Death is also a kind of freedom
The white ward, the white wall, the white veil, the white window, the white table and chairs, the white bed, the white loneliness, and the whiter desolation. The bleak color in the ward, white, became the main color that Xu Zheng could see.
Xu Zheng rolled his eyes, the only movable part of his body, looking at the furnishings and people in the ward.
It's been one hundred and forty-seven years, and the days of lying like a mummy have finally come to an end. For the impending death, Xu Zheng had no fear at all in his heart, more anticipation and excitement. Death may be terrible for others, but for Xu Zheng, it is another way to gain himself. The caged bird longs for freedom, Xu Zheng also wants to break free from the cage of the ward, even if it is through death, Xu Zheng is willing to eat.
Finally...... It's time to be free!
The stiff muscles made Xu Zheng unable to smile, but the old facial muscles flushed uncontrollably.
"Old Xu, have you really thought about it?" The young and pretty little nurse beside the bed had tears in her eyes, but she smiled hard at Xu Zheng. The great significance of this old man lying on the bed to the entire Interstellar Alliance, no one knows better than the people in the room now. Even though she opposes the old man's decision in every possible way, when the old man really makes a decision, she can only cooperate and bless.
Xu Zheng couldn't nod his head, and his consciousness was directly displayed on the three-dimensional display screen of the light brain through the connection embedded in his brain: YES!
The bright red words show Xu Zheng's determination and impatience.
With a trembling hand, the medical record fell on the bed, and the nurse hurriedly grabbed it back, took advantage of the situation to wipe the tears from her eyes, and nodded to the old man dressed as a soldier next to her.
The old man's eyes were red, and he took a step forward, and his mouth moved silently, but he didn't say anything. Unconsciously reached out and touched the skin of Xu Zheng's bark, retracting violently like an electric shock, and the red tide in the old man's eyes was even stronger.
Taking off his hat and respectfully saluting, the old man half-knelt down and said in a deep voice: "Xu Zheng, my friend, on behalf of the entire Interstellar Alliance, I will read out your honor and rights. ”
Slightly definite, controlling the galloping sorrow, the old man read: "Xu Zheng, the original earth native of Sichuan. Born in 3048, he graduated from the Central Star Military Academy in 3058 as a 10-year-old genius. In 3060, the barrier of parallel space was broken, alien space invaded, and the interstellar alliance was defeated one after another. At the time of life and death, Xu Zheng gave up the cultivation of chasing the peak of the Heavenly Dao, gave up freedom and ideals, turned the cultivation of the whole body into energy, forcibly combined with the light brain, and successfully became the first generation of intelligent brains, leading the entire interstellar alliance to repel the invasion of foreign races, which lasted 144 years. Three years after the war, Xu Zheng gave full play to what he had learned and became the chief planner and commander-in-chief of the recovery work of the entire Interstellar Alliance, and built the Interstellar Alliance into a more prosperous and prosperous country in only three years!
Taking a deep breath and suppressing his thoughts like thousands of troops galloping, the old man continued to read: "Today, at Xu Zheng's request, Xu Zheng will be euthanized, and the ...... will be returned" The old man finally couldn't stop crying, "Give him back a freedom! This is what hundreds of millions of interstellar people owe him!"
After the difficult reading was completed, the old man threw the chip in his hand on the ground, stepped on it a few times, and said angrily: "! People who have contributed everything can only end up in death like this? If you don't accept it, Lao Tzu won't accept it!" Turning his head to look at Xu Zheng, his face was already full of old tears: "Xu Zheng, my friend, can't you wait a few more years? Now that science and technology are so developed, maybe one day you will be able to get rid of this kind of immortal appearance." Moreover, you rebuild the way of heaven and transcend the ...... of life and death" Knowing that Xu Zheng forcibly broke the barrier between species with his cultivation, forcibly combined man and machine, and the foundation of the way of heaven was broken, the old man still spoke well.
Xu Zheng looked at him quietly. The two met in a fight at the age of four, and watched their friends step by step from a small soldier to a general, and then from a general to the commander-in-chief of the Interstellar Alliance coalition, from a sparse yellow hair to a full head of white hair. It has been 155 years since we met at the age of four. What a long 155 years! The sea has been transformed into a mulberry field, and the teenager who once flew away is now a hundred years old!
Looking at him quietly like this, Xu Zheng transmitted his thoughts with his eyes. Growing up, working, loving, getting married, starting a family, having children, raising the next generation, watching life continue by the next generation, completing the whole life, can these all be restarted? Observing life from the Internet and thinking with the human brain and the light sphere together is not called life. What is lost, it is impossible to come back. Rather than living in a nondescript manner, it is better to give him freedom! For his current situation, death is a liberation and a freedom!
Xu Zheng's eyes made the old man understand Xu Zheng's thoughts. He actually always understood, and always knew. However, he was reluctant to give up this old friend who could not speak or move, but gave everything for the people of the entire Interstellar Alliance. If there is really a soul, then Xu Zheng is the soul of the entire Interstellar Alliance! If he can, he would like to exchange himself for Xu Zheng's peaceful life, only being an ordinary person!
And now, he had to extinguish this flower of the soul of the Interstellar Alliance with his own hands! This realization made him feel painful.
Try to keep your tone steady, and the old man said, "If so, prepare." ”
The little nurse stepped forward and wept and put a hemispherical round shell behind Xu Zheng's head.
Watching the little nurse continue to connect in a panic, the old man's heart became more and more painful with the completion of the connection.
"Tie Lao, it's done. The little nurse said. These words came out of his mouth, as if he was carrying all the sins of the world, and the sound was so small that it was almost inaudible.
The old man took the button and looked straight into Xu Zheng's eyes. Unable to find fear and uneasiness, the old man saw only peace and enlightenment, even mixed with excitement and anticipation.
Xu Zheng silently encouraged. And also...... Please give me your blessings!
In an instant, the old man's lips lost their color.
"Farewell, my friend, I will never forget you!" the old man pressed his finger down, and said in a trembling voice, "I bless you, and hope that there will be a happy place after death." I wish you happiness in that world, be an ordinary person, be healthy and safe, and be happy for a lifetime!"
The hemispherical instrument lit up slightly, began to recharge, and after the humming sound, the light shone lightly for a while and then dimmed.
With the new brainwave separator, death is as simple as that. Painless and injury-free, calm after a buzzing session.
"Farewell, my friend!" the old man muttered incoherently, but saw Xu Zheng's half-open and half-closed eyes suddenly burst into a ball of light, and then slowly extinguished.
The respirator stopped. The calm electronic synthesized female voice whispered softly: "The patient is dead." Name, Xu Zheng. Time of death: 3207, 17:33:27. ”
The old man stood numbly on the edge of the bed, holding the button that caused him and Xu Zheng to be separated forever, like a clay sculpture, silent, watching the doctors and nurses weep and wrap Xu Zheng's body with the banner of the Interstellar Alliance, allowing the breath of pain to spread in the ward.
"Tie Lao, look. The little nurse pushed the stereoscopic projector in front of the old man.
Through the red eyes, the old man saw that on the stereoscopic projector, two teenagers less than 8 years old were squeezed into a pile with a smile on their shoulders, one was Xu Zheng, and the other was himself. Underneath the image is a line of small print: Farewell, my friend. Iron Tiger, Little Tiger, don't be sad, please smile, let me look at your little tiger teeth again when I leave.
The old man shuddered, tried to tear off his face, and made a big smile, revealing two clear tiger teeth on his lower lip.
"Xiao Zhengzi!" the old man trembled, trying to withdraw his tears, but in the end he did not succeed, and finally covered his face and cried bitterly.