Chapter 2184 You Then
In the courtyard, [Cicero] did not respond directly to [Z]'s words, but waved forward.
In the fairyland-like courtyard, a pavilion suddenly appeared out of the ground... This was some kind of image, just a reality.
[Z] Subconsciously reached out to touch it, but his palm passed directly through it.
In the pavilion, there was a girl sitting in a wheelchair... The girl's hair was also silver-gray, but dull and lackluster - it was more likely due to dryness.
"What is this?" [Z] subconsciously approached the girl in the wheelchair and looked at her face.
However, the girl's eyes were also dull.
"Gaia." [Cicero] came to [Z]'s side and said slowly: "To be precise, it is Gaia on the eve of destruction. At this time, Gaia's physical condition was already very bad, and most of the Time is not awake, but even so, she will ask to do one thing every day when she is awake.”
"What."
"Wait for someone." [Cicero] said softly, "he is coming."
[Z] Hearing this, he frowned, but seemed to feel something beside him. He turned around and saw a young man not far away... a young man running quickly at this moment.
The boy even held a book in his arms... He passed through [Z]'s body and suddenly came to the girl in the wheelchair.
She was originally lifeless, but suddenly she was like an epiphyllum blooming at an accelerated pace, and the girl's face suddenly took on a touch of color.
Even though this is just a reflection, the whole courtyard seems to be filled with a different kind of vitality because of the appearance of this smile... The most primitive "alive" breath gradually fills the air.
The boy was seen caressing the girl's head affectionately, whispering something in the girl's ear, and then he sat directly on the ground, opened the book in his hand, and began to read the contents of the book.
"For Miss Gaia, being able to wait for his arrival every day and hearing him tell a story is her most precious and luxurious request." [Cicero] The voice is like the bell of an old bell tower "On the eve of her destruction, she gave all her waking hours to this young man."
"He is..." [Z] trembled: "Me?"
The pavilions in front of them suddenly dispersed like clouds and smoke, and then gathered together again... On the grass in the courtyard, another scene appeared again.
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It's still the young man holding the book, and the other one is a man with long silver hair like [Cicero] - no, maybe this is the real Dr. Cicero, because he looks more mature. .
"You want to stop the development of [Eternal Dynamics]? Why?"
"If this continues, Gaia will die!"
"The entire world is also facing destruction." The silver-haired man shook his head gently, "Your Highness, as the heir to the empire, I hope you can understand."
"Does it mean that the weight of the entire world must be placed on her... and we can only survive by sucking her life like vampires?"
"It's not that the weight of the world is on her, it's just that fate chose her...she has such an ability." The man with long silver hair said softly again: "And the sad thing is that as humans, we have no choice. , separate her from this ability.”
"Uncle Cicero... I beg you!"
"It's no use begging me." The man shook his head again, "This is His Majesty's order. No one can disobey His Majesty's order."
The young man said angrily: "There is no such thing as [Eternal Power], all of this is just a lie... Your research has not made any progress at all! I all know... you and my father made it up and deceived the whole world." The lie of the world!”
The silver-haired man sighed and said: "It is precisely because this is a lie that we need to keep deceiving it. If necessary, even if we know it is a lie, we can only force ourselves to believe it."
"Absolutely ridiculous!" the young man roared: "Cicero! As the heir to the empire, I order you to immediately stop extracting Gaia's bone marrow, stop research on [Eternal Power], and... announce the truth to the people!"
"With all due respect, please obey, Your Highness."
"I am the prince of the empire! I am the future emperor!"
"But you are not the emperor yet."
"One day..."
"First wait for the day when you can have it." The silver-haired man looked at the weak young man in front of him and said in a solemn voice: "If I can wait for the day when you become the emperor... you must become the emperor of the empire!"
——You must become the emperor of the empire!
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The voice seemed to still linger in his ears, but the scene in front of [Z] changed again - it was still the young man, and the other one at this time was Miss Gamma.
The young man seems to have matured a bit...mature in his demeanor.
They were standing on a high platform at this time, looking at something.
Miss Gamma said: "Your Highness, Gaia's time to wake up is getting less and less these days... She probably won't be able to wake up today depending on the situation. Why don't you go back now."
"Where else can I go back?" The young man smiled bitterly, "Go back to that cold palace... Do you know what the servants in the palace said. As long as you are close to His Majesty, you will be careless. Falling into the extremely cold, it makes people shudder.”
"Your Majesty, he has too many things to worry about."
"I know, I know everything." The young man shook his head, "But I... am not the emperor yet."
"Your Highness..."
Suddenly, the young man reached out and grabbed Miss Gama's palm, and pulled Miss Gama directly into his arms - the young man was like a beast, invading this mature body.
Until, Miss Gamma bit the boy's lip and pushed him away vigorously - she raised her palm and was about to slap the boy, but she raised her palm halfway, but failed in the end.
"Fight...otherwise, you may not even have the chance to fight in the future." The young man said quietly: "Anyway, in the eyes of my father, I am just a mating tool. Starting from tomorrow, there will be a large number of The woman was brought to me... You seem to be on the list, Sister Gama."
Gama just held the torn collar tightly, and the half-raised palm finally just caressed the young man's face, "Now, are you able to feel a little bit of the weight that is pressing on Gaia? What she shoulders is the illusory future of mankind, and what you want to carry is the continuation of human fire... Aren't you the same?"
"Gamma..."
"Don't just have Gaia in your eyes." Gama lowered his head, "There are also many people waiting for you silently."
After saying that, she turned around and left, "If it starts tomorrow, I hope that the first person you can choose is me, then. I... won't resist."
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The smoke changed again... starting from Miss Gamma who was far away.
Watching Miss Gamma's disappearing back, [Z]'s expression changed a bit... He hesitated and asked: "This emotion, in human books, seems to be described as... like?" < br>
"Human books?" [Cicero] glanced at [Z] in surprise, then nodded: "It seems that you have lost too many things after waking up after a long wait... Of course, I am not qualified to speak against you, after all, I am a more purely rational structure than you.”
[Z] shook his head. Not only could he not agree, but he could not understand it.
[Cicero] said at this time: "As for Miss Gamma, in my memory, her feelings for His Highness may be stronger than her love."
"Why?"
"Probably because she has been instilled in her since she was a child the idea of becoming the spouse of the heir to the empire... She has been working hard towards this goal."
【Z】After a moment of silence, he slowly said: "Is there anything else you want to show me?"
"Don't be anxious." [Cicero] smiled slightly at this time: "There is a lot of time... I have some follow-ups about [tomorrow] here, which are restricted, do you want to watch them? Guaranteed to be exciting!"
[Z] looked at [Cicero] in front of him expressionlessly, "[Tomorrow], actually nothing happened."
"How do you know?" [Cicero] couldn't help but look surprised.
[Z] said calmly: "From my observation of Gamma, she has no experience in the behavior of mating. She has been learning this knowledge recently, which is enough to prove that it has not happened before. Also That is... mating is for the continuation of humankind, however The outside world still perished, that is to say, it did not change the fact that mankind was destroyed - or in other words, the destruction had already arrived before it could proceed... Finally, did the real Dr. Cicero have such a bad character? .”
"Perhaps there was some artistic processing involved when I created it?" [Cicero] smiled slightly, "Yes, [tomorrow] has indeed not come. Destruction will come earlier than anyone expected, and then Taking everyone by surprise, the extinction of the entire world, but Overnight, a deadly substance began to appear in the air. People would die within a minute after inhaling it, but the subsequent disasters would be even worse. Pushing human beings to the point where they can no longer survive.”
"What about me?"
[Cicero] waved his hand again, and the dispersed mist condensed again.
【Z】At this time, I saw the original Dr. Cicero again.
The young man looked much more haggard than before.
"Your Highness, have you really decided... You have to know that unless you can awaken Gaia again in the distant future, otherwise, everything will become irreversible." The silver-haired man sighed and said: "You, You may have to carry the loneliness and despair of the whole world...Loneliness may swallow you up.”
"Let's get started." The young man said very directly: "At least, in the distant future, I still have hope of seeing her again. And..."
He looked at the young man, as if he could see clearly what the young man was really thinking at this time.
As if the young man did not disappoint him, he said softly: "Uncle Cicero, you said that even if the world is destroyed and becomes nothingness, Gaia will still exist...her consciousness will exist. But. The world is gone, so am I, right? This is the only way I can think of to be able to stay with her in the worst possible situation...even if what is waiting for me is an unknown length of sleep. , I don’t know how long I will be alone. Moreover, aren’t you also planning this... The survivor plan. I can agree with it, and it is probably something that you and the emperor would like to see.”
"The glory of the empire is with you." The silver-haired man suddenly knelt down in front of the young man and said loudly: "The glory of civilization is also with you... My Highness."
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"This is the reason for your existence." When the fog dissipated, [Cicero] said slowly: "Of course, after you were transformed, His Majesty also ordered again to use you as a prototype to create [ Z] series of biochemical transformations. However, the transformations did not survive the erosion of the world, and in the end only you were able to exist... I think this is probably partly due to Gaia's will."
"What's wrong with you?" [Z] asked coldly.
"Me?" [Cicero] looked startled, then looked at himself.
I saw that its body was slightly distorted at this time... The projected body actually began to become unstable - suddenly, [Cicero] raised his head.
But at this moment, a hole suddenly opened in the sky in the courtyard, and then a large shadow fell from above.
coax--!
The sound of the falling thing was extremely loud. It can be imagined that the weight of the falling thing was not light.
[Z]'s eyes narrowed, and then he ran directly to the place where it fell - his dynamic vision was enough for him to capture the whole thing that fell.
It's Kaz!
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There was a deep pit several meters wide on the ground - only Kaz, who was covered in iron armor, was able to get up unscathed and easily get up after hitting the ground and creating such a large pit.
When [Z] arrived at the scene, the armored man Kaz was cleaning the dirt from his body.
"Kaz?" [Z] walked straight to Lekaz with a slight surprise, "How did you find this place?"
"When I went back to the station square that day, I couldn't see you, so I just waited there." Kaz said quickly: "But I waited for a long time and couldn't wait for you, so I had to look around. Then, I saw When [Sunny Day] left a mark on the road, I found this place all the way. I don’t know what’s going on here, it’s like a maze, and I fell down as I walked.”
[Z] showed a smile, stretched out his hand, patted away the dirt that Kaz couldn't reach, and said softly: "It's great to see you."
"Yes!" Kaz sighed, "I thought I would never see you again."
"Be careful——!"
A shout of surprise suddenly sounded - this was the voice of [Cicero] - and its projection appeared on the side in an instant.
[Z] had a look of astonishment on his face, but lowered his head - his body and abdominal cavity had been directly pierced by Kaz's palm at this moment.
"Kaz?"
"So, why do you want me to see you?"
The big armored man's voice suddenly became sharp at this time... It seemed to be a woman's voice. (End of chapter)