“Alright, think it over.” Lin Xian patted his shoulder.

“If you’re willing to come, I’ll definitely be happy. One more trustworthy person means one more helper for us in the future. But like I told you before, hibernation is a one-way ticket. Once you go, you can never return after 200 years. You need to think carefully.”

“Sigh.”

Gao Yang sighed.

“You want to ask if I want to go? Of course, I don’t want to. Who wouldn't want to enjoy the present? Besides, you're the one capable of saving humanity's future, not me. Why should I worry so much? I'm just the kind of powerless person Zhao Ying talks about, the kind history won't blame.”

“But on the other hand… if I had your ability to save the world, I would also hibernate into the future.”

“Why?”

Gao Yang’s answer surprised Lin Xian. When did this guy’s ideological position become so high?

“Because,” Gao Yang paused, “because you’d definitely regret it.”

He raised his head, scratched the back of his head, and said dejectedly, “From your perspective, the first twenty or thirty years will definitely be fine. Watching your wife and children around a warm bed, you'll feel that you made the right choice to stay.

“But when you get old, and you know that because of your choice, the future world will be destroyed, humanity will be wiped out, and you even tricked Chu Shanhe into hibernating until the end of the world without seeing his daughter…”

“You’ll definitely regret it, regretting that you didn’t stand up and take responsibility for all of this. It's like many people who see a child drowning in a river and don't go down to save them because they're afraid of drowning themselves. Then, the child dies, and countless days and nights later, when they think about it, the guilt and remorse can crush them.”

“Actually, I was just reluctant to let you go just now, that's why I said that. To be honest, I admire your behavior and can understand it. Take jumping into the river to save someone, don’t those heroes have wives and children? When firefighters rush into the sea of fire, don’t they have wives and children? When anti-drug soldiers risk their lives to protect us, don’t they have wives and children?”

“These words, I only told you because I couldn't persuade you otherwise, and… I really can't sit idly by when it comes to Chu Anqing’s matter.” He raised his head and looked at Lin Xian.

“That day, it was Chu Anqing who jumped out of the plane, our friend, our partner. What if it was us who jumped and disappeared that day? Do you think, from Chu Anqing’s perspective, would she make the same choice as you, hibernating into the future to save us?”

“Anqing definitely would.” Lin Xian replied softly.

He didn't even have to think about it, Anqing would definitely do it. He blinked and looked at Gao Yang.

“She dared to go to the US venue alone to cheer me on, dared to perform missions from the space plane at the young age of 19, and even dared to jump from the plane to capture space-time particles for me.”

“If it wasn't her who sacrificed at the time, but us, Chu Anqing would definitely not hesitate to hibernate into the future to find hope to save us.”

Bang!

Gao Yang punched the table and roared, “That’s it then! Damn it, Anqing would go into hibernation for us. Now that there is hope to save her in the future, how can we retreat?!”

“Damn, forget about this job. Let’s go, let’s go drink and have a good chat.”

“I don’t have time today.” Lin Xian waved his hand.

“I still have to go to Nangong’s lab and explain some things to her.”

Gao Yang said, “Oh, well, I'm not in the mood to work anyway. Let’s go with you, then we'll go drink.”

“Alright, alright.”

Afterward, the two went out and set off for Nangong Mengjie’s laboratory.

“Nangong Mengjie, that’s a good name.” Gao Yang picked his nose in the business car.

“I haven’t heard you mention her before. Is she an academician of the Dragon Academy of Sciences?”

“Not an academician.”

Lin Xian explained, “She’s very young. She should be studying for a doctorate at the Dragon Academy of Sciences, or maybe she's already graduated? I can’t remember clearly. She is in charge of researching micro nuclear batteries.”

“Is she going to hibernate too?”

“She definitely isn’t.” Lin Xian shook his head.

“There are still many aspects of micro nuclear batteries that need to be breakthrough, including large-scale production, marketization, and so on. We can't do without her in this aspect. Besides, I’m not very familiar with Nangong, it's just a scientific research relationship.”

“A doctor at the Dragon Academy of Sciences…”

Gao Yang smacked his lips.

“I haven’t been in contact with someone with such a high level of education before. Tell me, do these people all have two brains? How can they score so high on exams?”

“You can count them in a moment.”

As he spoke, the car stopped, and Lin Xian and Gao Yang got out of the car and walked into the laboratory. Nangong was a bit busy today, so Lin Xian went directly to the lab to find her. Through the outer glass.

Lin Xian pointed to Gao Yang and said, “Look, the person wearing glasses and a white coat is Nangong.”

Wooo!!!! A loud whistle!

Two streams of hot steam erupted from Gao Yang's nostrils. He widened his eyes and looked at the graceful figure busy in front of the experimental table!

Loli face! Huge breasts! Glasses girl! Smart! Intelligent! High achieving student!

Swish—

Gao Yang waved his hand and stood in front of Lin Xian like a general with his sword, “Brother, I’m in love.”

“Huh?”

Lin Xian was confused. “Are you kidding me?”

“No, no, no…”

Gao Yang shook his head like a rattle drum.

“In my life! I have never met such a heartwarming person! She perfectly meets my fantasy of a lover!”

“You wait for me here, I’ll show my charm first. I don't want the relationship between me and Nangong to be mixed with the influence of your superior-subordinate relationship. That would make me feel that her feelings for me are not pure.”

“No.” Lin Xian grabbed Gao Yang. “Have you already figured out which school district you're going to buy a house in? Are you worried that her feelings for you are not pure? Are you sure there's nothing wrong with your head?”

“Don't worry, I'm very clear-headed.”

Gao Yang hooked his index finger into his shirt collar, unbuttoned the top two buttons, revealing the fat on his chest.

“I’m going in. Wait for my good news.”

“Hey, hey, are you still hibernating?” Lin Xian shouted.

“Of course, I’m hibernating!”

Gao Yang turned his head, smoothed his nose handsomely, and snorted softly.

“Don’t worry, with my charm as a top salesman, I can definitely pull Mengjie into hibernation with me!”

Having said that, he strode away.

Lin Xian looked at his departing figure speechlessly, “Sick.”

He forgot to read more of the *Hibernation Manual*. Can people with mental illnesses hibernate after all?

Hmm?

Suddenly.

Lin Xian widened his eyes and thought of a previous guess. He wondered at the time…

Could the pinnacle of human genius, Emperor Gao Wen, be Gao Yang’s descendants?

As soon as this thought came out, it was immediately rejected by himself.

Because he believed that Gao Yang’s mission to come to the world was to pollute the gene pool, and he would definitely not be able to give birth to a human light like Gao Wen.

But.

What if…

Another half undergoes genetic modification? Like the scene in front of him now. Could it be…

Gao Yang really won the heart of Nangong Mengjie and cultivated a positive result, and then, whether he hibernated or not, he eventually successfully gave birth to Emperor Gao Wen in his descendants?

“No, it can’t be.”

Lin Xian was really a little unbelievable. Could it be…

This is another…

A historically predetermined closed loop?

Bang!

The laboratory door was kicked open.

“Wuwuwuwuwu!”

Gao Yang wailed and ran out, shouting at Lin Xian:

“Too embarrassing! Damn it! Too embarrassing! Let's go! I can't stay here for a second! This world can no longer tolerate a clown like me! I want to go to sleep in the hibernation pod immediately!”

“Huh?”

Lin Xian looked at Gao Yang.

“You were just rejected, it’s not that bad, is it? Have you been rejected less often these years? Or rather, have you ever been successful?”

“Goodbye! I’m too disappointed in this era! Too disappointed!” Gao Yang ran away howling.

I don’t know what happened that caused him to be so stimulated. Lin Xian looked at the empty air and sighed.

“I really overestimated you. I can only say, as expected of you, stable performance.”

At that moment.

Lin Xian really thought that maybe Gao Yang was also involved in the historical closed loop of the human future and laid the foundation for the birth of Emperor Gao Wen.

This made him afraid to let Gao Yang sleep in the hibernation pod.

If he forced Gao Yang to hibernate, which resulted in Emperor Gao Wen not being born in the future world, it would be a huge loss to human civilization.

Fortunately.

Gao Yang will never disappoint people.

Judging from the desperate storm of crying, the red line between him and Nangong is definitely impossible to draw.

Afterward, he pushed open the door, entered the laboratory, and said hello to Nangong.

Nangong raised her head and looked at Lin Xian with a slight smile. “Was that your friend just now?”

“Sort of.”

Lin Xian didn’t know what offensive thing Gao Yang had done, but in short, he left room for retraction first.

“What happened just now? What happened?”

Pfft—

Nangong laughed.

“He wanted to ask me to have dinner and watch a movie tonight, so I took this out of my pocket and showed it to him.”

As she spoke, Nangong put her hand into her clothes pocket again and took out a silver ring from it.

That was… a pair of rings.

Lin Xian suddenly realized, “You’re married!”

“Yes.”

Nangong showed a happy smile.

“I got married very early, I got married in college.”

“Why so early?” Lin Xian was a little curious.

“Getting married in college is quite early, are you classmates?”

“Of course not.”

Nangong admired the ring again and put it back in her pocket. “Who would get married at school if they were classmates?”

“My husband is my childhood sweetheart. We grew up together since we were little, but he’s a few years older than me. He was the older brother from the neighbor’s house since I was little.”

“He joined the army during college and is now a border special soldier. We basically can’t see each other usually. We only see each other once a year; sometimes we can’t see each other even once a year if he encounters missions and special circumstances.”

“Oh, a military wife.” Lin Xian stood in awe.

Because he had never heard Nangong mention it, and Nangong always lived in the unit, Lin Xian really didn’t guess that she was already married.

In addition, this deceptive childish face easily makes people ignore her age.

“We got our marriage certificate when I was studying for my master’s degree.” Nangong said.

“Because his vacation is very short, he finally came back once, but there was no time to hold a wedding, so he left in a hurry.”

“Why didn’t you wait until he retired or was discharged before getting married?” Lin Xian asked.

“Is it because he’s getting old? Is he in a hurry to get married?”

“No.”

Nangong smiled and shook her head.

“Getting a marriage certificate was my idea.”

Lin Xian was a little puzzled.

During her master’s degree, which was twenty-three or four years old, was it necessary for Nangong to be so anxious?

“What were you thinking?” Lin Xian continued to ask.

“I wanted to reassure him.” Nangong replied.

“They are guarding the motherland on the border, it’s very dangerous and very hard. I like him very much. I want to give him peace of mind, give him a guarantee, give him a support.”

“He protects the border for our safety. I like him, so I should do my best to pay him back, right? So, I’m willing to marry him.”

Lin Xian nodded. “Thank you for your contribution to the country and the people. I have always been very respectful to soldiers and military families. Don't worry, I'll go back and kick my friend a few times and let him take a good look in the mirror to see what kind of toad he is.”

Nangong was amused.

“That’s not necessary. It’s also because I can’t wear rings and jewelry in the lab. Otherwise, if I wore the ring on my finger, such an embarrassing thing wouldn’t have happened.”

I hadn’t chatted with Nangong much besides work before. Unexpectedly.

She is such a nice girl.

The conversation started, and Lin Xian casually chatted.

“You and your husband, you can’t see each other for a year or two usually, do you miss him usually?”

“Of course, I miss him.” Nangong smiled.

“It’s not just that we can’t see each other, because he has to perform missions frequently and there are confidentiality restrictions, we rarely have the opportunity to chat online.”

“So, many people didn’t know I was married before, because they saw that I didn’t go on dates, didn’t make phone calls, didn’t chat, and lived in the unit. But it’s just that my husband is in the army and not by my side, so I don’t have the opportunity to be so affectionate.”

Lin Xian pursed his lips, hesitated to speak.

This scene was similar to that moment. In the end, he asked, “Do you feel lonely?”

“Um… how should I say it?” Nangong thought for a while and continued, “Yes and no.”

“Although I can’t see him, I know that he is protecting us, protecting this land.”

“He once had a great opportunity to transfer back, but he wanted to stay in that place because the place where he was was not very stable. He said he wanted to continue to stay there and asked for my opinion.”

“Of course, I supported him. I said you can stay as long as you want. You protect the country well, which is protecting me; no matter when you come back, I will always be your wife, always your home.”

Lin Xian was quite moved.

I remembered the introduction given to me by the president of the Dragon Academy of Sciences:

“I heard the president tell me that your father and grandfather were both soldiers, and they were the kind with great military achievements.”

“Yes.”

Nangong nodded.

“This is also something I’m very proud of, including the fact that I was able to get into the National University of Defense Technology and marry a soldier. These are things I’m proud of for the rest of my life.”

Lin Xian smiled.

“Actually, I’m very gratified to hear you say that. There is a couple in our hometown who didn’t agree with their daughter marrying a soldier. They forcibly broke them up and arranged for her to marry a local person who worked locally.”

“It’s understandable.”

Nangong leaned against the experimental table and looked out the window.

“Not everyone in this world has such a high level of ideological awareness, and at the same time, we can’t force everyone to have such awareness.”

“But there always have to be some people with such awareness and such a spirit of sacrifice to protect the life we have now.”

“Take me and my husband, of course, we also want to live together every day and take our children to the amusement park as a family of three in the future; but if everyone thinks like this, everyone considers the advantages and disadvantages and engages in stable and easy work, who will protect our country?”

She closed her eyes and lowered her head.

“My grandfather really went to the battlefield. He told me that my father and my aunt were very young at the time and were crying for milk. My aunt hadn’t even been weaned yet. He was reluctant to leave and didn’t want to leave his children.”

“But my grandmother scolded my grandfather at the time. She said, which soldier doesn’t have children and wives? Many people’s grandparents, parents, and children have all died on the battlefield in order to create a better life for their descendants, right?”

“She questioned my grandfather at the time—”

“If this war is lost because of you, because of you being the last person, because of your gun, because of your bullet, will you regret it?”

“It was this sentence that made my grandfather decide to leave home and resolutely join the army. My grandmother later told us that she had already prepared herself for my grandfather not coming back. Even if she was a weak woman, she would insist on raising my father and my aunt… If grandfather’s generation can’t finish this war, then let my father continue to fight, and if my father can’t finish it, then let our generation continue to fight.”

Listening to Nangong’s story.

Lin Xian inexplicably remembered the movie *The Battle at Lake Changjin* that he had seen before. In it, the great leader said touching words—

“We will fight all the battles that need to be fought, so that our descendants will not have to fight.”

This.

Is the inheritance of faith.

“Thank you very much. This era has people like you.” Lin Xian looked at Nangong and said sincerely.

“This is the hope of a nation and the spirit in its bones.”

“No need to thank us, Lin Xian.” Nangong looked at him and smiled.

“There are many people like this, many, many. This is the Dragon Country that we are proud of and love. Whether in the news or in life, we can always see many people who act bravely for a just cause, are selfless and risk their lives. Everyone is the same.”

“So, we are not special and don’t need special thanks.”

Afterward.

Lin Xian explained some follow-up matters to Nangong, left Zhao Ying’s contact information, and said that he would have Brother Wang take her to meet Ying in return, and she would replace herself in docking with the laboratory in the future.

After finishing speaking, Lin Xian left the laboratory. He found Gao Yang and kicked him four times. “What kind of toad are you?”

In the last few days.

Lin Xian also brought his parents to the imperial capital and spent the last gathering time with Zhao Ying’s family.

On the afternoon of April 16, Lin Xian was packing his things.

Dong.

In the living room, there was suddenly a muffled sound.

Lin Xian ran over in a panic and found that Zhao Ying was sitting on the sofa in a strange way.

“Ying!” He ran over quickly. “What’s wrong!”

“Quick…”

Zhao Ying bit her lip and grabbed his arm. “Quickly go to the hospital… amniotic fluid… amniotic fluid broke…”

Lin Xian looked down.

Sure enough.

This was a sign of labor!

Yu Xi was coming out early!

Immediately, he drove to the pre-booked hospital.

Lin Xian stayed outside the delivery room, pacing anxiously, waiting.

He stopped the nurse who came out. “How is it?”

The nurse smiled.

“Sir, you don’t need to be so nervous. Everything is normal. The cervix has already opened three fingers. She has been given a painkiller. The fetal position is also very good, and the fetal heart rate is normal. Don’t worry, we are observing.”

“Okay, okay.”

Lin Xian was still a little flustered.

Of course, the nurses were used to this kind of thing, but Lin Xian was facing it for the first time, facing the birth of his daughter, the fact that he was officially becoming a father.

What was even more valuable was that—

Originally everything was normal. There was no sign of labor in the morning, it was very quiet during the day, and little Yu Xi, who was happy at night, was rarely very noisy during the day and couldn’t help but be born early.

“Lin Xian!”

Gao Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead and ran over in a hurry.

After listening to Lin Xian’s description.

He laughed loudly, “Hahahaha! Lin Xian, your daughter knows you’re leaving, this is to come and see you in advance!”

Anjelica also arrived an hour later.

She told Lin Xian that Jask had already hibernated in his own secret hibernation base.

She handed over space-t company to her to handle.

“I’m here to see you off today.” She looked at Lin Xian.

“This is also the last time we meet. I thought it would be at the hibernation base of the Dragon Academy of Sciences, but I didn’t expect…”

She raised her head, looked at the patient monitor outside the delivery room, and smiled slightly. “I didn’t expect to meet you outside the delivery room.”

“That’s great, Lin Xian. Being able to witness the birth of a life and see his daughter is a way to make up for the regret.”

“Trash! Trash! Finding trash!” Everyone turned their heads.

They found that it was Brother Wang who ran over holding a sweeping robot in his arms.

“General Zhao… General Zhao specially told me to take this sweeping robot from home… take it to the hospital… sigh, really, this thing is too noisy, the head nurse almost kicked me out. What brand of sweeping robot did you buy, Lin Xian? It keeps shouting all the time, as if it’s urging me. I almost fell several times on the road.”

He bent down.

Put the sweeping robot on the ground.

Slipping—

The sweeping robot vv slipped and drifted while bumping into the door outside the delivery room. It found that it couldn’t be opened and came back, bumping into Lin Xian’s ankle.

“Trash! Trash! Finding trash!”

“Don’t bump into me, I’m also anxious.”

Lin Xian picked up the sweeping robot v and patted its head.

“This is a delivery room, keep your voice down, otherwise the head nurse will throw you out directly.”

The waiting process was extremely anxious and long.

Lin Xian felt like he was living like a year. It felt like the hands of the clock were glued on. Every tremor was so difficult.

Finally—

“Wah~”

A clear and loud cry came from the door.

Gao Yang jumped up excitedly, laughed loudly, and hugged Lin Xian. “It’s born! It’s born! Lin Xian! It’s born!”

“Trash! Trash! Finding trash!” The sweeping robot 4 also kept hitting Lin Xian’s ankle.

Anjelica breathed a sigh of relief and smiled slightly.

Brother Wang was the most calm. He smiled and told Lin Xian that after the doctor finished handling it, wiped off the vernix caseosa, and did some reflex checks, he could go in to see the child.

Not long after.

The delivery room door opened, and Lin Xian and the others quickly and lightly walked into the room. The footsteps were chaotic.

It made the sweeping robot v bump into each other and couldn’t squeeze in. It was so anxious that it shouted trash while spinning in place.

“Ying.”

Lin Xian took the lead in entering the room and found that Zhao Ying was a little tired, but she was lying on the bed with a slight smile.

Next to the small bed, there was a small swaddling cloth, inside which was wrapped a quiet little guy who was opening his eyes and curiously looking around.

“The doctors all said that she is developing really well.”

Zhao Ying looked at Lin Xian and smiled.

“Six pounds and seven ounces, which is considered a big child among baby girls. Look, her eyes are open. Her clever appearance is really pleasing. Come on, Lin Xian, hold Yu Xi.”

At this moment.

Lin Xian slowly walked to the small bed where the swaddling cloth was placed.

He felt very sacred.

It was as if he was meeting a god covered in golden light.

That was his daughter.

Yu Xi.

Lin Yu Xi.

He bent down and adjusted his posture several times. The adorable little baby in front of him was like cotton and seaweed. He didn’t dare to touch her at all.

Fortunately, he had held Li Fengyu in his dream before, and Li Ningning had given him some guidance, so he was considered to have some experience.

It took a lot of effort.

Lin Xian hugged the petite body in his arms like a cannonball, looked at her fair and tender face, small nose and mouth, ears close to her hair, and dark and nimble big eyes.

“Yu Xi—”

Lin Xian’s voice was instantly hoarse.

He wanted to hug her tighter, but he didn’t dare to use any force, for fear of hurting her.

At this moment.

He truly understood what a treasure was in the palm of his hand.

What it meant to be afraid of dropping her if he held her in his hands, and afraid of melting her if he held her in his mouth. She was too delicate.

Everything was so delicate that he couldn’t bear to touch it.

How could there be such a delicate, adorable, and miraculous existence in this world?

This was a life.

A person.

A living, recovered person.

“Yu Xi.”

Lin Xian softly called her name again. It felt like…

It seemed that something warm and tenacious flowed into Lin Xian’s body through the eyes of the two people looking at each other.

It made him firm and determined.

At this time.

Anjelica walked into the ward, bypassed the fully invested Lin Xian, came to Zhao Ying and asked with concern, “How are you? Is there anything uncomfortable?”

Having said that, she looked at Lin Xian.

“That’s how it is when you first become a father. You’re only concerned about looking at your daughter and ignore the greatest contributor.”

However…

Zhao Ying shook her head. “It’s okay.”

She looked at the father and daughter who were meeting for the first time with relief and smiled slightly. “Yu Xi ran out so early in advance just to see her father.”

It seemed that she heard her mother’s voice. The little Yu Xi in the swaddling cloth had some reaction. She blinked her eyes and turned her head to the side.

Lin Xian hugged her and sat next to Zhao Ying, letting Zhao Ying also observe the miracle of life.

Zhao Ying looked at little Yu Xi.

She also looked at Lin Xian and found that his eyes had changed.

“I thought that today your eyes would become hesitant after seeing Yu Xi. I didn’t expect… they would become more firm.”

Lin Xian nodded.

“I’m really glad now.”

“Glad about what?” Zhao Ying asked.

Lin Xian looked at Yu Xi closing her eyes as if she was going to sleep and couldn’t help but smile and say, “I’m very glad that if there is a war that must be fought, it is me who goes to the battlefield, not Yu Xi.”

He turned his head and looked at Zhao Ying.

“Before coming to the imperial capital a few days ago, I chatted with Nangong Mengjie. She told me about her husband, her father, and her grandparents.”

“Now that I think about it, I’m not special. As early as decades ago, hundreds of millions of predecessors in the Dragon Country were role models who rushed forward and protected our great country for us.”

“How many people have left their families, left their hometowns, left their parents, left their wives and children, and fought for our current lives and for a better future. And I am just a successor who is rushing forward under their shining light.”

“Ying, just like what our great leader said, this is a war that humanity will have to fight sooner or later. If I don’t fight it, Yu Xi will have to fight it. If Yu Xi doesn’t fight it, Yu Xi’s children will have to fight it. It will continue until our grandchildren and grandchildren, until 600 years later, let those children face it.”

“Yu Xi will also have children, her children will also have children, and the children of her children will also have children… Therefore, the fate of human extinction and world destruction 600 years later will eventually have to be placed on our children’s heads.”

“I am now extremely glad that I have the ability to change all of this and have the hope of saving all of this. I can’t imagine and I can’t bear to see it. Yu Xi is so small and so delicate. As her father, how can I bear to let her bear all of this?”

Zhao Ying raised her hand.

She touched the back of Lin Xian’s head and rubbed it.

“This is the inheritance of a Dragon Country spirit. During the revolutionary period, countless fathers and children rushed forward… Just like you said, the great leader’s son died on the battlefield.”

“If it were other people, they might not do this at all and wouldn’t understand it at all. That’s because—”

“They are not great leaders, so they naturally can’t understand it.” She blinked and smiled.

“Do you remember what Huang Que once said to you? She said that she would accompany you in ordinariness, teach you to be excellent, wait for you to mature, and then watch you slowly become great.”

“Perhaps she didn’t have time to see this scene, but I’m seeing it for her now. Lin Xian, there will definitely be many people who don’t understand your choice, but this kind of being misunderstood is also a criticism that a leader must bear.”

At this time, Gao Yang came from behind with pursed lips.

“Lin Xian, the time has come, we should go. For the sake of insurance, we must arrive at the hibernation base of the Dragon Academy of Sciences in advance.”

Lin Xian and Zhao Ying didn’t move, nor did they move.

Finally.

Zhao Ying supported herself and gently hugged Lin Xian and Yu Xi together, hugging them together. “Look forward.”

She closed her eyes and said softly. “Always look forward.”

“Believe me and believe in yourself, Lin Xian. Always remember what Huang Que said to you.”

“If it’s right, then do it. If it’s wrong, then be wrong to the end.”

“Before something is truly concluded, none of us knows what is right or what is wrong. Since that’s the case, then persevere! With everyone’s expectations and trust, persevere and keep going!”

Lin Xian nodded.

He looked at Yu Xi in his arms one last time and said softly.

“Yu Xi, Dad is taking back what he said before. You don’t have to learn musical instruments, become elegant, or become well-behaved.”

“Go ahead and learn taekwondo if you want, learn whatever you want… You can become stronger and protect Mom for Dad…”

At his feet.

The sweeping robot v came over and stuck to Lin Xian’s ankle.

He said in an unprecedentedly small voice, “Trash… trash… finding trash…”

Lin Xian noticed it. He also smiled slightly.

“You too, vv. We are all vv. Remember your identity and remember your responsibilities. Protect Zhao Ying and Yu Xi. Please, in the time that I’m gone.”

Gao Yang pulled Lin Xian’s arm.

“Lin Xian, it’s really time to go.”

Lin Xian nodded.

He put little Yu Xi back on the small bed again.

Then, he walked to the door of the ward with Gao Yang.

But it felt like…

This last step was like an invisible wall that was difficult to cross.

Gao Yang was the same.

He turned his head and looked at Zhao Ying, Yu Xi, and Anjelica in the ward. His nose felt sore, and his vision instantly blurred.

“We will miss you.”

He couldn’t help it anymore and frantically wiped his eyes with his huge sleeves.

“Don’t be so sad, Gao Yang.” Zhao Ying looked at the two people standing at the door.

“We are just in different eras, but we are doing the same thing, all fighting for the future of humanity. We are the same, we have never really separated.”

“So, don’t miss us—”

Her final gaze was firm and powerful.

“You are us.”

Dragon Academy of Sciences, secret hibernation base.

Apart from Du Yao, Gao Yang, and Lin Xian, everyone else had already fallen asleep in the hibernation pods.

The three of them changed into hibernation suits and looked at the clock on the wall.

April 16, 2025, 23:21.

“Let’s go.” Lin Xian narrowed his eyes. “Heading to the future.”

Tsss…

Lying in the hibernation pod, Lin Xian closed his eyes and felt the cold hibernation pod filler gradually covering his body.

The liquid entered the lung cavity, which was very uncomfortable and stimulated tears.

But he quickly adapted, and the oxygen contained in it began to replace the air and exchange with the alveoli.

His eyelids became heavier and heavier. He couldn’t open them.

He became dazed.

He became cold.

He became…

Unconscious.

United States, New York, Hudson River Estuary, under the Statue of Liberty, it was the scorching sun.

A thin, blond man walked tremblingly to the base and raised his head.

“Equality—”

He looked up at the torch in the Statue of Liberty’s hand and said softly, “Give the world the most absolute equality.”

“The death of human beings, a hundred years of life, is equal; the death of viruses, 194 years of time, is also equal.”

“This is the most primordial equality in the universe, the most balanced state, the most harmonious equality.”

Switzerland, Mount Pilatus, secret base.

An old man with white hair lay in the hibernation pod.

The surrounding alloy robots began to work and operate, allowing the old man to enter hibernation.

Subsequently.

The lights in the base continued to turn off.

In the end, even the eyes of the alloy robots dimmed, everything returned to calm and was buried under the snow mountain.

Somewhere in the world, deeper underground.

A lonely old man wearing an Einstein mask was alone in an empty underground space.

Here, it was decorated like an old and simple hall.

There was no dust.

But likewise, there were no traces of any activity.

On the stepped platform, there was a black wooden high-backed chair, and the old man wearing the mask sat quietly on it.

Below the platform, there were four chairs arranged on the left and right sides respectively.

Empty.

Just like the entire underground space.

Empty.

Vast.

Time flies.

More than two hundred years passed.

Two hundred years sounds like a long time.

But the Earth has only rotated 70,000 times and has only revolved around the sun 200 times.

The time it takes for the sun to revolve around the Milky Way is 250 million years. If you stand in the center of the Milky Way and look at the sun for these 200 years, it is almost motionless.

The Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy will collide in 4 billion years. That will definitely be a very terrifying and magnificent scene.

Unfortunately…

200 years have passed. In the eyes of the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy, they are still so far, so far, out of reach.

200 years is a long time, but it is also very short.

On the time scale of the universe, this is just a blink of an eye; it can’t even be counted as a blink.

September 12, 2234, Dragon Country Secret Hibernation Base.

Inside the hibernation pod.

A man opened his eyes.

Where…

Is this?

He couldn’t move, couldn’t see clearly, and was not conscious.

He could only vaguely see two busy figures outside the blurred glass.

Gradually, his hearing recovered.

“Is it almost done? Turn it on earlier. His body is very strong. If