How can a retired savior be considered retired if his price drops to 40,000?

Chapter 34 The Unremembered Hero

There are still 3 minutes left before the scheduled time.

The Storm Boundary has hovered near the ruins of the inner city of the First City, and its contact with the Dark Angel has ended.

Somni asked at the time if he needed support from the Emperor's Dream in terms of fire control, but received only Ranmarok's inexplicable anger and strong refusal.Somni didn't care about this. All he cared about was whether the Dark Angel could act according to the plan perfectly.

The waves of subspace are slowly swallowing Jestal, and the gradual chaos of time and physical rules has caused most of the detectors and sensors used in the physical universe to malfunction, leaving only some of his own inheritance from the Dark Age of Technology. The equipment, as well as the near-future observation lens Sheba carried by the Storm Boundary, are still functioning intermittently.

Somni did not complain, but calmly examined all the data he could collect. After constant cross-comparison, he calculated the indication that was closest to the real situation.After repeated arguments, he was convinced that a cannonball was indeed shot out at the right time and accurately descended along the channel burned by Fujimaru Ritsuka's rapid descent, the only channel that could communicate between the inside and outside of the singularity.He therefore withdrew his gaze with satisfaction.

Those dark angels didn't screw up after all.he thinks.

I don't know if this mechanical behavior pattern comes from the fact that he is a machine himself, or it is influenced by the borrowed Forbidden Army shell.Fujimaru Ritsuka had wondered about this, but Somni himself didn't care.For him, all he cares about is whether he can complete the task perfectly.

Whether it is the Emperor's Dream or the Custodes, they are all the same in that they are "created to complete the tasks assigned by the Emperor."

Before leaving, he received two orders from the Emperor: to obey Fujimaru Ritsuka's orders and to protect her life.He originally thought that such an order was clear and simple and not very difficult, but as time went by, he gradually became confused about it.

In actual operation, many times, these two commands will conflict with each other.If the former is to be completed in a rigorous manner, the latter will often slide in the direction of failure: Fujimaru Ritsuka has been on the verge of death twice in the past half a subjective year, both times even occurring inside the Storm Frontier, and He was only separated by a hatch and within easy reach.

One such serious mistake could be said to be an accident, but two times made him suspicious.He reported this matter to Fujimaru Ritsuka, who just laughed happily: "I didn't expect this, but now you finally start to look like a human being."

Fujimaru Ritsuka did not give a specific answer. She believed that there was no unified standard on this matter.Her only suggestion was to stop being so rigid and try to refute her orders.No one is always right, so even exact orders can be disobeyed when necessary - as to when it is "necessary", it depends on his own judgment.

Somni accepted the advice, but he remained confused.He was indeed trying, but he still couldn't tell when something was "necessary."

Where is that "when necessary"?Perhaps before they landed on the planet, perhaps when Fujimaru Ritsuka decided to join the crowd alone for investigation, perhaps when the Chaos Ritual began and the space was about to be closed, or perhaps when Fujimaru Ritsuka decided to conduct an orbital airborne alone...

Or maybe, it hasn’t appeared yet.

Would it be easier to make such a judgment if he were, as Fujimaru Ritsuka said, "more like a human being"?Somni guessed so, but couldn't tell.

Such complicated thoughts only flashed through his mind. The ammunition dropped by the "Lion's Mane" fell along the slender and winding golden line in the sky in a manner that completely defied physics. Somni's servo system calculated the precise time for the missile to land for him. Then, he By inference, he should start taking action now and execute the command to "open the Noble Phantasm".

This is also an order that he cannot understand, but the meaning of the order is not to be understood, but to be executed.

He turned and left the control room, ascending to the outer deck of the Stormbound.The magic power supplied by the continuous operation of the Triton engine filled his body, almost reaching the upper limit that the spiritual base could hold.Logically speaking, he should use these energies to reconstruct his spiritual base now, but this Noble Phantasm can only be released in the current human body.

Facing the dazzling and physically uncomfortable sky of the subspace, Somni raised his hands, completely focusing all his functions together, and with a desperate effort, he summoned this thing that he had acquired and did not understand its existence. , a Noble Phantasm given by the Emperor:

"Man's Golden Dream (Age Aurea)."

The process was slightly simpler than he imagined.As Fujimaru Ritsuka said, even if he doesn't understand the principle, he can still use it when he "has to use it".It is unimaginable for humans to push themselves to the point of despair, but for Somni, who is originally a battleship, overload operation as a tactical option can be naturally activated when necessary. things.

The golden torrent rose out of thin air from his empty hands, and outlined a magnificent picture on the sky: it was a scene of countless human beings living and working in peace and contentment, countless human beings swimming in the sea of ​​​​stars, countless human beings exploring to their heart's content, and countless human beings enjoying peace and prosperity.

The entire picture unfolds in an indescribable, extremely complicated and minimalist way. It can not only see the prosperous human beings in the entire galaxy, but also clearly see any inhabited planet, even the smallest one. A sumptuous dinner on the ordinary family table.The war has ended, the threats of aliens and Chaos have been eliminated, there are only humans in the galaxy, and the Empire thrives in a safe and peaceful environment.

It was a dream that the Emperor had had, and perhaps still had.Because of the symbolic meaning of the name "Emperor's Dream", he gave this dream to Somni, and the latter successfully inherited it - even if he could not understand the meaning of this action, or perhaps The meaning of the Noble Phantasm itself.

He displayed the Emperor's dream in the skies above Jestal, but he didn't know the meaning of Fujimaru Ritsuka's wish for him to do so.

Whether as a warship or a Custodian, he would never question the Emperor's decisions.He did what he was told, without asking questions or questioning.He is a tool born for the Great Crusade, and it is his duty to obey.

But after the Noble Phantasm was deployed, and there were no orders for him to complete for the time being, Somni instinctively reviewed his results: In the emperor's dream, like a piece of gilded light, it slowly descended to the surface. Among them, there is a sapphire-like planet floating in the position of Holy Terra, with more than 70% of the surface being flowing water.

He didn't understand what the sight symbolized.That planet had been a dry wasteland before he existed.However, at this rare moment when he could take a break from his busy schedule, he temporarily allowed his eyes to stay there for a while longer.

He thought the planet was beautiful.
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In this world that has gone crazy, the boundaries between illusion and reality, dreams and reality are not so obvious - especially in subspace: under the influence of Fujimaru Ritsuka's Noble Phantasm, the sky above Jestal slowly unfolds The "Emperor's Dream" was successfully confused with reality in a certain moment.And she didn't miss the moment.

After all, the ability of the Otenaus Spirit Base Exoskeleton in the original design was not to serve as a carrier to enchant the data in the Spirit Base Portrait, nor to act as an intermediary to link the Spirit Bases on both sides, but to provide a powerful tool for the user. Reinforce your own spiritual base.With such "reinforcement", even if he has never reached the Seat of Heroic Spirits, Fujimaru Ritsuka can successfully sublimate his "life" into a Noble Phantasm for use:
"The Wedge Not Remembered".It was a story of using a mortal body to eliminate singularities, cut the Lostbelt, cross many histories, and regain the future for mankind as a whole. However, after the future was recaptured, no one remembered it and could only disappear silently.There was no place for herself in that future, and she had already accepted this fact, and would not be sentimental about it: she still had her own "future."

Fujimaru Ritsuka is optimistic that her story has just begun and her life has only passed the "wedge" part.

The “wedge” itself not only symbolizes the beginning of the story, but also serves as a structure that firmly fixes the gap between two objects.For Fujimaru Ritsuka, she is the wedge that once took back human nature and re-fixed it as "the future that mankind should go to."For her, there is no more suitable name for the Noble Phantasm:

In that moment when dreams and reality were confused, the second before the singularity completely closed, she confused the prosperous scene in the emperor's dream as "Jestal's current state" and fixed it at that moment in time. .Then the space was locked, the singularity was formed, and the outside world could no longer observe the situation inside the "cat box"——

——In other words, until this complete lockdown is completely lifted, no one can know whether Jestal will become an empty Death Star or a prosperous world like an emperor's dream.

And it is Fujimaru Ritsuka's mission to guide the situation as much as possible towards the latter.

The concepts of time and space in the Warp are confusing and meaningless.But within the effect of this Noble Phantasm, which is almost useless at ordinary times and is almost omnipotent under certain circumstances, order is born out of chaos, and meaninglessness can also be exploited.

Around the intertwined hands of Fujimaru Ritsuka and Governor De Vere, the scenes in the ruins were rapidly retreating in an orderly manner.The broken walls and carvings were bridged, and the crowds were walking backwards and forwards. The rituals that had been performed passed by quickly like being turned upside down, and the blood flowing from the bodies of the sacrifices rushed back into their bodies.They watched the dust accumulate on the ground again and again and then be swept away. They watched the crowds of people coming and going from the entire huge research group get smaller and smaller, until they stopped in a scene with only two people: still. Raj Hastings, who does not suffer from "Blue Gray Syndrome", excitedly dragged the younger Jessamine Deville and pointed to a mural on the wall depicting crops.

This was the scene when they first discovered this ruins during archaeological activities 110 years ago.At that time, they were still best friends, and their eyes still shone with longing for the future.

"This is the limit of your 'fate' that can be traced back here." Fujimaru Ritsuka said to the governor lady beside her, "I can execute your sentence here. As long as it can be proven that you did find this ruins just now If it is dead at a critical node, many things will change later.”

Governor De Vere was stunned for a moment.She wanted to agree immediately, but then she realized that Fujimaru Ritsuka would say these words as a hint.

"But you didn't do that." She pointed out keenly, "In other words, this method is not foolproof."

"Yes." Fujimaru Ritsuka admitted frankly, "Because Raj Hastings is still alive, and his future in this world line is still destined to be occupied by the Tzeentch demon. To be honest, at the beginning of my life In the conception, it was necessary to prove that both of you were dead at a certain point in time in the past, but Raj Hastings was taken away from the body by the devil, and the influence of the unborn made this proof almost impossible. What's more, , you have now become the core of the Chaos Ritual, and I cannot guarantee whether confirming your death will tear apart the curtain of reality at that moment."

"So……"

"So, what you are going to is a longer past."

Fujimaru Ritsuka raised his hand.She gave Governor De Vere a direction, but it was not a direction that actually existed and could be understood by humans under normal circumstances.That is a direction that can only be established in a chaotic place like subspace.

Fujimaru Ritsuka points to the "past".

A distant, dark, indecipherable past filled with death.

"The Great Crusade".

"Ten thousand years ago, Jestar was a planet occupied by aliens. They left such relics underground." She told Governor De Vere, "During the Great Crusade, the Dark Angels The Legion was ordered to carry out an orbital bombardment of the planet, wiping out the planet's entire biosphere in the form of a virus bomb."

The Lion's Mane during the Great Crusade, a Lion's Mane belonging to the Dark Angels Legion. The Lion's Mane that had carried out the extermination order against the planet that had not yet received the name "Jestal", was loaded with the same type of bombs from the same period. The Lion's Mane.In terms of historical "fate", there is no better catalyst than this.

When the Lion's Mane dropped bombs on the surface of Jestar, the corresponding history of the Warp would naturally emerge.All Fujimaru Ritsuka had to do was to catch it at the right time and show it to Governor De Vere.

"The safest way is to go there and die there. Use orbital bombing, or use the energy inspired by your own death to erase this so-called relic 1 years ago." Fujimaru Ritsuka said with one He said with a forced and cold tone, "1 years is a one-way ticket. It's too far away, so I won't go with you - I still have unfinished tasks and responsibilities, and I can't let myself die here."

"...I totally understand."

“I don’t know what will happen on such a long journey, but if you decide to embark on this road, you must not stop, or even think about giving up: the whole world will be affected by your success or failure. ."

"I understand. I believe I have enough will to overcome all difficulties."

"No, you don't understand. I don't understand either. No one understands." Fujimaru Ritsuka retorted, "Even if the empire has very reliable life extension technology, human beings are still not designed to live that long. Ten thousand years is not what humans can do on their own. Even if the body will not be destroyed by the passage of time, the spirit will be worn out in the process. Human beings are creatures that live in the blink of an eye. In such a long time, your goals, Memories and wishes can all be wiped away. What you have to face is time, the biggest enemy for human survival. So far, no one has successfully defeated it. "

Governor De Vere showed a confused look, while Fujimaru Ritsuka was still instructing coldly:
"Don't think about defeating it, think about escaping, thinking about protecting yourself, thinking that you must live until the moment you should die. If you who want to die now can have this belief, then step out Take that road and give it a try. Or, you can choose this as the place where your life will end - which actually won't make the current situation any worse. The choice is yours, time in the subspace is ambiguous, you You can think about it carefully.”

Governor De Vere took his time to think.How long had she thought about it?Calculating time in the subspace is meaningless, so no one, including herself, knows the answer.

"I choose to go back to the past and die in the past." She finally said, "It was my fault that this planet fell into chaos, so no matter what, I have the obligation to correct the mistake."

"Even if we have to face a long future that is more terrifying than death?"

"even so."

Fujimaru Ritsuka closed her eyes and nodded:
"Then please go and look back in the direction of the past." Her voice was choked, "I wish you a safe journey."
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It is impossible for outsiders to understand the subjective feelings of the traveler during his journey back 1 years.What Fujimaru Ritsuka, standing in the relatively "future", knew was that at the next moment in her perception, she had already observed Governor De Vere appearing in that "past" time point.

Her face was already withered and her appearance was haggard, no better than a skeleton.Even though Fujimaru Ritsuka's Noble Phantasm allows her to not be affected physically when going up the time-traveling waterfall, the mental damage she suffered will still appear in the human body.She was almost dead, but still managed to stay alive with an obsession.

She succeeded.She would die before she was born, during the Great Crusade 1 years ago.Because of this paradox that should not exist, she will not be born after the singularity is lifted and the universe itself corrects itself.Her existence will disappear, and everything related to her will cease to exist.

From now on, except for Fujimaru Ritsuka, no one will know that there has been or will be a planetary governor who made a big mistake and successfully corrected the mistake with his own life and soul.She does have flaws, but the strong will and obsession she burst out in her life, and the great journey she embarked on to correct her mistakes, truly make her a "hero".

No one remembers the name of the hero, and no one recites the magnificent epic.This somewhat makes people feel that things are hurting their own kind, but Fujimaru Ritsuka no longer feels sentimental about this.She just once again used her activated Noble Phantasm and the instability of the concept of time in the subspace to select the corresponding past and confuse it as the "true origin" of the singularity.

The bombs fired by the Lion's Mane two thousand years ago from No. 40 were finally allowed to fall again.As inventory equipment from the No. 30 Millennium, it came from the gun barrel of the ship from the No. 30 Millennium. It crashed on the No. 30 Millennium planet and destroyed a building from the No. 30 Millennium. This logic is completely logical. Yes, nothing unreasonable at all.The No. 40 two-thousand-year-old planetary governor who was killed by it was completely carbonized under the high temperature and pressure caused by the explosion, and no bones were left. His soul had also gone away under the inspiration of the Golden Throne to travel through time and space, and there was no trace of it. There is evidence that she ever existed.

The ritual was stopped because the core was destroyed, and the singularity was eliminated.In that long to almost eternity moment when the isolated "cat box" was opened, countless possibilities collapsed and disappeared, and countless futures were cut to death.Washed away by the waves of subspace, the "humanity" that has existed for more than 4 years took this opportunity to cast a glance at this remote planet. The concept of linear time was re-established, and reality rested on Fujimaru Ritsuka's anchor of the past and future. Then start refactoring:
The destruction of the core of the planet-level ritual did affect the subspace, but in the 30th millennium, the barrier between the subspace and reality was still very thick, and no irreversible changes occurred because of this little energy.Only the Dark Angel, who detected the relevant fluctuations, discovered an abnormal space folding phenomenon when cleaning the battlefield: a shell somehow crossed the surface and directly hit the temple where the aliens were hiding underground. It was not a bad thing.Therefore, this accident, which could not be called an accident, was sealed away without care and shelved together with the combat report.

With the last stronghold of the Daemons of Tzeentch on the planet destroyed, the planet itself was freed from the control of the High Heavens.It was still temporarily abandoned due to the impact of the Extinction Order on the environment, and was forgotten by humans because of the Great Rebellion.However, after 1 years, no one has excavated any chaos relics on this rediscovered planet named "Jestal", and the chaos ritual that enveloped the entire planet naturally never happened.It was suspended quietly in the physical universe, developing steadily as an imperial planet until it was thriving.

During the 40th millennium of human history, nothing happened to Jestal.

　This chapter can also be called:
　　no knife

　　Human science re-edited
　　Nothing happened to Jestal
　　Using 40K shells to hit a 30K target is a DA tradition. If you don’t feel comfortable, don’t play.
　　I deliberately chose the one with the least barrage (calmness).

　　
　
(End of this chapter)