Chapter 158 Extra: Present World-2
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The rate at which the magnetic poles deflect is just a slow hourglass compared to the billions of years of planetary life.
Considering that the average human lifespan is less than 100 years, there are still four generations to provide a buffer.
So even though people live a life of drunkenness and dreams, they are also full of yearning for a wider universe and a more positive energy.
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But I didn't expect it to be Christmas Eve.
An unexpected meteorite shower struck the earth like the end of the world.
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At that time, Su Xi was working overtime and had no idea what was happening.
When she stopped working, she rubbed her aching neck and looked out the window. What she saw was a swarm of... winged monsters swarming from the sky amidst flames in the distance?
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Is it an enlarged version of an alien bug?
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What happened next was just like those extremely clichéd doomsday movies.
On the emergency channel, the government unveiled the doomsday bunker under construction.
But the sudden outbreak of chaos still disrupted the normal order of society, especially when the proportion of people entering the bunker was as high as one in ten thousand...
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Fortunately, his family was now well protected on the other side of the ocean, so Su Xi was relieved. Holding a sharp knife with a bent blade, he set out on a journey of survival alone.
A doomsday ark offshore will be waiting to accommodate the last batch of refugees, and she needs to get there within 24 hours.
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However, with only five kilometers left, they were trapped in an abandoned warehouse by a group of giant predatory insects.
Su Xi withdrew her sight from the RV that was accelerating away, and with a bit of despair in her heart, she clenched the hunting rifle with only three bullets left. In the face of the tragic scenes she had witnessed in just a few days, ordinary guns were completely useless.
Perhaps, it is wiser to keep the last bullet for yourself.
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The giant insect's scarlet compound eyes forced her into a corner. Even after firing three bullets, only a few light marks were left on the insect's foot segments.
Facing impending death, Su Xi closed her eyes unwillingly.
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Open your eyes again——
A tall figure broke through the siege of the insect swarm against the light. The giant insect in front of him was torn into pieces, and light green slime sprayed all over the wall.
Su Xi was covered with a long men's windbreaker and was well protected.
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She was forcefully lifted up by the man, and walked through the sea of blood and corpses as if walking on flat ground, and came to the majestic army.
Then there was an orderly attack, strangulation, and evacuation.
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Swaying in Su Xi's sight was a face that seemed familiar yet unfamiliar.
His handsome and resolute face still had that cold expression that remained unmoved under any circumstances.
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But for Su Xi, this distance was so close that she could almost smell each other's breath...
There were very special silver pupil lines in the other person's deep blue eyes, and the ends of his jet-black hair began to gradually turn red as if burning...
This made the powerful boss in her memory seem a little inhuman.
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But when he looked at her, there was an indescribable affection in his eyes, and a sense of cherishment for what he had lost and regained.
"Sorry, I'm late." After a strong hug, his tall body trembled slightly as if in fear. He said, "The dormancy period of the gene restoration agent is longer than I expected. Something went wrong..."
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Next, they did not continue to the Ark near the sea, but returned to the city that had become the nest of giant insects.
For Su Xi, she actually had no reason to follow this man.
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But for some reason, as he looked at her quietly, she couldn't say anything to refuse.
She convinced herself that the contract was still valid and that she was being responsible!
Su Xi grabbed the hand that was extended to her, and they went back to the city amid the crowd fleeing towards the port.
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Su Xi never knew that in the place where she had worked for so many years.
The high-rise building, which is a landmark of the city, has been transformed into this appearance above the 99th floor.
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That was a core secret project that Su Xi had never been involved in, a genetic enhancement project for humans to enter space.
While trying to save her from the giant insect's mouth, the man looked like a devil tearing the limbs apart with his bare hands.
Then look at the experimental data now open to her, those extremely cruel test items...
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How long had he been preparing for this day?
Adhering to her usual caution, after learning that her family and friends were safe, Su Xi accepted the man's invitation to join his ark project named "New Hope".
This unofficial organization, which has absorbed almost all the elite forces of the civilian world, aims to encode and store as many Earth species as possible and deploy them to space expeditions on different routes before the magnetic pole adjustment destroys the world.
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On the first day that Su Xi officially took charge of a project called 'Originator Project', she received a gift.
A pink box.
Inside are twelve O-type gene enhancement reagents.
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Su Xi did not refuse this valuable gift.
She quickly adapted to the high-intensity work pace and almost sealed life, and her relationship with someone became closer, so close that they were together almost 24 hours a day during the busiest times.
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One night, when the man came out of the bathroom, steaming all over, he saw Su Xi holding a pile of data reports, standing straight, waiting for the report.
He suddenly remembered that he had seen her chatting and laughing with someone else during the day, and a sneer flashed across the man's stern face.
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Su Xi touched her arm and inexplicably felt that the temperature in the room seemed to have dropped by several degrees.
He handed her the second set of genetic drugs and told her to finish her daily dose first before talking about work.
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Not long after drinking the genetic medicine, Su Xi immediately felt her whole body go limp, except for the back of her neck. She felt hot and uncomfortable all over, and it seemed that she could only get some relief in his even more passionate embrace.
A few tender and soothing kisses were placed on her flushed and sweaty face.
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"Sorry," someone looked at Su Xi's unconscious reaction with pity, with an emotion in his eyes that Su Xi couldn't understand, "There was a problem with the work at hand, and the time point came early."
"So the concentration of this dose might be a little high," he apologized as he slowly undressed her. "Are the side effects uncomfortable? Hold me, ok?"
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Just as he approached her with his chest bare, Su Xi widened her eyes and shouted in a hard and hoarse voice: "Stop! Don't~"
The man ignored her weak struggles, sat up, grabbed her slender waist, and pulled her towards himself.
"Su Xi," he said, his low, low, magnetic voice hiding a hint of dissatisfaction, "Am I so unimportant?"
"You still can't remember?"
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In such an ambiguous situation, Su Xi was confused and dazed, but she was still determined to resist. She was not unmoved by this man.
But everything developed too fast, as if she had just fallen in love, while he had been in love for several lifetimes.
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Finally, in this battle of offense and defense between a man and a woman, he surrendered first. After a long and passionate kiss, he wrapped her in the sheets and trapped her in his arms.
"Go to sleep, I'll stay with you." He sighed in a hoarse voice, his tall nose buried deep in her neck, rubbing and licking it constantly.
"If you feel uncomfortable," he chuckled again, "I'm always here."
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In such a wet, intimate, and provocative ambiguity, Su Xi thought she would not be able to fall asleep, but in fact, she fell asleep in seconds after closing her eyes. It was an extremely sweet dream.
Someone whispered in my ear,
As long as you are still here... As long as we are not wrong...
Even if this world is about to be destroyed, what does it matter... It's just a return to the original track of history.
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As the project progressed smoothly, Su Xi learned more and more.
Since it is an unofficial organization of the whole world, there are naturally different factions. Su Xi, who plays an increasingly important role, has naturally become the target of pursuit and manipulation by all parties. In an accident, a dying colleague whispered the truth to Su Xi.
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Su Xi stepped over the pool of blood with a wooden expression. She looked at him, unable to imagine that the person who had slept in the same bed with her for so long was the mastermind behind this global destruction tragedy.
'Destroyer from Far Solar Orbit'
The moonlight filtered through the broken window and sprinkled onto the mottled ground, like a galaxy separating the two of them.
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There are still seven nights left. Listen to what everyone is doing. Some are having a killing spree, some are families hugging each other tightly, and some are couples making love all night long...
Su Xi could hear that her physique, which had been adjusted by the genetic fluid, had developed a weak mental power. When her mind was extremely focused, she could feel the subtle changes in various places on the earth.
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"Do you believe him?"
He walked over, lifted her chin in a domineering manner, and carefully observed Su Xi's expression. The man seemed to be a little concerned, but also seemed not to care, and asked.
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"I believe it." Su Xi lowered her eyes, then suddenly raised her head, "But I believe in you more."
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If he was really a psychopath, anti-human murderer, why did he send away batches of civilians while staying on this planet where he was doomed to die?
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Why?
Because my contribution points are not enough to get a seat on the Ark of Life, 'Hope'.
The rules he set select those with specialties that are beneficial to mankind. How can he destroy the fair and selfless rules that he set himself?
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What about his selfish feelings towards her?
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The gene fluid was almost luxurious, and the proper dosage was through injection and extremely painful physical growth changes. And the oral version specially made for her, a small tube was luxurious enough to be worth a country's tax revenue for ten years.
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"You..." She suddenly became speechless, her throat feeling extremely uncomfortable, "You could have left."
But he chose to stay.
"I have been busy with this project for eleven years. It is meaningless to spend the rest of my life on the 'New Hope'. I might as well steal a moment of leisure with you in the last seven days."
He chuckled.
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"Okay, the last seven days." Su Xi took the initiative to move closer for the first time, held his hand, and whispered, "I want to spend this time with you."
They greeted the dazzling light with a kiss.
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The first round of the planet's self-destruction began, and there were only the last seven twenty-four hours for the billions of species that did not board the Ark.
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"How could they let you stay?"
"You're guessing I have a backup plan, of course."
Su Xi gave him a puzzled look, and immediately got the answer, "At the moment of the seventh day's destruction, as long as you find the precise coordinates, you can open a folded artificial wormhole."
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"Let's go back to the Tomb of the Universe."
He smiled at her, with a nostalgic tone in his voice.
At this moment, Su Xi no longer cares about the puzzling question of "Does he love me? Or does he love my past self?"
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As long as the two of us are together.
It's good no matter what time, online, location or space.
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As expected, in the last five days, they were hunted by countless desperadoes, seizing the last chance of survival on this planet.
Su Xi was forced to drive and was in a panic. She had always obeyed traffic rules and was a good driver who had never been deducted points. But suddenly she had to perform drifting on the job?
The man who is in the recovery period of genetic drugs is still slowly recovering from the injuries he suffered in the previous round.
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We cannot interrupt his opportunity for evolution.
Su Xi clenched her fingers around the steering wheel and became serious.
However, between life and death, in the collapse of doomsday, the small military Humvee fluttered on the cracked earth like a leaf in the cold wind.
Amid the turbulence, the man opened his eyes. His once deep blue pupils turned into an eerie silver-gray. The black hair roots faded, gradually revealing a fiery color. Very light blue scales appeared on one side of his neck.
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He calmly directed Su Xi's route forward.
It seems that you can clearly know all the routes and predict all the upcoming dangers without navigation.
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Su Xi fell into a mysterious feeling that seemed familiar yet strange. The noise from the outside world disappeared in her ears, and she could only hear the thumping of her heart and the calm voice of the man beside her.
Finally, with a tailspin drift, the car barely brushed past the collapsing bridge. The rapid sideways movement caused the roof of the car to be cut off, and a warm big hand protected her head.
The pursuers are gone!
However, ahead is a bridge that is constantly being torn apart and collapsed, and the abyss below the bridge is filled with insect cocoons waiting to break out of their shells.
It's too late!
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Su Xi even closed her eyes, ready to face the end of being smashed into a meat pie.
As the world spun around, she was fiercely kissed. A warm hand grasped her hand, gripped the steering wheel, and hit her hard. At the last moment, almost half of the car was thrown out.
The other hand suddenly blocked the ball.
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Almost miraculously, the military Humvee stopped just on the edge of the cliff.
Su Xi panted, her hair soaked with sweat from nervousness. Then she smelled a strong smell of blood. Turning her head, she saw a large hole in the man's abdomen from the collision of steel bars.
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After finding a safe place and calming down a little, Su Xi exploded.
However, that person just smiled and leaned most of his body against him, letting her yell at him.
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Su Xi was angry: "Since you can do it with one hand, why don't you do it yourself? Do you trust me so much? You,!" Su Xi talked a lot, as if she would feel an unknown panic if she stopped.
"Believe it." He said calmly, "At this time, my mission has been completed. Everything in the rest of my life belongs to you, Su Xi."
"You are free to do as you please."
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Su Xi's neurotic muttering suddenly seemed to be paused. She turned her head and bumped into a pair of eyes like that.
The affection was so heavy that she couldn't express it in words. There was only a very faint smile on the man's face, but that kind of look could not deceive anyone.
Open and unrestrained without any scruples.
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Her heart began to pound and her cheeks burned, and she suddenly realized the expression on his face that she had occasionally caught when she saw him in the elevator or in the employee cafeteria before the end of the world.
It's hard to tell whether it's focused or indifferent, affectionate or ruthless, that kind of strange feeling that can't be described.
It was the emotion that was tightly restrained, the indifference that was pretended, the indifference that was forced upon oneself to walk away.
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With that kind of look in his eyes, okay.
After being taken advantage of by someone for so long while sleeping in the same bed, it doesn't seem like a big loss.
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At night, after confirming the safety and the upcoming coordinates, the bonfire went out. The woman who was still strong during the day was pressed against the tenderness and tenderness.
"Hey, you have a wound on your abdomen."
"It's no problem."
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Su Xi's half-naked upper body was trembling slightly, and it was hard to tell whether it was because of anger or the alternating hot and cold night wind.
"The wound is bleeding, is it okay?"
He leaned against her shoulder, his hot breath ironing the back of her neck, and pulled her to touch himself, and asked her in a helpless and hoarse tone, "What should we do in this situation?"
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"I'll do it."
After a psychological struggle, Su Xi gritted her teeth, stood up and half-pushed him onto the military blanket, "Don't touch the wound."
The man relaxed his body and changed his position obediently, with a smile in his eyes and a look of reluctant agreement.
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Don't ask her how she could tell the reluctance from a face that showed very little expression. She seemed to be born familiar with his every move and every subtle change in expression.
The stars shine faintly, and on this quiet and desolate land, there is a lingering sense of human enthusiasm.
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Then, maybe it was fatigue or the familiar and soothing smell, after a long pause, Su Xi suddenly cried out, "Fitz!"
She remembered.
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She was responded with passionate, almost alluring physical movements, another round of lingering, and an equally choked promise.
"I am here."
"I'm always here."
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The roaring stars fell to the ground.
The end of the world is coming.
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In the distant time and space, the "Navigator" who was sleeping in the primordial soup of the "Tomb of the Universe" opened his eyes at the last moment before disappearing.
At the moment when the last grain of sand of time slipped away, she returned to the part of her memory that was missing.
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Time is a Möbius ring, and the powerful elasticity of the laws of time can change everything. Whether it is the present or the past, whether it is death, time travel, or rebirth, it is just a layer of illusions on the strings of time, which seem real and not real, and seem fake and not fake.
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The only thing that doesn't change,
Only the most sincere love between human beings.
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For humans three centuries later, this was a crucial year that changed the entire history of the universe, the last month between the old and new AD eras, according to archaeologists who went back in time.
The threat of "colonization" from alien civilizations forced humans to give up their home planet and lock up a race that posed a great threat to the entire universe on this planet with a suicidal determination.
The planetary destruction weapons launched from the outer solar orbit are ready and have entered the launch countdown. Billions of lives on the blue planet have entered the final carnival of self-destruction.
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The 'Newborn', which carries all the data of the human gene bank, begins to ignite and eject, leaving the cradle planet that is entering its final carnival of destruction.
The era of humanity's 'great drift' in the entire universe has begun.
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From a high-dimensional observation perspective, this critical misalignment in time is the first step for humans to move from the planetary cradle into deep space.
This was the beginning of mankind's departure from the mother planet and wandering throughout the universe.
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It was also the great beginning of the interstellar ancestors' fearless bravery and conquest of the universe.