianming's dormant cabin and cry, even if he cried until he turned into a pool of crystals.

But he doesn't go back.For so many years, no matter how embarrassed he was, he never returned home in front of Jiang Jianming's dormant cabin; even though he was exhausted and wronged, he had to overcome the difficulties, and only then in front of his lover, he proudly and wrongedly asked for some praise that he couldn't get.and comfort.

Before Jiang fell asleep, he must have fallen asleep dreaming of an infinitely bright future.He has lost the future of the empire, and he has no face to cry with the commander.

However, now that the human empire has just begun to revive, and the fleet is having difficulty even reaching the crystal nest, how can this battle be fought...it can't be won at all, and there is no chance of winning!

He just kept walking, thinking about it.Those three pairs of eyes followed him all the time, staring at the little monster born in the laboratory, and at the founding emperor of the human interstellar empire.

Lai An's eyes became more and more dizzy, and his limbs became heavier and heavier, as if millions of years of human history were on his back, making him breathless.

He really couldn't walk anymore, so he managed to get to an open park and sat down on a public bench.

He looked up and saw a Milky Way across the sky.The stars flickered and extinguished, whispering to him.

His vision gradually dimmed, Lai An simply closed his eyes and let himself fall asleep in the starlight.

...

At dawn, Lai An woke up from the cold.

The night is coldest just before dawn, and now it's autumn again.Poor His Majesty the Great Emperor was still wounded, and he couldn't tolerate the cold even more after losing blood. He was so cold that he wished he could wrap himself with crystal bones.

——Tsk, will add a clause to the training regulations for patrol officers when go back, Lai An thought to himself with dark eyes: If you meet a homeless man sleeping on the street, at least cover him with a blanket...

The distant mountain lit up little by little, and the emperor saw clearly that he was in the central square of the imperial capital.A fountain has just been built here, and white pigeons are stocked.

He's lost in thought, thinking that soon these peaces will crumble, thinking about race wars that have no chance of winning.

Just when dawn shrouded the entire central square, suddenly, a group of children about eight or nine years old ran over laughing and laughing.

There are boys and girls among them. They look like civilians, but they are all healthy and active.Holding toy models of starships and mechas in their hands, they shouted:

"When I grow up, I want to be a Yin Beidou! I want to go on an expedition with His Majesty—"

"I'm an officer!"

"Then I will be a general!"

"Hee hee, silly girl, you are a crippled human being!"

The little girl with braids puffed up her cheeks, and said angrily, "Hmph, what's wrong with the crippled human? When I grow up, I will definitely become a powerful crippled human. I want you new humans to see it too!"

Several adults passing by laughed.The children made a fuss again, whistled and continued chasing and beating.

Lai An sat on the bench in a daze, and the children ran past and startled the white pigeons.Birds fly across the blue sky, the sun reflecting off their wings harshly.

Lai An raised his head and chased after the bird, and suddenly closed his eyes, weeping for no reason——

He thought to himself, if there are another twenty years, the children will grow up.

A new generation of tranquilizers will also be developed.

There must be better weapons, better medicines.

He suddenly thought of Jiang Jianming again. When he first met, the sick and disfigured black-haired boy stood in the dirty wind in the wild area, quietly looking up at the starry sky.

He had been unable to understand Jiang Jianming's character for many years, and even thought that this person must have suffered too much in childhood and had psychological problems.Otherwise, why do you always think about the misty so-called bright future, but refuse to take a look at yourself who is being swallowed up by darkness?

Only now did he understand that having the future is such a luxury; he was finally able to embrace that noble soul, and the figure of Jiang Jianming stretched out his hand to him in the light of dawn and said——

Your Majesty, go beyond the starship.

"...Jiang, wait for me."

Lai An stood up.The morning wind blows his clothes, just like it will blow another person fifty-two years later, "I will fulfill my promise to you."

This is the morning of the 11th year of the New Emperor Calendar.

The author has something to say:

The chapter name is not wrong, it is the last subtitle before the end of Volume 5.

Will put some jokes that destroy the atmosphere in the speech, such as:

Little nun: May the brilliance of crystal particles bless our heroes...

Crystal particles: mmp

hero: mmp