Twenty-four years of the New Era.

Cemetery of Human Heroes.

It was a scorching summer, the sun was scorching, and when you walked under the trees, you could see the light that penetrated the forest leaves on the ground, and when you looked up, the lines of the leaves appeared like blood vessels in the green light.

Shortly after the cemetery was completed, in front of the solemn gate, the monument dozens of meters high was carved with the names of nearly two million soldiers who died in the fight against the invasion of the Red Flame Empire.

A man and a woman, dressed in the uniforms of the Chinese Army, saluted the soldiers on duty in the sentry box in front of the gate.

The soldier returned the salute, then lowered his hand and returned to its sculptural form.

Intelligent systems on both sides of the gate identified the two men, and the telescopic door opened, and the power grid disappeared.

The two walked in together.

Footsteps sounded on the white marble path, and the tombstones on both sides of the road greeted visitors with silence like the most loyal soldiers. Each tombstone is prominently embellished with the flag of the fallen soldier and the symbol of the Federation of the Solar System, and underneath these two symbols is their own name.

At some point, a cumulonimbus cloud drifted over the cemetery deep in the mountains, and its huge body gradually exhausted the updrafts that supported it, and finally, its body collapsed and turned into a torrential downpour that sprinkled over the valley.

Zheng Dong did not use the power of the ripple marks to avoid the rain, the military uniform on his body was dyed deeper by the rain, and Lin Xinqing on the side followed silently, her hair was soaked, against her cheeks and forehead.

In the center of the cemetery, in front of a gray rectangular tombstone, the two stopped.

"Mi Peiyu, born more than 10,000 years before the new era, died in the twenty-third year of the new era."

"Rank: Marshal. Contribution: ...... in the Tianyuan Era"

"Why worry about the death without a brave general, the heroic soul still guards Jiangdong."

Zheng Dong stepped forward, walked around the wreath, stroked the cold and wet tombstone, and whispered, "Peiyu, I'm about to leave...... Humans are good. ”

"The Red Flame Empire has run away and evacuated this star field, and if you look at Arcturus from Earth in thirty-six years, you can see the fleeing warships."

"The invasion of the past has become a lost dog."

In the continuous heavy rain, Zheng Dong leaned against the tombstone and felt a little tired.

"I understand you, I've only taken over human affairs for one year, and I don't want to manage it anymore, for more than 10,000 years, thank you."

When the rainstorm stopped, Zheng Dong squatted down, stretched out his hand, constructed a small confined space in front of the tombstone, and put the letter inside.

"Seven days later, Lin Xinqing and I had a wedding." Zheng Dong said, "I hope you can bless you." ”

When the words fell, Zheng Dong turned around and walked out with Lin Xinqing.

The cemetery regained its silence, and in the endless years to come, it would become a milestone for humanity to reach the universe.

Near-Earth space, Federal Space City.

In the chairman's office, Zhang Wenqi was discussing with representatives of the capital community about the issue of entering the outer galaxy, after the war ended and the economy recovered, the news of the Red Flame Empire's withdrawal from this star field was revealed at the top level, and the capitalists who had coveted the outer star sky for a long time put forward a request to the government to open up the universe, but the government's attitude was very vague and has not been clear so far.

The light curtain door fluctuated, and Zheng Dong walked out of it, still wearing a military uniform, but it was already dry.

"Zheng Dong?" Zhang Wenqi got up, and the representatives of the capital circle in front of him hurriedly followed and bowed slightly to Zheng Dong.

"What are you discussing?" Zheng Dong glanced at the smiling representative of the capital community and asked.

"It's still a question of developing outer space." Zhang Wenqi said.

Zheng Dong nodded slightly, looked at the representative of the capital community, and said, "Now is not the time,"

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