In the courtyard, [Cicero] didn't respond to [Z]'s words directly. Instead, he waved his hand forward.
In the fairyland-like courtyard, a pavilion suddenly appeared from the ground … This was some kind of image, but it was a reality.
[Z] subconsciously reached out to touch it, but his palm went straight through it.
In the pavilion, there was a girl sitting in a wheelchair … The girl's hair was also silver-gray, but it was dim and lusterless — it was more like it was dried up.
"This is?" [Z] subconsciously approached the girl in the wheelchair and looked at her face.
However, the girl's eyes were also lusterless.
"Gaia." [Cicero] came to [Z]'s side and said slowly, "To be precise, it's Gaia on the eve of the destruction. At this time, Gaia's physical condition was very bad, and she was unconscious most of the time. But even so, she would ask to do one thing in the only time she was awake every day. "
"What?"
"Waiting for a person," [Cicero] said softly, "He's here."
[Z] frowned when he heard that. He seemed to sense something beside him. He turned around and saw a young man … a young man running over quickly.
The young man was even holding a book in his arms … He passed through [Z]'s body and arrived in front of the girl in the wheelchair.
The originally lifeless girl suddenly bloomed like an epiphyllum flower. The girl's face instantly had a touch of color.
Even though this was just an image, the entire courtyard seemed to glow with a different kind of vitality because of the appearance of this smile … The most primitive feeling of being alive gradually filled the air.
The young man intimately stroked the girl's head and whispered something in her ear. Then, he sat on the ground, opened the book in his hand, and began to read the contents of the book.
"For Miss Gaia, to be able to wait for his arrival every day and hear him talk about something by himself is already her most precious and luxurious request." [Cicero]'s voice was like the sound of an old bell tower. "On the eve of the destruction, she gave all her waking time to this young man."
"He is …" [Z] said with a trembling voice, "Me?"
The pavilion in front of him suddenly dispersed like smoke, and then gathered again … On the grass in the courtyard, another scene appeared at this moment.
…
…
It was still the young man who was holding a book, and the other person was a silver-haired man who looked like Cicero. No, perhaps this was the real Professor Cicero, because he looked more mature.
"You want to stop developing [Eternal Motive Power]? Why? "
"If this continues, Gaia will die!"
"The entire world is also facing destruction." The silver-haired man gently shook his head. "Your Highness, as the successor of the Empire, I hope you can understand."
"Could it be that the burden of the entire world must be placed on her shoulders … and we can only be like vampires, sucking her life out of her in order to survive?"
"It's not that the burden of the world has been placed on her shoulders. It's simply that fate has chosen her … She possesses such an ability." The silver-haired man whispered again, "And the sad thing is, as humans, we have no way to separate her from this ability."
"Uncle Cicero … I beg you!"
"It's useless." The man shook his head again. "This is His Majesty's order. No one can disobey His Majesty's order."
The young man angrily said, "There is no such thing as [Eternal Motive Power]. Everything is just a lie … Your research has no progress at all! I know … that you and Father made up a lie to deceive the entire world! "
The silver-haired man sighed and said, "It's precisely because this is a lie that we need to continue lying. When necessary, even if we know it's a lie, we can only force ourselves to believe it. "
"Ridiculous!" The young man roared, "Cicero! As the successor of the Empire, I order you to immediately stop extracting Gaia's bone marrow, stop researching [Eternal Motive Power], and … announce the truth to the public! "
"Forgive me for not obeying, Your Highness."
"I am the crown prince of the Empire! I am the future Emperor! "
"But you are not the Emperor now."
"There will be a day …"
"Wait until the day you can have that day." The silver-haired man looked at the weak young man in front of him and said solemnly, "If I can wait until the day you become the Emperor … you must become the Emperor of the Empire!"
— You must become the Emperor of the Empire!
…
…
The sound seemed to be still lingering in his ears. However, the scene in front of [Z] changed again into the clouds and mist. It was still the young man, and the other one was Miss Gamma.
The young man seemed to have matured a little … The maturity in his expression.
At this time, they were standing on a high platform, looking at something.
Miss Gamma said, "Your Highness, the time Gaia can wake up is getting less and less these days … She shouldn't be able to wake up today. Why don't you go back first?"
"Where else can I go back?" The young man smiled bitterly, "Go back to that cold palace … Do you know what the servants in the palace said? As long as it's close to His Majesty, it's like accidentally falling into an extremely low cold, making people shudder. "
"After all, His Majesty has too many things to worry about."
"I know, I know everything." The young man shook his head, "But I … I'm not the Emperor yet."
"Your Highness …"
Suddenly, the young man reached out and grabbed Miss Gamma's palm, pulling Miss Gamma directly into his arms. The young man was like a ferocious beast, invading this mature body.
Until Miss Gamma bit the young man's lips and pushed him away forcefully. She raised her palm and was about to slap the young man. However, she raised her palm halfway, but in the end, she couldn't hit him.
"Fight … Otherwise, you may not even have a chance to fight in the future." The young man said faintly, "In any case, in the eyes of my father, I am just a tool for mating. From tomorrow onwards, there will be a large number of women sent to me … You seem to be on the list, Sister Gamma. "
Gamma only clenched the torn collar, and the half-raised palm finally caressed the young man's face. "Now, can you feel a little bit of the weight on Gaia's body? She shoulders the illusory future of humanity, and you carry the continuation of the fire of humanity … Aren't you the same? "
"Gamma …"
"Don't just have Gaia in your eyes." Gamma lowered her head. "There are also many people waiting for you in silence."
With that, she turned around and left, "If it's going to start tomorrow, I hope that the first one you can choose is me. At that time. I … I won't resist. "
… ….
… ….
The smoke changed again … Starting from Miss Gamma, who was far away.
Looking at Miss Gamma's gradually disappearing figure, [Z]'s expression changed a little … He hesitated and asked, "This kind of emotion, in human books, seems to be described as … Like?"
"Human books?" [Cicero] looked at [Z] in surprise and nodded. "It seems that waking up after a long wait has made you lose a lot of things … Of course, I don't have the right to criticize you. After all, compared to you, I'm the one with a purer rational structure."
[Z] shook his head. Not only could he not agree, he could not understand.
At this time, [Cicero] said, "About Miss Gamma, in my memory, her feelings for His Highness may be stronger than like."
"Why?"
"It's probably because she was instilled with the idea of becoming the Empire's heir and spouse since she was young … She has been working hard for this goal."
[Z] was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "What else do you want to show me?"
"Don't worry." [Cicero] smiled at this time, "There's a lot of time … I still have some follow-up to [Tomorrow]. It's restricted. Do you want to see it? It's guaranteed to be exciting! "
[Z] looked at [Cicero] in front of him expressionlessly. "[Tomorrow], actually, nothing happened."
"How do you know?" [Cicero] couldn't help but show a surprised expression.
[Z] said indifferently, "From my observation of Gamma, she has no experience in mating. Recently, she has been learning about it. This is enough to prove that it has never happened before. Also … mating is for the continuation of the human race, but the outside world still perished. In other words, it didn't change the fact that the human race was destroyed — or rather, before it could be carried out, the destruction had already arrived … Finally, is the real Dr. Cicero's personality also so bad? "
"Probably when I was creating, there was some artistic processing?" [Cicero] smiled slightly. "That's right, [Tomorrow] indeed didn't come. The destruction came earlier than anyone had expected, and everyone was caught off guard. The destruction of the entire world happened in a single night. A fatal substance began to appear in the air. People would die within a short minute after inhaling it. Even if they wore a breathing machine, the various catastrophes that followed forced the human race to the point where they could no longer survive. "
"Then me?"
[Cicero] waved his hand again, and the dispersed fog condensed again.
[Z] saw Dr. Cicero again.
Compared to before, the youth looked much more haggard.
"Your Highness, have you really decided … You have to know that unless you can awaken Gaia again in the distant future, all of this will become irreversible." The silver-haired man sighed and said, "You may have to bear the loneliness and despair of the entire world … Loneliness may devour you."
"Let's begin." The youth said directly, "At least, in the distant future, I still have hope to see her again. And … "
He looked at the youth as if he could see the youth's true thoughts.
The youth didn't seem to disappoint him. He said softly, "Uncle Cicero, you said that even if the world was destroyed and turned into nothingness, Gaia would still exist … Her consciousness would still exist. But if the world is gone, I won't be there, right? This was the only method I could think of that would allow me to accompany her in the worst case scenario … Even if what awaited me was an unknown amount of time of deep sleep, an unknown amount of loneliness. Also, aren't you also planning this … The survivor plan. I can agree, probably because you and Father want to see it. "
"The glory of the Empire is with you." The silver-haired man suddenly knelt in front of the youth and said loudly, "The glory of civilization is also with you … My Highness."
…
…
"This is the reason why you exist." When the fog dispersed, [Cicero] said slowly, "Of course, after you were transformed, His Majesty ordered again to create many biochemical transformations of the [Z] series with you as the prototype. However, the transformations didn't survive the erosion of the world, and only you can exist in the end … I think this is probably partly because of Gaia's will. "
"What's wrong with you?" [Z] asked coldly.
"Me?" Cicero was startled, and then he looked at himself.
His body was slightly distorted … The projected body started to become unstable. Suddenly, [Cicero] raised his head.
At this moment, a hole suddenly appeared in the sky of the courtyard, and then a big shadow fell from above.
Boom —!
The sound of the falling object was unusually loud. It was obvious that the object that fell was heavy.
[Z]'s eyes narrowed, and then he ran directly to the place where the object fell — his dynamic vision was enough for him to capture the entire appearance of the object.
It was Katz!
…
On the ground, there was a deep pit that was several meters deep. Only Katz, who was covered in iron armor, could get up easily without any damage after falling and creating such a big pit.
When [Z] arrived at the scene, Katz, the armored man, was cleaning the mud on his body.
"Katz?" [Z] walked to Katz's side in surprise. "How did you find this place?"
"That day, I went back to the square of the station and didn't see you, so I waited here." Katz said quickly, "But I waited for a long time, and I didn't see you, so I could only look around. Then, I saw the mark that [Qingtian] left on the road, and I found this place. I don't know why this place is like a maze, and I fell down while walking! "
[Z] showed a smile, and reached out his hand to pat away the mud that Katz couldn't reach. He said softly, "It's so good to see you again."
"Yeah!" Katz exclaimed, "I thought I would never see you again."
"Be careful —!"
A shout suddenly sounded — it was [Cicero]'s voice, and his projection instantly appeared on the side.
[Z] was stunned, and he lowered his head — his body, his abdominal cavity, had been pierced through by Katz's hand.
"Katz?"
"So, why did you let me see you?"
The armored man's voice suddenly became sharp … It seemed to be a woman's voice.
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