Merit Book·Xinghai

Linyang Mountain is not very high, the highest peak is only more than 300 meters above the ground; the scenery of this mountain is not outstanding either, ordinary trees, ordinary flowers, and even the path between the mountains present a kind of youthful feeling. A sense of dilapidation and disrepair.However, its geographical location is very good. Standing on the mountain, you can overlook most of the capital city, and after living in a reinforced concrete city for a long time, people will naturally yearn for green mountains and green waters. Therefore, although Linyang Mountain has no commendable features, But it is still the first choice for the people of the imperial capital to go out for a short rest day.

But today, tourists were stopped when they came halfway up the mountain.Speaking of which, they were used to this kind of situation in the past. There are countless close relatives and distant relatives of the Ka family in the imperial capital, as well as nobles and officials, large and small. There are quite a few of them who seem to go out every time they don’t block the road. It's like insulting one's own identity, things like road closures and mountain closures can happen every so often.

But since Lin Qingsi came to power, he almost killed all the Ka family, and no longer granted many privileges to noble officials as in the past.Under the deterrence of the Special Investigation Department, those old and young people from the past wished to pretend that they did not exist with their tails between their legs. Even the occasional trips to the mountains were very low-key, and they did not see the arrogance of the past at all.

Perhaps it was "spoiled" by the equality and justice felt in the past few years. Seeing the long-lost Fengshan at this time, the first reaction of some tourists is not to accept as before and then go home docilely, but He immediately yelled: "Fengshan? I haven't heard of such a thing for many years! Do you still think it's still the old days? Let me tell you, the gate of the Special Investigation Division is still open! You stop me now, don't Blame me for turning around and going to the Special Investigation Department..."

This person was about to threaten, but suddenly his partner covered his mouth and said in a low voice, "Shut up! Let's go back!"

"Why!" The man didn't want to lose face in front of his friends, and said relentlessly, "Everyone finally came here, and it took two hours to get stuck in the traffic jam on the light road! In the end, you were kicked out before you even went up the mountain? I can't stand this anger! I have to ask them for an explanation! Come on, boy, tell me, who is the noble man on the mountain?"

He said the words of the noble man in a strange way, and his face also had an expression of slapstick.But the young man blocking the way just glanced at him lightly, without any further expression.

"Hey, stop talking!" My friend was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly pulled him into his ear and whispered, "Haven't you seen it? They are from the special investigation department." people!"

"Special Detective Division!"

As soon as the three words entered his ears, the man trembled all over.Although he would use the special detective department to threaten unknown nobles, he himself is very afraid of that mysterious institution.All the enthusiasm at the moment cooled down in an instant, and after carefully looking at the temperament and expression of those young people, no one would believe that they were not special detectives.

"Hey, could it be that the one on the mountain is..."

The two looked at each other, did not dare to say a word, and ran down the mountain in a hurry.

The two young soldiers who blocked the way felt a little helpless. They were indeed members of the Special Investigation Division and were directly responsible for the security and defense of the head of state Lin Qingsi. They could be said to be the closest people to the young head of state.These soldiers watched day and night that man worked hard for the happiness of the people and the stability of the country, changed many bad habits of the past, made the people who had knelt down for too long stand up again, and changed people's inherent long-term stereotypes like spring rain. , It can be said that I admire it the most.But it is a pity that most people can't see how much that man has done for them. They only know that his hands are stained with blood and they are always afraid of him.

Lin Qingsi, who was on the mountain at this time, didn't know that his subordinates were aggrieved for him, and he didn't care about it.Sitting alone in the gazebo, he saw that the cold wind on the top of the mountain suddenly stopped, and then a familiar spaceship seemed to come out of the air, which shocked the people around him, and then they raised their arms and cheered stand up.

The door of the spaceship opened, and someone rushed out from above like an arrow, and pierced into Rasini who was waiting aside in military uniform. They were Rasini's younger brothers and sisters. They had grown up a lot, and Rasini His mother was standing at the cabin door smiling and looking at them.

A very obvious change has taken place in several of them, and they are completely different from them in the past. Their self-confidence, calmness, generosity, and liveliness almost make people forget their alien identities.But at this moment, other people could hardly pay more attention to this long-lost family. Some of them were busy saying goodbye to relatives and friends, some directly stepped on the spaceship without any worries, and some were cautious. , There are countless questions in my mind, a mess.

Some people left, some people came back, but all of them seemed to have nothing to do with Lin Qingsi.He seemed to be watching a silent farce, his eyes were always indifferent and indifferent.

Until the man stepped off the spaceship, Lore leaned over to him, said something in a low voice, and then he looked over here.

Lin Qingsi only felt that his heart was raised all of a sudden.

Rong Yuan explained something to the people around him, and then walked over directly.Lin Qingsi grabbed the teacup in his hand violently, and the veins on the back of his hand were clearly visible.

Rong Yuan walked up to him, smiled faintly, and said softly: "Shall we walk casually?"

Lin Qingsi was silent for two seconds, as if deliberately reserved, but also as if trying to calm himself down, then he stood up, nodded and said, "Okay."

Some people couldn't help but look back at them, wondering what the two of them would say.

Rong Yuan went first, and Lin Qingsi followed behind. The two of them, one in front of the other, didn't seem to be walking fast, but quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

After walking for a while, Lin Qingsi still didn't know what to say.

He knew that Rong Yuan might have guessed his true identity a long time ago—he is a clone of Rong Yuan, but he is not a clone in the traditional sense, because he just uses the genetic components in a drop of residual blood to go through a series of complicated and even deliberately inhumane process was born.

His birth stemmed from the conspiracy of some people who once betrayed Rong Yuan.Most of his sibs died shortly thereafter due to genetic breakdown, or turned into twisted monsters.He is the only successful one among the countless experimental products. No one knows what kind of accidental coincidence gave birth to this miracle of him. Those people in the laboratory tried their best to reproduce it The miracles that happened to him were fruitless, as if his birth was due to the accidental favor and mercy of God and had nothing to do with man.

He used to be full of resentment towards Rong Yuan, because it was this person who caused him to be born from the icy nutrient solution, and he was treated countless cruelly as an experimental product as soon as he was born.If he hadn't been the only successful experimental subject, if he hadn't received special treatment for showing intelligence far beyond ordinary people at a young age, he might have turned into a biological slice suspended in the green liquid long ago.

When he was less than ten years old, he had completed the study of many subjects, surpassing the best teachers that the laboratory could provide him in almost all the study subjects he set foot in, and he began to study independently at the age of ten , and even made several breakthrough achievements in just one year.

Because the progress of the god-making experiment has been stagnant, the people in the laboratory let Lin Qingsi, an experimental product, participate in their research in a whimsical way. After one, two, or three years, Lin Qingsi has successfully become the project leader. The main person in charge, and has a large amount of confidential information about the laboratory.Three years later, the secret laboratory information was leaked, many of which greatly violated the interests of the three major powers, and even members of the missing royal family became experimental products of the laboratory.As a result, almost no one in power could continue to tolerate the existence of such a place, the laboratory suffered a devastating blow, and the remaining personnel had to hide deep underground.And even though they knew that it was the escaped experimental product that caused all this, they dared not act rashly because the more deadly handle was in his hands.

So one month later, a thin and pale boy suddenly appeared in a small town in the Tulip Country. He didn't know his origin or name. A kind couple adopted him and named him... "Lin Qingsi".

Lin Qingsi resented Rong Yuan because of the suffering he had suffered, but he also knew that his birth was not by Rong Yuan's own will, and perhaps to him, he was more like a stain, a part that should be destroyed. sin.

But at the same time, as far as he is concerned, Rong is also like a father.Because of this, he was born, and because of this, he was greatly expected and tortured, and because of this, he gained abilities far superior to ordinary people, and because of the latter, he gained freedom and rights.

Expectation, grievance, admiration, resentment... All kinds of emotions are mixed together, so that he doesn't know how to face it, doesn't know what to say, but he feels unwilling to let go.

Rong Yuan glanced at Lin Qingsi who had been silent for a while, as if he had seen through the entanglement and unwillingness in his heart, he suddenly took his hand, took a step forward, and the world instantly turned upside down.

Lin Qingsi was startled, and just about to throw away his hand subconsciously, he was stunned by what he saw.

Surrounded by almost black sea water, there is not a ray of sunlight above their heads. I don't know how far they are from the sea surface now, but they don't feel the huge water pressure on the bottom of the sea at all, and they don't feel the lack of oxygen.

There are many large and small fishes and shrimps swimming in the seabed hundreds of meters deep under your feet. The strange shapes seem to be in another world. Some ribbon-shaped plants emit lavender light, embellishing the surroundings like a dream. The view is average.

This fairy-tale-like world is distributed irregularly, with a huge circle under their feet as the center, extending in a conical shape to five directions around them, and it is impossible to see where the end is even in the sky.From the middle to the surrounding area of ​​this area, you can vaguely see circles of black stripes. Those marine creatures that can emit light seem to be bound by invisible forces, and they only swim in limited places, like human beings in their own living quarters. It is the same as dividing into different functional areas.

After looking carefully for a while, Lin Qingsi suddenly felt that... the swimming areas of these creatures were connected, as if they were a huge starfish lying prone on the bottom of the sea.Although they are not exactly the same as starfish, they have a wonderful sense of commonality.If you look carefully, you can also see eyes, antennae, arms and legs and even bones from those black stripes.

"This is... this is..."

Even Lin Qingsi couldn't help stammering at the moment.

"This is the golden-spotted sea whale. It was once one of the most powerful creatures on this planet. It can be said to be the king of the ocean. In terms of individual ability, it is actually stronger than the legendary thunder beast and tortoise."

Rong Yuan said: "When it was still alive, the entire ocean was its back garden, and any creature on land—whether it was the early aliens or the later rulers of human beings—did not dare to go deep into the sea, only dared to live on the coast. Fishing on a small scale, the current situation of the three kingdoms of Zhongwu Star has a lot to do with its existence."

Lin Qingsi nodded thoughtfully, and said: "Now we have all been able to enter space, but the research and exploration of the ocean is still on the surface, and the maritime affairs are not developed. I heard about it when I was in the laboratory. There is a very terrifying existence in the ocean-is this it?"

Rong Yuan nodded and said: "What you see now is just the wreckage it left behind. The real golden-spotted sea whale is four or five times bigger than what you see now. Someone once saw a part of its body by accident. , I was so frightened that I lost my soul on the spot.”

Lin Qingsi didn't have any emotions of fear, but he could also imagine how terrified others would be if they saw this creature in front of them - the wreckage he saw now occupied a radius of tens of square kilometers If the area is expanded four or five times, it may cover a small town.If such a huge and terrifying creature is still alive, even if it just turns over near the coast, it may cause huge losses to the local city.Even with their current level of technology, there is no good way to deal with this terrifying creature that can swim in the deep sea.

But such an ocean overlord became a paradise for small marine life after it died.The body that was once as huge as a mountain has now become the best nutrient substance, giving birth to countless lives.

After staying on the bottom of the sea for a while, Rong Yuan took Lin Qingsi to take two steps, the world was instantly shattered, light and shadow flowed, and they had left the deep sea in the blink of an eye, standing at a height of more than a thousand meters.

The clouds are like the sea, the fog is like waves, and above the vast clouds and mists, there is a layer of golden sunlight.Through the occasional gaps in the clouds and mists, you can see the world below. Mountains, rivers, cities, and farmland are all miniaturized into palm-sized pieces, as if you can reach out and hold them.

"Wow—"

With a long cry, the black shadow pierced through the clouds and mist like a flying arrow and charged straight up. It soared against the sun and shuttled through the sea of ​​clouds, as if nothing in the world could restrain it.

No need for Rong Yuan's introduction, Lin Qingsi also knows what this is - one of the four major tribes of Zhongwu Star - the descendant of the sky master Kunying.It is said that real eagles can soar in the universe, but that only exists in legends. Most people know about the blue-black feathered eagles in front of them. They live on the top of snow-capped mountains thousands of meters high and fly by clouds , moving with the wind and thunder, never falling on the ground under the mountain in his life.When they are too old to fly, they will not wait for death in their nests, but will use all their strength to soar in the sky until they die of exhaustion.

This is a creature that Lin Qingsi also admires.

He witnessed the feathered eagle constantly flying and circling in the air, chasing the sun like a moth to a flame, and diving into the sea of ​​clouds again and again.Whenever Lin Qingsi thought it was exhausted and fell, it pierced through the clouds and flew to the sky again, screaming out of its mouth, and dancing with all its last life.

Lin Qingsi did not see the final outcome of the feathered eagle, because Rong Yuan pulled him to take another step forward.

This time, there was nothing around them, empty and lonely.The top of the head and the soles of the feet are empty, and people even lose their sense of direction.But in the distance...

No language can describe the beauty of the bright sea of ​​stars, and the vastness and mystery cannot be described by exhausting human brushes. No more words are needed, because it is there, and it attracts people's endless yearning. and the urge to chase.

The star system where Zhong Wuxing is located is a lonely galaxy, and the night sky here is also very lonely.For a long time in the past, the people of Zhongwu Star even believed that there were only a handful of stars in the sky.And later, although people also knew that there was a more grand world beyond Zhongwuxing, Lin Qingsi never thought that just taking a look at that world from a distance would make people so shaken that they almost forgot everything.

"That's the Milky Way."

At this time, Rong Yuan beside him said softly: "My hometown is on an ordinary planet in the Milky Way. There are trillions of such planets in the Milky Way. In fact, Zhongwu Star also belongs to the Milky Way, but the location is too far away. The other planets are so far away that's why you used to see so few stars."

Originally, sound could not be transmitted in the vacuum of the universe, but just like their breathing was unimpeded now, Rong Yuan's voice also reached Lin Qingsi's ears very clearly.He didn't know if they were really standing in space now, or Rong Yuan just pulled the scenery in space to their eyes, or if this was just an incomparably real projection or illusion created by the person in front of him, Lin Qingsi didn't want to get to the bottom of it For these, he just retracted his eyes from the sea of ​​stars, and looked at Rong Yuan beside him.

Looking at the face that is very similar to his own, Rong Yuan's heart is actually not as calm as it appears on the surface.In the past, he had met people who looked very similar to himself, and he had also seen hundreds of identical clones living, interacting, working, competing and even killing each other on a certain planet.But he never thought that this kind of thing would happen to him one day, and it was so uncomfortable and even weird.

If the person in front of him is not a person, but a similar-looking skin bred in a container, Rong Yuan will destroy it completely without hesitation, just like the experimental body in the underground laboratory in the past.

But this is a living person, a life.

A life born because of him.

In fact, regarding Lin Qingsi's matter, Rong Yuan didn't think he had to take too much responsibility, at least not the main one.Although it sounds like what a scumbag said, but in this matter, he is also the undoubted victim.Although there is a blood relationship between them, they do not have real blood or kinship.Therefore, Rong Yuan originally only planned to give Lin Qingsi some help, and he didn't intend to really communicate with him, and he didn't have anything to say.

but……

Looking at the fragility and anticipation hidden deep in the eyes of this powerful young man in front of him, and thinking about how his thoughts and attitudes are found out by someone who loves to worry about him, how he would nagging him to persuade him, Rong Yuan couldn't help it. My heart softened, as if I had accepted someone's advice and advice.

"In the universe, there are trillions of galaxies like the Milky Way...maybe more. And there may be more wonderful worlds beyond the universe we know-this is what I have been chasing. Abandon No matter how many obstacles and hardships I experience, I will not regret my choice."

Rong Yuan said.

"Because the starry sky is there."

Lin Qingsi's eyebrows trembled slightly, and there was a slight wave in his eyes.He looked at Rong Yuan and didn't speak.

"I don't want to teach you anything, and I don't want to explain anything to you." Rong Yuan said: "Maybe I should say sorry to you, because of me, I brought you into this world, but failed to take care of your growth. But I think you don't need any of these now."

"I didn't pick you up when you fell, I didn't comfort you when you were in pain, I didn't protect you when you were in danger, I wasn't there when you needed me By your side. You have come to this day relying on your own strength, and you have become so strong that you can rely on others to continue walking.”

"So... don't hesitate, and don't let the past become your shackles, keep going! In the future, you will definitely be able to bring more changes to this world and this era."

"I look forward to it."