What is a Last Stand?
It is a battle with no retreat. Although the people in Shangfang City and the people in other cities have been anticipating it for several months, when it comes to this time, they will inevitably feel hesitant, scared, and uneasy.
It has been thirty years, has it really come to this?
In other words, has this time finally arrived?
"Clang!" A thick book with rolled edges was smashed into the iron bucket. The lighter ignited the pages of the book, but the person who smashed the book didn't think it was enough. He picked up the neighbor's wine bottle and smashed it in again.
The wine bottle shattered and the fire lit up the man's young but decadent face. The face was flushed, and the eyes were full of resentment. He looked at the fire and let out a wailing sound like a trapped animal. The neighbors around him recognized him, and the community staff also recognized him. This boy had just finished the college entrance examination. His last relative died in the Winter Garden a few days ago. The mother originally just wanted to buy a gift for her son.
On the radio, another voice soon changed.
Xu Ling is on the air. One anchor after another seems to be relaying the news, and the camera moves from one broadcast station to another. Each anchor has a different style, but Xu Ling's voice is as always, like a clear spring, soothing the trauma in his heart.
"... Please give young people a chance. Let our children one day be able to walk on the road of life truly freely and without restraint..."
The old man sitting in the alley was waving a cattail leaf fan. Hearing these words, he was bragging to his little granddaughter, "Don't you know? When your grandfather and I were young, we traveled all over famous mountains and rivers within a month. I was there in the morning Watch the sunrise on the top of the mountain, and go to the beach to watch the sea at night. Otherwise, how can I catch up with your grandma..."
The little granddaughter squatted beside him and played with bamboo dragonflies. She didn't know what the sea was and she had never been to the top of the mountain. She just looked up and saw that her grandfather seemed to be crying, and she reached out to wipe his tears in a daze.
The uncle touched the little granddaughter's head and let out a sigh. He finally stood up, pushed aside the hesitant crowd, took out a palm-sized portable pamphlet from his pocket, and threw it into the fire.
The Polytechnic University on the other side of the city, which was already on vacation, was once again occupied by students because it was turned into a temporary volunteer service point.
Young people are naive, aggressive, and reckless in doing things, but they are also passionate and high-spirited, and they seem to have endless energy. They can light the largest bonfire on the playground in the shortest time and with no effort at all.
It's their nature to play with fire, isn't it?
They are the only ones who won't make people feel embarrassed when they shout out those passionate and enthusiastic slogans and raise their arms.
"Must win!"
"Humanity will win!"
Slogans were being shouted here, and on the opposite side of the bonfire, several people from the Spellcasters Association just came out of the hospital, and they were doing spells here. They are chatty and crazy, but they are also kind of cute.
"I curse you with my rich life, my free soul!"
"Garbage world!"
The sound of curses, accompanied by hearty laughter, rang out in the playground.
At the same time, the battle in Hu Di has entered the second stage. Froghead Qizhi carried Yingxue Liuli all the way and finally arrived at the bank of the Tianhe River. At this time, Ying Xue Liuli had already completed
evolution(),
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All the NPCs that had been transformed into zombies in Hu Di emerged from the snowdrifts, ruins, and countless corners, and began to migrate toward the Tianhe River.
The sky has fallen, but there are still stinky vines holding on, right? They are zombies, not afraid of suffering, not afraid of pain, and not afraid of the spikes of smelly vines. They only know to move forward, move forward, and then climb along the stinky vines, rushing towards the truth like a tide, biting and pulling as much as they want.
"The ants will bite the elephant to death." Looking at the scene outside through the holes in the paper windows of Q Tower, I couldn't help but feel my scalp numb.
Yan Yueming heard it, but had no intention of responding because Dahuang and the senior were both injured. If Yingxue Liuli and the zombies hadn't arrived in time, they would have been unable to survive alone. Therefore, Yan Yueming was grateful, especially after seeing their injuries.
There was a bloody hole in Dahuang's belly, and the deepest wound was already visible to the bone. Even though he was as strong as Dahuang, he let out a whimper. It was finally dragged back by Li Zheng, and the wounds on Li Zheng's body were soaked in water one after another. The most serious one on his back had the skin and flesh turned out.
Yan Yueming didn't cry, but the hand that was helping to bandage was shaking a little.
"Is there anyone who hasn't come back yet?" Li Zheng's voice was hoarse and his tone was relatively calm, but the veins in his neck popped out. It was obvious that this calmness was the result of trying hard to maintain it.
"There's also Lao San, Team Yan, and a teammate from Team 4." Yan Yueming answered him quickly. The search and rescue team came this time with elites, so except for these three people who didn't come back, everyone merged smoothly.
Hearing this, Li Zheng looked at the potted plants placed aside. The potted plant grew bigger again, and the leaves continued to grow. At this time, the crown width had reached the size of a basketball, almost larger than the flowerpot.
"Take me to see Tang Qiao." Li Zheng stood up holding on to the armrest of the chair, but because of such a small movement, the gauze that had just been wrapped became red again.
Yan Yueming was so worried that his eyes were red, but he just stepped forward to help him and did not stop him. Because he knew that even if Captain Yan hadn't come back, the senior would be the backbone of the team. He can't rest.
But at this moment, Tang Qiao came over on his own initiative. Although his face was still pale, he could still move around.
Saw two people
Tang Qiao curled his lips at that intimate look, feeling a little disgusted. But she is a good aunt, and she will definitely not embarrass her baby Xiao Ming. She walked into the room and got straight to the point: "Have you brought the seeds?"
"Here." Yan Yueming quickly helped Li Zheng sit down again, and then led Tang Qiao to look at the potted plant.
Tang Qiao fainted so quickly just now that Yan Yueming didn't even have time to ask her what the seeds in the pot were. At this moment, Yan Yueming's heart skipped a beat when she saw Tang Qiao looking at the potted plants.
Why does my aunt look so curious? Doesn't she know?
"Auntie, are you feeling better? What is that seed?"
"Well..."
"Is it the seed of the Jianmu Sacred Tree? Or the World Tree?"
"neither."
Tang Qiao touched his nose, not knowing how to answer, when Q Tower's voice came closer and closer, "That's her dead husband."
"Ah?" Yan Yueming looked a little sluggish, turning his head stiffly to look at Q Tower who walked into the door, "What did you say?"
"I said, that was her cheap husband who died on their wedding night. She married a tree, you know? The custom in some places is
() Such,
Married to a tree or a stone,
They are all there, used to ward off evil spirits. "Q Tower said.
This truth, like thunder on the ground, exploded into a mess in Yan Yueming's mind. Just as there was another violent noise outside, he staggered and sat down on the ground.
In Yan Yueming's imagination, such an important seed should plant a world tree. It grows taller and bigger, building up a new world again.
It turned out to be the cheap uncle, and he just carried the cheap uncle all the way.
"Auntie!!!" Yan Yueming collapsed.
Is the world crazy or am I crazy? Am I here to save the world? How many secrets does my aunt keep hiding from me? Where should I go from here?
"I don't want to either..." Tang Qiao said sarcastically. It's because she's so charming and everyone wants to be with her. In order to avoid disaster, she inevitably, accidentally and out of necessity made this move.
Well, it wasn't that bad. She is young and energetic, but she just wants to take the wrong approach.
"Even if it is just a tree, it is not a simple tree if it can be chosen by Miss Tang, right?" Li Zheng said.
"What you said is quite pleasant." After joking, Tang Qiao became serious. She then glanced outside. Although she couldn't see the situation outside through the cabin, she wanted to know, "I don't have time. I'll make a long story short. The tree is indeed just an ordinary tree, but it was accidentally brought into the gap by Rhubarb." The seed took root and sprouted. In other words, it is actually a loquat tree, coming from the protagonist’s former home, No. 14 Heping Street.”
The Great Awakening thirty years ago happened to happen in May, when loquats were ripe.
A loquat tree may be ordinary, but it is grown from seeds brought in by the protagonist, so it seems to be extraordinary. And Li Zheng's eyes flashed slightly, and he slowly uttered a few words.
"A glimmer of hope."
"I think so."
Yan Yueming listened to the riddle-like conversation between his senior and his aunt, and could vaguely understand what they meant, but he said suspiciously: "But these leaves don't look like loquat leaves, seeds, or loquat seeds, unless -"
Li Zheng: "It's all an illusion."
Hearing this, everyone's eyes focused on the potted plants. If all of them had a wrong understanding of this potted plant, it was obviously a loquat tree grown from loquat seeds, but none of them could recognize it. The only one who could do this was Xiang.
Tang Qiao then added: "Before the kite crashed, the fox said something. It said - dead trees bear no fruit and lies are worthless."
lie?
Yan Yueming immediately thought of the first lie told by the world consciousness, that big lie. It makes everyone think that it is the awakening of self-awareness that leads to the collapse of the world. This sentence should be a proverb, dead trees will not bear fruit, and lies will not come true. What does it mean?
"So..." His brain was working rapidly, and a guess gradually took shape, "Instead of protecting this tree, we should destroy it? If the tree dies, it will not bear fruit, and the lie will be exposed. The lie will be exposed. If it is exposed, it means that the brainwashing of human beings has failed. Will it be counterattacked? Will it be shaken to its foundation?"
"Isn't this just a testament to killing one's husband? Chirp, chirp, chirp." Q Tower can always say scary words in a brisk tone.
"Does that mean I shouldn't have planted that seed in the first place?" Yan Yueming asked hesitantly.
"No." Li Zheng's calm eyes soothed his uneasy heart and told him firmly: "If you don't plant that seed, you won't have a chance to kill the tree. Moreover, I know Su Huizhi and I understand In the Qi Phase Bureau, by this time, the lies should have been exposed, and everyone is fighting to the death. But the brainwashing of human beings by world consciousness is not easy to break. It is a barrier of thought. It is too difficult for ordinary people to break it and requires external interference. "
The method of interference is at hand.
But just as the Qi phase anchor broadcasts the rules, he needs to take great risks and bear heavy pressure. Breaking the barriers with his own hands is also a direct confrontation with the phase.
Maybe the people died before the trees were destroyed.
Yan Yueming clenched her fist secretly, "I planted it, I'll do it."
Li Zheng said with a cold face, "No."!
