22 Fireflies in the sky

"What is this unreal woman trying to express? "Life limitless", "Evolution" ... It's like some kind of religious calling! Everybody is crazy! Crazy in her singing! And it's so crazy! How could she have such magical powers? •••"When most of the audience in the stands were immersed in Lili's performance, and their hearts moved with her, the artist Hu Wei experienced a different taste from her singing and dancing.

This is the first time Hu Wei has watched Lili's performance live. Although Hu Wei had heard of Lili's name and knew that her singing must be extraordinary, the touch of being there was far beyond his imagination.

What is incomprehensible to Hu Wei himself is that to his ears, Lili's beautiful singing voice that everyone is intoxicated by, but for some reason, he feels faintly uneasy. This uneasiness stems not only from the deep meaning hidden in her moving songs, but also because he has developed a sense of intimacy with Lili's singing that even he himself cannot express.

Strangely, the intimacy made him feel as if he was back to a friend who committed suicide decades ago.

However, just like the suspicions of reporters, Hu Wei's thoughts did not affect the increasingly enthusiastic atmosphere of the concert scene in the slightest.

As the song "Evolution" was sung, in the midst of the enthusiastic cheers of the people, I saw that the tail of Lili's long dress that was several meters long suddenly emitted a dazzling light, as if it was instantly given life, splitting into flying ribbons.

In the face of people's exclamations, the shining and dancing ribbons suddenly closed slowly like petals after nightfall, wrapping Lili's whole person into a bud waiting to be released.

Then, in the complete boiling exclamation of the crowd, the buds that wrapped Lili bloomed with the music of "Shining". At the moment when the sunset happened to be hidden on the peak of the mountains to the west of the lake, Lili, who was smiling like a flower, flashed in the air with a new makeup and a petal-like halo.

When Lili, who was flying in mid-air, smiled and stretched her jade arms, leaning down to greet the already mesmerized audience, there were even fireflies shining like stars, lingering from her body and dancing with her.

"Wow. Firefly robots! It's beautiful! Seeing the beautiful scenery of Lili dancing with fireflies, Lu Nianxuan couldn't help but sigh with the many spectators in the stands.

"You can see the wings fluttering! You can dance to Lili Mintlis' dance so close! Technically up to this level! Which team is this? So strong! Ge Zhengtian couldn't help but ask in amazement.

"It should be a team from the Ilo Alliance, I remember that our big boss once said that they made a fly robot that can sense itself and automatically change orbits. The path of those fireflies around Lili Mintlis is not fixed, and Lili Mintlis is always dancing, and it is too difficult to have a fixed program or manual remote control. So, those fireflies should be able to sense Lili Mintlis and fly around her in orbit at a certain distance, similar to the principle of fly robots. ”

Every time he heard Qi Mi, who was almost half his age, answer a question, Ge Zhengtian had mixed feelings, as a good student who had been down-to-earth and diligent since childhood, he was happy to see insight, but whenever Qi Mi effortlessly solved a problem that made him feel powerless, or seemed much more clever than him who was rigorous and erudite, he felt depressed.

Seeing the beautiful fireflies becoming more and more eye-catching in the darkening sky, some people are not excited for this beautiful scenery, but for the arrival of this moment.

"When the fireflies fly up in the music, when the little sparks they emit replace the light of the sun••••••" In the corner of the stands not far from Qi Mi and others, there was a person who had imagined the moment when the fireflies appeared at the concert many times. He had been preparing for this moment for too long.

He will take a crucial step in his life, and after this step, his life will change completely. He will never get his Ph.D. again, and may never have the opportunity to set foot on his familiar campus, familiar home, familiar restaurant, park, subway, or even appear in most of the world's cities as he really is.

"Is it worth it?" He had also asked himself this question more than once. Yet every time he actually tried to answer the question, the phrase "I have no choice" comes to mind. Jump out and make him stop thinking.

It was a long day for him, perhaps the longest of his life. He hadn't had much sleep since he learned about the Firefly Project, and he hadn't slept at all the night before. All day, he was in a state of extreme anxiety and trance, looking forward to the early arrival of night, and hoping that the scene of fireflies flying into the night sky would not appear.

However, the time for it finally came, whether he accepted it or not. However, at this moment, he hesitated. He suddenly wished that he could faint from the tiredness accumulated over the past few days, hoping that an accident would appear and make him unable to move, but what he was waiting for was a voice from the built-in headphones: "Salid! It's time for you to become a hero! We have no choice! ”

So, under the fluorescent light of the fireflies, Saleid, who was in the corner of the audience, took a deep breath, stretched his fingers trembling in his coat pocket a few times, slowly withdrew his hand, trembled, patted the holy badge hidden under his coat and hung on his chest, and then clenched his hands into a fist, took another deep breath, and then stood up quietly, trembling slightly, but quickly walked to the floating island passage behind the floating stand.