Dongguo, Yanjing, Mingyuan Ming.

This place that the author used to play with is a garden on the outskirts of Yanjing. It was refurbished many years ago and people moved here.

On the surface, the scenery is beautiful, and every inch of the lawn and rockery is carefully crafted by craftsmen. But underneath the Ming Garden, there are countless humming computing clusters.

Here, it is the real brain of Dongguo.

Like Carmel City, the skies here are always clear. The world around Ming Yuanming is in the hands of human beings. Every time he looks at this scene, the dean of the academy, Su Buxing, always thinks of the ancestors of the Su family who have been running around in various capitals for thousands of years, and the dynasty behind them.

Until he came to Yanjing, after Zhu Di, he stayed for 800 years.

In the interval between Sun Wuru and others fighting in Europe, Su Bubu was walking in the Ming Garden at this time, holding a cup of tea, and approached an old man who was taking care of the garden.

On the back of the old man is a device like a spider's leg, which can be used as a substitute for transportation and can also be used as a robotic arm. It's something he welds out one rivet after another, and it's his hobby.

Wu Tiancheng's master, Wu Qiming.

He is the rising star of the academy, and in terms of age, he is an old man of the same era as Yan Qi.

Although in Su Buzhi's eyes, no one is older than him. If he dies, the oldest person will be his son, for he will inherit all his memories.

Su Buxing stood beside Wu Qiming, holding a purple clay pot and taking a sip of tea. Watch the old man use various mechanical tools to take care of flowers and plants and repair rockeries.

The garden had always been so neat and tidy, like a well-groomed beard on the old man's face. No matter what he does, he is very focused and serious.

Su Buru has seen many people, remembers many people, and knows that only such people can achieve great things.

Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh.

Sometimes Su Bushi feels that although he has gone through many years, there are still people who can lead the way in every era. Hyperamnesia is not omnipotent, he can only be a bystander, as the dean of the academy, he doesn't need to have any outstanding ability, he only needs a good general, and he can lead a million soldiers.

"Is there any way to kill Zhong Liwang?" Su Bu Bu looked up, and in a trance, he felt that there was a dark cloud pressing down on the sky.

Maybe it's the dark cloud in his heart.

"'The beginning' should have given an answer." Wu Qiming spoke without thinking, because he had been saying this for many years.

Since he had "Taichu", he has become the shopkeeper. He didn't even care that Wu Tiancheng had awakened this special gift and could integrate into this computer. Because he knew that the boy was just a pure tech fanatic.

"'Taichu' said there was no way." Su Buchu smiled bitterly: "It says it's a matter of another dimension. The three-dimensional world can never understand the secrets of time. ”

"Then there's no way." Wu Qiming had an expression of indifference, and cut a branch short with scissors. He didn't use the prompts given to him by the computer, relying entirely on his own feelings.

"But Zhongliwang can understand it, why can't you find another Zhongliwang in a huge eastern country?"

"Not today, maybe tomorrow." Wu Qiming slowly straightened his waist and moved his neck: "If there is no tomorrow, then wait for the day after tomorrow." ”

"I'll wait, but Dongguo can't wait." Su Bufu turned out a teacup out of nowhere and poured a cup of tea for Wu Qiming: "I have patience, but others don't." ”

At this time, Wang Qingye Academy was in a hurry to arrange tasks. I don't know if I feel the anxiety of the Federation, and even Su is not relieved.

"The academy is already at the center of the maelstrom

No matter what the future holds, we have to move forward. Wu Qiming drank the tea in his hand in one gulp, with the posture of an old man teaching his juniors: "Do your best and obey the destiny of heaven." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound of footsteps outside the courtyard. Su Bubu sighed, looked up and barely squeezed out a smile.

"Shi Nian, you're back."

A middle-aged man with a thick face walked in with a backpack on his back, and the yard shook the dust.

"Why are you here too?" Wu Qiming doesn't care about foreign affairs at all, but he doesn't know why, whenever Su doesn't have a problem, he will want to talk to him as soon as possible.

"There are more and more people in the Arctic Ocean, and Alaska is no longer safe." The man known as the Year of the Stone put down the backpack behind him, and immediately a robot stepped forward, and then quickly disappeared into the garden.

"Something has been found, though." Shi Nian loosened his shoulders and said to Su Buxing: "Bai Ze and I have found the relics left by the 'Origin'. It did go to Alaska. ”

"Where's Bai Ze?" Su Bu Bu rarely showed a hint of joy.

"I'm injured and I'm resting." Shi Nian said, "The Federation has sent a killer guild. But the dragon group stopped them in the Bering Strait. ”

"That's good, that's good." Su Bubu stepped forward, held Shi Nian's shoulders with both hands and said, "Come back and have a good rest." ”

After saying this, Su Bubu first lowered his head and thought for a moment, then turned around to another corner of the garden, carried the two of them on his back, and dialed a phone call.

"Taichu" quickly built a temporary shielded space for him, with several robots surrounding his head, ensuring that not a single sound was leaked.

"What is the Dean doing?" Shi Nian found a stone bench to sit down, and unceremoniously picked up the purple clay pot and took a sip. The jagged beard was stained with tea and was wiped away by him: "Why is the yard so deserted?" ”

"I should be on the phone." Wu Qiming glanced at Su Buxing, and then lowered his head to fiddle with his flowers and plants: "Everyone has been very busy recently. ”

"No matter how busy you are, there should always be some children in the yard." Shi Nian seemed to have been away for a long time, and although this garden had not changed in the slightest under Wu Qiming's care, he still felt a little strange.

"The junior went to Penglai or Kyushu." Wu Qiming said: "The academy will not leave people for the time being. ”

"The little young girl is not here either?" Shi Nian looked around: "Where is the little dean?" ”

"It's all in Europe."

There was a moment of silence in the air. Shi Nian drank Su Buxing's tea one by one, watching Wu Qiming cut one branch after another, Su Buxing behind him hadn't finished the phone call yet, it seemed that it would be a long, long time.

"Old Wu, there are no more immigrants from the East in Alaska, do you know?" Suddenly, Shi Nian broke the silence.

Wu Qiming shook his head.

"The biggest feeling of this business trip is that the whole world is so different from 20 years ago." Shi Nian suddenly opened the conversation for some reason: "I haven't seen a few Asians in North America. Ordinary people are in virtual worlds, the streets of cities are useless, and I don't even think much computing power is being used for everyday tasks. ”

"I see what you mean." Wu Qiming said: "Dongguo is not. Until now, we have maintained the vitality of the city and promoted the real world. We're spending a lot of resources on this, and we're falling behind in the international race. ”

"And then?"

"No then."

"Old Wu." Shi Nian slapped his thigh, and a few drops of tea shook off his beard: "The situation is different now." ”

"I know, Hospital

The long also knows. Wu Qiming said: "If you have any opinions, you can talk to the dean." ”

Shi Nian glanced back, and Su Bu's standing posture did not change in the slightest. He could see the dean's face in the cross, and there seemed to be a hint of joy on it.

The mission to the "Origin" was a success, but no matter how careless they were, they couldn't hide the huge sacrifices behind the mission.

Nations have always been keen to find traces of the "source", and these ruins may contain information to unlock the secret of the Gift. Muinak has been completely protected, and whoever wants to enter it will be targeted for now.

The scene fell into a stalemate, and the success of Shi Nian and Bai Ze was tantamount to filling a gap.

"What the hell is the Dean trying to do with this gene? And at such a time, how can the little dean leave the academy?" Shi Nian was puzzled: "If he doesn't worry about the affairs of the Eastern Kingdom again......"

"No one knows more than he does." Wu Qiming interrupted him: "Moreover, we still have 'Taichu'. ”

"You mean we don't care about anything?!" Shi Nian couldn't bear Wu Qiming's attitude: "This is our country!" The Dean is omnipotent! How could there have been so many dynasties that had fallen for thousands of years?! These historical materials are all in the Dongliu Pavilion, don't tell me that you forgot! Don't put all the blame on the principal! He's just a book man! Not God! ”

Hearing this, Wu Qiming's small eyes glanced in the direction of Su Wuxing. He watched Su Buru grow up, watched his father pass on his memories to this former teenager, and watched him look almost unchanged for decades. Even though he carries thousands of years of history, he can still maintain the cynicism of his youth.

Very early on, Wu Qiming felt that Su was unusual. He is like a deep sea, all the information and pressure gathered on his side, and it can be resolved by him lightly. It began to rise two hundred years ago, but in the intervening decades development has almost come to a standstill, and he has to deal with a country riddled with holes, as well as a federal and European Union that are eyeing each other.

Today, the call must be extraordinary. But neither Wu Qiming nor Shi Nian felt any pressure from him. He seemed to win, and always has been.

"I'll help him more when I'm free." Shi Nian is the same age as Su Yiyi, but he has always been unkind to Wu Qiming: "Don't fiddle with this broken garden all day long, no one lives in it now!" Old stubborn, who do you take care of! ”

Wu Tiancheng didn't speak, hung his hands, and was silent. The wrinkles on the face slowly become active, and the ravines are like undulating mountains, struggling with the years and passing away from the future.

"Got it." He finally sighed, put away his gardener's tools, and took one last look at Sue Bushi, manipulating the spider's legs and leaving the garden.

As soon as the person left, Su Buxing rushed to Shi Nian, didn't care to stop Wu Qiming, and pointed out a faint blue screen, and one after another orders followed his fingers, and the entire Dongguo seemed to start moving.

"Hurry, hurry! Ask Yan Yi to come over, the matter has been negotiated, and he is ready to go to Europe. ”

Looking at his excited appearance, it looks like a child who is going to travel. But Shi Nian knew him, and this phone call decided the fate of Dongguo in the future. For the dean in front of him, the only thing he could do was to do his best.

The sky in Europe has darkened a little.

Countdown, five hours left.

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