Thrive in Catastrophe

When the sleeping Xiao Yan woke up suddenly, he breathed heavily, and when he opened his eyes wide, he saw a white and bright wall.

This is where?Valentine's cell?

"Heine—Heine—" Xiao Yan sat up suddenly, someone squeezed his hand and pressed his shoulder. straight down.

"I am here."

With a simple sentence, calmly suppress all the anxiety.

Xiao Yan turned his face sideways, He Yin's stern facial features were in his eyes.

"What's wrong with me? I feel like I had a dream... dreamed that we were tracking Valentine Sheen all the way... and then on a destroyer..." Xiao Yan pressed his head, "or am I still dreaming……"

Suddenly, his lips were caught by the other party, and his firm and powerful tongue pushed in without any room to turn around. It hit not only the tip of Xiao Yan's tongue, but also his thinking, all his doubts about reality.Heine clasps the back of Xiao Yan's head with the palm of his hand, and the strength that is close to crushing his skull pushes him towards her, kissing frantically but restrainedly.

When Hai Yin withdrew from Xiao Yan's lips very slowly, his forehead was pressed against Xiao Yan's brow, and his warm breath brushed over Xiao Yan's skin.

"This is not a dream."

At that moment, his emotions soared wildly, and Xiao Yan hugged Hein tightly. When he looked at the floor-to-ceiling glass wall of this room, the other side of the wall was a more tense and busy space.

Countless researchers are doing complex calculations. Xiao Yan got up curiously and came to the glass wall. When his fingers touched the wall, the automatic sensing system started to work, and the entire wall was covered with data, even though they flashed so fast that the eyes could barely It was impossible to catch up. When Xiao Yan pointed out a part of the content with his fingers, he opened his eyes wide and turned to look at Heine in disbelief. "Charles... intends to build a new city?"

"Yes, they are all waiting for you."

Xiao Yan couldn't help opening the sliding door. When he walked into the sea of ​​data step by step, those researchers who were immersed in analysis subconsciously stood up. They raised their hands and saluted Xiao Yan very solemnly.

"Where... is this place?" Xiao Yan raised his head and looked around in surprise. The place in front of him was not the Central Academy of Sciences, nor the Special Task Force, nor could it be the bombed-out Presidential Palace.

"This is not Shire." A smiling middle-aged man walked slowly towards him, followed by General Sharif and Major General Gordon in military uniform.

Xiao Yan was stunned, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, "...Your Excellency President..."

This man who can only be seen in the military video conference and news is right in front of his eyes.

The president stopped in front of Xiao Yan, "This is the first time we met, and I heard about you again and again before that, from when you, as an ordinary researcher, left Shire with Heine's troops When I finished the first task, I was sitting on the windowsill in my office, drinking whiskey, watching people walking under the dome, smiling happily... and then I asked myself, why didn't these guys leave at all What about the longing here? Whether it's virology or mechanophysics, they're part of a world that reflects a world that our researchers fear. And you go out there, and you create a world that has a A miracle. I have wanted to meet you countless times, to have a face-to-face conversation with you, and I believe that I can get pioneering revelations from you. But some people who think they know you better tell me that my gushing Will bore you to death."

Xiao Yan never thought that he has been watched by the president since a long time ago.

The president casually sat on a desk, resting his hands on the desk. His smile was different from Lieutenant General Ewell's intellectual demeanor. Whether it was the slightly drooping corners of his eyes or the charming line of his lips, they all revealed a wise demeanor.

"You succeeded, Xiao Yan, in dismantling the tide organization that has threatened mankind for nearly 200 years. But this achievement does not belong entirely to you." The president's expression became serious.

Xiao Yan's mood became inexplicably heavy.

He knew that in the past 200 years, countless people better than him had paid a huge price for letting humans out of Shire.

"The real meaning of your existence is not to destroy the tide, nor to prevent the regeneration of Valentine Sheen...but you make people yearn for the outside world, you give them a reason not to be afraid of the future. We lost One-third of Shire, instead of spending manpower and material resources to repair that one-third of the underground city, why not build a new city? A city without walls, a city illuminated by the sun?"

Xiao Yan saw a completely different kind of ambition in the president's eyes.

"I now formally invite you, not to board the last Noah's Ark, but to leave Noah's Ark and accept this world."

Xiao Yan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and subconsciously turned his head to look for Heine's gaze. He found that the other party was not far away from him, looking at his back all the time.

"I accept."

"Very good." The president pressed a button, and the wall behind him slowly slid to one side, the fresh air poured in with the whistling wind, the blue sky was intertwined with clouds, and flocks of birds flew over the sky , Xiao Yan stepped forward uncontrollably, in front of his eyes was a city ruin, among the mottled roads were zombies walking numbly, and the special task forces were cleaning up...

"How long have I been asleep?" Xiao Yan turned around in a daze.

A familiar figure walked towards him, the green eyes made Xiao Yan's heartbeat even more uncontrollable.

"Casey——" Xiao Yan rushed forward and hugged him tightly, "Great! You're back at the military headquarters!"

Casey shook her head, and looked at Xiao Yan with a displeased look on her lips.

"Do you think it's rare for me to go back to the military? Just these few days, that guy Hiti has been messing around in my mind every day, just to prove that I will avenge Valentine or that I will inherit Valentine's legacy kind!"

"But if you can enter here, it means that you have passed Valentine's interrogation!"

"But I still won't join the military. From now on, I'm just an ordinary consultant of the Central Academy of Sciences, not a research director. I provide opinions and suggestions, but I don't participate in any research planning. In addition, I am different from you. "Casey smiled triumphantly and pointed his finger at Xiao Yan's chest, "I want to sleep late, even if I sleep for a month, it's fine, at worst, I don't want the meager salary that the Shire Federation gave me. But you, you want Project after project with people’s hopes on their backs.”

"I want to remind you that, except for the meager salary in your mouth, we retain your citizenship." The president coughed.

As if he didn't see the president, Casey took Xiao Yan's shoulders and came to the holographic image in the center, "Have they shown you your team?"

"Not... I... still have a team?"

"Yes, your planning team. Living in the Shire and living here are two different concepts. What a real city needs is not a biological cycle system, but to enjoy nature while protecting it." Kathy Yang Lifting his chin, many elites from the Central Academy of Sciences flashed on the screen.

Among them were Reitz and Loch, and even Lauren.Lauren in the data is wearing a second lieutenant's military uniform, and her once childish face has turned a little bit upright.

"This is the most elite team in Shire, are you sure you want to hand it over to me?" Xiao Yan turned to look in the direction of the president.

The president nodded silently.

"Then before that, I want to see Valentine's warship. Maya's troops didn't sink it."

"It's just the only one of Valentine's many bases that can be moved. It's nothing special. I guess what you really want to see is not that battleship." The president looked back in Gordon's direction, "Take him to Sample room."

Xiao Yan left here under the guard of Heine.

When he drove out of the passage in the aircraft, he turned around and saw a brand-new and surprising building, which towered into the sky and touched the sky.

"How long have I been in a coma... Shire actually built... the Babel Tower..." Xiao Yan covered the glass window, and for a moment didn't know what to use to describe the first building Shire built in the outside world.

"It's not too long, just three days. But Tongtian Tower is not a good description."

There were only Heine and Xiao Yan in the entire cabin, which had almost never happened before.

"I know that the building of the Tower of Babel by humans angered God, so God gave humans different languages. The person who knows me best. Because you made me."

Xiao Yan looked into Heine's eyes devoutly.

"I've never achieved anyone. You decide your own direction."

"Are you sure we won't be attacked by any missiles? There won't be aircraft from the Tide Organization chasing us?" Xiao Yan suddenly asked very seriously.

"I'm sure not."

"So this safety device is redundant."

Xiao Yan lifted the safety device mercilessly, stood up, came to Heine, straddled him arrogantly, supported his safety device, lowered his head and kissed him brazenly.

Heine extended her arms, and her fingers sank into Xiao Yan's hair.

Xiao Yan seemed to want to strip everything in this world and lock him and Hein in this closed space.The force of the kiss made the safety device hurt Xiao Yan's chest, but he still kept kissing Heine like an addiction.

"Only when I kissed you, did I feel that everything that happened was real. We are still alive...I am very grateful to the President for entrusting me with the task of planning the first city..." Xiao Yan leaned lightly on the sea Yin's cheek, closed eyes, and outlined a world in my mind, "I want to walk with you in the sunny, cozy street, and stop for a drink by the side of the road... I can't stand coffee, it's Hiti's hobby."

"It's still black tea."

"If it rains, we'll stay at home."

"Do it all day." Heine raised her head, turned her face sideways, and put Xiao Yan's chin in her mouth. When her tongue brushed against Xiao Yan's skin, Xiao Yan closed his eyes and let out a subconscious sigh.

"Sounds not bad. I can design this city as I want it to be... Then, you are here with me to live the life I want to live."

"Do I have any other options?"

"The choice was rejected." Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes and smiled, kissing Heine tirelessly.

He knew that he almost lost this man, and he would never forget the feeling that even if he gave everything, he would never be able to catch him.

Unknowingly, the aircraft stopped at the seaside, and the gravel reflected the dazzling sunlight.

When the cabin door was opened, Ling Xiao at the door folded his arms and tilted his head to look at Xiao Yan and Hein, "I'm sorry to disturb your two-person world, but the destination has arrived."

Xiao Yan looked over Ling Xiao's shoulder, and saw that cold warship standing alone on the beach, unable to move, damaged and mottled.

Taking a breath, Xiao Yan got up.

"Let's go, Heine."