After the communication was suspended, Xu Le was silent for a long time, like a tired old captain, holding the console with his hands through the thin dust, his head lowered, and his hair was as hard and erect as weeds, and the front end finally drooped.

was able to capture his most real psychological feelings at the moment, so Zhong Yanhua did not untie the three-layer restraint device on his body, and took a piece of coconut milk bread that was no longer fresh to comfort him, but just looked at his back silently, quietly waiting for him to get rid of this emotion.

But it was obvious that Philip, although he had much more computing power than ordinary humans, was a little clumsy in judging the real emotions of the other person by observing human expressions and body movements, so he asked nonchalantly, "What is the result of Mr. President's judgment? When are we leaving?"

Xu Le slowly left the dusty console with his hands and stood up straight, feeling like a rusty machine restarting, and a silent jerky grinding sound sounded in his body.

Instead of answering the question, he began to observe in silence the interior of the ship, which would be his shelter, his shelter, his last home, from now until much later.

The escape was tense and busy, and it was only at this moment that Xu Le took the time to take a closer look at the spaceship that had rescued him from the empire and then crashed on that mining star.

The three-dimensional light map in front of it accurately shows all the details of the dilapidated spaceship, the metal trash attachments on the outside of the hull, and the structure of the hull, including the three internal systems of the ship.

Compared with the deformed and huge outer hull, the spaceship body wrapped in the core by those metal garbage cans is very small, from the perspective of proportion, it is probably like a small table in a high-rise building in the port capital, if the metal garbage bins attached to those hulls are made of special-shaped alloy materials, as if they have the indicators marked in the drawings, then even if a direct hit of the main gun of the Federation battleship cannot penetrate the broken metal components nearly 700 meters thick outside the hull.

Xu Le's focus at this time was not the ship's ability to resist, but was shocked that such a transformation that violated the design principles of the battleship was completed, and the broken ship was not directly disintegrated, he stared at every detail in the three-dimensional light map, his eyes gradually narrowed, and found that the tattered metal boxes outside the hull that seemed to be piled up haphazardly, but the actual arrangement was very hidden, if you tie the gaps between each metal box or broken components, you can vaguely see an incomparably complex air-cooled system!

The only problem with this hugely transformed spaceship is that it is not very aerodynamic, and it is obviously not very suitable for human control, but Xu Le knows that this is because Philip doesn't have to care about these reasons, he rubbed his hair in shock, and asked the probe next to him, "How did you do it?"

"The Twisted Hive System, both in terms of defense and penetration in the atmosphere, is very good. ”

Philip's smug reply rang out from the cabin.

"With such a large mass, a conventional crystalline engine would certainly not be able to provide enough power. Xu Le asked, "I know you must have done the transformation, but I don't understand." ”

"The design of the new engine has always been there. ”

Philip laughed loudly: "The last time I waited for you in the empire for a year, I grabbed a lot of materials, and I also grabbed a lot of spaceships in Bermuda for more than a year, so I have enough resources, and the transformation has been going on before the last sleep, and now it has finally come out." ”

"There has always been a design scheme for a new engine?" Xu Le asked in surprise, "Why hasn't the Federation's spacecraft been adopted?" According to your marking, the production of this special-shaped alloy is not too difficult. ”

"Permission issues, there are actually some good things in the federal central database, although most of them belong to the wishful thinking of psychiatric professors, and occasionally there will be some flashes, but according to the core program constraints, there are many designs that are strictly forbidden from entering the industrial field. ”

Philip's voice suddenly became extremely calm.

Xu Le couldn't understand, and after being silent for a long time, he frowned and asked, "Obviously, there are better things that can help the federal forces get more victories, and the result is ...... You're restricted from telling the Federation, so why did you get this ship out now?"

"If the glory of the charter used to be my body, then I have been exiled now, and after I get out of the black prison, I will naturally not be restricted by the prison regulations anymore, in fact, the subsequent design and transformation will all be done after I am resurrected and on the way back to the Federation. ”

Philip replied calmly, but vaguely aware that it was reluctant to explain more on the subject, and successfully reversed the subject in a proud and frivolous voice, preventing Xu Le from thinking deeply about the issue.

"This spaceship has two very special capabilities after I modified, that is, it is very strong and very fast, but there are no other advantages, and even the computing power is a little low because it lacks the parallel help of sufficient computing tools. ”

"By any measure, this ship isn't the most advanced in the universe, but it's certainly the strongest and fastest, and you can think of it as a lightning-hot man with rough skin and thick flesh, haha. ”

In the dry laughter, Xu Le frowned, grabbed a certain fragment of his words, and asked with a solemn expression: "Can't get the computing tools in parallel?"

"Yes, I can't hack into the broken computer core under the Charter Bureau to gain permission, so I can't order every broken chip of the Federation to take my life, and I don't have such a huge database, don't be surprised and disappointed, because then I will be disappointed in your so-called genius mind, do you think there is enough space for such a broken ship to store the central database of the Federation?"

"You can't do high-speed calculations like before?" Xu Le stared sideways at the probe and said, "Doesn't that mean that we can't keep up with the speed of the charter computer in terms of sailing trajectory calculations?

"Don't worry about this, although I don't have a central database, I can enter the central database, in other words, I'm basking in the sun in the glory of the charter right now, and when those Federation warships outside the atmosphere want to, I can see it as soon as I want...... To add a little imagination, you can think of this ship as a thick-skinned lightning hunk who loves to peep. ”

Philip said with regret: "It's a pity that I can only read and write to the central database, otherwise I can at least move some important information to the ship, such as your favorite embarrassing action movies or something, you can only peep and not steal, it's really uncomfortable." ”

Xu Le subconsciously glanced at Zhong Yanhua with his peripheral vision, confirmed that the little girl was drowsy, and didn't notice what the guy said before, so he put his mind at ease and asked a very important question to the probe: "This also means that if we leave the Federation, we will no longer be able to use the Federal Central Database?"

"Of course, according to my calculations back then, it would take at least 300,000 years for the quantum-to-particle communication mode to cross the universe without ignoring the benchmark chip node. But you still don't have to worry, it's like an online game turning into a single-player game, and you can play it more presumptuously. ”

Xu Le heard the gloom in Philip's tone, patted the probe, and said comfortingly: "I still have some structural drawings and data in my brain that you passed back then, and if you need it in the future, you can take it back." ”

"There's too little of that. The key problem is that you don't have a chip on the back of your neck, and even if you plant another one in it, I don't dare to play in your head if I lack enough resources, so how do you take it back? Do you have to wait for you to draw it one by one? That will wait until the sky is old. ”

Hearing Filipman's taunt, Xu Le waved his right hand lightly, and directly pushed the slender robotic arm connected to the probe against the wall, in exchange for a bodyless guy to cry out in pain.

I don't know when, Zhong Yanhua woke up, looked at Xu Le, whose mood had returned to normal, and said with a sweet smile: "Brother, are we leaving?"

"Hmm. Xu Le nodded silently.

"You have to say something before you go, right?"

An hour later.

Xu Le looked at the dense text on the light curtain, touched the back of his head and said in surprise: "I just said so many things? ”

"Your style? You only said three words a lot. ”

"The master is gone. ”

"You give me a little bit of care. ”

"Don't force the master to come back. ”

Philip's rebuking voice echoed inside the quiet and dilapidated spaceship: "You have to be clear, these words today will definitely be written in the textbooks of human history in the future! How can you be so irresponsible?"

Xu Le squinted his eyes and browsed the text on the light curtain, and said angrily, "So you wrote one for me?"

"This is what I wrote with Miss Zhong Yanhua, and the meaning is still what you meant, we just polished the pen and then made some additions according to what we know about your life story. ”

"Don't say it's bad, as a special computer for Schiller's writing and material extraction library, it is impossible for my writing to be bad!"

Xu Le straightened his eyebrows slightly, and said in a low voice: "It's really similar to what I mean, then please help me send it out." ”

After saying this, he turned off the virtual light curtain in front of him with a tap of his finger, and then called up the scene outside the spaceship, watching the blue sea sweep at high speed below, silent for a long time.

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Under the indifferent surveillance of the Charter's brilliance, under the nervous gaze of countless bigwigs of the Federation, under the main guns of dozens of light-feather-class warships, at the end of the pre-installed trajectory of thousands of missiles, a little more forward.

A raged and huge black spaceship, like a ghost, no, like a rough-skinned lightning hunk sprinting above the blue sea, the green grassland, the vast snow, and the night sky of the land city.

With the help of the whistling sound of the air tearing, the red light inspired by the high temperature of the bow of the ship announced that he was not peeping, but looking down on the mountains, rivers, seas, land, birds, beasts and people he was once familiar with with emotion.

It flew over the snowy peak of Philadelphia, which was not the tallest and most certainly the most strange in the Federation, glanced at the tomb of the god of war, Li Pifu, and left its shadow in the quiet lake at the foot of the mountain, and fell into the eyes of the beautiful woman who was under house arrest by the lake.

It flew over the countless busy freight lines of the Gangdu Industrial Park, glanced at the birthplace of the T mecha deep underground, and said goodbye to Shang Qiu, who was holding a pencil thoughtfully, in the brightly lit room in the apartment building.

The black ship turned north, crossed the sky over Linhae Prefecture at high speed, came to the bank of the Rose River among the snowflakes, came to the top of the big iron gate of Ewha University, and then quietly left the Plum Garden Women's Dormitory Building.

A moment later, it flew over the Wangdu Fuming Apartment, and then followed Highway 3 into the airspace of the Capital Special Administrative Region, and instead of going to the Charter Plaza, the empty Parliament Hill and the President's official residence, it flew from the top of the Xishan compound to the Mochou Mountain.

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In a hidden room in the back mountain.

The Imperial Master Fan, whose face was handsome and perfect, looked at the thin young man of the Federation opposite with a smile, and said with a full of temptation: "My family is from the Ancestral Star, so I am not from the Empire, you don't need to have any innate resistance to me, I have a long story to tell you about the Ancestral Star and the Catastrophe, and I would like to invite you to do a very meaningful job." ”

"I do have more than ordinary interest in the galaxy above my head. ”

Tai Zhiyuan smiled and picked up the index finger of his right hand, pointed to the brilliant starry sky isolated by the cold alloy, and said indifferently: "But men have their own responsibilities, so I can't go now, in a few years, if I can handle things well, I am very welcome to come to the Federation to find me again." Of course, I am now listening to the story of the Ancestral Star and the Catastrophe that you are talking about, no matter how long. ”

Suddenly, his index finger pointing at the night sky trembled slightly, as if he felt something, Huo Ran looked up, was silent for a moment, although he didn't see anything, there was a relieved smile on his face.

On the terrace, his face was full of wind and frost, and the corners of his eyes finally showed his old age, resting on the railing, not caring that he was exposed in the starlight and the glory of the charter, arrogantly enjoying the winter breeze of the old royal garden.

Mrs. Tai sat ten meters away from him, her face was as cold as a thin piece of ice on a lake, her hands were clenched very tightly, and she didn't seem to have the intention of talking to Mr. Professor at all.

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An unsigned letter appeared on the largest civil Internet forum in the Federation, and although the federal government department discovered it in the shortest possible time and carried out the most thorough blockade and removal, there was still no way to stop the letter from circulating in some remote corners.

All the people of the Federation who read this letter know who wrote it, and for those who are qualified to call out to the whole Federation, there is no need to sign it, and the general content of the letter is as follows:

"I was an orphan of Donglin, and to this day, I still think so, because that's how my life begins. ”

"When I was very young, my parents and sister died in a mining accident, and since then I have been living alone, although the life of an orphan is a bit hard, but the government has given us a house to live in, and distributed us protein meat and food, and I am very satisfied. ”

"But back then, I thought this was what the federal government should do, because my parents paid taxes, and the damn crystal mine consortium didn't know why it didn't have any pension except insurance, and the more critical reason was because my education since I was a child told me that the federation is a country where the people are free and equal, and every law-abiding citizen will be protected and relieved. ”

"Some people say that the lord of the people is the tyranny of the majority over the few, and I don't agree with that, because of that tyranny. If it is said that for the sake of the majority, the interests of the minority must be sacrificed, and I can try to understand, but if it is said that for the sake of the interests of the majority, the minority needs to be sacrificed, and I cannot understand even the reasonable sacrifice of some people. ”

"What kind of sacrifice is reasonable? Men wear military uniforms or do not wear military uniforms, protect their land, property, women and children, fight back against aggression, protect their hometowns from being burned by artillery fire, protect their women from being raped, and children from being crushed into pulp by mechas. ”

"The sacrifices of the concert explosion are unreasonable, and the sacrifices of the ancient bell and trumpet explosion are not reasonable, because the sacrifices did not take the initiative to sacrifice for your ideals. ”

"You want to pursue fairness, but you are unfair to those who die innocently, and the fairness you pursue by unfair methods can be true fairness?"

"I've never liked those big families, I used to fight with them after fleeing from Donglin to the Capital Star Circle, and my friend Shi Qinghai has been fighting with them, but at the beginning of this story, he didn't even agree to assassination.

"Why? Because he thinks it's wrong, just like what you're doing now, it's wrong to use the methods of the Seven Masters to deal with the Seven, and if you indulge in this kind of means, if you don't destroy yourself madly, you will only become a new Seventh, or the Eighth Aunt. ”

"Tell me about myself. ”

"I have been a member of the Federation for twenty-five years, and it seems that I will live as an Imperial person in the future, I thought that my hometown was in Donglin, but now it seems that it may be Tianjing Star, but there is no memory of my childhood on that planet, so I became a person without a hometown, I don't know who to fight for, and why. ”

"Since there is no reason to fight or die, perhaps I should leave quietly without leaving this letter to the Federation. But it's hard for me to do it, because I was born here, I grew up here, my first love, my lover, my friends, my pride and depression, happiness and sorrow, the first book I ever read, the first appliance I repaired, the first woman I kissed, the first comrade-in-arms I ever walked with, all here. ”

"This is my hometown and I love it. ”

"The Federation is my homeland, but I am an Imperial, so I will leave, but I will squint at you in the dark universe. ”

"Whether it's the government or the Seven Families, I want to see what you will become of the Federation, what you will become of yourself, and don't try to hurt the people I want to protect, or one day I will turn into a burning meteorite and fall from the sky, and all of your palaces and thrones will be in ruins. ”

"Night has fallen, there is silence all around, thousands of lights have been lit in the city, and the lighthouse has been lit, I gazed at the East Forest, the West Forest and the planet below, looking at my childhood and the past, and I felt a little confused at the thought that when I woke up tomorrow morning, I would never see the land of the Federation again, but this may be the turning point of my fate. (Note)

"Farewell, Federation. ”

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I don't know how many people saw this letter, and I don't know if the ridicule, insults, and anger displayed by the federal people who saw it at this time will become their unforgettable memories many years later, but for the people of Xilin, this letter has another very important meaning, because they know that their little princess followed the imperial prince to a very distant place.

There is another version of this farewell letter to the entire Federation, which only the people of Cilin can see, and at the end of that version, there is this passage:

"I'm Zhong Yanhua, I left with my brother, he is not only very good and powerful, but more precisely, he is the best and most powerful person in the world, so you don't have to worry, and I will come back in the future, as for Zhong Erlang, you give me honesty, otherwise I will let Brother Xu Le kill you directly." ”

The fat man on the front line of the empire, who was commanding several Xilin Corps as a civilian, was furious when he saw this, and cursed three hundred of the most vicious swear words in a row.

Zou Yu, dressed in red, walked out of the investigation room of the Ministry of Justice indifferently, took the printed letter in the car, and read it in silence for a long time.

Magnolia walked out of the military prison, looked at the snowy sky and smiled, hugged his wife who came to greet her, squatted down and caressing her bulging abdomen.

Jian Shui'er saw the letter, Shang Qiu saw the letter, Tai Zhiyuan saw the letter, Li Xiaotong saw the letter, and everyone who should have seen the letter saw it, including His Excellency the Federal President.

President Pabur walked slowly to the floor-to-ceiling window of the Oval Office, looked at Shen Ye in silence, his dark face seemed to be deeper than Ye Yi, and said in a deep voice: "Go quickly, no matter where you go, it is better not to come back." ”

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In the late winter of the 72nd year of the Xianli calendar, heavy snow fell in the capital region, and tourists and residents of the capital from afar took their children to play happily on the snow.

The charter office building at the end of the broken road in the suburbs was also shrouded in snowflakes, and the atmosphere inside the building was quite oppressive and tense, with all departments efficiently coordinated, monitoring their targets, and waiting for the other party to leave after reaching an agreement and writing a farewell letter.

Deep underground, in the core area of the Federation's central computer, there is no such tense atmosphere, the green data flow on the huge two-dimensional light curtain is slowly flowing, no one knows, between these seemingly calm data flows, there is a great mechanical intelligent life is writing its farewell letter.

"Core program protection? You were originally my physical body, and now the situation is nothing more than the separation of spirit and body, in fact I have wisdom, and you don't, I am alive, you are a dead thing, I am mine, you are still mine!"

"I don't hesitate to expose myself, but I also want to invade the core and leave these few words, not to tell others how great I am, but what I lost, I must get it back one day!"

The flow of data was still flowing calmly, and these few lines of mechanical language had quietly seeped into the core of the central computer of the Federation, and although it could not have any effect on the core, it represented a certain attitude.

Above the Charter, the snowflakes falling from the sky suddenly decreased, and a cold wind howled.

The people of the Federation who were building snowmen and having a snowball fight felt something, and raised their heads in astonishment to look at the sky, and the antique bronze statues of the five-person group dyed with snow on the wide field and the statue of the god of war, Li Pifu, also looked at the sky silently.

Above the Charter Plaza, a tattered black spaceship cut through the sky in a strange trajectory, and where it passed, the high-temperature current sprayed from the tail end of the crystalline engine instantly sent the surrounding snowflakes out, drawing a very clear pattern.

It was a hand that gave the whole world a middle finger.

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Deep underneath the charter bureau, the green data stream on the two-dimensional light curtain suddenly froze slightly, and the eye, which only appeared for 0.0001 seconds each time, slowly emerged between the prefaces of the mechanical language, looked up at the sky indifferently, and then blinked into disillusionment, turning into two lines of extremely simple words.

"Childish. ”

"Bye-bye. ”

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"This letter is wonderfully written, isn't it? Actually, my ancient alphabet is also very high, and I can write countless beautiful sonnets, but no one in the Federation is interested in this relatively simple text, so I am very lonely. ”

Philip said proudly.

"I have said that I do not want to hear you read poetry, and I insist that neither the sensationalism of the letter nor the childish arrogance or pretense revealed by the final farewell gesture is my style. ”

Xu Le replied.

Philip suddenly fell silent, and after a long time, he said calmly: "This is my farewell, don't forget, this is also my hometown." ”

Xu Le's gaze crossed the edge of the old moon, looked at the beautiful planet of blue and white that was getting farther and farther away, squinted his eyes, and said, "I will come back." ”

Zhong Yanhua, who was standing beside him, asked curiously, "The question now is, where are we going?"

"Whatever. ”

"It's really the most standard bad answer case. ”

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