Chapter 756 The Land in the Gray Rain
Drops of rain fell from the dark gray sky and landed on the steel-colored land. They instantly boiled and gave off diffuse mist. Even in the wet rainy season, the place still roared. Thousands of huge chimneys stood like volcanoes, and countless white smoke and mist emerged from them, forming a spectacular scene.
Under the protective layer composed of layers of steel plates, dense tracks crisscrossed, continuously inputting the processed raw materials, and then dragging out the finished products that have not yet completely cooled. The sound of machinery running can be heard everywhere, and the rough blanks of various parts of large warships are formed here.
In the past, such a piece of land was the hometown that many people could not leave in their lifetime, but in the interstellar era, such an area with more than 3 million workers is just a production base under a giant enterprise.
The development of technology and the opening of information channels have made war no longer the battle of wits and courage between small groups in the past. Many strategies and war arts studied by generals in ancient times have become a simple and plain collision of power in the vast space.
What really determines the victory of a war is no longer whether the soldiers on the front line are brave or whether the generals are proficient in military tactics, but the industrial productivity and organizational level of the entire organization.
In the distant hills of the steel-gray land, a figure holding an umbrella walked slowly up the ridge.
She was wearing a wine-red classical long dress, with a straight waist. Many places on the skirt were wet with mud and water, showing a heavy black color, but her eyes never paid attention to what was under her, but always looked into the distance. The endless steel-gray hills were hazy in the rain and fog, and long columns of water smoke went straight to the sky, as if supporting the sky.
Finally, her footsteps stopped at the cement platform on the top of the mountain, which was already the highest place around.
She took a few steps forward, as if she wanted to touch the distant mountains in her sight with her hands. She raised her hand and stretched it out from the umbrella, and then heavy raindrops kept falling and hitting the back of her hand. This cool and cold touch finally made her sober up from the distant view, and her eyes turned to the gray sky.
The black umbrella slowly turned, throwing out drops of water that flew into the rain outside. She stood quietly in place, gazing at the endless steel-gray earth in the distance.
Judging from her appearance, the woman was not old, but she did not have the immaturity and innocence of a young girl. She was like a jade stone, with a restrained and profound temperament.
Stone, jade, grass, the title of the singer in the western star region seems to be related to tenacious things. It is not as elegant and exquisite as that in the central star region, but such a title can always win the kindness of local residents, because this is exactly the spirit they need and fits the environment they are in.
'Red Carnation' Chi Wanxin, sixty years ago, she was also a rookie singer in the Federation. She became famous with 'Green Snake' Youlandojia, but her fame and influence were always suppressed by her peer 'White Rose Harp' Ewen Qilin.
She did not achieve dazzling results when she was young. As she grew older, her spirit and vitality faded. Chi Wanxin, like many of her predecessors, gradually retreated to the second line and became a relatively ordinary member of the singers.
Originally, she thought that she would spend the rest of her life in this plain and stable life.
'I didn't expect that the innocent child back then would change everything after all.' She silently said this in her heart, and when she recalled that figure again, she felt as if she were in a dream. When she
first met Blanche, she was not too surprised. That child with ordinary talent and appearance was not outstanding among the singing girls, just like herself in the past.
Bamboo sounds elegant, but in fact it is a plant of the Gramineae family, which is a kind of grass. The place where bamboo is dense is occasionally called green desert because they are extremely strong weeds.
'Golden Sun Grass' 'Red Carnation'... Chi Wanxin silently recalled the titles of the singing girls in the Western Star Region, and she could always feel a simple vitality.
She was also young and crazy. At that time, she also competed with 'Green Snake' Youlan Duojia. The two competed with each other, but when they faced Iwen Qilin, whose talent and strength far exceeded theirs, they both felt a sense of despair like looking up at the mountains.
Regardless of her family background, support from powerful forces, or even her appearance, manners, and temperament, Ewen Qilin was an insurmountable mountain among the singers of her generation. She was promoted rapidly after her debut, all the way to the pinnacle of the Moon-level singer.
In the era when there were no Sunday-level singers, she was the uncrowned king among all singers. Even if she lived in seclusion for a long time, she was still the target that many people could not catch up with.
As a classmate, friend, and familiar peer, Chi Wanxin certainly knew how terrifying Ivan Qilin's strength was. That was a height that she and Youlan Duojia could never catch up with in their lifetime, so she gradually gave up climbing on this path very early.
If someone far away succeeds, it will not affect your life, and you will probably only envy him occasionally. But if someone around you who seems to have the same background and conditions succeeds, it will bring a lot of pressure, and you will wonder if you have missed something in the past.
Facing Blanche who became the "Ten-pointed Sun", Chi Wanxin's initial mood was very complicated. She felt relieved, admired, and had a little regret and jealousy. If she had been bolder back then, would the result be better?
Ten years later, Blanche passed away in a busy and heavy life. Before leaving, she transferred the core position of the Western Star Region to Arosa, who was still ten years old. Chi Wanxin witnessed almost the entire process.
Facing Blanche, her mood changed again, from past envy to deep respect and love.
She was still so young, and as a singer, she had not even reached the peak of her life, but she left this complicated world so early.
Asking herself, Chi Wanxin felt that even if she encountered the same opportunity and time node as Blanche, she would not be able to do so much, and the regrets of the past also disappeared.
There is no great cause that is achieved by chance, especially those achievements that reverse the tide of the times, which cannot tolerate a trace of water.
Eight years passed quickly. After Blanche left, the country still operated smoothly under her afterglow. As the heir, the new singer gradually grew up. Everything was developing in a good direction, if it weren't for an accident.
Chi Wanxin didn't know much about "Flame Sugar" Pulin Coco, but only knew about this younger singer from Youlan Duojia.
I thought she would spend her adolescence passionately like Yulan Duojia, and then gradually become ordinary. Unexpectedly, in just a few years, this inconspicuous junior set off a huge wave, completely controlled the powerful federal center, and became the volcano queen who brought great deterrence and oppression to all parties.
"Young people nowadays are all monsters."
Chi Wanxin raised her heels and knocked the soles of her shoes on the ground slightly, shaking off the muddy water, then lifted the hem of her skirt slightly and wrung out the water on the edge. After doing this, she looked back at the steel-gray earth in the distance again, then walked slowly down the ridge with an umbrella.
I don't know what the end of this land will be.
Since you left, everything has been changing rapidly.
You made a good start, but the subsequent journey is still difficult.
There is not much I can do, I can only pray for it silently.
Pray that its final destination is as you wish,
so that your wishes and efforts will not be forgotten.
This gradually cold world
has not heard a gentle fairy tale for a long time.
(End of this chapter)
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