The world fell silent, as if the air itself had been shocked into silence by Sandora's words. I could already sense that the entire soul world was falling apart because of a certain woman's gossip.
A technological geek saves the world, a gossip girl destroys time and space. The ancients didn't lie … Speaking of which, what am I saying?
I really didn't expect that this Elworth, who was crazily trying to take revenge for her former home and people, would have such a background. The vengeance of an entire race was actually so powerful when gathered together. This Luminous Entity (please forgive me for using this adjective), her millions of years of planning was all because of the memories forced upon her by someone else?
And she even gladly accepted such a fate …
Also, I would like to express my astonishment at Aresta's love story — he really has no boundaries.
Alright, alright, I admit that a person who has a personal ghost maid and a clingy, adorable angel is the least qualified to say such words …
"What do you know …" Elworth stood up shakily, the light on her body flickering. "What do you emotionless war machines know … Our hatred, our entire race was massacred by you!!! You didn't even spare our home, our entire star system!! Just because we were infected? Even if this experience is fake, even if I'm fake, so what? The only meaning of my existence is to kill you. Apart from that … "
"But no matter what, you're still maintaining the appearance of Aresta's wife," Sandora said calmly, but every word caused the light on Elworth's body to flicker. "You want to die here as his wife, right? Because from the very beginning, you knew that your vengeance would most likely not succeed. "
"What nonsense are you talking about … Aresta … that idiot … he's just a chess piece for me to perfect this soul world. I've long cut off his life support system …"
Elworth spoke intermittently. Due to her body's extreme weakness, even speaking now seemed to have exhausted all her energy.
"So you're a tsundere." Sandora nodded decisively. "You just want to be with Aresta forever after your death. You Iversen people believe in this the most. That's right, you're — tsundere!!"
In that instant, I felt as if countless sharp gazes were piercing through the dimensional barrier, focusing on my body like tiny knives.
I admit my mistake, I am guilty, I repent, I have taught the noble and proud Queen Schilling to be like this, I am really guilty of the most heinous crimes!!
However, right now, Elworth probably no longer had the chance to refute Sandora's words. Her body was visibly dimming rapidly.
First, my soul world was burned to a crisp by me. Then, my own soul source was sliced into shreds by Sandora. It was already a miracle that I was still able to continue arguing with Sandora until now. Unfortunately, at this moment, the undying light of the Holy Seiyas who worshipped Brother Spring no longer enveloped Elworth. She began to dissipate.
Specks of fluorescent light were emitted from the shattered body, and with every passing second, Alworth's figure would become dimmer by a notch.
Sandora and I slowly walked up to her. "Elworth, the last warrior of Iversen to resist the Empire. You have already faithfully protected your mission. Now, do you have anything else to say?"
Right now, Elworth was only left with a blurry upper body. She was lying on the soil of her homeland, her gradually dimming eyes reflecting the sky scorched by the Imperial Army.
"I have … done my duty …"
These were the final words left behind by the last Iversen person. A few seconds later, the entire world collapsed.
The familiar setting sun dyed the streets of the campus city golden red from the afterglow. I couldn't help but recall what I had just seen, the lifeless sky of the Iversen mother planet.
Before me was still the black building that Aresta was hiding in. There wasn't a single trace of light or sound. There weren't any doors or windows. I had said a long time ago that it was like a tomb, and now, it had really become a tomb.
"Aresta should have already died. As a master of energy, Alworth wouldn't have let the life support system in here operate for even a second longer."
Touching the cold outer wall of the black building, Sandora's tone was rather emotional.
"Even though she was right beside me, she still had to be separated into two worlds until her death." I took a deep breath of the familiar Earth's air. "This is … terrible …"
"Ah Jun, I didn't expect you to be so emotional." Sandora turned around and bared her teeth at me. "But now, everything is finally over. The Iversen only perished today."
"Why? You don't feel good? "
Feeling the faint sense of loss and confusion that I shared in the depths of my heart, I blurted out without thinking.
"A little …" Sandora sighed. "Ah Jun, do you think I did something wrong in the past? If I had waited a little longer, I might have been able to find another way … "
"Silly girl." I knocked Sandora's head lightly. "Even if you could turn back time, would you really be able to find another way? You weren't the cause of the Iversen tragedy. "
Sandora's ocean-blue eyes reflected the setting sun in the distance with a golden halo. After a long while, she smiled in relief. "That's true. I didn't expect that I would be lamenting about these things. If I were to really lament about these things, I'm afraid that I wouldn't be able to do anything else in the future. The elimination of the Abyss was an unquestionable matter."
Speaking of which, just how many species did you kill back then, lass?
"I just didn't expect the legendary Aresta to meet his end in such a manner."
I turned around and looked at the deathly silent black building that resembled a tombstone in the afterglow of the setting sun. The man who had once stood at the pinnacle of the scientific side and fought against the entire magic side, Aresta, had actually died just like that. He had died to the twisted "love" of a lifeform named Emerson. He had been so aggrieved that no one knew of his final struggle.
"Such a dramatic development, no one could have expected it."
Sandora nodded by the side. "Yeah, I'm afraid that even the author didn't expect it … Ouch!"
I retracted my knifehand from Sandora's head and told her about the most troublesome matter. "Aresta died so easily, but we still have a headache. How are we going to fill the vacuum left by the old fox's death?"
This was also why I hadn't gotten rid of the annoying Tube Guy. His position and role were too important. In the fight against the forces of the dark side of the world, he played a decisive role. The City of Science, which only had a population of two million, was able to go against the behemoth of the magic side of hundreds of millions of people. Most of the credit should be given to the old fox Aresta's methods. But now that this old fellow had suddenly died, the aftermath would probably be a destructive blow to the entire science side.
In comparison, although we had Rolla on the side of the magic side who was relatively close to us, I preferred the science side more. That was why it was important to protect the delicate balance between the two forces after Aresta's death. After all, we couldn't possibly stay here forever, right?
Besides, the external threats of the city weren't just one of them. The complicated forces within the city couldn't be ignored either. The Overarching Council and the various forces of the dark side had never been content with their place. Those who always wanted to become chess players had long since had enough of their days as chess pieces. After Aresta's death, would these forces immediately rebel?
But it was obvious that Sandora didn't care about my worries. Or, it could be said that she wouldn't waste even half of her brain cells on the delicate balance between the two forces. For the Shiring Apostles who had never been involved in political disputes, especially for their rulers, this problem was far too distant …
Regardless of whether it was Sandora or Pandora, or even that obedient Alaya, their logic towards outsiders had always been to either disobey or get rid of them. Apart from that, there was no other way.
For the time being, Aresta's death wouldn't be made public. In the end, I decided to temporarily return to the research facility and inform Big Sis of what happened here. At the same time, I would also check on Sylvia's situation. Although Alworth, who had tampered with her soul back then, was already dead, whether or not Sylvia's self-destruction could be stopped would depend on Alaya's efforts.
Judging from the time that had passed, it should be over by now. The city was still standing, and there weren't any wreckage of space battleships falling from the sky. This crisis was finally over.
As expected, not long after, I received a mental connection between Shallow Shallow and Big Sis from the depths of my consciousness.
"Ah Jun? Ah Jun! Great, we've finally connected! "
This was Shallow Shallow's voice.
"Just now, your mental connection suddenly disappeared. Even the scorpions were separated from the command link. We were so worried. If it wasn't for Lin Xue confirming that all of you would return safely, we would have mobilized the army."
This was Big Sis's voice. Speaking of which, was it really alright to use such a gentle tone to discuss the matter of mobilizing the army? Big Sis, could it be that you've been infected by something suspicious called the Pandora Virus?
"Big Sis, how's Sylvia's situation?"
As I rushed towards the research facility with Sandora, I asked through the mental connection.
"Thank the heavens, she's already awake. That slow lass is currently talking to Visca."
"Where's Alaya?"
"She went to sleep." Big Sis's voice carried a hint of laughter that she was trying very hard to suppress. "She sleepwalked out on her own. At first, we thought that she went missing …"
Speechless, I disconnected the mental connection with Big Sis and Big Sis, feeling a sense of relief in my heart.
How pleasant, the leisurely moment after the crisis has been averted —
Facing the brilliant rose-red sunset glow caused by the simulated illumination of the Allied Fleet, breathing in the cool air that had faded from the day's heat, comfortably leaning against the …
Yup, leaning against the stable shell of the little scorpion …
Speaking of which, how did I come up with such a genius idea?
"Sir … Can you please not move around?" Vega's awkward voice came from close by. This was the first time I heard the cold and domineering Scorpion speak in such a timid and hesitant tone. "The tail needs to be balanced."
That's right, this was the result of my genius idea. The convenient sightseeing vehicle named Little Scorpion No. 1. You don't say, other than the fact that it felt a little hard to sit on the alloy shell, the feeling of touring the city while sitting on the armored scorpion's shell was as enjoyable as riding on a horse through the grasslands!
At that time, looking at Vega's wide and flat scorpion shell, I suddenly came up with this idea. Originally, I was just joking, but unexpectedly, Vega only hesitated for a moment before walking over and bending down. After asking, it turns out that armored scorpions really do have the habit of carrying things!
It was just that under normal circumstances, they would carry all sorts of external plug-ins (There were all sorts of general equipment slots hidden under their carapace. In an emergency situation, an armored scorpion could even be modified into a tank or similar weapon platform. Of course, these cold weapon enthusiasts didn't really like having dozens of missile launchers installed on their carapace). Now, the people they had to carry were their two commanding officers.
Unlike humans, the scorpions didn't think that it was a bad thing to be temporarily transferred by their commanding officer as a "mount". Beside Vega, a few scorpions even showed a hint of envy towards their commanding officer, and even more so towards the armored scorpion that was randomly selected by Sandora.
Along the way, they naturally attracted countless gazes — the earthlings would never imagine that the leisure life of alien soldiers was actually so full of fun.
"Ah! It's big brother director! "
As we approached the research institute, we unexpectedly met someone. He was Zuo Tianlei, who seemed to be strolling leisurely with a few students who looked like members of the discipline committee and two Xi Ling soldiers.
"Yo! Teary. "
I cheerfully waved at them and lightly knocked on Vega's shell (…). The scorpion team then stopped in an orderly fashion.
A group of disciplinary committee members and passersby calmly watched from afar.
"Ha, sister Vega, why are you … …"
Teary's face was full of gossip. After circling around Sister Scorpion who was acting as a mount, she asked while curiously sizing me up.
"Big brother really has a bad taste … …"
Speaking of which, what exactly were you imagining just now? Bastard!
"What are you guys doing?"
I asked casually as I jumped down from Veigar's back, sizing up the few members of the disciplinary committee not far away. The few people that I was sizing up were looking at the mighty scorpion squad with a mixture of awe and longing. In the eyes of these students, who were at the peak of their curiosity, these swift and fierce scorpion soldiers were much more interesting than a certain Empire's Head of State with a mortal face.
From the analysis of the situation, it seemed that these disciplinary committee members were Teary's subordinates?
"Haha, it's patrol," Teary laughed cheerfully. "Because a small number of metahumans in the campus city were incited by the 'Mutant Conspiracy Theory' and showed signs of restlessness, the disciplinary committee members' daily work has become tense. After my superpower and identity were exposed, I was forcefully pulled over by Teary to help. The headquarters of the disciplinary committee in the seventh school district even specially set up a special operation team to cooperate with me. These seniors are my and Teary's classmates. We happened to bump into each other on patrol today, so we took action together."
There seemed to be a hint of exhaustion on Teary's face. It was obvious that this kind of exhausting work wasn't as easy as she appeared to be. However, the black-haired girl had a happy smile on her face. It seemed that she was finally able to become a useful person to her friends with her own strength.
As for the 'Mutant Conspiracy Theory' that Teary mentioned in the campus city, I already knew about it. Even though it was a headache, they were still ordinary civilians (in the eyes of the Imperial Army). It was just that they were a little too nervous, so it wasn't wise to mobilize the regular army or get the higher-ups of the campus city to ban their speech. Now, it seemed that only Teary, who had the dual identity of an Empire commander and a student of the campus city, was suitable to intervene directly. No wonder Sandora wanted to hand over the command of the civil security forces in the campus city to Teary.
Thinking about this, I smiled and nodded at Sandora, but the latter responded with a confused gaze.
Alright, perhaps this Queen who was too lazy to think about such trivial matters had simply found someone she knew from the campus city … …
After bidding farewell to Teary, we finally returned to the research institute.
It felt like we had experienced a lot in just one afternoon.
Especially the appearance of the Ai Watson race, it still felt heavy when I thought about it.
However, I temporarily put those vexing matters to the back of my mind and first went to visit the 'recovered' Sylvia.
Visca had been by her side ever since she woke up. When she saw me, she immediately cheered and pounced on me while shouting happily, "Big Brother, Big Brother! Big Sister Sylvia woke up … … "
At the start, she was used to calling me Big Sister Belavilla and couldn't change it, but now she was already very familiar with this new name.
I smiled and patted Visca's little head that kept jumping on me. This little lass's liveliness couldn't be suppressed without this method. Sometimes, when I coaxed the noisy Visca, I really missed Pandora's quietness.
"Ah — — It's Mr. Director — —"
A soft voice came from the side, and even the lively Visca couldn't help but stop her movements. Sylvia's way of speaking was really too destructive … …
"Sylvia, how are you feeling now?"
I sat down by Sylvia's bed. I could feel that the energy undulations on her body had already calmed down.
"I'm fine now … …" Sylvia said slowly as she stroked her hair with a smile. "I never thought that I would faint from hypoglycemia — — I really should replenish my sugar and vitamins … …"
This fellow in front of me was really too gullible! I bet that Shallow Shallow didn't even take a second to come up with an excuse for her!
After chatting with her for a while, I realized that this slow-witted fellow actually didn't feel the slightest bit out of place with the strange people and matters around her. She was completely content with the blissful life of eating free rice in the research institute. She didn't even notice that the red screen of light in the sky was abnormal. This fellow who never watched television, didn't go on the internet, didn't even know about the existence of meteor showers in outer space!
Belavilla, oh Belavilla, what kind of calamity did you encounter back then … …
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