Dawn Sleep

What happened next proceeded in an orderly manner.Jiang Jianming went back to the command room to appease the army a little bit, regardless of how much it was appeased, the work that should be done was done.

Afterwards, he told Silve about his follow-up plan, and in exchange for the leader's indescribable expression.

"I can't say that it's impossible to succeed," Sylph said with difficulty, "it's just..."

In the end, she didn't say "just" how, but sorted out her demeanor, and said seriously: "But since you have already decided, I will look forward to the best result."

After seeing off Sylph, Jiang Jianming went back to his and Ryan's room.

After His Highness left, the inside suddenly became much colder. He ate something by himself, then consciously got into the treatment cabin and took a light sleep for a while.

About an hour later, Lin Zhi woke him up with a call from Lin Zhi himself, bringing the news he wanted.

"Your Highness Jiang. The communication with the empire has been connected. Do you want to see His Majesty, or the old Marshal?"

"Hard work, help me connect to the military headquarters."

Half a minute later, Jiang Jianming pulled out his chair and sat in front of the communicator.

He thought to himself: This is also a kind of escape. He clearly told Xie Yuduo to let him face the relationship between husband and wife, but in the end he didn't dare to face Lin Ge...

After the communication connection is completed, the image projected on the projection screen is not the office of the military headquarters, but the interior of the cockpit of the mecha Haidongqing.

The old marshal with white beard and hair had burning eyes: "Commander, there is a reason for this, I can only talk to you here."

Jiang Jianming shook off the rest of his distracting thoughts, with a serious expression on his face.

"I wanted to ask if there was any change in the crystal particles of the empire. It seems that it has reached the point where the commander-in-chief has to go out in person..."

"Speak now, don't disturb anything."

Chen smiled: "Don't worry, if there is an emergency, even if it's your communication, the old man will not be vague when it's time to hang up."

This scene of the two sides calling each other commander-in-chief is really weird.If he was free, Jiang Jianming would have to say a few more helplessly.But now he is not in that mood, he just said: "Then let me make a long story short."

As he spoke, Jiang Jianming turned on the optical computer and wrist phone next to him, shared his own data map, flicked his fingers quickly, and demonstrated while talking.

"The situation is not optimistic. Chen, I can foresee... what will happen next."

The black-haired young man raised his eyebrows: "The crystal nest is making its final counterattack, and a large flow of crystal particles is rushing across the space station towards the human empire."

"I once asked the technical soldiers to calculate the speed. Five hours later, the Alpha Alien Planet where the first fortress of the Silver Beidou is located will bear the brunt. After about half a day, the nine star cities will be affected."

On the star map, as the value of time changes, the white arrow accelerates towards the territory of the empire.

"At that time, it was no longer interstellar soldiers who were involved in the battlefield, but more ordinary people who had not been trained and were used to peaceful and prosperous times."

Jiang Jianming said in a deep voice: "The casualties will be extremely heavy. The spiritual pollution of crystal particles will also take advantage of it. Once the crystal chaos breaks out, the situation will be completely out of control."

Chen stared at the white ocean, rubbed his chin and muttered: "Well, but I heard that there should be still time before the restart of Pangu Axe..."

The old man glanced sideways at the time, "49 hours, right?"

"Don't worry, the commander. At this point of time, the empire can still survive, but the minister is more worried about the space station."

"The space station is temporarily safe."

Jiang Jianming glanced at the red gold outside the window, and said, "Just like the empire, we can barely survive 49 hours. We can do this."

"But," he leaned forward slightly, crossing his fingers lightly, "there is one more question: Have you ever thought about what would happen if the Pan Gu Ax shot couldn't win?"

Chen's drooping eyelids snapped open.

A murderous light like a sword pierced out of the old man's eyes, and his pale golden spirit trembled accordingly!

The torrential rain poured down in the sky in the capital of Aslan, and lightning and thunder rumbled in the distant sky.

Mecha L-Haitongqing fired a salvo of guns, and the flames engulfed the scurrying crystal creatures, and also blew up the buildings in this area into ruins.

The voice of Lieutenant General Luther came from the military channel, mixed with the sound of rain: "Commander, the refuge in the third district is almost overwhelmed, please reinforce! There are more than 3000 crystal-less people here..."

Chen snorted through his nose: "Reinforcement? There are no more soldiers here. Let those meritorious nobles send private guards to defend the city. Just say it's my order."

In the headset, the voice is still coming: "...It is not impossible. The crystal nest is constantly releasing crystal particles, and its volume is also shrinking. I am worried that the coordinates I aimed at will deviate."

"Right now, everyone is looking forward to the Pangu ax to determine the outcome. The military will inevitably play up the 49-hour countdown to encourage ordinary people to persevere, isn't it?"

Mecha L-Costin overlooked the urban area in the rainstorm, and the crystalline life forms were slowly forming on every street corner.

"But if after 49 hours, everyone finds that the attack of crystal particles has not stopped, what will they think?"

Those crystalline creatures move slowly, not as elusive as they were in the crystal nest; their strength is also average, B-level crystal bones can crush them, not as good as alien creatures.

But for ordinary people, the fact that alien life forms have invaded their doorsteps is enough to cause loss of control and chaos.

Soldiers and some brave new humans are still fighting, and many more can only scream, cry and run around.Police patrols tried desperately to reassure and maintain order, but with little success.

Old Marshal Chen sighed, "Yes, they will think: Is the front line finished? Is the military department lying to us? Is the future of the living no longer hopeful, and is the sacrifice of the dead meaningless?"

"They will despair instantly and lose all will to fight. Commander, you are planning for the worst."

"You didn't do it?" Jiang Jianming slid his fingers, put away all the shared virtual screens, picked up the Wings of Venus from the table and inserted them into the holster.

In the end, he picked up the mecha bracelet of the Crown of Dawn, and slowly put it on his wrist through the glove.

Old Marshal Chen: "There's nothing you can do even if you do it, Commander. At that time, it's not just a few empty words that can inspire courage in everyone."

"Unless, we can have a real hope that will not be shattered until the last moment."

"A hope of victory after a bitter battle, a hope of seeing the sun as long as we survive the night."

Old Marshal Chen's eyes flickered, "Can you bring this hope?"

Jiang Jianming leaned on the back of the chair, looked at the faint red gold outside the window, and said calmly: "No, I can't."

"But one can be faked."

……

After cutting off the communication with the empire, Jiang Jianming began to think about what left to do and what else he could do.

The red gold outside the window was still being bitten by crystal particles all the time, he forced himself not to look at it, nor to imagine the pain that Ryan's consciousness suffered, so as not to interfere with his thoughts.

Just when he was thinking about whether it was necessary to write another suicide note, there was a knock on the door.

Jiang Jianming stood up and opened the door, startled for a moment.

"……dad."

Jiang Sheng stood there with a bitter expression.

"Obviously," the middle-aged man showed sadness, put his hand on the child's shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Do you have to go?"

"...Why does everyone think that I will accompany him?"

Jiang Jianming shook his head and smiled sadly. He moved away and motioned for Jiang Sheng to come in and talk, but the latter didn't move.

Jiang Jianming had no choice but to tell the truth: "Yes, I do have some things to do. It is for His Royal Highness Laian, and there is also an element for victory. From my personal point of view, personal affairs... The former accounts for a little more."

"So, Dad, I'm sorry."

"If I don't go back, when Dad has a chance to go to Glory Star City in the future, please go and see the bronze statue of Ms. Wen Helga for me... is that okay?"

"..."

Jiang Sheng let out a long breath.

His Adam's apple rolled, and he seemed to have a thousand words to say.

But in the end, the man just stepped forward, opened his arms and hugged the child he raised, and every word he said was difficult: "Obviously, there is no need to be so polite with Dad."

Leaning in Jiang Sheng's arms, Jiang Jianming's hair was messed up by his father's big hands.He blinked his eyelashes, and said in a gentle voice, "Dad, I..."

"So many people think that I will die with Ryan," he laughed before he could say anything, "So, I...do I look like I love His Highness deeply?"

Jiang Sheng was stunned, "Why do you ask such stupid things?"

Jiang Jianming slowly closed his eyes, buried his face in Jiang Sheng's shoulder, and said in a low voice, "If it is, then I really have no regrets."

Crystal Nest somewhere.

The exact time is unknown and the exact location is unknown.

The distant sky was obscured by a cloudy storm of crystal particles.And nearby, as far as the eye can see, apart from the crystal edges all over, there is blood and corpses like purgatory.

The bodies of dozens of human soldiers were sealed in large sheets of crystals.Some limbs have been twisted, their eyeballs have been gouged out, and crystals have been pierced into their abdominal cavity...but they are still alive like gossamer.

"..."

Tang Zhen couldn't remember how many times he woke up from the chaos.

There is only long torture in consciousness, endless torture.

The spiritual pollution of crystal particles cannot be simply summed up by words such as "pain" and "fear", perhaps it is too difficult to describe it with concepts known to human beings.

Tang Zhen lost consciousness several times, but he always woke up after a while.

Every time he wakes up, he can see the brutal death of his comrades with his only remaining eye.

The consciousness of the crystal particle "told" him that only human beings whose will has been completely crushed can be freed from death.

Tang Zhen watched people die one after another with his own eyes.The chief is dead, the senior is dead, and the brother who was hanging shoulder to shoulder yesterday is dead...

At first he was shouting to encourage everyone not to give up, until the next time the Pangu Ax fires and the human race will win; later he begged everyone to persevere, so we can go home when the war is over.

Now he was as motionless as a puppet, blood running down his hair and blurring his remaining eye.

He also saw Bemaner, the girl was opposite him.The noble lady who used to be so delicate and beautiful is now covered in blood and is inhuman.

do you died?still alive?Man'er has been silent for a long time, and he can't judge the other party's life or death.

Perhaps it is the judgment of the mother core consciousness of the crystal particle, watching the scenes of his companions being destroyed one by one is more conducive to crushing his will than the eternal darkness.

In fact, Tang Zhen couldn't figure out why he hadn't collapsed yet, he felt that he should have gone crazy long ago.This is not scientific at all, damn it, who boasted that he had a good mentality a long, long time ago...

Oh, to be able to complain about this in this situation, maybe he is really talented in this area.

"Fuck your mother..." Tang Zhen scolded feebly with a hoarse voice that seemed to have been burned, "...fuck the crystal particles of your mother core..."

Crystal particles entered his throat, where it exploded in excruciating pain.Tang Zhen's body twitched violently, and the veins on his forehead bulged.More crystal thorns pierced into his body, and the heart-piercing howl turned into a silent breath in the middle.

Not far away, a tear fell silently from the corner of the female soldier's eyes, who could barely move.

"Tang... Town..."

Bemaner's eyes were half-opened loosely, only tears kept flowing out.

She exerted weak force, trying to straighten her bloody fingers, "Tang Zhen..."

I only hate that the distance is too far, and it is hard to reach.

Bemaner gritted her teeth unwillingly, but the sob still flowed from between her teeth: "Don..."

When tears rolled down her blood-stained face again, her right prosthetic leg suddenly made a crisp sound of metal strips cracking!

A screw fell on the white crystal earth.

clang!

It was like the sound of wine glasses clinking lightly.

The voice came from the depths of memory, blurring the reality and the old days.The spring breeze in the capital of Aslan blows away the purgatory in front of her eyes, lifts her heavy and mutilated body, and takes her to look back lightly.

She seemed to see it.Magnificent decoration, three layers of broken gold chandeliers, shining on the pearl dress on her body.

On a certain day in the past, at a dance party, the clothes were fragrant and the temples were shining, and the cups were intertwined.

Miss Bei Jia just finished a song, leaning on the railing amidst the praise.Suddenly caught a glimpse of the street below, and there was a slight commotion.

It turned out that there was a fight.A young man in a uniform pinned a certain villainous dude to the ground, punched and kicked him, and opened his mouth to swear a series of swear words from street ruffians.

People around whispered, accusing the young man of being rude and impulsive, which is really out of style.

She raised her eyebrows and looked at it for a long time, thinking it was amused: "There are still noble children with such a temper in Aslan Star City?"

The butler hurriedly said: "Miss, you forgot. That is the young master of the Tang family. You saw him at the banquet a year ago."

Bei Maner remembered.It was really a boring banquet, just because the Tang family had friendship with the ancestors of the Bei family, it didn't make sense to greet them with juniors.

It's just that at that time, she looked at the young master of the Tang family who was following Mr. Tang from a distance, and found that the other party was also lacking in interest, so she couldn't help but feel a little more empathy.

However, the boy I saw today was warm and forthright, and his laughing and cursing expressions were so vivid, it reminded her of wild galloping horses on the prairie.

Thus, Miss Bei's family snapped her black-feathered fan shut, a pair of dimples bloomed on her cheeks, she leaned against the window and said with a smile: "This man is quite interesting, I like him."

I like him.

Jingle! ———

Bemaner suddenly opened her eyes wide, and let out a stern roar.

Her prosthetic right leg cracked suddenly.It was the goose-yellow crystal bone that pierced the iron sheet alive, pierced through the metal connected to the nerve, and blood dripped from the tip!

The sharp fragments were thrown out in an arc like a flowing arrow.

Two drops of bright red splashed on Tang Zhen's face.

He opened his eyes wide in a daze, and suddenly blood gushed out of his mouth.

Metal shards pierced his throat, fatal to Substrate.

On the opposite side, Bemaner smiled at him in relief.

"Tang... town."

She wants to say, I like you.

But this kind of thing has been said too many times when I was a classmate.

"Wait until next time...see you again..."

So Bei Man'er raised her blood-stained face, showing a smile as bright as ever, "Marry... me...."

……

"—Maner!!!"

In the depths of the Black Shark Base, the young man's roar resounded suddenly.

Tang Zhen rolled down from the dormant cabin, his limbs twitched and he retched non-stop.Medical soldiers and experimenters crowded around him talking, but he couldn't hear anything clearly.

The mental load made his eyes dim, and his headache felt like it was about to be split alive by an axe.Maner... it was Maner who sent him back, Maner...

In the shaky vision, Tang Zhen's consciousness was blurred, he could only see one window.That is the porthole of the base, and the sky outside the window is filled with golden and red light, magnificent and vast.

"It's the sun setting..."

Tang Zhen felt cold all over, and before falling into a coma, he murmured, "It's still a meteor..."

neither.

38 hours have passed since Crown Prince Laian turned into crystal particles to protect the Golden Rilun Space Station.This is the time bought with the life of the prince.

But now, that red-gold barrier is finally hard to maintain.

At the last moment, it shattered piece by piece, withered like a rain of fire, every grain of crystal dissipated in the air before hitting the ground.

"Your Highness...!!"

Both Diana and Changze cried bitterly, and more members of the Black Shark base also cried.The leader Sylph raised her head quietly, silent with a mournful expression.

The soldiers roared in grief and anger, and some fell to their knees.Xie Yuduo leaned against his mech, his clenched fists trembling constantly.

Jiang Jianming stood alone in the mighty red golden light, his figure seemed so small.

He raised his hands lightly, his expression was the calmest among all, and he even watched the moment of his lover's death with tender eyes.

Until the thousands of lights withered away, falling from his eyes, from his hair, from the corners of his lips, from between his raised fingers...

A few red-gold crystal particles landed on his shoulders, like a young bird returning to its nest, and then dissipated.

Jiang Jianming turned around, lowered his head to adjust his wrist machine, and walked along the open-air stairs to the top floor of the space station.

The iron plates under their feet were already in tatters, and the disabled humans walked very unsteadily.Ryan's crystal particles followed him, as if acting like a baby, or as if he was simply afraid that he would step on the air and fall.

"Lian." Jiang Jianming stretched out his hand to fish out the crystal particles, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry about me."

Creak... The military boots stepped on the highest point of the space station.

Jiang Jianming was wearing the silver Beidou military uniform, standing alone on the empty observation deck.

A muffled cry could be heard faintly below.The last red-gold crystal particle kissed his ring finger and dissipated without a trace.

He turned on the wrist phone.

In the time Ryan won, Old Marshal Chen had already done the work for him.Jiang Jianming knew that all he had to do next was to talk.

He closed his eyes, settled down, and spoke.

……

"Regard... my dear citizens of the Empire."

"I speak to you in the drenches."

……

Within the empire, Marth Star City.

The plainly dressed woman fled in a hurry on a remote path.

"Help, help me! Is there anyone, help me!!"

The other side of Star City is already in chaos, and the army doesn't care about it.The crystalline creature behind her was close at hand, and the crystalless woman ran into tears, knocked down the garbage collection bin at the intersection, and rolled and crawled on the ground in embarrassment.

"No, I don't want to die, save me—"

Suddenly, a young and fat mecha repairman jumped out of the corner in front of him.

He blushed and roared, the crystal bones were released from both arms, and he slashed at the crystal creature!

"Joe!"

The woman wept with joy. She knew that the son of the Brown family was the only young man in the backwaters of their area who had studied in a military academy and had served as a soldier in the Silver Beidou.

Although he was sent back in the end, there was a lot of gossip among the neighbors.But at this time, it is undoubtedly her hope of survival.

After 10 minutes, the crystal particles escaped on the street corner.Joe struggled to get rid of the crystal creature, and he was exhausted.

He was panting, wiped his sweat and smiled shyly at the woman: "It's okay... Ha, I've killed it. Let's go, let's go to the shelter."

At the next moment, his and the woman's wrist phones turned on at the same time, forcing a small rectangular screen to pop up.

This can only happen if the highest levels of the empire issue emergency orders to all citizens in real time.

But this time, what was shown on the screen was not the well-dressed official spokesperson with a solemn expression.

Joe Brown rubbed his eyes vigorously, and opened his mouth in astonishment.

……

The third district of Aslan Star City, Kaios Military Academy.

"let us go!!"

The wind and rain did not stop, the teenagers of the military academy raised their arms and shouted, crowded at the closed gate of the military academy.

"You are still children."

Luo Hai stopped there like an iron tower. He looked at the group of hot-blooded teenagers, and said in a low voice, "My child, I want to be protected by adults obediently. When I grow up, I will protect the next generation of children. I will leave today's battle to the adults. children."

The heavy rain wet the faces of adults and children.Kevin stood at the forefront, with a thin spine under his soaked clothes, his neck stuck, and he gritted his teeth: "But if there is no next generation of human beings, what is the difference between children and adults!?"

There were sparks in his eyes, "Teacher Luo, we are the students of the Kaios Military Academy, funded by the empire, receiving the most elite education, and we are the closest to soldiers among ordinary people!!"

"We don't fight, who do we count on to fight!? The poor who can't get enough to eat, the amorphous people who have never touched a gun in their lives? Or the old man who can't walk, or the baby in the swaddle!"

Behind them, the group of cadets shouted: "Kevin is right, let's go!!"

"Teacher Luo, we request the military academy to open the training mechas to senior students. Aslan is the star city that raised us, please allow us to fight for it!!"

"We have signed a letter of commitment, all consequences will be borne by individuals, please let the military academy let us go!!"

Boom... The distant sky thundered.The heavy rain extinguished the smoke of gunpowder, but it could not extinguish the blood of the young people.

Until Luo Hai's voice was suppressed by the shouts of these military students, he had no choice but to stop his voice, his eyes scanned every face with sadness and relief.

these kids...

These immature and persistent flames.

"...I understand." Luo Hai sighed.

"I will express your appeal to the principal and the military."

Suddenly, everyone's wrist phones lit up.Small windows glowed in the rain like fireflies in the dark.

……

In front of the Jinrilun Military Headquarters building, a group of collapsed people gathered around in the rain.

"Back! Everyone back!" The guards yelled in the pouring rain, "You are obstructing public affairs and attacking military institutions! If you continue to make trouble, we have the right to shoot directly!"

A young new police officer was furious, "The empire is not sorry for you, now that Star City is in critical condition, even His Majesty the Emperor is driving an Iron Rose to fight in person, what are you going to do!?"

"What result?"

Someone raised his head in panic, with rain running down his face, "We just came to ask, what will happen to us!"

"In the past two years, His Majesty said that he would support the war. Which one is disobedient and which one is disobedient?"

"I'd rather eat chaff and swallow vegetables than supply resources to the front line, and watch my son and daughter be taken away by the army, right? But now..."

The rioting people shouted one after another:

"What's going on now, at least give us an explanation!"

"My own star city is about to fall, what about the crystal nest!? The military made a mistake in making a decision. You are sinners, sinners!"

"Let the army withdraw! We want to live, we demand the protection of the army!"

Suddenly, above the Jinrilun Building, the huge projection screen lit up.

The wrist phones of the mob and guards also lit up, and everyone didn't care about the quarrel anymore. Some looked up, some lowered their heads, staring blankly at the pop-up screen.

……

"Regard... my dear citizens of the Empire."

"I speak to you in the drenches."

Crystal Nest Universe, Imperial Space Station.

Jiang Jianming stood alone on the highest point of the space station, his handsome face was slightly pale, but his expression was very calm and gentle.

He leaned his elbows on the railing of the observation deck, looking into the distance, in a somewhat sloppy posture.

"I speak to every soldier, brave or fearful, to every people, calm or panicked."

"I speak to those who love this empire, and I speak to those who hate it."

After Ryan's crystal particles completely disappeared, the crystal nest mother core resumed its offensive.

Jiang Jianming watched the snow-white wave come back, and said lightly: "Yes, I speak to all of you, to all my compatriots."

At this moment, when he thought of what he was going to say next, a sense of relief suddenly rose in his heart.

In his whole life, he has gone through two lives, and has tasted countless sufferings and happiness, but he has never been like this...

Clear, light, and purely clean.

As if he had shaken off the shadow of maggots attached to his bones, he was able to walk under the sun after the rain, and walk in the middle of the light worthy of facing thousands of people.

Jiang Jianming couldn't help but smile slightly at the end of his eyes.This crystalless young man with black hair and fair skin said softly to all human beings:

"I am the consciousness projection of Dawn Aslan."