If the universe is compared to a sea, the darkness is the boundless sea, and the brilliant brilliance of countless stars is nothing but the sporadic rolling waves on the surface of the sea.

In the depths of the deep and dark void, there were suddenly ripples in circles, like a plum blossom appearing in the sky. The ripples quickly became three-dimensional, and it didn't take long for them to form a whirlpool-like tunnel, terrifying, mysterious, and shocking, and I don't know the depth.

A gray rectangular behemoth leaped out of the tunnel.

This is not the end.

Starships with similar styles, like fish out of the water, emerged from the spatial passage one after another, and in the blink of an eye, they converged into a large group of fan-shaped stray fish.

Compared with the first rectangular starship, the subsequent starship is smaller, but even the smallest starship is larger than the Chang'an ship. As the last starship merged into the formation, the space passage quickly disappeared, and the starfield space returned to calm.

This fleet, which has 10,000 starships, does not pause at all after perfecting the formation, and seems to sail forward slowly and quickly.

In front of them were seven fields that appeared to resemble crystal balls, each the size of the solar system.

In front of these seven huge spherical star fields, the fleet of 10,000 starships looks insignificant and not worth mentioning. The distance between the two sides was not far or close, and with the speed of the fleet, it would only take a few Earth days to reach the nearest star field.

At this moment, in the window of the command cabin of the first rectangular starship, a middle-aged man in a dark military uniform with a tall and tall figure was looking at the seven human-built star fields in the vast and dark universe with his naked eyes through the clear window.

He has a meticulously trimmed beard and Chinese face, facial features like a knife and an axe, and a pair of small eyes that are particularly deep and sharp. The whole person just stood in silence with his hands down, which gave people a sense of looking up to the mountains.

In the huge command cabin, except for the middle-aged soldiers on the platform, there is no human being, there are no busy pilots, and there are no various control consoles, and emptiness and silence are the only theme here.

I don't know how long later, the hatch of the command module was opened. A young female officer, who was also dressed in a standard military uniform, with a graceful posture and a delicate face, and a gentle and quiet temperament, walked in with a tray in her hand.

On the tray was a bottle of red wine, the goblet showed the color of blood, and the female officer with the rank of captain on the collar brought the red wine to the middle-aged man, and said softly: "General, the wine is here." ”

The middle-aged general, whose face was as pale as iron, picked up the wine glass, but did not bring it to his mouth, but continued to look ahead and asked his personal guard: "What did you see?"

The young female officer followed the eyes of the middle-aged general and looked out of the ship, the starship was still some distance away from the seven huge crystal balls, and from here, the other party looked like seven jewels dotted in the night sky.

"The guilt of humanity, our enemies. The young female officer said without thinking.

Her voice was soft and waxy, and it sounded very gentle, but there was a gentle power.

The middle-aged general was noncommittal, and just took a sip of wine.

"What did the general see?" asked the female captain curiously.

"Darkness. ”

"Darkness?"

"The universe belongs to darkness. Humans are born with a fear of darkness. Compared to the infinite darkness, our light is so small that it is not as good as a boat in the sea. Fighting against such a world is doomed to a bad fate. You say yes and no?"

Asked lightly.

The female captain stood up straight, but there was a sonorous tone in her gentle voice: "But we are the only ones who can bring light to this darkness!"

"In the days of Ru Mao's blood, when night fell, we hid in caves, and at the mouth of the caves we lit a bonfire to drive out wild beasts, and later we built countless brightly lit cities, and in the age of sailing, we sailed in a wooden boat against the raging and boundless sea, towards the lighthouse, and thus the new continent was born;

"In the interstellar age, the darkness we face is wider than the barren mountains outside the cave and the waves in the sea, but we are still moving forward, and where the starship shines, there is our world!

"General, for the sake of a bright future for the human race on earth, even if we die in battle, we have no regrets!"

In the face of these impassioned words, the middle-aged general remained silent.

He said: "The entire Azure civilization sees us as heretics, betrayers, and dividers. What we have to face is not only the darkness of the universe, but also the darkness of the human heart. And in the darkness of the human heart, the darkness brought by stupidity is the most stubborn and strong. ”

He pointed to the seven crystal balls in front of him, "They say that is the last hope of the Azure civilization, but you know, that is actually the last evil that the Azure civilization should have." We will do everything we can to destroy them, and we may even be wiped out, so you are not afraid?"

The lone army went deep and reached the core of the enemy, and the female captain certainly knew the fate of her fleet, even if she succeeded in destroying those seven star fields, it was very likely that they would not be able to go back.

She bit her lower lip white, and she was afraid, but what was stronger than fear was her faith.

"In the darkest hour, the light is with us!" the female captain raised her chest and swore firmly.

The middle-aged army nodded slightly.

He turned his head and patted the female captain on the shoulder, signaling the other party to relax, and his tone was calm: "Captain Mo, our life is a life of looking forward to the dawn and fighting against the darkness.

"Perhaps we will eventually fall into this boundless night, a speck of dust in the universe, and our bones will sink silently to the end of nowhere. But we will not give up moving forward, even if falling and disappearing is the fate of human beings on earth.

"Because we are always a group of people who are in the darkest abyss, and their hearts are turned to the light. Those who are close to my will and cannot reach it can have no regrets. It doesn't matter what others think of us, history will eventually justify us. ”

After speaking, under the admiring gaze of the female captain, the middle-aged general re-faced the window and continued to stare at the vast star field outside the ship, he drank the blood-like wine in the cup in one gulp, "If there are still history books for mankind in the future." ”

......

In the autumn of the ninth year of the Tang Dynasty, when Li Ye was outside Chang'an City to review the triumphant army of the Western Expedition, he was born with a vision, and two starships, Nuwa and Pangu, appeared.

Before the riot, Li Ye told everyone that it was just the handiwork of the immortals under his command, and it was his early attempt to break the barrier between the immortals.

Since it is the handiwork of immortals, the Tang people are not surprised, they have heard enough about the immortals in these years.

In the fifteenth year of Heavenly Grant, the estrangement of immortals and mortals has completely disappeared, and the people of the Tang Dynasty from the east to Taudivacan City and the west to Constantinople have become accustomed to the scene of immortals flying between mountains and rivers.

If it was twenty years ago, immortals were everywhere in the mortal world, not to mention the common people

panicked, bowing and worshipping, once the immortals act recklessly, the mortal world does not even have the power to check and balance, and there will undoubtedly be chaos.

But now all this is different, the Tang Dynasty has been cultivating the exercises for so many years, every household has a monk, and there will be a master of the real human realm in ten miles and eight towns, and people's views of immortals have fundamentally changed.

Nowadays, everyone generally only treats immortals as great monks, and few people worship them as gods. The most common method used by the people of the Tang Dynasty to motivate their children now is to point to the immortal monks flying through the air, telling their children that as long as they are willing to practice hard, they will be able to be like them in the future.

Carrying a sharp weapon and flying away from the sky is an inherent expectation of people. One stems from the lack of security that we have been fighting against all kinds of dangers and fears since we were born, and the other is the infinite yearning for freedom that is rooted in our blood.

This kind of motivation for young people is much more useful than telling them that they are going to work hard to change their destiny.

In Chang'an Palace, when the first rays of sunlight of dawn spilled into the main hall, Li Ye, who was sitting cross-legged, opened his eyes, and there was a slight discoloration in his calm eyes.

"From the Great Luojin Immortal Realm to the Sage Realm, there is indeed a Xiongguan Heavenly Moat. The Tang Dynasty has unified this realm for many years, and in the newly conquered territory, countless forces of luck have gathered every day, but to this day, I am still a thin line away from the saint realm. ”

Thinking of this, Li Ye couldn't help but be a little stunned, the whole country - now it is more appropriate to say that the power of the world - the power of the world, it took several years to achieve the situation of the four seas ascending to peace, he still did not achieve the realm of saints, he was indeed a little disappointed.

"Compared with the original Goryeo and Wa kingdoms, which have always been influenced by our Han and Tang civilizations, the people of Western countries are indeed much more stubborn, and it is very difficult to educate, and there are still many people who are not loyal to the imperial dynasty today. ”

Of course, Li Ye knew the root cause of his cultivation and no breakthrough, but he couldn't rush this matter, it would take time for everyone in the world to become Tang people from their bones. Even if the Tang Dynasty is now politically harmonious and the people's living standards have improved many times, there are still many people who will not be moved by strength so quickly.

"Your Majesty, Lu Shangshu asks to see you. ”

Li Ye was just about to wash and eat, when he heard the eunuch report at the palace gate.

would bother him so early, except for Lu Linxuan, there would be no one else, in order to teach this guy to adapt to the rules of the palace, Li Ye spent a lot of energy. I don't know if this kind of behavior of the "ancients" training "future generations" to know etiquette is a kind of regression.

"Xuan. Li Ye walked out of the hall gate, and after saying this, he saw that Lu Linxuan had already drifted over like the wind.

Lu Linxuan is working under Li Ye, and the latter naturally has to be given a position, since the rules of etiquette need to be observed, then everything must be done according to the rules. Lu Linxuan's current management is outside the realm, and Li Ye's communication with the Azure Civilization is done through her, so he also gave the other party a position similar to the six Shangshu.

For a long time before, Lu Linxuan refused to be an official of the Tang Dynasty, and shouted that he would not kneel and salute Li Ye. Later, after Li Ye allowed her not to kneel, she was forced to compromise due to the general trend, but asked for the position of prime minister, in short, even if the official position was low, she still did not follow.

Today's Lu Linxuan is very serious, and the lively aura on his body, which belongs to the world of justice, equality, and freedom, has been dispelled clean with a solemn face, "The fleet of the Darkest Abyss is about to enter the range of our firepower, and after a day, the battle will inevitably break out, and now we have to immediately go to the outside of the realm to book the battlefield!"