Calamity Dance

Chapter 3 Explosion
The turbulent jade in the energy spine fell to the ground like a cup of overturned juice, and became brighter as it fell, changing from dark green to bright green.At the moment it touched the ground, the brightness became the highest, and at the same time, a dazzling green light was shot upward.

The light was too dazzling, Xu Qingquan subconsciously stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, but his hand didn't seem to have brought any cover to his face.He yelled in panic, but his voice was swallowed by the ensuing loud explosion.Everything happened so suddenly, Xu Qingquan could no longer feel his body, and fell into the abyss of consciousness.

"What time is it, don't get up yet!" A woman's voice sounded, accompanied by a hasty knock on the door.Xu Qingquan suddenly opened his eyes and jumped out of bed, but his chest was still throbbing.Where is this, everything in the house is so familiar, but I can't remember where it is for a while.

"What happened to me? Was it an explosion? What about my hands? Is there something wrong with my face?" Xu Qingquan hurriedly looked at his hands and touched his face to confirm that they seemed to be there. "Wait!" He held out his hand again.In front of him was a pair of small hands, which didn't touch the stubble just now when he touched his face.He immediately rushed to the mirror next to him, and what appeared in the mirror was a child, who was also much shorter. It was himself at the age of ten. "Is this some kind of magic?" Xu Qingquan thought to himself, "What the hell is going on?"

"Are you up, Koizumi, are you sick? Everyone is having breakfast!" The voice outside was still calling him.Xu Qingquan replied blankly, "Come on, come on!" The sound made him jump, and the sound he made was also a child's high-pitched and thin child's voice.Xu Qingquan immediately ran to the door, opened it, and looked up. It was Mr. Xiaonan, the director of the orphanage when he was a child.Could it be that the explosion just now made me travel back to 20 years ago, back to the orphanage period?

Seeing Xu Qingquan coming out, Xiao Nan relaxed his frowning brows, patted his head, turned and walked away, saying as he walked, "Come on, the breakfast will be cold in a while!" Xu Qingquan nodded and followed go up.This is the Sefolosha Orphanage. Although it has been about fifteen or sixteen years since I came out, this is the first home I remember. The moment I saw Xiaonan, all the memories were instantly awakened.Although he still doesn't know what happened, the familiar atmosphere of the orphanage has already made him forget what happened when he was wandering outside for more than ten years.

Xu Qingquan recalled the time when he was a child.

Children in Sefolosha Orphanage are a little different from other orphanages.Children in ordinary orphanages may have various unfortunate sources and abandoned backgrounds, but most of the children here are the sons of soldiers of the Imperial Legion.The confrontation between the Tasha Empire and the Syndicate rebels has lasted for hundreds of years, and the war between humans is far longer and more painful than the war between humans and machines.The Imperial Guard has been fighting in disputed areas all year round, but the Syndicate has always been able to escape from the well-armed Imperial Army and survive in the cracks.War and death always go hand in hand, and the children of soldiers who died on the front line became orphans.I don’t know when, the Sefolosha Orphanage, which was refurbished from an ancient castle, became the first choice for the children of soldiers who died in battle.In fact, when the children here grew up, more of them entered the Printa Academy or became officers or soldiers, and then joined the Imperial Legion and became a member of the Imperial Guard.War-death-new life-war has become a cycle here, or an indelible "curse".

Unlike others, Xu Qingquan should not be the orphan of a dead soldier, because he was carried and thrown at the fountain at the entrance when he was a baby.The sender's face was not seen in the surveillance, and it seems that no relatives related to him have ever visited him since then. "The Child in the Fountain" became his name.For Xu Qingquan, the words he learned at the beginning were polite expressions such as "hello" and "thank you".Other children may sometimes have shining parents to miss, but Xu Qingquan doesn't, he doesn't even know what his parents' names are.But he didn't feel sad at all, instead he felt extremely relaxed. At the same time, at that time, he also thought that he would definitely not go to some warrior academy like others to become an imperial warrior.

Xiao Nan was the dean of the orphanage at the time. I don't know what Xu Qingquan's full name is, and I don't know how old she is. I just remember that she mentioned that she came from a very northern place.Xiao Nan has purple hair that falls to her shoulders, and a pair of brown eyes that are still fresh in my memory.She seldom smiles, but she never gets angry, and she will not discipline any ignorant children who do anything wrong, and even seldom criticizes them verbally.Xu Qingquan didn't like war since he was a child, and he didn't want to be a soldier in his own right. He didn't have any goals in life, he just wanted to live in peace.He can't play with all the children in the orphanage, so whenever there are children who boast that they will become the strongest soldiers in the future, he always pats their ass and walks away.When Xu Qingquan got into fights because he didn't want others to show off his parents' achievements, Xiao Nan would always appear out of nowhere. He didn't blame the children, but simply separated them, and as long as her brown eyes looked at him , I can feel peace in my heart, even if my head was bloodied and my stomach was full of fire just now, it disappeared in an instant.She just has this magic.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingquan couldn't help laughing. If there is really any magic that can make him return to the orphanage, he will definitely agree with it, because even if he has no friends, he thinks that the life in the orphanage is the most hopeless for him. Carefree time, at least there is no need to count when you can get paid like now. After paying your salary, do you have to drink two more glasses at night?

Xiao Nan walked in front and quickly reached the restaurant.She stopped, looked back at Xu Qingquan, looked at him with a smile, her brown eyes were bent into a crescent moon, and there was no wrinkle on her face, as if the passage of time had nothing to do with her. "Come and take a look, we have been waiting for you for a long time! This opportunity is rare!" Xiao Nan pushed the door open and stood by the door, as if guiding Xu Qingquan to enter.Xu Qingquan was stunned, he searched all his memories but couldn't find Xiao Nan smiling like this.It’s been more than ten years since I left the orphanage. If it’s just a trick of strange magic or hallucinogens, then I’d like to go back to the orphanage if I have a chance. This is the first time he’s moved back in more than ten years. thought.

"Come on, come on!" Xu Qingquan agreed, although he didn't know what Xiao Nan wanted him to see, but he still ran over and followed Xiao Nan's guidance into the restaurant gate.

What Xu Qingquan appeared in front of was not a restaurant, nor the children from the former orphanage. There was only a damaged Meyers armor in the room, and the bottomless darkness. "Sure enough, it's just a dream!" Xu Qingquan, who was instantly photographed on the floor from his fond memories, was in agony. He tried to turn around and catch Xiao Nan, but Xiao Nan had disappeared, and the aisle of the Sefolosha Orphanage that he had just walked along the way also disappeared. It was gone, replaced by the narrow alley in front of Rennes' mechanic shop.The difference from the reality is that the streets and alleys are no longer smooth and full of potholes, the sky is extremely dark, and dust like volcanic ash floats down. Aunt Jane’s pancake stand is gone, only a rusty tin car is left. The En machine repair shop has also become dilapidated, and the cold diode signboard has lost its color, as if there is no electricity, and everything in front of it is not even as good as the broken armor inside.

"Where is this? Are you dreaming!" Xu Qingquan wanted to shout out, but his throat seemed to be blocked and he couldn't make a sound. He rushed into the Rennes machine repair shop like crazy, looking for Rennes, but inside The degree of dilapidation can be described as ruins.The glass wall of my workshop was shattered to the point that only a few pieces of glass shards remained. Although the tools were still on the table, they seemed to have been baptized for hundreds of years and became old and unbearable.Only that battle armor seemed to be the same as when it was just delivered, the difference was that a long gap was opened in the metal spine on the back, and the turbulent jade inside disappeared.

Xu Qingquan stretched out his hand and wanted to punch him, but he couldn't exert any strength. He glanced at it suddenly, and his hand changed back to its current appearance. The skin was no longer delicate, and it was full of calluses from long-term use of machine repair tools. .He stopped being emotional and turned to think calmly.

If this is the turbulent jade that Ryan said, a small movement can generate huge energy, then there is no doubt that the process of dropping to the ground just now may be a terrible situation that cannot be recovered.The energy that is as strong as nuclear fusion erupts in such a short period of time, then everything here must have been produced after the explosion, and he must die, so now this place must already be a post-death scene.Thinking of this, Xu Qingquan gradually calmed down.Just now, I was still thinking about when I would go back to the orphanage where I grew up and have a look at the plan. It seems that there is no way to realize it.He felt that he was a bit pathetic. He hated war and didn't want to get involved in it since he was a child, but he died under the war machine in the end.There is really nothing to commemorate the muddle-headed life, so that the scene of "returning to the light" just now happened in the orphanage more than ten years ago.I don't know if Rennes has been affected. I hope he is fine. He is a miracle, but he is a great person.Aunt Jian doesn't know if the stall has been closed, she must have gone home, after all, no one likes to eat pancakes at noon.It's a pity that I can't continue to eat the pancakes she made, but I added two more eggs for the last meal, which is worth it!I just got a salary increase and didn't have time to spend it, and the bartender at the bar last night didn't have time to ask how the wine was mixed and why it has so much stamina...

"The store should be repaired and it will be fine. I think the college will pay for it, so I don't have to worry about it." Xu Qingquan accepted the fact that he had died in the explosion, even in the end, he didn't want to cause trouble to others.

Darkness enveloped him.

(End of this chapter)