Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 1544 107. Making the ship return to port is like returning home

On Earth, the reconstruction efficiency after a series of disasters is very high.

The God Lord Dum holding the Infinity Gauntlet restored the sieved earth's surface to its pre-war state overnight.

This physical reshaping is not difficult.

What is really difficult is to allow the surviving lives to return to their original rhythm of life.

Just like Merlin felt at night, the pain and sorrow that permeated the whole world.

Almost everyone has lost their relatives and friends. The disaster that affects both individuals and the collective will inevitably lead to very intense hidden dangers and reflections.

The tragedy of the death of half of the people has already happened and cannot be changed.

The collective depression of a world will cause the civilizations existing in the world to enter a state of depression.

And everyone's heart is full of sadness, which will make the conventional order easily pushed to the brink of collapse.

No one wants to see a chaotic world after the disaster.

And those exhausted heroes still have to prepare for the final battle. They need to be inspired, they need a firm mind, and they need a high-spirited fighting spirit.

Pain can be transformed into motivation to move forward, while loss can trigger the anger of life instinct.

A lost soul needs direction.

They need to hate, they need something to keep them from breaking down.

This emotional transformation requires an opportunity.

At dawn on the second day after the disaster, the heroes of the East Coast were called.

They came to New York from various places, flew or passed through a quiet city, the streets that should have been full of traffic were full of dead silence, no longer the noise and vitality of the past.

Although the whole city has been tidied up very cleanly, the depression surrounding the city cannot be ignored.

Everyone is crying.

The world is crying too.

The place where the heroes were summoned was on the small pier of the original Hell's Kitchen, where a large monument like a cemetery stood on the leveled ground, and the smooth stone tablet was densely engraved with names.

That is the name of the dead.

"whoosh"

The golden-red Super Hunger Mark armor fell from the sky, and it landed in front of the heroes who gathered in twos and threes.

Accompanied by the sound of mechanical operation, Tony, wearing a black suit, with puffy eyes and a somewhat unshaven beard, stepped out of the opened battle suit.

He held a bouquet of white flowers in his hand, and under the gazes of the crowd behind him, this playboy bent down and placed the flowers in his hand under the monument.

His mood was more depressed than before. After putting down the bouquet, he stood up straight and bowed his head, as if to mourn for the victims.

This action infected many emotional people.

The Flash looked at Tony Stark's back, his body swayed slightly, and in the blink of an eye, he placed a large pile of mourning bouquets on the edge of the square.

One by one, the heroes stepped forward, picked up the mourning flowers, and went to the stone tablet to mourn.

In just ten minutes, the stone tablet was filled with flowers.

Although it was a very procedural behavior, the entire square became more and more peaceful.

In the snap that destroys the world, the heroes are the group that suffers the least crisis. The God Lord Dum used quantum spells to protect the vast majority of heroes, preventing them from dying.

This is a kind of luck, but also a kind of misfortune.

Although most of them didn't have much contact with the victims commemorated on this stele, they were all human beings, and they always felt sad when they witnessed disasters.

And the same collective mourning is not just happening here, there are similar commemorative activities in other parts of the world.

Europe, Asia, South America, Africa and other places are carrying out the same activities at the same time.

"This isn't just a collective tribute, folks."

After the silence, Steve Rogers, who spoke on behalf of the heroes of North America, walked to the front of the monument while everyone was listening and watching.

He was not wearing a battle suit, nor was he carrying a shield.

He was dressed no differently from the others. The black clothes represented the sustenance of grief. In the eyes of the captain, there was also pain and self-blame that could not be concealed.

He adjusted his mood, and his deep voice sounded in front of everyone.

他 说:

"We are gathered here today not just to apologize to the people we have failed to protect, nor just to awaken the worries in our hearts and let the pain eat our hearts."

"In the past few days, everyone present, including me, we have all experienced unimaginable torture and trials, and we fought to protect the world."

"we won."

The captain clenched his fists. He stopped and looked around the entire square. Thousands of eyes were looking at him, none of them showed the joy of victory, and there were still sobs in the crowd.

He continued:

"We have united and defeated countless monsters."

"We have driven back to their hells the demons that burst from the earth; we have kept alien monsters from the world; we have seen a planet merge with the earth."

"But we also failed."

"In the past night, I couldn't sleep at all. Every time I looked at my eyes, I couldn't help but recall the pain of innocent people dying, the pain that should have felt the same as us."

"They, the people we swore to protect, prayed for help as they died, but we failed to help them, and we failed to be there when they needed us most."

"The catastrophe happened, in the blink of an eye, so fast that we had no time to stop it."

The captain's voice became low, and he said:

"It's not only the post-war world that is devastated, but also the hearts of the guardians. Malice always has more penetrating power. That disaster broke through our heart defenses and devalued our victories to nothing."

"It's a tragedy, no one can deny that."

"Even if I say more gorgeous words and give more encouragement, it will not change the status quo we are facing."

"We are in silence, and we should be in silence."

This sentence resonated too much.

The heroes present were not in high spirits, and the eyes of kind-hearted young people like Peter Parker and Barry were red.

Aunt Mei, who was standing beside Peter, stretched out her hand and patted her nephew's shoulder. She gently took Peter's and Barry's arms, and shared the grief with her relatives.

Behind the heroes, some people who came spontaneously were also infected by this emotion, but they did not blame these heroes.

Everything that happened in the past few days is obvious to all. Although the result is not perfect, so many people can come to this silent ceremony today because of the credit of these people.

It is they who hold up the world in the most critical moment.

"I have heard people say that after experiencing life and death and rebirth, people always have a sense of mission instinctively."

The captain took a deep breath, and his voice sounded again, and he said:

"Just as extreme pain and loss can always wash away the cowardice in the heart, loss can turn an ordinary person into a fearless person, and we are the same."

"I know that many of us are dying to do something to save the situation."

"We are even willing to pay a high price in exchange for the return of those innocent people, so that the world can return to an era of peace."

"We'd love to do that, and...we can do that too!"

The captain's voice became louder.

His speech suddenly turned a corner, which also made the sharp-minded heroes present suddenly look up. They felt something different from the captain's speech.

In those stares mixed with anticipation and curiosity, Steve finally revealed the answer, and he said loudly:

"An opportunity lies before us, gentlemen."

"That's why I called everyone here today. Those lost can be found, and we can carry out another battle to save those we failed to save."

The captain pointed to the stone tablet behind him, and he said loudly:

"These victims, they just left temporarily, as long as we find the right way, we can bring them back!"

This immediately caused an uproar among the heroes.

If someone else had said these things here, he would have been denounced as fanciful.

But Steve Rogers, the legendary hero's words carry a lot of weight.

Many people below grew up listening to the stories of Captain America.

They want to believe him.

In this situation, Steve's terrifying charisma was almost immediate.

Everyone was looking at him. In the noisy discussion, all eyes were on him. They were all waiting for the captain to give the answer.

"We've found a way, gentlemen."

Steve put his hands on the podium, and he said loudly:

"After half a month, in New Asgard, we will formulate a battle plan, and at that time, we will announce everything to everyone."

"I'm not trying to trick you into forgetting the pain. I'm not willing to do that. I just hope that everyone can transform the pain and sorrow in their hearts and turn them into the driving force that supports us to move on."

"We still have a chance to save this!"

"We can still save this! If only we will act, if only we will unite again!"

"It's going to be a dangerous fight, it's going to be more dangerous and more difficult than any disaster we've had before."

他 说:

"Even many of us, including me, we may die in it, but if my sacrifice can bring back those victims and achieve the redemption of the past, then I will not refuse."

"Who would refuse such an honor?"

Steve raised his arms, and he said:

"I am calling on you here today, everyone. After 15 days, I will be waiting for your arrival in New Asgard."

"I will also go to the battlefield with you."

"This will be our last battle, and we will meet a new world with our own hands."

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"crash"

On the sea near the Antarctic Circle, the icy wind blows a deserted coast.

This coast is quite strange. It is not composed of rocky soil, but some irregularly gathered objects that exude metallic light, like a coastline made of steel.

It stretches for thousands of kilometers on the sea beyond the Antarctic Circle.

There are no sandy beaches on the metal shore, just a flat land that shines in the sun.

Looking back along the coast, at the end of the endless metal plain, there is a shadowy city.

It was a city being built.

The Cybertronians who returned from the stars, and the omnics from hell planned the city as quickly as possible, and it would be the first mechanical city built on the continent of Cybertron.

It will also be the first capital of mechanical civilization on Earth.

The robots had no idea, and called it "Cybertron" to commemorate the rebirth of the mechanical planet regarded as their hometown on Earth.

Merlin was standing on the shore right now, watching the sea below surge under the silver-gray stones.

The well-behaved little red queen stood beside him. The mechanical little girl looked around, her eyes were full of tension and anticipation.

"Will she really come?"

Alicia raised her head and looked at Merlin, she asked the same question for the 31st time, which woke Merlin who was thinking about something.

The latter turned his head and looked into Xiao Honghou's eyes. He chuckled lightly, reached out and stroked the girl's long hair like a living person, and said:

"She will come. How could she just leave her lovely daughter behind?"

These words eased Alicia's nervousness, and the little girl secretly glanced at the pensive Merlin.

She pursed her lips, then stretched out her hand and took the initiative to hold Merlin's fingers.

Like a little daughter holding her father's finger, she whispered:

"dad..."

"Ok?"

Lord Raven was used to seeing strong winds and waves, but he was still a little at a loss by this call.

But Merlin didn't take his finger away, he hesitated for a few seconds, and under Xiaohonghou's nervous gaze, he nodded slightly and made a nasal sound.

"Ah."

That counts as a response.

A look of joy immediately appeared on Xiao Honghou's face, and she was also afraid that Merlin would reject this further relationship, even though that was what her mother wanted to see.

"Yo, father and daughter get along well."

The glasses girl's teasing voice sounded behind Merlin and Xiao Honghou. They turned their heads at the same time, and saw a female image floating on the metal ground like a spirit body.

She has a slender and perfect body, surrounded by golden light, like wearing an ethereal veil.

She maintained her suspended posture with her hips akimbo. Behind her, the long blue hair composed of a halo defied gravity and swayed in the wind.

On the shoulders, in the air behind the head, there are still several light clusters dancing, as if wearing a god's crown for this strange spiritual body.

This is Icarus who has transformed into a spirit body.

"I salute you, the great goddess of machinery."

A trace of the tenderness of reunion flashed in Merlin's eyes, he coughed lightly, and pretended to bow down to Icarus to pay tribute.

Beside him, Xiao Honghou, who was holding Merlin's hand, also smiled like her father, raised the corner of her skirt, and made a standard lady's gift to her mother.

"Don't call me that, I don't like it."

Icarus curled her lips in dissatisfaction, she levitated forward, and reached out to hold Merlin's other arm.

As before, with a touch of nostalgia, she attached her spirit body to the raven's body, and while the long hair made of blue light fluttered, she kissed Merlin lightly on the cheek.

she says:

"I'm still Icarus."

"Only your glasses girl..."

(End of this chapter)