Beyond the crack, a small, scarred, yet emitting warm light, ark (the Heart of Gaia), like a lost child who has found the star map of home, is sailing firmly along a route paved with starlight towards a huge, vibrant star vortex composed of countless stars deep in the sea of laws - that is the new cradle of human civilization and the land of hope.
On the bridge of the Ark, a vague yet immense figure (Raymond) stood silently like an eternal sculpture, guarding the course. Beside him, two tiny lights (Lin Mo and Xu Shuangyao) were like dormant seeds, emitting the breath of new life.
At the end of the scene, Pei Du's shadow, blazing with dark gold flames and a gentle smile, slowly dissipated in the tides of the sea of law, transforming into countless points of warm light, merging into the roots of order that mended the cracks, like a star guarding the waterway. An extremely clear thought gently echoed in the depths of everyone's hearts:
"go home…"
This thought, like warm spring water, instantly nourished every heart on the Ark, on the verge of despair! General Raymond's dying flame, caressed by this gentle will, miraculously stabilized its last glimmer. His distracted gaze seemed to penetrate the alloy dome of the bridge, catching sight of the star map. The smile of relief that had frozen on his lips seemed to... deepen.
At the same time, the dimmed dark-gold film of light, gifted by Pei Du's core, suddenly lit up again after receiving this final vision of will, as if infused with a new soul! The light was gentle yet firm, no longer merely repairing, but... guiding! The film of light flowed, clearly outlining a course marked by dark-gold stars in the void ahead of the Ark, pointing straight towards the vast, vibrant star vortex in the vision of will!
"Course...course!" The monitor's voice was filled with tears of ecstasy. "The star map...is the star map for home! The driving force...Major General Pei Du...he is...pushing us!"
An irresistible, gentle yet overwhelming force once again acted upon the wreckage of the Ark! This thrust was no longer violent, but gentle, like a mother's push on a cradle, yet with an unmistakable direction! The Ark of Gaia's Heart, a wreckage that had long since lost its power, was propelled by this power, emanating from the very source of the stars, from the final blessing of the sacrificed, along that starlit path, towards its new home, towards... its true journey home, beginning its final, most peaceful voyage.
Inside the bridge, a deathly silence reigned, the only sound audible to the faint hum of the instruments. The survivors gazed at the clear starlight path on the main screen, at the vast swirl of stars approaching ahead, tears silently streaming down their faces. Those weren't tears of sorrow, but tears of hope after traversing endless darkness and sacrifice, finally glimpsing the lighthouse on the other side.
The Temple of Origin.
Inside the life support pod, the crystalline core of Lin Mo's left eye, on the verge of shattering, ceased to crack under the infusion of Pei Du's final will and the illumination of the channel's starlight. The dark gold veins stabilized again, emitting a gentle and eternal light. He remained asleep, but a hint of peace played upon his lips.
Beside her, Xu Shuangyao's icy blue eyelashes trembled slightly, and a single, glittering tear, mixed with nutrient solution, slowly slid across her pale, yet no longer cold, cheek. Deep within her consciousness, the eternally frozen land seemed to be infused with a touch of...long-lost warmth by the starlight route back home.
The Ark, like a small boat bearing all sacrifice and hope, embraced the starry sky, bathed in the newborn starlight, sailed towards the eternal dawn that belonged to humanity. Deep within the starry sky, at the edge of the vast rift in the sea of entropy, countless roots of order, a fusion of dark gold and frost blue, quietly healed the scars of the universe at a slow but unstoppable pace.
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