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Chapter 1: The Virgin's Chapter

Chapter 2: The Scythe and the Ears of Wheat

Verse 9: Landing, the other side of happiness (middle)

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Walking on two different timelines, when the "Right Law Enforcement" research base dozens of light-years away received the "Planck's spaceship every 30 sailing days" for the third time, the starship bound for Virgo 70b may have almost arrived. At the same time, on February 11, 2040 AD, Cologne, not far from Düsseldorf, where the Celestial Land is located, welcomed two special visitors.

February is the dry season in Cologne, and the average temperature is not low, but today there is sleet in the air, which creates a sticky chill for no reason, which is very unaccustomed to people who have lived here for a long time. Even Cologne Cathedral, the first symbol of the city, has the impression of the supreme golden splendor and the lack of sunlight, and now only the lifeless majesty and coldness of the ancient masonry remains.

The cold rain is like crying.

In contrast, the gentle snow on the surface of the snow makes the guests who are about to visit the holy place feel a touch of familiar warmth. It's a pity that things are not people, and everything in the past is just empty memories. The lost person will never come back, and the feelings that pass by can't bear to disturb again...... That love like a house of cards, if you are not careful, it will fall apart.

In the North Rhine-Wittfaren state of the Federal Republic of Germany, from St. Augustine to Cologne, out of the railway station, Rolfis did not stop for a while, and went straight to Cologne Cathedral, a hundred meters away. Arriving at her destination as scheduled, waiting in front of the main hall and greeting her was not the person she met on the phone, but a Chinese woman she had never met, with a beautiful face, who looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old, and was stretching out her wheat-colored slender right hand under a pure black cloak to herself: "Long admired Daimyo, Lieutenant Colonel Rolfes of the First Star Regiment of the E United German Brigade 'St. GSG'." ”

Rolfes shook his hand and didn't ask why the other party was able to recognize him quickly, after all, he was in a hurry when he came, and he didn't bring any civilian clothes to change into, and the St. GSG military uniform was matched with a striking military rank on the shoulder, and it was not difficult for a discerning person to distinguish it. The beautiful woman knew that what she cared about now was not the identity of the person in front of her, so she simply omitted meaningless greetings and self-introductions, seized every minute and second, and took her straight to the wooden bench where her chief sat in the main hall of the church, and waited for Xu Chenfeng to stand up and greet her in English after taking off her hood.

"Instructor Rolfes, long time no see."

"Only...... The two of you? Rolfes didn't see Zhang Xiaozhou at a glance, and straightened the wind-blown hair under the brim of his hat, which was a little surprised, "It's better to call me Frida." Although you later went to study at the Mozhaisky Military Cosmonautics Academy in St. Petersburg, you are not really a student of Snow and me, but we are friends, and we do not need to be so angry, regardless of our national position and personal rank. ”

Chen Feng nodded meaningfully, listening to him talk about Ning Xue, before he confessed his intentions, it was necessary to confirm with Rolfes again: "Didn't you tell SnoW about our meeting?" ”

"Since I promised you in advance that no one else would know, I would not reveal the slightest bit of information. Besides, I don't know if Snow's current situation will affect his current mood...... "Since returning to Germany two years ago and being promoted to lieutenant colonel of the Star Army, Rolfes's personality has become more and more calm, and his observation of people and things is much sharper than in the past, "Anyway, MooN has returned to the E Lianhua Brigade, but he didn't come back with you this time, what happened to him on the 581c side?" You're coming to me this time because of him, right? ”

Looking back on the two years of the expedition to the Gillis 581C star, it can really be described as "in the midst of hardship and exhaustion, I want to talk about my death". In that crimson stone field known as the "Eye of Rangulas", there is endless blood between humans and humans, and there is no end to the battle between humans and aliens, and everyone in the middle of it lives for no reason, but knows what they are most likely to die for.

But now is not the time to talk about that.

"I came to Cologne to meet the 'Goddess of Destiny'."

As soon as the words came out, accompanied by the four-character honorific title that ordinary people had no concept of, there was a sudden obvious vibration under his feet, and for a while, the candles in the church flickered, the lights in the high places flickered, and the inexplicable shaking lasted for several minutes, and even the sound of the organ was interrupted because of this......

Rolfes listened to the surrounding crowd and learned that this phenomenon was not the first time it had happened in Cologne recently, but the earthquake monitoring department had never been able to detect the specific epicenter and its depth, and Germany itself was not located in the earthquake zone, so it did not issue relevant warnings to the public.

Is it "it"...... Thrilled by feeling the great pain on the other side of the gravitational pull?

Among the people present, I am afraid that only Chen Feng can think of what is going on. It turned out that "it" was under him, in this church, but he could not find his way to "it". Rolfes came to his senses, compared to the sudden vision just now, the meaning of what Chen Feng said before was even more surprising: "How do you know the 'Goddess of Fate'?" ”

"It doesn't matter how you know, the point is that she does exist." Chen Feng looked up at the 43-meter-high dome of the central chapel and said with great certainty, "I asked the priests and staff here just now, and they all said that they didn't know. However, the look in the eyes of the priest in red told me that he actually knew, but he just couldn't confide......"

"Don't ask me why I'm in a hurry to see the 'Goddess of Fate', if it is not a last resort, I will not risk violating military orders and being surrounded and intercepted by the US military to rush back to Earth from Libra thousands of miles away, now Sino-US relations and the situation in various countries are unprecedentedly tense, the Third World War is like a powder keg burning wire, whether it is here, or in 581c, as a member of the E Lianhua Brigade, it is really not easy for us to reach somewhere safely. So, please. ”

Rolfes took a deep breath, and the tone and eyes of the person in front of him were completely different from the past, allowing him to deeply understand his necessity and determination that "there is only one way to go in Huashan". As he said, if it weren't for the seriousness of the situation, I had known each other for many years, and I had never seen Chen Feng ask for help so solemnly.

"I think there's someone who can help you ......"

Ralfes didn't ask any more questions, took out his mobile phone from the inner pocket of his military uniform, found the private phone number that he had but didn't contact often, and directly pressed the on-screen call button: "'God's Left Hand' - Archibald Zell, the 'Goddess of Destiny' you are looking for is his mentor in the field of science and technology. ”

It turned out that her name was Carl Oupie.

Xiao Zhou had heard Ning Xue talk about her grandfather, St. Ursug, and then learned about the existence of the "Goddess of Fate", which can not only resurrect the dead, but also give eternal life to humans. As the supreme moderation of St. GSG in Cologne, even Higdelfa, who appeared in the Chernobyl birch forest that night, is believed to be one of his subordinates.

Since Sigdelifa respects Xiaozhou, it is presumable that Carl Oiffe will not refuse to help him in extreme danger...... Fortunately, he and his brother didn't hurt the real Zell in the God Factory back then, otherwise the flood would have washed away the Dragon King Temple, and no one would be able to count on it today.

Thinking of this, Chen Feng couldn't help but sigh, in the dark, there is a providence in everything.

Rolfes asked the other end of the phone in German about the situation, and his expression after putting down the phone could only be described as a mixed bag: "Mr. Zell said that although the location of the 'Goddess of Fate' is under the building of Cologne Cathedral, there is no exclusive pass, and the priest in charge of guiding the way will not take us in, and without its assistance, it is impossible for anyone to find the way to the headquarters of the Holy Land of St. GSG in Cologne......" Chen Feng fell silent when he heard this, but Rolfes was not finished: "Now there is only one way left, That is to try to obtain the three proofs required for outsiders to meet the goddess, so that the priest of Cologne Cathedral will be deemed to have permission to pass. ”

Conveying such an important message, can't you help but breathe?

At this time, Chen Feng was not in the mood to express his opinion on Rolfes's appetizing way of speaking, no matter what he thought in his heart, he only asked her: "What proof?" ”

"Proof of setting foot in three specific churches, but what exactly it means, Mr. Zell is not clear."

“Shit!”

Chen Feng can no longer control the emotion of being played as a monkey, as early as four years ago when he came to Cologne with Xiaozhou, he heard that there are more churches in this city than the local English-speaking residents, who knows which three "Goddess of Destiny" wants?! On this point, Rolfes had an idea: "Since the Goddess has given the names of the three commanders of St. GSG in Cologne 'St. Grelon', 'St. Ursug', and 'St. Zeverin', then these three churches are the similarly pronounced Basilica of St. Grian, St. Ursula, and St. Semeli. ”

Sounds reasonable. Chen Feng thought for a moment, and felt that he might as well give it a try, and immediately asked his subordinate woman to use the handheld computer she carried with her to retrieve the map of Cologne City, see where the targets were, and then without further ado, immediately set off to find it. Rolfes said that there was no need to be so troublesome, St. Ursug had taken Ning Xue and himself to visit these three churches, so he simply led the two of them over, saving time for people who were unfamiliar with the place and finding their way.

At this time, the subordinate woman happened to receive a message from her companion, and after reading it, she quickly transferred the computer to Chen Feng to take a look: "Sir, our identity and whereabouts have been exposed, and the US military is sending a rapid reaction force to Cologne from the army base in Würzburg, Germany, and the air base in Soesterburg, the Netherlands, and it seems that they want to take our lives directly." ”

"Hmph, there are more people who want to take our lives, the US Army and Air Force on Earth? Let them line up behind the E-United Artists Division. Chen Feng was not surprised by this, but Rolfes, who listened to his fancy ridicule, was confused: "What did you do in 581c, why did the U.S. military chase you?!" ”

"Does the U.S. military need a reason to do things? If you have to find a reason, maybe the toilet seat used by the baby daughter of the president of their country when she was a child was made in China. Chen Feng put on his hood again, amused the woman beside him with a word, and then made a gesture to go, "Frida, we understand your kindness in taking us to the church, but I don't want you to get involved in this troubled water, and I don't want you to be implicated or hurt because of this." You've helped us a lot today, and if we have the chance to see you again in the future, MooN and I will definitely thank you in person. ”

After Rolfes reacted, he chased out of the church in a few steps, and pulled the guy who said he was going to leave back and stopped him in the snow: "In the past, in other people's territory, I was not afraid of the Yankees, and I still worked with Snow to help you escape from God's factory." Now this is my country, and as a lieutenant colonel of the E-United German Brigade Star Army, it is my duty to protect every legal citizen who is here! I see who would dare to be presumptuous on German soil?! ”

Hehe, fortunately, she didn't know that she and her subordinates were smuggled into Germany on this trip, and they belonged to authentic illegal immigrants. Chen Feng sighed helplessly, the part of the signature temper that the blonde female officer in front of him still retains to this day has been familiar since the day he met her, and now it seems that he is really a little like his senior sister Luna.

Alas......

"OK, since you say so, it would be hypocritical for me to shirk it again." Chen Feng made an expression of happy acceptance, and then glanced to the side and back, "But, you and I had better hurry up, just now the two men in the corner of the church have been staring at us, maybe it's the eyeliner of the American army." ”

"Why didn't I find out?"

The revolutionary vigilance that the Chinese have long carried with them is not something that everyone can have. Chen Feng thought to himself that since Rolfes insisted on going together, there was no shortage of interpreters when he met people who didn't understand English, so he simply signaled his subordinates to leave first, and there was still something important waiting for her to do at this moment......

According to Rolfes's information, the Basilica of St. Glien and the Sanctuary of St. Ursula are both in the city, and the latter is less than a 10-minute walk from Cologne Cathedral, so it can be said that it is very close. Although Chen Feng had a cloak to protect him from the rain and snow, he was still very gentlemanly and took out an umbrella for Rolfes, and with her by his side, the two quickly walked from the side of the exit of the Cologne train station to Ursula Street, and at the end of the "Ursulakloster" street, not far from the junction of the "Ursulakloster" street, was the Sanctuary of St. Ursula, built on the ruins of the ancient Roman cemetery.

Legend has it that Ursula was the daughter of the King of Britain, a Christian princess, but she was betrothed to a pagan prince of the Kingdom of Brittany. Princess Ursula loved God and made it a condition to postpone her marriage for three years in order to fulfill her wish for a pilgrimage to Rome. She then embarked on a pilgrimage with ten noble virgins, each of whom took a thousand virgins with them to Rome. However, on their way back from the pilgrimage, they passed through Cologne and were attacked by the Huns led by the invading Hun king Attila, who tried to seize Princess Ursula and was resisted, and eventually all 11,000 virgins, including Princess Ursula, were martyred.

Their bones were buried under the Sanctuary of St. Ursula.

The story of "St. Ursula and 11,000 Virgins", which is not only popular in the Middle Ages, but also one of the legends on the banks of the Rhine, is very famous in the region. After seeing the German introduction sign hanging on the stone wall outside the church, under the translation and popular science of Rolfes, Chen Feng probably learned about the martyrdom of Princess Ursula, but what he was thinking about was whether to take this metal sign directly, isn't this the best proof that he has been to the Sanctuary of St. Ursula? After thinking about it, the "Goddess of Fate" should not let the visitors do this kind of thing of roosters and dogs stealing and destroying public property, and finally decided to go around the church first.

The weather was so wet and cold, and even more so inside the church. The gloomy light around made the already low temperature even more terrifying, but even this could not stop the enthusiasm of people who came to the Mass and worship the Santa Ursula Temple. Chen Feng and Rolfes bypassed the opaque glass screen at the entrance, and the two rows of benches on the left and right of the main hall were filled with more than 100 German middle school students, and the teacher who led them listened carefully to what the priest explained in front of them. There was no superfluous speech in the entire hall, Chen Feng couldn't help but let go of his steps when he saw this, and looked around, except for the free church brochure, he didn't find anything that could go directly without being chased by the priest and his old man......

Suddenly, there was a sound of opening the door in his ears, Chen Feng looked for a voice, it turned out that on the right side of the entrance screen, there was a small single room, could it be the human bone wall and the reliquary shown in the picture on the church introduction board? At this moment, the German lady who came out of the single room didn't seem to understand Chen Feng's English inquiry, so she had to let Rolfes do it for her, and then learned from her mouth that the inside of the room was indeed a treasure exhibition room for tourists to visit, but there was a fee to go in, and the things inside were all without exception, and they had to spend money to buy.

Proof is still bought with money? Could this be a series of business schemes devised by the "goddess of fate" in order to increase the income of the church, conspired with the "left hand of God"? Chen Feng felt that he had been fooled into the thief ship, but he had no choice but to continue to walk all the way to the dark. After paying two euros, I walked into the reliquary, in a tall space of less than ten square meters, a large number of white bones were regularly arranged above the surrounding walls, from various parts of the deceased, layer by layer, forming various graphic patterns.

Under the nine-layer bone wall, it is divided into several areas by large and small lattices, and there are statues of characters with different faces and shapes displayed in the grid, there are more women and fewer men, and only the upper body is unified...... In contrast, the golden carvings between the lattices to separate the various areas are extremely brilliant under the rendering of the warm yellow incandescent lamps suspended in the air, and you can see through the tinted glass between the vertical rows of carvings, which is full of human skulls! Chen Feng counted, and there were as many as 64 pieces on the main table alone. On the other wall opposite the main stage, there are gold-edged transparent niche boxes neatly placed on the suspended shelves, and the lower part of the skull displayed inside is wrapped in red cloth, and the letters embroidered between the cloth must be their names before their deaths.

This is really an indescribable feeling, which reminds Chen Feng of the purgatory-like "Eye of Rangulas" of Star 581c, although there is no bright red blood here, but at least the dead can be remembered by future generations, and in the world he is in, death is just the easiest way to end all disasters, and the pain suffered in the process is not known at all.

Rolfes suddenly remembered that when St. Ursug had brought Ning Xue to visit the place before, he had selected a bronze medallion in the form of a badge among the souvenirs she sold in the reliary, which was embossed with two fish, a paper bag with bread and a cross, which was said to be very collectible, and that there were similar items in the other two churches, and that St. Ursug had bought them for his granddaughter. Could it be that these bronze medals are the proof needed to set foot in the Three Temples and meet the "Goddess of Fate"?!

"That's what I want! How much? ”

Rolfes picked up the thin box containing the bronze medal from among the many souvenirs on the white cloth table, and his expression suddenly brightened. Chen Feng didn't know what she was crazy about suddenly raising her voice like she had found a baby, but the German lady who was guarding the reliquary had a different look in her eyes at the moment: "Are you sure you want this?" So...... 50 euros. ”

Burst...... The last time I came, it wasn't so expensive, huh? This is clearly a starting price!

In the face of Rolfes's questioning, the old lady just said lightly: "Different purposes need to pay different prices." Now, it's up to you how sincere you are. ”

She actually speaks English! So why did you pretend you didn't understand it at first?

Chen Feng understood what the old lady meant, and also knew that Rolfes had found the right thing, but out of caution, he decided not to do two things, and would rather buy a thousand by mistake than let go of one: "I want all the souvenirs here, please take a bag and pack it for me." ”

Belch...... The old lady's eyes in the reliquary changed again: "That's it...... Maybe I misunderstood. Then let's make it cheaper, 200 euros in total. ”

This TM is still cheap?! In addition to the slightly textured bronze medal in his hand, the other miscellaneous bits and pieces and paper propaganda materials are not worth anything at all, okay!! Hearing this, Rolfes couldn't hide his anger, pointed to the two bars and two stars on his shoulder, and said with a cannibalistic smile: "I requisitioned these things for free on behalf of the E United German Brigade, and now, it depends on how much sincerity you have?" ”

The German lady didn't make a sound after hearing this, Chen Feng couldn't help but make a big fuss, hurriedly came over to pay the money, put all the souvenirs into the bag, and pulled Rolfes, who only wanted to use the power of the army to squeeze ordinary people, and left quickly......

The next target, St. Glien's Temple, although it is also in the city, from here is more than ten minutes away at most, but in order to save time, and lest Rolfes can't figure it out and go back to the old lady to settle accounts, Chen Feng proposed to take a taxi to go, you can take a taxi in Germany, and you can only get on the bus from a specific station, unlike on the streets of China, anytime, anywhere, with one move.

The two turned back to the taxi stand in front of Cologne Cathedral, Chen Feng had just collected his umbrella and sat in the back of the first yellow taxi at the head, only to see Rolfes, who had gotten into the front passenger seat first, indiscriminately said to the white-haired driver next to him, who seemed to be in his early sixties: "I requisition this car free of charge on behalf of the E-German Brigade, and now, send us to St. Grian's Temple!" ”

If you don't bring this, people didn't recruit you, why did you take your anger at that old lady on this old man, and even the tone between the words was exactly the same? Chen Feng was about to explain to the driver, don't listen to this woman's nonsense, but the other party's response was unusually simple: "No problem, sir!" You fasten your seatbelt. ”

Are all the people here so righteous? Well, since the driver comrades are so generous, Chen Feng won't say anything more. Along the way, when you encounter a zebra crossing, as long as there are people on both sides, all the nearby vehicles will stop and wait for them to pass first, so it is not a long distance, it still took nearly ten minutes, maybe it was faster to walk directly.

At the entrance of St. Glion's Temple, located on Via Grian, the snow had stopped, and the sun began to appear over the church. Rolfes asked the driver to stop where she was and wait for her, and there was somewhere else to go later, Chen Feng looked at the old man's expression wrapped around me, and always felt that he had wronged the old man for no reason......

The interior of the Basilica of St. Gerian in the shape of a twin tower is about the same size as that of the single-tower Sanctuary of St. Ursula, but with small yellow blocks dotted with large maroon and colorful glass, and with the organ hanging in between, it is more elegant and literary than the previous church. The bronze statue of the samurai holding the spear in front of the stage should be the St. Glian enshrined here, right?

Compared to the main hall of the Santa Ursula Temple, which is full of 100 people, it is a little deserted, except for a middle-aged man who seems to be repenting kneeling on the wooden frame at the front desk, his eyes closed reverently, regardless of whether other guests stop or not, and only care about pouring out his inner confusion and sins to God. Chen Feng still remained light-footed, and before he had time to look at the surrounding sculptures, a voice came from the hall, in English that both of them could understand: "Do you want souvenirs?" ”

In the corner of the main hall, a German man in his fifties pointed to the display cabinet beside him and took the initiative to ask the two visiting guests. Chen Feng smiled, it seemed that the other party already knew the purpose of his coming, thinking that this time it would really be easier, and walked directly over to prepare to pay for it. However, the kind-faced German man did not want to sell all the souvenirs, and only handed Chen Feng a bronze medal with a total of 11 samurai statues and the words "ST GEREON" engraved with a large and ten small: "9.5 euros, you don't need the rest, we have to leave it for other guests." ”

“Thank you!”

Chen Feng could only express his mood at the moment with the most ordinary words of thanks, and Rolfes lost his anger after seeing it, it turned out that it was not that the top asked them to change their tricks to make money, but everyone's style of acting was different. And the words and deeds of the German man's unpredictable prophet also fully show that his judgment is correct, and these bronze medals are indeed the only key for ordinary people to meet the "goddess of fate".

Now only the last church remains, and at the same time the farthest one, the Basilica of St. Semygli on the outskirts of Cologne on the street "Severinkloster". Chen Feng and Rolfes got on the bus again, and the time was less than three o'clock in the afternoon, and at the current pace, they should be able to get back to Cologne Cathedral before dark. However, while driving along the road next to the city tram, the sharp-eyed driver noticed the problem: "Is the car behind you also your man?" It seems that from the moment we went to St. Grian's Temple, they have been following us. ”

Chen Feng looked in the rearview mirror, there is indeed a black Chevrolet SUV that always keeps a visual distance from the vehicle he is riding, even if there are no other forks in the road, but from its speed control and lane selection, it is obvious that it is not coincidentally on the same road. Seeing this, Rolfes took out the "HK" series pistol and muffler from the bag he carried, and hid it under the military uniform around his waist after assembly: "You send us to the Sanctuary of St. Seville and turn back, we don't want you to get involved in this troubled water." ”

Oh, why is this so familiar, Rolfes deliberately said it to himself in English, right? Chen Feng smiled, really afraid that her sudden act of taking out her weapon would frighten the old man, but it can be seen that the taxi driver who is used to the market is not afraid of this at all: "Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion." Since I have carried you, I have to ensure the safety of my passengers, and besides, it is not easy to take a taxi from the Sanctuary of St. Semyri, and if I turn around and go back, you will be in trouble. ”

"How do you know we're good people and worth working so hard?"

The foreign kid in the back row said without the slightest malice, in exchange for an interesting response from the driver: "Intuition." Besides, those who follow others are generally bad people. ”

OK,you win.

So be it, anyway, the world is chaotic enough, and since the US military is not afraid of making trouble in other people's countries, then I don't care about playing big with them. Chen Feng took out the encrypted mobile phone, and in addition to informing his subordinate woman of the current situation, there were only two sentences left: "Notify the Tyrannosaurus ghost and be ready to respond." If someone wants, he can make a big fuss. ”