Chen Nian had no idea what Hei Bo was feeling at this moment. His lover had a clear hope that her condition would improve, but he had to give it up for the sake of the more important overall situation.
For most people, this choice is reasonable. One person's life is not as important as the lives of the whole world.
People criticize selfishness and sing praises of dedication and sacrifice, but who wants to be the one being sacrificed?
Soon, Chen Nian heard the sound of moonlight again.
"According to detection, Ashes has completely spread to all parts of the beacon, and has spread to other areas along with the seawater leak. We must conduct a more thorough blockade."
"I'm fully prepared for a complete lockdown."
silence.
Although he couldn't see it, Chen Nian knew that Moonlight was waiting for Heibo's answer. As an elector, he had the real right to choose.
A long time passed.
"good."
A collapse that shocked the whole world is about to happen, determined by this extremely short conversation.
There were no thrills or arguments; it was peaceful from beginning to end.
Tens of millions of people died in the collapse.
Moonlight did not make any emergency preparations, because those who died in the collapse were also infected with Ashes. For them, death would be the final destination. Compared to having their whole body rot and dissolve, dying in the collapse would be even more blessed.
"I have relocated most of the residents in low-risk areas to the Ocean-Ring Platform. After the collapse occurs, the remaining beacons will be dispatched for rescue. We can deliver the vaccine at that time."
"It hasn't grown yet, has it?"
"Yes, according to normal development, it will take another three months to reach the birth standard."
"I will hand it over to the rescuer, and let him complete the second half of his development in the outside world. From then on, he will become the savior."
This is the most important part of their plan, to develop a vaccine that can effectively resist Ashes.
This child who has the genes of Poseidon has unique biological factors in his blood. Heibo has conducted countless experiments on him. Those who have been injected with his blood and exposed to high risks but have not been infected have remained healthy until now.
Its birth is gospel to the world.
Moonlight continued, "But this is not enough. It is just a fetus and is too fragile. There are countless accidents that may take its life. We have no way of knowing whether it can grow up successfully to be old enough to produce a vaccine."
Chen Nian still couldn't see anything, but in the pitch darkness, listening to the cold and indifferent sound of the moonlight, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine.
"We'd better make some backups just to be on the safe side."
...backup?
Chen Nian was stunned. At that moment he suddenly realized why Shafulai had tried every means to stop him from touching the neural adapter.
"The rescue team will definitely come as quickly as possible. We already have a perfect sample. It should be easy to clone it in a short time."
Hei Bo hummed and said, "Let's just do a mirror copy. It will also be easier to separate them."
Chen Nian understood.
He now understood why there were so many of the dual culture laboratories he had seen below the cleanup area.
Because cloning based on Chen Ci was carried out more than once.
He was just the clone that was finally selected, the one that was most similar to Chen Ci and had the best effect.
The moon-shaped birthmark on his right shoulder is exactly the same as Chen Ci's, because he is a replica of Chen Ci.
There is no way to describe how I felt at this moment.
Chen Nian even lost the ability to think. He had always thought that he and Chen Ci were twins. From Uncle Jiang and Shafley, he knew that he and Chen Ci were born almost at the same time in the incubator. After the fire broke out, Uncle Jiang risked his life to take him to the dungeon, which was also his father's intention to some extent.
They guessed that it was to reduce the tolerance for error. After all, the blood of both brothers had an inhibitory effect. If something unexpected happened to one of them, there would still be a backup plan.
Over the past few days, Chen Nian has been prepared. If necessary, he can extract blood at any time like his brother and use the biological factors in his body to protect more people.
But who could have imagined that from the beginning to the end, he was just a backup, nothing more.
His existence is to serve as a guarantee for his brother.
He is not worthy of being mentioned in the same breath with Chen Ci.
My brother was the only one chosen from four million embryos, and he was just a mirror image.
All of his characteristics, including the birthmark on his shoulder and his amber eyes, come from Chen Ci.
It's hard to breathe.
This was the second time in Chen Nian's nearly nineteen years of life that he had experienced such a strong feeling.
The first time, he said something derogatory about Shafulai in front of Lu Heng because he wanted to show off his strength for the moment. Shafulai went into a cold war with him and he was very sad for a while.
And now, it is much more serious than it was then.
He felt dizzy for a moment, and it seemed as if a 400-pound man was pressing on his chest, and even his ribs were about to break and pierce into his lungs.
It should be in the form of a consciousness, why does it feel so uncomfortable?
No, it should be said that even if he knew the truth was so cruel, why would he be so distraught about it?
Even if it's a backup, so what?
Has his life over the past 19 years really been just a replica of his brother's?
The answer is of course no.
He has always had his own life, and even a few months ago, he didn't know that his relatives existed in the world.
His life, his personality, his experiences and his statements are completely different. Even if two people have the same genes and were originally carefully selected samples and copies for backup, what does it matter?
Chen Nian received these past images in the form of consciousness. He could not feel the existence of his own body, so naturally he could not take a deep breath to slow down his rapid heartbeat.
But he did try to calm himself down.
His greatest strength is that he is very good at forgiving himself.
There are too many unbearable things and malice in the world. If you don’t know how to love and forgive yourself, you will only live in endless pain and depression.
He will never let negative emotions get him down.
Then Moonlight and Heibo seemed to say something else, but Chen Nian was confused and couldn't hear clearly.
I hope I didn't miss any important information.
When Chen Nian managed to adjust himself, the sight in front of him became bright again and an image appeared.
This time, what was held in the moonlight's arms were two elliptical incubators.
Chen Nian finally saw himself.
His birthmark was on his right side, and he looked like a mirror image of Chen Ci.
The two babies were curled up and sleeping, their brows and eyes relaxed, unconscious.
Moonlight stood high above the ruins, and in front of her was another man.
He was of sturdy build, tightly wrapped in a closed protective suit, with a pair of hawk-like black eyes beneath the mask.
Although they had never met before, Chen Jing recognized the man immediately.
That was the former Marshal Chen Weiyuan.
Although it has been confirmed that he, Chen Ci and Chen Wei have no blood relationship, Chen Nian still wants to call him father.
Chen Wei was the only one who met Yue Guang. It seemed that his other companions were blocked outside.
After learning that the moonlight had collapsed, Chen Wei led the army to rescue. At this time, the moonlight was still attracting the primitive creatures. The army experienced several hard battles in the waters near the Arctic Ocean, but fortunately they finally arrived smoothly.
Chen Wei not only organized the evacuation, he also went deep into the interior of the Moonlight Ruins, hoping to find out the real reason for the collapse of the Moonlight.
Then he saw the moonlight waiting for him.
"A pathogen is spreading inside the beacon. It emerges from deep in the earth's crust and contaminates all areas during energy extraction. I have no other choice but to collapse and minimize the damage."
"The infected will develop extremely severe symptoms, and eventually their entire bodies will disintegrate and they will die. The residents evacuated to the Ocean Platform are all those who have been screened by me and are not infected. You can take them back with confidence."
"This is the live vaccine we developed over several months using Poseidon's genes, XXI, and its backup."
"The biological factors contained in their blood can provide a strong immune effect. I hope you can take them to the outside world and stop the spread of Ashes."
Number XXI is my brother’s number.
And he doesn't even deserve a number, he just exists as a backup.
Chen Wei seemed to find it hard to accept the truth he heard. He was stunned for a moment before he stretched out his hands and carefully took the two incubators into his arms.
These are two babies who are almost indistinguishable from each other.
Chen Nian had no way of seeing more of Chen Wei's expression, and at this moment he heard him ask sternly:
"Since the disease had already appeared, and you had developed a countermeasure, why didn't you tell us in advance?"
"Even if the pathogen has already caused a serious impact, with the combined power of the six beacons and many biological experts, there must be a better way than direct collapse."
Yes, why?
This has always been Chen Nian’s question.
Why did Moonlight insist on making such a decision? It would have been fine if she had kept silent when she didn't know about the spread of the disease, but why did she prefer to develop vaccines and antidotes in private rather than let other beacons know?
Moonlight didn't explain much, just said: "This is the best solution I got after calculation."
Obviously, this statement could not convince Chen Wei.
"The current situation is something none of us want to see. More than 20 million people died directly from the collapse. One of the six beacons that humans had used all their resources to build was destroyed. The losses caused are incalculable."
"How could this be the best solution?"
"You should leave now." Moonlight ordered them to leave. "Ashes powder will spread through the air to the outside. I must completely seal the beacon."
Chen Wei's voice was particularly serious: "I think you need to make this clear."
Moonlight ignored him and continued, "I will build a door that can only be opened by blood containing biological factors. When the sample grows strong enough, please let him come back here. Maybe by then I will have developed a drug that can cure it."
"The sample contains the genes of the Sea King. I don't know if he will show related characteristics during his growth. In order to prevent him from being called back to the ocean by the original creatures, I stripped him of his emotions as a seal."
"When his mind grows strong enough, the seal will automatically lift and the door will be able to open."
So, was Chen Ci the only one expected to open the door in the beginning?
Because he was worried that Chen Ci would be influenced by the original creatures due to bloodline reasons and defect to the camp of the Sea Emperor, he sealed his feelings.
Only when his heart is truly touched and he becomes concerned about the world, can he actually come here to obtain the antidote that may have been developed.
If it was him instead of Chen Ci who failed to unlock the seal the first time he came, he would most likely have opened the Moonlight Gate directly.
Because he was not expected at the beginning of his design.
After that, no matter how Chen Wei asked, Yue Guang refused to give an answer.
Finally, Marshal Chen Weiyuan left the collapsed Moonlight with two incubators, carrying a shocking secret and full of doubts.
Chen Nian knew everything that happened later.
After returning to Cinnabar, Chen Wei immediately reported what he had seen and heard in the moonlight to the emperor. The two spent a lot of time discussing countermeasures and finally decided to let the Chen family sign a marriage contract with the royal family.
He named the two fetuses Chen Ci and Chen Nian and treated them as his own children.
Chen Wei may have discovered some details, so he told Jiang Dai that if an accident happened one day, he should take one of the two children and leave, living in hiding.
Everything is their destiny that was set before they were born.
After many twists and turns, I finally arrived at this final node.