Durin's Diary

Chapter 935 Sober, I sit amidst the flowers

When Dulin arrived at the Shimotsu base, Luo Xiangguo was already waiting there.

Facing Dulin, the old man led him to a map, first pointing out their current location, and then saying, "We're here. Take off along the runway and fly east. As long as we're heading in the right direction, we'll arrive here." He pointed to the edge of a peninsula: "East of here is Kyushu Island. If you can fly over it, you'll see two large islands further east. The one to the north is Honshu Island, and the one below is Shikoku Island."

Dulin nodded: "I already have a good idea of ​​the location, but I've heard that the puppet bones are very effective against their homeland's air defenses."

“Yes, we have never been able to organize a large-scale bombing of their core industrial areas. Both the anti-aircraft firepower on the ground and the Puppet Bone fighter squadrons in the sky far exceed the defensive firepower of our bombers and the ability of the fighters flying alongside us.” Luo Xiangguo said, pointing to several locations in Kyushu: “You’d better not get close to these locations, because as soon as you get close, it will attract a lot of attention, and the Puppet Bone fighter squadrons will swarm around the approaching party like madmen.”

"I know you don't have any intelligence from the Shikoku region, right?"

“We can’t even get through Kyushu, let alone Shikoku and Honshu. We haven’t updated the situation on the four islands for hundreds of years since the satellite went out of control. You’d better be careful.” As Luo Xiangguo said this, he took out a pocket watch from his pocket: “Here you go.”

"What are you doing?" Dulin looked at the pocket watch in his hand.

Its red shell is somewhat mottled, but you can still clearly see five five-pointed stars on it, four small ones surrounding one large one.

"The Luo family's roots, passed down from our ancestors, come from the ancient people of the past. It is already very fortunate that they have been able to continue for thousands of years. Take it with you, take good luck with you to the past, and then take good luck back with you."

Since Prime Minister Luo had said so, Du Lin accepted it: "I will bring it back and return it to you personally."

After saying that, he stuffed it into his breast pocket.

"I trust you. Is there anything else I need to prepare?" Luo Xiangguo asked.

"No need." After saying that, Du Lin reached out and pressed down on the goggles that Luo Xiangguo had thrown at him.

He looked at Dulin with anticipation: "Take care on your journey. I'll be here watching you take off."

Dulin took the goggles, put them on, and strode toward the track.

The teardrop-shaped equipment flew in according to Dulin's will. As Dulin leaped up and grabbed the outer shell of the equipment, the teardrop-shaped equipment reversed its shape and surrounded its master, then began to accelerate.

Soon, Luo Xiangguo could no longer see the young man on the ground.

He sighed, took out a cigarette case from his pocket, and lit one.

Having lived for so many years, this wasn't the first time he had sent young people to the battlefield, nor was it the first time he had given a pocket watch to a young person. Some people brought it back with them, and some people died with it, but this pocket watch seemed to be cursed. It would always bring the soul of the person who owned it back to their ancestral home.

It wasn't that Luo Xiangguo didn't believe in the existence of this anonymous chosen one, but rather that the man was ultimately younger than himself, and Luo Xiangguo didn't want to see him die in an accident.

Take this pocket watch with you. Even if something goes wrong, as long as your soul is not corrupted, there is still hope. The Celestial Masters can help this young man reincarnate. The people of Changtang have already sacrificed for a thousand years. After so many sacrifices, they will not place such a small possibility on a young man.

Winning would be the best outcome, but even a temporary setback is acceptable. Just like Director Sun's rational existence, he has already reincarnated. As long as the goal remains unchanged, everything can be planned in the long run.

sacrifice?

In this vast land of Tang, who doesn't face sacrifice head-on, dying nine times without regret?

………………

Research center, lobby.

Director Sun's emotional avatar gazes at the ecosystem on the distant orbit, her only job in a thousand years.

As the tenth ecosystem, this Earth-United ecosystem was the last to begin construction. It is said that before the tenth ecosystem even started construction, and before the research center was even in orbit, the fifth ecosystem had already begun its second evolution of civilization. But now, looking at the empty North America region on the distant planet, she still sighed and recalled those days.

Back then, this place was packed with all sorts of young people. Everyone was meeting for the first time, full of youthful vigor. They were all laughing and looking forward to witnessing a brand new journey of civilization's evolution.

Who could have imagined that everything would be destroyed by an accident? Chaos, subspace, and things that previously only existed in books and chess manuals actually came to life at this moment.

It's both laughable and pathetic.

Former colleagues have become enemies, and former friends have lost contact. Although there were differences between them before, in her view, this was merely an academic issue, and the work done by creators of sociology and biology like them was inherently subject to ethical controversies.

But she never imagined that academic issues would eventually escalate into mutual hatred. Whether it stemmed from the bewitching of the Chaos God or the distortion of these former colleagues by the warp, she didn't know.

But she knew that she had no friends left in this center.

Everyone is nothing more than a thorn in someone else's side.

Thinking of this, she turned her head and looked at the little deer that had appeared in the teleportation array.

"You came."

"Yes, madam, I've arrived."

“I told you, the path of the sage is the path that requires the most visualization. Every step you take represents your understanding of the world. There are no shortcuts.”

“But if I can’t become stronger, I can’t help him, and I don’t want to become that kind of person.” Alyssa said, then came to Director Sun’s side: “I’m increasingly unable to anchor Dulin’s future. I know that spying on him is a very dangerous thing to do, but I can’t sit idly by, because I’m afraid that one day he will disappear from my memory.”

Looking at the deer in front of her, Director Sun's lips curled up slightly—she hadn't witnessed such pure love in a long time.

"Since you want to become stronger, then take my hand and I will guide you to visualize the past. But I must first explain that this will be extremely dangerous. I will take you to relive every day since the first day I arrived here. If you cannot escape from this replay, you may eventually die here."

“I’m not afraid, because if I do nothing, I can’t help Dulin at all… I don’t want to live in that kind of future.”

After saying that, she reached out and firmly grasped Director Sun's hand.

For a fleeting moment, she was bewitched by the heartbeat coming from the other side.

For a fleeting moment, she was drawn in by the laughter that had echoed through the ages.

The sound of the automatic door made her open her eyes.

Before me was a hall filled with various pieces of furniture that had not yet been disassembled. Various young people were sitting in the hall, and the elderly Mrs. Nogel stood smiling by the door, greeting us.

"Miss Sun, hello. This must be Alyssa next to you, right? She's such a perfect little deer."

These words startled her. She turned her head and saw the little girl with antlers beside her.

Her stubborn appearance.

It's just like me when I was pursuing my studies.

(End of this chapter)