“…… It's magnificent. ”

Ishanhisa piloted the second-generation space fighter through the space ring, and he was full of admiration.

A voice in the communicator replied, "That's not it, the miracle of the new era!" With a total length of 56,000 kilometers and a width of 40 kilometers, it has carried more than 930 billion supercomputers, hollowed out two asteroid belts, and half a small low-mass planet. Almost a year ahead of schedule! It's only May of the thirteenth year of the new century! ”

This is indeed a miracle.

One is 56,000 kilometers long and 40 kilometers wide, and this does not calculate the thickness, the mass of the metal alone is an astronomical figure, and someone has made a rough calculation, and the steel used alone is more than a million times the total amount of steel mined and smelted by human beings for thousands of years!!

It's nothing short of an incredible miracle!

When 1.2 billion people work together for one thing, the power that can erupt is earth-shattering.

“…… But it also means that we will soon be separated. A female voice sounded over the communicator.

All of them who could speak in the communicator were qualified, and they were on routine patrols and training, and they were all depressed.

In four years, through the calculation of the construction area of the space ring, and then with the most reasonable area that each maintainer can reach, it was finally confirmed that there were 1.5 million maintainers, and on the vast space ring with a length of 56,000 kilometers and a width of 40 kilometers, there were only more than 6,000 people active at the same time, and the rest were all in a dormant and sleeping state.

As a result, each person has to maintain an average of more than 370 square kilometers of supercomputer area, and this can really be said to be super vast and sparsely populated, unless they are deliberately together, otherwise there is no chance of meeting each other.

And...... To put it mildly, when humans go to the black hole in the moon, there are only more than 6,000 of them left in the entire universe, and this kind of loneliness is enough to make people crazy just thinking about it.

It's now the eve of separation.

"I heard that a farewell dinner will be held at the beginning of next month, and all the 1.5 million people will be invited to participate in six venues, and the decision-maker will be present in person." Someone continued.

“…… No matter how grateful they are, they let them die. The female voice just now said in a depressed mood.

Yi Shanjiu said: "I can't say that, first, this is not forced, and secondly, it is not good, if I am not qualified, maybe I want to be a 10,000-year maintainer." ”

There was silence in the communicator for a few seconds, and a cheap voice said, "You have taken a fancy to those two companion intelligent robots, right?" ”

"Surely, those two companion robots are really ...... It's more real than a real person, and it uses the latest artificial intelligence programs, and I heard that there is an automatic learning function, as long as you talk to it for a long time, it will become more and more human-like, in addition, I heard that there are empathy programs, maternal programs, and psychological knowledge, which is really better than real people. Someone exclaimed.

The voice sneered and said, "Brother, do you think Yi Shanjiu is here for this?" No, he's just hungry for other people's bodies, right? From personality to appearance to body type, you can customize whatever you want, and it's a complete secret, no one knows what shape your robot will look like except yourself, in other words...... Even if you make a cat lady.,Or Lori.,Mature woman.,It's more exaggerated.,No one knows even if you make a boy.,What he wants is this, okay? ”

Yi Shanjiu's face turned red, and he immediately retorted: "Fart! I just want to play those games!! Every 10,000-year-old maintainer can ask for a custom ten games, any game can be, even a game that is better than those 5A games, in addition, the games that humans have had in the past, regardless of stand-alone or online games, as long as you put it forward, all for you, and don't be afraid that no one will play with you, the dummy controlled by the intelligent program, can speak, will cooperate, will pk......"

"And in addition to games, there are also movies, anime, manga...... Someone has counted that after all these things are played, it is estimated that they will be gone in fifty or sixty years, isn't this cool? ”

The people in the communicator began to coax, some said they wanted women, some said that they also wanted this kind of otaku paradise they also wanted to go, and for a while it seemed that no one was sad.

After a long time, the female voice suddenly said: "But I miss my relatives and friends, and I want to go out shopping and eat delicious food...... What to do? ”

The communicator gradually fell silent, and everyone seemed to have lost all words at this moment.

No way......

Otherwise, why is it said that these 1.5 million people are victims and those who die?

"So...... Is this a necessary sacrifice? The sacrifice of 1.5 million people ......"

Lu Yuanming asked in the mirror.

He was preparing the clothes he should wear and the words he should say at the farewell dinner.

There is less than a week to go until the farewell dinner, and after the farewell dinner, all humans will be on the moon in three days, and then after checking and confirming that everything is correct, they will be heading towards the black hole.

In other words, in less than 10 days at most, they will say goodbye to these 1.5 million people......

A real parting of life and death!

But Lu Yuanming was really helpless about it.

Because this is really a necessary sacrifice, and without the sacrifice of this 1.5 million people, the whole future reunion plan would not have been carried out at all.

From 2024 of the Earth Age to the current thirteen years of the new century, Lu Yuanming has seen too many sacrifices, hundreds of thousands, millions, to twenty-four million in the Pseudo-Steel Campaign, Lu Yuanming is sad, but he has never been as entangled as the sacrifice of the million and a half thousand people in front of him.

When Lu Yuanming looked directly at himself in the mirror, he made a decision.

Soon, it was time for the farewell dinner.

The six super-large squares inside the moon accommodate this million and a half million people, each of whom has delicious food and wine in front of them, and when these 10,000-year-old maintainers are seated, there are already people who can't wait to start eating and drinking, and these people are unusually calm, not at all worried or painful because they are about to leave human society, as if they have just accepted a very ordinary job.

Not long after, at the beginning of the dinner, there was naturally a host speaking on the stage, and then there were singers singing, cross talk sketches, and magic acrobatics.

Lu Yuanming was watching all this backstage, his senses were extremely keen, and he naturally saw the uneasiness on the faces of some 10,000-year-old maintenance workers in the audience, but these people hid their uneasiness very well, and even they were laughing, eating and drinking happily, and others had no way of detecting their uneasiness.

Although it is not to say that they are forced to laugh, but obviously they are not the kind of mentality that the outside world calls to enjoy happiness, yes, this is a sacrifice, even if there are such and such measures, but this is actually just to save their mental mentality that they may be on the verge of despair, how can it be to enjoy happiness or something?

The dinner soon came to an end, and in the host's voice, Lu Yuanming came to the stage of No. 1 Square, and his image was also updated to the big screen in No. 2 to No. 6 Square, and at the same time, the network of all mankind was also broadcast live here, and more than 1.2 billion human beings were all watching.

When Lu Yuanming came to the stage, he opened his mouth and wanted to say that the clerk had already written a draft for him, but at the moment he spoke, he was silent, at least for a few seconds, and then said to everyone in the audience: "I'm sorry...... I'm not strong enough, we humans aren't strong enough, we humans are too weak for this universe, so weak that we can't survive without sacrifice. ”

The clerks behind the scenes were all in a hurry, this was obviously not the general script they wrote, but the high-level officials next to them stopped their panic, and these high-level executives all looked at Lu Yuanming with complicated expressions, and some of them had already roughly guessed what Lu Yuanming wanted to do.

Tang Zhe'an also leaned on a wall at this time and watched quietly, and suddenly at this moment, a woman and a woman in her twenties walked over, Tang Zhe'an's eyes showed some panic, but he didn't move, until the woman cried and ran to him, he helplessly hugged the woman, and at the same time said to the woman: "My stupid little sister, how did you find me?" ”

These two people are Tang Ma and Tang Zhe'an's sister Tang Xi.

Tang's mother wanted to say something, but she was just crying for a while, and Tang Xi said impatiently: "You have been hiding from us for so many years, in fact, I have long known from the decision-maker, you are not Tang Zhe'an of our world, you are him in the parallel world...... But so what? You are still Tang Zhe'an, you are still her son. ”

Tang Zhe sighed with peace of mind, he comforted the woman in his arms, and said at the same time: "We will talk about something later, listen to Lu Yuanming first." ”

On stage, Lu Yuanming continued: "I was told that this is a necessary sacrifice, but what I want to say is...... There is no such thing as a necessary sacrifice, your sacrifice is all because we are too weak, if we were stronger, you would not have to sacrifice. ”

“…… So, please forgive us, and in the meantime, thank you. ”

Lu Yuanming bowed deeply, and when he straightened his waist, the golden-red armor covering his body began to peel off, and his appearance and body were completely exposed in front of all human beings for the first time, and suddenly exclamations rang out from the stage and off the stage, and the two hosts even almost pounced on Lu Yuanming to cover his face.

At the same time, almost all the staff members were urgently reporting to the authorities to ask if they would immediately terminate the global live broadcast.

The executives had mixed expressions, and they stopped the commotion and issued a decision to continue the broadcast.

On the stage, Lu Yuanming said calmly: "The reason why I have been hiding my appearance is that everyone should know the reason...... I longed for a free life, and I longed to be able to enjoy the life and the world of ordinary people while fulfilling my responsibilities as a decision-maker. ”

"You know what? In making the decision to sacrifice you, a million and a half million, I have never had a moment to hate my selfishness and cowardice. ”

"You are all willing to die in solitude, but I can stand in the position of the decider and command, and at the same time I can hide my face, hide my identity and enjoy power and freedom......"

"I'm such a fucking selfish bastard!!"

"How can there be such a good thing in this world!?"

"To the dead, I can't face you with this veiled face, this hidden identity!"

Lu Yuanming beckoned behind him, and the two hosts were still a little stunned, Tang Zhe'an shouted loudly backstage: "Are you idiots?" Give the wine! ”

At that moment, some staff members wanted to run up to the stage, but Tang Zhe'an directly snatched the wine bottle and wine glass, strode to Lu Yuanming's side on the stage, and then poured a glass of wine for him and handed it over.

Lu Yuanming didn't care, just raised his glass and said, "In three days, we will set off, and you ...... I dare not tell you how glorious this death, this sacrifice, this death is, I can only say, forgive us, thank you, and ...... Wait for me, wait for our human civilization to become stronger, and when the time comes, I will take you home! ”

"I salute you, heroes!"

After speaking, Lu Yuanming drank the wine in one gulp, and the people in the audience, the rest of the people in the square, and the people in the families who don't know how many people, they all stood up, those who had wine poured wine, and those who did not drink drank this cup at this moment.

At this time, someone in the audience shouted: "Decider, you will definitely come back, right?" We'll meet again in the future, right!? ”

At first, only one person roared loudly, and gradually, everyone in the audience, everyone in the other squares, they all roared loudly, tears welled up in their eyes, and they roared unconsciously.

Lu Yuanming lowered his head, he didn't know how to answer, because he knew that although he was scheduled to return, it was a black hole, and he didn't know what was in it and what it would be, so he couldn't give a promise.

But at this time, Tang Zhe'an grabbed the microphone and said loudly: "Yes, we will meet again, after calculation, ten thousand and three hundred years later...... When the southeast star moved to a twenty-eighth degree angle and emerged from behind the Dyson cloud to twinkle in the night sky, it was ......"

"That's when we humans come back from the black hole and come to take you home!!"

Three days later, 1.5 million years of maintenance personnel entered the space ring, according to the order designed at the beginning, except for more than 6,000 people as the first batch of maintenance personnel, the rest of the people entered the hibernation capsule for cryo-hibernation.

At the same time, all human beings returned to the interior of the moon and set off on June 1, the thirteenth year of the new century.

The Moon carries the remaining 1.2 billion people, human civilization and all hopes......

It's on our way to the black hole!