Immortal, My Desperate Journey at 40k

Chapter 969 Under the Sunlight and Moonlight (The Finale)

A massive transport ship traversed the edge of a star system, entering its interior directly and arriving at the orbit of a planet within it. What a beautiful planet it was! What a beautiful star system it was! It possessed a dazzling star and eight planets. The star system was so radiant and beautiful. The eight planets revolved around the star, especially the blue planet. That blue planet was like a sapphire adorning the dark backdrop of the universe. It was so beautiful. The blue planet displayed both blue and green hues; blue represented its oceans, while green represented its continents.

On the continents of this planet lie vast forests and creatures whose genes have been replicated from various organisms of the ancient Terra era. In this beautiful world, you can see butterflies fluttering among the trees, birds soaring over mountains, and whales leaping out of the ocean. The natural environment of this world is just like that of the ancient Terra. Strolling through the forest, you can even hear the songs of the local birds.

The massive transport ship remained stationary in orbit around this world. Inside, Wang Ming stood on the shuttle deck, gazing at the azure planet. He looked at this blue world, so identical to the one he remembered. This world was a one-to-one replica of Ancient Terra. Everything about it—its terrain, its creatures, and all its parameters—was a perfect replica of Ancient Terra, achieved using technology from the Federation of Humanity.

Even the stars in this world are the same, as are the other seven planets in this galaxy. They are all replicas of the ancient solar system that once existed in ancient Terra. Moreover, this galaxy is located very close to Holy Terra. It was placed about 4.8 light-years away from Holy Terra by a special space folding device. The area it is in is not the real universe, but a space jointly constructed by Eldar technology and human technology. From the outside, this huge galaxy is just a small point of light, and its gravity and some other things have been completely isolated from the real universe.

As for why such a galaxy was created and then hidden away with such care, it was mainly to prevent its existence from affecting Holy Terra. After all, the star systems in the universe are in motion, and it is difficult to guarantee that some accidents will not happen. So, to be on the safe side and avoid those troubles, Wang Ming used this space to isolate this galaxy.

"What do you think? After all this is over, I'll retire in this world with my brothers."

Wang Ming looked at the azure planet, staring at that sapphire-like world, and asked a question to a figure beside him.

"Very nice, how beautiful!"

The figure looked at the azure planet, stretched out his hands, and extended them toward the azure world, as if he wanted to lift it up with his hands. And as he stretched his hands toward that future world, from his perspective, his hands did indeed lift the azure world up.

Then he walked towards this blue world. Yes, he walked towards this blue world. His feet trod on the void, as if stepping on invisible staircases. He walked towards that world, and Wang Ming smiled helplessly after seeing his actions. He walked with him towards that world. The two walked like this for an unknown amount of time until they finally reached the clouds above this world. They walked through the clouds, through the sky, and finally reached the ground.

Then the two began to stroll through the dense forests of this world, wandering through its beautiful natural environment. As they walked, they looked at the trees, the tiny creatures flying by, and the flocks of birds soaring overhead, listening to their chirping songs. It all seemed like a scene from a dream. But thanks to the technology of the Human Federation and the efforts of the Twenty-first Legion, this world had reappeared in the Milky Way.

"You know, I've walked through this kind of environment more than once. Back then, I never imagined how much I would miss those beautiful scenes and those past memories now."

The figure walked through the dense forest, speaking to Wang Ming as he spoke, and Wang Ming nodded in response.

"You're actually just reminiscing about the most glorious era of humankind, an era when humanity suffered no hardship, an era when humanity didn't need to worry about threats to the stars. In that era, humanity didn't need to worry about anything; they just needed to live well, living in a world like a garden, gazing at the stars in the sky, unaware of how many enemies were lurking there."

Wang Ming looked at the guy beside him. He stared at the avatar created by the Emperor using his spiritual power. Looking at this guy, Wang Ming suddenly felt like he was taking a walk with an elder in his family. After hearing what this guy had said earlier, he also understood why the guy was so nostalgic for the scenes he had seen in the past. In fact, he was not nostalgic for the scenes he had seen in the ancient Terra era, nor was he nostalgic for those memories. He was nostalgic for the era when humanity had not entered the galaxy and there was no threat. In that era, humanity did not need to worry about threats from the galaxy, nor did it need to imagine every star in the sky as its enemy.

All they needed to do was live well on that blue planet. All they needed to do was survive. They didn't need to worry about anything from outside this world. They would just look at the beautiful starry sky and imagine what would happen after humanity flew to the vast Milky Way. In that era, if people knew that these things would happen in the future, they would definitely think that this was just an absurd gothic space opera. No one would really think that what was happening in this universe was their future, and no one would think that their future would be as bad as the history of this universe now.

"Perhaps, actually I don't know why... Ah... that must be a memory of other rituals, that must be some emotion from other consciousnesses."

Nils, the incarnation of the Emperor beside Wang Ming, looked at Wang Ming and gently placed his palm on a large tree beside him, feeling the texture of the bark. Without turning his head, he spoke to Wang Ming, who nodded after hearing his words. He didn't care whether Nils saw him nod or not.

Nils' fingers traced the bark of the large tree, admiring its texture. After a while, as if discovering something new, he beckoned Wang Ming to his side. Wang Ming immediately came to Nils's side and, following Nils's finger, looked at a small hole in the bark. Inside that hole, a furry head was peeking out.

“A dormouse. We introduced all the corresponding creatures according to the entire biological lineage of Ancient Terra and their habitats. At the same time, we also replicated their living environment. With this little guy here, there's really not much to be surprised about.” Wang Ming looked at the little guy that Nils was pointing to. After seeing the two humans in front of him, the little guy was also afraid and shrank its head back into the tree hole.

"Yes, I shouldn't be so surprised, but please forgive my surprise. After all, in my memory, or rather, in the memory of this consciousness, I have never seen this creature before. In my memory, I only have a vague memory of this creature or all the creatures that once existed on Ancient Terra."

Niels looked at the small tree hole, raised his head slightly, and looked into the hole. He observed the small animals inside while talking to Wang Ming.

"I hope the consciousness of the other emperors is as human as yours. Otherwise, if you continue like this, you will lose all your human memories. If you really become the Dark King, I will have to spend time getting rid of you."

Wang Ming looked at Nils in front of him and spoke to him in a joking manner, as if he were talking to the Emperor. In fact, it was almost the same thing; Nils was just an incarnation of the Emperor.

After observing the small animal for a while, Nils continued their journey across the world. As they traversed different terrains and landmasses, the sun above them slowly set, and then the moon gradually appeared, a full moon hanging in the sky. Its light shone on the ground, draping the world in a silvery-white garment called moonlight.

Moonlight filtered through layers of leaves, weaving silver spots on the ground. Nils stopped and looked up at the full moon. The silvery halo swirled in his pupils, as if an entire galaxy was floating within it.

"Look at the moon, it even perfectly replicates the craters on it, how beautiful it is."

He suddenly chuckled softly, his fingertips tracing the outline of the moon in the air. He looked at the moon in this world, at the moon replicated by the Twenty-first Legion, and some memories in his mind seemed to be awakened.

Wang Ming followed his gaze and saw the moonlight fall on his epaulets, the insignia of the 21st Army Corps gleaming coldly in the night.

That's why it's called a replica.

He kicked a pebble at his feet, which rolled across the leaf-strewn ground with a soft rustling sound. The replication of all the worlds in this star system was a huge undertaking for the Twenty-first Legion. They had compiled all the survey data of the Human Federation on the solar system, as well as all the data that humanity had previously collected on the solar system, in order to replicate this almost perfect solar system.

The two walked along a winding stream. The water shimmered under the moonlight, and occasionally a school of silver fish would leap out of the water, leaving a trail of water droplets. These droplets landed on the surface of the water, creating tiny ripples. Suddenly, Nils squatted down and reached his hand into the stream.

"What are you doing?"

Wang Ming watched as Nils dipped his hand into the stream and scooped out some freshwater shellfish. Looking at the shellfish in Nils' hand, he asked him curiously, wondering what the Emperor was going to do with them.

This time, however, Nils did not respond to Wang Ming's words. He simply scooped out more freshwater shellfish from the stream, muttering to himself as he did so. When Wang Ming understood what he was saying, he gave up on asking Nils any more questions. He simply watched the man searching for freshwater shellfish in the stream. The man's figure gradually transformed into a boy in front of him. He was a boy with dark skin, long black hair, and wearing primitive trousers sewn from animal hides.

“Every full moon, I would go to the fisherman to exchange some seashells, and then use them to make my father’s eyes…”

The boy's murmur was so clear in Wang Ming's ears, but he paid no attention to the boy. He simply smiled and sat down by the stream, gazing at the starry sky above. Although this galaxy was folded within space, the starry sky of the real universe could still be seen within it. How dazzling and beautiful that starry sky was! There was no more war, no more enemies to threaten humanity. His desperate journey was finally over. No matter what might happen in the future, no matter what accidents or threats humanity might face, he and his brothers only needed to act as guardians of human civilization, protecting it for the long years to come.