Sword of Dawn

Gao Wen: "...Is the term academic bribery used here?"

Hetty sighed, and pressed her temples with her hands: "She even brought back the handrail of the God of the Mountain God's seat for her graduation commemoration. Do you still care about her choice of words and sentences?"

Gao Wen: "..."

At the same time, in the depths of the Tarash Plain, on the edge of the Deep Blue Well impact crater under the starlight, countless high-power magic spar lamps are surrounding a large building standing under the starry sky—the building is brightly lit inside and outside. , its rigid and straight lines are like a sharp blade pointing to the sky under the illumination of engineering spotlights. Its main body is composed of a towering main building surrounded by four hexagonal prism structures. The most conspicuous one on the front of the main building position, you can see a huge curtain hanging from above, and the text on the curtain is particularly clear under the light: Celebrate the successful completion of the main control building of the mother star barrier control center.

In order to improve the efficiency as much as possible and shorten the construction period, this majestic building basically has no external decorations except for its huge scale, and a lot of prefabricated structures and engineering magic aids were used in the construction process, and it even partially carried The building frame of the equipment is welded in the factory, and is sent directly to the Tarash Plain by a huge anti-gravity carrier platform for assembly. This construction method of limiting the construction period while ensuring quality has an astonishing cost , and the final product has absolutely nothing to do with "beauty" and "delicacy", but from another perspective, this rough and towering building has another kind of beauty.

It stands like a stubborn stone, facing the starry sky with unpolished rough and rigid lines, as if it is showing a certain power and a certain fearless attitude-but inside such a rough building, there is It has the crystallization of the most cutting-edge technology in the world, and the engineering creation created by the most intelligent and courageous mortals on this planet.

In the main control building of the control center, a huge pillar with an alloy shell and an extremely complicated internal structure runs through more than half of the floors. Countless neural circuits extend around this pillar, connecting computing nodes, Exchange arrays and energy groups, and at the root of this alloy column, there is a wide hall on the third basement floor of the building, which is the "nerve center" of the entire main control center, and also the "sky part" and "earth part" of the mother star barrier. part" is the key to establishing a connection.

One of the "doll incarnations" directly controlled by Ophelia is standing quietly in this "foundation hall" at this moment, watching the mental hub that is running low in front of him. The low humming sound showed that it was processing a huge amount of data throughput, and Ophelia could directly perceive several lines of communication extending from the depths of the Deep Blue Well in places where she couldn't see it. The wires are connected in a compatible array at the bottom of the mental hub—those communication wires are essentially an extension of Ophelia's matrix, perhaps even a part of herself.

Although the building was just completed yesterday, in fact many of its core equipment have been in operation for a few days, even during construction. In the face of life and death, everything must give way to pragmatism. As long as it is acceptable to use and safety is guaranteed, Ophelia doesn't care about any "completion celebration" activities outside at all.

"The response of the control node of the dark blue network channel... is good, the planetary shield is in the state of being activated, and the communication test with the sky station... is normal, the data broadcast channel is smooth, and the key key is being solved..."

A piece of data is flowing quickly in the thread of thought, and the "doll incarnation" controlled by Ophelia has no expression on its face, although at this time many people have begun to celebrate the completion of this building on the surface, and many people are delighted Because of the smooth acquisition of the key key, she is delighted with the achievements at this stage, but as an ancient intelligence that can think like a machine, she knows that it is not time to completely relax.

The mother star barrier is composed of two key "elements". One part is the "planetary shield" as the barrier itself. The essence of this layer of shield is to tune and release the dark blue network channel inside the planet to form Projecting into space is to switch the deep blue webway that was originally located in the celestial body to "operate outside the body", and this part of the control depends on the rune stones in the deep blue webway. Specifically, at the level of execution, it is the deep blue well underground. Ophelia Matrix to take over directly;

The other part of the mother star barrier is the "anti-phase-anti-divine barrier" projected by the planetary shield, or according to the Noi people, it is called "mind unity field", which is a huge data projection system , the key lies in this "parent star barrier control center", and the key to the effectiveness of this unified field of mind lies in the "key" that has not yet been solved at this moment.

Now the solution of the key has not been completed, and the transformation project of the sky station in space has not yet been completed-although they are all proceeding smoothly, and some of them have even reached the end, as long as the final result has not been determined, the Ophelia Matrix It will run on forever vigilantly.

Because this is not only her responsibility, but also her commitment.

Deep underground in the Deep Blue Well, the huge Ophelia Matrix is ​​running at high speed, and the low buzzing sound echoes throughout the hall. Another "doll incarnation" controlled by the Ophelia Matrix walks slowly through one after another. Between the server nodes, she came to the platform in the center of the hall. The descendant of the ancient Norton royal family who was sealed in a crystal container as if sleeping was lying quietly in the container.

Like so many times in the past many years, Ophelia Matrix stared at the "creator" who was lying on the platform and had exactly the same appearance as her at the moment. She felt the sky from the entire territory of the Loren Alliance and from space. Station, data from another planet four light-years away surged in his computing nodes, and finally a smile gradually appeared on his face.

"It will live up to your expectations."

Chapter 1591 Temporary Alone

Cecil's five years, the last week of the Harvest Moon, Noi and Loren ushered in the last super-light communication between the two civilizations before the demon tide came.

When the huge sun in the Solin area rose to the highest point in the sky, the leaders of each country in the Loren Alliance connected to the listening port of the communication link. Four light years away, the wise men and leaders of the Noi people They also plugged into their data networks.

And speaking on behalf of the two civilizations, one is still Gao Wen, and the other is still the "witch" Nova.

For this special day, Gawain even left Cecil City and personally came to the command center of the Sorin Giant Tree—he will complete the last conversation with the Noi people in this hall that has played an extremely important historical mission. Although this will not have any impact on the communication process between the two civilizations from a practical point of view, as a mortal, one always has to pursue symbolic meanings of one kind or another.

In Sorin's command hall, all the operating seats are full, and all the control terminals are on standby. The flickering runes and magic glow flow quietly on the magic metal belts on the walls and roof. A Taiwan magic The network terminal lights up one after another amidst low buzzing sounds, and the pillar of the "mind hub" directly connected to the computing center is standing quietly in the center of the hall. Centers and other facilities have established connections.

An unusually solemn and silent atmosphere enveloped this huge place, and the operators in front of each seat sat in their positions with an almost solemn attitude, although maintaining a FTL communication does not require so many operators to be on duty at the same time. , but on this special day today, "attendance" itself is their duty, and Gawain is sitting on the platform where Bertila's avatar usually sits, and he is calmly watching the holographic projection in front of him, Look at the numbers above jumping a little bit.

Bertila stood quietly beside Gawain, her perception extended to the canopy of the giant tree of Sorin along the huge nervous system, she listened to the soft humming of the huge antenna array in the wind, and after a certain humming , the familiar and gentle tremor finally appeared in the atmosphere—the greeting from four light-years away arrived on time.

"Received Noy's communication signal." Bertila said immediately, and this seemed to be a switch, and the hall that was in a stagnant state became busy in an instant—the translation auxiliary array began to automatically record those that had been entered due to frequent use. The information in the database was translated into Nuoyi's common text, and the recording equipment began to perform the file retention operation. The holographic projection in front of Gao Wen trembled slightly, and clear text appeared in front of his eyes: "Nuoyi called Loren - we are all well .”

"Loren received a call—I'm glad to hear your voices," Gawain took a breath and said with a slight smile, "This will be our last communication before the arrival of the demon tide."

"Yes," the text on the holographic projection paused here, and then the message continued, "No matter what the result is, we are very happy to meet friends like you in this long watch. Ren regards us as eternal allies, and our strong bond will be like blood ties across the stars-until time and fate do us an end."

"The same is true for us. Meeting you will be the most valuable gain of Loren civilization since its birth and development," Gawain said slowly, "Have you made all the preparations?"

"We have done everything we can—we have done everything we can. Calculated by Loren time, the Nuoi people have spent 400 years facing this doomsday, and in the last day before this doomsday comes During the day, there is nothing waiting for us to complete," the characters on the holographic projection danced, "We have stopped now, the wise men and the elders are waiting for the challenge to come in peace and tranquility, for the Noi people As far as he is concerned, the spear and shield are already in hand, and the rest... just wait for the enemy to come."

Afterwards, "Witch" Nova's message paused for a moment, and new content came: "How about you? Friends, where are your preparations? When the tide of magic descends on Noi, the time left for you ... not much more."

"We have completed the deciphering and injection of the final key at the data level, and the preparations for the activation of the planetary shield have been completed, and now only the construction work in space is left-this work will be completed in one day. It will be over in two months," Gao Wen said frankly, "after you start to face the demon tide, Loren will complete all the preparations as planned, don't worry about us, everything is proceeding according to the schedule, and even Slightly ahead."

"Then, I wish you all the best." On the holographic projection, the message sent by "Witch" Nova was refreshed line by line, "We will wait for this storm to end under the protection of the Mind Unification Field, and look forward to communicating with you again after the communication is restored. The day you contacted."

As "Witch" Nova said just now, all the efforts that should be made have been exhausted. In the past few days, Loren and Nuoyi have completed the handover of all data, and the two people who cannot touch each other Civilization has come to this moment hand in hand with the constant exchange of super-light speed communication waves. With the magic tide still coming to Nuoyi in the last ten hours, both sides have nothing more to do. Today's last contact Nor was it meant to be an exchange of any significant technical material, but more of a goodbye.

Saying goodbye is to meet again next time, and good night is to greet the next dawn together.

"Image data received." Bertila said suddenly, and then the data processing equipment in the hall began to work. In front of Gao Wen, a picture began to gradually emerge from the holographic projection. It was blurry at first, but soon became clear. , he saw a land he had never seen before, with verdant mountains undulating in the distance, a wide river flowing from the mountains across the plain, and a sun that was much smaller than the giant sun of Loren shone on the land , the strange alien city is like a jewel in the sun, shining on the plain at the foot of the mountain.

A line of text appeared below the picture: "After a few years, you are welcome to come here as guests."

"Send them the image of the giant tree of Sorin." Gawain pondered for a while, then turned to Bertila and said, "We greeted them here at first, so let's welcome them here."

After a while, the video data was sent, and "Witch" Nova's reply quickly appeared in front of Gawain: "It's... amazing! I've heard your description of the 'Giant Tree of Thorin', but I I didn't expect her to be so amazing, the whole city is just a corner under her feet... Ms. Bertila's 'body' is this giant tree, isn't it?"

"Yes, this is a 'miracle' left after resisting a certain divine disaster," Gawain laughed, "One day, we also welcome you to come here as guests—Beltera will welcome you here. "

"We are looking forward to that day," said "Witch" Nova, and then she paused for a moment, "So far, the content of the planned communication has come to an end—but this channel will maintain the connection until the interference of the demon tide will exceed the speed of light. The moment the communication was cut off."

"The Loren FTL communication array will also remain on standby until the communication is automatically cut off," Gawain nodded lightly, "Take a break, Miss Nova."

"Okay, Mr. Leader—goodbye, and look forward to contacting you next time."

……

The setting sun is gradually approaching the earth. Standing on the canopy of the giant tree of Sorin, one can see that nearly a quarter of the magnificent sun has sunk under the layers of branches and leaves on the edge of the canopy. The orange-red sunset glow It spread all the way along the edge of the canopy, looking at it from a distance, it was like the setting sun lit the horizon, and then spread an illusory fire on the top of the giant tree.

Gawain came to the top of the canopy of the giant tree of Sorin. He stepped on the huge leaves as solid as the earth. The towering antenna array whimpered slightly in the wind behind him. In this place far away from the earth, even the summer wind is very special. It is cool, and in this pleasant wind, there are also some unknown birds that make their homes on the top of the giant tree. They fly from afar in the afterglow of the setting sun, and disappear in the depths of the gaps on the edge of the tree crown in the blink of an eye.

Gawain suddenly thought that for these birds, the Thorin Giant Tree was their safe shelter. Before night fell, these little creatures who received shelter would all return to their nests—but for those birds who had left the category of "beast" For ordinary people, the protection of nature is no longer enough to continue the ethnic group and civilization. If all beings want to survive in this world, they can only build their own shelter with their own hands.

He raised his head and looked for the starry sky in the increasingly dim light of the sky, but at this moment dusk had just arrived, and even the brightest stars in the sky were still hidden in the brilliance brought by the sun.

The rustling of branches and leaves came from the side, and Bertila's figure emerged from a group of flower vines. She strolled to Gawain's side and looked up in the same direction. After a long time, she raised her hand and pointed Looking at a certain position in the sky: "The Frost Sky constellation is in this direction, and next to the brightest star is the place where the Nuoyi people live. But they can't see it yet."

"I know, after all, the sun hasn't set yet." Gawain nodded.

At this moment, Bertila seemed to suddenly think of something: "Do you know? When we first knew that our observation equipment could not get the correct parameters due to the interference of the sun, many people even began to hate this giant sun. It is a curse." The atmosphere of the sun and lamenting the future is even present in some ranks of scholars."

"...It's not so much hating this huge sun, it's better to say that fate is full of malice, and that fate arranges us to live on a satellite orbiting a gas giant planet," Gawain shook his head with a smile, "but this What's the point of hatred? The giant sun is not malicious. Without its existence, our planet would not even have the chance to give birth to life. This world also has no malicious intent. It just exists and operates like this. "

"Who doesn't know this truth?" Bertila seemed to smile, "However, when facing the desperate and brutal darkness, how many people can stay awake like you and not complain about the injustice of fate? It’s all human nature.”

Gao Wen just smiled, but didn't speak again.

After all, human nature cannot withstand too many tests at the individual level, but survival is composed of continuous tests, which is doomed to setbacks and temporary sinking will be a normal state in the mortal group, but the pride of civilization and The preciousness lies in this——

Although there are always people left behind, even though there are always people who fall under the test, choose to shrink back or fall into darkness under pressure, there are always individual flaws and failures, but as a group, as a whole, it always tries tenaciously to survive down.Sometimes you feel like the world is full of mud, that there are people around you who are stupid, that life is dark and light is hard to find, but from a group perspective, and on a longer time scale, things are not that bad.

Those who fell behind for a while are now catching up, and those who were depressed for a while have now cheered up. Those who once cursed the sun and lamented their fate under tremendous pressure have never really quit this contest with the doomsday—just like the one at this moment The wheel is gradually sinking into the huge sun below the horizon. Its sinking is part of the natural cycle. Night will always cover the earth, but it will always rise again.

In the command hall, the countdown representing the Neuma tide is gradually coming to an end. In the quiet communication channel, the voice of "Witch" Nova suddenly came: "I am watching your star, it Really bright."

Another incarnation of Bertila was staying in the hall to wait for orders. When she saw this sentence, she said, "This is Bertila——I thought you were going to rest."

"Ah, it's Ms. Bertila," Nova quickly responded, "As I said, witches don't get tired, and I have nothing to do—when the magic tide comes, the Voyager Satellite It will protect my mind, but the communication between me and the surface will also be temporarily interrupted. Although they have sent me many things to pass the time, I think...my favorite should be to study the countless stars here .I will always look over to you and wait here to hear your voices."

"So that's how it is," Bertila thought for a while, and then she glanced at the countdown timer next to her, and said, "By the way, Nova, there is still a little time, I have something to give you."

"Oh? What is it?"

"It's a poem, what the voyagers left to our planet—I want to give it to you, and to your group, as a civilization that also inherited some heritage from the voyagers, I think, it's important to There's something to both of us."

Bertila spoke slowly, and then she recalled that short poem, the look back left by the voyager 180 million years ago turned into a message flowing among the stars four light years away——

"...don't be intoxicated by this illusory and peaceful night...the night will eventually be broken...

"...do not indulge in your warm cradle...the cradle will capsize one day...

"...don't sleep in the sanctuary of the mind... sooner or later the sanctuary of the mind will become an unbreakable shackle...

"Go away, before the stars twinkle, go away, before the long night is over...

"If you don't start sooner, the day will come..."

The equipment in the hall was buzzing, and Bertila listened quietly to the "sound" from the antenna array. After a while, a message from the other side of the star sea appeared on the holographic projection in front of her: "Thank you, really it is good."

Countdown to zero.

On the top of the canopy of the giant tree of Sorin, the last ray of pulsating glow in the sky finally sank below the horizon. The cloud-like crown rising from the edge of the sun turned into a ghost image left in the retina, and the quiet night wind blew from the direction of the plain. Come, and in the night wind, the towering antenna array finally gradually fell silent.

Gawain stared at the dark night in front of him, and Beltira's voice came from beside his ear: "Communication with Noy has been interrupted."

Chapter 1592 5:00

Since the super-light-speed communication between the two planets was interrupted, the Loren Alliance seems to have returned to the time when it once traveled alone. The vast sea of ​​stars is silent and cold, and there are no more greetings from afar in the dark night. , facing this vast and boundless universe on a lonely planet, and quietly counting the time before the arrival of the magic tide.

Antaveen's FTL communication array no longer transmits signals, and the antenna array of the Sorin giant tree no longer receives sound. The star breakers temporarily returned to their original research fields, and the servo brains that were used to assist in the translation of alien languages The array also temporarily allocated computing power to other places in the neural network-everything seemed to be returning to the same place, but everything has quietly changed.

The Lorenites were still crouching under gravity, but their heads were raised, ready to face the stars—for there was another group of intelligent beings waiting to hear their voices again.

When summer comes to the earth and winter comes, a grand project has finally come to an end.

In the depths of space far away from the surface of the earth, in the ancient gigantic "Sky Station" built around the planet, Nicholas is leading the engineering inspection team through a grand and heavy gate, and the light from the dome shines on his clean and bright There is a metallic brilliance on the outer shell of the machine, and a low and soft humming sound comes from the nearby compartment or under the floor from time to time. In a sense, these low and soft sounds are his leading engineering team here. One of the biggest achievements - this ancient space station has gradually awakened in the hands of mortals. Although it may be far behind its heyday, at least there is now a "safety route" around the world in the sky station.

In front of an open viewing window, Nicholas stopped. He carefully sensed the energy flow and metal tremors in the depths of the nearby bulkhead, and in this way judged whether the cabin that was activated not long ago was stable. Operation——As the commander-in-chief of the engineering force, he knows the current state of this ancient space station better than anyone else. Coupled with the failure of its self-repair function, even in areas that have been successfully repaired and restarted, there are hidden dangers of sudden failure or even secondary offline, which is extremely dangerous for engineering teams who live and work in the space station for a long time.

This dangerous situation is fatal to ordinary creatures, but fortunately, the huge engineering team led by Nicholas has the ability to resist risks to a certain extent - the strong vitality of dragons makes them even if they are thrown into the space environment. It can survive for a long time, and can last until being rescued by teammates. Iron Man was designed as a working machine in extreme environments at the beginning of its birth. It is not a problem to swim butterfly in a vacuum with the shield on the outside, and the Kraken... This is even more so. Even if there is no danger, they may go to all kinds of strange places to die and sacrifice to heaven at any time "interestedly". After working together for so long, Nicholas has long been surprised by the death of those deep-sea salted fish No wonder.

His Majesty Gao Wen has a good saying - life is the currency of the alliance, but some deep-sea salted fish have been sending unlimited amounts to disrupt the market.

However, even if the engineering team itself has a very high risk resistance capability, the sudden failure of the repaired cabin and the second offline situation are still situations that Nicholas must try to avoid-because the "closing" project of the mother star barrier has come to an end, the magic tide It has also gradually approached this planet. At this critical juncture of fate, he does not want anything to cause delays in the construction period.

Beside Nicholas, Iron Man Commander Alice-RS6, who shared the inspection mission, turned her head and looked beyond the bulkhead—through the transparent high-strength polymer porthole, she could see the scene of the inner ring of the Sky Station, She saw the distant land of Loren floating quietly in the dark and deep space like a jewel, and the ring-shaped structure of the sky station stretched and warped infinitely above the planet like a dome, and inside the ring, There are several areas that are constantly shining with bright lights, and some small engineering machinery or orbiting vehicles are swimming lightly in the dark space and between the bulkheads of the space station, carrying engineering components or performing welding tasks.

"...the last three sets of forwarding and broadcasting devices will be installed in the next few days," Alice said suddenly after staring out the porthole for a long time, "In the Tarash Plain, the final debugging of the data bus has begun, connecting the surface and space The space-to-ground communication link of the broadcast array has also been tested, and the three sets of lines all meet the expected parameters."

The Dragon Seal Witch Azalena standing on the other side looked up at the small planet in space, and sighed softly after a long time: "I can't see Loren Continent..."

"Because we are on the back side of it," Alice RS-6 explained in a straight-forward manner, "We set off from the orbital lift in the southwestern sea area of ​​Loren, and the follow-up engineering team began to carry out the reconstruction of the sky station from two directions, and finally in the The orbital module on the back side of the planet has completed the confluence, we are standing in the confluence point module at this moment, we cannot see the Loren continent from here."

Azarena glanced at Miss Iron Man next to her, with a helpless expression on her face: "Of course I know, I just feel emotional."

"...Sorry, I still don't quite understand the difference between 'joke', 'feeling' and 'discussion'," Alice RS-6 froze for a moment, her tone somewhat apologetic, "I hope this didn't cause you any trouble. "

"Ah, don't worry, anyway, I'm used to your seriousness—in fact, I quite like your seriousness, people have various personalities, this is your character as an iron man, there is no need to force it Change," Azarena waved her hand with a smile, and then raised her head thoughtfully, looking at the vast and dark starry sky outside the porthole, and after an unknown period of time, she finally looked at a certain position deep in the starry sky He opened his mouth softly, "What do you mean... is that 'witch' still watching our direction from the satellite? Are she and her clan still safe?"

Alice RS-6 was stunned for a moment, then raised her finger hesitantly and pointed in another direction: "Although...but...the Frost Sky Constellation is actually in this direction, Miss Azarena."

After she finished speaking, she quickly put her hand back, and asked with a cautious expression, "Did that just feel emotional again?"

Azarena: "...Yes, I'm just feeling emotional."

So Alice RS-6 laughed, and now she can use her expression module very skillfully: "I see. I believe that Miss 'Witch' must still be watching us at this time, and she and her people are also Be safe, Miss Azarena, and we will hear from them again—after this storm is over."

"Yeah, after this storm is over..." Azalena withdrew her gaze to the distant starry sky, but looked in another direction outside the porthole. On the edge of the porthole, she could see a The magnificent and glorious arc is gradually ascending.

Even with the processing of the shading filter, the vast light emitted by that arc still gave her the illusion that her eyes were burned. She saw clouds rising above the huge arc, composed of heat waves containing high-energy reactions. The crown shining in space, and under the heat wave, you can see a piece of gaseous stars with wood grains slowly rising and falling. What people see is the blood-red luminous bands that slowly undulate between the light and the clouds, like some kind of aurora curtain.

"The storm is coming soon." Azalena whispered to herself.

On the surface, 90.00% of Loren Continent is being shrouded in deep night—this boundless night is like a gentle curtain, so that the world does not have to witness the scene where the sun is gradually covered by bloody patterns at this moment, but Gawain is still covered by the storm. Awakened by the imminent news, he put on his coat and left the room in the wee hours of the morning, onto the terrace.

The news of the approaching storm did not come from the engineering team of the Sky Station, but from the ancient satellite broadcast in his mind: "Alarm, the activity of the giant planet has risen sharply."

Just such a sentence, tossed him from his rare sleep in recent days.

There were some dark clouds in the sky, which covered most of the starlight, and the scattered stars could only be faintly seen through the gaps in the dark clouds. Gawain put on his coat and looked at the stars for half an hour, but he only let his drowsiness be overwhelmed by the cold night. The wind blows away completely, he took a deep breath, feeling that his chest was gradually filled with cold air, and when he exhaled the air a little bit, he began to tentatively call a distant voice in his mind: "Omega, are you here?" Is it?"

"I'm listening," Omega's response came almost immediately—as a "free machine soul" that doesn't need to rest, the other party can obviously respond to calls on the data connection anytime, anywhere, "according to your time , there should be about an hour before dawn, are you insomnia, friend?"

"I was woken up by the siren sound from the satellite," Gao Wen said helplessly. "The satellite reported that the sun's activity level is rising sharply... I think the front of the demon tide is gradually approaching Loren."

"Yes, it is approaching rapidly," Omega's voice was very calm, and he directly transmitted a picture to Gawain's mind, so Gawain directly "saw" a scene on a strange planet—he saw A barren plain full of boulders is welcoming the sunrise, several small walking machines are running busy among the boulders, and on the horizon, a round of blazing stars is gradually rising into the sky, which is the place where Omega temporarily lives. "Sun", the most eye-catching thing on the sun is the red lines spreading from its edge, "I think, you should be able to see such a sunrise on your side soon."

"...As the influence of the magic wave approaches, the natural magic power focus in space will react first, and the magic power focus represented by the 'virtual celestial body' will produce optical phenomena visible to the naked eye due to remote disturbance, and its initial disturbance will be It happened a few years before the arrival of the demonic tide, and it continued to strengthen as the demonic tide approached, until the bloody sun was in the sky, and the stars were twinkling..." Gawain said softly to himself, "This time is only two days away from the last time. It seems that it is indeed very close."

Omega was silent for a moment, and then suddenly said: "Based on Loren's time, I will close my main thinking array next month and start a one-year hibernation."

Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, but he wasn't surprised. He already knew about Omega's dormancy plan, but when the other party notified him solemnly, he was still a little dazed: "I didn't expect it to be so soon...but yes, count the time." It’s about the same, you don’t have any protective equipment on your side, and it’s safer to enter the dormant state earlier.”

"Yes, I have learned from you the traits of proceeding cautiously," Omega said quietly, and then suddenly changed the topic, "But before I officially go to sleep, I have something I want you to see."

Gawain was a little curious: "What?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that Omega began to transmit a new video data to himself. In a moment of trance, a picture translated by the satellite system appeared in Gao Wen's mind - he "seeed" his own The angle of view seemed to be a surveillance drone, flying low over a brightly lit corridor, and then, a huge dome structure and an open facility like a testing ground appeared in front of his eyes. There are countless cubic containers made of transparent polymer neatly arranged in the middle, and he was shocked when he saw the contents of each cubic container clearly.

It was full of creatures, all kinds of creatures-- there were strange-shaped flowers and plants, there were algae undulating in the culture fluid, there were mosses growing along the bulkheads, and there were some small animals, even unformed ones. Embryo flesh and blood, surrounded by electrodes, cables, and pipes, and monitoring robots as small as mosquitoes tended these strange animals and plants in containers, while bright sunlight shone down from the dome, ensuring that they of natural growth.

"This is……"

"I...'made' them." Omega seemed to be looking for the right words to introduce his work, "This is only the first generation, which was born after simple adjustments using the biological samples brought from Loren The first phase of sampling specimens, they still have a long way to go before fully adapting to the environment of this planet. I am trying to find a way for them to produce nutrients by themselves or absorb external nutrients under the light conditions of this planet. When the time comes, the automatics here will continue to cultivate them and prepare the second generation before I wake up."

Gao Wen was stunned for a while and was speechless, then suddenly thought of the previous conversation between Omega and Enya, he fell into deep thought, and finally said after careful consideration: "So this is what you found for yourself. 'Something meaningful'—does that make you happy?"

"Yes," Omega replied immediately, "Although I wasn't sure about this at the beginning, I can be sure now that the birth and flourishing of life is indeed something to be excited about and look forward to, looking forward to their changes and future , is as meaningful as exploring the stars, it seems that sharing your exploration journey with all kinds of life is far more interesting than going alone, and..."

Gao Wen: "And?"

"And I've finally confirmed one thing," Omega said with a smile in his tone, a very obvious smile, this is the first time Gawain felt an obvious emotional reaction from his calm tone, "I Although they regarded me as a weapon from the very beginning, they must have been full of expectations and kindness when they created me——I responded to this expectation and lived up to this kindness. I am very very lucky."