Chapter 99 Farewell to the Past
The tinkling sound of the xylophone is like the sound of water dripping on the stone surface. The old music box in the attic makes a slightly distorted sound. It was the popular music many years ago.
The song is soothing and full of nostalgia, just like the blurred back figure that has gone far away and can't be seen clearly under the sunset. Maybe I still remember that it was my best playmate when I was a child, but I have forgotten his appearance and name.
Gu Qianlou sat quietly in the attic that he hadn't been to for many years, looking at everything that was once familiar in the room, and thinking of some past events in his memory. At that time, he was still very young and impulsive. He dreamed of changing a lot and overthrowing those adults and seniors he didn't like.
But he didn't do it after all. As he grew up, he knew the difficulties in doing things. It seemed that it was not easy to maintain the present.
Slowly, he became the adults he hated in the past, but he never regretted it.
When I was young, I only saw a corner of the world, so I thought it was all, and said some shameless words. As I grow older, I will never talk nonsense like this again.
My sister is a kind and simple person, with a bit of naive cuteness and cunning. She will imagine many beautiful things and will believe in some strangers even if she has never met them.
She used to sit in this attic. This was a secret base for the two of them when they were young. They would use it to store some books, movies, games, and things from the outside world brought by tourists. They were always so novel and interesting that people couldn't put them down.
However, that age is gone after all.
With the growth of experience and age, I can no longer agree with the stories full of loopholes and the bizarre plots that appear for dramatic effects. Even if others watch movies that move them to tears, they will only feel hypocritical and childish.
Life makes people grow up, and gradually loses its freshness and fun. He slowly focuses on various affairs and drifts away from his sister until that day when his sister naively mentioned her idea in front of him.
He understands that this is also the longing in the hearts of many people in the city, but this fantasy without a plan and reality will only make people bruised and battered. He explained this, but unfortunately, "hope" is the sweetest poison, tempting people with fantasies to step into the abyss step by step.
His sister almost died in the turmoil. Afterwards, he vaguely sensed her movements and finally let her go.
"Just leave by yourself. I will tell everyone that you are dead, and it is best if you never come back." It is better to be ruthless, so that you don't have to be sad all the time, and you can focus on doing more things.
Originally, he was slowly getting used to everything now and forgot the existence of that figure.
...Until the familiar girl appeared.
"Your daughter is still as innocent and stubborn as you." He picked up the small photo frame on the table. There was a pair of thirteen or fourteen-year-old brother and sister in it. The brother was grinning, and the sister was wearing a sun hat. The two stood in the sun.
The dust in the attic was floating, and the unclear music box slowly played to the end, and the room became quiet.
There was a slight sound of footsteps on the stairs behind him. The old wooden steps would tremble slightly when stepped on, and the rusty nails would also make a creaking sound.
The wooden door of the attic was carefully pushed open, and a black-haired girl walked in, looking at the back of the person sitting at the table.
"Uncle..." This name is so unfamiliar that the girl didn't know how to continue after she called it out.
The room was silent for a few seconds, and the figure stood up.
"Yeah." The response was very low and soft, and it was only because of the quiet environment that it could be heard.
Neither of them was talkative, but they just looked at each other silently. Finally, Heshia lowered her head slightly. After all, her mother taught her that it was impolite to keep staring at others like this.
"Where is Yongrong buried?"
"The cemetery... is in the G19 cemetery in the lower level of Arpeggio City." The girl answered softly, and then suddenly remembered something.
"How do you know her..." The voice was stuck again.
"Humph, if she was alive and well, why would she let you come here alone?" Although it has been many years, Gu Qianlou still knows his sister's character.
Shaking his head, no longer talking about those old things, Gu Qianlou walked past Heshia and went downstairs step by step. There are still many things waiting for him to deal with in the next two days.
Because of the T2 AI supported by Edes Academy, everything has slowly changed. It is difficult to build a new city, but at least there is a foundation for realization.
With the detailed analysis and planning of high-level AI, as long as it is provided with enough machinery and material assistance, it can gradually complete the construction of a city by itself. In the future, the water supply, transportation, logistics, energy, sanitation, and other system frameworks in the city will also be managed by such high-level AI, and the construction and operation costs will be greatly reduced.
Otherwise, if the people of Jielou City were to complete these tasks themselves, it would be like primitive people walking in a modern city. They would have to spend a huge amount of money to build various frameworks, pay a lot of administrative manpower for long-term maintenance, and have to constantly try and make mistakes. There would even be corruption and inefficiency, so that it would be impossible to build a city that meets modern standards.
The 'Yuyu' is a very old model. It is okay to maintain Jielou City, but it would be too much of a stretch to build a new city. It will not be destroyed for many years. Moreover, this is an illegal AI, running underground in Jielou City. The Federation would turn a blind eye to it,
but if it were to be taken to the outside world, it would be a blatant provocation of the rules. Although Heshia's remarks at the time were a bit naive, she really brought the foundation that was enough to change Jielou City, and everything became completely different.
After the girl got the Zhuo Mo Sword that day, the entire Jielou City became quiet. Everyone surrendered to this ancient sword of inheritance that represented faith. Then the supersonic transport plane that came through the air landed in Jielou City, bringing a truly solid and convincing material foundation.
The source of the conflict disappeared. Gu Qianlou was speechless in the face of such a situation. Perhaps his persistence was not wrong, but the changes in the world were too unexpected. Who could believe that such a young and fragile girl could actually change the rules and ideas of the Star Domain Government?
What the nearly one million residents of Jielou City had been longing for for hundreds of years was actually realized so easily. There was always a sense of unreality and fantasy. The disparity of the world was probably like this.
Going down from the attic, Gu Qianlou led the crowd full of expectations and excitement to the ground, showed up on the tall red building, and began to give a speech that would change everything now.
"On July 10, 658 of the Sixth Era, our ancestors landed on this sparsely populated planet and began to build and settle down with great difficulty. It has been 593 years since then, which is nearly 600 years."
"Six hundred years is enough for a dynasty to rise and fall, and then rise and fall again."
"We have been stagnant here for too long, so long that we have slowly lost the courage to set out again... Everything in the past is no longer a support, but has become a heavy burden that makes it difficult to let go..." His voice slowed down.
"It's time to let go of everything."
"Whether it's the 'God General' or the 'Sword Guardian', let them sleep in the past of history, and there is no need to cling to these ancient terms in the future."
"This is not only my opinion, but also the idea and suggestion of that child. Fortunately, we have waited for the blue bird that inherited the destiny."
"The blue bird holds a branch in its mouth, and it lands to give birth to a country. In the future, we will also build a brand new city on that land."
"'Opening up the mountains and forests with great difficulty' will be difficult, but there will be no hesitation."
(End of this chapter)
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