Star World, Atrium Star Field, Atrium Star.

Since more than ten years ago, after the Void Mother Beast was wiped out in the Atrium Civilization Colony and located around the Flower Garden Star in the Far Beam Galaxy, the Atrium Civilization, which was originally isolated in a corner of the universe, was quickly discovered and accepted by a huge galaxy-level civilization alliance, and the Atrium Star, which happened to be located at the rear of the battle line, became one of the material transfer centers in the rear of the alliance, taking on 7.4% of the material operation of the entire Eastern Star Region of the Federation.

The self-proclaimed 'Galaxy Guardian Alliance' Super Civilization Alliance, whose power spans several river systems, has more than 8,000 civilizations under its banner, and this number is still increasing - the super civilization 'Life Preservation Program', which is at the apex of all civilizations in the Star World, is the chairman of the Alliance of Galaxy Guardian Alliance, which is said to have been born tens of millions of years ago, and the intelligent mechanical program consortium created by the ancient pioneer civilization originally did not interfere with the world, and was entrusted by the creator to 'protect all intelligence, Regardless of race's mission, they live peacefully in a barren galaxy, constantly observing the entire world of stars.

The Creator who made them has been lost to the river of time, and the cause has been lost, but the immortal machinery still exists, and has been observing civilization all the time, constantly correcting and growing itself. They were supposed to stay in their own galaxy in such a quiet way that one day the next civilization would discover their existence - but the invasion of the evil gods was unexpected by these intelligent programs, and the custodian program that wiped out a fleet of evil gods found that if they did not react, then I am afraid that the entire world, all the civilizations in the galaxy will be destroyed.

So soon, the Custodians who had passed the Final Defense Protocol were out of isolation, and they—or so they were—completely modified all of their underlying programs, and the Custodians began to form alliances and lead the many races in their defenses against the evil gods.

[By calculation, we must unite, otherwise all civilized life will be threatened by Chaos. 】

The history of the alliance is more than 3,000 years, and the time for the Guardian Alliance to fight against the evil gods of chaos is probably earlier than the time when the people of the Atrium built a concrete house, which is also strange to say, in this completely psionic world, the strongest civilization turned out to be a collection of intelligent programs or something, which is full of irony to think - but it is not.

The 'Triple Veil', the central manager of the Life Custodian Program, governs the collective will of all intelligent sub-entities, and holds the strongest psionic power in the known star world, and it can even directly hear the 'voice of the world', communicate with the 'voice of the world', and make all kinds of incredible, almost predictable future judgments.

Some people even say that the 'Triple Veil' of the Central Manager is simply the agent of the will of the entire Star World, so its every move is to better protect the world.

After being accepted into the Galaxy Guardian Alliance, the Atrium civilization soon joined the battle of heaven that affected countless star fields and galaxies, and the outstanding commander was exceptionally promoted to become the commander of the combined fleet, and the special biological fleet will also be transformed by other joining civilizations, becoming faster and stronger than before, in the face of the chaotic invasion that is enough to destroy everything, there is no time to play infighting, engage in factional struggles, although there are still fools who want to drag others back and wreak havoc in the rear, but as some people suspect, Before these fools could put the destruction into action, the Vault dealt with the events of the Prophet.

All civilizations are shattered, crushed, and become a larger individual, those who are good at scientific research go to research, those who are good at war go to war, no matter what they are good at or what they are not good at, there is a place for everyone, even if it is useless, self-defeating, and self-conscious is a waste, you can also put on power armor and perform mechanical repetitive manual labor.

And most of the people in the Atrium, because of their innate psionic talents, the accumulation of experience brought by their long lifespans, their corresponding resistance to chaos (this is particularly important), and their good brains, soon became a new race within the alliance, and many veterans who had participated in the 'Far Beam Star Field Operation' or the 'Plague Mother Beast Resistance Battle' more than ten years ago have become the main officers of various fleets and commandos, and even captains and commanders.

But even so, even if it has become an emerging race favored by many civilizations, even if the elite members of the clan are gradually in high positions, even if the home galaxy has become one of the most important logistics and transportation bases in the entire alliance, enjoying the highest level of security, the vast majority of the people in the Atrium do not feel very excited.

Because, power means giving, and all the praise of others comes from the blood sacrifice of the atrium people in the past ten years.

Atrium information, the third logistics material operation base, in the gray steel fortress, all kinds of strange alien races walk back and forth, and the outside of the base, there are also all kinds of strange spaceships transported back and forth, because this is the home galaxy of the atrium people, so 80% of the base staff are humanoid plant-like atrium people, they are busy and hardworking, the entire base needs 24 hours and three shifts, but due to the gradual aggravation of logistics figures, overtime time is also increasing, gradually, Everyone has to work more than 14 hours a day, and there is only a very short amount of time left for them to eat, rest, and deal with personal problems.

An atrium support worker with hair that looked like cauliflower and bulging bags about the size of an exploding head walked through the cafeteria, holding his plate and sitting by the window. From this angle, we can see the huge whirlpool in the ocean of the atrium home planet, and the mother tree in the whirlpool, which supports heaven and earth and connects the thinking of all atrium people.

The existence of the mother tree is also one of the reasons for the rapid rise of the status of the atrium people, because there is a collective will psionic body similar to the 'life custodian' central processor 'triple curtain', the atrium people are deliberately preferential, and the high-level of the alliance, especially the chairman civilization of the 'life custodian', wants to artificially cultivate a powerful psionic body similar to the 'triple curtain' to resist the increasingly fierce invasion of chaos, so the atrium people are given the green light in various aspects to relax the channels for obtaining resources.

In ten years, the cultivation has achieved initial results, and the mother tree of the atrium people has been able to bear almost all the logistics tasks by virtue of its own computing power, and because of this, the logistics processing ability of the atrium people has become more and more powerful.

For these things, the cauliflower head does not pay much attention, for this ordinary atrium logistics staff, driving a transport truck to help people transport supplies in a vacuum, and driving a large truck on the planet for freight, is not fundamentally different, and even a little more dangerous...... Of course, the salary is also higher. But the most important thing is that I am still too tired, I have to work 14 hours a day, and the cauliflower head has no energy to think about anything else, even if it is eating, it is just a simple way to put things in the mouth, chew and chew, and swallow numbly.

"Today's dinner is noodles...... It's okay, I really envy the first logistics base, relying on the stars, there is sun every day, and supplies are abundant. ”

It's also strange to say, recently, there have been a lot of transport ships running to the first logistics base with full loads, but not many ships have come out with full loads - you know, that is the materials of one fleet after another, and the transit base is not such a large warehouse at all, and it is impossible to consume, even if the people in the first base are rice buckets, there is no reason to consume so much.

But it didn't matter anything about the people at the third base - opening the plate, the cauliflower raised an eyebrow, and it felt pretty good. Although this noodle is said to be a noodle, it is essentially a strange and extraordinary plant, a solid nutrient made from the rhizome of a plant called the 'Stardust Tree', which has the property of being easily absorbed and can improve a little psionic ability, even the atrium people can rely on pure epidermal absorption to absorb it cleanly, and then achieve the purpose of 'eating'.

Take out the chopsticks, which are also made from the trunk of the stardust tree, and can also be eaten. The cauliflower head clamped the noodles and began to eat skillfully, knowing that the rest time of each logistics staff is fixed, and the more time wasted on eating, the less time there will be to sleep, and the less time to contact relatives.

The noodles taste good, they are indeed very nutritious, although the work is tiring and hard, but the alliance is not stingy with basic supplies, after all, they have to face the enemy of all order, but before defeating the other party, they can not engage in internal rebellion, stuff the noodles into the mouthparts without digestive organs, and eat through internal absorption, the cauliflower head still can't help but think of his sunny hometown in the southwest of the atrium star.

It's been seven years...... I haven't been back to my hometown for seven years since the compulsory service began seven years ago...... He really missed his father, mother, and his sister, who was one hundred and twenty years older than him, and his brother, who was only thirty seconds older than him.

And just when the cauliflower head couldn't help but recall his homeland, suddenly low, on the front of the cafeteria, on the big screen that was broadcasting the local news of the atrium star, there was a sudden stiff sound of electricity.

【Zila...... Now for an urgent piece of news. 】

The original announcer of the atrium man was quickly replaced by a stout reporter with long horns on her head and a minotaur at a glance, and she stood on the bridge of a warship at this time, and broadcast with a serious expression: "After three months of losing contact, the home galaxy of the Qin Ya civilization has returned to the alliance's vision again...... The 'Agni' emergency sweep fleet with the latest super heavy motherships has gone to the front line, and after the Agni fleet confirmed, a plague evil god clan that happened to break out of the encirclement of the 'Great Detour Operation' has attacked Qin Ya's home system. ”

"Regrettably, due to the Great Roundabout Operation, most of the fleets originally stationed in Qin Ya's home galaxy were transferred, and after the sudden attack by the plague evil god clan, Qin Ya's galaxy defense force and the '17th Mixed Patrol Fleet' stationed here were all killed, and 4.6 billion Qin Ya people living in Qin Ya's home planet died heroically...... After the commander-in-chief of the Flame Sweeping Fleet, the Marshal of the Five-Star Fleet 'Kedar', who is also a Qin Ya people, confirmed that Qin Ya's home planet has been completely eroded and has become a breeding ground for the 'Plague Mother Beast', so through the 'Extinction Agreement', while completely destroying Qin Ya's home planet, all the chaotic remnants of the entire galaxy will be eliminated. ”

"The success of the Great Roundabout Operation has indeed temporarily curbed the spread of the mixed Chaos Clan Alliance of the 'Plague Evil God', 'Famine Evil God' and 'Stagnation Evil God', and directly destroyed the 'Eternal Void Anchor Point' where the Chaos Clans called the evil gods by exchanging battle losses, which is certainly a great strategic victory, but it cannot be denied that the Great Roundabout Operation did not eliminate the living forces of many Chaos Clans, and no matter how tight the encirclement network is, there will be all kinds of loopholes. Now is not the time to cheer victory, the disaster that has befallen the people of Qin Ya is a disaster for all civilizations in the whole alliance, and we must be vigilant against this serious mistake and strive to never have a similar incident again...... Three minutes of silence for Qin Ya civilization. ”

Smack.

In the silence, a crisp voice appeared.

The chopsticks fell from his hand and fell on the plate, and the cauliflower head did not hear the follow-up words clearly.

In fact, ever since the death of the '17th Mixed Patrol Fleet', Cauliflowerhead's thinking has been in disarray.

"Sister...... Sister...... Brother ......"

If he remembered correctly, the Seventeenth Mixed Patrol Fleet was the same fleet in which his sister and brother served.

Not only that, Qin Yaren is the first federal entity encountered by the Atrium people, and it is also the other party who leads the Atrium people into the big family of the Galaxy Guardian Alliance, the official relationship between the two civilizations is very good, and there are often fleets of Atrium people merged into the fleet of Tanya, or vice versa, because the home galaxy of Qin Ya people is close to the front line, there are also many Atrium soldiers who want to make contributions to choose to join the federal army in the Qin Ya region.

All...... Dead......

Cauliflower looked blankly at the big screen that was mourning, he knew very well that he was not the material for war at all, even if he believed in God, he was more inclined to believe in the Mother Tree and the Void Sage, rather than the 'Flame God Radcliffe' who had just appeared more than ten years ago, and the momentum was getting hotter and hotter, claiming to be able to bless the war and bring victory.

He is just a logistics officer, and the elder sister and elder brother who want to be in the limelight and want to win glory for the clan, the two sisters and brothers who have witnessed the power of the Flame Prison God and sincerely believe in each other have joined the army and have been promoted all the way, and I heard that they have become the chief and deputy commander of the reconnaissance brigade of the 17th patrol fleet.

All of them died in the line of duty......

Seriously, I haven't seen each other face-to-face for seven years, and there are no too exaggerated encounters and memories in the same year, Cauliflower knows that he is just an ordinary person in an ordinary family, although the relationship between his sister and brother is good, but there is no special intimacy, since he moved out alone fifty years ago, everyone has rarely seen each other, not to mention the two ends of the galaxy in the back, and even communication is troublesome - how can there be so many close brothers and sisters in reality? After the separation, they are ordinary relatives, at most a little closer.

All dead.

He shouldn't have been sad...... At least, he thought that there was no need to be so, so sad.

The cauliflower head lowered his head and looked at the noodles on the plate, his eyes glazed...... He originally thought that he would not be sad and sad, because long ago when those two guys joined the army, he knew that sooner or later there would be such a day - where there will be an eternal undefeated army, where there will be people who will never die? Especially when he refused the invitation of his sister and brother and insisted on staying in the home galaxy, when he was a logistics manager, the two sides had a big fight, the other party rebuked him as a coward, and he mocked the other party as a short-lived ghost.

Trembling and picking up the chopsticks, the cauliflower head continued to eat, the silence was only three minutes, and the rest time after that was still counted, there was no reason to delay himself for others.

But it wasn't until there was an atrium man sitting next to him, and after being kindly reminded by the other party, that the cauliflower head realized that his chopsticks didn't hold noodles at all, and what he just ate was chopsticks.

By this time, he collapsed on the table as if he had collapsed.

- The life span of the atrium people is long, and a few hundred years is only two generations.

I haven't been in touch for seven years, at most I've been busy for a few months, and I forgot to call home, and no one took it seriously.

Cauliflower head has always felt that the time is very long, very long, and the time of the atrium people is there, so there is no need to contact it in such a hurry...... It was only at this time that the leaves on his head were oozing with coolant, and the man who didn't start crying until this time found that what he originally thought was 'I don't care', but I simply felt that it was a long time, that there was an opportunity to connect, and that there would always be a day in the future when I and my loved ones could wait for a good time to sit down and chat, slowly resolve the misunderstanding, and start a relaxed and happy life again.

Just like the ordinary days of the past few hundred years.

But time waits for no one.

There are not so many 'ifs', so many 'thinks', so many 'feels'.

"God...... God......"

He knew that God had no reason to be everyone's nanny, nor did he have any reason to do anything for people, he knew that God was just a sign, representing a path that should be fulfilled, a representative of order, but the cauliflower head still couldn't help but clench his fists, he gritted his teeth and stopped his 'tears', the logistics staff who used to be greedy for stability clenched his fists, he raised his head and looked at the top of the big screen in the cafeteria, one of the three holy emblems hanging in the center of the lobby, 'Φ', representing the holy emblem of the 'God of Hell'.

"I ...... I wanted to fight. ”

There is no resentment, no anger, the people of the Atrium are a spiritual civilization like plants, even in the face of death and sorrow, farewell and despair, they can still face them calmly, calmly face them, and then calmly face death.

But even so, no matter how brave and conscious the Atrium people are, sometimes they will always be a little unbearable.

Can't help it, go and pray.

And right here and now.

In this moment.

A bright light burst out from the poles of the stars of the atrium parent galaxy, and two brilliant silver divine lights were like two spears, spreading endlessly towards the dark cosmic vacuum.

The star rotated, slowly rotated, and as it slowly rotated, an unbelievably large amount of energy began to be drawn from the core of the star - it could be seen that thirty-six immense, chain-like huge silver rings emerged from nothingness, like electrons surrounding the nucleus, and the light of the rings and the star's poles burst out, forming an incomparably large, stellar ' Φ'-shaped emblem, which rapidly draws the star's energy and sends it into the void beyond the world.

"This, what is this?!"

Even the head of the cauliflower was shocked by this scene, even in the distant space base, he could clearly see the anomaly in the distant star, even if this anomaly had happened for nearly ten minutes: "What are the people at the first logistics base doing!?" ”

The answer is actually quite simple.

It was a sacrifice.

- Ancient sacrifices, by sacrificing something, in exchange for the gaze of some great being...... Or it may be.

Dozens of days of preparing materials, dumping resources that are enough to determine the victory or defeat of a giant battle, and even at the cost of a star, a star that runs the central galaxy with materials, the people of the Atrium did not hesitate to make an unprecedented gamble.

And they won the bet.

The silver ripples shook the world, and as the central star became smaller and smaller, more and more mass energy was lost, and the brilliant silver light became brighter and brighter, and even completely replaced the original brilliance of the star - an incomparably huge hole, a crack that seemed to lead to distant time and space, the far other side, slowly appeared in the center of the star, began to expand, and swallowed the mass of the star.

"Confirm the 'event of sight signal.'" ”

"The 'Dawn Node' is in place."

"The 'Mystery Node' is in place."

"The 'round point' is in place."

In the huge steel base above the star, in front of a huge crystal ball, the most powerful psychic in the atrium, Mill Habs, calmly determined whether each node was ready, and after confirming that everything was in order, he took a deep breath, his calm expression began to shatter, this powerful psyker who no longer had a leaf on his head pressed his hands the crystal ball, and his body burst out with endless silver-blue aura!

He almost gritted his teeth and roared, "Recharge, open—'Tomorrow's Abyss'!" ”

"On! Tomorrow's Abyss! ”

Countless people rang out in harmony, and at the same time, countless points of light bloomed at the same time—billions of beams of light, speeding from every corner of the entire galaxy, and then, converging in the stars.

On the shrinking star, the psionic focus ring project has been completed, the super-speed cohesive filling circle is online, the energy of the star is absorbed, squeezed, and then turned into a virtual singularity, echoing the great existence on the far side, opening the door of time and space like an abyss—and now, everything is on track, the star is rapidly extinguishing, not only the core, but almost all the fuel of the entire star is artificially focused and burned.

It can be seen that the interior of this void seems to reflect the distant stars, and the distorted light and phantom appear in this void, like the bright and indifferent eyes of the giant god, and the pupils of the giant god are deep, as if it is the place where everything is lost, and it is an endless abyss of Naraku.

And the brilliance of countless atrium psionics drew countless arcs in the darkness, they converged, converged into one, and then sank into this abyss, pulling the existence on the other side to come.

- Unprecedented, even surpassing the 'Eternal Void Anchor' of the Evil God Clan, the largest and craziest 'Void Gate' summoning ritual ever held in the Star World, the plan that all the participants in the plan calmly called the 'Abyss of Tomorrow', successfully unfolded, and it can be seen that a star has been gradually sacrificed, swallowed up by the dark void, and the light that shines on the stars fades, causing the darkness to spread within the galaxy.

However, a new, dazzling silver light appeared, illuminating everything.

-- Exchange today's sun for tomorrow's light, and exchange the present darkness for tomorrow's hope.

- If you can't win and ascend to heaven, then let's fall into the abyss called the future together.

It can be seen that under this huge energy fluctuation, the space trembles like a cloth in the wind, the whole galaxy is dim, complex and bright, in the center of the black space-time crack that swallows the stars and is like an abyss, a huge silver star phantom appears in the original position of the sun, and he begins to slowly manifest, passing through, as if swimming out of the distant sea and going ashore.

The whole galaxy, all the sensors, all the communication equipment and the observation circle, one after another, closed one after another, and a huge amount of incomparably complex information and a huge gravitational force suddenly appeared, almost throwing out all the planets for the whole week, and you could hear that at the atrium home star, countless people screamed and began to pray - but the huge gravitational force quickly disappeared, as if it had never appeared, and at the same time, a silver perfect sphere replaced the original star of the atrium people, Dominates the operation of the entire galaxy.

He gently radiates light, shining in the dark vacuum.

At this very moment, the atrium people heard. And they heard the voice of the man whom they had worshipped as gods.

"Do you still have the courage?

Is there any hope?

If you're going to fight for tomorrow, hold on to your weapons now. ”

The cauliflower head heard, the Atrium people heard, all the members of the Galactic Guardian Alliance, all the beings with wisdom and minds, everything was heard.

They heard the trumpets of desolation, they heard the drums of war, they heard the whispers and the encouragement, resounding in all the dark nights of sorrow and dreams of despair.

"We will open up the future with faith in our hearts, and use the weapons in our hands to crush the apocalypse!"

- Burning life, burning anger.

— right now.

—Volume XVII, The Stars of the Heavens, The End