"well?!!!"
Although everyone went to find Hathaway with hope, they all thought that the Louis XVI and other antiques in Hathaway's body might have some impression of the tomb, so that they could find clues and narrow down the scope. But what they didn't expect was that Hathaway herself knew about the tomb.
"Do you know that tomb?"
Facing everyone's doubts, Hathaway, who was holding black tea, tilted her head and said matter-of-factly: "Of course I know."
"That's the tomb my father built with his own hands."
The girl put the black tea aside, sat elegantly on the sofa, and then said to everyone: "I was also there at the time. Although I was very young, Mr. Louis I recorded the incident and told me."
"So who is buried in this tomb?"
Ivey looked at Hathaway and asked in confusion: "Whose soul is... so powerful?"
"Heroes."
Hathaway said these two characters slowly, with a look of memory in her eyes: "The heroes who died in the dark."
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"Six hundred and ninety-seven thousand, five hundred and eighty-three."
Looking at the list of sacrifices in front of him, Tarik Vladimir, who was over 40 years old, rubbed his face vigorously with his hands, lowered his head, and said in a hoarse voice, "There are more than I expected."
"Most of them died in the last two battles."
The secretary on the side had a sad face, but he still said dutifully: "Before those two battles, our casualties were not many, only 250,000. But in the Battle of Zhonghe, we were trapped in Alpha due to lack of information. In the satellite city, 300,000 people died in the battle. And in the subsequent Mosk counterattack, another hundreds of thousands people died due to the cold winter and epidemic."
"well."
A helpless sigh came from between his fingers. After a moment, Tariq put down his hand and looked at the heavy list in front of him. His voice became heavier, "The Church of Life... let us 300,000 young men sacrifice their lives for a holy city." We got in, twelve seconds later...heh."
"But if it weren't for Twelve Hours' support, we would probably have to pay more."
The secretary sighed. How could he not be dissatisfied with Life Church? But Twelve Hours played a decisive role in this national war, and Tariq could not do without Twelve Hours' help in post-war reconstruction.
"Have you chosen the location of the Martyrs' Tomb?"
Facing Tariq's inquiry, the secretary took out a document from the bag and placed it in front of Tariq. "The initial site selection is in Victory Park, and it will be designed by Tariq's best engineers and architects. .”
"Okay, we must step up the construction, and the pensions for the families of the martyrs must be comprehensive. We must provide financial and spiritual help, and we cannot ignore their psychology."
After confirming the list of fallen soldiers, Tariq folded the list and placed the board squarely aside. Then he stood up, looked out the window at the various buildings being rebuilt, and asked in a deep voice: "Has their list... been compiled?"
"One hundred and fifty-two people."
The secretary pushed his eyes, hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you want to report their death?"
"No, we can't report it."
Closing his eyes, Tariq said with some pain: "Their names cannot be known to the people. This is inevitable."
The secretary knew that Tariq, as the king of a country, had already developed the habit of treating national interests as paramount. But whenever he mentioned those people, he always showed a sad expression.
Because those people are destined to die in the darkness and be buried in the darkness as heroes.
In the first and most difficult days, Tarik's biggest enemy was not the elite regiments of the Tsarist Empire, nor those crazy primitive people. For Tarik Vladimir, his biggest obstacle is the Twelve Hours "White Rescue Army".
The White Rescue Army, also known as the White Forehead Rescue Army. This legion is composed of twelve people, each of whom is a believer of gold or above.
For direct or indirect combat effectiveness. This legion participated in this war on the pretext of "rescuing the wounded on the battlefield without distinction", but the truth is that the White Guards were an army purely for the purpose of helping the Tsarist Empire and were justified in their name. On the battlefield, White Protector is extremely harsh on Tariq's army. Whenever the injured are a little wary or defensive, White Protector will treat the injured humanely.
As for the army of the Tsarist Empire, Bai Huan fully supports it. What troubles Tarik the most is that once Bai Huan starts treating a soldier of the Tsarist Empire, his own army is prohibited from carrying out any attack on the enemy. Once an attack is launched, it is equivalent to Tarik formally declaring war on Twelve Hours. Taking advantage of this advantage, Bai Hu even walked into Tariq's military camp with great arrogance, rescued the commander of the Tsarist Corps who was being interrogated, and returned him to the territory of the Tsarist Empire.
This rescue team did a lot of damage to Tarik. It can be said that Tarik's difficult situation in the early stage was mostly due to the existence of the white forehead protector. But Bai Huhu's identity determined that Tarik could not do anything to them, and could not attack these disgusting existences at all. Once Tarik's soldiers attack Baihu, Tarik believes that Twelve Hours will not hesitate to send troops to help the Tsarist Empire and completely annihilate itself.
However, when Tariq was at a loss, he met someone who changed the situation on the battlefield.
He is a beggar from Mosk. He has no name. Everyone calls him Seventh Brother. Brother Qi and his friends are all retired soldiers due to disability. The Tsarist Empire has always despised useless people, so even if these people have suffered irreparable injuries for the Tsarist Empire, the Tsarist Empire has chosen to abandon them. These people, let them fend for themselves.
The same is true for Seventh Brother. His right leg was blown off during an invasion of the Tsarist Empire. After being discharged from the army, the follow-up treatment quickly exhausted his poor pension. Not long after, his mother fell ill with a strange illness and finally spent all the family's money and died in bed. And the seventh brother was completely reduced to a wanderer on the street. After a while, Brother Seven found many homeless people with similar experiences to him and established the [Disabled Soldiers Mutual Aid Association].
After learning about Tariq's deeds, Brother Seven's many years of experience in joining the army made him understand the dangers of the white rescue team. He knew that if he wanted Tariq to truly overthrow the Tsarist Empire, the White Guard must die. And the most important thing is that he cannot die in the hands of the Tariks.
But the problem is that in addition to the Tarik people on the battlefield, there are people from the Tsarist Empire. The Tsarist Empire will not attack its "partners", and Tarik cannot take action himself.
"It doesn't matter, I will take action."
At that time, Seventh Brother tried his best to meet Tariq. Faced with this boy who was much younger than himself, but dared to directly face the tyranny of the Tsar, Seventh Brother, who had been paralyzed by alcohol and cold for half his life, was so clear-headed for the first time. He patted Tarik's shoulder hard with his dirty hands, but Tarik didn't feel any discomfort.
One hundred and fifty-two people, this old, weak, sick and disabled man disguised himself as a soldier of the Tsarist Empire and sneaked into the battlefield. They moaned to attract Bai Hu's attention, and just when Bai Hu's began to treat them, these The man fired the explosive under his body, destroying half of the white forehead protectors, and the rest were all seriously injured.
This battle made Twelve Hours choose to fall to Tariq immediately. They are not stupid and cannot see the fishery in this. But the problem is that these 152 people have nothing to do with Tariq. They have been fighting for the Tsarist Empire all their lives. Even if they are disabled and retired, they are still pure members of the Tsarist Empire.
No matter what the truth was, public opinion at the time had begun to favor Tariq. After all, using one's own life to harm a doctor was despised everywhere, and the one hundred and fifty-two people were also nailed to shame. On the pillar, despised by thousands of people. But their deaths made Twelve Hours choose Tariq. With the help of Twelve Hours, Tarik reversed his past decline and soon overthrew the Tsarist Empire.
But the names of these one hundred and fifty-two people will always be despised. The Tariq people also despised them, because what these people did, under the exaggeration and guidance of Twelve Hours, turned into a purposeless terrorist attack, and Bai Huhu was the real victim. Therefore, these one hundred and fifty-two names can never be named heroes and no one knows them.
What do they do this for, except Tariq.
Later, the country of Tariq was established on the ruins of the Tsarist Empire, and the Twelve Moments naturally took root in Tariq. Both of them had a tacit understanding and did not mention Bai Hufu and the one hundred and fifty-two names. After all, now, the Tsarist Empire has been buried deep in the long river of history, and the truth of the past is worthless in the face of interests.
But Tariq couldn't forget it.
As the leader of a country, he should let his reason prevail over his sensibility. But as a founding father who established the People's Republic, Tariq could not toughen his inner guilt.
"Are the tombstones for these one hundred and fifty-two people ready?"
Faced with Tariq's inquiry, the secretary nodded, but this time, he did not take out the documents, "I have asked someone to customize them and they are ready for use at any time. Mr. Tariq, where do you plan to bury these tombstones?"
"Give me your opinion."
"OK."
The secretary nodded slightly, and then explained in a familiar manner, "There is a ruins in the mountains south of Mosk, which can be converted into a cemetery. Or there is an abandoned urban village in the west of the city. With a little modification, we can bury these tombstones there. of."
"How are the preparations for the Elnoa Brilliance Crystal Energy Tower?"
Tariq suddenly asked a seemingly unrelated question, and the secretary answered directly without thinking too much.
"The building materials and lines are now ready and construction can start at any time."
After the secretary answered his question, Tariq was silent for a long time.
"Bury these tombstones under the Elnoa Brilliance Crystal Energy Tower."
When Tariq said these words, there was a rare silence in the office.
"They have never worn any medals in their lives."
After a long time, Tarik stretched out his hand and gently touched the glass in front of him, "The one hundred and fifty-two crystal nodes in Elnoa will be named after them."
"I can't put the medal on their chests with my own hands, so after death, I'll give this medal, which represents Tariq's highest honor, to the dead martyrs."
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After listening to this story, everyone fell into silence. At this moment, Zhou Li's figure appeared in the living room.
"Elnoa means hero in sand language."
Zhou Li looked at Hathaway and said calmly: "Your father buried their ashes under the Elnoia Brilliance Crystal Energy Tower, and named those crystals after those one hundred and fifty-two people. Is it right?"
"Yes."
Regarding that period of history, even Hathaway, who has forgotten most of his memories, still remembers it clearly, "My father once took me to personally erect a tombstone underground in the energy tower. He told me at the time, Tariq After him, the family will not become kings, but will be tombkeepers from generation to generation. What we want to protect are the tombstones of these martyrs."
It all made sense.
Zhou Li smiled.
"Twelve seconds...you really gave me a great gift."
The inexplicably highly stable state of Elnoa's radiant crystal energy tower, the souls that soothed the energy fluctuations, and the strange tombstone.
Everything fell into place.
The radiant crystal is a strange substance that mutated after absorbing the remains of the pioneers. One of the changes is that these crystals capture the surrounding matter or energy, and the soul is also included in it.
Elnoa's Brilliant Crystal Energy Tower is Tariq's largest radiant crystal magic energy site. It contains countless radiant crystals, and among them, the node crystals that are inherited are named after these one hundred and fifty-two people. . At the same time, the remains of unnamed people are buried underground in this energy tower.
Obviously, the remaining souls on these remains were captured by the crystal nodes named after them. These souls consciously or unconsciously comfort the tube.
The magic energy in the Tao, while meticulously stabilizing the crystal nodes in the energy tower to the extreme. It can be said that these dead people, whose names cannot be written on the tombstones of the martyrs, have protected Tariq for hundreds of years.
No one knows they existed, no one knows what they did when they were alive, and no one knows what they did after death.
A silent lament for generosity.
"At twelve o'clock, a knife was handed to me..."
At this time, Zhou Li was filled with emotion. Now he no longer worries about his future plans. Because at this time he understood a truth.
Humanity has been trying to save itself. What they lack is just a small spark from the outside world.
Zhou Li now understood that he might be crucial and indispensable, but he was not alone in confronting Twelve Moments.
