Chapter 8: A Long Story
No one knows when she appeared, or how she appeared, and when she first broke into the human world, she had already taken with her the vast army of machines that would terrify humanity for years to come. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info no communication, let alone peace, she seems to be born with hatred and killing, destroying one human stronghold after another, slaughtering every human she sees.
Humanity is afraid, and after fear comes anger - they cannot accept being slaughtered by beings outside of their kind!
For the first time in millennia – and for the last time – humanity has finally united in the face of a common enemy.
It's late!
The long strife and fratricidal strife have drained the blood of the human race, and in the final fateful war, the more powerful mechanical legions have destroyed the last resistance of the human race.
The splendor of humanity collapsed after one of the most splendid blooms.
In the refuge of the remnants of humanity, the last humans finally met her.
With a long snow-white dress, long black hair, a delicate face, and a look of compassion in her eyes, no one could have imagined that the legendary executioner, who was cold-blooded and tyrannical and slaughtered all mankind, would be such a beautiful girl like an angel!
It was the first time humans had seen her, and it was the last time they had seen her.
"From then on, the age of mankind has come to an end......"
"Is this the end of the story?" Jun Tian still had his back to Lilith, and his voice seemed calm.
"Of course not, the story starts here, and it's just beginning......"
The girl killed all the humans, but not them, and she used the genetic cells of the last survivors to raise a new and large human race in a test tube. She built a gigantic metal city for the newborn humanity, a cemetery of humanity with no tall buildings, no garden squares, only huge metal pillars and countless transparent coffins!
From the moment the new human is born, the body is imprisoned in the coffin of the cemetery, and the mind is imprisoned in the virtual world created by the girl.
"You think that the world in your dreams is real, because your mind has been imprisoned in illusory delusions from the moment you are born......." Lilith walked behind Jun Tian and sighed, "But now, you are awake!" ”
"I'm awake......," Jun Tian whispered—his voice trembling. I woke up......"
"Yes, you're awake – now everything you see, you hear, and feel is the real world!"
"The real world...... The illusory delusional ......" was still facing away from Lilith, but Juntian's body began to tremble with the voice, "Everything is fake...... Life with Dora is also fake......"
"The world in your dreams is always better than reality, but now, Jun, you have to try to forget, try to accept the real world!"
"Oblivion...... I don't forget, I don't want to ......" Jun Tian shook his head, his body trembling even more.
"You will! You will forget the fantasies of your dreams, and you will accept the real world! This is your fate, Jun, you can't escape - we can't escape! ”
"I don't want to forget Dora, I don't want to ...... I don't want it! Ah......h
With a desperate roar, Juntian's mind fell into darkness again......
......
It's been a week since he left Dora, Jun Tian keeps falling asleep and waking up in the medical cabin, every time he opens his eyes, he tries to find Dora's figure, but every time, he only sees the cold metal walls. From the initial nervous hope to the final numb acceptance, Juntian's weak body recovered day by day, but his spirit became more and more depressed day by day.
He wanted to deny it all, and he waited again and again to wake up from his dreams - hope, disappointment, and despair!
If this is the real world, he can no longer find the point of continuing.
These days, Juntian's atrophied muscles have recovered at a much faster rate than ordinary people during treatment, and until this moment, he has been able to walk around with Link's support.
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it was all true!" Link helped Jun Tian to the only window and said with an excited expression.
In these days when Jun Tian was in a state of confusion, except for Lilith among the five members of the "Ranger", only Link was willing to take the initiative to contact him, a newcomer, so although he was not interested, Jun Tian still habitually responded out of politeness:
"Really......"
"Of course!" Juntian's nonchalance didn't seem to affect Link's enthusiasm. "Seventy percent recovery from near-complete atrophy to the most rebellious guys in the vault would have taken at least a year, and you've only had a week! It's a miracle, you know! ”
"Really......"
Jun Tian still looked bored, and he put all his attention outside the window. It's been seven days since he arrived in this so-called "real world", but only now has he had the opportunity to see through the window the earth beneath the Ranger - a rolling monotonous brown with no edge in sight, and that's all he sees.
"Is it all like that out there?"
"Huh?" Lin Kelen paused for a moment, accustomed to Juntian's silence, and now he suddenly encountered the other party's question, which made him not react for a while. However, he quickly recovered, and followed Jun Tian's gaze to look at the earth below: "Yes, it's like this everywhere!" ”
"Why?"
"Why?" Link scratched his head, he wasn't quite sure what Jun Tian meant by "why", but fortunately he wasn't confused for too long, when he saw Lilith push open the door and come in: "Boss! ”
Lilith nodded casually: "There seems to be something wrong with the ship's navigation system, you should go to the wheelhouse to take a look!" ”
"Aside from the fact that it should be scrapped, there are no other problems with the 'Ranger' in its body!"
Lilith shrugged helplessly: "Then you can find a way to let him retire later - we are very short of spaceships now!" ”
"It's not just ships that we're lacking right now," Link said as he walked to the door, "Actually, I don't think we don't have anything but enemies. ”
Lilith smiled as Link left, then walked over to Juntian.
"Pretty bad, isn't it," Lilith looked out the window, "especially, compared to the world of Gensokyo - it's terrible!" ”
Jun Tian didn't speak, still staring out the window.
"Want to know why this is happening?"
"Don't want to know!"
Lilith glanced at Juntian and smiled.
"Because robots will plunder everything!" Lilith ignored whether Juntian wanted to know this—or maybe she was sure that Juntian wanted to know all this. "Minerals, forests, water...... All the resources - even if they don't run out at all! ”
Jun Tian's eyes were still looking out the window, but he finally spoke: "What you said is more like what humans would do!" ”
"Is that you, too?"
Jun Tian frowned and did not answer, Lilith glanced at him with interest, and did not continue the topic.
"Your body is recovering quickly, but your mind is getting more and more depressed - that's not what I want to see."
"What you want to see, it has nothing to do with me!" There was a hint of anger in Jun Tian's voice.
Lilith looked at Juntian, who had become angry, and smiled.
"It seems that you must find some hope - after all, you are the only ......"
"If you're going to give me hope - get me back to Dora!"
"Yes."
“!” Jun Tian turned his head suddenly: "You want to let me go!" ”
"I don't think it's necessary to say it to you again about the debate between reality and fantasy!" Lilith looked at Jun Tian's eager gaze, "But Jun, you must know that it is impossible for someone who has woken up to return to his dream again!" ”
"I don't want to listen to your bullshit, I just want to go back and get back to Dora - even if it's just a dream!" Yelling to vent the despair in his heart, Jun Tian closed his eyes in pain.
"Neither the computer guys nor the old guys from the vault will allow you to return to Gensokyo."
Jun Tian still had his eyes closed, he was tired of Lilith's persuasion again and again - none of them were what he wanted!
"You can't go back, but—there's still a chance for her to come out!"
“!” Jun Tian opened his eyes again and stared at Lilith eagerly: "She can come out!" Can Dora come out? ”
"Although awakening is not an easy thing, it is indeed possible!"
Jun Tian stared at Lilith for a long time, until the frenzy on his face gradually faded, and he lowered his head and muttered for a moment.
"This time, I hope you didn't lie to me! Otherwise, I'll kill you—I swear!" ”
In the face of Juntian's threat, Lily smiled nonchalantly.
"Then you'll have to work hard - whether it's trying to save your little girlfriend or killing me......"