Applause, whistles, cheers, and shouts, the voices of the crowd resounded throughout the square.

There was no one to command.

There was no one to encourage it.

And the sound of the mountains is a heartfelt echo from the bottom of everyone's heart!

They have conquered the wasteland!

They have overcome who they once were!

Each of them is the light that dispells the long night, the sun rising from the horizon!

"Long live the Alliance!!

"Long live the New Era!!"

"Together!!"

"To the Survivors!!

"To each and every one of our !!"

The resonance of the resonant voice ignited everyone's heart, and even General McLaen, who was standing in the audience, couldn't help but want to join in, but he only applauded lightly in the end for the consideration of political implications.

Unlike the many Eastern Emperor officials, most of the people in the company have no idol baggage.

Especially Yi Chuan, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but shout.

"Awesome ——!"

It's a word he and his players learned.

Although he didn't know what this word meant at first, he gradually understood the use of this word after using it more.

Captain Samswan, who applauded politely, glanced at this guy, quietly exchanged glances with McClen slightly, and exchanged views in a low voice.

"Isn't this guy from the Corporation?"

"Those guys are like that, no need to be surprised."

McLaen replied softly, pausing for a moment before adding his own opinion.

"And it's not a big deal to cheer for a new era, it's a good thing for everyone, including the Willantes...... Personal opinion."

Ignoring Captain Samswan's stunned look, McLaan ended the conversation to the point.

In fact, His Majesty Saleen may not care about their performance at this grand event.

After all, without His Majesty's acquiescence, the reformist faction he represents who learns from the Alliance would not have existed at all.

The Lord was a truly virtuous and talented emperor, and he did not strangle the progressive forces of the Eastern Empire in order to maintain his supreme power, but found a balance between the progressive forces and the conservative forces.

But that's the problem.

Deep down, most Willantes simply can't accept too radical changes...... At least the Wilantes, who chose the Eastern Empire, couldn't accept it.

Even within the reformists, what is more adored is the Union's orbital weapons and land naval guns.

They still need a little time.

However, General McLaan believes that this time should not be too long, no more than three generations will be enough.

As long as he runs the new Saifan Port well enough......

Just as McClen was thinking like this, two pairs of eyes not far away were staring intently in the direction of the Eastern Empire delegation.

The owners of those two pairs of eyes were the representatives of the Borneo and Mammoths.

They stood on either side of the auditorium.

One pair is to worship him as a role model and throw himself to the ground, while the other pair is to see him as a demon with visceral contempt.

Worship has a reason to worship, and contempt has a reason to despise.

In a sense, the Willant people are like a mirror, reflecting the divided spirit of the survivors of Borneo.

Of course, the reverse is also true, and the Borneos are also the mirrors of the Wielantes.

They are like two sides of a coin.

Even the vast majority of people on both sides are rarely aware of it.

Unlike the legion and the enterprise, the representatives of the academy are much calmer, and Li Ke and Yang Kai standing in the audience are calm and relaxed, as if everything is under control.

And that's exactly what happened.

As neutral forces in the wasteland, they are behind them

The scheme largely succeeded, and did not sacrifice any of the survivors.

This is probably the case with the most clever schemes.

Instead of being enemies, they and those who are being exploited become friends with the same interests.

In this way, they can leave this planet with peace of mind, and if they meet again in the next few thousand years, they may become allies to continue their frontiers.

Of course, there has been some debate within the academy lately, such as whether or not to continue with the plan 200 years ago.

And the Doctor's instructions for this are that those who want to stay stay, and those who want to follow him follow him.

This is the best result.

The ark that sailed into the future could not have contained everyone, so it was an account for those who remained......

The sound of cheers and cheers is still ringing in the mountains.

Unlike the different looks in the audience, the joy expressed by the people in the square was much more consistent.

The wrench who shouted "Long live the manager" blushed with excitement, and there was no steam of the commander of the First Army of the Alliance.

That eager look was just like the first time he stood in front of Chu Guang with his chest held out and carrying a wooden stick-

'Wrench, No. 006, my lord! "

To this day, he remembers that it was the first time he spoke face-to-face in the true sense of the word with the managers who had saved him from the marauders.

The lord never looked down on him because of his humble origins, and even made him the captain of the guard.

From that moment on, he made up his mind in his heart to follow that adult for the rest of his life—

Even under the teachings of that adult, they no longer used the word "loyalty" to demand their virtue, and they no longer used the word "adult" to refer to him.

It's not just wrenches.

It's the same with Lu Bei.

This includes senior officers of the Second and Third Armies, as well as the General Staff, as well as all the Guards Corps.

Most of them had been following Chu Guang since a long, long time ago, even before the birth of the alliance.

In addition to the wastelanders who were rescued from Vault 404, many of them were even taken prisoner by the former.

For example, Vanus.

Once upon a time, he was a traditional Willant officer, with Black Sorkin in his veins, ready for war from the moment he was born, and had no doubt about the law of the jungle that the Legion had instilled in him from childhood to adulthood.

It wasn't until he built a not-so-beautiful house with his own hands with the bricks he burned that he suddenly realized that the world was not just the parts he saw, but that there were many living beings in places he couldn't see.

They are the building blocks of the world's existence.

If the vast majority of people in the entire civilization are denied the most basic equality, then the privileges of the few are nothing more than empty buildings floating on garbage heaps.

It was from that moment that he had a new ideal in his life.

than those

He had already had enough of mansions, gold, and wine, and he wanted to see what a new, more egalitarian world would look like.

And that person did live up to his expectations, and indeed let him see a new era that he had never seen before-

Every day in the future is something to look forward to for him......

It was not only Vanus who was thinking like this, but also another beautiful figure standing in the crowd not far away.

The fiery red hair fell on the shoulders like a red maple leaf in autumn.

Looking at Chu Guang standing under the monument, Xia Yan's eyes were filled with three points of joy and appreciation, and the remaining seven points were emotions that she couldn't explain herself.

Unlike everyone else, including Xiaoyu and Pai, she doesn't have much vision for the new world, and the motivation that motivates her to work hard is not because of any big goal, but just to help him.

After all, I ate so many things from him, so I was in love

I have to do something.

And the kindness of that leg......

She has been alone since she was a child, living a mercenary life that counts as a day, and if there were no accidents, she would probably die quietly in some corner of the boulder city, like most of the mercenaries in Boulder City.

In fact, she almost got on this path, especially after losing a leg, and she had no illusions about the future.

However, when she gave up on herself, the man did not abandon her, who had already given up on herself, but only half-jokingly said to him, "If you don't study hard, throw her out."

Of course, he never did this once, and he never fulfilled those cruel words that he had left behind more than once, but after the most difficult period had passed, he sent her and Xiaoyu, who were still in the appropriate semester, to study at Camp 101.

In retrospect, it was probably the first light she saw from the darkness of her life......

So much so that sometimes she can't help but wonder if her father would be as stern and kind as he would if he were still around.

Although the future was a little different from what she envisioned, she eventually became a better version of herself after learning at Camp 101.

She never imagined that herself, who once couldn't read a single word, would have the opportunity to become an engineer, and work with other engineers to design the league's first self-developed power armor.

Every day in the future is worth looking forward to, even if she doesn't have any big dreams.

"Thank you......"

"Hope I can help you."

Not far from her, Alyssa's excited little face flushed, and she slapped her palms red with excitement as she usually looked like she was knowledgeable.

She had finally waited for this day.

Following the collapse of the edifice in the inner city, she once again witnessed the arrival of a new era -

This moment is the same as the future she envisions.

After liberating Boulder City, the survivors outside Boulder City finally ushered in a glorious liberation themselves.

In the future, they will no longer distinguish between each other.

And not just Qingquan City, but all the people who are united will do the same.

By the time everyone realized, the future had come to an unforeseen future.

She was happy for him from the bottom of her heart.

Not only Alyssa, but also the little fish on the side who was also emotional.

The skinny little girl has grown into a slim girl.

Unexpectedly, Brother Chu remembered what happened so long ago, and she couldn't help covering her mouth.

However, even though she tried to restrain the emotion, her eyes couldn't help but be covered with a layer of glittering tears.

"It's not saved, it's not saved...... This guy has been brainwashed." Pai next to him shook his head in self-abandonment, looking at the little fish with "Brother Chu" in his eyes, he could only complain helplessly.

But—

It's no wonder that the wastelanders of this land regard him as an earthly god.

Actually, come to think of it, he was right.

Most Vaults either messed things up and blamed the people below for not executing them well, or they adapted to the wasteland and hid in a corner of the wall.

It is true that there are few people who burn themselves again and again like they do.

But then again, no one else can do it, right?

Of course, even so, there is no denying that they have done an amazing thing.

This legendary experience may become the first chapter of some great epic......

At the corner of the square, Yin Fangzheng stood side by side with Qi Liu, the director of the college's investigation department.

The latter used to be the ...... of his boss's boss 's boss, in short, the status is so high that he can't see it at all.

And now the two are on an equal footing.

Even strictly speaking, Yin Fang is a little higher than this former top boss.

After all, he is now a union

The chief scientist of the alliance should correspond to the chief technology officer of the college.

However, he doesn't really talk about these rules and regulations, and he doesn't like to put them on a high shelf.

At the moment, he was just standing here as a former Academy Prospector, ushering in the new era he had been waiting for.

"I'm thinking about something."

Hearing the voice from the side, Qi Liu smiled kindly and said in a polite tone.

"What's the matter?"

Looking at the direction of the monument, Yin Fang squinted his eyes and said with a free smile.

"Sometimes I can't help but wonder if you deliberately drove me here when you sent people to chase me all the way here."

Qi Liu was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile.

"Not really, your affair was a pure coincidence, or an accident."

"Yes." Yin Fang smiled, "I thought that everything was in your calculations, and it seems that things are not like this."

"Did you just find out?" Qi Liu didn't feel offended, but laughed and teased, "It's not a secret, most of our strategies deviated from the original intention, but those unintentional actions produced unexpected results. Sometimes I wonder if there could be a bigger plan behind this that has enveloped us so long ago that all the mistakes have turned out to be for the best."

Yin Fang said in a chatty tone.

"I don't think the other way you go, it's not that mistakes are the best arrangement, it's that people choose to reverse the worst that should have happened."

Qi Liu glanced at him in surprise, and a trace of appreciation gradually appeared on his originally calm face.

"If only every prospector in the academy had a pattern like you."

"How do you know they don't?"

Yin Fang smiled faintly and said in a noncommittal tone.

"But that's probably the difference between us, we never require every researcher in the alliance to have a CTO structure, but believe that every researcher has the potential to become a CTO

Force. Someday, when I'm gone, there will be a thousand of me."

Qi Liu tried to imagine the picture of the future, and finally turned into a soft sigh.

「…… That's pretty scary."

……

As the speech came to an end, the award ceremony officially began, and the players who participated in the final battle walked up the steps under the monument one after another, and Chu Guang personally wore the medal symbolizing the highest glory for them.

Except for the Burning Corps still floating on the Lagrange Point Space Station, almost all the Legions of the Alliance participated in the ceremony, carrying the glittering glory to their chests, and walked out to the crowd with their heads held high, receiving flowers, applause, cheers, and appreciation.

In a sense, this is also a military parade with unique alliance characteristics.

And for players, this realization of self-worth and the sublimation of life goals is simply refreshing!

After all, it's an experience that no amount of money can get.

Some veteran players are quite calm because of the reasons they have experienced before, while some new players who have never seen the world are even excited and almost dropped on the spot.

The grand ceremony continued, and the aerial drone collected the scene from multiple angles, transmitting the live data back to the endpoint cloud in the ideal city.

At present, the users of the endpoint cloud are not only the residents of Ideal City, but also the main survivor settlements in the central and eastern regions of the entire Central Continent.

These include Dawning City in the River Valley Province, Waifu Castle in the Geumcheon Province, as well as settlements on the Death Coast and French Fries Harbor in the Baiyue Strait, to name a few.

There are even the South China Sea Alliance Islands, as well as the ports of the Golden Gallon and Silver Moon Bay, to name a few.

For those who were unable to attend in person, they also had the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the scene in Dawning City Plaza and share the joy of the new era with the local survivors......

At the same time, similar pomp and circumstance is not the only one

In Dawning, the same happens elsewhere in the wasteland.

The Eastern Emperor Salen also gave a speech on the New Era while standing on the castle of Norton, and belatedly awarded General Griffin a commemorative medal with a mixed reputation.

He was a conscientious general, but unfortunately he was on the wrong side and with the wrong people.

Now that the eastward expansion faction has fallen apart, Saren can finally cover the coffin that has been sitting for a long time.

In the future, the Eastern Empire will enter a new historical stage, and they say that it will no longer be necessary to think about which direction to expand, but to seek a suitable balance between the old and the new.

On the other side of the Great Desert.

Mahatma Zaid, who executed the traitor Grove and his henchmen, happily declared a decisive victory in the war against the red clay, and made a violent statement that he had never said that the red clay could not be eaten, and that if he was too full, he could eat a little dirt and beat his teeth.

The new Commissioner for Education and Propaganda who succeeded Sir Cabah immediately patched up what he had said earlier, and Sava immediately raised his hand to say that he had said those words, and everyone began the next bloody game.

However, the good news is that the red clay that was once not allowed to be eaten can now be eaten again, as if overnight the red clay suddenly no longer crowded the cultivated land, but has become a spice of life.

In dealing with the devastating famine in Borneo, General Lowell's red clay once again played an indelible decisive role, so that the people who had eaten it finally raised their heads and raised their eyebrows.

No one will deny his merits again this time.

It's just a pity that the person who once wrote the book for him has been buried in the soil he planted.

Even if it wasn't his intention......

……

The Great Rift Valley.

In the conference room carved out of obsidian, the chief who has lived for an unknown number of years looked at the light blue light and shadow suspended in front of the conference table with a smile on his face, with a bit of approval in his eyes.

"I was right, that person was 'The Professor'...... No wonder he can do things I can't."

Sitting at the table with his arms crossed, Dr. Conclusion said with a hint of mockery in his eyes.

"You know, my teacher's biggest fear is that you think so."

The Chief raised an eyebrow.

"Before death?"

ConclusionThe Doctor asked rhetorically.

"Do you think he's still alive?"

「……」

The chief was silent for a long time, and a faint trace of loneliness and sorrow floated in his cloudy pupils.

This kind of emotion rarely appeared on his face, but it stayed for an extra long time at the moment.

"That's what I said......

As if relieved, he let out a long sigh and said with a little self-deprecation in his voice.

"It's been 200 years...... I remember the first time I saw him, I was a kid. Hehe, this time it's a white-haired person sending a black-haired person...... It's actually pretty good."

The only fly in the ointment is that apart from the old popsicles frozen in the refrigerator, there are not many people left in that era.

New era......

He wasn't really that eager to see it.

Perhaps, this is one of the reasons why he has not been able to raise much motivation.

Of course.

There's really not much they can do these days.

The former War Construction Committee was indeed very strong and powerful...... But that was more than a century ago, and now they can rely on the power of the Holy Shield to get a corner.

Glancing at the chief who was still nostalgic for the past, Dr. Conclusion suddenly thought of something, and said to himself.

「…… Speaking of which, the war in the Free State seems to be over, and in the end it seems that the mayor Odo, who led the townspeople in the uprising, won."

The academy did not intervene directly in this war, but only glanced at it from afar.

Coalitions and enterprises were established out of the Free State

A safe area to contain civilians, and nothing else is done.

Of course, some volunteers ran over to the war, and that was another matter.

After all, the Free State and the Flint Group have also exported mercenaries before, but this time they were just hit by a boomerang.

The Chief didn't show much surprise on his face, apparently he knew.

In fact, the person who prompted Mayor Otto to make a change was himself.

「…… Is it? Pretty good. Sigma was a good young man, and it was not permissible for him to climb from the lowest floor of the slum to the top of the building, but his time was over."

If you want to say that the only bad thing about him is that he didn't make changes when everything was still in time, but repeated the suffering he had endured to others more severely.

As a dragon, he will always meet a dragon slayer who is stronger than him, not to mention that the entire wasteland has changed the sky.

"Hehe, you're pretty easy to be a shopkeeper."

Conclusion: Dr. understated sarcasm.

But the chief didn't care, just in a flat voice

Said.

"It's not that I choose to be a hands-off shopkeeper, it's that I have to. I've tried to be in control, as you were here, but the end result is that everything will get out of control, as you've seen."

ConclusionThe Doctor shrugged his shoulders noncommittally.

He disagrees with this statement, and there are plenty of positive examples of cybernetics.

Of course, he also admits that this is done at the expense of some people.

The Chief was silent, and continued after a moment.

"The fate of the Free State is predestined, from the moment it was founded, and those who want to be stable and unregulated will end up drifting like a hot air balloon above the clouds and free-falling after reaching a tipping point......

"It's not just the Free State, it's true in many places. They are where they are now not because a guy named Sigma deceived them, but because all of them are liars...... A successful liar or a failed liar."

"As for the guy named Sigma, he's just the most successful of them all...... Of course, they are now aware of the problem, so they will soon be able to move on to the next stage of history."

At this point, the Chief suddenly turned his gaze to Dr. Conclusion, and said in a somewhat interested tone.

"Actually, I'm most curious about you...... Even though the Wasteland Age is over, do you still plan to take those researchers to wander beyond the solar system?"

The conclusion nodded.

"Yes."

The Chief looked at him in surprise and said with a sudden smile.

"I didn't expect there to be anything more stubborn in this world than my old antique."

The conclusion smiled faintly, didn't take this guy's ridicule to heart at all, and said with an indifferent attitude.

"It has nothing to do with stubbornness, not even about the Wasteland Age, I'm just here to fulfill my mentor's last wish."

There was a bit of confusion in the chief's eyes.

"Your mentor...... You mean professor? Is this what he told you to do?"

His voice was eager, as if desperate for an affirmative answer.

However, the conclusion just shook his head, not caring about the old man's opinion at all, and said to himself.

"He didn't ask me to do that, he just told me...... If the Wasteland Age hadn't happened, he'd probably have taken a group of like-minded people with him to do it, rather than using the resources and funds of the Ark Project to repair black boxes and shelters."

The Chief stared at him in astonishment for a long time before muttering to himself.

「…… I see, I've always wondered why it's called Project Ark, that's what it means."

Ignoring the muttering of the Rift Chief, the conclusion was sparse

The usual tone continued.

"He also told me a lot, and if nothing else, this ark sailing into the future will hatch an archaeological and academic organization called the Academy in this galaxy in a few millennia......

"Unlike the current Academy, the Academy that exists in the future is an intergalactic cooperative organization with the goal of excavating the relics of pioneer civilizations and exploring the origins of the universe, and its members are not even limited to humans, but also aliens from other civilizations."

"It sounds a bit farsighted, but I'll never forget the look on his face when he painted it to me...... It's as if he's actually seen those things."

"Since then I have made up my mind that I intend to carry on his legacy and do it for him...... For this reason, I did not hesitate to upload my thoughts to the circuit board, and I paid the price of dying in exchange for an endless life."

"Just in time for the collapse of the War Construction Commission, so many people desperately wanted to leave this 'dead planet', so I and many others shared a common goal. As a result, the College is no longer a loose academic organization, but has real political power."

As he said this, a faint smile appeared on the face of the man floating in the hologram.

"It's actually pretty good."

"Now we can filter out those who are running for help and leave them on the earth, and only those who are like-minded to do this great thing."

——

(Thanks to the book friend "The heart is no longer warm" for the reward!! PS: The foreshadowing of the Ark Project is actually related to a farsighted if-line ending that I wrote a long time ago, but I can't find the manuscript, so let's see fate in the future...... ）

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