Chapter 104 Marking the Date
The core module just happened to be docked at the interface of the outer core. In an environment of external tearing and internal shaking, they happened to be at the most ingenious balance point.
It is like the calmest center of a storm.
However, various values on the surveillance screen lit up with red warning signals.
Fitzgerald absentmindedly paid half of his attention to the obvious changes outside, and silently counted down in his heart for the best time to make the transition.
The person in his arms distracted him, and he stood still, allowing her to kiss him bit by bit.
But he soon realized something was wrong. She smiled at him, and her soft lips had just left the corner of his lips, and her sweet breath was still there.
However, the amber eyes suddenly became empty.
Fitzgerald slowly turned his gaze to the strange, pulsating mass at the center of the Earth's core on the monitor. Overactive long waves and chaotically dissipated energy... In his mind, there was only one explanation for its existence in this state.
"Planetary consciousness?"
His heart sank, and the look of anger on his face was indistinct.
No, even if it was the pull of the 'planetary consciousness', it would not make her lost a second time, just like it is impossible for a person to step into the same river a second time.
The only thing that could put her in danger this time could be caused by "herself", by the "exploration" that was forcibly interrupted by him during her last "loss".
Deep in her mind, that 'answer' must be a thousand times more important than his.
Fitzgerald kissed her lightly on the center of her forehead with a hint of bitterness, then held her more firmly. After glancing at the decision tree, he took the initiative to contact the Expedition.
Aboard the Expedition.
Albert immediately received the audio-only quantum communication signal and asked excitedly in a low voice, "Fitz! How are you doing now?"
"It's not bad."
Fitzgerald paused for a moment and continued, "I have seen the latest battle situation. Everyone has performed very well!"
Even though they knew that the other party on the audio link could not see their movements, Captain David and the crew on the bridge still saluted in unison.
"The worm bridge that the Zerg are currently building and the move to suspend the competition should be due to the special 'existence' in the core of the earth."
Fitzgerald briefly explained the situation observed in the core module.
"In this case, I have modified the turning point of the original decision tree,"
"At present, not only does the 'accelerator ring' have to use its maximum power, but each unit will be detonated immediately after it is in place, regardless of the original time point."
"Something happened, and everything that happened afterwards was disrupted."
"The only thing that cannot be disrupted is that the Zerg must be completely locked up in the antimatter isolation zone at the end of the universe."
"No matter the cost!"
Sentence by sentence, Fitzgerald explained all the arrangements in the quantum communication.
All personnel on the bridge of the Expedition, including David, immediately followed the instructions and updated the values. When a special probability number appeared, Albert asked in a lost voice: "But in this case, your chance of survival is only 3%!"
Fitzgerald's calm reply came through the quantum communication: "3% is already a very high probability."
"Go ahead."
"yes……"
*
The Great Wilderness Star Region at this moment.
The rapidly expanding stellar wind has completely destroyed the third planetary belt and is now eroding the fourth planetary belt.
The human fleet opened its shield and had already safely anchored on the original fourth planetary belt, preparing to deploy the second wave of star drops.
The 'accelerator ring' also started to work. Although it looked similar to the 'stellar ring' Mary mentioned, both were ring-shaped Dyson devices, but the 'accelerator ring' was always a disposable item that could be used immediately, and it was not as time-consuming and precise as the 'stellar ring'.
As long as it appears within the gravitational range of a star, it will automatically function.
The expanded white dwarf has turned into an orange-yellow color that is almost red, like the eyes of a ferocious beast, violently venting the brutal energy that has been forcibly awakened.
Against the backdrop of the vast universe, the silvery-white material of the 'accelerator ring' flies like snowflakes toward the expanding white dwarf. Countless heavy-matter projectiles with a cold sheen pass through these snowflakes.
Nuclear fuel material that is hundreds of millions of times heavier than the 'fuel' dropped in the first round, and a 'time acceleration ring' that accelerates the stellar expansion reaction.
Soon, the most spectacular "stellar flash" will be ignited in the Great Wilderness Star Region.
That will be a light that can be detected in every corner of the universe.
*
On the Expedition, the battle report informing all combatants was resounding throughout every corner of the ship.
Chris, who was in the boat modification workshop, threw his protective helmet to the floor!
She pulled her hair in annoyance and muttered, "Are these methods useful? The connection between the Sun Devouring Beast Core and His Highness... this is just a bunch of nonsense made up to deal with doubts!"
The blond adjutant picked up the protective helmet on the ground and handed it to her: "Your idea is indeed unreliable."
"But since a miracle has already happened, why not give it another try?"
Albert forced a smile at her, and it was obvious that he was in a very heavy mood.
"What?"
"A faint hope."
The two looked at each other. Albert said, "Don't you think it's strange that he gave you the mecha button?"
Chris' tone turned cold and he gave Albert a disdainful look: "Is it weird? The genetic backup is still in my hands, isn't it even weirder?"
"You misunderstood," Albert said. "I mean, after Zhou Mu returned, Hall inherited Gerald's bloodline. You can no longer simply regard him as a 'person' like you and me."
"Whether he was acting consciously or unconsciously, all of his actions revolved around one goal."
"That is to constantly explore the limits of human 'evolution,'" Albert said calmly, "and the premise of evolution is to ensure 'survival' in the present."
Chris was silent. Another important point is that the genetic setting of the Gerard bloodline has long eliminated the "self-destruction" program of the original human gene. As the heir of the Gerard bloodline, he will only be destroyed by the failure of evolution, not deliberately seeking "death", no matter what the reason.
However, this behavior clearly deviated from the core setting of Gerard's genes.
So, she looked up at Albert, and at the same time understood why he began to have secret hostility towards Su Xi, whom he had never met.
"Although I don't want to make friends with another Fitz like I did with David. After all, the one who will be resurrected from the gene culture dish will only be Fitzgerald, and there will not be any trace of Hall."
"By then, without 'Hall', the oath we three made at the entrance of the Tomb of the Universe will no longer exist..." Albert paused and his tone became cold. "And between you and me, there will only be different interests left."
Chris knew he was telling the truth, and by then they would no longer have any personal relationship.
The black-haired beta confronted Albert with a strength that was no less than that of the alpha.
Albert: "So, even though the 3% chance is slim, I choose to do exactly what he wants and let you do whatever you want."
Chris smiled, "Wow! Thank you so much!"
"If David hadn't let you do what you want, you would have been court-martialed for your arbitrary use of military supplies."
Chris raised his eyebrows, turned around and shouted at the busy Allen and the others: "Don't stop for me! I'm the boss before the court!"
"Then you try to stop me. Your Majesty has divided the Sun Devouring Beast Core into the assets of the Empire, but in my eyes, I only recognize the most ancient principles of the competition between the heirs of the Empire. It is just your personal trophy."
"If you want to punish me, wait until the day when His Highness returns!"
After saying that, Chris turned around and walked towards the modified Sun Swallow, but before he took two steps, he was stopped by Albert. The blond alpha smiled helplessly, stuffed something into her hand, and said, "Take my ID card with you, or are you really going to force your way in?"
Chris was stunned for a moment, staring at him in surprise for a moment. After reacting, he elbowed Albert! Then he grabbed his neck and punched him again.
Although there were thumping sounds, there was no force used to injure any bones.
"Thanks! Good buddy!"
As always, Albert bent down, covered his stomach and shouted exaggeratedly: "Ouch! It hurts!"
The tense atmosphere of confrontation eased during the play. David saw this scene on the monitor and just shook his head as if he had expected it, then turned his attention back to the ongoing star explosion.
*
At this moment, there is still half a star time left until the last moment of the second wave of star explosions.
Observed from the perspective of the vast universe, the silvery-white "acceleration ring" has now expanded and is ready at the star's acceleration position. Under the blowing of the stellar wind, the thin snowflake-like material expands into a diamond-shaped sail with the four corners connected to each other, like a hollow fishing net that is gradually covering the entire restless white dwarf.
After the Zerg's "heavy tank" star failed to stop the human battleship fleet, it immediately returned to defense and tried to break through the human blockade on the seventh planet. At the same time, the Zerg also accelerated the decomposition of the planet's exterior and the cannibalism of the "planetary consciousness".
At the outer core interface of planet BV32-II, the human core module remained stable amid the shaking inside the planet.
The smile on Su Xi's lips was still there, and her soft lips had just left his, with the warm breath still lingering around.
However, the amber eyes were filled with emptiness.
她現在處于一種極為奇特的感知之中，仿佛位于鏡面的兩端，端詳着那個偎依在紅發alpha身側的少女。
然而鏡面的另一端，卻只有‘她’獨自一人存在，身後只有一片虛無的空間。
‘蘇熙’極慢的眨了一下眼，然後感應到了地心深處陣陣的長波對她的呼喚，感受到了波動中所傳達出的一種充滿了鈍痛之感的哀嚎。
那股熟悉的波動，是自從她降臨生命圈荒原之初就曾聆聽過的，那是一種混雜了荒原的嘈雜之音，混雜着那些死去了又掙紮着存活的生命循環之音，混雜了屬于這顆行星本質的吶喊之音。
‘她’轉身看了一眼鏡面另一端的景象，紅發alpha神色凝重的看着身側的少女，食指微擡正欲搭上她的眉心……但這副靜止的畫面只讓‘她’猶豫了一瞬，随後她下定了決心，她必須響應曾經呼應過的召喚，必須向那個召喚她的‘存在’詢問一個事實的真相！
這顆行星與她曾經所在的地方，究竟有什麽關聯？！
而如此微觀虛凝的狀态中，‘時間的體感’要快過真實物質世界的千億倍，她只需要盡快返回即可。
想明白之後，蘇熙毅然轉身尋覓着呼喚她的那股波動的方向，縱身追去。
身後的鏡面切換，她再次陷入極致微觀的世界之中。
穿梭共舞在行星的震顫波之中，這次的她清晰的感覺到了自己凝固的精神體，在一種奇妙的共振旋律之下，震顫着虛化、又震顫着凝實……虛化與凝實之間，便形成了獨特的波動……
在此刻作為蘇熙的‘主意識’的全程參與下，她清晰的掌控了這個‘虛-實’之間的奇妙的頻率——
她回應對方，只需要以同一個頻率。
她模拟萬物，也只需要‘讀懂’并‘調試’到萬物相對應的頻率。
在某種意義上而言，那是一種類似于‘神’的能力。如果此方世界有‘神’這種存在的話。
當思緒閃現過這一點，作為精神體的‘蘇熙’忽而額上金砂發燙，她與這顆行星殘缺的意識體開始和鳴出一個精彩至極的高音，随即她進入了關于行星更深的一個記憶層次。
她便意識清楚的全然暢游在了這顆行星的‘記憶存儲’之中，那些層層疊疊的岩頁記錄着億萬年的過往歷史，那些殘餘的生命波動，那些流轉的能量和億萬年的記憶，龐大得無法衡量的信息，此刻都瘋狂湧入了她的‘精神體’。
這顆被星際人類代號标記為‘BV-32II’的行星，此刻如一本自動翻頁的巨大的史書，全然像她敞開了自己所有的秘密。
額上金砂發燙，書頁翻動，在她面前凝聚成一片一片的碎片。
她擡步進入最熟悉的那一頁。那顆紅色砂礫閃爍着，像黑夜中的燈塔一樣亮眼奪目。
又是那股熟悉的意識抽離的眩暈感。
她再次站在了曾經站立過的山巅之上，但是當她擡頭望向天空，那裏還有一個幾乎一模一樣的倒影世界，有着本質一樣的‘她’，同樣驚異而茫然的站在山巅。
但倒映的兩個世界還是有着極其細微的區別。
她低頭俯望此刻所立的位置，她立刻‘讀出’了腳下巍峨高峰的名字——
不可置信的眼淚湧出。
她極目展望，巍峨的山脈中，有熟悉無比的波動，空氣中靈歌缭繞，七彩的藏幡飄蕩，匍匐朝聖謙卑如蟲蟻的人群，蜿蜒不絕，馬路邊的一輛吉普車刺啦一聲停在了路邊。
一個年輕的背包客下了車，沖搭載的同伴揮揮手，便轉頭往‘蘇熙’所在的山巅望了過來。
山巅的‘蘇熙’感應到了背包客的視線，她回望了過去，一陣抽離感之後，近在咫尺的她對上那個年輕背包客仰望高山的幽遠視線、琥珀色的眼裏滿是向往與贊嘆。再端詳這個女性背包客的樣貌，黑色的長直發，被曬出小麥色的肌膚，那是——
她自己！
這裏是青藏高原，是她在地球上那場車禍後，旅行日歷被迫中斷的後三分之一，是一場尚未發生過的高原朝聖之旅。
蘇熙順着背包客的視線望向了遠處的喜馬拉雅山，在回撤的‘視線’中，當場發生過的一瞥便迅速的煙消雲散了。
她依舊孤零零的站在山巅，仰頭，高懸天空之上的倒影世界依舊同樣變幻着。
直到倒影世界中的一切毀滅，又再次重生。
直到——
同樣的山峰。
同一個時間維度的另一邊，同一個朝聖之旅的現場。
卻是似狼似虎的人形生物，充滿了血腥的角逐。那是兩個茹毛飲血的部落之間，對一塊黝黑石球瘋狂争搶的場景。
蘇熙閉眼感受了一下，發出一個疑問的波動，展示給她這一切的‘行星意識體’默默的給予了回答。
蘇熙‘讀’懂了祂的展示。她此刻存在的，是一個由于時空漩渦紊亂而臨時存在的奇點，倒映的兩個世界是關聯最深的平行宇宙，它們由于某種‘原因’互為彼此的衍生産物……
她所見到的兩個場景，不管是自我尚未發生的旅行，還是獸人部落厮殺的血腥場景。
不同的宇宙，事件的發生卻都在同一個平行交錯時間點上。
然而。
現在的‘我’呢？
究竟是什麽樣的一個存在？
随着她疑問的産生，額上金砂的位置滾燙，‘額輪’漸漸點燃，流質化的金砂一點一點浸染了雙眼。
于是倒映混亂的兩個交錯的世界，便在她眼裏抽象成了一組一組的平面。
殘缺的‘行星意識體’給出了渴求的回應：
‘再、再向前一步。’
‘妳是我所需求的‘主意識’，只需要再往前一步……’
‘與我同化’
‘與我長存’
需要再向前一步嗎？蘇熙遲疑了。她的疑問得到了似是而非的答案，她深知她無法再次踏入曾經的河流，任何試圖折返的旅程都只是重新開辟一條危險的、随時消失的歧路而已。
沉迷執念毫無必要。
但與行星深切共鳴的她，卻無法違背許過的承諾，無法對祂顫抖的痛苦視而不見。
此刻的蘇熙以一種奇特的視角存在着，在行星的地核深處，她的精神體自在漫游，而肉身卻依舊保持着五感清晰，多重的感知讓她清楚當下所有正在發生的信息。
行星之外白矮星在人類的恒星投擲和‘加速環’的雙重作用之下，此刻已然是一副紅巨星般的恐怖反應，恒星已然被徹底點燃！并且完全吞噬了第六行星帶，在地獄般的烈焰之中，人類與蟲族正在第七行星帶這條最後防線上厮殺……
被蟲星‘重坦’徹底捕獲的行星BV32-II，此刻正在飛龍的全能量化切割之下，地殼及上地幔逐漸一層一層曝露在外，行星物質被抛射在宇宙深空，并揮發成了朦胧的星塵，尚未來得及徹底散逸，又被‘重坦’觸手般的蟲橋逐一吸取捕獲……
而在行星的地核最深處，呼應她的‘行星意識體’正躲無可躲的被金色的幼蟲不斷侵蝕——
她‘讀懂’了祂的迫切，殘缺的‘行星意識體’只有記憶和遲鈍的本能，現在的祂需要最核心的‘主意識’，就如同迷航的巨輪需要一小顆最精細的指南針一樣。
一旦殘缺的意識被補全，祂便可擺脫當下的困境。而有着同一個來處的她，便成了當下最适合填充的‘主意識’。
‘不’
‘因果沒有前後……只是螺旋的……時間長廊……’
‘而妳是唯一’
‘請與我同化’
此刻面臨選擇的蘇熙，可以選擇徹底與這顆行星的生命電波同頻，同化成這宇宙微塵的一刻，浩宇長存的一刻。
也可以選擇轉身離去。
回到那個正呼喚她的alpha的懷裏。
核心艙中。
在棕發少女神色虛茫的眼裏，紅發alpha的眼裏也閃過同樣的茫然……以及一絲從未感受過的恐懼。在她神采漸消的眼眸裏，他明白了她的選擇。
“聽着，蘇熙！”
他沉痛的嗓音嘶啞着，幾乎接近了厲喝：“別去！”
“我帶你去宙墓——”
菲茨傑拉德沖口而出，做出了一個自己都想象不到的承諾，然後一絲明悟般神色從他臉上閃過。
他低頭，貼着她的唇說：
“宙墓。”
“那是最好的觀測點。有你想要看到的任何答案。”
“以人之身，探尋我們進化的極限。”
“只要，你足夠強。”
以一種極為複雜的心情，他一句一句的重複，一句一句的說着他在宙墓中的見聞，那些從未對任何人披露過的見聞。他知道她能感知得到，因為她的手正慢慢擡起，輕柔的拂過了他的發。
核心艙中的蘇熙極慢的眨了一下眼，紅發alpha一貫剛毅的臉上露出一絲放松下來的微笑。
然而，似乎還不到一個眨眼的瞬間。
The eyes of the omega in my arms were dyed golden brown, and with his rapid breathing, his pupils kept expanding and contracting, opening and closing rapidly.
It was as if I saw an existence that I was extremely reluctant to give up, but had to abandon.
The golden sand on his forehead was boiling, and instantly became liquid and spread all over his body.
ah--
She raised her head and screamed.
*
For Su Xi, who was traveling freely in the planetary resonance wave, she had just made the decision to return the moment before, and the next moment she was forcibly pulled into the past of another time period of that gravel.
That is the memory of Su Xi's original existence on Earth.
But at this moment, 'she' was looking at her past from a strange upward perspective.
A young woman held the hand of eight-year-old Su Xi and taught her to write on the sand stroke by stroke: "A grain of sand is a world, a flower is a paradise, seeing 'me' is seeing the Tathagata."
Su Xi, who exists from the perspective of a "gravel", is tossed back and forth by her past self.
The young woman gently stroked the 'little girl's' hair and smiled as she advised her, "It's just this one sentence that you wrote wrong. Getting the bronze medal is already an excellent achievement. Shall we continue to sign up for the next Chinese studies class?"
Eight-year-old Su Xi tied her hair into a bun, squatted on the ground, shook her head and said something without seeming to be very interested...
The random swing of the wooden stick interrupted the view of the red "gravel".
He was showing her that, although it was difficult to go back in time, it was not impossible; one could not step into the same river, but the river's existence was 'unique';
'So, what do you choose?'
The past scene suddenly shattered.
Su Xi's mental body was in complete disarray.
Until the cool, ice-blue spiritual body completely enveloped her, entangled with her endlessly.
In the core cabin, Su Xi's eyes were full of struggle, and tears gradually fell. If she didn't come back, he would never be able to come back again after forcing himself to "mentally dissociate" by relying on the last thin connection of the "fragment".
She can assimilate with the planetary consciousness and exist in another state, and he...
Such behavior is almost like giving up on yourself.
Why?
Big tears soaked her cheeks, flowing from hers to the corners of his eyes. At this moment, their cheeks were touching, and he kissed her with a vicious, swallowing force.
"Just come back."
"Stop crying."
He said hoarsely, "If you cry again, I'll bite you."
Su Xi wanted to laugh. She hadn't recovered from the planetary resonance that she had blocked. She thought vaguely, "Still biting? Kindergarten kid?"
childish!
She gave him a mocking smile and scratched his nose with her weak fingers, but someone obviously misunderstood the true meaning of this smile and action.
"You agreed."
The voice was even darker and deeper, and it seemed to carry a hint of masculine arrogance and complacency.
So when Su Xi's senses had not yet fully recovered, she vaguely felt the flame-colored hair brushing against her neck. Hmm. It was a little itchy. Although she was used to being kissed by him, she also wanted to remind him not to kiss her randomly. She raised her fair hand slightly and grabbed his flame-colored hair. Before she could make more active movements, she was tightly and completely suppressed by the man's hot body in an absolute possessive posture!
Neither of them was in full arousal at the moment, and this environment was clearly not the perfect moment that Fitzgerald had carefully prepared for.
But who cares? Immersed in the great joy of his beloved omega's agreement, he licked and kissed the delicate points one by one in a slightly anxious manner, and then went straight up and buried his head in Su Xi's neck, which exuded a rich and innocent fragrance, the sweet spot he had coveted for a long time.
He unceremoniously stretched out his sharp teeth and bit into her gland. Although the omega's gland was not fully mature under his clumsy teasing, it still had a bit of green fruit flavor and was far from the most beautiful moment, but the mutual affection made him linger endlessly. The usually cold and abstinent alpha was now completely infatuated.
Reason reminded him to just mark it for a moment, but the sweet 'biting feeling' and the 'possession' of marking made him turn into a beast at this moment, relying on instinct, and only wanted to pour more vigorously!
Until she was completely and more imbued with his scent.
ah--
Su Xi, whose mark was suddenly bitten, raised her fragile neck and screamed hoarsely. The delicate omega was stimulated to the point that her whole body was twitching, but she was being held down by someone who was about to lose his mind, so she couldn't escape.
The bitten area was stained with blood, but it attracted even more passionate and lingering licks and kisses.
For an omega, this kind of thing was not enjoyable for the first time. Especially for Su Xi, who was not mentally prepared, the hot and stimulating alpha hormone seemed to be poured in endlessly, stimulating her to the point that she almost fainted.
Su Xi, who had always been well-educated and never cursed, now wanted to curse loudly in her heart!
Holy shit, it actually bites!
It hurts!