After driving away the amalgamation of crocodile, chameleon, gecko, and other creatures, the trip in the swamp became smoother, there were no more sudden attacks by strange evolved creatures, and Tu Zishi was paralyzed on the boat, making it difficult to make predictions.
“There are countless difficult creatures in the swamp, so why is the lord of this environment such a monstrous creature with a single means of attack? In fact, blood frogs and mosquitoes are more harmful to us, and large monsters are easier to attack and hide from.” Several squad leaders with leadership qualifications surrounded Liang Xian and asked in confusion.
They are the leading team of the future supernatural team, trying to absorb the knowledge of the different world like a sponge.
“It is easy to deal with because we have a large number of people and a variety of abilities, if it’s just a swamp creature, they evolve in a single direction, a certain species only has one or two characteristics, and these evolutions do not work on that reptile monster.” Liang Xian explained, “The reptile can release fog, which will largely hinder the swamp creatures, not to mention the visibility problem, the moisture in the fog will wet the wings of flying creatures, making them inconvenient, and the monster that sneaks into the mud can cover up its own smell, vision, hearing, the smell are all covered up, and the perception ability is reduced, making it difficult for other creatures to detect its attack. In addition, its thick skin and thick flesh can block the counterattacks of most group creatures, making it invincible in the swamp, coupled with its powerful attack power, it constitutes the necessary condition for the overlord of the swamp.”
Seeing several young soldiers thinking about his words seriously, Liang Xian nodded secretly in his heart. Their team is young, but growing steadily.
Finally smoothly arrived at the transmission point, Liang Xian counted the number of people, 58 were seriously injured, 198 were lightly injured, and 167 were out of strength, even including ordinary people, among the 500 people, there were only 77 people who are still intact, and this number also includes Tan Yan and the little deer.
But they were successful, because in this battle, no one was sacrificed, and most of the seriously injured were supernatural beings with strong recovery abilities, as long as they were given enough time to rest, they could definitely recover without leaving sequelae.
In contrast, their gains are——the experience of fighting against the other world, the possibility of teamwork among supernatural beings, and the admiration and recognition of ordinary people in the allied countries.
Including Tan Yan’s memory chip, this operation can be said to be a complete victory!
“Are you ready?” Tan Yan stood in front of the transmission point for the last confirmation.
Each team leader nodded after counting the personnel in charge, and everyone put their hands on Tan Yan’s not-so-broad back and followed him to the transmission point.
After 17 hours and 38 minutes, this other-worldly team finally triumphs.
Returning home, what a beautiful word.
After experiencing the feeling of being disassembled and reassembled again, a group of people appeared in the old cemetery of Ping County, where Minister Yu led the team and the entourage of the allied countries, looked at the distressed faces of the returned soldiers, and raised their hands in unison.
Minister Yu’s resounding voice resounded in the crowd: “Salute to the triumphant heroes!”
Looking at the team in front of them who paid them the highest respect, the supernatural soldiers supported each other and smiled.
After such an unusual mission, while paying for the blood and sweat, a strong sense of pride rose in their chests.
Hero, what a beautiful word!
A foreign scientific researcher held Minister Yu’s hand and said excitedly: “Thank you for allowing us to participate in this operation so that we could experience firsthand how dangerous and terrifying the other world is, how amazing the supernatural beings are, and how powerful unity is. As you said, these supernatural soldiers have just awakened their supernatural powers, and they are all so immature, they look like minors. But when they unite everyone’s weak power under the leader’s order, the combined power is enough to fight against a dangerous world! I deeply realized that in the context of the times, selfishness and disputes are not acceptable, all human beings must unite! My status is low and what I think counts for little1人微言輕 rén wēi yán qīng: what lowly people think counts for little; the words of the lowly carry little weight., my words may not be able to influence the decisions of the country’s leaders, but I believe that if we work together as a team, we will be able to bring about the cooperation of all mankind! Perhaps this process will be very long, I may not see this day coming in ten, twenty years, or even in my lifetime, but I am willing to use my life, the life of my students, and the lives of my students’ students to make this happen!”
Upon receiving such sincere words, Minister Yu’s heart warmed up and he shook the international friend’s hand tightly, and the phrase echoed in his mind, ‘A single spark can start a huge blaze2星星之火可以燎原 xīng xing zhī huǒ , kě yǐ liáo yuán: lit. a single spark can start a huge blaze; an insignificant cause can have a massive effect; From the Book of Documents: 若火之燎于原,不可嚮邇,其猶可撲滅?, When fire is burning the grassland, one (already) cannot stay near it, then how can one put it out?‘.
There are more than twenty thousand supernatural soldiers in the country, each of them is a spark, they keep on burning themselves, and one day they will illuminate the whole post-apocalyptic world, bringing a light that can rival the scorching sun for human beings!
Reporters from the foreign delegation faithfully photographed the scene of Minister Yu and the scholar clasping hands, this scene of handshake of epochal significance that was written into world history textbooks hundreds of years later and was hailed by future generations as a milestone handshake in the history of human evolution.
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“This is the memory chip for defense,” Tan Yan handed over the chip implanted in his arm to Qiao Zhixue, “Fortunately, I didn’t disappoint.”
A calm person like Qiao Zhixue couldn’t help hugging Tan Yan warmly after he got the defense chip that could absorb the energy of the ‘void’.
This small chip is the hope of the next generation of mankind. With it, can avoid the injury of ordinary people who are involved in the ‘void’ to the greatest extent, improve the survival rate, and reduce the burden on rescuers.
From April 2018 to the present, after more than a year of hard work by the Ministry of State Security and the supernatural team, the battle against the ‘void’ and the end of the world has finally made a breakthrough, with the successful development of memory chips, human beings have taken the first step on the road of evolution.
The road ahead is still difficult, and the distance to success is still far away. On this road, there will be countless ordinary people and soldiers with supernatural powers blood spilled on it, countless lives will be left in the other world and never return home. The struggle of the supernatural team will not bring peace, but will only make more people consciously sacrifice.
Even so, they still have to hold hands and go on firmly, using their lives to ignite the fire of hope and illuminate all darkness.
The members of the supernatural team were sent to the hospital, and the soldiers who were not selected to participate in this operation came to visit them one after another, they envied them for having such an opportunity to accumulate experience and were grateful that they had survived.
The young soldiers hugged each other, and for the first time in the military hospital, there was no pain, only joy.
After the revelry, they ran in front of Tan Yan in a line, and a group of people said in a loud voice in unison like a bell: “Thank you, Instructor Tan and Instructor Deer!”
The voice of one person is small, but the voice of many people makes the ground tremble.
The little deer’s hearing is very sensitive, and he couldn’t help but take a step back, he was frightened by such a sound. He wondered why a rookie that he could stomp down with one foot would have the power to make him retreat.
Tan Yan put his hand on the little deer’s back, and patted comfortingly.
“Don’t be afraid, this is the power of the collective.” Tan Yan said softly, “You are strong, I’m also strong. We are enough to be the leader of this era and guide the change of the era, but the real implementers are them.”
The little deer looked up at Tan Yan in confusion, no matter how smart he was, could understand all the theories in books, but he still couldn’t understand human hearts.
“Now you’re better than them and so am I. But one day, we will collapse under their joint attack, and eventually, we will be exhausted by the unrelenting struggle. At that time, the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before3長江後浪推前浪 cháng Jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng: lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before; fig. the new is constantly replacing the old; each new generation excels the previous; (of things) to be constantly evolving; the younger (new) generation replaces and surpasses the older (previous) generation., and we will eventually be buried on the sands of history, to make a new generation of brilliance.” Tan Yan looked into the little deer’s eyes, and said seriously, “This, is legacy.”
Both the little deer and Tian Shen II on the antlers didn’t understand the profound meaning of these words, but this did not prevent them from engraving Tan Yan’s words firmly in their hearts.
One day, they will understand more and more about human beings, see the beautiful and ugly sides of this creature, and at that time, they will truly understand.
After saluting Tan Yan, this group of energetic young people ran to find Liang Xian and the members of the supernatural team. They lifted up the members of the supernatural team and threw them into the sky, these scenes were frozen in Tan Yan’s eyes and engraved in his heart.
Why would the space traveler choose to stay in this world after meeting the young Tan Yan, would do anything to realize the wish of the young Tan Yan, would be willing to dedicate his life silently to an ordinary post.
Because he saw flames in the eyes of that young eighteen-year-old.
It is a flame that the space travelers have never had during those thousands of years of travel.
But now, he is like a torch bearer, igniting the buds of sparks in the hearts of every young man.
It is also a perfect circle for a thousand-year journey to come to an end in this era.
“I remember when I first came to Ping County, you still thought I was troublesome.” Minister Yu walked behind Tan Yan, and said with a smile, “Your eyes are full of disgust, and you don’t respect me as a minister at all. Knock me out in the other world, carried me back like a sack. I was the one who dragged you out of forty years of daily life and forced you to tell the ‘void’ secret, force you to go to college, get in touch with these young people, study advanced mathematics, and English quantum mechanics, and forced you to do everything you didn’t want to do under the pretext of the mission, did you blame me?”
Tan Yan closed his eyes and thought for a while, showing a gratified smile: “At first, I blamed, I probably did not have a sense of belonging to the world at that time, I only wanted to realize the wish of the young Tan Yan, and fight until the last moment for the people who had been good to him, you disturbed my peace.”
“What about now?”
“Now…” Tan Yan opened his eyes and looked at the group of young people who were rejoicing, “I’m grateful to you for giving me this opportunity.”
“It will be your birthday in ten days or so, your 60th birthday, I originally wanted to hold a retirement ceremony for you, but Liang Xian said he wanted to spend time with you as a couple.” Minister Yu shook his head, “This stinky boy said with a sad face that he gets together less with you and leaves more, that when he first fell in love, both of you fell in love with the other world, more miserable than a long-distance relationship. On your birthday, he will take a day off to be alone with you no matter what, the little deer wants to give you a gift but were stopped by him.”
Tan Yan looked at Liang Xian who was thrown into the sky in surprise, he still remembered that on his birthday last year, Liang Xian dragged the little deer from the other world to send him a bouquet of flowers, let him recognize his own heart, and learn not to leave regrets.
“Shh,” Minister Yu smiled kindly, “Just pretend you don’t know, wait for him to give you a surprise, don’t let him know what I said.”
After saying that, he also winked mischievously.