Bulwark of Light

Chapter 731 The crime of Jing Shanyan (third update!)
"Old man, can you tell me in detail... what is the Stars Project?"

On the dry cage snow mountain, one old and one young are sitting on the ground.

Snowy nights are cold.

But the [lantern] in Mr. Gu's hand stirred up the flying cold shavings a few meters away, and the two of them sat on a piece of clean snow, surrounded by only a weak whimpering breeze.

"You... really want to know?"

Gu Qilin put down the lantern, his eyes were a little dazed.

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About the name Jingshanyan.

Now in the Snow Forbidden City, not many people still remember it.

But 20 years ago.

During the years when Gu Changzhi became the God of Fighting and Nagano became the top of the Five Continents, this name... used to be a shining star on the top of Nagano's mountains, and the three institutes had just been established at that time.

Zhou Jiren, Gu Qilin, and Jing Shanyan became the "Supreme Leaders" of the three institutes.

These three people are respectively in charge of the "judgment office", "command office" and "prison office".

And 20 years later, the situations of the three are different.

Under the fierce internal strife in the adjudication office, Zhou Jiren's character made him choose to go far away from Nagano to avoid the intensification of conflicts. There are "powers".

Gu Qilin is sticking to Nagano, supporting the last breath of the Gu family's old school. It seems that he is still in a high position, but in fact he is besieged on all sides, and every step is difficult, like walking on thin ice.

20 years later.

Although the two of them were not living well under the scouring of the general situation, at least they still retained their status as the supreme leaders of the three schools.

But Jingshanyan is different.

His situation has changed drastically from 20 years ago.

"For a long time, human beings have been making different efforts on how to preserve the 'fire of civilization'."

Gu Qilin's voice was very soft.

Gu Shen listened carefully from the side.

"Some people want to find an 'oasis', an eternal and peaceful Paradise."

representatives of these persons.

It is the investigation legion of Beizhou.

Many extraordinary people, from all corners of the country, will choose to go to Beizhou after learning the "truth of the world"... The investigation legion will accept all explorers. They wear source armor and go to the [Old World]. hope.

oasis.

After so many years, the map of [Old World] has only explored a corner.

In fact, most extraordinary people have given up hope for the "oasis", but under the torrent, if they really want to have illusions, nothing is more attractive than the "oasis".

"There are also some people who want to flee south and continue the plan of their predecessors."

Gu Qilin paused slightly, and asked, "You should know that we were homeless 600 years ago... right?"

"En." Gu Shen nodded.

600 years ago.

Chased by the storm of the collapse of order, human beings fled to the five continents, and if it happens again...

Humanity can only continue southward.

To the south of Nanzhou is the sea of ​​source matter chaos. The environment there is very unsuitable for "traveling". There are almost no navigation tools that can drive stably on that sea.

"There are still some people who want to strengthen the giant wall. What's more, they want to crush the [Old World] storm."

Gu Qilin smiled and said: "In the face of crisis, our group has produced countless 'ideas', and the Stars Project proposed by Jing Shanyan...is different from the previous ones."

"all different?"

"Yes...Jing Shanyan does not advocate confrontation. He believes that the storm in the [Old World] is not something we can resist, and he does not advocate escaping, because the weather in the Nanzhou sea area is too bad. Once we set sail, we will all be destroyed. .”

Following this line of thought, Gu Shen frowned and said, "So, there is no way we can retreat?"

"Although this sentence is ugly, it is the truth."

Gu Qilin said calmly: "Judging from the current situation, there is no way we can retreat."

The old man smiled in a low voice, and said in a joking tone: "So, Jing Shanyan thinks that we can dig a hole...to hide."

Gu Shen was stunned for two seconds.

Dig a hole and hide?
In the face of major decisions related to the fate of mankind, this decision sounds a bit ridiculous.

But soon he realized that Jing Shanyan's proposal was not just a casual statement.

"According to the current investigation of the Beizhou Survey Corps, the 'hardest-hit areas' swept by the source matter storm are located at about 1000 meters underground. The 'relics' discovered over the years also confirm this statement. The reason why those relics It was destroyed because it was not deep enough. If the results of this investigation are reliable, then 1000 meters underground is a relatively safe depth when facing an elemental storm."

Gu Qilin said slowly: "To be on the safe side, we can continue to 'dig deep'. Jing Shanyan proposed to build a new home for mankind at 2000 meters underground."

absurd.

Hearing this, Gu Shen only had these two words in his mind.

It’s ridiculous.

On the surface of the earth, human beings can use strong logic materials against the huge wall to fight against the storm.

But underground... how does this work?
"2000 meters underground, how to build a home?" Gu Shen was puzzled: "Do you want to open up an underground city?"

"The proposal for the dungeon has been proposed before, but it was rejected."

Gu Qilin shook his head with a smile, "It is too difficult to open up a 'dungeon' that accommodates civilization at a depth of 2000 meters. The difficulty of this project is not at the same level as that of Beizhou's giant wall. The number of dungeons required "Strong logical material" is exhausted, and there is no anti-risk ability at all. Putting these factors aside, there is no sunlight and no resources underground, and once the storm arrives, no one knows what will happen."

"Escaping underground means... human civilization needs to go through an extremely long period of 'hibernation', which is difficult to do in a fragile underground city."

Mr. Gu said in a complicated voice, "The five continents are independent and self-governing. I don't know how other continents consider this proposal, but in short, the high-level officials of Dongzhou rejected the proposal of the underground city."

He got back to the topic again.

"The 'Stars Project' proposed by Jing Shanyan is far less ambitious."

"What he wants to do...is a simplified version of the dungeon, and it is also a sublimated version. It is for this reason that the federal government will allocate funds to him."

Gu Qilin said: "Jing Shan said that he doesn't want to build an underground city. He only needs to place nutrition cabins at a safe enough depth underground. These nutrition cabins occupy a small area and do not need to be moved. The strong logic materials used for protection consume Also very small."

"Each nutrition cabin needs to be equipped with a sufficient amount of nutrient solution to meet a person's 'hibernation' needs. With the advancement of Dongzhou's technology... the number of years a person's 'hibernation' will become longer and longer. This proposal has just been put forward At that time, the hibernation time that the nutrition cabin can provide is about 20 years."

Gu Shen was a little shocked: "Hibernation?"

"Yes... This is the most important part of Jing Shanyan's proposal."

"That's why... this project is called 'Stars'."

Gu Qilin's eyes were a little dazed. He recalled the scene back then, and said with a low laugh: "At that time, we were all confused. What should we do after the superhuman is locked in the nutrition cabin and sinks 2000 meters underground. Jing Shanyan Tell us, the body of the transcendent in the nutrition cabin will be supplemented with nutrient solution, as long as their body is guaranteed not to decay, then the plan will be considered a success."

"Because of their spirit, they will be uploaded through [Deep Sea]."

"The real 'oasis' is never in the real world, but in the virtual world."

"[Deep Sea]...is an oasis!"

This sentence came from 20 years ago.

But after 20 years, Gu Shen was still deeply shocked.

"The stars...are underground."

"The shackles of the flesh, trapped in the ground."

"The spirit of man will turn into stars and ascend to the heavens."

"If a few years later, the source matter storm destroys the huge wall and destroys the homes built by humans on the five continents...then this plan can preserve part of the fire of human civilization. Even if the ground is fragmented and collapsed, the spirit buried deep underground The fire will always be there."

Gu Shen looked at Old Master Gu.

There was a smile in the latter's eyes, as if responding to Gu Shen's shock.

"Yeah, at that time, I thought the same as you."

Gu Qilin said lightly: "We all think this guy is a genius, and this plan is very constructive."

"I didn't feel it was right until the plan started to unfold..."

Old man Gu had a self-deprecating expression on his face.

"After the proposal of the Stars Project was passed, the Dongzhou Council gave Jing Shanyan a lot of power."

"Because this plan requires the cooperation of [Deep Sea], the highest seat has also made an exception for Jing Shanyan, who gave up the highest authority—"

He suddenly looked at Gu Shen and asked.

"More than 20 years ago, the federal government launched a large-scale suppression campaign against the Ancient Chinese Society. Do you know about this?"

Gu Shen's heart thumped slightly.

He nodded slowly.

So far... the ancient text society is still a criminal organization that needs to be eradicated in the perception of the federations of all continents.

Even if he has a very close relationship with Mr. Gu, he can't reveal his identity as a member of the Ancient Literature Society.

"Do the math, it seems to be the year you were born."

Mr. Gu said: "That year, [Deep Sea] issued the most wanted arrest for the members of the Ancient Literature Society, and Zhou Jiren led the adjudication office to arrest nearly a hundred suspects of the Ancient Literature Society...Jing Shanyan's prison is responsible for detaining them."

"All of this should have gone very smoothly."

"But before the East Continent Council transferred, contained, tortured, and confirmed the real 'Suspects of the Ancient Chinese Society'...these people are all dead."

All the suspects are dead? !

Gu Shen looked very exciting.

"Jing Shanyan, who has the highest authority in [Deep Sea], did not detain those people directly, but took them to the test site of the Stars Project, locked them in the 'Nutrition Cabin', and ordered [Deep Sea] to carry out spiritual sea training. simulated experiment."

"This is Jing Shanyan's own statement. The result of this experiment is naturally a failure."

Gu Qilin stretched out his hand, pointed to the sky, let out a faint snort, and said: "When I arrived at the scene, the spirits of those people in the nutrition cabin were all exiled...they became the real 'stars', The federal government's torture program fell through."

"Due to serious dereliction of duty, Jing Shanyan's supreme authority has been dismissed."

"To this day, we have doubts about his motives for this action ... and his true identity."

"This is the whole story of Project Stars."

Gu Qilin stood up and said: "Since that day, Jing Shanyan has been imprisoned in [Snow Cage]. For 20 years, he refused to answer any questions about this incident. No one can make him speak."

"No."

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(PS: 1. That’s all for today. On the premise of ensuring the quality, the daily 2D has reached my limit. [-]. There are still four chapters left for Jingjing...)
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