Chapter 277: Farewell Song
What happened? Zheng Xiuli...
Chen Xiao'er's mind went blank. She stretched out her left hand towards the sky in a daze, her right hand still tightly holding the dagger.
A series of shattered images replayed in my mind. I had just lunged towards the burning bomb, and then, and then Zheng Xiuli... Zheng Xiuli pushed me away.
She had no thoughts of sacrificing herself at all, she just thought "never let the explosive pack ignite other explosives".
Because my sister, classmates, and many, many people in the tower are still here.
Why did Zheng Xiuli do this?
The moment this question arose, she crushed it: "Why else? She and I have exactly the same reason."
The students were just coerced by the bad guys, they——
Scene after scene flashed through my mind. There were many scattered memories from the past six months, but none of them could cover the brisk and long ten years.
From childhood to adulthood, so many people have shown kindness to her and the people around her.
"Child, you're already out on an outing at such a young age? Come, sit closer to your aunt."
"You dropped the bag, didn't you? That's good. Who drops a whole bag of cookies? Ugh, my head hurts."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you for taking my child to the hospital. It's a small token of my appreciation... You don't want it? What? Take it quickly."
"Don't go out to the suburbs at night. Come, I'll take you home."
The fragments of memory are interspersed with a large number of young faces, expressing joy, sadness, worry, emotion and admiration.
The portraits of her high school classmates slowly turned gray in her memory. Chen Xiao'er clenched her fists in mid-air: You—you bad guys, how many more friends do you want to take away from me?!
Zheng Xiuli——
At the moment of falling, she couldn't help but recall the past with Zheng Xiuli.
"What's your background? If you're valuable, I wouldn't mind making another friend."
[“I think you’re a nice person. Do you want to join us?”]
At first, I always thought she was quite arrogant. After all, she was a genius who had gotten into Taoli University, so it was normal for her to be a little proud. The incident in the cafeteria only deepened this impression.
But time changes prejudices.
Chen Xiao'er had long discovered that although she had a hot temper and would occasionally fight with people outside the school, she was actually a very loyal person.
I actually envy you, Zheng Xiuli.
He has a good mind and good physical fitness, and he has a close relationship with his classmates. He is very active in every practical class and always shines among the team members.
I asked you why you always run in the front, and you said it was to better protect everyone and prevent accidents.
If someone like you who is full of justice and likes to protect others gets a master's degree from a police academy, you will definitely become an excellent police officer after graduation.
【That is the future you should have. 】
Chen Xiao'er's thoughts flashed like shooting stars, but the time she felt became long and distant.
She was still falling, and after falling below the level of the rooftop, she could no longer see the situation above.
Zheng Xiu Li...She covered the explosive package with her body, but there were cardboard boxes all around her. Is it really okay?
She looked at the edge of the rooftop, a strange fear rising from the depths of her heart. They were too close to the other explosives. If the explosion spread to the surrounding area, the explosives would still ignite!
Her hair danced wildly in the air, and Chen Xiao'er's thoughts were stretched into a straight line, like a taut string.
No, I don’t believe it. I don’t believe your efforts will be in vain!
The image of Zheng Xiuli in her mind played out frame by frame like a silent film, lingering on an ordinary evening. Sunsets overlapped, dragging her into a shattered memory.
Two girls were chatting while carrying heavy cardboard boxes.
You said you were going to set off fireworks on the top of the tower, but we weren't very familiar with each other, so there was a joke you didn't say out loud.
"We've moved so many boxes. If we light them early that night, will everyone mistake them for a meteor shower?"
Will it? Will it?
A coin spins in consciousness.
Is there explosives or fireworks in the box?
I have no idea.
But I want to believe that the school security will not allow such a large amount of explosives to be replaced in less than a day.
They can't do it!
She was so sure that her vague memory gradually became clear, providing clear evidence: the boxes were packed intact and had not been opened at all.
All the boxes have the school's emblem. Unless this person prepared a large number of identical boxes in advance and secretly stored them somewhere else, otherwise...
No, otherwise, it doesn't have the means to replace so many boxes. It should only randomly replace one or two boxes and kill me.
[The box nearby is definitely filled with fireworks! ]
"One hundred percent..." Zheng Xiuli, your efforts will definitely increase the probability of safety to one hundred percent!
Chen Xiao'er opened her mouth resolutely, letting the strong wind flow through the gaps between her teeth.
Bang!
A dull sound exploded.
Chen Xiao'er could not see any figure while falling, but she seemed to see blood-colored dust floating in the wind.
Crackling, crackling.
The cardboard box next to it was still ignited...!
My heart lost its balance in an instant, and crisp explosions rang out one after another.
Boom! Boom!
Balls of light swayed towards the clouds, dragging their tails of flame. Their trajectories were sometimes straight and sometimes curved, as they rushed up and down towards the light red sky.
Boom! Boom! Rumble!
Bang——
Gold, white, pink, green, blue, red.......
Colorful lines intertwine together, spilling colorful paints in the palette of the fading sunset, lighting up the entire sky in an instant.
The grand golden fireworks cast a pearl curtain on the sky, and the points of light falling from the sky seemed like tears of mourning. The overlapping lights were like fallen flowers wrapped in them, and light pink petals were scattered from time to time.
A tear welled up in my eyes.
Chen Xiao'er bit her lip and stared at the endless sky.
Sand.
Her back seemed to hit a wicker basket, and then someone put their arms around her shoulders, letting her upper body fall into the soft embrace.
"Xiao Ai, I caught you."
Zero's voice sounded from behind, and she exerted force with both arms at the same time, pulling the half of her body exposed outside the basket directly into the hanging basket.
Chen Xiao'er was stunned for a few seconds, and the teardrops fell down her cheek.
So that's how it is. Zheng Xiuli pushed me out of the building because she must have seen the hot air balloon next to it...
She was shivering all over, but the next second she clenched her fists and dug her nails into her palms. The intense pain and the surge of adrenaline took control of her body, making it difficult for her to think clearly.
Chen Xiao'er was half-kneeling in the hanging basket, with a distorted expression on her face, like a ghost.
She gritted her teeth and said, "Speed up! Another balloon, catch up, catch up with Xiaotong!"
Zero seemed to hesitate for two seconds, but quickly reacted: "Okay, let me see how to operate it."
As soon as she stood up, a gust of wind blew in her face.
Whoosh—it seemed to understand Xiao'er's thoughts and really blew the hot air balloon towards another hot air balloon.
Great! Chen Xiao'er quickly pulled Ling's hand to stand up, staggered to the basket and looked out.
Now the distance between the two hot air balloons was a little closer, and she could see that in addition to Xiaotong and the suspicious person, there was also Zheng Lu in the basket.
However, Zheng Lu was lying on the side motionless, and it was unknown whether she was injured.
Whoosh—the sound of breaking through the air suddenly rang out.
A bullet flew over and the hot air balloon shook suddenly.
What? The balloon was punctured?!
Chen Xiao'er lost her balance instantly. She tilted her head and looked into the distance, shouting in the direction where her sister disappeared: "Xiaotong——"
......
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle.
The screens began to show radio wave-like snowflakes, and then returned to normal after a few seconds.
The huge suction force swept away all the energy around the rift, and three sets of images appeared on the analyst's screen for comparison.
The impact range of the power generation this time was extremely small, and the prototype of the power directly dissipated the energy within a few breaths and returned to the cycle of multiple power rituals.
The leap failed.
Everyone sighed with regret, and tears flashed in someone's eyes from time to time.
Chen Xiao'er is a special case, her starting from zero is different.
Zheng Xiuli is the first ordinary person known to have launched an attack on power.
[Glorious: She successfully raised her ability to the level of authority and maintained it for three seconds.]
She succeeded and failed.
Her successes and failures prove the same thing: humans can acquire power, but their bodies are too weak to hold on to it for long.
If the church had nearly unlimited resources and time, if both power and Chen Xiao'e were born in the technological age—perhaps humanity could continue to study power, ushering in the day when power is shared collectively or everyone possesses a weakened version of power.
Unfortunately, without such a premise, they can only observe a moment of silence for the sacrificed heroes, but the moment of silence only remains in their hearts and cannot occupy even a minute of their working time.
Someone belatedly asked, "Zheng Xiuli is not a bishop, but she has made such great contributions. Can she be admitted into the order of beings as an exception?"
Just now, all nodes have reported that the power-level explosion did not destroy the Doomsday Clock Tower or blow up any actual existence.
Under the guidance of Guanghui, Zheng Xiuli locked onto the parallel world created by Despair and blew up the hidden pieces and traps inside one by one.
Without her dedication, God knows what would have been brought into the real world.
This erosion may be subtle and before they realize it, the people around them have been quietly replaced by dummies.
By then, let alone saving humanity, it will be questionable whether humans are still human.
After processing some of the information, someone asked the observer, "What do the Human Soul Front say?"
The movements of the Chaos God Cult were clear; most members had been eliminated by the anomalies in the ritual, the school workers, and the students. However, those on the Human Soul Front had not been targeted by the anomalies; the main targets were those assembling the machines.
"Their main contact hasn't replied yet." The observer typed on the computer.
"There's another point we need to note. A student named Lin Lang from Class A and her father, a cadre from the Human Soul Front, left the academy after Chen Xiao'er without reporting their departure."
Such behavior could be considered as defection, but no one showed anger or surprise on their faces.
No matter what choice this student named Lin Lang makes, the Church of Light will take corresponding measures.
Of course, because time and resources were tight, a defection of her level wasn't a big deal. As long as she didn't take any special artifacts or documents, the church would likely shelve the matter.
"Well, the ceremony should be ending soon," an observer smiled and adjusted his perspective, and his voice quietly disappeared.
Pages of paper were scattered on the ground with no one paying attention.
Everyone stood up almost at the same time and looked at the boundless sky on the screen.
Meteor shower—is coming.
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