Chapter Ninety-Seven: Farewell to the Past

The soft tinkling of the xylophone sounded like a drop of water falling on a stone, and the slightly distorted sound of the old music box in the attic was the music that was popular many years ago.

The song is soothing and full of nostalgia, like the blurred back that has gone away and cannot be seen clearly under the sunset, and may remember that it was the best playmate when he was a child, but he has forgotten his appearance and name.

Gu Qianlou sat quietly in the attic that he hadn't been here for many years, looking at everything that was once familiar in the room, and remembering some of the past events in his memory, when he was still very young and impulsive, he had dreamed of changing a lot and overthrowing those adults and seniors who didn't like it.

But he didn't do it after all, and as he grew up, he learned that there were difficulties in doing things, and it seemed that it was not easy to maintain what he was doing.

Slowly, he also became the adults he hated in the past, but he never regretted it.

When I was young, I only saw a corner of the world, and I thought that it was all I had, and I said something unashamed, and as I grew older, I would never talk so nonsense again.

My sister is a kind and simple person, with a bit of innocent cuteness and cunning, she will fantasize about many beautiful things, and she will believe in some strangers even if she has never known her.

She used to sit in this attic, which was a secret base for the two of them when they were young, and it would be used to put some books, movies, games, and other things that tourists brought to them, which were always so novel and interesting that people couldn't put them down.

However, that age is long gone.

As I grow older and older, I can't identify with the story full of loopholes, all kinds of bizarre plots for dramatic effect, even if others watch movies that move me to tears, they will only feel hypocritical and naïve.

Life makes people grow, but it also gradually loses its freshness and fun, he slowly focuses on various things, and gradually distances himself from his sister, until that day his sister naively brings up the idea in front of him.

He understands that this is also missed by many people in the city, but this fantasy without any basis in planning and reality will only make people bruised, he explains this, but unfortunately, 'hope' is the sweetest poison, seducing people with illusions step by step into the abyss.

The younger sister almost died in the turmoil, but afterwards he vaguely noticed the other party's movements, and finally let the other party go.

"It's better for you to leave on your own, and I'll tell everyone that you're dead, and it's better that you never come back." It's good to be ruthless, so that you don't have to be sad all the time, and you can focus on doing more.

Originally, he slowly got used to everything nowadays and forgot the existence of that figure.

…… Until the déjà vu girl appeared.

"Your daughter is still as innocent and stubborn as you." He picked up the small picture frame on the table, and in it were a brother and sister of thirteen or fourteen years old, the elder brother grinning, and the younger sister wearing a sunhat, and the two stood in the sun.

The dust in the attic floated, and the indistinct music box slowly played to the end, and the room fell silent.

There was a slight sound of footsteps on the stairs behind him, a slight tremor of the old plank staircase when stepped on, and a creaking sound from the rusty nails.

The wooden door of the attic was carefully pushed open, and a dark-haired girl walked in, looking at the back of the person sitting at the table.

The title of "Uncle ......" is so unfamiliar that after the girl shouted out, she didn't know how to continue for a while.

The room was silent for a few seconds, and the figure stood up.

"Hmm." The response was low and soft, and could only be heard because of the silence of the environment.

Neither of them was a talkative person, they just looked at each other silently, and finally Heshia lowered her head slightly, after all, her mother taught her that it was rude to stare at others all the time.

"Where is she buried?"

"Cemetery...... G19 cemetery on the lower floor of Arpeggio City. The girl replied softly, and then suddenly remembered something.

"How do you know she's ......" the voice stuttered again.

"Hmph, if she is alive and well, how can she let you come alone." Although many years have passed, Gu Qianlou is still clear about his sister's character.

Shaking his head, he didn't talk about the old things back then, Gu Qianlou walked in front of Heshia and went downstairs step by step, there were still many things waiting for him to deal with in the past two days.

Because of the T2-level AI supported by Edes Academy, everything is slowly changing, and it is difficult to build a new city, but at least there is a basis for implementation.

With the detailed analysis and planning of high-level AI, as long as it is provided with sufficient machinery and material assistance, it can gradually complete the construction of a city by itself, and in the future, the system framework of water supply, transportation, logistics, energy, sanitation, etc. in the city will be greatly reduced because of the management of such high-level AI.

Otherwise, if the people of the city do their best to complete these things by themselves, it is like primitive people walking in a modern city, and they have to spend a lot of money to build various frameworks, pay a lot of administrative manpower for long-term maintenance, and have to constantly try and make mistakes, and even there are corruption and inefficiency, so that it is impossible to build a city that meets modern standards.

'Silverfish' is a very old model, it's okay to maintain the exhaustion of the city, if the establishment of the new city is too reluctant, it is not many years away from its own melting, and this is an illegal AI, hidden in the underground operation of the exhaustion of the city, the federation will turn a blind eye, if it is taken to the outside world, it is a blatant provocation of the rules.

Although Hesia's words at the time were a little naïve, she did bring enough foundation to change the city, and everything became completely different.

After the girl got the Ink Sword that day, the entire city of the Exhaustion Mansion was also quiet, and everyone surrendered to this ancient and faith-representing sword of inheritance, and then the supersonic transport plane that came through the air landed in the Exhaustion City, bringing a truly down-to-earth and convincing material foundation.

The root cause of the conflict disappeared invisibly, for such a situation, Gu Qianlou was speechless, maybe his insistence was not wrong, but the changes in the world were too unexpected, who could believe that such a young and delicate girl could really change the rules and minds of the Star Domain Government.

What the nearly one million residents of the city have been asking for for hundreds of years has been so easily realized, there is always a sense of unreal dreams, and the unevenness of the world is probably like this.

Walking down the attic, Gu Qianlou led the people full of anticipation and excitement to the ground, showed his posture on the high red building, and began to make a speech that was about to change everything now.

"On July 10, 658 of the Sixth Age, the ancestors landed on this sparsely populated planet, and began to build and settle down, 593 years have passed since then, that is, nearly 600 years."

"Six hundred years is enough for a dynasty to rise and fall, and then rise and fall again."

"We've been here for too long, so long that we're slowly losing the courage to set out again...... Everything in the past is no longer a support, but also a heavy burden, which is difficult to let go......" his voice softened.

"It's time to let it all go."

"Whether it's a 'god general' or a 'sword protector', let them sleep in the past of history, and they don't have to cling to these ancient terms in the future."

"This is not only my opinion, but also the child's thoughts and proposals, and we are fortunate to have waited for the blue bird that inherited the destiny of heaven."

"In the future, we will also build a new city on that land."

"'The road is blue, to open the mountains and forests', it will be very difficult, but there is no imitation."

(End of chapter)