Chapter 1078 [Interlude] Earth Line: Leading to the [Dragon] Ending
The cold snow, the sweltering workshop, and the hopeless tomorrow.
I never thought how long this scene would last, but this was the most normal life that young Rednia could come into contact with.
The winter in Haines is very cold, and the flimsy shack is really not much better than a piece of paper against the temperature of more than 100 degrees below zero. From that life when she was able to have the ability to remember, Rednia's understanding of the human world Just three words:
Hungry, cold, miserable.
Long-term starvation caused her and her younger siblings to suffer from severe developmental delays, underweight, and malnutrition. Although she was tall, she was as skinny as a stick. Sometimes she looked like a skeleton from a distance. Insufficient carbohydrate intake made her There has never been a bright spot in the eyes of the three sisters and brothers.
Later, she entered a factory early as a child laborer and lost a leg due to an accident. Rednia only had one word left to understand the world:
poverty.
Not long after she realized this, she had her own awakening.
It should be said that fate always likes to create humorous plots with unclear meanings.
As long as you are willing to suffer, there will be endless suffering, but if you resist angrily, people will be willing to let you suffer less, either by physically ending your suffering, or by forcing them to stop oppressing you due to your power. .
Looking back on the history of her life, Rednia is also convinced of this.
In terms of grand narrative, she was naturally selected and accepted as the speaker after meeting the conditions for taking office as the Speaker of the [Hidden Society].
But the premise for this is that Levitandar and the other three great destroyers, after being defeated by Leoz, allowed Gaia to take the opportunity to pick peaches and surrender, becoming one of the hidden forces.
In countless generations before Rednia, there were countless 'Reds' who had experienced countless eras, allowing her to reach this point.
In other words, the child laborer Rednia died long ago in the snowy night in the Haines factory. Since then, the only ones who have been alive are the secretive Speaker Red King and the successor of Levi Tandar Red King. .
No success is achieved by accident, everything is destined.
If you are in the system of Xingyuan, you will naturally be bound by fate.
No matter who it is.
Once upon a time, as Speaker of the House, Rednia had always only had fear and fear for Haines' ruler Leoz. This cruel butcher and dictator had defeated almost all secret infiltrations in the past years and repeatedly defeated them. The invasion of the Earthlings was repelled and even indirectly took away the life of her important person, and for him, Rednia didn't even have the right to be afraid.
But when she really saw Leoz's face after the Haines battle, she couldn't help but feel...should I say she was shocked?
So ordinary, so ordinary, so featureless.
——Just like her.
If there were no external conditions, there would probably be no difference between himself and Leoz. They were both just cannon fodder mortals buried in the grand narrative of the Star Abyss-Earth.
Whether it's her or Leos, everything seems to be constantly confirming Leanding's point of view: in the star abyss, only class and death are insurmountable.
Because of realizing this, Rednia had already given up all boring pursuits.
Victory for Earth? Peace in the Star Abyss?
So what?
The more you understand reality, the more you can feel the insignificance of an individual under the grand narrative. If you put a father of a family, a son who is loved by his mother, before the scale of the universe, there is no essential difference from a grain of dust.
But what is it that causes the difference between them and this world?
——It’s time.
To be precise, it is whether it can exist permanently and stably in this time and space.
Nothing is absolutely great. After witnessing the end of Leoz, the destruction of Haines, and Gaia's refusal to allow her to advance, Rednia became more convinced of her pursuit.
Only eternity is the ultimate truth in this world.
Therefore, she usurped the history of [Plundered Soul], directly peeled off Silverston who fled the battlefield outside the Abyss after the battle of Haines, and came to the Abyss in his place.
Here she gets the message of narrative civilization. In narrative civilization, even ordinary people can enjoy an almost infinite lifespan.
This is very interesting, so she devoted all her financial resources to create and operate a grand dream with money, desire, and capital as the core. It belongs to everyone who is full of expectations for money and materials and is willing to accept alienation. When a steady stream of talk reaches her ears, , fused with the history of her plunder, and her existence will resonate with it, echoing across the stars forever.
——Rednia suddenly refused this honor.
She clearly realized that this was definitely not the eternity she longed for.
The essence of a grand narrative is that even she, the narrator of the narrative, must dedicate herself to it, sacrifice everything she has, like a martyr, to tell the story completely.
The so-called narrative is eternal, but narrative is like religious belief and ideology. It is established in the hearts of countless people who firmly believe in narrative and becomes a world view and methodology. As for the elaborator himself? That's just a high-end part.
Between the brain and the soul, which one is the ‘self’? No need to go into details, right?
After this dream was shattered, Rednia began to try to breed her own offspring, trying to cultivate a new Leviathan Dar through continuous optimization and selection of genes.
However, this plan also failed.
The Destroyer is unique. No matter how many children of the Glow Dragon she cultivates, those little ones simply don't have the foundation to lead to Leviathan Dal, and even she herself can't do it.
Eternity, it seems, is just a dream after all, and can never be reached, just like in the abyss of stars, destiny is innate, and after the amniotic fluid is released, it is no longer under control.
Just then, it appeared.
An interstellar beast that evolves infinitely, resists all beings that oppress it, and breaks through the constraints of all abyssal strata without any hindrance - Astrala stands above thousands of worlds, and cannot be measured by time or any macro scale. its existence.
At that moment, Rednia witnessed the star abyss and the earth being destroyed in an understatement. The Creator who was hidden behind the scenes was ridiculously tortured and killed like a child. Even Gaia was powerless to do anything about it.
"Yes, this is eternity."
Her understanding was correct!
In this damn star abyss-Earth double helix system, there is only one way to break the cage of fate - to survive! Beyond! Until eternity!
Only absolute eternity is the ultimate weapon against the world.
And now, who has this power appeared in?
Rednia looked around and saw a familiar figure in the burning blue star core.
——Leozi?
Is this also part of fate?
Rednia couldn't help laughing.
In this moment, she did understand.
Why did Leos still refuse to give up when Haynes was in this situation?
If you continue to pressurize a pressure cooker, sooner or later the container will be unable to withstand it and explode. The same is true for a cannon fodder.
He has no name, no identity, no talent, no one to love and protect him. It is precisely because he has nothing that he becomes his 'destiny', giving him the purest sense of resistance in this world. Only he can become [eternal] Star God].
In this case, just go ahead and make a deal as before.
The existence that Leos longed for was never eternal. Rather, it was because he was forced to have no choice but to embark on this path.
And Rednia, no, what Red King longs for has always been eternity.
"I'll help you get everything, and you'll have to change your hands for eternity."
To each his own, that's fair enough.
But any transaction comes with a price, and one party will always suffer.
If neither of them suffers, then who will suffer?
Rednia doesn't care about this.
When she activated her authority, monopolized the timeline, and invaded history according to her own will, she discovered that as the Creator was killed by Asdra, the histories of the Earth and the Abyss had partially intertwined.
Some places that have never intersected have resonated because of the consistent convergence between the earth and the abyss.
This was not a surprise in the first place. Many scholars agree that the Earth and the Star Abyss have a lot in common. However, it now seems that it is only because both sides are suppressed by their respective creators that the Earth and the Star Abyss cannot fully integrate.
In this case, Rednia made a decisive choice. She intertwined a small number of historical convergence zones and timelines, and sketched them according to her own ideas.
Some things are too powerful and she can't change them, but if it's just the overlapping part - that's what Earth and Xingyuan are willing to merge with, regardless of their own affairs.
——Those who respect the laws of nature will often receive feedback from nature.
When she put the last stroke, she looked at her masterpiece with satisfaction and couldn't help but sigh like this:
"In such a world, even you can get the existence you want."
With this thought in mind, Red King stepped into this recast timeline without hesitation.
Now, no matter what the people of Star Abyss and Earth thought of themselves before, they must admit one thing: Red King, in a sense, saved their existence.
As for the purpose, that is no longer worth thinking about.
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1974, North America, Grand Duchy of California.
[Outland Society] The erosion of Percarais has swept across the entire world in the past eight months. First, a meteorite fell from the sky and hit Sydney, Australia.
The sputtered debris was brought to Odessa in the Soviet Union. The pollution spread from the Black Sea to the entire Mediterranean within 27 hours. The direct problem caused by the pollution was the failure of food harvests in the black soil area, triggering a sharp rise in international food prices and a global crisis. Food shortage.
These problems would not have affected North America, which adheres to isolationism.
As the first independent colony from the empire, the thirteen principalities in North America had already defeated those damn red-skinned Indian tribes with the support of the Mexican Empire. Now they are sitting on the fertile soil of the Great Plains and the customs union. Not affected by the food crisis at all.
Not only that, due to their long-term commitment to isolationism, North American countries have been strictly controlling the importation of immigrants. Even the territory of Alaska was sold directly to the Hudson's Bay Company. After the Demon Star fell to the ground, this policy directly helped the North American countries to stop the Demon. Importation of infected persons and contaminants.
Perhaps in a few decades, the North American countries will soon be able to unify into a huge alliance country. Since then, people will not have to worry about the powerful southern Mexican Empire. Even the former suzerain country cannot stop their rise, and even One day, North America may become the hope of the entire planet, a beacon of light on earth.
However, the development of the actual situation is far beyond people's imagination.
The garrison bishop of San Francisco, Davidson Valentine, walked anxiously around the militia headquarters with his hands behind his back. Every fifteen minutes, he would ask the priest: "Is the Archduke not awake yet?"< br>
And every time, the young priest had to bite the bullet and answer the bearded man: "No, Your Excellency. The Duke is still in a coma and has a high fever."
"Oh, God, what can I do?"
Bishop Deverson prayed repeatedly. He didn't even bother to read the battle reports from the front line. Those things didn't matter at all.
The coastline of Alta California is blocked by the Royal Navy and escorted on a 24-hour rotation. Baja California in the south is firmly controlled by General Juan of the Mexican Empire. It is still safe, and oil and food from Texas will arrive tomorrow. This wave of demonic invasion, as long as it is commanded properly, 24,000 professional soldiers With the support of 150,000 militiamen, it is not a threat at all.
But who knew that at this juncture, the Grand Duke of California, the Guardian of the West Coast, the Lord of Oregon, the Baron of Berkeley, and the co-owner of the Confederacy of Nevada and Washington—Sir Calvin Newsom, suddenly fell into a coma without warning during lunch. .
This is really puzzling, because Grand Duke Calvin Newsom is not one of those trashy Yankees from the Thirteen States. His ancestors come from Normandy, which was conferred by the British. His grandfather participated in the naval battles between the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese shogunate. His late father was a hero of his generation. During the California Revolutionary War, he personally hacked to death an English earl and fought all the way from Portland to Anchorage.
With such a bonus from his life experience, the Duke, who usually hunts and practices martial arts, took good care of his body, why did he suddenly go into shock and become unconscious?
A country cannot live without a king for a day. Not only three days have passed, but there has been a commotion below. There are rumors that Baron Theodore of the Coast Guard has begun to rush to San Francisco, and he also brings a small group of elites, fearing that he will imitate The former Cromwell affair.
As the city-defending bishop, Davidson had to block the news and summon militiamen into the palace to prevent rogue villains from taking the opportunity to take over the throne.
But here comes the problem. If your Excellency is in a coma for a long time, in the worst case scenario, you will have to ask the cabinet meeting to arrange the regent and prince. And convening a cabinet will inevitably spread the news about the Grand Duke's coma. When the devil invades, there will be news about the Lord's accident. By then, people will be unstable, and things will be in trouble.
As we all know, the West Coast was a group of gold miners and smugglers in the early years. Less than 50% of the British Empire immigrants were from the Zhengmi Banner. They could be seen stealing, burning, and buying for zero dollars. On a daily basis, even the estates of nobles were robbed.
Normally, the Lord is majestic, but these people are still a little bit leisurely, but now the news has really spread... With such outstanding people, Dafoson even suspected that there were people among the people who dared to loot the imperial envoys and seize the government.
Finally, after careful consideration, Davidson decided to exercise his special rights as a bishop.
"Summon the knight Leoz Dominet, lead 500 cavalry, and march into San Francisco."
Deverson took a deep breath and said helplessly: "The only thing we can count on now is this blacksmith boy."