"Miss Bai, he can see you."

When he heard the nurse's words, Bai Xiaogui, an intern reporter for the Mars Daily, was looking at Mount Olympus in the distance through the window. This is the highest peak of Mars and is located northwest of the Tarsis Plateau. It is said that there was once an Olympus on Earth, but it was not as high as it.

This one is the highest peak in the entire solar system.

It is bathed in the early morning sun, with a blue-purple sky against the background – the sky on Earth is said to be a pure blue. Bai Xiaogui has never seen what the sky of the earth looks like, nor has he seen with his own eyes the scene of the mother star that the old people have never forgotten is once full of life.

As a second generation born on Mars, this planet is her home planet.

She withdrew her gaze, smiled kindly at the nurse, and followed him through the hallway to the door of the ward.

When the nurse opened the door, Bai Xiaogui took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. Because when this door opens, she will see one of the most powerful old men on the planet. Before becoming a reporter for the Mars Daily, she never thought she would meet him in person.

The door opened. The young nurse stopped by the door and motioned for her to enter.

Bai Xiaogui looked inside first and saw Ying Gong lying on the bed.

His name is Ying Resolute. He was the first president of the human colony of Mars 60 years ago. Although his term was only three terms, the foundation was laid during his tenure for the "New Beijing Urban Protection Project" in her current city, as well as the "greenhouse system" that ensures that people can go outdoors without fear of the harsh environment on the surface of Mars.

Therefore, even though this old man is now 97 years old, he still exerts an influence that is difficult to ignore in the Martian world.

But she came today for another matter, or rather she was "called".

The old man never gave interviews to reporters, but three days ago he asked Bai Xiao, an intern at Mars Daily, to return to "see him". This news made Bai Xiaogui change from a small role only responsible for manuscript proofreading to an intern reporter who everyone grabbed their heads in one day, and at this moment she still felt that she was dreaming.

When she saw Ying Ran, she realized that the other party was shorter than she thought. This is the most striking characteristic of first-generation immigrants.

The low-gravity environment of Mars makes their second-generation children look slender and slender. Although Bai Xiaogui is not very satisfied with her height, she is also one hundred and eighty-two centimeters tall - the information says that Ying Gong's height is one hundred and eighty centimeters, which is shorter than her.

But looking at it now, it may be because of old age and the body has shrunk. Perhaps because of his serious illness, the whole person looked in good spirits - Ying Gong looked thinner and smaller.

The old man turned his head to see her, was slightly stunned, then smiled kindly at her, and said in an old and hoarse voice, "Child." Come. ”

Bai Xiaogui mustered up the courage to walk in lightly the door, and the nurse closed the door in the back.

The words that I had thought about before and how to speak were forgotten in an instant. She walked two or three steps to the side of the bed before squeezing out a "hello" from her throat. Then he sighed loudly in his heart - "Hello"? Oh my God, what kind of opening statement is this.

The old man smiled tolerantly and lightly pressed the button at hand. As a result, an entire wall of the ward became transparent. They could all see Mount Olympus in the distance.

"Three generations have been transforming for 60 years, and there is still some fruit." The old man looked out the window and said, then turned his head to look at Bai Xiaogui, "What is the oxygen concentration in the atmosphere now?" ”

"Hmm...... Looking at the weather forecast today, it says 2.7 percent. Bai Xiaogui said, "If you ask about anything other than the greenhouse system." ”

The old man chose an opening line for her. Bai Xiaogui felt a little more relaxed in his heart. She sat down on a chair next to the old man's bed and found an e-paper on the small table next to the chair, as well as a pen. It seems to be for her.

"So, do you know how much oxygen is in the atmosphere on Earth?" The old man asked.

"If you're talking about the pre-immigration era, I think it was about 20 percent." Bai Xiaogui said respectfully.

The old man smiled happily: "You are right. I remember it accurately. Well, well, there are not many young people in your generation who know so much about the earth. ”

Bai Xiaogui showed a well-behaved smile: "After all, it is our home planet." ”

The old man was silent for a while, his eyes a little dazed. Bai Xiaogui knew that he might be tired.

His body was already weak and he was said to be in danger of dying at any moment. She was a little worried. But fortunately, the old man quickly came back to his senses, his eyelids trembled slightly, and he said, "Your grandmother's name is Bai Xiaodang, isn't it?" ”

"Ah...... Right. How do you ......?"

"Hehe, of course I do." The old man chuckled softly. "That's why I chose you. I knew her, when I was over there. ”

Bai Xiaogui blinked in surprise. Grandma was no longer very clear in her impression. The image she remembers the most is that it was a taciturn old man who liked to sit in a rocking chair in front of the door. Looking at Mount Olympus in the distance through the huge dome that envelops the entire city of New Beijing, it looks like a whole day.

When she was dying, my grandmother used to say that she had been to Olympus, where there was a kingdom of God. But Bai Xiaogui knew that her grandmother had never climbed the peak of more than 20,000 meters, and she only felt that it was her unfulfilled wish.

So, after her grandmother's death, she spent a week with a few friends at the top. On the one hand, it is used as a graduation gift for himself, and on the other hand, it is to fulfill his grandmother's wish.

"Actually, when your grandmother was over there, she was an amazing character." The old man shook his head slightly. "There used to be a lot of amazing people over there. But none of you should know by now. A lot of people have come here, but like your grandma, you just want to be an ordinary person. ”

The old man sighed lowly, "Probably because of him." ”

Bai Xiaogui held his breath and pressed the voice recorder in his hand. As much as she was tempted to ask about her grandmother, she realized that the old man seemed to be stuck in memory.

Ying Gong's memories are too precious. Perhaps many of the unanswered questions of contemporary historians can be found in it. She didn't dare interrupt him.

"Your grandmother used to be a fighter. Once a killer – the world's top kind. At that time, among billions of people, the top kind. ”

Bai Xiaogui has no specific impression of the concept of "killer". For the concept of "billions of people", Bai Xiaogui is even more difficult to understand. It's hard for her to imagine what billions of people are like – the total population of Mars is now only 110,000. That's the number of all humans in the universe.

And then connect these words - a few fluttering words in Ying Gong's mouth made a huge wave in her heart. She couldn't connect the grandmother who sat quietly in the rocking chair in front of the door with "the top killer among billions" anyway.

And the "he" he was talking about......

Bai Xiaogui suddenly realized what kind of thing he was involved in.

If Ying Gong is going to talk about "him" today......

Sky. Her Bai Xiaogui's name will go down in history if she doesn't say it well!

"You know who he is, right?" Ying Gong looked at her and said.

"Yes." Bai Xiaogui allowed himself to sit up straighter.

Who wouldn't know?

The one who saved human civilization!

The most powerful human being ever, an almost god-like being. Built Endless Deep Space – it's still in orbit around Mars. became a giant moon - and eventually stayed on the awakened home planet, fighting the old gods, and his life and death were uncertain.

Of course, the mainstream saying is that he ...... Li Zhen has died, absorbed and fused by the ancient gods. After all, he had already said that he was completely powerless in the face of the ancient gods.

And Bai Xiaodang has always felt that person is a character in myths and legends.

If it weren't for the fact that it was only 60 years ago. There were still quite a few witnesses alive, and she couldn't believe that the things she had heard had really happened.

"Hmm. I want you to come today to talk about him. Ying resolutely said, "Your grandmother is Bai Xiaodang, and you are considered an old man, so I chose you." ”

"I don't have much to live." The old man sighed and said, "I'm tired enough, too." People have to die to rest, and I don't want to live again. But there are some things I can't take into the coffin—no one knows the inside story of it better than I do. ”

Bai Xiaogui wanted to say something, but the old man gently raised his hand to interrupt her: "I'll start from the beginning." You listened. You write it down, you write it out, you send it out. Just say it's what I said, and I'll ventilate it for you. ”

"I have to start talking about it more than 70 years ago. He was less than twenty years old at the time, and I was in my early twenties. Like you kids, you're still young. ”

"When you study the history of the earth, you should have mentioned the landmark event at the beginning of the Doomsday Era, the Shennongjia Incident. He and I were both involved in that. I'm not going to talk about the details you've learned, when the book came out. I have been tried. But something was not said. ”

"In the end, we all died, and only Li Zhen was alive. Li Zhen absorbed the power of the first species and saved us with his blood. But then I felt like something was wrong and went crazy. Because the power in his blood is too strong. My body couldn't fully merge. ”

"And then there's the second thing, the fall of the Philippines. You should also learn that his Zamboanga in the Philippines was destroyed by another species, and he was scattered by our fire. But when he dispersed, the scattered parts were reborn...... Reborn a lot of him. One of them later found me in the ruins of Zamboanga, from my body. I took the part he gave me when he was in Shennongjia. ”

The old man paused for a moment to catch his breath and asked Bai Xiaogui: "What I said, tell me about it, what conclusion did you come to?" About him. ”

Bai Xiaogui blinked. Because she was still digesting what Ying Gong said. But she still thought about it and tried to say, "He...... It can be resurrected. As long as there are some tissue samples or something...... Is it? ”

She said with some hesitation. Because I always feel that using this tone and way to "analyze" that "him" has a taboo-like sense of "disrespect".

After all, it is a person who has been deified and died for the entire human civilization.

After she finished speaking, she waited for the old man to reply, but the other party was silent for a long time.

Bai Xiaogui saw that his eyes were still open, but there was no focus. Her heart pounded, and she quickly got up, intending to check his pulse. But the old man quickly came back to his senses and said tiredly, "Good...... Let's go on. ”

Bai Xiaogui knew that he might have fallen asleep just now. Or, a brief coma.

His physical condition is not optimistic.

The old man paused again before he said, "You are right. Afterward...... He found out about those things. For example, about the Old Gods and Gaia. The old gods wanted him, and they wanted to absorb him. But he didn't want to die – and who would? At that time. Next up is the World Summit. Li Zhen told everyone the truth, and told everyone that they would cooperate with the ancient gods, build an immigration project, and so on. ”

"At first, a lot of people didn't understand that at that time, human beings were still very arrogant. Later, it was compromised. Li Zhen and Dai Gong. I did some communication in private. Li Zhen wanted to find a way to deceive the ancient god and let him escape, or destroy it. ”

But at that time he never found a way to fight it. In fact, it was not found later. So he turned the people of the whole world into the Mighty - so that the ancient gods could gather the vague information of all the Mighty Beings. Monitor the movement of the world. In fact, it is also to monitor Li Zhen - afraid that he will run away. ”

"Li Zhen obediently didn't run, it waited with peace of mind, and waited for Li Zhen to send the person away, and then 'eat' him."

"By this time he was hopeless. So he did a lot of things, including some things that were later criticized. He also refrigerated Dai Gong for ten years. ”

Bai Xiaogui knew "Dai Gong". Dai Bingcheng.

He died in the year Bai Xiaogui was born. He served two terms as president. But there are not many historical records of this person.

"After Dai Gong woke up, he did one thing, detonating the Antarctic volcano and waking Gaia up in advance." The old man shook his head, "You all know, don't you?" Dai Gong was afraid that human beings would be too comfortable, so he did this. And he got it right. If he hadn't woken Gaia up three days earlier, maybe we humans would have been extinct. ”

Li Zhen was angry and killed him. But after discovering that the peak had arrived and Gaia woke up, he used his own flesh and blood to revive him. Li Zhen told Dai Gong at that time that humans could predict the arrival of the peak in advance, and he didn't need to do that. But later it turned out that he couldn't predict it - he forgave Dai Gong. ”

"Yes. I also know this history. Bai Xiaogui said. I don't think there's anything wrong with either. At least from today's point of view. ”

"So...... What if I told you today that this is a game that has been laid out since the World Summit 10 years ago? The old man turned his head and looked at Bai Xiaogui calmly.

Bai Xiaogui's eyes widened slightly: "Huh? ”

Immediately, her heart beat wildly!

She had never heard of it, nor had she heard anything say about it!

She knew the most crucial part of the day was coming.

The old man's face became serious: "The truth is that ten years ago, Li Zhen and Dai Bingcheng had already laid out all of this—ten years before the ancient gods were omniscient. ”

After that, his iron-fisted rule, his high-handed policies, and his despair were reluctant...... It's all just for the ancient gods. He acted for ten years, but he also did a lot of things. ”

"Dai Bingcheng's ten years of refrigeration are in the plan. In order to be more secure, Li Zhen also deprived Dai Bingcheng of his ability. Ten years later, Mr. Tai woke up – and that was planned, and he was rightly worried. Worried about the state of the world. So, as a matter of course, he detonated the Antarctic volcano. ”

Bai Xiaogui found that the old man no longer used the title "Dai Gong", but called that person by his name.

"Dai Bingcheng did such a thing, and Li Zhencheng killed him as a matter of course. After killing him. When the peak came, he also took it for granted that he would resurrect him again. I was there at the time - Li Zhen tore his wrist and saved Dai Bingcheng with flesh and blood. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary, and neither did that guy, the Old God. ”

"The two of them tricked everybody."

Bai Xiaogui felt dry. She thought for a moment. Asked: "So...... The peak is coming, and they also know in advance? Know that day will come? ”

Because she realized that if they didn't know beforehand, then ......

Half of the world's population that died due to the premature eruption of an Antarctic volcano would be counted on these two people!

The old man was silent for a while, and then said, "I guess I know." After all, Li Zhen said that it can be predicted in advance. If he can't, he has no legitimate reason to resurrect Dai Bingcheng under the noses of the ancient gods - that would be too abnormal. ”

Bai Xiaogui didn't speak. Because she realized that even such an explanation ......

Humanity could have been evacuated more orderly, more people could have survived.

They can predict in advance.

And Dai Bingcheng did that thing, which turned out to be "part of the plan".

The old man seemed to see through her thoughts, and sighed faintly: "I have been thinking about the question you are thinking about for decades. ”

"That is, do we have any reason to let a person take the initiative to give up his life and the hope of survival for the sake of other strangers, even tens of millions of people?"

"I haven't figured it out yet. After all, he also saved so many people. We are here today because of him. ”

The two of them were silent for a while, and the old man continued: "Then Li Zhen stayed on Earth and fought the ancient gods for the last time. They all disappeared. I speculate that it was probably the ancient gods who finally ate Li Zhen and ascended to heaven. ”

"Next, kid. What I'm going to tell you is that that Li Zhen is indeed dead. But just as he did in Shennongjia and Zamboanga, as long as there is something left, he can be resurrected. The old man said in a deep and solemn voice, "So in the second year after immigrating to Mars, we extracted something from Dai Bingcheng's body......"

"You mean......" Bai Xiaogui covered his mouth in surprise, "He's still alive!" Right on Mars?! ”

"He's been on Mars for decades. Yes. It's still there. Ying said decisively.

Bai Xiaogui sat on the chair in a daze, not knowing what to say. Her mind went blank.

It's as if one day somebody says to you, yes, God, lives next door to your house. You met him yesterday when you were grocery shopping.

"So you...... Why do you say this? She stammered, feeling fear.

Because she knew what she had just heard......

It's not something that would make people feel happy to say it.

The old man smiled: "Don't be afraid, child. People who know more about this thing than you think. Your grandmother knows about it, too. ”

"So now you know, I told you just now, there are a lot of great people here who used to be over there. But those people are incognito. When you study history, you should also know that since our emigration, life has been difficult but peaceful, with little violence and strife, and few such things as power struggles. ”

"The explanation for this in the book is that the immigrants are all the elite of the human race, and during the journey, they saw the last scene of Li Zhen's battle with the ancient gods, and they were shocked."

"But that's not the case." The old man shook his head slightly, "It's because they all know...... The man is still alive. Right next to them. It could be a shopkeeper, it could be a waiter, it could be in the clouds, it could be on Mount Olympus. ”

"He is an order and a deterrent. And he will exist for a long, long time, maybe until the world will perish. The old man said, "You can write and send out all this today." Because that's not just what I mean, it's what he means. He said that merit and demerit must be given to others, and that people have the right to know the truth - before we old fellows are all dead. ”

Bai Xiaogui was shocked for a long time before asking in a slightly dry voice: "So...... Where is he now? ”

The old man smiled, looked at her for a moment, closed his eyes, and whispered, "You have already seen him just now." ”

Bai Xiaogui stood up abruptly and turned his face to look at the door.

She remembered the nurse she had just had!

"You mean him?!" She turned to look at the old man and said in a trembling voice, "He's ......"

But after a few seconds, she realized that the old man had fallen asleep.

He fell into eternal sleep.

Bai Xiaogui glanced at him in a daze, raised his head and looked at Mount Olympus in the distance.

The mountain was majestic and stretched across the vast horizon. Its huge body guards the entire city of New Beijing, like a giant from the ruins of eternal time. (To be continued.) )xh118