Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 241 Destruction from 42 Light Years Away

2088 years.

"A 200-year journey of suffering, the revival of an ancient country..."

On the same day, a well-known VR media said so in the three-dimensional news.

On that day, an event that many people had expected happened. The "World War III" that lasted for more than [-] years came to an end. With the end of the battle on the last Atlantic island, the two The war between small countries is over, and the Three World Wars are also over.

After entering the millennium, the changes in the world pattern have exceeded everyone's expectations. A huge eastern country has risen rapidly. In the past few decades, this ancient country has taken away little by little everything that belonged to the world's most powerful country. Glory.

The world's largest GDP, the first manned landing on Mars, the country with the largest penetration rate of artificial intelligence...

Under many obstacles, the rise of this country exceeded everyone's predictions in the millennium. Until the outbreak of the "World War III", the total GDP of this country was 1.2 times that of the world's most powerful country. It has strongly impacted the dominance of the world's most powerful country in all directions, so World War Three broke out.

But unlike any military strategists in the past, the form of this world war is different from what everyone imagined. The giants separated by thousands of miles and at both ends of the earth did not directly engage in a bloody confrontation, but calmly and cautiously used the numerous forces in their hands to fight against each other. Proxy nations are at war among the invisible.

On the islands in the Atlantic Ocean, on the Gobi in Africa, on the deserts of the Middle East, in the cities of Europe, in the jungles of Southeast Asia, on the ice sheets of the North and South Poles...in every corner of the world, every day Behind any war in a region, there are more or less shadows of two behemoths, and the two behemoths have involved most countries in the world in the flames of war between the invisible tacit understanding.

It's like two chess players manipulating the chess pieces in their hands, calmly pushing the chess pieces in their hands, fighting and killing each other, but there is an invisible tacit understanding.

The casualties of this "third world war" are not as good as those of the previous two world wars, but the scale and spatial scale involved are far greater than those of the previous two world wars.In the end, during the 23-year long war, the situation of one ebb and flow gradually became apparent, the direction of victory and defeat became clear, and the war gradually came to an end.

On an Atlantic island, the soldiers of two small countries shook hands and made peace, and the two big countries also shook hands.

America, which is isolated from the world island, is no longer able to control the situation on the world island. The former world's most powerful country silently retreats to the mainland of America, licking its wounds, and that ancient country once again stands on top of the world.

Fifty stars dimmed, but the brilliance of those five stars spread over the whole world.

"...human beings should not be trapped on this small planet. As humans in this era, we should have the determination and confidence to open up a new world for our descendants..."

In that United Nations meeting, with all the nations of the world looking on, diplomats from ancient lands gave New Year's speeches.

……

After the New Year's speech, the calm diplomats walked backstage. The apparent ceremony was over, but there was still a more difficult battle waiting for all mankind.

"Chen, I haven't seen you for many years."

Looking at the middle-aged diplomat, the thin young man who had been waiting in a chair stood up and bowed slightly with a smile.Old-fashioned gold-rimmed glasses over his smiling eyes, as old and conservative as he and the organization behind him.

"Mr. Roman, I kept you waiting."

The diplomat nodded to him.

"It's about the cause of all mankind, so it doesn't hurt to wait a little longer."

The skinny young man shook his head.

Neither of them is used to talking nonsense. On such an urgent matter, what is needed is to deal with it quickly. Therefore, from the beginning, the debate between the two parties went straight to the point.

"... Your request for assistance from our country is very important to our country, but after careful discussion, our country believes that it is not necessary to put all our energy on space exploration..."

The diplomat surnamed Chen said frankly.

For this regime that has just taken over the world, the world is far from being stable enough. The huge unemployment brought about by artificial intelligence can lead to World War III, and it can also destroy this unstable country.

The application of artificial intelligence has changed the mode of operation of the world, and this ancient country has benefited a lot from it. Although the organization represented by the thin young people and the things they request are very important and related to the destiny of mankind, on this occasion, Many upper echelons of the ancient country still tend to sort out internal affairs and diplomacy first, rather than urgently carry out space exploration.

Opening up a new world is a motivating slogan and the ultimate goal of this ancient kingdom.But looking at the stars in the sky, you should also be careful not to fall into the pit.

Roman listened quietly, he had already expected the difficulty of the negotiations on this trip.Gently pushing the glasses on the bridge of his nose, he shook his head and said.

"Chen, I understand your thinking, and I understand your country's thinking, but I have some new information that I want to share with you."

Along with his action of pushing his eyes, an illusory projection appeared in front of several people, listing a lot of data and reports on it, as well as three-dimensional images about space.

The diplomat carefully looked at the data above, his calm face could not tell what he was thinking.

"42 light-years away, a star disappeared? Why haven't we got the intelligence yet."

Turning his gaze away from the virtual projection, the diplomat asked calmly.

"This is a message from 10 minutes ago, which was detected by our artificial intelligence. You don't pay enough attention to this aspect, so there is no news for you yet, but in a few hours, you should be able to get the news."

The skinny young man explained.

After speaking, he was inexplicably silent for a while, and then said.

"Chen, before my grandfather passed away, Old Roman often told me to be afraid. I didn't understand it at the time, but now I seem to understand."

"84 years ago, that is, in the 2004 incident in 124, the Manhattan district of New York was bombed. Of course, this is just an outside story. In fact, a beam of light shot out from... the pupil of that existence, and that beam of light split the Atlantic Ocean. , evaporated seawater, and knocked Saturn out of a big hole. After 84 years, we thought everything would end with the death of that being, but it turned out not to be the case.”

"That beam of light is still advancing. In the cold and dead universe, there is a beam of light that is advancing endlessly. The huge star 42 light-years away from us has been wiped out in front of it, and at this point, we have until now Only now, 84 years later, do I realize that…”

Speaking, Roman shook his head.

In the face of such a great force that easily erases the stars, the human beings who are still clinging to this tiny planet are really insignificant.And this light that can easily wipe out an entire star is just a beam of light that escaped from the eyes of that existence 84 years ago.

"Chen, it has not disappeared, it is still looking at us, and that beam of light is its contempt and ridicule for us. This planet has nurtured us, but we should not stay on this rock forever, we must escape, Otherwise, we will never have a chance to escape in the future.”

Roman looked at the diplomat in front of him with a heavy face.

In front of his gaze, the diplomat thought about it, and finally said seriously.

"Mr. Roman, I will report all this back to my country."

……

The diplomat had already left, and Roman sat back on the chair. After a long while, he suddenly spoke.

"Kelly, do you know why Grandpa founded a monastery within the organization?"

Forty years ago, the old Roman, who was nearly ninety years old, secretly founded a monastery within the Freemasonry. The form and structure of this monastery were similar to those of the former Monastery of Mount Sion, and they adhered to the same creed. .

Beside him, Kelly didn't speak.

He is the guardian of silence, no need to speak, just a stone statue when Roman wants to talk to himself.

As for Kelly's silence, Roman didn't care, just murmured.

"Now that I think about it, Grandpa must have hoped that I could enter the Priory, but I refused because I thought it was boring there... The Priory, the last guardian? The Freemasonry annexed the Priory Yes, but inexplicably it seems to be integrated by a monastery. Grandpa, what were you thinking back then."

After a long silence, it was already dark outside the window without realizing it.

Looking at the stars in the night sky, Roman suddenly spoke.

"Kelly, a star is missing."

Beside him, Kelly did not speak, still silent.

Beside the window, the gloomy-faced man was looking at the night sky, thinking about something in his heart.

……

On the chessboard of the crystal sky, the monster with thousands of heads and thousands of legs struggled hard, trying to break free from the chessboard.

600 years ago, the monster with countless heads is now constantly reducing the number of its own heads.The largest of the heads has been formed, and it may not be too long before they all come together.

The thousand-headed monster stared at the planet, as if seeing a sleeping giant inside the planet.

"Roar……"

The thousand-headed monster growled lowly on the chessboard.

Vigilant, fearful, but also with a fighting spirit.

(End of this chapter)