Soul of Burning Steel

The world of stars, the atrium star field, the atrium star.

Since more than ten years ago, the Void Mother Beast was wiped out in the Atrium Civilization Colony, located around the Flower Garden Star of the High Light Galaxy, the Atrium Civilization, which was originally isolated in a corner of the universe, was quickly discovered and accepted by a huge galaxy-level civilization alliance. , And the Atrium Star, located just behind the battle line, thus became one of the material transfer hubs behind the Alliance, taking on 7.4% of the material operation of the entire Federal Eastern Star District.

The super-civilized alliance, which claims to be the "Guardians of the Galaxy Alliance", has power across several river systems, with more than 8,000 civilizations under its umbrella, and this number is still increasing-the super civilization living at the apex of all civilizations in the world of stars. The “custodial program” is the chairman of the alliance of the Galaxy Guardians. This is said to be born tens of millions of years ago. The intelligent mechanical program complex manufactured by the ancient pioneer civilization originally did not interfere with the world, and was entrusted by the creator to protect all intelligence, regardless of For any race's mission, they live peacefully in a barren galaxy and continue to observe the entire world of stars.

The creator who made them has been annihilated in the long river of time, and the reason has been lost, but the immortal machinery still exists, and has been observing civilization while constantly self-correcting and self-growth. They should have stayed in their own galaxy so quietly until one day, subsequent civilizations could discover their existence-but the invasion of Cthulhu was beyond the expectations of these intelligent programs, and the custody program of a fleet of Cthulhu family members eliminated the calculation and found that , If they do not respond, then I am afraid that in the entire world, all civilizations in the galaxy will usher in destruction.

So soon, the custodial procedures that passed the final defense agreement got out of isolation. They—or call it it—have completely modified all of their underlying procedures, and the custodial procedures began to form alliances and began to lead many races in the fight Cthulhu's defensive operations.

[By calculation, we must unite. If this is not the case, all civilized lives will be threatened by chaos. 】

The alliance has a history of more than three thousand years. The Guardian Alliance’s fight against the Chaos Cthulhu may be earlier than the time when the Atrium people built concrete houses. It is strange to say that the strongest civilization turns out to be intelligence in this world dominated by psychic energy. Program collections or something, thought to be full of irony-but in fact it is not.

The "triple curtain", the central manager of the life custody program, controls the collective will of all intelligent sub-individuals, and holds the strongest psychic power in the known world of stars. It can even directly hear the "voice of the world" and the "world's voice". Voices communicate, and make all kinds of incredible, almost predictable judgments about the future.

Some people even say that the central manager'Triple Curtain' is basically a substitute for the will of the entire world of stars, so its every move is to better guard the world.

After being accepted into the Galactic Guardian Alliance, the Atrium Civilization soon joined the battle of heaven that affected countless starfields and galaxies. The outstanding commander was exceptionally promoted to become the commander of the combined fleet, and the special biological fleet would also get The transformation of other joined civilizations has become faster and stronger than before. In the face of the chaotic invasion that can destroy everything, there is no time for internal fighting and factional struggle. Although there are still idiots who want to drag other people back. The rear was engaged in sabotage, but just as some people suspected, before these idiots put the sabotage into action, the custody procedures dealt with the corresponding incidents unpredictably.

All civilizations are shattered and crushed to become a larger individual. Those who are good at scientific research go to scientific research, and those who are good at war go to war. No matter what they are good at or what they are not good at, there is a place for everyone, even if It's useless, self-destructive, and self-confessed to be a waste guy, can also put on a power armor and perform mechanical repetitive manual labor.

And most of the atrium people, because of their natural psychic talents, the accumulated experience brought by long life, the corresponding resistance to chaos (this is particularly important), and the good brains, they soon become alliances. Many of the emerging races in the interior, many of the veterans who participated in the'Highlight Star Wars' or the'Plague Mother Beast War' more than ten years ago, have become the main officers of various fleets, commandos, and even captains. ,commander.

But even so, even if it has become an emerging race that is favored by many civilizations, even if the elite members of the race are gradually occupying high positions, even if the home galaxy has become one of the most important logistics and transportation bases in the entire alliance, it enjoys the highest enjoyment. The level of security guarantees, but most of the atrium people did not feel so excited.

Because right means giving, and all the praise of others comes from the blood sacrifice of the atrium people in the past ten years.

Atrium information, the third logistics material operation base, in the gray steel fortress, all kinds of strange-shaped aliens move back and forth, and the outside of the base is also a variety of strange-shaped spacecraft to transport back and forth, because this is the mother of the atrium people In the galaxy, 80% of the base staff are humanoid plant-like atrium people. They are busy and hardworking. The entire base needs 24 hours to work in three shifts. However, due to the gradual increase in logistics personnel, the overtime hours are also increasing. More, gradually, everyone has to work more than 14 hours a day, and only a very short time can be left for them to eat, rest, and deal with personal problems.

An atrium logistic worker with hair that looks like broccoli and bulging like an explosive head walks in the cafeteria. He is holding his dinner plate and sitting next to the window. From this perspective, we can see the huge vortex in the ocean of the mother star in the atrium, and in the vortex, the mother tree that supports the heaven and the earth and connects the minds of all the people in the atrium.

The existence of the mother tree is also one of the reasons for the rapid rise in the status of the atrium people. Because there is a collective will psionic body similar to the "life custody program" central processor "triple curtain", the atrium people are deliberately treated preferentially, and the high level of the alliance, especially It is the "Life Custody Program" that the chairman civilization wants to artificially cultivate a powerful psionic body that is similar to the "triple curtain" to fight the increasingly fierce invasion of chaos. Therefore, it gives the green light to the atrium in various aspects and relaxes it. The channel through which resources are obtained.

In ten years, the initial results of the training have been achieved. The mother tree of the atrium person can already bear almost all logistical tasks and calculations by relying on its own computing power. And because of this, the logistical processing ability of the atrium person has become more and more powerful.

For these things, the cauliflower head doesn’t pay much attention. For the ordinary atrium logistics staff, driving a transporter in a vacuum to help people transport supplies is not essentially different from driving a large truck on the planet to transport goods, even The danger is a little bit higher...Of course, the salary is higher. But most importantly, I’m afraid I’m overworked. I have to work 14 hours of overtime every day. Cauliflower heads simply don’t have the energy to think about anything else. Even if it’s eating, it’s just simply putting things in the mouth and chewing. Swallow numbly.

"Today's dinner is noodles...It's okay, I really envy the first logistics base, relying on the stars, there is sunshine every day, and the supplies are also abundant."

It’s strange to say that there have been many transport ships running to the first logistics base with full load recently, but not many ships have come out with full load-you know, they are the materials of fleet by fleet, and the transit base does not have such a large warehouse storage. , It can't be consumption, even if the people in the first base are all eateries, it doesn't make sense to consume so much.

But it’s nothing to do with the people in the third base—open the dinner plate and raise the eyebrows on the broccoli head. It feels pretty good. Although this noodle is said to be noodles, it is essentially a kind of peculiar and extraordinary plant, a solid nutrient made from the roots of the plant named "Stardust Tree". It has the characteristics of being easily absorbed and can improve a little psionic ability. Even the atrium people can rely on pure epidermal absorption to absorb it cleanly, and then achieve the purpose of'eating'.

Take out the chopsticks. This chopstick is also made from the trunk of the stardust tree and can also be eaten. The cauliflower head clamped the noodles and started to eat skillfully. You must know that the rest time of each logistics staff is fixed. The more time wasted eating, the less time to sleep and contact relatives.

The noodles taste good and it is indeed very nutritious. Although the work is exhausting and hard, the alliance is not stingy with basic supplies. After all, they have to face the enemy of all order, and they can’t rebel internally before defeating the opponent. When I got up, I stuffed the noodles into my mouthparts without digestive organs. Through internal absorption, the cauliflower head still couldn't help but think of his sunny home in the southwestern part of Atrium Star.

Seven years... Since the start of mandatory service seven years ago, he has not returned to his hometown for seven years... He really misses his father, mother, and sister who are 120 years older than him, and only bigger than himself. Brother who is thirty seconds older.

And just when the cauliflower head couldn't help but recall the homeland, it suddenly fell low, and the front of the dining hall, on the big screen that was broadcasting the local news of Atrium Star, suddenly heard a harsh electric noise.

[Zi La... Now we will broadcast an urgent news. 】

The original atrium announcer was quickly replaced by a stout reporter with long horns on her head. She was standing on the bridge of a battleship at this moment, and she was standing on the bridge of a battleship, broadcasting the report: "Three lost contact. Months later, Tanya civilization’s home galaxy returned to the alliance’s vision again...The "Agni" emergency sweeping fleet with the latest super heavy-loaded mothership has gone to the front line. After confirmation by the Agni Fleet, one just broke out of the encirclement of the'Great Detour' The plague Cthulhu family members attacked the Tanya Mother Galaxy."

"Unfortunately, due to the great circuitous warfare, most of the fleet stationed in Qin Ya's mother galaxy was transferred. After being suddenly attacked by the Cthulhu family of the plague, Qin Ya's galaxy defense forces and those stationed here The '17th Mixed Patrol Fleet' all died, and the 4.6 billion Tan Yaren who lived on the home planet of Tanya died heroically... After the fire-sweeping fleet commander in chief, the five-star fleet marshal'Kedal' who was also Tanya confirmed, Tan The mother planet Tanya has been completely eroded and has become a breeding ground for the'Plague Mother Beast'. Therefore, through the'Extinction Agreement', while the mother planet Tanya was completely destroyed, all the chaotic remnants of the entire galaxy were eliminated."

"The success of the great circuitous battle did temporarily contain the proliferation of the mixed chaos family alliance of the'Plague Cthulhu, the Famine Cthulhu, and the Stasis Cthulhu'. By exchanging battle damage, it directly destroyed the chaotic family's eternal void anchor point for calling the Cthulhu. 'This is certainly a great strategic victory, but it cannot be denied that the Great Circuit did not eliminate the vital forces of many Chaos family members, and no matter how tightly encircled the net, various loopholes will appear. It is not cheering for victory now. At the moment, the disaster encountered by the Qin Ya people is a disaster for all civilizations of the entire alliance. We must be alert to this serious mistake and strive to never happen again... Three minutes of silence for Qin Ya civilization."

Patter.

In the silent silence, a crisp voice appeared.

The chopsticks fell from his hand and fell on the plate, the cauliflower head did not hear the follow-up words clearly.

In fact, since all the deaths of the ‘17th Mixed Patrol Fleet’, the cauliflower head’s thinking has been chaotic.

"Sister...sister...brother..."

If he remembers correctly, the seventeenth mixed patrol fleet is the fleet served by his sister and brother.

Not only that, Tan Yaren was the first federal entity encountered by the Atrium people, and it was also the other party who led the Atrium people into the big family of the Galaxy Guardian Alliance. The relationship between the two civilized officials is very good, and there will often be a fleet of Atrium people. Entering the Tanya fleet, or vice versa, because the Tanya home galaxy is close to the front line, there are also many atrium soldiers who want to make contributions and choose to join the federal army in the Tanya area.

All... died...

Cauliflower head blankly looked at the big screen in silence. He knew very well that he was not the material for war at all. Even if he believed in gods, he preferred to believe in the mother tree and the sage of the void, rather than the last ten years ago. He has just become a holy man, and his momentum is getting more and more fiery. He claims to be the'Hell God Radcliffe' who can bless war and bring victory.

He was just a logistician, and his sister and brother who wanted to show off and win honor for the family, the two sisters and brothers who had witnessed the mighty power of the Hell God and sincerely believed in each other joined the army. And all the way up, I heard that he has become the chief and deputy commander of the investigation group of the 17th patrol fleet.

All died...

To be honest, I haven’t met face-to-face in seven years, and there are no exaggerated encounters and memories in the same year. Cauliflower head knows that he is just an ordinary person in an ordinary family. Although the relationship between sister and elder brother is good, there is no It's especially close. Since he moved out alone 50 years ago, everyone has rarely seen each other, not to mention the trouble of communication at both ends of the galaxy. In reality, there are so many close brothers and sisters? After the separation, they are ordinary relatives, at least a little close.

Are dead.

He shouldn't have been sad...At least, he thought, he didn't need to be so sad.

The head of cauliflower lowered his head and looked at the noodles on the plate. His eyes were dumbfounded... He originally thought he would not be sad, very sad, because he knew that sooner or later when the two guys joined the army. On such a day-where will there be an eternal undefeated army, where will there be a person who will never die? Especially when he was rejecting the invitation of his sister and brother and insisted on staying in the home galaxy. When he was a logistics manager, the two sides had a big fight. The other side accused him of being a coward, and he mocked him as a short-lived ghost.

Shaking and picking up the chopsticks, the cauliflower head continued to eat. The silence time was only three minutes. After that, the rest time was still counted. There was no reason to delay myself for others.

But it wasn't until an atrium person sat next to him and was kindly reminded by the other party that the cauliflower head found that his chopsticks did not hold the noodles at all. What he had just eaten was the chopsticks.

Until this time, he collapsed on the table as if collapsed.

——The life span of the atrium people is long, and the time span of a few hundred years is only two generations.

I haven't contacted for seven years, at most I have been busy for a few months, and no one takes it seriously to the extent that I forgot to call home.

Cauliflower head always feels that the time is very long, very long. Some of the people in the atrium do not need to be so anxious to contact... Until this time, the leaves all over the head are permeated with coolant. Only then did the man who started crying realize that he was originally I think "don't care", but simply feel that the time is long, and I feel that there is a chance to contact, I feel that one day in the future, I and my loved ones can wait for a good time to sit down and talk, slowly resolve the misunderstanding, and start relaxed and happy again life.

Just like the ordinary days in the past hundreds of years.

But time will not wait for people.

There are not so many "ifs", so many "thinks", so many "feels".

"God... God..."

He knew that there was no reason for God to be a nanny for everyone, nor to do anything for others. He knew that God was just a sign, representing a path that should be fulfilled, a representative of order, but the cauliflower head still couldn’t bear it. He clenched his fist, he gritted his teeth and stopped the "tears". The logistics staff who used to be greedy for stability clenched his fists. He raised his head and looked at the top of the large screen in the cafeteria, the three hanging in the center of the lobby. One of the holy emblems, the shape of'Φ', represents the holy emblem of the'God of Hell'.

"I... want to fight."

There is no resentment, no anger, the atrium people are like plants-like psychic civilization, even in the face of death and sorrow, farewell and despair, they can still face peacefully, peacefully against them, and then face death peacefully. .

But-even so, no matter how brave, no matter how enlightened atrium people, sometimes, they will always be a little bit unbearable.

Can't help but pray.

And at this moment.

At this moment.

A bright light burst out from the poles of the star of the mother galaxy in the atrium, and two brilliant silver divine lights, like two spears, spread endlessly towards the dark vacuum of the universe.

The star rotates and slowly rotates, and as it rotates slowly, incomparable, incredible energy begins to be extracted from the core of the star-it can be seen that the thirty-six weights are spectacular, like a chain. A huge silver circle circle emerged from nothing, flashing and jumping like electrons surrounding the nucleus, and the circle circle circle and star poles burst out of light, forming an extremely large, constant star'Φ' The shape of the holy emblem, it quickly extracts the energy of this star and sends it into the void outside the world.

"This, what is this?!"

Even the cauliflower head was shocked by this scene. Even in the distant cosmic base, he could clearly see the abnormal change at the distant star, even if the abnormal change has occurred for nearly ten minutes: "The first logistics base What are people doing!?"

The answer is actually very simple.

That is a sacrifice.

—— Sacrifice in ancient times, by offering something, in exchange for the gaze of a great being...or coming.

Dozens of days of preparations and supplies, dumping resources that are enough to determine the victory or defeat of a giant battle, even at the cost of a star, a star in the central galaxy, the atrium people did not hesitate to make an unprecedented gamble .

And they won the bet.

The silver ripples shake the world. As the central star gets smaller and smaller, the loss of mass energy increases, and the bright silver light becomes brighter and brighter. It even completely replaces the original brilliance of the star-an extremely huge one. The hole, a fissure that seems to lead to a distant space and time, appeared in the center of the star slowly in this way, and began to expand, devouring the mass of the star.

"Confirm the'horizon signal.'"

"'Dawn Node' is in place."

"The'Mystery Node' is in place."

"The'circle node' is in place."

In the huge steel base above the stars, in front of a huge crystal ball, the most powerful psionicist in the atrium, Mir Habs calmly determined whether each node was ready, and after confirming that everything was intact, he Taking a deep breath, his calm expression began to shatter. The powerful psionicist who had no leaf on his head pressed his hands on the crystal ball, bursting out endless silver-blue auras all over his body!

He almost gritted his teeth and roared: "Charge, turn on—'The Abyss of Tomorrow'!"

"Open! The Abyss of Tomorrow!"

Countless people's harmony sounded, and at the same time, countless points of light bloomed at the same time-billions of beams, coming from every corner of the entire galaxy, and then converging in the stars.

Above the shrinking star, the psychic focus ring project has been completed, and the super-fast cohesive filling array is on the line. The energy of the star is drawn and squeezed, and then turned into a virtual singularity, echoed by the great existence far away, opening like The abyss-like gate of time and space-and now, everything has entered the right track, the star is rapidly extinguishing, not just at the core, almost all the fuel of the entire star is artificially focused and burned.

It can be seen that the interior of this hollow seems to reflect the distant stars, and the distorted light and phantom appear in this hollow, like the bright and indifferent pupils of the giant god. The pupils of the giant **** are deep, as if everything is the place where everything perishes. The endless Naraku abyss.

And the brilliance of countless atrium psionicists draws countless arcs in the darkness, they converge and gather together, and then sink into this abyss, drawing the existence of the other side.

——Unprecedented, even surpassing the "eternal void anchor point" of the Cthulhu family, the biggest and craziest "Void Gate Door" summoning ceremony in the history of the world of stars. The plan was quietly called the "Fall of Tomorrow" by all the plan participants, and it succeeded. The unfolding of, it can be seen that a star has been gradually sacrificed, swallowed by a dark void, and the light shining on the stars disappears, causing the darkness to spread in the galaxy.

However, there was a brand new, dazzling silver light, illuminating everything.

——Use today's sun in exchange for tomorrow's light, and use present darkness in exchange for tomorrow's hope.

——If you can't win and climb to heaven, then let's fall into the abyss called the future together.

It can be seen that under this huge energy fluctuation, the space trembles like cloth in the wind, and the entire galaxy is dim, complex and bright. In the center of the abyss-like black space-time crack that has swallowed stars, a huge silver star appears in the center After the original position of the sun, he began to slowly manifest, passing through, as if swimming out of the distant sea and coming ashore.

The entire galaxy, all the sensors, all the communication equipment and the observation array were shut down one by one, one by one, and a huge amount of extremely complicated information and huge gravity suddenly appeared, almost throwing out all the planets throughout the week. , I can hear, in the atrium home planet, countless people screamed and began to pray-but the huge gravitational force soon disappeared, as if it had never appeared before, and at the same time, a silver perfect sphere was like this It replaces the original stars of the Atrium people and governs the movement of the entire galaxy.

He gently radiated light, illuminating the dark vacuum.

At this moment ~www.novelmtl.com~ the atrium people heard it. They heard the voice of people who were enshrined as gods.

"Is there any courage?

Is there any hope?

If you want to fight for tomorrow, hold on to your weapons now. "

The cauliflower head heard it, the atrium people heard it, all the members of the Galaxy Guardian Alliance, all the wise and minded beings, heard everything.

They heard the desolate horn, heard the heated drums of war, they heard the whispers and encouragement, resounding through all the sad dark nights and desperate dreams.

"We will open up the future with the faith in our hearts, and smash the doomsday with weapons in our hands!"

——Burning life, burning anger.

——At this moment.

——Volume Seventeen, The End of the Sky and Stars

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