Merit Book·Xinghai

Everything seems like yesterday.

Rong Yuan leaned against the window, holding a book in his hand but didn't read it, his eyes fell outside the window, he didn't know what he saw, his expression was as soft as a spring breeze blowing on his face, that trace of loneliness was heartbreaking.

From the looks of it, he didn't seem to have changed, he was still as handsome as before, and he seemed to be in his early twenties at first glance.But on closer inspection, it seems that everything has changed.

The light outside the window illuminated the room very brightly, Rong Yuan was standing on the edge of the light, his skin seemed to be shining brightly.In the beam of light, you can see the fine dust floating up and down, so peaceful, and even give people a warm illusion.

Yisli stood outside the door, the corridor was a little dark, and even the air seemed a little cold.The boundary between light and dark is so obvious, as if they are in two worlds.

He stood at the door in a daze, for a while, he didn't dare to step in, and even held his breath involuntarily, as if as long as he exhaled a little more, everything in front of him would be blown away like mist.

Rong Yuan hooked the corners of his lips, showing a smile, and sighed softly: "I haven't seen him for so many years, why do you still like to bully him so much?"

Hearing the previous sentence, Yisili's tears were about to fall, and then he heard the next sentence. He looked up and saw Bai Le limped to the gate with his back supported by the window, and a soldier hurriedly ran with a healing device Going to his side and reaching out to support him, he couldn't help saying: "I said a long time ago that he is restless and kind, but you always love to keep him by your side."

Rong Yuan said: "With his ability, he can't cause any big trouble. Besides, you are still watching him!"

There was a sudden silence in the room.

Such conversations have been repeated countless times in the past.Bai Le was not an undercover agent at all, he hid it better at the beginning, but after a long time, he was full of loopholes, and almost put the words "I'm making a bad idea" on his face.Yisli couldn't bear the sand in his eyes, and kept trying to arrest Bai Le for interrogation, or at least drive him out.But Rong Yuan didn't know why, and never agreed.Yisli suspected that Rong Yuan knew Bai Le's purpose for a long time, but he never told them. He just had fun watching their daily quarrels.

In fact, later on, Yisli was too lazy to bully Bai Le anymore. Firstly, it was because he felt that this guy was so stupid that people could sympathize with him. Because Bai Le has gradually integrated into the Feiyan team with this special posture, and it seems that he has even forgotten his original intention. If this continues, he will become a member of the team one day sooner or later.It took almost seven years for Yisili to finally get Rong Yuan's approval and officially join the Feiyan team.

So sometimes Yisli would jump out to trouble Bai Le, but it was actually just because he saw Rong Yuan nearby.Except for Rong Yuan and Bai Le, everyone else was more or less aware of his little thought, so when they were making a noise, even Barabbi and Dunke stood by with a smile on their hands and never stopped them.

So later, when I heard that Bai Le went to assassinate Rong Yuan in a flash of his brain, Yisli was going crazy, and he didn't want to mention this name from that day on, and the atmosphere of the Feiyan team was dull for a long time because of this matter. .

Talking about this kind of topic again, it can't help but make people sigh, but the long time between the two and the heart-wrenching parting of life and death seem to have faded a lot because of this.Yisli's heart trembled, and he wanted to smile, but felt his face was cold, and he reached out his hand to wipe it, only to find that his face was covered with tears.

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Isley left.

When he left, his eyes were still as red as a rabbit, but there was a faint sense of relief in his expression. Compared with when he walked, even his steps were a little lighter, as if he had let go of the burden that had been weighing on his heart for a long time, and finally Able to move forward with ease.

Rong Yuan knew that at this moment, the bond between Yisili and Feiyan team was finally completely severed.Although they agreed to have tea together when they meet next time before leaving, both Rong Yuan and Yisli knew very well that this might be the last time they met in this life.

Not everyone will be like Rong Yuan, who will firmly engrave the past time, whether it is happiness or pain, in his heart. Over the past 90 years, Yisli has had people he admires, friends who get along with him, officers who appreciate him, subordinates who rely on him, and many comrades-in-arms who share life and death. The past related to the Feiyan team is still It occupies an important part in his mind, but it is no longer the most important.

【fair enough. 】 Rong Yuan thought.

As a friend from the past, he wished Isli well.

Carrying such a heavy past is a burden no matter who it is.

However, after Isli left, even the last trace of his fake smile disappeared completely.Sitting in front of the window, letting the sky gradually dim, he didn't move for a long time, his face was as expressionless as a stone carving, but his heart was like thousands of steel knives scraping, the pain piercing his bones.

He thought about that day again.

90 years ago.

That was their third trip to the Pillars of Creation.

The spaceship moved forward along the route it had explored before, and destroyed or detoured when it encountered some small meteorite fragments blocking the route.Around the spacecraft, seven mechas and more than 200 small detectors were released for investigation, and they can respond in time even if they encounter some unexpected situations.

Rong Yuan is in the front mech.On the surface, this mecha is very similar to the most advanced Jialan 668 mecha in the Milky Way at that time, but its interior has been completely changed by Rong Yuan. The energy, weapons, detection and other systems are basically exchange items in the Merit Mall. Far beyond the highest level in the galaxy.There are several display screens in front of his eyes, not only the optical images of the outside world, but also the distribution and strength images of various substances such as electromagnetic, heat, gravity, cosmic rays, and high-speed charged particle flow within the detection range, countless data Waterfalls pour down from the screen, and the color blocks of different colors clearly mark the surrounding dangerous areas.Even so, Rong Yuan is still very cautious, because he knows that this place cannot be viewed according to common sense, and if he is not careful, some accidents that cannot be explained by current technology will happen.

It's very quiet here.The lack of a medium for sound transmission resulted in only eternal silence outside the mecha.Even though the voices of teammates chatting and laughing came from the communication channel, it only made this tranquility more obvious.

But it is very lively here.Inside the Pillars of Creation, among the dense air masses and dust, countless young and robust stars are forming, forming regions of gravitational collapse one by one.Sometimes, when the density and temperature of a certain protostar increase to a critical value, they will see a burst of bright fire suddenly burst out in the middle of the dark nebula. The fog-like shell around the star splits and disintegrates rapidly, and the star wind and dust matter are ejected outward, drawing ribbon-like arcs in the dark nebula, and the ultraviolet radiation pours out like waves, exciting the surrounding nebula to emit flashes The blue light is as beautiful as the environment, but it also contains unimaginable dangers.

In this special environment, it stands to reason that no living things should exist.But in fact, it has bred some strange and powerful creatures, some of which are even invisible to the naked eye.They roamed the dark nebulae, and some simply lived on nascent stars, and the terrible high temperature was as pleasant to them as bath water.These creatures don't have the habit of hunting human spaceships, but if they encounter them, if they are curious and want to touch them, it is extremely dangerous.

The Feiyan team had to give up the first two explorations because they encountered such a creature blocking their route and refused to leave for a long time; the other time was a sudden jet that cut off the route. Either the star region or the more dangerous dust cloud, there is no way to go around and have to retreat.Although the two explorations were unsuccessful, the Feiyan team all retreated without a single casualty, which is extremely rare.

Near the Pillars of Creation, apart from them, there are thousands of exploration teams.Those who dared to break into the Pillars of Creation were all well-known adventurers in the galaxy. They all possessed both force and wisdom, and they disdain and are unwilling to cooperate with other teams.Moreover, the head and tail of the cloud pillar are a full light-year long. These exploration teams are like sesame seeds sprinkled on the earth, and they are invisible in an instant, and it is impossible to assist or interfere with each other.In the three expeditions of the Feiyan team, apart from themselves, they have never seen the second team.However, there is a special communication area for the Pillars of Creation on the Starnet. Before and after each exploration, they will exchange experiences with others on the Starnet, discuss the dangers they have encountered, show the videos they shot, etc. Although each other Never met in reality, but the feeling is not unfamiliar.

As the most dangerous star field in the Milky Way, the Pillars of Creation attracts countless people to explore one after another. Even if there is no one in a hundred who returns safely, and no one has really succeeded in the exploration over the years, but every The number of people who come here every year has only increased and never decreased, and there is only one reason.

Legend has it that there is a "Star Bridge" here.

——The bridge to other star domains, the galaxy.