The day of execution of the sinner was fixed very early.

Because the impact of this incident was so great, the image of the space station reaching the star was seen by almost the entire people of Shurima.

Their panicked emotions urgently need a breakthrough to vent.

But when the old man with shackles on his feet was helped to the execution table with staggering steps, no one made a sound, there was no abuse or blame, and the scene was surprisingly quiet.

This dusk, the red light is too bright, like blood.

Scientists from the Academy of Sciences were also on the scene, and they almost witnessed the whole process of the incident.

Although the image was cut off in time, the sun suddenly turned red, and anyone could connect the two things together.

And the sun doesn't just turn red.

Its lifespan had aged dramatically, and the Golden Scepter was equipped with an algorithm written by Azir, a crude imitation that did not serve to draw the energy of the stars.

Except for a small amount of energy that is transmitted back, the entire algorithm is overloaded when it is running in the scepter, and then all of it acts on the star, and the energy of the entire star conflicts internally, and the law of conservation is directly broken.

Now, the sun is aging at a rapid pace.

And when it loses its light completely, darkness and cold will completely envelop Shurima, making it a lonely and floating death star in the universe.

As for the space station, which was supposed to be the first successfully launched and assembled in Shurima's history, it had long since melted down along with the scepters.

It was supposed to be a day to prove that they were capable of stepping into the space age, and the self-confidence of the people of Shurima was at an all-time high, but the panic that should have been forgotten for a long time almost returned.

The royal family could not hide such a thing no matter what, and the most powerful people held a closed meeting, and finally investigated the culprit of the solar crisis, and finally, they decided to execute him.

In the distance, the execution table was directly opposite the execution table here, and on the execution table sat the three most powerful people who were now the most powerful, and in order to appease the anger of the people, they unanimously decided that the execution ceremony was open to all Shurima.

But the people who came to the scene didn't say a word, looking at the old man who was about to be executed on the execution table, their hearts were complicated and chaotic, that was a hero who restored Shurima's stability, why did he do such a ridiculous thing?

Horror, anger, sadness, disbelief, all of these emotions were expressed on their faces, and then they were colored by the red light of blood with a layer of pain.

They don't understand, how could this bachelor, who has been doing his best for Shurima, who has always loved him, do such a thing?

Nasus's body was covered in shackles, and his strength was not enough to support him, but the old man just wanted to stubbornly straighten his waist, and when he looked at the execution table, his eyes sparkled, and he even smiled.

Is he Alzheimer's? He's going to die!!

Someone in the crowd thought so.

On the execution table, Emperor Azir sat in the center, and Empress Dowager Vichyna sat on his left hand side, her face expressionless.

To the right of Azir was an old man, and it was Asitaya.

Asitaya now looked even older than Nasus, and he was slumped in his chair like mud, fearing that he would take his last breath at any moment.

Nasus was looking at him, and Asitaya's lips trembled, and no one could see what he was looking at at the moment.

When the sound of "execution" sounded, he closed his eyes, and then heard the most unforgettable voice in his life -

A gunshot rang out, and he fell to the ground.

The sound of the fall was actually drowned out by the aftermath of the gunshots, but Asitaya felt the pain of tearing his eardrums.

He remembered that not long ago, he activated what he thought was a device that could draw the sun's energy, the light wheels made of those scepters.

He thinks that the reason why he can't make Credo change back is because he doesn't use real solar energy, but artificial pseudo-energy, and if he can use real solar energy, maybe he can restore Credo to human form.

Not to mention, he might even make Credot an Ascendant!

At that time, Asitaya, who had already broken down, no longer had a normal mode of thinking, and he didn't even think about whether his logic was correct, and he was bent on thinking about the Ascendant, so that the queen fell into madness, and directly started the plan that he came up with for a while.

The experiment worked, a small amount of solar energy was teleported back, and when it applied to Cledor's body, she really regained her human form, but it was only for a moment, and then she turned back into the big crocodile.

And even a small amount of solar energy is not something that Credo can bear, it has caused great damage to her life, if it weren't for the fact that the body of the half-crocodile is far beyond ordinary people, I am afraid she would have been declared dead at that time.

After some time, Asitaya still didn't dare to open his eyes, he heard the crowd disperse, and he also heard the sound of brushes scrubbing the execution table.

But Nasus's voice could no longer be heard.

Without saying a word, Azir and Vicina walked straight past him, and when they were finally carried away by the servants, Asitaya still did not dare to open his eyes.

Azir had captured him and taken Credot with him, and he didn't know where he had taken her or what he had done, but he thought he was doing better than he could.

Later, news came that there was a meeting at the top to decide how to deal with the matter, and he did not know what the specific content of the meeting was, but Asitaya was already waiting for his death.

After all, he committed the unpardonable sin.

But Nasus came looking for him, and there was a conversation between father and son that was unknown to outsiders.

That's not what he wanted.

……

When he got home, Asitaya shut himself up in his study all day, not reading materials or doing research, but sitting quietly.

He could clearly feel every cell in his body dying, as if he was dying now.

Azir's long-term research on genes finally came to fruition, and he brought the information to Asitaya: "I have identified the problem with your family's genes, and you have an algorithm implanted in your genes that can greatly develop the potential of your genes, whether it is the ingenuity of you and your ancestors, or the great power that your mother has gained after mutation, it comes from this algorithm. ”

Now Asitaya is the same style of paralyzing in his chair even in front of Azir, without the submissive style of before, he will no longer be sophisticated, his eyes are half-squinted, as if he doesn't care about anything anymore.

"This is indeed Kamigawa's technology, but this technology should be for super soldiers, and ordinary people's genes simply can't withstand such powerful computing power."

Azir sat across the table, saw him, shook his head and continued, "Although it has been weakened, it still has an impact on you, that is, it consumes half of your lifespan to support such an algorithm. ”

Asitaya's voice was hoarse and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trouble." ”

Azir said, "I can save you." ”

Asitaya didn't answer, she closed her eyes, and after a while she snored, as if she was asleep.

Azir slapped the table and got up and left, the sound of him closing the door was loud, and the sound vibrated that the desk broke in half and scattered on the ground.

Shurima followed another spaceship, but it was not a native creation of the planet, and the shadow of the space station incident was still in the hearts of the people, and it was estimated that the space program would not be mentioned for a long time.

But there are still many people who see the traces drawn by the golden spaceship in the sky, and the contrast between the golden meteor and the blood-red sky is too obvious.

Soon after, the Queen Mother Vicina came, she had a cold face, and only said one sentence: "Do you want to die?" Do you deserve it? You do something like this, you solve it. ”

It was obvious that she looked like she was beating him, but she was afraid that a punch would break his bones apart.

Asitaya's respectful gesture to Vishina was to get up and send her out of the house, and then locked herself up again, this time directly into the dungeon.

Drops of water were dripping from the dark, damp walls, and Asitaya cowered on the haystack in the corner, the red light from the narrow window overhead, just past him, but it couldn't illuminate the entire dungeon.

But even though he was hiding here, Azir found him.

He was still patient: "I can save you, Asitaya, you still have a responsibility to this world. ”

Asitaya raised his eyes, and he saw that there was another person who had followed Azir into the dungeon, but that person was now covered in shadows and could not see the whole picture.

He shifted his gaze to Azir again: "Your Majesty...... I'm really a sinner, and there's no reason to live anymore......"

"Say this to Nasus, who is already buried in the ground!" Azir showed no mercy.

Asitaya's body trembled, and the old man had come to look for him not long ago, and at the same time, he remembered the way he looked at him on the day of his execution.

That's a kind of entrustment.

Azir's cold voice resounded throughout the dungeon: "If you feel that your sins are hard to get rid of, use yourself as a tool, and do whatever Shurima needs you to do, don't think about any feelings!" If you feel sorry for Nasus, then you can clear his name for him in the future! ”

Assitaya hung his head, weedy hair covering his entire face, and Taya's dying hand reappeared in front of his eyes, when he ran away, and now he felt guilty about his parents.

"The founder of the entire Shurima gene technology is the ancestor of my family...... What an irresponsible ancestor, is this a bad luck? ”

Asitaya looked up, a smile on his face, his wrinkled face full of bitterness and mockery, "He has gained knowledge that is ahead of his time, but he has to bear the doom of us descendants. ”

Azir groaned, and then looked at the man who was about to burn out the flame of life: "I don't know about this matter, and I don't have a position to say anything...... So let the people who witnessed it tell you. ”

"Witnesses?"

Asitaya didn't understand that that ancestor was at least seven hundred years away from them, and no Shurima could live to this age, and if there were anyone who had witnessed it, it would probably only be a ghost wandering in this world.

He saw Azil step out of the way, and the man who had followed him in stepped out of the darkness, a very beautiful woman, her hair brighter than blood, and the corners of her mouth hooked up like a hook that seduced the soul.

Asitaya noticed that the extremely beautiful woman was pinching her chin and looking at herself, and she looked with interest, as if she were condescendingly looking at an acquaintance she hadn't seen for years.

But Asitaya was sure he had never seen her.

"That kid's genes are still quite strong, although there are so many generations, you still look very much like him." The red-haired woman laughed.

"You...... Who are you? Asitaya had a guess, but he wasn't sure.

"You can call me Twilight, that's what people call me anyway, I'm ...... I used to be a genetic technologist in Kamigawa, and seven hundred years ago there was a kid who wanted me to pass on his knowledge of genetics, and that kid was your ancestor. Twilight said to Asitaya.

Asitaya looked at her, wondering if she couldn't say a word because of shock.

"Do you think that's bad luck?" Twilight stopped smiling and stared at Asitaya, causing fear in the latter's heart, but he nodded.

"What do you think is what a scholar has been looking for?" Twilight suddenly asks a topic that has nothing to do with the current scene, "Is it fun to lock yourself in the lab all day and fiddle with bottles and cans?" ”

"That's a very boring thing, but you people in white robes still do it, for what?"

"Truth!" Asitaya's answer was almost unthinking, because he himself was going through this process, and in the process of researching stellar technology, he had locked himself in the laboratory, always looking for a path that could successfully create stellar technology.

Suddenly, Asitaya's eyes lit up, and he kind of understood what Twilight meant.

For scholars, the result of their constant search is the truth.

In order to obtain this truth, even if it is risking your life!

"I had already told the little guy very clearly about the consequences of doing this, but he still accepted the genetic algorithm and exchanged half of his lifespan for the results he wanted."

Twilight curls her hair and says, "For people like us, that's the truth, and I don't care if it's right or not, but when I hear you think it's bad luck, I think you're insulting the kid." ”

Azir suddenly said: "Don't think this is a stupid thing, let me tell you, once a person from a higher civilization descended into a lower civilization, and all the scientists on that planet were willing to exchange their lives in order to find their own truth, just to be able to glimpse the truth they have been seeking before they die, and then everything is worth it." ”

Azir remembered the old man with the same name as the Grand Master in his previous life, and they all had the same trait, willing to give everything for the empire they served.

No matter what the cost, they will put Shurima first.

At the recent trial meeting, where Azir was the organizer, Nasus made a request that was difficult for them to accept, but there was no other way to do it.

Putting all the blame on him, he is going to die for Asitaya, keep him alive, and continue to study star technology.

"The world has the law of both? History should choose the people who will be useful to it, who can be helpful to the times to come, who will have a reason to live, if I am already an old guy with half a foot in the coffin. ”

His face, which was extremely ugly because of his age, grinned toothlessly, and the Cabinet Scholar, who had always been known for his sternness, was soft at that time, and Nasus smiled sincerely:

"Your Majesty, please let me use my own methods, with that era that has passed, my time, to do something for this new era."

Azir told Asitaya the words as they were, and the latter was already in tears, and he asked in a trembling voice, "Credot...... How's it going? ”

"Reversing the genetic data is not difficult for me, she is already in the process of recovery and still needs to rest," Azir said. ”

Seeing that Asitaya's eyes were slowly widening, and some of his glow was already recovering, Azir said: "The truth that Nasus has been seeking is Shurima, he wants to see Shurima fly freely through the universe, and he believes that you can help us enter the next era, and he entrusts everything to you." ”

Asitaya jerked her head up and asked, "Azir, what kind of world do you really want?" ”

Azir was not offended by the fact that he called him by his first name, and he said, "There can only be one empire in this universe, and that is Shurima, and now, Asitaya, you are my scholar." ”

……

Shurima once again held a press conference on the same scale as when the prince returned, only this time the protagonist was replaced by Asitaya, and people were not surprised that he was a cabinet scholar, but they were surprised that the bachelor, who was old some time ago, has now become a man in the prime of life with black hair.

His spirit is exceptionally good, there is something in his eyes that pushes tenacity to the forefront, and in the face of the people's doubts and worries, he just points to the red sun in the sky that is gradually losing its vitality:

"Don't be afraid! Keep moving! The sun won't go out, I'll take care of that, and if it really can't bring light to our world anymore, then we'll make one of our own! ”

"Shurima will prosper unquenched!"

That press conference worked, and the people here no longer fell into the abyss of fear, they had already had the courage to face the darkness.

The breeze whipped up the dust, Shurima had always had such weather, bright red light sprinkled all over the world, and Asitaya stood in front of a tombstone wrapped in thick clothes, on which for some reason no words were inscribed, but he knew whose resting place it was.

"I know you've been blaming yourself for so many years, but your mother doesn't blame you...... Oh, I told them that history needs people who are useful to it, and they believed, haha...... That's not the reason......"

"Why?! Why are you doing this?!! ”

"Hmph, silly boy, you're my son."

These were the last words Nasus said to Asitaya, and then he left his son with a rickety, short, weak, but upright back.

Asitaya stood in front of the tombstone, the sound of the wind in the distance was like an ode to farewell, it guided the departed soul to the other side, and then turned into stars, just like those ancient heroes, who shine even in the deepest darkness, have been guarding the world.

Many years later, when Asitaya was no longer young, he could always remember the evening when he stepped on the execution ground, the blood-colored light on the faces of the people of Shurima, and the spectators could no longer hide their despair and anger, but the dying man had a smile in his eyes, and he thought that perhaps it was the closest Shurima had come to destruction.

On that day, his father died.

With endless hope for the future, entrust everything to him.

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(Solar Crisis Part I, End)