The top of the tower is melting, and bricks are falling off the walls. Aberrations are appearing in large numbers in the white tower.
All the people living in the tower were swarming down the long staircase. Only Ni Ji was swimming upstream.
In order to be faster, he ran almost vertically along the wall most of the time. Most of the people rushing down to escape only felt a gust of wind passing over their heads.
This tower is so huge, with each floor being the size of a small village. Even taking the high-speed elevator to the top of the tower takes a very long time.
Two mutants leaped out from the darkness and blocked Ni Ji's way forward.
He rushed forward without stopping, strangling one with his black long sword and chopping another with his red bloody blade.
The sentry's black military boots swept past, leaving traces of blood and knife light behind.
Lin Yuan looked at Ni Ji on the virtual screen.
Watching him very seriously. Wanting to memorize his every move and every subtle expression.
He is a handsome warrior. How fast and stable must he be to run on the wall like that?
With extremely long legs, he can leap over obstacles as lightly as a swallow. When he does a ground-touching spin kick, he can kick the enemy away with one swift kick.
Normally, he loves to laugh when he is in front of me. But at this moment, his serious expression is also very attractive.
In short, everything is good.
I really want to wait for him.
Lin Yuan sighed. At this moment, she was sitting on the top floor of the White Tower. The imperial palace above had completely melted away.
The wind became very strong, the whistling sound was ringing in my ears, as if it would blow me away at any time.
The walls on all four sides were slowly melting and sinking down, and the ground was collapsing until there was little left.
Even the stone wall that Lin Yuan was leaning against with his back was shaking and about to collapse.
She heard the dull sound of gunfire coming from the bottom of the tower. From the future she spied on, Lin Yuan knew that one day countless sentinels would invade the White Tower.
Now, I have done everything I can. I have destroyed the queen's body and crushed her spirit.
The rest will be handed over to the warriors who have the same goal as me. I hope those brave sentinels can succeed.
To finally be able to step onto that path of life.
Of course it can be done. There are so many lovely people among them.
Of course it can be done. Everyone in this world has already seen all the truth.
Lin Yuan raised his head, and the entire blue sky appeared before his eyes.
The sky is so beautiful, it seems like I can touch it with my hands.
Under the blue dome, Lin Yuan felt a little sleepy and wanted to take a nap.
Then he closed his eyes slightly.
Then she heard Ni Ji calling her name in the personal terminal, with a slightly hoarse voice, as if she was afraid that something might happen to her.
"Lin Yuan?"
Lin Yuan wanted to tell him that nothing was wrong. She was just a little tired and wanted to take a nap, just for a while.
But he was too tired. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
"Lin Yuan!"
The tone of Ni Ji's voice at the end rose, and it sounded like she was about to cry.
Lin Yuan woke up and blinked hard to show that he was fine.
"Don't sleep. You, you listen to me. Speak." The sentry's hoarse voice was accompanied by panting while running, and he began to speak desperately.
"I've learned to make a lot of desserts lately."
"Yes? The latest soufflé, which you said you liked last time."
"I also learned how to make Q-cake. It's very soft and delicious when dipped in soybean powder. You must try it..."
Ni Ji's voice sounded breathless and appealing.
He seldom ran like this. Even when he was running at a life-or-death race in that sea of flowers, Lin Yuan didn't even hear him breathing so heavily.
But he kept talking.
"You know, Lin Yuan, marshmallows are actually delicious when roasted. I'm sure you haven't tried them yet."
"I found a brown sugar jelly shop far away. It has a strong almond aroma. I want to go there with you next time."
Brown sugar jelly cake,
Lin Yuan leaned against the cold stone wall, licked his lips, and finally sobered up a little.
Along with Ni Ji's mumbling, one could also hear the killer whale whimpering.
The tentacle, which had been completely unable to move, slowly crawled out from under Lin Yuan's skirt amid the cries of the big fish.
The tentacles squirmed and grasped the half-broken stone wall, helping Lin Yuan stabilize his body which was about to fall.
With a loud bang, the precarious ground finally couldn't hold on and collapsed.
Lin Yuan's feet felt empty and his body fell downwards.
Fortunately, the only tentacle that could move caught the stone beam at the edge of the gap in time, hanging Lin Yuan on the edge of the ruins on the top of the tower.
The tentacles grabbed the edge of the stone wall, hanging Lin Yuan's entire body.
The wind was blowing hard at the top of the tower, and the badly injured body was swaying in the wind.
There was a huge height difference under my feet, and below me were broken concrete slabs and broken steel bars, and a horrible roaring sound of a distorted being could be heard.
With Lin Yuan's body, he would die if he fell down. It would definitely not be a pretty death.
"I'm still alive." Lin Yuan, who had regained consciousness, immediately spoke to comfort Ni Ji, "Don't be afraid, I'm still alive. The tentacles are hanging on me."
On the other side of the screen, after a few seconds, Ni Ji hummed very softly. The voice was a little shaky, as if it was him, not her, who was hanging on the edge of the ruins.
Lin Yuan wanted to smile at Ni Ji on the other side of the screen, but her face hurt so much that she was afraid that her smile would not look very good.
In fact, she couldn't hold on any longer. But she didn't dare to let go of her tentacles. She couldn't imagine what it would be like if she fell down and was smashed into a meat pie, and Ni Ji rushed up and saw her dead body.
I didn't dare to imagine the scene at that time, so I gritted my teeth and let the tentacles that could hardly withstand gravity hold on.
That person had experienced a life-and-death separation from his best friend. At that time, he was skinny and gloomy, like a lunatic with self-destructive tendencies.
He just got a little better, started to laugh again, and learned to cherish life.
Lin Yuan tried hard to think about Ni Ji, and thought about the delicious food he had told her about over and over again. This gave her some strength, and she raised her arms to grab a little edge of the ruins.
The vision was a little blurry, and I saw the sentinel on the screen holding an anti-gravity gun.
He knelt on one knee, holding the gun in both hands, and without hesitation his black-gloved fingers pulled the trigger and shot at the wall of the White Tower.
The White Tower was once the strongest fortress of mankind. It was completely closed, with no window connecting to the outside world except the window of the palace on the top of the tower.
The outer wall is extremely strong. It has been proven that no weapon that humans have ever used can blast open the outer wall of the White Tower. Not even the anti-gravity gun.
To enter and exit the White Tower, one can only go through the gate at the bottom of the tower.
But the White Tower is different now. The falling of holy bricks has made this once impregnable fortress look riddled with holes.
It was obviously too late to run up the long and narrow stairs. There was only one way left. I had to give it a try.
Ni Ji adjusted the power of the anti-gravity gun to maximum and fired at the weakest point between the holes in the wall.
After a silent shot, cracks appeared on the inner wall.
A huge killer whale appeared from the void and crashed head-on into the cracked area. The pure black fish slammed into the white tower with a loud bang, and the tower wall shook. With another loud bang, a huge gap was created.
Outside the Baili Tower, the lit virtual screens slowly rotate around the tower.
More and more people quietly gathered outside the tower, and cameras were set up to broadcast this thrilling battle live.
In the camera, there was a loud bang, and a gap appeared in the middle of the white tower due to an explosion.
Broken bones and rocks fell along the outer wall of the tall white tower. A killer whale rushed out of the cave.
A sentry in black stepped on the orca's head and flew along the outer wall of the white tower straight to the top of the tower.
The huge virtual screen was spinning, and the Sentinel Star, with its feet on the killer whale, was flying quickly across those virtual images, speeding through the pages of thousands of human histories.
Like a gorgeous comet, it rushed towards the top of the white tower without any hesitation.
This scene was captured by a camera outside the tower and broadcast on the TV screens that everyone was watching.
Soon, the giant killer whale became small in sight. It climbed all the way up to the clouds, so small that even a high-definition camera could not capture it, and ordinary people could no longer see what was happening there.
"Who is that and what is he doing there?" someone asked.
Ordinary people's vision cannot see the top of the tower from such a long distance.
But the best sentinels can do so when their vision is fully open.
"He went up there to save people. To save the guide who helped all of us."
Ji Xuan stood in the temporary command post built outside the Bai? Tower, his eyes glowing green, and he looked up at the top of the Bai? Tower.
"Come on, Ni Ji." He said in his heart, "Go faster. She can't hold on any longer."
Inside the White Tower, Du Yuanyuan, who had just killed a powerful mutant, took a breath and looked down at the video screen on her personal terminal.
I saw Ni Ji break through the outer wall of the Bai Tower and rush all the way to the top of the tower.
She also knew who was on the top of the tower at that moment. She could also guess who was the reason why the queen's powerful mental power was not activated.
"Come on, Ni Ji. Go to Xiaoyuan quickly." Du Yuanyuan said in her heart.
"Come on, Ni Ji. Don't leave Director Lin alone."
"come on."
Many people pray in their hearts.
林苑知道倪霁在不顧一切地沖向自己。
她?想要?能夠等到倪霁的。
非常非常地想。這輩子從?未有?過這樣渴望過。
只是真的已經?堅持不住了。
血流了太?多?，扣在廢墟邊緣的手指冰冷麻木，已經?察覺不到手指的存在。
觸手被拉伸得?很長，吸盤失去的彈力，一個一個的松開。
極限了。
真是不應該啊，可能就差最後一點點的時間。
林苑閉上了眼睛，心裏很難過，眼睜睜看着自己的手指松開。
在掉落下?去的時候，她?突然很想對倪霁說，如果這一次兩個人都還活着，我?們就去測一測契合度吧。
不管測出來的數值是多?少，我?都希望你能到我?家來，和我?住在一起。
聽起來好像詞不達意，像是在求婚一樣。
沒關系的，就是想要?和他求婚。
真是可惜啊。
我?沒有?這個機會了。
身體在下?墜，意識逐漸模糊。
倪霁已經?看見了林苑。
向導的身體鮮血淋漓，依靠着一條觸手吊挂在塔頂坍塌的廢墟邊緣。
她?的手指最終松開，小小的身軀從?高處墜落。
已經?來不及了，無論他再?怎麽加速，都還差那麽一點點。
她?會摔在下?一層尖銳淩亂的石塊上。
只差一點點。
夠不着她?啊。
那個柔軟的身軀，就在自己的視線中?掉了下?去。
哨兵的眼睛在一瞬間燃燒起紫色的熒光。他反手抽出了那柄使用過一次的反重力槍。
一秒鐘的瞄準都沒有?，擡手就朝着白?塔接連開了數槍。
在這樣快的全?速度前進中?，他的每一槍卻都精準透過孔洞的間隙，射在樓板中?至關重要?的承重點上。
可怕的動态視力，可怕的控槍能力。
林苑從?塔頂的廢墟邊緣墜落。
下?一層的樓板同時裂開，無數人類建築殘留的鋼筋碎石在轟隆隆的響動聲裏，朝更底下?一層塌陷。
再?下?一層的地面出現了長長的巨大裂紋，緊随其後的，是更大的龜裂，塌陷，向下?墜落。
林苑從?很高的地方掉落下?來，卻沒有?摔在鋼筋水泥的地面。
她?的身體跟随着那些塵土和廢石一并不斷往下?掉。
一層層的樓板裂開，亂石和塵土紛紛揚揚下?墜。
虎鯨迎着那些淩亂如雨的墜石飛行?。
碎石迷了眼睛，砸得?肌膚流出鮮血，鯨背上的哨兵渾然不覺，睜着雙目，注視着眼前無數掉落的亂石。
最終，迎上了那個從?高空一路掉落的女孩。
他踩在虎鯨的頭頂，遠遠地伸出雙手，在那個人掉落下?來的時候，穩穩接住了她?。
接住了，死死地抱在懷中?。
好像在這短短的一點時間裏，自己失去了一切，又重新得?到了一切。
肺葉中?重新湧入了空氣?。他終于能夠呼吸。胸口在一陣陣的疼，痛得?厲害。
倪霁撫摸林苑的臉，把她?抱在懷裏，反複輕吻她?的額頭，小心翼翼替她?擦掉嘴角的血跡。
對，治療艙，要?馬上找到治療艙。
虎鯨調轉鯨頭，朝着最近的治療艙飛去。
不對，應該先給她?這個。哨兵慌慌張張從?貼身的口袋裏摸出一枚自己親手制作的戒指。抖着手，舉在林苑眼前。
“你同意的，對不對。你會同意的。至少給我?一個名分啊。”最後的那半句話，是埋在林苑的頭發裏說的，語氣?聽起來已經?有?些瘋狂。
在這種時候說這樣的話，難道不是瘋了嗎？
懷中?的向導閉着雙眼，臉色慘白?，昏迷不醒，不可能給他任何回答的。
現在怎麽會是說這些的時候呢？瘋子。
剛剛還能夠超遠距離一槍精準擊中?的哨兵，此?刻失去了應有?的冷靜，神經?錯亂地像是一個年幼的孩子。
最終只能把林苑抱得?更緊，心中?苦澀。
他坐在鯨背上，懷抱着林苑，一次一次低頭，确認她?的情況。
她?的觸手斷了那麽多?，流了那樣多?的血。
倪霁不敢想象如果自己剛剛反應慢了一步。只來得?及看見掉落在地面上的林苑，自己會怎麽樣。
他不知道自己會怎麽樣。想都不敢想。
那種念頭還沒觸碰到，心就刀絞似的疼痛。
幸好她?還活着，躺在自己的懷中?，身體是柔軟的，虛弱地呼吸着。
只要?人還活着，治療艙能撫平一切傷痕。
精神體受到的傷，能由自己這個專屬哨兵陪伴她?治療。
自己可以花很多?時間陪着她?慢慢恢複，用她?喜歡的方式。
從?此?以後，再?也不會讓她?這樣亂來。
再?也不放她?一個人行?動。最好每一次，不對，是每一天都死死纏着她?。
她?喜歡魚就給她?看魚，喜歡尾巴，就給她?尾巴。
喜歡吃甜食，就給她?做最好吃的糖。
總之勾着她?也好，誘惑她?也行?，總有?一天會讓她?只屬于自己。
再?不會像這樣輕易就把自己一個人抛下?，獨自去幹那些九死一生的事。
虎鯨飛行?得?極快，耳邊全?是呼嘯的風聲。炮火在腳下?炸開，槍聲和怪物的嘶吼混雜在一處。
人類和白?塔的戰鬥還在繼續。
更多?的人在趕來，加入和畸變種的戰鬥。也有?人被組織起來，搶救白?塔中?重要?的儲備資源。
炮火連天，這一戰勢必會毀滅很多?。但也會得?到很多?。
塔在隆隆轟塌，這個世界至此?再?也沒有?永遠平安的庇護所，伊甸園。
人們會在廢墟上，慢慢重建新的秩序，建立新的人類世界。
不論是哨兵還是向導，想要?在這個世界存活下?去，就得?實實在在從?往日的固有?印象中?走出來。
黑脊白?腹的大魚從?滾滾硝煙中?飛出，載着哨兵和向導，一路飛向遠方。
碧藍的天空中?，陽光傾瀉下?來，照在兩個人的傷痕累累的身軀上。
林苑在治療艙裏躺了很長的時間。
醒來的時候大炮的轟鳴聲已經?停了，只是偶爾還會聽見街道上傳來雜亂的槍聲。
倪霁守在治療艙外，大概她?昏睡了多?久，倪霁就在這裏守護了多?久。
眼窩深陷，下?巴上甚至冒出了一層青色的胡渣。
林苑沒有?問倪霁戰争的情況，在精神體慢慢恢複之後，她?已經?讀取到了無數信息。
比自己料想的還要?稍微好一些。
那一天，白?□□塌，女王死去，除了少數出逃的頑固之徒，帝國也已經?不存在了。
這樣就夠了，至少自己的那些血沒有?白?流，白?塔中?那麽多?戰士的血沒有?白?流。
兩個人乘坐倪霁的虎鯨回家。
“你之前拿的那是什麽？”半途中?，林苑突然開口，食指和拇指合在一起，圈成了一個圓圈。
“我?都聽見了，雖然那時候沒有?力氣?回答你。”
哨兵的臉驟然紅了，偏過頭去，不肯搭理她?。
明明把自己傷成了這樣。
明明瞞着他，悄悄去幹那樣危險的事情。
到了現在，卻沒事的人一樣，還沒心沒肺朝着自己笑。
這個人根本不知道自己經?歷了怎麽樣的煎熬，不知道自己那一刻心髒像被剮出一樣的痛，不明白?自己這幾天守在治療艙外的焦慮。
“快一點拿出來。我?同意了。”那個人還直接靠進了自己的懷裏，伸手指戳了戳他，把無名指翹了起來，“是不是準備了戒指？給我?戴在這裏。”
“你快一點，我?很累。戴好了戒指，我?還要?吃糖。”
“我?聽見你那時候說的話了。要?尾巴給尾巴，要?魚就給整條魚。”
“答應過我?的那些東西，要?算數。”
在心裏承諾過的也一樣。反正都聽得?見。
哨兵最終吻了吻她?的手。
托着她?的手，将那枚小小的戒指取出，鄭重其事地套在她?的無名指上。
戒指打磨得?精細光澤，內圈雕刻了林苑的名字。
尺寸正好，不大不小，嚴絲合縫。戒指套上的時候。倪霁低下?頭，反複親吻她?帶着戒指的手指。甚至落下?淚來。
林苑抓住哨兵寬厚的手掌。
那裏有?練槍械磨出的繭，有?被刀刃反複割傷的刀痕。不過還是很好看，手指修長，肌膚下?浮着一點淡青色的血管，有?一種力量的美。
林苑看着哨兵的眼睛，替他把另外的那一枚戒指套上。
兩個人連接着心脈的手指根部，都鎖上了象征堅貞的指環。
這個過程很沉默，沒有?說出口的海誓山盟。
兩個人的精神圖景連接在一起。所有?要?說的話語，都在幾個剎那間彼此?交換。
明朗的圓月懸挂夜空，海水的波濤聲很美。
觸手們纏着虎鯨療傷去了。
林苑捏着倪霁的指尖，輕輕在他的無名指上吻了一下?。
兩只手握在一起，戒指的光輝在交映閃爍。
從?前林苑隐約覺得?，自己不太?像是一個人類。
Maybe I am a hybrid of monster and human, or maybe I am just a pure monster. I shouldn't live in the human world.
But now it doesn't matter anymore.
She learned all kinds of emotions.
Even learned what love is.
She fell in love with a human. She fell in love with many, many friends. She lived happily in the human world.
The sound of gunfire was still ringing on the ground, and the blood was still flowing out of the White Tower.
The killer whale flew by, and Lin Yuan saw his home in the distance.
The roses on the wall have begun to bud again. Xiaosuo may be busy in the kitchen.
Life is not more stable than before. It is still unknown where the future of mankind will eventually go.
But at least the heart is free.
No longer a slave to anything.
Love each other and go home together with the one you cherish.
That's enough.
——Full text completed——
Early morning of May 3, 2023