In the leafy valley there is a tall castle surrounded by farms and farmsteads. The lowland plains near the banks of the river are all cultivated farmland with corn, sorghum and sweet potatoes. The wheat has just been harvested, and several paddy fields are being filled with water and ready to sow rice.

Next to the water-powered mill, the Andrei brothers are packing the milled flour.

Not far away, Sister Anna was cleaning up the drying field. When the sorghum is ripe, the brewery comes in handy, and the first batch of wine is quickly available.

On the riverbank, Clara takes care of the little ones, and Nicole and the others play in the river.

Chu Tianjiang took his gaze back, the bonfire had been set up, and the seasonings for making the barbecue were ready. In the sink there were a few big fish that had just been fished out of the river, and some plump river prawns, with a few pieces of bacon next to them. Although the food was plentiful, it was not sufficient compared to the number of people.

Do you want to prepare some more food? Chu Tianjiang smiled and shook his head. Nicole and the others are about to become mothers, and their appetites are not very good, and these foods should be enough.

Such a life is very ordinary, but it is very happy and sweet.

Looking up at the sky, Chu Tianjiang hoped that this life could last forever. With Clara and Nichol by their side, Sister Anna and Brother Andre, and others, even if they live here all the time, they will not feel lonely, let alone empty.

Just, will you be able to live here forever?

The bright red sunset casts its rays on the ground, warming the earth, and night is coming.

But has the night ever come?

Night never came, the sorghum never rived, the rice never sown, the wheat never seemed to be finished, and the big fish that were alive and kicking, and the bacon on the desk, and the little river that flowed, and everything that was here, even Nicole and the others, never seemed to change.

All this was so abnormal, but Chu Tianjiang had never doubted it, or he didn't want to doubt it.

The sunset suddenly became smaller, and Chu Tianjiang narrowed his eyes. It's really smaller, and although the change is very subtle, you can detect it if you look closely.

The glow began to fade, the color faded, and the whole world was turning gray.

No!

Chu Tianjiang stood up and looked towards the river.

In the creek, Nicol and the others glowed with a strange white light, like ice cubes in boiling water, rapidly melting.

On the river beach, Clara also began to melt.

And then there are those children who have no faces, but are lifelike.

Next to the mill, in the drying yard, the André brothers and Anna sisters also began to melt.

Time seemed to stop suddenly, Chu Tianjiang wanted to shout, but he couldn't make a sound, he wanted to move, but he couldn't take a step, he wanted to struggle, but he couldn't wave his arms.

In an instant, everything was gone, leaving only a sky full of stars and endless darkness.

The dream dissipates and the reality comes, it is so cruel and ruthless.

All of this was similar to when Chu Tianjiang first met the intelligent individuals of the Great Civilization, except that now it was not within the capture range of a miniature black hole, but in a void space.

In the blink of an eye, Chu Tianjiang recovered all his memories, including those he wanted to abandon forever.

Nope-

Chu Tianjiang roared, but he didn't hear the sound.

This is a completely empty space, there is no medium for sound transmission, he can only hear the cry of his heart, so weak, so helpless.

The stars are starting to get bigger, or a star is starting to get bigger.

It was an orange star, with eight planets, and many dwarf planets and asteroids, and a third planet from the inside out that reflected blue light, and a moon, a broken moon, with a large number of small moons scattered around its orbit.

Solar system, Earth!?

"What, I don't know your homeland anymore?"

Chu Tianjiang turned his head violently, and what he saw was only a white blurred figure, a shadow that looked like a person, but did not have a clear face.

"Who are you?" Chu Tianjiang asked knowingly.

Chu Tianjiang knew that it was that girl, the wise individual who had promised mankind a hundred years of time and a great civilization from the four-dimensional space.

"You've failed." The white shadow began to condense, becoming a girl in a long white dress, but her appearance was different from last time, she looked a little younger, and her eyes were large, her ears were pointed, and she had no nose, not like a human at all, only the bulge on her chest showed her sexual characteristics, and she looked more like an alien in a science fiction movie. "Not only have you failed, but you have failed completely."

"I'm alive."

The girl suddenly laughed and laughed wildly, as if in her eyes, Chu Tianjiang was a complete fool.

Chu Tianjiang did not speak, and there were various signs that the human race had indeed lost in the battle to resist the invasion of extraterrestrial civilizations, and it was completely defeated. What's more, there is no need for the intelligent individual of the Great Civilization to deceive him at all, or even a reason for his consciousness to continue to exist.

"You are indeed alive, not only in your consciousness, but also in your body."

"What?"

The girl waved her hand, and on the left side of Chu Tianjiang, a rectangular area turned into a three-dimensional display screen, and then a picture appeared.

"You fought Williams in a decisive battle, and the energy source and mass source were wiped out, creating an aberration space, and your consciousness entered this space and was preserved." The girl got a little closer, and Chu Tianjiang saw more clearly, she was not a real person, just an illusion made of information. "Thanks to your best friend, your body has been preserved, in a hibernation freezer, and in a very secret place. Using the energy body you left behind for scientific experiments, this cryophoric chamber can last for 100,000 years as long as it is not damaged. If you wish, I can send you back immediately, so that you can experience first-hand the tragic fate of humanity after its defeat. ”

"Humanity is not extinct yet?" Chu Tianjiang saw very clearly that it was Zhang Xiaogang who saved him and saved his body. There are also Luo Jinyong, Melanie and Natasha, they all contributed and even did some things that betrayed their duties. Clara and Anna are alive too.

"Of course, do you think that wars between civilizations will inevitably lead to the extinction of civilizations?"

Chu Tianjiang looked at the girl and looked puzzled.

"Admittedly, in the initial stages, species extinction is difficult to avoid. For example, in the early days of human civilization, many species were extinct as humans expanded their living space. Even after entering the industrial age, the expansion of human beings still led to the extinction of a large number of species. Australia's thylacine, the Ta Dead Mania Tiger, the Doodoo and so on. However, with the progress of civilization, human beings not only did not push other species into the abyss of extinction, but also began to protect endangered species, and even took the initiative to retreat to leave enough space for these species to survive. To this end, humans have even used high-tech means, such as preserving the genes of certain species so that they can be 'resurrected' at the right time. ”

"It's just animals, not intelligent life."

"Don't animals have intelligence?"

Chu Tianjiang was silent, this was a question that did not need to be answered.

"If humanity suddenly goes extinct, in less than a million years, another intelligent species will appear on Earth, such as your close relative, the African baboon, which is very likely to evolve into intelligent life. Even if humans are not extinct, there are many animals that are intelligent, but they are far less intelligent than humans. ”

"Well, what the hell are you trying to say?"

"Humanity is not extinct and will not be extinct anytime soon, it's just that you have lost the opportunity to integrate into the universe and gain a place in the coming new era."

"What!?"

"A whole new era is coming."

Chu Tianjiang controlled his emotions, the meaning of these words was too profound.

"The dimensionality reduction is coming to an end, and the micro-universe in the three-dimensional space will merge into a new big universe, and only the micro-civilization that has proved its own strength can be recognized and gain a place in the new world. Micro-civilizations that are not recognized will not be accepted. ”

"How do you prove it?"

"Cross the threshold."

"What threshold?"

The girl smiled faintly and said, "The threshold of the technique." ”

Chu Tianjiang's brows jumped a few times, and he said, "What kind of skill threshold?" ”

"I told you before."

"A technique that breaks through the limitations of the microcosmic space?"

The girl nodded and said, "This is the minimum technical requirement, and it is also the basis for integrating micro-civilizations into the New World Realm, and human beings have not crossed this threshold. ”

"And then?"

"Have you ever been to an aquarium or the oceanographic realm?"

Chu Tianjiang looked at the girl in surprise, not understanding what she meant.

"As far as I know, among the creatures of the earth, dolphins are second only to humans in terms of IQ. A trained adult dolphin with an IQ equivalent to that of a teenager. Unfortunately, in the marine world, dolphins have to obey their instructors in order to get a small reward, such as a pitifully small sardine. Of course, it does not starve, and it is not in danger, but it loses the opportunity to swim in the ocean, loses the most important thing for any life, becomes a plaything for human beings to watch and entertain, spends its life to please the spectators sitting in the stands, becomes a tool for those who raise it, and earns money. ”

At this moment, Chu Tianjiang understood.

If human civilization is not recognized, human beings will become "dolphins" in the new world, with wisdom but enslaved in order to survive.

Chu Tianjiang also realized that the human race could still be saved, otherwise the "girl" would not have woken him up from his sleep.

"I can give you a chance."

"Give it to me?"

The girl nodded. "I created you, to be precise, the micro-universe that gave birth to you. It's not about building a castle out of sand on the beach and being swept away by the waves, it's a hard work, labor and sweat, so I need a harvest. ”

Chu Tianjiang laughed, laughing loudly, and laughing maniacally.