The spiritual impact of the crystal particles surged.The blood wave in the phantom surged into the sky, smashing the palace, drowning the golden flowers, and knocking down the mourning white doves.

It squeezed towards the disabled human beings walking alone, and the crystal clusters also spread towards the mother nucleus.

This is the final battle between the two sides.Approaching, approaching—

In the depths of Jiang Jianming's pupils, blood was dyed red.

The corners of his trembling lips also overflowed with blood.

There was no rebuttal this time, and the face of "Lauren" showed the ecstasy of turning defeat into victory.

But in the next moment, the corner of the blood-stained lips of the cripple curled into a silent smile.

Jiang Jianming took the fifth step, and another force suddenly rose from the crystal particle consciousness that was overwhelming like a huge wave.

In the deep hole where the crystals are clustered, two spiritual forces collide invisibly!

Jiang Jianming let go of the palm that had been holding on to the crystal wall, and his mental power condensed into a sharp blade, like a raging fire, burning through the huge wave.

He took three steps in a row.Blood, crime and pain, the collapsed White Emerald Palace and the rotting Golden Rose are all left behind.

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

The crystal nest mother core flickered in horror.This crippled human being who is as angry as a gossamer still has the strength to fight back...!?

No, the mother core consciousness suddenly realized that this is not "surplus power" at all.

This person knows very well that his own strength is limited, so he didn't make a move at the very beginning, and waited for the opportunity to make a move under the extreme pressure of his spirit and body.This is the result of extremely calm calculations, and it is the only best time!

Until this moment, Jiang Jianming suddenly smiled contemptuously, the tails of his eyes flashed, and he passed by Lauren's phantom.

"Do you think I care about you?"

Jiang Jianming said quietly, "Crystal particles."

He is Dawn Aslan, a person who has braved thorns and blood to come to the light from the dark and hesitant era, and his mind has long been as strong as iron.

He had been talking before, but listening to his own voice allowed him to concentrate and eliminate the interference of crystal particles.A few superficial questions, why should he be shaken at all?

The wind howled, and the national flag of the new human empire fell behind, just like the sacred flag of the old empire——

At that time, he and Lai An stood side by side at the top of the city, the setting sun was vast, and tomorrow was far away.

So he knows... If their empire falls into a long night of decay in the future, there must be another one of them in the future, who will set off a new dawn in the middle of the night.

Countless countries perished, and countless dynasties changed.Buds bloom and flowers fall, and the sun and 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 star took thousands of years, and the reconstruction of civilization after being destroyed by crystal particles only took a few hundred years.Later generations will prove the meaning of the ancestors.

This time, will be able to go further, even if can't reach the end.

Then there is no need to fear the death, destruction and chaos that will eventually come.

Lauren's figure was 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, can only be Gaius who is combined with the mother nucleus of the crystal nest!

"Wishful thinking... wishful thinking!"

Gaius swung his arms wildly, and the white robe fluttered, "Can't you see your own weakness? You are weak and unarmed, what can you do to the mother core!?"

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

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

Jiang Jianming raised his right hand with his last strength.

Gaius was right, he was indeed dying.The concentrated burst of mental power just now completely drained the last energy 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 angrily: Mistake, should have gotten a medal if knew it earlier, the kind with edges and corners...

"No." Gaius suddenly became stiff and changed color.

Palms drop.

"No, no, stop, disabled people!!"

clang!

Crisp crashing sound.

The phantom of Gaius was distorted, his eye sockets twitched, his cheeks twitched ferociously, and he screamed at the Mother Core: "——No!!!"

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

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

click...

When Jiang Jianming fell down and brushed against the mother nucleus of the crystal nest, he saw the rapidly spreading crack on the crystal ball with his dimmed vision, and laughed silently.

Fortunately, it seems that the ring is enough.

The cracks are getting denser, thinner, and deeper.The phantom of Gaius froze into a forward posture, trembling from head to toe.

"You...you...you killed the Mother Core? No, no, you killed...ah, you killed..."

Until that 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 caused Jiang Jianming to fall to the ground and roll half a circle. He didn't have the strength to move any more. He looked up and saw that the cave above his head was crumbling.

finished.

The snow-white crystal particles flew away sadly like scattered fireflies.This is also a universe where life forms are embracing their demise at this moment.

They may have existed for a long time, and they may have invaded many other races in the universe, but they were defeated in a war and were extinct.But it also reinvented the human race, marking a bright future in human history.Humans remember the grains, whether they want to or not.

A long war is over.

"..."

Jiang Jianming half-opened his eyes tiredly, as ignorant as a newborn baby, his lips just kept trembling, but he didn't move to breathe.

His chest twitched suddenly, he weakly pulled up his neck, spit out two mouthfuls of blood, his tense body lost strength and fell back.

It's strange, whole body feels brisk and weak, and don't feel any pain anymore...

What will happen after that, what will happen tomorrow?

Will he die, what about Lai An?

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

A thought popped into my mind like a light moth.

He thought: Maybe one day, at the end of the long journey and the slim probability, human beings can go beyond the so-called cosmic rules and go to the real paradise.

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

"no no."

The phantom of Gaius stared at him in a trance, and murmured before it completely dissipated: "You... how dare you... wishful thinking... such a... step..."

Is it wishful thinking?

Jiang Jianming lay on the ground of the crystal nest, his slightly dilated pupils stared at the starry sky that was revealed little by little.

But who knows what will happen in the future?

The ape-man hundreds of thousands of years ago lived in caves and drank blood. Their greatest desire for the future was to catch more prey and pick more fruits.

Unexpectedly, thousands of years later, the sea of stars that their descendants can see from the porthole of the starship is so gorgeous and passionate.

Jiang Jianming finally closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully.

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 talked and joked with Lai An, and finally laughed in a low voice.

Outside the crystal nest.

The crystalline creatures in the Yu Region obviously weakened a lot after the successful launch of the Pangu Axe, but they didn't completely die out.

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

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

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 couldn't control the mecha anymore.This sudden change almost threw the whole army into chaos, but Jiang Sheng was the quickest to realize the problem.

"Slow down, everyone calm down!"

Sitting in the mecha lianzhu, Jiang Sheng's scalp was numb from his guess.

He pushed the control panel in front of him, and the mecha immediately resumed normal operation, but the wrist of the great mecha master trembled.

Not out of fear, but out of excitement.

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

The soldiers followed suit one after another, awkwardly using the unskilled manual mode.

Sure enough, amidst everyone's surprise, the stagnant mech became obedient again.

And the enemy who just fought with them, not only did not launch an attack within this period of time, but disintegrated into the tiniest crystal particles, floating quietly in the universe.

Black Shark Base.

"Boss! Take a look, our spiritual consciousness projection is failing!"

Diana threw herself in front of Sylph in a panic, her eyes were still red and swollen after crying for Jiang Jianming, and her nasal voice was thick: "The basic body's consciousness has returned to its original body! What is this..."

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

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

"Whether our spiritual consciousness projection technology or spiritual consciousness manipulation is based on the consciousness conduction characteristics of crystal particles, they are all invalid now. Doesn't this mean..."

Diana asked in a daze, "Say, explain?"

She figured it out in the next moment, her face flushed suddenly, 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 Song.

The emperor gasped heavily, his heart beating violently.She stared closely at the leader on the opposite side, staring at the soft lips, as if the next speech would be a sentence on her own fate.

There was a proud smile on Sylph's beautiful face, but the water in his eyes fluctuated, "Of course it means... the crystal particle consciousness has died, and the mother nucleus has died."

She smiled gracefully, and the tears couldn't stop falling: "Lin Song, Your Majesty, go tell everyone. Just say we won, we won...!"

Lin Song fell back into the driver's seat in a daze.

She raised her trembling hands from the long-term battle, and asked in a daze, "Victorious?"

Lin Song asked uncertainly: "Ah, really?"

Sylph: "Really."

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

Sylph: "Are you an idiot?"

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

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

Lin Song then looked around, her Mecha Iron Rose stood in the universe bathed in blood, the surroundings were clear and bright, and the nebula was bright.

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

The army behind him had already realized it, and the soldiers fell into madness.

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

She hasn't been confused like this for a long time, after all, she is His Majesty the Emperor.The scene where Keos entrusted her with the Empire and the Crown of Dawn and turned away in the night wind seemed like it was still yesterday.

But looking back, life and death parted several times.

The time is long and the sea has changed.

Suddenly, the emperor got up suddenly, and roared almost hysterically: "—His Majesty Kaios and Commander Aslan are still at the coordinates of the mother core, which troops are still in the crystal nest, hurry up, go save people!!"

...

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

Seth Henry, the intellectual brain, drove the L-Crown of Dawn and flew to the mother core coordinates.

It sensed that its existence was on the verge of disappearing.

Seth Henry, this is the name of Zhinao, and it 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, its eyes were as bright as black grapes, and ran towards its owner with a Frisbee in its mouth.

On the screen of Crown of Dawn, two lines of words flashed quietly.

"Wow woof!"

"Goodbye, Master, Wang Wang!"

...

Aslan Star City.

The signs of the end of the war were so clear that it was not even necessary to wait for news from the front.

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

People looked up at the sky one after another and saw the clouds that had passed through the night after the rain.The wind drives away the gunpowder smoke, and the sky is bright and majestic, shining on the star city after the war.

"Its daybreak."

The soldier murmured and put down the gun in his hand, and sat down on the brick floor with water in the street.The water waves rippled along with it, pushing away circle after circle of halos.

"what?"

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

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

A dozen or so steps away, Mr. Tang Ren was being helped onto a stretcher.

This guy is old and strong, and he is retired. He insisted on showing the strength he had on the Blue Mother Planet and fought fiercely on the streets all day and all night.Finally, he broke his crystal bone, broke out in cold sweat from the pain, and was forcefully dragged away by his daughter-in-law for treatment.

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

Those crystal particles scattered in mid-air were attracted by the crystal bone one after another, filling the seriously wounded gap.

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

The crystal bone monitor is a very popular regular item, and soon a nurse brought it over and scanned the old man's crystal bone.

"Promoted, promoted!?"

Immediately, the daughter-in-law of the Tang family stared wide-eyed, "Father, you are already at this age, and the crystal bone has been promoted!?"

"This, what is this..."

With a bang, Kevin jumped off the mech and touched the sweat on his chin.He stared blankly at the changes around him, still unable to react.

Another figure awkwardly crawled out of the cockpit of the mech.It was an injured old professor whom Kevin rescued halfway, and he showed a sudden realization expression.

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

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

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

Ten minutes later, voices from the front line rang out from the streets and alleys of the Nine Star Cities of the Empire.

"The Black Shark Base is respectful to all citizens. I, Silver Song, in the name of the former Empress of the Empire, the current leader of the Black Shark Base and the Empress Dowager, and on behalf of His Majesty Emperor Lin Song, solemnly declare to our compatriots:

"The war is over, mankind has achieved a great victory, and the frontline armies will be triumphant soon!"

All of a sudden, there were layers of cheers, thundering for nine days.

"Now, all citizens are requested to absorb as much as possible the crystal particles that have not dissipated, no matter whether you are a crystal-like person or a crystal-less person."

"Repeat, all citizens please..."

In the 66th year of the New Emperor Calendar, the race war between humans and crystal particles, which spanned more than 500 years, ended with the victory of the former.

The war devastated the empire, reducing its population and depleting its resources.Fortunately the future looks bright, and needless to say, the next few years will be dedicated 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 good. According to the calculation of the Black Shark Base, those crystal particle resources scattered in the universe are enough for human consumption of true crystal mines for the next thousand years.

After the triumphant return of the army, the citizens anxiously inquired about the news of the founding emperor.

However, the officials have been silent all the time, and in the end they couldn't hold back the public opinion. The empire had no choice but to issue a statement, saying that both the emperor and commander were seriously injured in the final mission and were receiving treatment.

Various truths about Dawn Aslan were also released one after another, and the Wisdom Network in those days was even more unreadable. Hospitals everywhere received several groups of people who fainted from crying.

Weeks, months, and half a year passed.

His Majesty Keos finally showed up at a grand ceremony to honor the heroic soul.

The emperor was still stern and beautiful, with platinum curly hair hanging gracefully on his shoulders.He held white chrysanthemums side by side with Lin Song, knelt on one knee in front of the electronic photo screen of the fallen soldiers, closed his eyes and said the prayer softly.

But the news of Commander Aslan has no more to follow.

It is said that the commander-in-chief was sacrificed.Their heroes are forever asleep at the moment before dawn.

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

...

In April, the grass grows and the warbler flies.

In the depths of the White Emerald Palace, a figure in a red skirt ran across the path, and the hem of the skirt swept dewdrops.

"Kaos, bastard, why don't you reset!"

Lin Song broke down and stopped in front of Lai An: "This year! This year, you must get out of here and be the emperor! I'm quitting, if I say I won't do it, I won't do it!"

Lai An is expressionless: "My old injury is still not healed, I have no strength."

"Fart, your body has already recovered!?"

Lin Song was shocked by his ability to open his eyes and tell nonsense, "After all, you little monster was injured by a ghost, and the energy of the entire crystal nest mother core was eaten by you! I was so scared to death!!"

Flower shadows sway, and footsteps approach.Sylph came over with a small steaming basket on her shoulders, and said helplessly, "Why have you two been arguing since early in the morning, do you still have breakfast?"

Lin Song immediately threw away Lai An, and rushed over with bright eyes: "Sylph, did you bake cookies?"

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

Before she could finish speaking, her little basket was taken away by Lai An.

His Majesty Kaios lifted the wet cloth on top, picked up a piece and looked at it, the edge was indeed a little burnt black.

So he nodded and stuffed it into Lin Song's mouth smoothly.

Lin Song: "Uh...uh Keos, you bastard——!!"

Behind the figures of the three, golden roses grew in clusters.There is a small tablet hidden among the lush branches and leaves, which reads:

The dearest dog, the smartest brain

Seth Henry's Tomb

Further back, is a hidden room.

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

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

His Majesty Caios, who was outside just now, came in, first hung up his dew-stained coat, and then took off his shoes beside the bed.

Lai An got on the bed carefully, hugged the sleeping beauty who had never woken up, closed her eyes and rubbed it lightly twice, and just hugged her like this.

The two women outside were still laughing.

When the sound came, the patient's eyelashes seemed to move.

And it doesn't seem to be.

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 flickering, falling on a golden rose in a glass vase by the bedside.

Outside the window, the bell of the Splendid Cathedral rang, and a flock of white pigeons flew over the central square.

——The text of "Slumber at Dawn" is over.

2022.5.30 Yue Qianyue

The author has something to say:

The finale is really emotional.I have been writing on and off for two years. There are many things want to say to everyone. Words are not counted in Jinjiang currency points. Let’s talk about the business and follow-up arrangements first:

①The text is over, thanks for following up!Red envelopes will be distributed in the comment area of this chapter before midnight tonight!

Next, will do the work of refining and catching bugs and fixing bugs.Second brushing is welcome, but please refrain when commenting, take care of the perception of newcomers, and don't spoil too much.

②About extra episodes: The first extra episode is the postscript that connects to the finale of the main text. It is responsible for ending the happy reunion, explaining various things that have not been explained and the various supporting roles. It is expected to drop after June 1.Other miscellaneous extras will be written slowly depending on the situation.

③About the next book: I don’t have a plan to start the article for the time being. I want to pause for a while to reflect and reflect, and I may try something else in transition.If the hole is opened again, it will squeak on the scarf. Dear little angels, goodbye by fate (0w0)/

④About physical publishing, which is often asked by readers: I think so too, who wouldn't!But this depends on the publishing house rather than the author. It is more difficult to publish Danmei now than before, and it is even more difficult to write a million-word novel.Because the number of words will lead to high printing costs, the publishing house's signing standards will of course be higher, otherwise it will be a loss-making business if it cannot be sold.According to my observations on Jinjiang’s copyright page, I feel that writing and collecting at least one of the long-form articles starting with a million words is possible only with a six-figure base. Let’s just dream together, don’t expect too much(cough) This blog is illegal, self-printing authorization cannot be opened, thank you for liking~

⑤Although I am tired of talking, I still have to say: the only genuine version→Jinjiang Literature City Official Website/Jinjiang Novel Reading App

I know that many people came to Jinjiang to subscribe to the following chapters after reading the first one hundred chapters on Pirates.com and found that the Pirates were incomplete.It's meaningless to say too much. Genuine subscription not only determines the author's income, but also determines the author's ranking traffic. There is nothing more important than this, and I still hope to get support.

What follows is a final testimonial and a small summary that is not nutritious and is simply written for myself (but because I am ashamed, I probably won't read it in the future).

Although it was affectionately (?) called Qiandao by readers during the writing process, in general, I think Sleeping Dawn is an extremely romantic and idealistic article, even to the point of being naive in the second grade.Pioneers are remembered by future generations, heroes have seen the prosperity with their own eyes, all sacrifices are meaningful, our journey will never stop, and the road ahead will always extend.After a racial war is over, all the good people can survive and have a happy reunion (although the dog hook has lost QAQ). This is a good wish that can only be realized in novels.

As of today, it is not only me who is writing this story, but also this story is feeding back my mentality.When this article was serialized to the later stage, I actually ran into a lot of things that made me feel frustrated.Some can't see it, and some feel powerless.Sometimes I feel like this shit sucks and there's no hope of getting better, but when I think about the story I'm writing, I don't think so.Still have to work hard to be better.So here may be a wish, I wish me and the readers who can read this text will be better and better, and our city, country and world will be better and better.

The main text of this article is 1.14 million words, which is a new challenge for me. I have boldly tried many new things, such as the structure of the world view, multiple supporting roles and the laying of the theme concept, and I am quite satisfied overall.Of course, there are some deficiencies and things that have to be discarded due to limited ability, but I have no regrets if I try my best.

Finally, I would like to thank the readers who subscribed to the series for their persistence even when the update frequency in the later period was low. The comment area of this article has the best overall atmosphere among all my articles. It is really rare and gave me a lot.the power of.Give everyone a big heart, so all the little angels!