Time goes back to where it all began.

In the spring of the 114th year of the Anno calendar, the top management level of the human race, led by Lin Sen and others, used the power of the human heart to deceive the golden birdcage and pulled out this stinger that was deeply rooted in the human race in one fell swoop.

But the fall of the golden birdcage was not always rosy.

Humanity didn't even have time to cheer for victory before it ushered in one catastrophe after another.

The root cause of these catastrophes is that after the fall of the golden birdcage, the major domes have lost their original shelter and garrison power, and human beings have once fallen into a miserable situation where they can only fight against xenos through hand-to-hand combat.

Of course, there are many heroes behind the catastrophe.

Lee Boan is one of them.

As one of the survivors of the Battle of the Hundred Days of Alube, it took him less than a year to go from being a nobody to becoming a world-famous battle hero.

This is undoubtedly an achievement for a young man to be proud of.

However, Li Bo'an's prominence caused some people to be dissatisfied, especially after the most difficult 100 days, after the new number order core was activated, the original regular army began to gradually take over the defense work, and eliminated dissidents by purging the disciples.

Although this behavior was noticed by VaisalaAmy and others very early, they were preparing the arbiter and the "homecoming" plan at that time, so they turned a blind eye, and as long as they didn't go too far, they didn't stop it.

And so tragedy was born......

As a combat hero, Li Boan was supposed to join the Freedom Wings Guard and become an excellent non-commissioned officer, but due to the heroic sacrifice of the commander-in-chief who was originally responsible for leading Li Boan, the promise he made to Li Boan and a group of other militia during the war became a thing of the past. Although this situation was difficult for Li Boan and others to accept, because most of the militia chose to compromise, Li Boan alone could not make any big trouble, and finally it was over.

But at that time, Li Boan had already fallen in love with Nangong Jue, in order to pursue his lover and give her happiness, Li Boan decided to start over, and at this time, the only chance to join the Freedom Wings Guard was to choose to become a trainer at the end of the empire.

This is a very dangerous position, but it is also the only position that Li Boan can choose, and Li Boan was injured in the battle at that time, because the treatment was too hasty, resulting in him becoming an extremely special kind of mercenary, this kind of mercenary has extremely powerful combat ability, but at the same time, because the alienated cells in their bodies are more active, they are also called demons on the edge of alienation, so they are discriminated against.

And in order to ensure the absolute safety inside the dome, it is impossible for a person like Li Boan to be allowed to enter the dome without receiving special treatment, so Li Boan, who was forced to helpless, finally embarked on a road of no return that he could never imagine.

……

"I've heard these stories many times, but what does it have to do with what you're talking about?" Dongfang Ruo looked at Lin Sen in front of him and asked.

Lin Sen: "It doesn't sound like there's much to do with it, whether it's Li Bo'an or Nangong Jue, they're just insignificant individuals, even if they become a powerful xenomorph like Mei Rui, it's not enough to cause any image ...... to this world."

If Dongfang frowned, if these words were said in the front, they would definitely be denied.

Sure enough, Lin Sen smiled bitterly after speaking, and then continued: "But an individual is not terrible, when thousands of individuals are condensed together, the situation is very different. ”

Dongfang Ruo said secretly, and then thought carefully about Lin Sen's words.

"You mean, Li Boan is just an example, in fact, because of this negligence after the war, we buried a huge hidden danger for ourselves, and this hidden danger was later discovered and used by people with good intentions, is that what you mean?"

Lin Sen nodded: "Clever, but we still need a little bit of solid evidence to demonstrate, but this evidence is actually not that big, on the contrary, it is just a detail, a detail that we have ignored for a long time." ”

"What?"

"That's the direction of the wind."

"The direction of the wind? What wind direction? Dongfang Ruo was confused again.

Lin Sen told another story: "There is a legend in the history of the empire, according to legend, before Talasia came to power, there was an attempt to change the tradition of the Zanspur Empire ruled by an empress, and planned to elect a male successor with both virtue and ability to be crowned king, have you heard this story?" ”

Dongfang Ruo thought about it, and then raised her eyebrows, she really knew: "I've heard of it, I remember when I was in school at the Hong Philosophy Academy, the teacher who taught classical art told us about it." ”

Lin Sen nodded: "That's good, but do you know that this male inheritor who was promoted, who has both ability and integrity, tried to evade his responsibilities and stay away from the center of power before he was promoted?" ”

Dongfang Ruo shook his head: "How can I know this." ”

Lin Sen smiled: "That's it...... That...... You should think that I made up a story. ”

"Oh?" Dongfang Ruo listened strangely, and at the same time said in his heart: "I thought you had been making it up." ’

Just thinking about it, I heard Lin Sen say: "I won't say the name of this person, after all, the relevant records are also written with vague code names, but the experience of this person must be said." ”

Dongfang Ruo looked at Lin Sen with his hand on his cheeks and said, "Then say it quickly." ”

Lin Sen was slightly embarrassed, and then this began the main body of the story.

……

In the history of the Zanspur Empire, there have indeed been a group of dignitaries who believe in the inferiority of men and women, who on the surface bow to the empress of the Zanspur Empire, but behind the scenes they have been thinking about how to subvert this huge empire ruled by women.

But within the imperial system, even if the civilization is highly developed, the two elements of tradition and descent cannot be ignored.

Therefore, how to find a good male and orthodox royal heir has become the focus of the focus.

Historically, among the empress's heirs, boys have to be trained from an early age and eventually become royal knights or expeditionary generals, so if you want to cultivate a qualified heir without being noticed, changing the tanuki for the prince is the best way.

So before Tarasya, that is, in the middle of the Tosia Dynasty, a group of well-intentioned people replaced the son of the Empress Tosia with a daughter through layers of infiltration. [In the history of the Zanspur Empire, this replaced girl eventually became the leader of the Co-Prosperity faction that threatened the imperial regime, and this Co-prosperity faction was the prototype of the Liberal Coalition Government. 】

Everything seems to be seamless, but only this group of careerists who are scheming to usurp the throne ignore the cognitive and personality growth of the children themselves in the process of growing up.

So on the day the child came of age, the day the group was going to carry out a coup d'état, he fled.

And those who lost the child were still poisoned by power, and were finally wiped out in a powerful coup d'état.

At that time, the commander of the Imperial Guard, who was responsible for suppressing and clearing the coup villains, was the mother of the later Empress Talasya.

As the mother of the human emperor, her character can be imagined.

In order to eradicate the roots, she launched a nationwide search for the boy, and issued a proclamation that as long as the boy could be brought back to the royal court, whether he lived or died, the warrior could be crowned a baron.

There must be brave men under the heavy reward, and for a long time in the empire at that time, many people were not doing their jobs, and they were thinking about how to find this boy.

And there were quite a few who received the reward, and of course they were all eventually found and executed.

In this way, three years after the nationwide search, the missing boy with royal orthodox blood is still missing, and in order to get the empire back on track, Tosia ordered his royal guard commander to withdraw the bounty.

Since then, the empire has gradually returned to peace, but the life and death of the boy has still become a topic of conversation after dinner.

So where the hell did the boy go?

Is he already dead? Or did you really hide in a paradise that no one could find?

……

Speaking of this, Lin Sen suddenly stopped.

Dongfang Ruozheng could hear it, and when he saw Lin Sen stop, he couldn't help but be annoyed: "Hey, how can you be like this, why don't you say it?" ”

Lin Sen, on the other hand, glanced at Dongfang Ruo, and at the same time got up and walked towards the house.

Dongfang Ruo was startled when he saw this, and when he turned back, he saw Mannie with an exhausted face standing not far behind her.

"Mannie ?!" Dongfang Ruo hurriedly ran over to help her.

Mannie was very weak, and her body was also cold, although this feeling had not been felt for a long time, but Dongfang Ruo would rather see Mannie who shrouded herself in a piece of light, at least then she would not suffer from illness.

"Mannie! Mannie! How's it going, Mannie? Looking at Mannie, who was pale in his arms, Dongfang Ruo panicked.

Mannie's breath was chaotic, and although her eyes were open, they were all confused, as if her soul was still lost even though she was here.

"Mannie, don't scare me! Mannie! Look at me? It's me! Dongfang Ruo! Putting that cold little hand on his face, Dongfang Ruo wanted to wake up Mannie in his arms in this way.

However, little has been achieved.

Not only did Mannie show no signs of improvement, but even after looking at Dongfang Ruo for a while, she suddenly showed a frightened expression, and then began to struggle to stand up.

Where can Dongfang Ruo let her stay alone like this again...... Although she had done this before......

At this time, Lin Sen came out of the house, he came over and said, "Hold her down, I can save her." ”

"You?" Dongfang Ruo will be skeptical, but there is really no good way at the moment, so he can only temporarily believe in the Lin Sen in front of him.

But Mannie in her arms didn't do it, when she saw Lin Sen, the frightened expression was even better than before, she not only began to break free, but also began to scream continuously, and kept repeating in her mouth: "Don't come here!" You go away!! Go away!! ”

Seeing this, Dongfang Ruo became even more suspicious, and immediately raised his hand to stop Lin Sen, and took Mannie to the side and said, "Who are you?" Why is Manny scared like this when she sees you? ”

Lin Sen shrugged innocently, and explained at the same time: "I am me, but maybe she doesn't see me like this now, but a dark faceless monster." ”

Monster?

Dongfang Ruo didn't accept this explanation, she comforted Mannie and said to Lin Sen: "No matter what, don't come here yet!" ”

Lin Sen also looked indifferent, he raised his hand, then put something on the table and said, "Okay, I'll put the 'antidote' here, you can do it yourself." ”

After speaking, Lin Sen walked to the earthen stove on the side and lit the fire, and then began to boil water.

Dongfang Ruo looked at the so-called antidote, it was actually the statue he had seen in the house before, and the statue carved was Mannie in Dongfang Ruo's arms.

However, when she looked at Mannie, Mannie was still trembling, the confusion in her eyes was still there, and now there was an extra layer of fear, which made the already thin little girl even more pitiful now.

If Dongfang knew that the general method was impossible, he would have won Mannie's, and now the only choice might be to believe in this Lin Sen.

After thinking about it for a while, Dongfang Ruo whispered to Mannie: "I'm sorry, Mannie, it's my sister who is incompetent, and now I can only let you take the risk and give it a try." ”

As he spoke, Dongfang grabbed the statue on the table in his hand.

Lin Sen looked at the novelty, but looked at his hand, smiled, and continued to boil water.

On the other side, Dongfang Ruo didn't know what to do after getting the statue, she looked it up and down carefully, and said in her heart: "You can't really break this thing as a pill and let Mannie eat it, right?" ’

At this time, Lin Sen turned his back to Dongfang Ruo and said, "Take it, let Mannie see it carefully, and she will be able to find herself again." ”

Dongfang Ruo understood when he heard this, but Mannie in his arms was becoming more and more restless, and the strength of the struggle was getting bigger and bigger, and it was even more difficult for Dongfang to let her look at this statue.

And, after Mannie saw the statue, she first calmed down for a moment, and then began to resist continuously, while exuding extreme pain.

Dongfang Ruo saw that something was wrong, and asked again: "Hey, you won't lie to me, right?" Why is Manny looking more and more uncomfortable? ”

Lin Sen rolled his eyes when he heard this, and then said, "That's why I said before that you would help me press her, and I would hold the statue for her to see." ”

Dongfang Ruo's face turned red, and he didn't refute it for a long time, and finally he couldn't get angry, and raised his hand and smashed the statue at the back of Lin Sen's head.

I only heard Lin Sen's "ouch".

Subsequently......

"That's ...... That's okay, right? Dongfang Ruo hugged Mannie from behind and tried to keep her calm, but Mannie was not happy.

Lin Sen had a big bag on his head, stood helplessly with the statue for a long time, and finally said: "You better sit down, hold her in your arms, and then break her eyes and let her see, OK?" ”

Dongfang Ruo frowned, and said in his heart, how could this be similar to the methods of some bad people to torture people.

But now this situation can only be done.

It's finally done here, and Mannie is safe.

Lin Sen walked over with the statue and said, "Mannie, believe me, I won't harm you!" I just want to help you get back to who you really are! ”

As he spoke, Lin Sen held up the statue of Mannie and placed it in front of Mannie's eyes.

Mannie's eyes were misty at the moment, and after staring at the statue for a few seconds, she suddenly began to struggle desperately, this time with incredible strength.

With Dongfang Ruo's strength, he was almost controlled.

Fortunately, if Dongfang had been prepared, he didn't let Mannie escape.

However, seeing that this situation didn't seem to be useful, Dongfang Ruo asked, "What the hell is going on?" Don't you say it's an antidote? Why is Mannie still like this? ”

Lin Sen was very calm, he only said: "Be patient, this process is not so fast, but you have to believe me, this is the only way to save her." ”

Dongfang Ruo had never noticed that Lin Sen, who was once disgusted and disgusted by her, was also so calm and fascinating, but it was very short-lived.

Dongfang Ruo silently said This is just a puppet, the real Lin Sen is not here, not here!

The feeling was gone.

Back to Mannie, the process wasn't a short one.

Because it lasted all night.

By dawn the next day, Mannie finally stopped struggling, but Dongfang Ruo felt that she was just tired and didn't have the strength to struggle, not that the statue worked.

But anyway, seeing that Mannie finally calmed down, Dongfang Ruo's heart was also settled.

Picking up Mannie and putting her on the tatami mat in the house, Lin Sen brought hot water and asked Dongfang Ruo to help her scrub and scrub it, and then closed the door and left.

Dongfang Ruo didn't think much about it, it happened that he was also slimy, so he simply wiped his body together.

But when she went out with the basin, she found that Lin Sen was nowhere to be found.

Dongfang Ruo was startled, quickly put down the basin and began to look around.

As a result, Lin Sen didn't let her look for long, he was sitting by a well not far from the house, drinking cold water while humming a song.

Dongfang Ruo frowned and said, "It's very leisurely, you." ”

Lin Sen smiled slightly: "My biggest gain from being trapped for so long is that I learned to be calm, although I was abandoned in the end, but in fact, I think about it, it's good to get used to it and let it go." ”

Dongfang Ruo shook her head, and then smiled inexplicably, she walked over and took a sip of the scoop.

The well water was sweet and clear, and it didn't feel like ordinary water at all, but it was even more amazing than fine wine.

Dongfang Ruo felt that it was difficult to have something in this world that surprised her, but she didn't expect that just a sip of cold water in the morning would make her sigh like this.

At this time, Lin Sen smiled: "Drink less, beware of bad stomach." ”

Dongfang Ruo's face turned red, put the scoop down, glanced at Lin Sen and said, "Okay, don't pretend to be a master in the world, let's talk about the story that I didn't finish last night, I'm not like you, I have so much time to delay here!" ”

Lin Sen slapped his head when he heard this: "Yes, I almost forgot, you still have to save the world!" Look at my memory...... Hehe......"

Dongfang Ruo: "......"

Lin Sen's smile fell, he cleared his throat and said, "Eh, don't think about it, I didn't mean to laugh at you." ”

Dongfang Ruo snorted coldly and sat down next to Lin Sen: "Who thinks about it too much, hurry up and say it, procrastinating, cheating subscriptions!" ”

Lin Sen was stunned when he heard this, and this time it was his turn to be confused: "Fraudulent subscription?!" ”