Chapter 581: Hope of the Seven Virtues,
Cuiyue Star Region, Academy City.
Blanche sat quietly in the room, the arched window in front of her half-closed, some tender vines crawling on the glass, peeking in from the window, the whole room was a little dark, only this window was brighter.
It has been a month since she returned to school, but she felt particularly cold and lonely.
In the past, she, Shui Yanqing, Tilan, and Orlesi, the four of them, went to class together every day, and later Pulin and Odney often joined in to do things together. How happy it was at that time, how lonely she is now alone.
They all left, and now I am left alone.
Sitting in the room, Blanche thought about it, came to sit in front of the piano, put her fingers on it, tried to press it a little, slowly got familiar with it, then looked at the music score placed, and slowly played it.
She doesn't know many instruments, and the piano is the only one she has learned well. Thanks to Ewen Qilin's meticulous and patient teaching, she has a very good foundation. This is one of the few projects that she feels satisfied and confident about.
Her fingertips danced slowly on the keys, and the soothing music quietly flowed, telling Blanche's inner voice.
Time slowly passed, and she played this familiar song, repeating the simple melody over and over again.
Her fingers seemed to have formed muscle memory, and slowly, she no longer remembered every beat and key, but just followed inertia and could play it completely.
The original careful playing became easier and easier, and this simple tune became more and more agile. She could even make the tune more in line with her heart and add personal characteristics through the subtle movements of her fingers.
Over and over again, the sound of the piano continued, ding-dong-dong, crisp and echoing.
The sky gradually darkened, the world outside the window was at dusk, and the room gradually became dark. Blanche still did not get up. She closed her eyes and played the song over and over again.
The chirping of insects began outside the window at some point. The room was already pitch black. In this world without figures or light, Blanche continued to play the only song, recalling in her mind the details of what Ewenkilin had taught her, every movement and expression, and the faint aura it exuded.
Gradually, the chirping of insects outside the window stopped, and the sky outside the window became darker, and time slowly came to midnight.
After playing again, Blanche's fingers finally stopped trembling, and she slowly lay on the keys. She
didn't cry, but there was a little warm liquid in the corners of her eyes that slowly wet her sleeves. Her
fingers were sore, her head was so tired, and she felt uncomfortable all over her body, but Blanche felt a sense of relief.
In this way, she could fall asleep.
Dragging her tired body, she returned to the bedroom, fell directly on the bed, and fell into a deep sleep.
In the next few days, Blanche's mental state was not good. Occasionally, she would be in a daze when reading in the library. She didn't want to see anyone and often stayed in the room alone.
Such a bad state naturally caused concern among others. After the star cluster members who were paying attention to her reported, the school arranged for Orles, who was in the Central Star Region, to comfort her.
"What's wrong recently, Blanche?" Orles came to the mansion where Blanche lived with a paper bag containing gifts.
"Nothing." Blanche sat on the sofa opposite, looking at the table with a slightly dim look, without looking at Orles.
Seeing that Blanche didn't want to say it, Orles didn't have a good way for a while. She rarely comforted people. Although she was familiar with Blanche, she was not close, and she didn't know how to continue.
"Really? If you are in a bad mood, come with me to the Double Tree Star Region to take a walk. The environment there is very good." Orles suggested.
"Double Tree Star Region?" Blanche closed her eyes. For some reason, she suddenly remembered the scene she saw in the Gravel Star Region. The people there worked very hard, but there were very few trees in the surrounding environment. The ground stretched for thousands of kilometers with bare rocks, dry soil, flying dust, etc.
When she unconsciously compared the huge gap between the two scenes, she no longer had the heart to travel, but just felt the disparity of the world.
Seeing that Blanche had no intention, Orles chatted with her for a long time, but unfortunately the two had too little common language, and the communication was always in a relatively cold state.
"Thank you Orles for coming to see me, but I really can't cheer up today." Blanche comforted Orles, and then the two parted.
...
Blanche became increasingly depressed, and Tilan also encountered a new problem in the Ziqiu Star Region, that is, when the length of the dragon vein construction increased, it was not as smooth as before, and began to show a certain degree of disorder.
"In other words, we have to consider the water storage and regulation role of the secret realm in the dragon vein, right?"
Just like the name, the dragon vein and the secret realm should be used together. Now the problem of dragon vein construction has been initially solved, but the problem of subspace secret realm construction is placed in front of everyone.
For example, the "cave paradise" in the ancient East, the "paradise" where the angel army sleeps, and the "dimensional gap" where some extraordinary creatures hide, can all be considered subspaces. Many scholars in the Federation have studied this, but there are still many problems in how to open up such spaces.
Space-related abilities and technologies have always been extremely difficult. In the past, humans also relied on the power of the crown to maintain those large subspaces. If they wanted to open up their own subspaces, the space was often narrow and could only be used to store some personal belongings.
After the technical problems got stuck, the project stagnated and the breakthrough time was far away.
"It seems that you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." Tilan sighed as she sat in front of the mirror.
"Why don't you go and try Gray Dust Crystal? My innate ability is related to space." Another purple-eyed black-haired girl in the mirror spoke.
"This is really hard to try." Tilan shook her head and looked out the window.
"There is no trick to space technology. Power can certainly reduce consumption, but the essence of creating a secondary space is to tear a new space in the original universe again. In this process, the larger the subspace, the more terrifying the consumption." "
Historically, the 'Moon Crown' could only rise because of the energy supply of the 'Sun Crown'. Without the almost endless energy and power of the Sun Crown, the effect of the Moon Crown would be greatly discounted." Speaking of this, Tilan remembered something.
"I don't think much about it. If the use of space power is just to provide a trigger, as for the energy problem, let another third party provide it, it seems that it is also feasible in theory." Tilan walked back and forth in the room.
"We have to go back to the 'Gray Dust Crystal' headquarters in the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Region for testing."
So, after the project progress stagnated, Tilan bid farewell to the Purple Hill Star Region and returned to the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Region again.
In June, Blanche received a special invitation in the Central Star Region. This was an invitation from a film and television work, hoping that she would play a character in the play. If it was an invitation from an ordinary film and television company, she would definitely refuse directly, but this time the situation was different. In the letter of invitation, Blanche saw familiar traces.
Haven't they given up yet? Blanche thought, and after a little hesitation, she agreed.
The next month, she met the director and screenwriter at the filming location, and at this time she also fully understood the script.
"In other words, you want me to play a saint who saves the world, right?" In the script, this saint is simply the incarnation of the goddess in the world, with unparalleled beauty and ability, and she has overcome many evil forces along the way.
"That's right, you don't need to worry about acting problems. We have a professional team to assist and teach, and we will definitely make your image close to perfect in front of the camera." The producer spoke firmly and confidently.
"Don't worry, you are definitely a positive character in the script and will not bring any negative impact." The other party assured again.
Blanche didn't pay much attention to these. She just noticed a short-haired black man wearing a hat at the scene. This young man used a special method to have a brief mental conversation with her and told Blanche his identity.
It seems that the resistance forces in the northwest star region still haven't given up on her, but took the risk to chase her to the central star region, and this filming is a perfect excuse.
"In that case, I'll do it reluctantly." Blanche agreed to the producer's proposal with a complex feeling of trepidation, nervousness, excitement, and relief.
In the following months, she stayed in the crew and received guidance from the instructors in the crew, including all the knowledge required to play the saint, etiquette, movements, demeanor, way of speaking, and even teaming up with other "nuns" specially recruited by the crew to practice some large-scale ritual arrays.
In the past few months, these "nuns" cooperated better and better with Blanche. They absolutely trusted Blanche and had no reservations about her. Blanche even had a certain illusion that these "nuns" were like her half body. She could vaguely sense their thoughts and even directly command their bodies.
Moreover, as they spent more time together, the temperament of these "nuns" became more and more unified. Whether it was extraordinary abilities, movements, thoughts, or soul frequencies, they were getting closer and closer to Blanche. This made it as easy as breathing for Blanche to perform some large-scale ritual arrays. Hundreds of "nuns" were like her fingers, and she could flexibly command and mobilize them.
At this time, even though she was not very smart, she realized that something was wrong. No matter how realistic the movie was, it would not require such skills. Rather than saying that these "nuns" were here to act, it would be better to say that they were specially prepared for her.
With a vague sense of tension, the time for the official shooting was getting closer and closer.
"Aren't you shooting in the Emerald Moon Star Region?" One day, Blanche received a notice from the director, saying that it was time to start shooting.
"Yes, it's in the Xuelan Star Region not far from the Emerald Moon Star Region. The environment there is beautiful and it is just right for the hometown of the heroine in the title."
"We have already chartered a special starship to transport props, costumes, and filming personnel." The other party continued to speak.
"Is that so." Blanche stood up and looked at the scenery outside the window. Everything in the Academy City was still quiet.
I'm afraid that I will never come back after leaving this time. She had a vague premonition in her heart.
"I know. Give me two days to prepare, pack my things, and say goodbye." She answered the staff in front of her.
"No problem."
In the next two days, Blanche bought a lot of things she liked and put them in the Golden Flame Flower Academy, asking the school to pass them on to several other friends. Then she boarded the transport starship for the filming of the movie.
When the starship slowly left the starport, Blanche sat in the room of the bridge and talked to a young man with short black hair opposite.
"Can you tell me now where you are going?"
"Of course, to perform a grand legend, Miss Blanche." The other party answered sincerely, and then took out the hidden tiny chip from the cochlea and inserted it into the projection player in front of him.
In the vast galaxy star map, a small golden dot flickered in it, and its location was in the northwest region of the Federation.
"Today?" Blanche's eyes flickered.
"Yes, it's today." The other party answered in a steady voice.
"It's indeed urgent, but there will be no better time if it is delayed." When he opened his mouth, a bullet shot out from the side and pierced the projection player in front of him, and then several plainclothes officers of the Tribunal appeared, and they pointed their guns at the young man.
"Raise your hands and squat! You have five seconds to complete the action. Countdown 5, 4, 3--"
Before the search officer could count to 2, a door on the side of the bridge suddenly opened, and fighters wearing black exoskeleton armor poured out. They aimed their charged rifles at the members of the Inquisition in the bridge and fired directly.
Swoosh--
a slightly buzzing sound sounded, and orange scorching rays appeared on the bridge from time to time, hitting the members of the Inquisition who were holding their guns in the bridge. These fully charged ion jet guns shot through the coats of the members of the Inquisition present, making small burnt holes.
"Damn it!" Seeing more and more armed fighters gathering in the bridge, the members of the Inquisition on the scene knew that the situation had fallen into the most extreme and worst situation.
The rebellion of the song girl has become inevitable, and the northwest region of the Federation will set off a huge turmoil.
"Lady Blanche, is this the result you want!?" The leading patrol officer questioned Blanche. Now Blanche has been protected by layers of armed personnel who have arrived, and three layers of solid blue barriers have also lit up in front of her.
"I'm sorry." Blanche closed her eyes. She knew she was sorry for the Inquisition members who had always protected her.
"But this is indeed my decision." Then the singing girl shook her head.
The battle started inside the starship. Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, the 7 members of the Inquisition on the scene and those hiding in other parts of the starship still did not surrender, but fought with all their might. While using excellent equipment to resist the attack, they kept looking for ways to break through, and even deliberately destroyed the power system of the starship, and died with the entire ship.
In the fight, more than 20 Sequence 4 armed personnel often fell before a member of the Inquisition was killed, which shows that these elites are strong.
After another explosion, the props in the hands of the investigator who broke through were exhausted. At this time, there were no companions around him. Not far away were more than 20 black exoskeleton armored personnel chasing after him. They were equipped with advanced scanning firepower systems, connected to the rifles in their hands, quickly focused and fired, and cooperated with each other to continuously encircle and suppress the Sequence 6 investigator.
Dozens of orange-red rays flashed in the darkness, and the investigator who was running and dodging at high speed had another burnt hole on his body. The originally high-quality dark windbreaker was already tattered, and many parts of it were stained red by the blood.
Fortunately, during the battle, the rescue device carried by the investigator had automatically injected hemostatic and healing drugs, so even if he was injured, he would not bleed profusely. However, his condition was not good at all, and it was only a matter of time before he was defeated.
"It's not healed yet, this damn guy, I should have asked them to change to a more powerful one." There was a slight vibration in his chest, as if some mechanical instrument was running at full capacity.
The reason why the members of the Tribunal at the scene did not surrender was to protect him and let the mechanical creation in his chest run. As long as the time was up, the storage chip in the middle of this creation would tear the space, transmit to the designated location, and report the information to the Tribunal headquarters.
However, just as the investigator felt the instrument on his chest beating faster and faster and about to be ejected, a figure wearing a white hooded cape appeared at the end of the passage. The other person had a slender figure, long legs, and two beautiful golden braids under the hood.
When the investigator drew out his lightsaber and prepared to make a final fight and buy time, the other person slowly took off his hood, revealing long golden hair and bright blue eyes.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Investigator." Her figure seemed to flash, appearing in front of the Investigator, and then she reached into the Investigator's body and directly pulled out the bloody humming instrument.
"You--"
The Investigator felt a sharp pain in his chest, and all the strength in his body was lost. He was unstable, and he hugged the other party with blood all over his body. He slowly slid down and knelt on the ground, his vision blurred.
The mechanical instrument he had high hopes for was slowly crushed in the other party's hands, and fell into glittering powder. The scene in front of him made him desperate and sad.
Why... Why is it like this... Isn't the Federation good to you... Why do you do such a thing.
Holding the dying Investigator, the blonde and blue-eyed woman slowly spoke.
"I'm sorry, you are all good people, but it's a pity that we are destined to stand on opposite sides. I am Laguier, the 'Hope' of the Seven Virtues. If your soul enters the Sea of Aikeka, please tell my sins there."
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Soon after, the black armed personnel who were chasing him arrived, watching the blonde woman slowly lay the body flat on the ground, and smoothed her angry eyes.
"Bury him with the other members of the Inquisition. I will make a suggestion to Lady Blanche."
The soldiers looked at each other. Although they knew that the other party was a friendly force, they were not their superiors after all. They just nodded slightly, indicating that they would consider it.
Soon after, the starship in the vast sea of stars turned around and disappeared into the dark space.
(End of this chapter)
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