“Always loyal to humanity, no matter what form I take.
“I accept everything with a grain of salt.
“I accept all bottomless exploitation.
“I accept all executions without explanation.
“I will always be loyal to humanity, no matter how I destroy it.
"——The lawful ones restrain themselves."
Zhaoran read the inscriptions in front of the statue word by word and smiled.
"You should go back." He turned his back to An Yu and smiled at the law-abiding people: "Qin Zhilu has not signed the oath of the law-abiding people, but he has always abided by it. Even if he is no longer able to control his destiny, fortunately he I have already cultivated a successor for myself and will fulfill it for him to the end.”
Zhaoran paused for a moment, and his sigh echoed in the dead silence of the hall.
"He has been suffering for so many years for this moment. Although I still can't understand the foolish sacrifice spirit of you guys, but don't let his hard work go in vain."
Everyone was looking at him. An Yu turned around and walked up to him, "What are you doing here?"
"Let me ask you, do you want me to accompany you?"
An Yu was stunned and smiled gently, "I just think that no matter how lacking in humanity you are, you will always feel a little uncomfortable."
"Thank you for your kindness." An Yu shook his head, "But no need."
"Okay." Zhaoran's expression remained unchanged, "Then I'll wait for you to come back?"
An Yu said "hmm", turned around, took two steps, and paused next to Zhu Tao.
Those deep purple eyes were quiet and peaceful. Although Zhu Tao stood in the forefront of the crowd, he never spoke.
Zhu Tao was the first and best friend An Yu met.
An Yu lowered his eyes, feeling a little guilty.
Putao and Dian have a very good relationship, almost to the point of being inseparable. So he still can't talk to Putao about where Dian went.
He hesitated for a while, then took the initiative and said, "Is something wrong?"
Zhu Tao nodded, "Sir, he left the main city two hours ago. A huge rift appeared in the northern wasteland, and the earth's crust seemed to be about to break. He didn't have time to inform you, so let me tell you."
An Yu didn't expect him to say this and was stunned for a moment.
Zhu Tao smiled at him, "The recent tasks have been very difficult, but the most difficult one is you, An Yu. I'm sorry, I have too much time to take care of myself, otherwise I should have stayed here to help you."
"Where are you going?" An Yu asked subconsciously.
"Go find the chief, I have to accompany him." Zhu Tao took something out of his pocket and put it in An Yu's palm, winked at him and whispered, "Do you still remember our secret?"
It wasn't until Yan Xi drove the car to the White Tower that An Yu opened his palms and looked down at the small purple dried fruit in his palms.
"My commander said that these small fruits of gratitude are a thousand times better than leaves in improving mental resistance. I only gave them to one person secretly."
——The words of Zhu Tao in Area 53 are still in my ears, but a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Yan Xi got out of the car and opened the door for him, and said cautiously: "An Yu, we're here."
"Um."
An Yu came to his senses and said, "Let's go."
After passing the identity verification and entering the restricted area of the White Tower, An Yu sipped the dried grape into his mouth.
The fragrant sweetness spreads in the mouth, with a hint of wine aroma.
It turns out that grape fruit tastes like this.
An Yu went straight to the elevator, but when passing by the lobby, he had to stop.
After the electromagnetic activity was terminated to the greatest extent, the remaining communication information flows between the main city and the outside world were gathered in the emergency information hall on the first floor of the White Tower.
At this moment, dozens of researchers and Shangfeng were standing together, looking up at the map on the screen.
The map shows the existing world of mankind - an onion-like structure composed of the main city and a hundred bait cities, as well as a small equal area at the outermost part of the onion ring.
At this time, the "onion core" where the main city is located is plunged into darkness. The surrounding bait city only has normal strong or weak light spots, but the outermost ring of the onion is bright and dazzling.
An Yu stopped Yan Xi who was leading the way, "What is this?"
Yan Xizheng hesitated, and a hoarse voice suddenly sounded in the communication.
“Area 84 is ready and will be lit soon.
"Main City, good night."
As soon as the words fell, the corresponding area on the screen lit up instantly, blending into the dazzling light from the outside.
An Yu seemed to suddenly understand.
He turned around calmly and looked up at the screen along with all the summits and researchers.
"Area 83 is ready and will be lit soon."
"Main City, good night."
"Area 82 is ready..."
"..."
"Area 50 is ready..."
Starting from the outermost periphery, human bait cities are placed one after another, adjusting all energy output to the maximum.
The bait city will not only give up the protection of the dome, they will also transform themselves into candlelight at the final moment, just as Ling Qiu explained back then - using the city as a bait to expose the untouchables naked, while the main city will be under the dome. In silence, the human elite is absolutely safe.
As "Good Night, Main City" was heard one after another, the whole world was bright, except for a tiny point in the center, which was silent in the darkness.
This is the last burial of fire by mankind.
An Yu thought he was unfazed in the face of human survival, but at this moment, the golden eyes staring at the screen were still trembling slightly.
After all the bait cities lit up, the channel was quiet for a few seconds.
Immediately, a somewhat familiar voice sounded.
“The Equality Zone is about to light up.”
Mistress paused, "There have always been differences of opinion between the Equality Zone and the Black Tower. Unfortunately, we have not been able to find an effective way to deal with the disaster. But we all hope to retain a spark and wait for it to light up the prairie fire again. .”
"There are almost no humans left here, only some lawful ones. Please rest assured that this is our mutual decision."
"By the way, is the corner there?"
An Yu paused for a moment before saying, "Yes."
"Long time no see." Miss seemed to smile, "Your voice is so hoarse that I can't even recognize your voice."
An Yu tried his best to clear his throat, "It's really me. I have a cold. What can I do for you?"
"Yes." Miss said, "Say goodbye to Ritsu for me, regardless of whether he can understand or not."
"He has worked hard over the past twenty years."
The hall fell into dead silence, with only the sound of chaotic and trembling breathing.
Miss paused for a moment and then said: "That's it. This is the last communication between the Equality Zone and the main city of humanity."
"Good night, Main City."
On the screen, the small area outside the onion finally merged into the desperate light.
An Yu turned to look at the dark street outside the White Tower. He finally lowered his eyes and whispered: "Good night, human being."
Yan Xi pressed the elevator button on the negative tenth floor for An Yu and said, "Shangfeng has followed your wishes and shut down all monitoring and protective measures on the negative tenth floor."
"Thank you." An Yu said sincerely, "This is the dignity he deserves."
"It's also the respect you deserve."
The pair of mechanical eyeballs stared at An Yu, Yan Xi bowed deeply, and when the elevator door closed, he whispered: "I hope you will be as strong as when we first met."
The elevator closed, and An Yu's face was reflected in the metal door.
The sincerity in those golden eyes had faded.
The ten floors underground were empty.
After removing thirty gates, the circuitous road leading to the monitoring room became shorter, and An Yu soon stood outside the door.
He gathered up the officer's windbreaker, and suddenly thought of something.
——Dian?
【Here I am. 】
——You seem to have not spoken for a long time.
[Hmm... I saw something that puzzled me. I have been thinking about the reason, but I can't figure it out. 】
--what?
Dian did not answer the question.
【Do you want to ask something? 】
An Yu lowered his eyes and looked at the door handle, then stretched out his hand to pull it.
--nor. I'm just curious that you didn't react at all to the fact that I wanted to kill the commander. Can you get my thoughts?
【Of course not. Although I have merged with Eye, I cannot be fully considered a part of Him until I merge back with Him. Trying to read your thoughts is a recipe for self-destruction]
[But An Yu, I guess you won't kill him. 】
An Yu finally smiled.
--Um.
He pressed down the handle and looked up at the door, his golden eyes full of coldness.
——The demise of human beings is indeed heartbreaking, but what does that have to do with me.
There was no one in the monitoring room, Qin Zhilu should still be in the bedroom.
An Yu walked straight to the inner room and pushed open the last door. Dian seemed to also smile.
