Chapter 373: The Flame
"That's!"
This is Huaishi's first reaction: Brother, what are you thinking?
But then, he felt that it was not completely unreasonable, but ...... Isn't that a bit too tragic?
Huai Shi asked bluntly: "What is the difference between this and burning people as firewood?"
"The difference is that we at least have firewood to burn. The immortal bird calmly replied, "Otherwise, it will freeze to death." ”
"I'm against it. Huai Shi said directly, "It's not that time yet." ”
"Is your objection useful, Huaishi?"
The immortal bird glanced at him indifferently: "Now that you have been urgently recruited, I am your direct superior, I order, you execute, don't talk nonsense." ”
Now he finally looks like a soldier, and when he speaks, he is calm and cold, and no one can refute him.
The eyes are brutal and rough.
Huai Shi did not speak again.
"Is it feasible?" Taurus asks again, "we don't have the technical reserves for this at the moment." ”
"There are a few difficulties, but they are not very difficult. ”
The pale-faced fox sent the report to everyone, and everyone had a copy: "Next, the immortal bird will turn into a fire and start incineration, conservatively estimated, if the heat is released smoothly and minimally, with our current thermodynamic equipment, we can probably ensure stable combustion for four thousand years." ”
Someone asked, "What about in 4,000 years?"
"After 4,000 years, it will be replaced. ”
The immortal bird said, "According to my own kind and attributes, I am the first, the blue bird is the second, and the third is ...... The specific list is here, and if there are comments, they are presented here. ”
No one spoke.
The eldest brother took the lead in sacrificing, and the people in the back of your row still dare to talk too much, and everyone is lost.
There are many people among the explorers who are afraid of death, not to mention that they don't really have to die.
"Then it's decided. ”
Immortal Bird clapped: "Next, Huaishi assisted the engineering team to excavate minerals, and at the same time was responsible for the giant frame manufacturing fox of the metallurgical center to lead the team to solve the technical problems, and we started in a month." ”
"After I left, the fox continued to be in charge of the management of the city, and the original authority remained unchanged, and my authority was handed over to Huai Shi. ”
"Wait a minute. ”
Huai Shi was stunned and pressed the dog's head close to the window of the conference room: "Why did you give it to me? Also, why am I last on the list?"
"The last one is because you're only seventeen, and I don't want you to die before them if I can. If you don't want to accept it, you can also tell you another reason, because you are the largest and can burn the longest. ”
The immortal bird replied unhurriedly: "The leader handed it over to you because you can control the situation, to put it mildly, no matter how bad it is, you can stuff the guy who doesn't want to go into the stove...... Are you satisfied?"
Huai Shi has nothing to say.
The matter was decided in this way, whether Huai Shi was willing or not.
Despite a few problems in the process, the central furnace was built two months later, and after calculations, it was a little worse than originally designed, but still within tolerance.
"Goodbye, then, everyone. ”
Before plunging into the silent furnace, the undead bird glanced around at everyone one last time: "It's a pleasure to be able to work with everyone. ”
He paused and said sincerely, "I hope you can continue to work hard and don't give up." ”
Didn't wait for someone else's answer.
It slowly closed its six wings and plunged into the darkness of the hearth.
As the gates of the heart of the furnace slowly closed, he was no longer visible, only the warm wind slowly blew from the furnace, and a dazzling sun wheel hung again above the sky dome on the inner side of the city.
It's as if the sun has returned to this abandoned land.
There was no crisp death, and it ended slowly in four thousand long painful burnings...... It would be a great deal to sacrifice only one person to keep the whole world going.
"It's voluntary, you don't have to be upset. ”
The fox said, "Isn't that the duty of the Astronomical Society? Even a drill is not an excuse to escape." ”
"Is there no other way?" asked Huai Shi.
"Absolutely. ”
The fox calmly told him, "It's just that those methods are not as effective as this, and they don't have such a cost-effective price." ”
Huai Shi didn't speak again, just was silent, gnawing on the stone pillar next to his mouth, and the sound of rattling spread.
The light of the immortal bird shone on him, as if the chill that seeped into the bone marrow was also dispelled, which warmed Huai Shi.
He finished his lunch quietly, then got up and carefully lifted the city from the frame and placed it on his back.
He said, "Let's keep walking." ”
"Where to go?" asked the fox.
"Anyway, everywhere is the same as here, why don't you go out for a walk?" asked Huai Shi, "maybe you can find a place where there is still heat." ”
The fox shook his head: "The probability is too small. ”
"Idle is idle, right?"
Huai Shi smiled, tightened the strap that fixed the frame, and felt the warmth coming from her back: "Whether there is a tropical zone or not, we must at least continue to move forward." ”
The fox did not object any further, but sighed: "Then do as you wish, Mr. Atlas." ”
Atlas, the giant of the world held up the world in the mythology of the Roman region of the past.
That's not a bad name.
Huai Shi looked at the endless darkness ahead and stepped out again.
"Big brother who looks like a dog, come on!"
In the silence, there was another distant call like an auditory hallucination, and Huai Shi was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing.
Then go for it.
Be a good sled dog.
Carrying the only remaining world, Huaishi's journey begins again.
Step deeper into the darkness.
Time began to speed up again.
Huai Shi continued to move forward, a thousand years, two thousand years, three thousand years, as if he was in a trance and took a nap and passed. Along the way, you will witness many majestic wonders.
There are terrifying fortresses that exude deadly malice in the deepest depths of darkness, and there are dry stars that hang high in the sky and fall silent.
It's more about the ruins and the colossus.
In their final moments, those dead civilizations invariably chose to carve rocks, leaving behind their own images, hoping to pass them on to future generations.
Others were simply destroyed in a series of infighting and war.
Behind Huaishi, the Titan Empire is still developing, and after a constant population of millions over the years, its size once increased to three times its original size, and then continued to shrink, even only half of its original size.
The speed of evolution became slower and slower, and the span of each evolution became larger and larger, and by the end, compared to their original size, they had shrunk to one-third of their original size, and their pupils shone with a flame-like essentia light.
"It's normal. ”
Lying on the hospital bed, the fox, who had lost all his hair, said, "The trend of evolution is not that the stronger the better, but the more suitable the better." In today's situation, the size of the body is smaller, and the consumption of reducing consumption cannot be increased. ”
"You look like you're going to die. ”
"I'm just dying of old age, after all, I haven't experienced the transformation of the gods, and all the evolution points have been invested in the calculation and simulation. ”
The fox was still calm: "After I die, the management of the city will be handed over to Taurus." ”
Taurus is the only one that doesn't make the list, as it has nothing to burn at all, and now it's itself incinerating, controlling the energy supply of the entire city.
It's no exaggeration to say that it's the heart of the city.
"It's up to you to decide what happens in the city. ”
Huai Shi was almost gone, stopped, and lay down on the ground: "I'm sleepy, I'll sleep for a while." ”
"What about when you wake up?"
"Keep walking. Huai Shi said: "Being idle is also idle." ”
The fox was amused by his persistent appearance: "Don't you give up hope?"
"I didn't think much about hope or anything, I just didn't want to throw in the towel. Huai Shi said, "At least I'm still alive." ”
If you are alive, you have to move on.
This is not something worthy of admiration for others, for Huaishi, it is just a simple instinct.
"Then have a great trip. ”
The fox said, "Good night." ”
"Good night. ”
Huai Shi closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
In the dream, I dreamed of a lake.
When he opened his eyes again, he was awakened by Taurus.
"Where's the fox?"
"Died two hundred years ago. Taurus said, "You've slept for more than eight hundred years." ”
"The time is really unreliable, it feels like I only slept for two or three minutes, and it was only half an hour before I started on the road. Huai Shi smiled: "What's the matter?"
"The flames are about to go out, and this time it's the bluebird's turn. Taurus said, "I want to wake you up to see." ”
Huai Shi nodded.
After so many years, many of the behemoths have also given up and fallen into a self-slumber, waiting for the time to enter the market.
The blue bird seemed a little uneasy, smiled reluctantly at everyone, and walked into the furnace.
As the layers of gates opened, the firelight illuminated Huaishi's eyes.
Once again, he saw the immortal birds.
It's not what it used to be.
In the midst of the flames, a slightly old middle-aged man sat upright, felt the door of the furnace open, raised his eyes to look at it, was stunned for a moment, and then smiled towards the blue bird.
"Is it your turn?"
Blue Bird nodded, "I'm a little scared. ”
"It's normal to be scared, but it's not as lonely as I thought, just a little bit of pain. ”
The immortal reached out and wiped her head kindly: "It's good to get used to it, just take it as a nightmare, one day someone will walk in and wake you up, and you have to smile like me, you know?"
His movements were gentle, but the blue bird couldn't help but shed tears and nodded vigorously.
"Good. ”
So, the immortal bird smiled, as if relieved, and dissipated into ashes.
Basking in the flames, the bluebird turned back and waved goodbye to his companions beyond the hearth.
The furnace door was closed.
In the silence, Huai Shi retracted her gaze, just got up from the ground, and stepped on the road ahead again.
The earth roared, playing the last stubborn melody in this dead world.
He's going to keep going.
They are still alive.
They still exist.
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