Chapter 216
“Gurgle…Gurgle…Gurgle…”
Strings of bubbles rose up quietly, burst, and dissipated.
Gradually, strands of gray-black impurities appeared in the rose-red liquid. There were not many, but they were very noticeable.
Because of the loss of the life energy provided by Drobuk, the most important link was missing in the resurrection device. The other various medicines and nutrient solutions conflicted with each other and were incompatible, causing the liquid to be contaminated quickly.
Rong Yuan watched quietly, and then... his eyes gradually became sad.
During the battle with Drobuk, he never tried to break the jars, not because he had any expectations for these resurrection devices, but because he didn't want Drobuk to see what was inside.
He devoted his entire life to this, and even at the moment of his death, he must have still had warm expectations for these devices.
but……
Rong Yuan closed his eyes, feeling the obscure life waves around him that seemed to be constantly emitting waves of grief, and raised his right hand.
“Bang!”
A snap of fingers!
In an instant, more than a dozen cans around shattered at the same time! The alloy cans broke into countless pieces, and the glass that Todd couldn't break with all his strength fell like crystal ice, and the rose-red liquid gushed out like a flood that broke through the dam!
More than a dozen objects hidden in it also fell at the same time. Some were caught on the edge of the broken jar, some were washed to the wall, and some rolled all the way to Rong Yuan's feet, twitched twice, and then stopped moving.
When Pea, who was sitting on Rong Yuan's shoulder, saw this scene, he screamed , jumped up subconsciously and stretched out his two little hands, trying to cover Rong Yuan's eyes.
"It's okay, Pea, it's okay."
Rong Yuan whispered.
He pinched its tiny body and put it back on his shoulder, looked around, then squatted down and looked at the object at his feet.
That can't be said to be a human being, it just looks like a skinned ghost.
Its arms and legs were short and thin, its claws were hook-like, and its belly was unusually large, like a ball filled with water. As for its head, it looked like a distorted outline drawn randomly by someone who didn't know how to paint.
Its eyes were tightly closed, but that strange face...even in death...was frozen into an expression full of pain, hatred, and darkness.
If Drobuk saw that this was what he was resurrected into, how devastated and desperate would he be?
Wandou looked at Rong Yuan, bit her lip, suddenly knelt up, opened her arms, and hugged Rong Yuan's neck as much as possible.
"Rong Yuan, Rong Yuan, stop looking at them...look at me!"
Rong Yuan took a deep breath, touched Pea, asked it to sit down, and then stood up.
The string force oscillated, and invisible waves spread out. At a certain point , a golden flame suddenly ignited with a bang. With Rong Yuan as the center, it spread in all directions and soon engulfed everything in the central room!
Rong Yuan walked out of the raging flames. In front of him, the sea of fire automatically split into two sides; behind him, everything turned into ashes in the flames as a memorial.
As he walked, the flames followed him, devouring everything on the eighteenth floor like a living gluttonous beast... resurrection devices, cloning equipment, nutrient delivery pipelines, intelligent brain Aoqi, conference rooms, energy equipment...
Balls of exploding flames rose into the sky, blooming in all directions, and gradually spread to the entire eighteenth floor.
Suddenly, Rong Yuan stopped.
He saw in a transparent glass laboratory not far away, a dozen clones were still diligently preparing the nutrient solution needed for resurrection, as if they could not hear the explosions outside at all ; some people had nothing to do for the time being because supplies were no longer delivered from the lower level, so they could only stand there at a loss, with dull and blank eyes.
There were originally many clones on the 18th floor, but most of them died when Todd, Map and others were fighting, and some were sucked into the vacuum and died tragically. These ones in front of us might be the only remaining clones.
The fate of these clones is also very tragic. They lost their self-awareness from the moment they were born, and became tools driven by orders. They did not know how to resist or save themselves. They kept repeating mechanized work in their short lives, and then their brains were removed and they became a part of the Ochi system.
Rong Yuan looked at it for a moment, and with a stroke of his finger, a black string spread out, completely separating the area where the clone was located from the rest of the Eighteenth Floor.
The flames quickly engulfed the rest, leaving only a small area around Rong Yuan.
Rong Yuan said: "Wandou, notify Alpha and ask him to send a spaceship to pick these people up."
"Yes." Pea passed the order to Alpha, and then asked: "But Rongyuan, these people... have no independent self-awareness. Even if they return to normal society, they will not be able to survive."
"Then let the welfare agency take care of them for the rest of their lives... At least, let them know what the outside world is like."
"Um."
Pea responded.
There was no need to ask others for help for this kind of thing. In the Interstellar Alliance, Rong Yuan actually had a huge amount of assets under his name, most of which came from the dividends of the shares of Amirida Enterprise. That money was more than enough to buy a few habitable planets, not to mention placing a few clones.
[But...he has so much money, but he is never happy. ]
Somehow, this idea suddenly popped up in his mind. Pea's heart trembled, and then he shook his head vigorously, as if this could get rid of the idea just now.
【Come on, pea! 】
[If you always look so sad, how can you make Rong Yuan happy again! ]
Rong Yuan tilted his head, looked at it strangely, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing... nothing." Wandou stuttered. Suddenly, he saw a strange room floating in front of him. Without thinking, he pointed at it and said, "Hey, Rongyuan, look at that room. It's so strange..."
Suddenly, Pea realized something, stopped talking abruptly, and almost bit his tongue.
But Rong Yuan had already looked in the direction it was pointing.
He was well aware of Wandou's poor way of changing the subject, but many things did not need to be investigated in depth. So Rong Yuan did not ask Wandou any more questions, but turned his head and glanced at him casually.
Then he was stunned.
The cut-off part of the spacecraft spun and flew past the part where they were, and some things drifted away in the space, becoming veritable cosmic garbage.
Amidst the flying pieces of paper and broken glass, a room slowly floated past Rongyuan.
Above the door frame of the room, there was a sign with the words "Lounge" hung diagonally. Rong Yuan had passed by this sign before.
At this moment, a small half of the room was cut off by Rong Yuan's string just now, and the scene inside was clearly visible, slowly unfolding in front of him.
The small model of Feiyan was placed in the center of the room like a beautiful white flying bird, but it was missing a tail and half of its wings.
In the middle of the model, the corridor, bed, chairs, kitchen utensils, etc. are all lifelike and clearly visible, as if there were people walking and living in it just now.
On the wall was an enlarged photo of the Feiyan team. Rong Yuan also had a similar photo.
In the photo, everyone is smiling brightly and looking relaxed, completely unaware of what kind of misfortune will befall them in the future.
But at this time, the photo was also split into two halves, and everyone's smiles appeared blurred under the light of the fire.
This is Drobuk's room.
Rong Yuan was not very surprised by what he saw. What really caught his attention was the picture displayed on the holographic screen hanging on the wall.
A game character dressed as a mercenary, with a broad sword on his back and his arms folded, standing alone in a room.
He has a name on his head.
【Dessers】!
Suddenly, Rong Yuan remembered the chat records left by this game character——
[The Feiyan team is the best! I like the Feiyan team the most! ]
[It would be great if the Feiyan team was still there! ]
[Let me tell you, they used to be...hahahaha, isn't that amazing? ]
[Yes, of course the captain is the best! The most powerful! ]
[The Feiyan Team has long ceased to exist! Didn’t I tell you? The Feiyan Team was completely wiped out when the supernova exploded! Right here! Right near the Pillar of Creation!]
[…Don’t do anything stupid, the Feiyan Team is really gone! ]
[Dreams are dreams, reality is reality. Although I am reluctant to accept it, this is the fact. The Feiyan team faced a supernova explosion at close range and was already reduced to ashes! ]
[Many people searched near the Pillar of Creation but found no trace, which means the Feiyan Team is really gone. What can you find now? Rather than looking for the Feiyan Team that no longer exists in the vast universe, it would be faster for you to see them in your dreams.]
【I'm worried about you! 】
[Fuck, I feel like I have committed a serious sin, what should I do? ]
[Hey, Mumu, Mumu, are you still alive? ]
In an instant, Rong Yuan felt that he had no strength left. He slowly slid down to the ground, supporting his forehead with one hand.
It turns out... he knows everything... he knows everything...
The greatest tragedy is not that you have lost someone, but that the person you have lost... not long ago... was sitting here, making models, playing games, chatting with people on Starnet, and crying silently in front of photos.
Perhaps you have also smiled with satisfaction after eating something delicious.
Maybe you've also killed everyone in the game and danced with joy like a child.
He did not become a walking ghost after losing everything. He once lived so vividly... He also knew clearly that his efforts were meaningless... But in the end, he still chose a road of no return with no end.
After a long time, Rong Yuan whispered hoarsely: "Wa Dou, if...if I could find him earlier, wouldn't it be like this now?"
But in life... there are no ifs.
