They are saying goodbye.
A farewell of life and death that seems like a long journey.
Her body trembled slightly and tiny sobs slipped out of her throat uncontrollably.
She suddenly squatted down with her knees hugged.
"sorry……"
Incoherent words emanated from her throat, her head was buried deeply between her knees, and her entire face was covered with swollen red.
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry to you all, I'm sorry..."
The sea breeze brought a noisy crowd of voices, and the sharp sound of the whistle almost pierced the sky.
For a moment, it drowned out her crying.
"sorry……"
Seagulls flew across the blood-red sky, casting tiny black shadows that obscured the sunset in her hair.
After a brief sob, she raised her head
Su Lin had turned around and disappeared into the golden alley.
…
Scene change.
Before leaving.
The girls on the street give the most colorful and beautiful flowers to the people who are leaving.
Su Lin walked at the front of the team, separating himself from the residents who were huddled together to board the ship. Behind him were neatly dressed soul hunters, well-trained soldiers, and various secondary engineers.
This is a team that has made great contributions to the "Clouds".
They are about to board the ship.
The screams of young girls rang out along the streets, and they either sang loudly or threw flowers to express their love to the people they admired.
The lights on both sides of the river are brilliant, and the tall towers are shining with gold.
Cruise ship after cruise ship sails among the flowers, and the scenery on both sides of the river becomes a flowing painting.
"Haha, Su Lin, this is something I've never seen before." Bald deputy Gary laughed and patted Su Lin on the shoulder: "When we come back, won't these girls rush over one after another? Oh, we should really call the second brother, he even said that he would give me the chance."
"The fox is taking advantage of the tiger's might." The female engineer next to him snorted, "The girl likes Su Lin, what does it have to do with you, a country bumpkin?"
Su Lin gave a forced smile.
The flowers thrown by the girls fell on his head. He brushed the petals away and hesitated for a moment.
"Gary, how about you just... just don't..."
...then don't get on board.
He didn't say the rest of the sentence.
"What?" Gary howled loudly.
"Nothing." Su Lin turned his head away and ignored Ge Li's question.
The setting sun shone into his eyes and he squinted slightly.
——Then, when he turned his head, his eyes met with a girl on the street.
She was an extremely beautiful girl whom he had never seen before.
She was wearing an ordinary long dress, her lips were redder than flames, and her long black braid was heavy and darker than clouds.
She has a lively, distinct, elf-like temperament, and her eyes are as bright as wildfire in a lush forest.
Su Lin paused for a moment.
Su Mingan could clearly feel that Su Lin's meal was very abrupt.
He might have fallen in love with her.
Before leaving.
Before taking half of the people to death.
"Hey, don't hold back when you speak. I'm in a hurry... Engineer Su? Engineer Su? Tell me what I want and what I don't want this time..."
The noisy sound in my ears is still ringing.
Seeing Su Lin looking at him, the girl on the street smiled shyly and threw the thing in her hand to him.
Amid the girls' screams, Su Lin took her things.
Through the light of the setting sun, he saw that it was a sealed bottle of aged rice wine, with a circle of beautiful cornflowers around the bottle.
There was a line of small words on the inside of the cup.
【I like you.】
[Wait for you to come back, can you give me a chance? 】
He looked over.
The girl had shyly hidden in the crowd, as if trying to escape from him.
Around her, her sisters cried sourly:
"Hey! Don't run away, Garde. Why are you running away after delivering the things? Do you dare to take responsibility..."
The girl's figure completely disappeared.
Su Lin looked at the rice wine in his hand again.
Amid the shouts of Ge Li and other colleagues, he suddenly raised his hand -
“Plop.”
The bottle fell into the lake and gradually sank to the bottom.
At this moment, he felt extremely calm and happy like never before.
He didn't even look at the river bank again, as if he had thrown off all his burdens.
"Su Lin, how could you throw away someone's gift..." colleagues shouted.
Su Lin turned his head.
Looking at the airship in front of him, which was as majestic as a giant building, he slowly shook his head.
"Why delay her?"
He said.
…
The picture gradually dimmed.
The broadcast of the images saved by this Memory Stone has ended.
Su Mingan looked at the darkness in front of him and had completely understood the truth about the airship more than sixty years ago.
…or, rather than “truth,” it’s more of a “lie.”
This is a huge lie.
The royal family had no confidence that the residents who boarded the ship could reach Yunshang City safely, and they just tricked them into boarding the ship under the pretext of reducing the population.
But from the current situation, it seems that the plan was finally successful.
——Su Linzhen led the group of people on the boat and arrived at Yunshang City safely.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why Su Lin is still alive and why there are residents of Yunshang City sending letters.
This story has a rare happy ending.
The only regret may be that, apart from Su Lin, no other people from Yunshang City were able to successfully return to Praia.
More than sixty years have passed, and most of the people who once waited for them... have passed away.
Most of them can't wait for the person who said he would come back.
Su Mingan was waiting to return to his original position, but found that it was still pitch black in front of him.
He suddenly heard a voice.
That was Su Lin's voice, echoing in the darkness, as if he was talking to himself.
…
[I agreed to Princess Sofia's request, became the executor of lies, and rushed to heaven with the hopes of tens of thousands of people. ]
“I succeeded.”
[But I am not Van Dillon who sang in front of the church. I don’t have his courage. ]
[I am the burning dove in his hand. Even though I am surrounded by fire, I still struggle hard.]
[… and then turned into ashes. ]
[Even if one is fighting for the majority, one should not necessarily seek the approval of the minority. ]
…
【Humans cannot be purely rational animals after all.】
…
Su Lin stopped talking here.
A flash of white light.
When he opened his eyes again, Su Mingan had returned to his original room.
In his hand, the Memory Stone completely shattered, blood flew up, and Su Lin's monologue disappeared.
In the upper right corner, comments were pouring in, and people were discussing Su Lin's behavior.
——After all, when the catastrophic disaster really came, he chose to deceive everyone and send half of the people to death in order to save the other half.
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