Thrive in Catastrophe

Unlike when they entered the battleship because of their mission, all the nodes were turned on, and the white lights shone on the walls to reflect the unique luster of metal.

When reaching the node where Casey closed, Xiao Yan subconsciously sighed.

"You don't need to be sad."

Xiao Yan turned his head and looked at Casey leaning against the wall with her arms folded.

"I bet my leg that you would beat Valentine, and I won, and got the life I want. By the way, the prosthetics are not that hard to swallow. My legs feel the same as before, And you don’t have to worry about phantom limb pain.”

Xiao Yan lowered his head and smiled. Casey's goal is always clear, and he is deeply aware that there is a price to be paid to achieve any goal.

"Let's go." Heine's voice sounded, calling back Xiao Yan's thoughts.

The two continued to go deeper side by side, and finally returned to Valentine's main control room, which is now the data collection place for Charles' research on this battleship.

"I have to admit that Valentine's technology is extremely advanced."

Shen Bing walked out from a sea of ​​data.

"Are you sure Valentine is dead?" Xiao Yan frowned and asked.

Shen Bing made a "follow me" gesture.

They came to the bilge, where all the clone samples were kept, and some of them were mutilated after being killed.

"Why do you keep these?" Xiao Yan frowned and looked at Shen Bing.

"To study Valentine's replication technology. It is quite difficult to replicate a complete individual, but this is a mature technology that can be used for organ regeneration."

"Could it be that... Charles also wants to study Valentine's so-called 'immortality'?" Xiao Yan became alert.

Shen Bing exhaled, and helplessly punched Hein with his fist, "Colonel Burton, what do you think?"

"Using this technology for medical treatment or pursuing eternal life depends on the purpose of the user. There is no absolute good or evil in this world, and the same goes for scientific research."

Xiao Yan was silent.

"The pursuit of the unknown is a human instinct, Xiao Yan. The more you imprison it, the more it will breed in dark corners. Why don't you use an open attitude and let this pursuit grow in the sun, open and frank."

Xiao Yan had to lament that Shen Bing is a mature researcher, and his perspective on scientific research is more objective.

When they came to the sampler storing Valentine, Xiao Yan saw that Valentine's brain had been connected back to his neck.

"Jane destroyed his brain, so we can't read the data in his mind." Shen Bing kicked his hands in the pockets of his coat and raised his head.

"Are you eager to know his brain?"

"Before you appeared, everyone would be curious about his brain. But you surpassed him, Xiao Yan. So your brain is now the target everyone wants to know."

"If one day I die, my body must be intact, and none of you can try to trick my brain." Although Xiao Yan was half joking, his tone was extremely serious.

Shen Bing glanced in the direction of Hai Yin, and said coldly: "If someone is planning on you, you should deal with Hai Yin first, right?"

Xiao Yan laughed, and then thought of something, "Then among the corpses of these replicants... have you found Jane Wallis?"

"I know you will ask this question. Casey told us that according to Heine's blood sample, he also developed the x-2 virus and successfully adapted it to Jane Wallis, which means that there is x-2 virus in Jane's body. 2 virus. But among all the replicant corpses we could find, none of them contained x-[-] in their bodies. But according to your statement, Jane Wallis is trapped in a closed node, and there are only two possibilities. First, when we opened up all the nodes, the sea water was discharged from the place where the bottom of the ship was blown up, and his body was washed into the sea. Second, he took your terminal connector, when Valentine was killed by you After that, he successfully opened the node to escape."

Xiao Yan lowered his head and pursed his lips into a smile. He knew Jane Wallis's behavior style very well.

"Come on, Heine. I have no doubts."

"Ah."

When Xiao Yan turned around, Shen Bing's voice sounded again, "Xiao Yan, we never need to go deep into your mind to understand your brain, we just need to know what you did and how you did it. So, Charles' first A city, you must not let us down."

"as you wish."

After leaving the warship, Xiao Yan did not return to the headquarters by aircraft, but walked on the beach with Heine.

Under the setting sun, the shell-white gravel glows orange-yellow softly, without the sharpness of reflecting the scorching sun.

Xiao Yan took off his shoes and walked towards the waves, enjoying the sea water receding up to his ankles over and over again.

He turned around and looked at Heine who had been following him without saying a word. This guy was still fully equipped and had a serious expression ready for battle.

"Hey, I've been imagining what kind of city I want to build, but I haven't asked what kind of life you want." Xiao Yan lowered his body, pinched the shell of a hermit crab, and said excitedly. In front of Heine.

The man's eyes did not leave him for a moment, but he just said indifferently, "Although you have a thinking that is hundreds of times faster than others, you are not a rational person."

Xiao Yan put away his smile, and looked at Heine helplessly, "Hey, do you have to say things that spoil the scenery when the scenery and atmosphere are good?"

"You'll be content with the scent of a green leaf, you'll laze on the beach for the day, you'll be enjoying a more fulfilling life with other people than battling killers and solving any looming crises. You're also Have the ability to protect yourself. Soon, you will find that I am no longer necessary in your life..."

Before Hai Yin finished speaking, Xiao Yan pressed her lips.He grabbed the collar of Heine's combat uniform with both hands, and the hermit crab fell down stupidly, turned around a few times and ran away.

"I can enjoy a richer life because I know that you are by my side, nothing can threaten my life, I know it very well! But only you, can always remind me who Xiao Yan really is no matter what I get How successful, I can no longer be a researcher, I can not have everything I have now, but if you don't fulfill your promise to me, no matter where the world is, I will drop everything and find you!"

"Once I make a promise, I will keep it."

"That's good." Xiao Yan took two steps back, smiled and untied his military uniform collar, "I never had any feeling for sunrise, on the contrary, I have been obsessed with sunset since I was a child. Sunrise is just the beginning, and sunset But it's the end. Would you like to come again at sunset?"

The next moment, Xiao Yan was crushed by the other party in the sea water, the tide and Hai Yin's impact were intertwined, but Xiao Yan felt the other party's body temperature and breath more clearly.

That was a unique feeling in this world, no matter how rich his imagination was, he couldn't replicate the most authentic feeling that Heine brought him.

After six months of design and one year of construction, humanity's first city outside Shire was finally completed.

When Xiao Yan and He Yin stood on the city's monument overlooking everything, the Presidential Palace told him a problem, that is, the number of people who are willing to move from the Shire to this city is less than 1000.

"Well, this is really depressing news." Lieutenant General Ewell came behind Xiao Yan carrying a bottle of red wine.

Xiao Yan turned around and said with a smile: "Come here with red wine, it's not like comforting me, but like celebrating success!"

"I was here to celebrate success." Lieutenant General Ewell sat down beside Xiao Yan, "No matter what your Excellency says to people, you are not convincing. Do you know why?"

"Because he's a politician?"

"It's not that everything a politician says is a lie, it's because he wasn't the one who called it all."

"But it wasn't me who brought all of this. It was many people. For example, Winn, Liv, Mark, and even Maya and Sharon, as well as your Kathy and Jane."

"But you were the one who developed the Sharon virus, and you were the one who cut off Valentine's head. You should also make your own evaluation for this city."

Lieutenant General Ewell got up slowly. When he walked out from the exit of the monument, in front of the hatch of the aircraft was the figure of Casey sitting there idly and swinging his legs.

"Really slow!" Casey showed a dissatisfied expression.

Ai Weier put his palm on Casey's head, "Is this your attitude when you talk to your father?"

Casey's shoulders trembled slightly, and he knocked off the opponent's hand, "Come on! Have you raised me? Have you taught me? Have you treated me as your son?"

"From a biological point of view, you are obviously my son. This is a fact that you cannot change." Lieutenant General Ewell put down the safety device and looked at Casey with a sideways face, "By the way, your What month is your birthday?"

Casey put down the safety device angrily, and said angrily, "How do I know? Why don't you ask Valentine!"

"How about this," Evel flicked his fingers on Casey's face, "Today, you call me 'Daddy', and I guarantee that even if I'm the worst father in the world, it's better than Valentine Sheehan. We You can make today your birthday."

"Deal, Dad." Casey turned her head and looked out of the window at the modern city like heaven, her neck and ears were red enough.

Ai Weier lowered his head, a deep smile appeared on his lips.

At the top of the monument, Xiao Yan took the red wine brought by Aiweier, and said regretfully: "It's fine if you don't have a good steak, and you don't even have a wine glass... Is Aiweier asking us to blow the bottle?"

Heine took the bottle calmly, pried open the cork on the bottle with a dagger, and took the first sip.

"Hey, how does it taste?" Xiao Yan leaned over his head amusedly, "It didn't even have time to oxidize."

Hai Yin suddenly turned her head and put Xiao Yan's lips in her mouth. The red wine flowed into Xiao Yan's mouth along the tip of her tongue.

"What do you think of the taste?" Hai Yin's hair was lifted by the breeze, and Xiao Yan's heart beat wildly at that moment.

Oh shit!If anyone says that Colonel Burton doesn't understand fun, Xiao Yan will go up and fight with him!

"You and red wine are a perfect match. Have another sip!" Xiao Yan smirked and brought the wine to Hai Yin again. When Hai Yin held the bottle, Xiao Yan seemed to think of something, and asked very seriously, " Hey, I heard you rejected three promotions from the military! Why? You deserve it."

"Sooner or later, you're going to be promoted to major general, lieutenant general, and even a general one day."

Xiao Yan laughed, "I understand, if you become a major general, you won't be able to be by my side every day like you are now."

"Unless you're tired of me."

"I don't know what others think, but I will never get tired of red wine and Heine Burton." Xiao Yan lifted the bottle and took a big mouthful, and put it all into Heine's lips wickedly.

For the first time, Heine lowered her head and coughed vigorously.

"Now do you know that there are at least two things in your world that cannot be tolerated?" Xiao Yan triumphantly patted Heine's shoulder, "Cough, and the matter of loving me."

"Don't be too arrogant, Colonel!" Heine grabbed Xiao Yan's wrist violently, and pushed him down under her.

Xiao Yan laughed, raised his knee and deliberately slid it across Heine's waist, "It's not the colonel, it's the major general."

"Then, I'm going to fuck you, Major General."

Before Xiao Yan could say anything, Heine's kiss was overwhelming.

Half a month later, Charles held a simple but grand appointment ceremony for Xiao Yan.

Before stepping onto the podium, Xiao Yan turned to look at Hein, and asked nervously, "How do I look?"

Heine straightened his collar for him, making sure that there were no wrinkles, and said in an extremely steady voice, "It's perfect."

Xiao Yan stepped onto the podium and was sworn in as a major general of the Central Academy of Sciences, and he was overwhelmed by applause.

The president handed over the right to speak to Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan exhaled and spoke steadily and clearly.

"I know that you still have doubts about the outside world, but we have defeated the comet virus and the tide, and there is no reason to fear the outside world. You have all been inoculated with 'Sharon', and you are useless to zombies. Me and I My companions built a city together, just above the ground, there is no dome there, my lover and I sat on the top of the hill and looked at most of the city, the wind blowing over our heads, with a very broad breath. I Knowing that even if I stood up straight and stretched my arms, the sky was still far away from me. When I was about to fall asleep on the top of the mountain, my friend Maya told me that he was going to open a coffee shop in this city The house, address, decoration and roaster are all ready, invite my lover and I to have a drink. To be honest, I am not a coffee lover, but I went anyway. When we were halfway, the sky suddenly It was raining and we were drenched. When we felt Maya's cafe, dear Maya had baked good coffee and was waiting. I felt a little cold on my body, and when I held the coffee cup and sipped When I took the first sip of the black liquid, which was very bitter in my impression, it was more mellow and warmer than I expected. The water stains on my body were not dry, but holding the coffee cup and looking at the pattering rain outside the window, they were like Symphony, far and near, and the person I love most is by my side, listening to the words from this world with me. I can’t promise you anything, because the outside world is not us whether it’s sunny or rainy It can be controlled. But are you sure you will always be satisfied with the daylight set by the system, the same flowers artificially cultivated, and the sky that is the apex? What my companions and I have accomplished are only lifeless floors, traffic systems, Water purification system, only you can make it a real city. Today I am here to invite you, who is willing to go to the outside world with me and feel the 'unpredictability' that nature gives us?"

Xiao Yan raised his hand.

Whether it is in the central square or in front of countless holographic screens, tens of millions of people are looking forward to it.

Xiao Yan's breath was choked in his throat, and he was greeted by silence.

At this time, someone in the crowd raised his hand in response to his invitation.Xiao Yan looked in the direction of that hand, and saw that fair-faced man smiling comfortably, with a free and unrestrained demeanor between his brows and eyes, and the mole popped up on the corner of his eye.

The uneasiness and hesitation that enveloped the people were punctured, and countless people raised their hands. When the smiling face of the other party was about to be drowned by the heavily raised arms, his fingers covered his lips, and he quietly left after blowing a distant kiss.

Xiao Yan couldn't help showing a relieved smile.

On this day, human beings were released from prison.