Lin Tantan always thought she was a tree. She never expected that she had a father and a mother. She felt a little strange at first, but whether it was because she always had an inexplicable sense of familiarity with them, or because they were really good to her, she soon accepted the fact that she had parents.
And he felt at ease and thought of himself as a baby, being carried around every day without his feet ever touching the ground.
Is this what it feels like to be pampered?
Later she realized, oh, she was a little cripple, her feet couldn't touch the ground anyway. But what did it matter? She was a tree anyway, and trees can't walk.
And her parents really love her.
She ate and drank happily, watched her favorite cartoons, and had a bunch of toys to play with. Apart from the constant pain in her body, there was nothing wrong with her.
She was almost immersed in this world, when suddenly one night, because she drank an extra bowl of soup, she woke up because she had to urinate. When she woke up, she heard someone crying in the living room.
It's her beautiful mother!
She immediately wanted to run and see what was going on, but her legs were too inconvenient. She looked at the bed, which was not high at all, but even if the bed was not high, she could only crawl down.
Just then, my mother spoke up: "The doctor said, let's talk about the current situation. We don't have much time left."
Lin Tantan was stunned.
There was a moment of silence in the living room. She heard her father sigh deeply, and after a long while he said, "Don't let the child know. Whatever she wants to eat or play next, satisfy her."
Mom cried even harder, but muffledly, as if she was covering her tears with her hands.
Lin Tantan was also feeling depressed.
She looked at her feet, and another explanation came to her not-so-bright mind. Yes, she was a tree. Although she didn't know why she suddenly became their child, as a tree she would definitely leave. What would happen to her parents after she left?
They will definitely be very sad!
She thought about it and came up with a good idea.
The next day at the dinner table, when they asked her what she wanted, she looked up and said innocently, "I want a brother or sister."
Both adults were stunned.
Lin Tan Tan continued, "Dad, Mom, is it okay? I want a brother or sister to play with me."
The two adults looked at each other in bewilderment. Lin Tantan went to look at his mother's belly and said to himself, "When will a brother or sister come out? If it's a sister, I will dress her up beautifully. If it's a brother..." How should I take care of the brother? Lin Tantan thought for a long time and made a final decision, "Let him carry me on his back when he grows up to play everywhere."
So, a year later, her younger brother was born. She looked at the small, soft ball in the crib and wondered how long it would take for him to grow big enough to carry himself.
Human cubs grow so slowly!
Lin Tantan felt that she could not wait until that time, and sure enough, she soon fell ill. Her body was in more and more pain, and her time of consciousness became shorter and shorter. The family, which had been happy for a while because of the arrival of a new life, became gloomy again.
But this time it doesn’t matter even if she really leaves. Mom and Dad have a new child, and they will quickly cheer up for the new baby.
…
Beside the big tree, the old man was almost mad. He looked at the soul trapped in the illusion and felt so disappointed that his parents, brother, and other flesh and blood relatives could not wake her up and make her remember her true identity!
He looked hesitantly at the remaining half ball of light in his hand, frowned, and finally reluctantly sent this half ball of light in.
…
Lin Tantan opened her eyes again, thinking she would be back in her real body—the tree. Unexpectedly, she was still in the body of a human cub. Her parents surrounded her. Her mother fought back tears, "Tantan, are you hungry? Anything you want to eat?"
Lin Tantan was a little confused, but he quickly adjusted himself and told her what he wanted to eat.
Then she slowly realized that she had just undergone a rescue.
It can't be called a rescue. The doctors were helpless against her illness. Sending her to the hospital was just to provide some better medical measures. She still had to rely on herself, and she was so tenacious that she didn't die.
But she felt even worse, and she looked a little listless. After being taken home, her father held her on the sofa and told her a story. Suddenly, a program preview played on the screen in front.
"A truth buried by time, a hero whose name has been forgotten. Why is there no clear record of him in official history? What role did he play in that apocalyptic upheaval? Tonight at 8 o'clock, let us step into history and into the life of Ye Xiao, a legendary figure of the apocalypse."
She stared blankly at the picture on the screen. The last picture was a somewhat blurry figure of a man. Although a little blurry, his charm could not be hidden.
Lin Tantan suddenly said in a daze: "Dad, that guy is more handsome than you!"
Father Lin: “…”
So that night, the family of three, plus a breastfeeding baby, watched together this episode of Entering the End of History special - The Forgotten King.
After watching the film in excitement and silence, Lin Tan Tan asked his father, "Dad, is he really the strongest person in the apocalypse? Is he really that powerful? Why did the first president erase his name?"
Questions kept coming up, and she desperately wanted to know everything about that person.
Dad knew something about it. He said with a complicated expression, "When my dad, your grandfather, was young, this guy was also very popular for a while."
My mother, with red eyes, also said: "My mother, your grandmother, is also his fan."
So Lin Tantan learned a lot from his parents' stories.
It turns out that the archaeological craze about the end of the world has risen and fallen over the past three hundred years. Although the government does not support such activities, people's enthusiasm for exploring the end of the world has never really died out.
As for why the government did not support it, we have to start with the first president.
The first president's surname was Zhou, or rather, the five presidents before him were all surnamed Zhou, and each of them was in office for a long time. In the first hundred years of the new era, the entire country was almost dominated by people surnamed Zhou.
Zhou's rise to fame has always been controversial.
The first president did not contribute much to the apocalypse. After Ye Xiao blew himself up, all the prestigious people in the country emerged and competed with each other, wanting to get a bigger piece of the pie in the new era that was about to come.
The first president was the winner, not because he was the most powerful, but because he was the best at making trouble. He claimed to be a good friend of Ye Xiao because he had known him for a long time. He used Ye Xiao's name and did everything to win over Ye Xiao's subordinates and gained a lot of support. But after he took his position, his policies changed.
During the more than twenty years that he was in power, including the more than a hundred years that his son, grandson, great-grandson, and great-great-grandson were in power, all traces of Ye Xiao were almost wiped out.
It seems that this will make Zhou a savior.
But there are still people who remember Ye Xiao, and some people remember other people who have contributed to the survival of mankind in the apocalypse, and remember some bases that were once glorious.
Moreover, the Zhou faction's dominance also hindered the interests of many people, so those people began to plan to overthrow the Zhou faction. The charge of distorting history and fooling the people was obviously a good entry point.
Therefore, the buried powerful people of the end of the world began to become the research topic of experts and scholars, setting off a wave of archaeological fever, among which Ye Xiao was the top priority.
Those people began to study Ye Xiao's life, began to verify his achievements, began to sort out his network of relationships at that time, and began to search for the few remaining pictures and text materials about him.
Then the experience of this strong man was dug out bit by bit, his birth, his team, the base he founded... and so on. This process experienced many obstacles from many aspects, and the scholars who conducted the corresponding research were scolded by the uninformed people. But this name still entered people's vision with the light it deserves.
However, at this time, the Zhou faction was forced to compromise under pressure from all sides and gradually handed over the power in their hands. The politicians who promoted these investigations saw that they had achieved their goals and simply gave up continuing to restore history - no one wanted to create a few heroes to steal popularity while they were in power.
However, the previous "archaeological fever" has already accumulated a lot of popularity for Ye Xiao and his team, and secret research is still proceeding spontaneously.
When Lin Tantan's ancestors were young, there was a new wave of archaeological craze, so her grandparents had heard of his name, and her parents were also aware of him.
Ye Xiao was truly officially recognized shortly after Lin Tantan was born. The new president came to power. He was an old boy with an excessive sense of justice and even some idealism in some aspects. The first official document he issued after taking office was to restore history and vindicate the heroes of the apocalypse.
Then the whole country was excited.
After a series of policies were introduced and a series of related programs were recorded and broadcast, this group of people became popular. Ye Xiao naturally became the representative of the heroes. The aura of the strongest man in the apocalypse, his handsome appearance, and strong personal charm made countless fans fall in love with him.
And tonight, Lin Tantan became one of them.
At this time she already had a strange feeling.
It was as if the same thing had happened twice. The first time was probably the first time she had truly known Ye Xiao. It was pure curiosity, admiration, and worship, just like a normal child seeing a tall and heroic police officer and aspiring to learn from him. The second time was now. She felt as if she had already known Ye Xiao. Hearing his name again at this time, she felt even more subtle. A sense of pride was added to her admiration.
In short, she began to search for things about him. If she hadn't searched, she wouldn't have known that there were so many stories on the Internet. Even though most of them were unofficial histories and fan fiction mixed with water, they all seemed to be true. She loved reading them anyway.
There was a video among them that she had watched countless times, and it was also played on the show. It was the only video footage of Ye Xiao that remained in the world. It was a speech he made when he first founded the Zhengyang Base.
In the somewhat dated video, a man with handsome features and a tall, upright figure gazed at the audience. His expression was calm, without a trace of official rhetoric or even a sense of ceremony, as if he were speaking in an ordinary manner. However, his voice was calm and resolute as he said, "No matter the time, no matter the situation, never give up, never abandon, never betray."
Lin Tan Tan watched it over and over again. Every time she watched it, she felt a little dry in her heart. Then after one of the times, she suddenly woke up and opened her eyes.
She looked down at herself. Her body had no specific shape. She seemed to be hiding in a tree. All the things that happened before flashed through her mind like fragments. She suddenly realized that she was not dead, but was forced out of Lin Tantan's body, and then came to this tree in a daze.
"Hmph, finally awake." An old man's voice snorted. Lin Tan looked up and saw a strange old man. Although she had never seen him before, she recognized him for some reason and shouted in surprise, "Teacher?!"
"Hehe, you still recognized me, not bad, not bad." The old man continued in a strange voice, "I, your parents and your brother couldn't wake you up, and you had to fight with that brat. It seems that we don't have much status in your heart."
Lin Tantan was stunned for a moment, but soon realized that what she had just experienced was something that had happened to her before, and the teacher put her back in that environment in order to wake her up.
She felt her face getting hot and yelled, "Teacher..."
After shouting, I felt something was wrong: "You didn't appear just now."
The old man exploded: "Then I was calling you by the tree before, why didn't you respond?"
Lin Tan was choked for a moment: "I, I can't hear what you are saying?"
"Yeah, I can't hear clearly. Someone hacked your brain and you don't remember anything. You've become completely withdrawn, yet you still stare at that idiot of yours every day."
"Really? I just take a look occasionally." Lin Tan said in a low voice.
"Then why don't you look at me once in a while? If you weren't unresponsive to anything, would I need to throw you into an illusion to stimulate you?"
And in the illusion, didn't he want to appear? He was supposed to be the last one, but the students didn't give him the chance. The sight of that kid made him completely dizzy and he was awakened before he could even appear.
I'm so angry.
Lin Tantan was speechless now. He coughed and scratched his face: "Teacher, you should become the same as before." She was obviously very gentle when she was a lady, but now she looks like an old man and her temper has become more irritable.
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