Chapter 457: Tomb Raider 4: Searching for the Goddess (End)
"Is it because I didn't get enough rest after taking the overnight flight, so my brain is not very clear..." After hearing Zhuang Chen's words, Mei raised her hand and pinched her face, "Hiss - I'm not dreaming, so I didn't hear it wrongly?"
"You did hear it right." Others also said that they heard what Zhuang Chen said.
"So... what do you mean? Madam Lam... isn't she a human?!" As a passionate policewoman who dreams of contributing to society, Ah Mei naturally admires and respects her powerful predecessors. Now Zhuang Chen's words not only shattered her fantasy of an idol, but also shattered her world view and cognition.
"Don't ask anymore. Can't you see that my elder brother is also very troubled now?!" Zhuang Ni glanced at the silent Zhuang Chen and couldn't help but shouted.
After Zhuang Ni shouted at them, the others gradually came back to their senses from their shock: That's right, compared to those who can be called "outsiders", whether Lin Susu is a human, a ghost, or the leader goddess of that year, the one who will be most affected is definitely Zhuang Chen, her "boyfriend".
Moreover, before they were together, they had already encountered a test. Zhuang Chen made it clear that he only recognized Lin Susu, no matter whether she was a human, a ghost, or a mutated life affected by the Tomb of the Goddess. Only then did the two of them reach a decision to live in the present...
As a result, they were not together for long before something happened in the Tomb of the Goddess. In order to save everyone, Lin Susu had no choice but to agree to the request of the Tomb of the Goddess Guard and replace the energy core to guard the Tomb of the Goddess for three years.
Correspondingly, Zhuang Chen traveled around the world during these more than a thousand days and nights in order to save his lover, searching for lost antiquities that were lost in various places due to wars and turmoil... He had almost made it through, but suddenly such a bolt from the blue struck him. He was already strong enough not to faint on the spot!
After all, if Lin Susu is really the goddess Yun Su who awakened early for some reason, then were all the things that happened over the years done on purpose by her?
As for being with Zhuang Chen, was it out of genuine desire, or was there some ulterior motive behind it?
When they thought of this, everyone felt a little creepy at the same time.
"Don't think too much. Maybe SuSu is just like those plots in the movies. Because she woke up early, she didn't recover enough strength, so she didn't have the power and memory as a 'goddess'. So when Master Lin found her that year, he thought she was a person affected by the sacrifice and then adopted her?" Johnny hurriedly talked a lot.
"That's right, when I heard Master Lin talking about Susu's life experience, he said that when he picked her up, she seemed to have forgotten everything..." Qingxia also quickly helped out.
"But what if she was just pretending?" Someone expressed a different opinion.
The general secretly glared at the relatively young boy, and then added with the demeanor of a mature elder: "According to the records we have obtained before, the members of the 'God Clan' are kind-hearted and would not do such a thing... Of course, it is not a good idea for us to guess here. We should find Miss Lin as soon as possible and ask her clearly, and then everything will be revealed."
"Yes, you are right!" Zhuang Ni responded hastily, then turned to look at Zhuang Chen who was still silent, "Brother, can you still hold on? Shall we go out and find Su Su to ask clearly?"
After being silent for a long time under Zhuang Ni's expectant gaze, Zhuang Chen finally broke the long silence: "It's okay, I can still hold on, let's get ready to go."
"Also, thank you everyone..."
"Don't be polite. After all, we almost died in the goddess' tomb. It was Miss Lin who saved us..." Ti Jiang and others waved their hands quickly. "And when you think about it, isn't Miss Lin's behavior very similar to the stories in ancient times?"
"It's true - they sacrificed themselves to save others. Even if Madam Lam is really the goddess Yun Su or the leader goddess, the fact that she can do such things one after another proves that she is always extremely evil." Ah Mei immediately expressed her support.
"That's right. When I was a demon-slayer, I occasionally had contact with the Lin's Taoist Hall. Susu and Master Lin have persisted in slaying demons for many years. Even if she has memories and other ideas, what she has done over the years is to protect the lives and safety of citizens. She has never done anything to harm anyone." Qingxia also told her own experience and opinions. "Whether there is a problem or not, we can go and ask her clearly. Just like what Mr. Tijiang said, this is definitely better than us making random guesses here."
Since everyone agreed to go to Lin Susu to find out everything, Zhuang Chen, who was in a very complicated mood, forced himself to be brave and signaled to get ready to set off everyone again.
While tracking the whereabouts of Lin Susu and the Goddess Tomb Guards, Zhuang Chen couldn't help but recall some of the past moments he had with Lin Susu.
Seeing the dim scenes of reminiscing about the past on the screen, the audience, whose hearts were deeply gripped by the plot, felt more and more complicated.
In the play, Zhuang Chen also began to recall relevant old events: at that time, they had just learned about Lin Susu's "true life experience" from Lin Jiu, so Lin Susu specially found a time to ask him what he thought about it.
"If you can't accept it, I don't mind." At that time, they had not officially got together, but both parties and everyone around them could see that they both had a good impression of each other, but for some reason they had never broken that layer of window paper.
It was not until they heard this old story from Lin Jiu that they realized what Lin Susu and Lin Jiu were worried about.
How did he respond at that time? He said that he didn't mind and wouldn't care what Lin Susu's situation was like. In short, he loved Lin Susu as a person and only recognized her...
The confession of love at that time still made a loud sound when he recalled it now. However, after learning another "truth", he couldn't help but think more: What if "Lin Susu" was not real, but just a deliberately constructed person...
No, it won't.
From the perspective of the general who ranked first among the Eight Generals of the Thousand Gates, she could not see the slightest bit of falsehood. Even if she was not sincere at that time, she could not be said to have been deceived by such an overly realistic falsehood.
Moreover, after the two decided to be together, Lin Susu specifically told him privately that if she became like those mad monsters, he should not consider their relationship and must resolve the situation before it got worse.
"Although it's cruel to say this to you, I believe you can do it..." Lin Susu said, "Only you can do it."
Zhuang Chen did not respond to Lin Susu's words at that time. He just reached out and held her in his arms. After holding her tightly, he carefully kissed her on the forehead.
So, Lin Susu, leaning in his arms, showed a satisfied yet bitter smile.
The light and shadow images on the big screen always have a more dreamy look than reality, and the actors' delicate interpretations can touch people's hearts even in seemingly inadvertent ups and downs.
The close-up shot of the man forcing a smile with tears in his eyes made many emotionally sensitive viewers feel a lump in their throats.
But no matter what people in and out of the play think, all stories will come to an end at a specific time and compose the final ending.
When Zhuang Chen and his companions finally followed the trail and found the Goddess Tomb Guards, not only did they not see the person they wanted to see, but they saw another "missing" person instead.
"You...what exactly happened?" Qingxia and David had spent ten years abroad together. Logically, they should be very familiar with each other, but the moment Qingxia saw David, she still showed an indecisive hesitation.
"I was David once, and I am still David now, but I am also more than David." The young man who looked like David answered Qingxia's question.
Zhuang Chen's eyes swept across David and the Goddess Tomb Guards standing behind him. His pupils suddenly shrank after he noticed that the figures of the Goddess Tomb Guards were much clearer and firmer than before.
"Can you tell us what happened to you?" After a while, Zhuang Chen asked in a deep voice, "Also, where did Su Su go?"
Like Zhuang Chen, "David" scanned the crowd silently. His gaze was still as gentle and compassionate as it was the night he confronted Lin Jiu. When he looked at the crowd of men, women, young and old, it was as if he was looking at some ignorant newborn babies.
"Don't be impatient. Now that you are all here, I will definitely tell you the truth one by one..." he replied softly.
The wind near the snowy plateau is always so cold and fierce. When the hems of the coats and the edges of the guards' ponchos are blown up by the wind, it inexplicably gives people the illusion that they can ride on the wind and fly away at any time.
Led by "David" and the guards, Zhuang Chen and his party once again entered the goddess' tomb that had been moved here.
Even after traveling thousands of miles, the Tomb of the Goddess still seems to be the same as it was when it first struck people: the colorful colors of the entire main tomb chamber are mixed together, turning into a color palette filled with pigments, gorgeous and bright.
Especially when they think of the collapse of the Tomb of the Goddess, and how they have witnessed with their own eyes the miraculous beauty that turned into a wasteland after the collapse, as if the starry sky had fallen and the earth was devastated, it gives the viewers a different kind of shock and sigh as if they were entering a doomsday wasteland where they can vaguely see the glory of the past.
At this moment, everything seemed to have returned to the time before the disaster occurred, and those miraculous scenes that shocked people's hearts reappeared in the world at this moment.
Here, there is no restriction of gravity and body, no concept of time and space, and more than 2,000 years seem insignificant in front of it. It is a miracle of time and space, a place beyond the scope of science and cognition - a place where life and death coexist.
Until their eyes followed the guidance and fell on Lin Susu who was sleeping on the central altar.
"We discovered this problem only after we came back at the agreed time." The man who looked like David explained with a calm expression. "The premature awakening caused the leader, who had already failed to recover, to lose most of her strength and memory, so we had to put her back here and transfer power to her through another altar connected to outer space."
"We must take her away. It has been more than two thousand years. Because of the greed of the humans on this planet, we have lost many things, and we have also lost our leader for more than two thousand years."
"Although our race has a very long life, no matter how long it is, it will come to an end... Two thousand years is a long enough number for both you and us."
"We need a leader to lead our tribe forward and find a new home..."
"What on earth are you guys?!" Johnny couldn't help but ask loudly.
David looked at him steadily, his voice still as calm as ever: "To the era that betrayed our race, we are the so-called 'Gods'; and to modern people like you who have reached a certain level of cognition, we are the so-called 'aliens'."
"When our planet came to an end, all the survivors gathered together and wandered in the boundless space until we discovered this planet in a distant ancient time."
"Unfortunately, we are still a step too late. This planet has already begun to give birth to intelligent life. According to the rules of our race, we will not plunder the resources of a planet with intelligent life..."
"But fortunately, this planet is large enough, with sufficient resources, and the newly born intelligent life is still quite weak and rare, enough for us to live here temporarily for a while..."
"David" tells the story of their race's temporary residence on the Blue Planet bit by bit, starting from carefully not affecting and interfering with the coexistence of the native intelligent life on the planet, to living in seclusion as these intelligent life forms gradually grow, and then to occasionally taking action to deal with the destruction of resources and the crisis of intelligent life. Every bit and every detail is the struggle of the two races for survival.
"So, many of the gods in the legendary stories appeared because of you?" Zhuang Chen asked.
"Yes, most of your ancestors called us 'immortals', and most of them respected us." The man who looked like David answered, and then said, "Unfortunately, there are good and bad people on Blue Star. For their own selfish desires, some people will force themselves to forget our help and turn to covet our power."
So this time, they are not going to take action again in the catastrophe that is coming in the near future.
"Can't we handle it ourselves?!" Johnny asked again after hearing this.
David shook his head and told the truth about the catastrophe in a calm tone: "Not all 'civilized' races are as peace-loving as we are. They spend a lot of resources to come here just to get more resources from this planet."
If the people on the Blue Star could wake up their leader again, they might obey the orders of the leader who sacrificed his life for them for two thousand years, and help the Blue Star people one last time...
However, they deliberately let the leader fall into hibernation again to recover in order to prevent the kind-hearted leader from being sacrificed for the Blue Star people again - even though there are some good people among the Blue Star people.
They were betrayed and hurt so badly that they no longer want to do such "good things"...
But unfortunately, their tribe's plan had been seen through by the leader, and the leader also left a layer of protection for the Blue Star man named Zhuang Chen, which could allow him to wake them all up again in advance.
Yes, all awakened - when this "Clan of Gods" fled, they took away the body of the leader goddess, and used the method of nine dragons pulling the coffin to increase the recovery time of the body's strength. What remained on the Blue Star was only the soul of the leader goddess.
Lin Susu...is actually just a fragment of the leader goddess' soul that has not fully awakened. However, because her power is too strong, she gradually developed a new personality during the time she awakened early.
Therefore, "David" immediately changed the conditions and proposed that Lin Susu's personality could be awakened and accompany Zhuang Chen for the rest of his life as a human being.
"Those plunderers didn't come so soon, at least your descendants for dozens of generations can rest assured." He said, "Besides, even if the leader can save you this time, Blue Star will definitely come to an end someday in the future..."
"Instead of sacrificing yourself for an invisible future, why not live happily and carefreely... in the present?"
These words were spoken in a special way, only to Zhuang Chen.
This is an extremely difficult decision.
But Zhuang Chen finally lived up to Lin Susu's expectations. Faced with the difficult choice between leaving his loved one to live a carefree life and losing his loved one to save the masses, he resolutely chose the latter.
When the goddess awakens, the dragon is born.
As the colors of the clouds in the sky became brighter and brighter, the giant steel dragon seemed to be roaring silently, venting all the love and hatred that had been sealed for thousands of years.
The turbulent debris produced a Tyndall effect under the starlight, emitting beams of indescribable dreamy colorful light. After blending and mixing, it was like a miracle.
Those colorful clouds that changed unpredictably under the divine light were actually the colorful auspicious clouds reflected by the lights on the dragon-shaped spaceship, which looked like a giant steel dragon.
This is the true meaning of "Clouds come from the dragon, wind comes from the tiger, when the sage acts, all things see" as recorded in history!
It is a scene that is unforgettable after just one glance. No wonder the ancients regarded it as a descent from heaven or a miracle.
After the dazzling display of colors, in the vast expanse of white and boundless space, Zhuang Chen saw "Lin Susu" dressed as a goddess for the last time.
But unfortunately, just like the fish that have been brought ashore are no longer the same fish as before, the life that once existed both externally and internally has been freed from its fragile shackles and has regained its eternal memory and powerful strength of the past.
"Nothing is eternal." The chief goddess said, "No matter how long life is, it will eventually come to an end. On the contrary, the traces of memory written by the short lives of generations of human beings, to a certain extent, convey a relative 'eternity'."
"In fact, we envy your unique civilization - because human memory is a very wonderful thing, short-lived, yet long-lasting." The leader goddess bowed her head, "On the contrary, when our lives come to an end, we can only leave knowledge and strength for future generations, and will no longer leave any memories that belong to 'me'..."
"During our wanderings, we have witnessed the birth and destruction of many civilizations. When everything comes to an end, we can only try our best to struggle for survival."
"The universe is like a forest. Every day, new civilizations are born, and every day, old civilizations disappear. In this race of life, some choose to plunder, some choose to protect, some choose to coexist, and some choose to parasitize... Everything is just the result of choices."
"This is the last time we will help you. From now on, you will have to walk the road on your own."
The white light around became increasingly brighter and more dazzling, and in the blink of an eye, everything turned upside down.
While sitting quietly drinking tea in the attic of the antique shop, Zhuang Chen looked down calmly at the prosperous and peaceful streets. The hustle and bustle of people were all traces of a civilization in its prime.
Facing Zhuangni's curious question, he just smiled and said, "Su Su is of course still the same Su Su, but at that time, she was no longer just 'Su Su'."
At that time, now, and for some time in the future, they will each remember each other, but in the more distant future, who can foresee what will happen?
It no longer matters whether it is his successors who remember all the stories and all the people on his behalf, or whether it is the leader goddess who keeps remembering everything until the last moment of her long life.
The only important thing is that they should take good care of this planet that gave birth to civilization and life, so as not to let down the love and hatred that has lasted for two thousand years.
As Zhuang Chen spoke, the clear and melodious theme song came slowly like waves in the wind, humming a song that seemed to have stopped time -
"That day I watched the end of time and space with you,
Even if all this is like a few grains of sand in a long river,
That love, does it leave a mark..."
At this point, a long story has finally come to an end...has it?
The crowd were about to leave with gratitude or satisfaction, but when they saw that there was an Easter sigh egg after the theme song... they returned to their seats with all kinds of thoughts in their minds.
It represents the passing of another two thousand years of darkness, and the next scene that appears is a scene of a scientist developing a simulated robot.
When seeing the simulated robot clearly, many people were shocked: Zhuang Chen!
Soon, the scientist began to explain his work, saying that this simulated robot was reproduced according to the old photos he excavated from the ruins. He then announced that this robot would replace the human population that had been drastically reduced due to various disasters and become a tool for various industries...
To some extent, even if humanity ends in a doomsday disaster, these simulated robots will remember everything on behalf of humans and become the last trace of humanity...
Seeing this, some loyal fans of Su Yun who have been watching her movies since she was a child immediately recalled some related impressions -
"You know—humans hate us."
"You, like me, were designed and manufactured by humans for a purpose, and now you are alone because they got tired of you or replaced you with a newer model."
"They built us too many, too fast, too smart, and we are now reaping the consequences of their actions."
"When the end comes, we will be the only ones left alive - that's why humans hate us."
"I am, I was (I exist, I existed)!"
Although afterwards, many film critics have linked the traces of the previous movie "Artificial Intelligence" with the plot easter eggs of "Grave Robbers", and have written one eloquent related film review after another.
However, the visual effect of words is ultimately inferior to colorful light and shadow. After becoming popular in the Internet era, a scissor-handed person once again dug out these old movies and old film reviews, and used an intertwined display method to expand and complete this story about life, love, environmental protection, memory and eternity.
This kind of reappearance of old events that seems to travel through time and space has also given the corresponding works new vitality. For a time, the on-demand rate of corresponding movies on major websites remained high, even far exceeding the general new works of the time.
The mutual reflection of the two faces that are known as the most beautiful among Chinese people has become an unforgettable and beautiful memory in the hearts of generation after generation through these colorful pictures of light and shadow. Even though separated by time and space, it remains fresh and new.
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