When the newly born king of starthieves pours at the stars in the roar of wolves, the capital of starshine Federation is also ushering in a new dawn.
Although the first morning glow tearing the dark clouds has appeared on the horizon, and there are some golden and red flames running higher and higher on the horizon, most of the sky is still covered by darkness, and the temperature is close to zero, like freezing the night. I don''t know how long it will take for the real light to come.
For all the middle school students in Tiandu, especially the resident students, this is an unforgettable night in their life.
The evacuation of teenagers started yesterday. The children in kindergartens, primary school students and some junior high school students were evacuated in turn.
However, before the junior high school students were completely evacuated to the underground battle fort, the evacuation operation was temporarily interrupted for some reason. Instead, many federal troops were stationed in various middle schools, so that these enthusiastic and restless young boys and girls spent a sleepless night in the forest of long guns, short guns and halberds.
Everyone knows that a battle is going on in the sky to determine the fate of the Federation, but the news of the star battlefield is still blocked, and the federal government''s announcement is the same old pattern, asking citizens to stay at home or school as much as possible, obey the command of the federal army and the police, and maintain basic social order, And ask all veterans and practitioners who wake up to Linggen to report to the nearest military station, or sign up on the network, access the "national war network" and wait for the next task assignment.
As for the outcome of the decisive battle, no child knows.
"Fat man, come on, come on!"
"Big head, keep your voice down. You''re clumsy. I knew I wouldn''t bring you here. No one could run away if there was any noise!"
"Jump, you jump fast. We are all under. If you don''t dare to jump, why did you come out with us just now
In the remote corner of Tiandu No.29 senior high school, three boys, one girl and four senior high school students jumped down from an insignificant high wall.
When the girl jumped down, she seemed to have sprained her foot and let out a gentle "ouch", which was complained by three boys.
Then, the fat man helped the girl, and the four of them crept stealthily towards the city.
The four high school students are the most energetic and energetic. Their parents are members of the federal army. They grew up listening to the battle stories between the federal army and the practitioners. They have no doubt that one day, perhaps today, they will take over the banner of their parents and become new stories and protagonists.
The boy''s lips have just grown fine fluff, and the girl''s chest has just inflated like a balloon last summer. However, they feel that they have grown up and are qualified and powerful to have a big fight no matter what they do.
Students in the dormitory stuffy all night, like a group of chirping chicks were locked in the airtight paper box, long suffocated, the four of them volunteered to go outside to inquire about some of the latest news back.
"We are going to the" federal square "in the center of the city, which is very close to the" federal News Center ". No matter what the latest news is, it will be released on the big screen of the federal square at the first time."
Four high school students pretended to be very sophisticated and explained to their classmates, "besides, even if you can''t find any information on the federal square, you can guess the general situation by looking at the movement and momentum of the federal army on the street."
In this way, four high school students slipped out, swaggered, from the vast night, toward the dawn.
Shouldering the hope of the whole class, there is a pleasure of breaking the school rules and taboos. The two completely different feelings turn into a fresh and exciting force, like pressing eight springs under their feet, which almost makes them trot all the way.
Today''s sky city is quite different from the street view they used to see in the daytime.
Traffic control has been implemented in the sky, and there is no more shuttle cars around the clock. Only occasionally, some military shuttle like steel hawks roar past.
Temporary fortifications have been built along the street. There are many crystal chariots, large and small bags of building materials and psychic puppets on standby. They can be upgraded to semi permanent fortifications at any time. Even if Tiandu city is razed to the ground, it will never be left to the immortal.
In the past, the colorful high-rise buildings and their glass windows were all covered by layers of armored steel plates, like rows of wordless tombstones, quietly telling the determination of the federates to fight to the end.
"Look
The girl suddenly pointed to the distance and exclaimed.
The boys looked at her fingers and saw hundreds of beams of light rising between the tall buildings in the city center, which were taller and thicker than skyscrapers.
The Milky columns of light, like cannons perpendicular to the ground, burst into the sky and pierced the clouds all the way into the sky.
Even the thick dark clouds could not bear the power of the light column. They spread large waves around one after another, as if they would be completely torn up in the next second, revealing the blue sky.
"Is that a cannon?"
The girl''s voice trembled and was deeply shocked by the magnificent scene.
"No, it''s Tiandu''s highest level defense array."
Among the four, the shortest boy with round glasses said, "I heard my father say that this kind of defense array can open a super giant psionic shield with a diameter of more than 300 kilometers, which is enough to withstand the bombardment from outside the atmosphere... At least 24 hours."
The teenagers were silent.
I think of all kinds of panic rumors last night.
It is said that once the real imperial expeditionary force wins the battle of Xinghai, it will appear in the sky of Tianyuan star.
They don''t have to attack the ground at all. They are very likely to drag a large number of giant meteorites, install the cheapest power unit on the bottom of the meteorites, and then bombard Tiandu city and major industrial cities with large pieces of meteorites. They don''t need to fight street battles at all, and they can directly kill the resistance will of the federals.
"Anyway... We''ll win."
The fat man waved his arm and gritted his teeth. "In case the stars fail, we will retreat to the mountains to fight guerrillas. In ten, twenty, fifty years, one day we will take back the union!"
"That''s right!"
The young man with a big head said seriously, "think about it. It took the Terrans of the past 30000 years to recapture the sea of stars. What''s the matter with decades? We... Will win!"
Piercing chill into the collar and cuffs, so that the four teenagers deeply shiver.
But instead of retreating, they went on against the cold wind.
Not far away, when passing an artificial lake, they accidentally found an old man by the lake.
The old man''s whole body is covered with metal, and even his face is just a cold mask. He should be a ghost repair who lost his body by accident.
The reason why he is an "old man" is that his movements are very rigid, just like his whole body is rusty and will fall apart at any time.
When they saw the old man, the old man was doing a common thing by the lake, but now it was quite strange - feeding birds.
There are many birds by the artificial lake, and people often come to feed them.
But no one has ever attracted so many birds like this old Guixiu. They not only appear around him, but even fall on him. They seem to have a natural closeness with him. They are not afraid of this cold mechanical body.
"How can he do it?"
"How could anyone feed the birds here in a time of war? Who is he?"
"I seem to have seen this old man. Yes, he is. He often comes here to feed birds. I like to recite Ancient Runes by the artificial lake in the morning. I have seen him several times. He seems to be the Archivist of the nearby library who doesn''t know the archives.
"But before, his movements were much more clumsy. Once he fell down and couldn''t get up for a long time. I helped him up, and there would not be so many birds falling on him..."
The teenagers were talking and curious.
Just to let the girl who knew the old man come forward and ask the truth, "Hula", all the birds on the archivist flew up, scattered in droves and rushed to the sky with a faint flash.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
In the metal chest of the archivist, there was a thunderous laugh, which startled the four teenagers.
The old man laughed as if there were no one else. The whole world was filled with his laughter. Even the dark clouds blocking the sky were tearing cracks in the laughter, and the golden light was blooming!
Laughing, laughing, the old man''s voice and breath are gradually weak down.
He used to squat on the ground to tease the birds, but now he could not support his heavy body. He sat down on the ground with his huge head inch by inch.
"Grandfather!"
The girl was in a hurry. The first one rushed up, and the three boys followed him to help the old man. But the old archivist waved to the children, indicating that they would not come.
"Danger."
The archivist spoke very clearly.
Then, in his metal skull, there was a black flame.
The black flame is struggling, like some kind of unwilling and resentful power is being burned, completely annihilated!
With the annihilation of this force, the Archivist''s last life also disappeared, like a burnt out golden match, turned into gray and white.
When the girl finally helped the old man up, she only had time to hear him speak in a vague voice. Finally, she said something strange. There was no sound in the light metal chest.
The boys waved and yelled in the street. Three minutes later, the police and the federal army finally came. Soon after, the ambulance arrived in time.
This was originally a very common sudden death of the elderly. It''s not surprising that it happened to the old ghost cultivation.
However, when doctors uncovered the old man''s metal cover and found traces of brain cells in it, things became strange.
When the police inquired about the number of the old man''s spiritual instrument, they found that it was an illegal one that had not been officially registered, and the difficulty of the case was raised several levels.
"You say, before he died, he said a strange thing. What was that?"
The policeman frowned deeply and gazed at the four boys and girls who were in a panic and at a loss.
The teenagers looked at each other. It was an awkward sentence. For a while, they couldn''t understand the meaning of it.
"Don''t worry. Let''s take our time. Even if we don''t understand the meaning, we can repeat the syllables. It''s very important to confirm the identity of the deceased."
Changed a policewoman, said very kindly but firmly.
The teenagers scratched their ears and gills, but they still couldn''t think of it. They all blushed.
At this time, a flash of roar sounded on the horizon, and the rising sun finally broke free from the shackles of darkness after a fierce battle.
In the direction of the city center, there are bursts of cheers and noise, like some great good news, turning into a boiling storm, which is about to sweep the whole city, the whole planet and the whole Federation.
The girl''s eyes widened, and she finally understood what was the last sentence the old man mumbled just now.
"I, I see. My grandfather''s last words seem to be --"
She puffed up her cheeks and looked at the vast sky far away and above like an old archivist. She was relieved and said with great relief: "children, break the thief..."