In the end of the world, I become an immortal alone.

Chapter 408 Prepare to leave!

"Ma'am...ma'am?"

Ok?
Amina withdrew her gaze from the calendar clock on the wall and looked at the conference table in front of her.

She couldn't remember how many times she had come here.

This conference room has also changed from its previous cramped, simple, and metal wilderness style to its current style, which Amina can't describe.

The overall tone has become silver-gray. The two large floor-to-ceiling windows with starry sky display the rapid development of material technology of human beings on earth today. The edges and corners have become very rounded, and the "weightlessness emergency handrails" that can be seen everywhere have also been decorated into the shape of works of art.

Outside the window, two warships were quietly leaving with their tail flames puffing out.

Amina gathered her thoughts and looked at the new unfamiliar faces that had appeared at the conference table.

These are several middle-aged men and women, wearing expeditionary force uniforms.

Amina didn't understand what their epaulettes and brooches represented, nor did she care.

She does not belong to the human system, and the relationship between the two is more like... employment?
"Oh, I envy you, ma'am."

The old man sitting at the head of the long table, with a sign reading "Chairman of the Council Chamber" in front of him, spoke to Amina elegantly:

"Whenever I see you, you always have such a perfect temperament and appearance."

"Well," Amina said simply, "I still have tens of thousands of years to live, so of course nothing will change."

The old man asked, "Is there any news about that old friend in the center of the earth?"

"I haven't been there recently," Amina shook her head. "The guardian there has become very weak, and his consciousness is fading. Alas, he obviously possesses such great power, but in the end he can't resist the erosion of time."

"Yes," the old man said with emotion, "time is a... butcher's knife."

Amina was speechless.

What a metaphor!
"Let's get down to business," Amina said. "I'd like to make it clear in advance that I'm protecting this planet and his retreat as a friend of Black Storm. I'm not your vassal or protector, and the expedition's war is not my responsibility."

The old man hurriedly said: "You misunderstood, we are not asking you to go to the front line. In addition to what you said, you are still an elder and wise man respected by us humans on Earth."

"I'm still young, not an elder."

"Let's not talk about the butcher knife anymore."

The old man got to the point:
"It's like this. A large-scale battle broke out half a month ago, and our joint expeditionary force encountered an enemy offensive that we had never seen before.

"These enemies and the Saber Beasts attacked from both sides, causing serious damage to our expeditionary fleet.

"Based on the biological samples of the enemy we captured, we cultivated... Look."

The old man swiped his finger across the table, and an image of a nutrient chamber was projected onto the table. Inside was a life form that looked like a spider spirit, with a human upper body and a round belly in the lower half, as well as eight sharp knife-like limbs.

Amina tilted her head and looked around.

She muttered, "Did it mutate during cultivation?"

"There is no mutation. It is this type of organism that fought against the 07th Fleet."

A marshal quickly explained:
"They have psychic powers ranging from B-level at the lowest to S-level at the highest, and can move freely in space. Their main combat method is boarding battle.

"They are riding on spire-shaped warships. As long as they can get close to our warships, they will invade our warships like dandelions blown away by the wind.

“It’s costing us a lot.”

Amina asked, "I remember that I brought the technology of psychic shields for warships from the Cloud City more than 20 years ago."

"The cost is too high," the old man in the lead sighed, "The 07 fleet is mainly composed of the previous second-phase hulls. The self-maintenance system has started to report errors like crazy, and the mechanical legions they are equipped with are also old models."

Amina didn't dwell on this question too much.

The old man in the lead asked, "What do you think of this creature?"

"It should be a variant of a pseudo-spiritual slave," Amina said, "but I'm not sure specifically. You can ask Professor Shen Qionglin, she's an expert in this area."

"Professor Shen is in seclusion."

The old man said helplessly:
"It's much harder to find her than to find you. She has the highest clearance and often sails with the fleet. I'm afraid something might happen to her."

Amina looked at the guy with a bit of displeasure.

If it weren't for the fact that her spirit slave was a partner of this old man, she wouldn't bother with this guy!

It's as if her worth is not as good as that Shen Qionglin.

"However," Amina thought of the various abnormalities in Shen Qionglin and whispered, "The Divine Domain Plan is indeed somewhat unexpected. Shen Qionglin has now shown some divinity."

"So," the old man asked cautiously, "can you develop a few psychic circuits to restrain this new species?"

Amina said helplessly: "I have said it many times, that special ray that destroys the psychic circuit is the technology of the Ina civilization, not mine, and I don't have the ability to develop it."

"Ok."

The old man smiled and turned the topic to the side that Amina was more interested in.

As long as we talk about the Black Storm, the great pioneer of Ina civilization and the powerful guardian of Earth civilization, Aminna will never get bored.

The generals around looked at each other with a hint of smile in their eyes.

The Speaker started blowing the black storm again.

Most of them were born in the post-Black Storm era, or the expedition era after the great victory on Mars. As for the previous era when mankind was about to extinct, they can only know about it through video materials and stories told by their predecessors.

They all respected Black Storm.

But this respect is rational;

There is no fanaticism or even piety like the older generation.

I have to go back to this...

More than eighty years ago, a black storm blew through like a gust of wind, wiping out all the powerful blade beasts on Earth.

The evil Obsidian spiritual forces plotting to destroy the world were dealt with by Black Storm with all his might;
The extremely powerful Saber Beast civilization was also driven out of the Earth and the solar system by humans due to the direct intervention of the Black Storm and the technology left behind indirectly;

Even Fu Jian, the legendary meritorious commander of mankind, the iron-blooded military god who always emphasized that the collective is more important than the individual, would say that he was an exception whenever the Black Storm was mentioned.

Strong military power is only the most direct and weakest part of the Black Storm's influence.

The quotations and spirit he left to the human world inspired human civilization to rise up in the midst of disasters, survive the cold winter, and become a powerful civilization among the stars.

Nowadays, human civilization has formed an alliance with other civilizations that have been invaded by blade beasts to fight back against the blade beasts in various parts of the star field.

The blade beast's arrogance was overwhelming;
Humanity’s cannons are large and its ships are strong.

Of course, Black Storm's rescue and encouragement at critical moments are certainly valuable, but the real reason why humans can complete the leap in civilization level in a short period of time is the [Rise of Machinery].

The destruction of the D8 comprehensive war zone and the disaster that killed more than million people were definitely a key point in the course of human history.

In this battle, Black Storm displayed extraordinary power, destroying more than a dozen spiritual practitioners in one fell swoop, seizing more than a dozen core circuits, and wiping out all the pillar blade beasts on the earth.

After this battle, the human commander Fu Jian completely lifted the restrictions on autonomous mechanical bodies.

Human society has put forward the slogan of "mechanical reconstruction" to coexist and reciprocate with autonomous mechanical bodies.

In just one year, three new human fortresses and fifty-six new fully autonomous mechanical fortresses were built in the area recaptured from the Blade Beasts.

Soon, the Blade Beast Legion used Mars as a springboard, successfully carried out interstellar teleportation, and threatened the Earth.

It was at this critical moment that the Mechanical Fortress began to produce troops crazily, the design drawings of various space carriers were rapidly updated, and the first generation of space battleships was quickly formed.

Although they did not play a role in this battle.

This wave of blade beasts was blocked outside the earth by Amina, who was wearing a colorful dress and holding a huge sword.

The subsequent waves of blade beasts were firmly blocked outside the atmosphere by a wall of light that suddenly appeared on Earth and lasted for more than thirty years.

Then, in those 30 years, humans relied on fully autonomous mechanical fortresses to continuously increase their troops and spacecraft, accumulate strength, and drain half of the Earth's "interstellar resources". Then, under the leadership of the human commander [Tie Yu Lingtong], they launched a full-scale counterattack and finally won a great victory on Mars. After the great victory on Mars, the blade beast tide retreated from this area, and Earth civilization finally began in this star field...

Let’s eat!

Human civilization has finally stood up!

Now, fifty years have passed since the great victory on Mars.

Human beings have newly developed two military planets, one planet is a fully mechanical civilization, and the other planet is a half-human and half-mechanical civilization.

Emina is still protecting the Earth;

Nilda saw that there was no fighting here, so he ran to the star field to hunt down the blade beasts and the stars.

The [Mechanical Reconstruction] movement also has the shadow of the Black Storm.

He is the leader of the Earth's mechanical civilization, a subsidiary civilization of the Earth's human race. He is the Black Storm's personal maid, the loyal wingman R99, codenamed Peony.

The main reason why human civilization has not been rebelled against by mechanical civilization is that Peony is guiding and suppressing it.

This actually also fulfills the saying;
He is not in the world, but his legend can be found everywhere in the world.

Black Storm is also a great lecturer.

The mecha combined attack technology he passed down has now been innovated and developed for more than a dozen generations, and is a compulsory course for human space warriors.

He trained the powerful [Beast Whisperer], [Mr. Abnormal], and [Mad Queen], all of whom were pillar-level generals on the front line of the war between humans and blade beasts.

How terrifying is the influence of the Black Storm?

For example, the old man named Zhou Zhengde in front of Amina ended his duties as a fleet commander forty-six years ago. With the campaign slogan "Black Storm's Best Friend", he became the Speaker of the New Human Parliament.

Zhou Zhengde once said publicly that he had only two teachers in his life.

Grandfather Fu Jian taught him that he should be ruthless and resolute, and risk everything to safeguard the interests of the collective;
His best friend Wang Zheng taught him that he should be responsible, not afraid of difficulties, and have the courage to use everything he has to protect the people he cares about... and so on.

There are countless similar remarks made by the Speaker.

Even in the academic world, the late 'Three Masters', a leading figure in weapons development, was a loyal fan of Black Storm.

Let’s turn our attention back to the conference table.

The old speaker Zhou Zhengde paused, with some emotion in his eyes.

Amina already showed signs of wanting to leave.

Old Zhou Zhengde seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Amina said, "Just say what you want to say, don't hesitate."

"When can he come back?"

Zhou Zhengde's eyes were filled with helplessness:

“Although he has transformed my body and I can probably live another 20 to 30 years, you know, I am essentially just an ordinary person.

"Lingtong can wait for him for another hundred years, but I can't. I can only wait for him for another twenty or thirty years.

"If he really takes a hundred years to show up, I don't know if I can see him for the last time, so... next time you go, can you take me with you?"

"No," Amina said, "I can't enter the Cloud City now. The guardian's consciousness is almost completely dissipated. He didn't lie to us about this."

Zhou Zhengde asked: "Will he not grant you access before his consciousness disappears?"

"Probably not," Amina shook her head, "Cloud City has a new owner, don't worry, and I have a hunch."

Amina stood up and walked towards the door of the conference room, which opened automatically by sensing.

Through the glass in the corridor, she saw a light blue planet.

"He should be back soon."

Amina's murmurs echoed back and forth in the corridor.

Zhou Zhengde opened his mouth, then just sighed softly, with emotion in his eyes.

"Let's continue the meeting."

Zhou Zhengde waved his hand, and his temperament changed, with a bit more dignity of a superior.

That expression seemed to say:

"Boys, if you want to take away my budget, then show some real skills!"

The marshals and generals held their breath.

If you look closely, these people, including Zhou Zhengde, are actually projections.

Their bodies aren't here.

It’s just because this is the ship of [Guardian] Amina, and they like to hold meetings here.

Amina returned to her meditation room.

It's called a meditation room, but in fact there's only a bathtub and a few clothes hangers. She likes to daydream while taking a bath, so she calls it a meditation room.

The hangers were filled with all kinds of colorful dresses, all custom-made after the one she had first gotten.

Amina entered the pool wearing a veil, sighed softly, her long hair spread on the water, and she looked at the star map on the ceiling in a trance.

Will that guy become a stranger to me after he comes out?

After all, they had only known each other for a year or two, and now eighty years had passed.

"He will probably go find Ling Tong."

Amina's pretty face showed a hint of loss.

This is happening behind people's backs, so there's no need to hide the loss.

……

at the same time.

The cloud capital of the inner world.

The figure that has been talked about by countless people outside and worried about countless people is now sitting on the cushion in the middle of the hall.

The huge word "Tao" behind him seemed to contain infinite Tao rhyme;

The figure was surrounded by a five-colored cyclone, and three lotus flowers slowly grew behind him.

Tao foundation, perfect!
After opening his eyes, Taoist Wang exhaled softly, and his heart was filled with endless insights. He also accepted the three extra memories in his mind.

It is a pity that I was not able to obtain the memory of my happy and carefree second life;

Otherwise, he can also be considered to have experienced it.

The three memories are [Facing the Heavenly Tribulation for the Second Time], [Pressure from the Immortal Finger] and [Collection of Flirting Quotes].

The figure of the Wanderer of the Three Realms has disappeared, and the last wisp of his soul has escaped into the Stone of the Past.

This stone...

Wang Jixuan raised his hand, and the wall next to him cracked, and the fairy puppet brought in this honeycomb-shaped strange treasure.

Anyway, I have been in seclusion for so long, there is no need to rush. I should study the structure of this thing first.

Compared to before, his cultivation has made a big step forward, and more importantly, he has obtained a perfect foundation for the Tao, which has made up for the inherent deficiencies of this body. His future cultivation path will be smooth.

This stone must be a very powerful thing, as it could bring back a wisp of his soul under the immortal finger.

(End of this chapter)