"Let me tell you a story that I saw with my own eyes." Luo Baoer walked aside and sat down and said.

Wang Yi looked at Luo Baoer and said, "Please tell me."

"About... it was three months before the victory of World War II. Allied pilots were repeating the mission of bombing Berlin every day. At that time, the Nazi German army was still resisting. Even if the Allied pilots were

In a situation of absolute superiority, there is a possibility of sacrifice every time you fly to Berlin...and the story I am going to tell you is related to these pilots." Luo Baoer said and raised his hand and waved lightly.

In the blink of an eye, the luxurious cabin disappeared.

Wang Yi heard the roar of the engine, smelled the smoke of the battlefield, and felt the confusion and hopelessness of the soldiers around him...

this……

Wang Yi looked at everything around him in shock. He stood up quickly and asked, "Master, what is this?"

"Don't worry, this is just a virtual image, you are still on your private plane." Luo Baoer was much more calm. After that, he pointed at the pilots behind Wang Yi and said, "They are from three different countries, one is from the United States,

One is from England and one is from France."

…

The young man from the United States had just arrived at this temporary air base less than three months ago. The previous pilot of the plane he took over was also an American and was about the same age as him.

The pilot had been shot at that time, but he flew the plane back to the base in the cold wind and died on the runway. He was a respectable hero.

As for the British pilot, he has been here for almost half a year. Six months ago, he had always been the ace of the Royal Air Force. He destroyed thirty-one German aircraft in the air. He was an ace pilot in the true sense.

However, he has made repeated mistakes in the past half month, and was almost shot down by the remaining German pilots several times.

The French pilot and the British ace pilot had the best relationship, but recently they had a lot of conflicts, and they often quarreled for no apparent reason, and even got into fights.

The doctors at the base gave them some sedative drugs, but to no avail.

But today, when the three of them sat together to accept the assignment of guards, there was no more quarrel.

But when their flight formation landed at the airport in the evening, only the French pilot was left.

The American young man and the British ace pilot are both gone.

The officer asked for details, but the French pilot just said that they were returning together, but they disappeared on the way back, and no one knew where they went.

This is not the first time that similar disappearances have occurred.

Over the past year, more than a dozen planes have disappeared on their way back.

They were not shot down in Berlin, but they mysteriously disappeared on the way back from victory... This made the officers at the base feel very confused and uneasy.

He had no way to explain it to his superiors, and he had no way to label these highly decorated pilots as deserters.

All he could say was...they were missing...

…

At this point in the story, Luo Baoer looked up and asked Wang Yidao, "Do you know where they went?"

Wang Yi shook his head, he had never heard of this story.

Luo Baoer sighed and said, "After Germany surrendered, the European battlefield finally returned to peace, but the investigation on the missing pilots was not over. At that time, the Allied forces dispatched many aircraft to search on the return routes of these missing pilots, and ruled out the Army's targeting

Investigations were conducted at suspicious locations, but no trace of the missing pilots was found. Although some experts later believed that it was necessary to calculate their flight radius and expand the search circle based on the fuel remaining when they returned, but after Japan surrendered, this matter was

Completely put aside, no one cares about where these pilots have gone. They may be still alive or dead. In short, they are unified as heroes and are respected by future generations."

The more Wang Yi listened, the more curious he became. He frowned and said, "Then...where did they go? Did no one really look for them again?"

Luo Baoer smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, where they went, the French pilots and officers at the base knew very well at that time, but it happened too bizarrely and could easily cause adverse consequences, so they all chose to remain silent."

, and after Victory Day came, the French pilot died of excessive drinking on the night of the big carnival, and the officer also disappeared, so no one knows the truth except me... I saw the final destination of those pilots."

"where?"

"A lake." Luo Baoer waved his hand again, and the atmosphere of the battlefield in front of them disappeared, and they appeared on the shore of a gorgeous lake.

This lake is not too big, and it is surrounded by dense forests and numerous mountains and rivers, giving it a very quiet feeling of paradise.

When he saw the lake, Wang Yi frowned and said, "Are they hiding?"

Luo Baoer shook his head, pointed to the lake and said, "They chose to sleep in this lake."

"Ah?!" Wang Yi was shocked. "You mean? They all crashed in this lake?"

"It didn't crash." Luo Baoer corrected. He raised his head and looked at the sky and said, "It was just that he drove the plane here and then plunged into the middle of the lake."

As soon as he finished speaking, the roar of airplane engines could be heard in the sky.

When Wang Yi looked up, he saw two planes flying down one by one.

The one in front is very fast, and the one in the back is obviously slower.

Wang Yi quickly thought that this was most likely the plane flown by the British ace pilot and the American pilot that Luo Baoer had just shown him.

Swooping from the sky to the center of the lake only happens in the blink of an eye.

Wang Yi was frightened by the explosions and waves.

One step at a time, no hesitation...

"They...why?" Wang Yi couldn't figure it out. "Haven't they already defeated Berlin? Aren't they about to win?!"

Luo Baoer said, "That's what I said as a person who later enjoyed the shade under the big tree. For those who are tired of war, have lost hope, and no longer have any expectations for peace, it is better to choose to sleep here than to be frightened every day."

Trembling."

After hearing these words, Wang Yi felt as if someone had grabbed him hard.

"On the road to peace, countless people shed their blood and sacrificed their lives. Some of them persisted until the end, some died on the battlefield, and some... just like these hopeless pilots... chose to sleep here."

Luo Baoer paused and continued, "Actually, the deaths of these people have no representative meaning. The initial trigger was the choice made by a veteran who had been in the war for four years after learning that all his family members were killed before the Normandy landing. His rhetorical question

It became the ecstasy of more than a dozen people who followed him. In this environment, people can be so strong that it’s amazing, but also so fragile that it’s unbelievable..."

Wang Yi listened to the whole story in a daze, and he fell into deep thought.

Luo Baoer waved his hand again, and the lake and forest disappeared. They returned to the cabin. At this time, the private plane had flown through the center of the Pacific Ocean and was about to arrive in Chinese airspace.

After a long time, Wang Yi looked up and asked, "Master... do we really have hope?"

Luo Baoer said lightly, "I don't know."

Wang Yi was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

Yes... who can be sure of victory?

Even if it is possible to persist for a few more months before victory and peace arrive, some people will still choose to give up.

Only those with a strong will can be "lucky" to see the dawn of the future.

This is when Wang Yi suddenly remembered something his mother often said to him - "It won't always be dark, and it won't rain forever. The sky will get brighter as we go, and you will always see the sun again after passing through the rain curtain."

.”

Thinking of this, Wang Yi made a decision and said seriously, "Master, I understand. If I can really do something, I will not choose to retreat."

After hearing these words, the last doubt in Luo Baoer's eyes finally dissipated.

He looked at Wang Yidao and said, "What I want is your words. In fact, compared to the forerunners who set out on the road of exploration, those of us who follow the footsteps of the forerunners are already very lucky. As long as there are still people who firmly believe that this world can

To usher in a better future, hope is still there!”

In the past, Wang Yi would have laughed when he heard such high-sounding words, but at this moment, he had a surging sense of mission, and suddenly felt that his disdain and cynicism were actually very shameful.

Everyone living today is a "smart person", but just over a hundred years ago, those people who overthrew feudalism, defeated fascism and finally established a republic, weren't they smart enough?

Does every progress of human civilization rely on the "smartness" of "living in the present" and "self-interest and selfishness"?

What's more, there is no substantive confrontation or dispute this time.

What mankind has to challenge is the limitations of its own civilization structure. Only by having the courage to break out of a cocoon and become a butterfly can it be possible to strive for a more glorious future.

This is not arrogance! This is faith and hope.

Although Wang Yi was not a soldier, he suddenly realized at this moment that as a human being, you can not only achieve personal success, but also achieve success for your family and country, and perhaps the pattern can be bigger.

Even ordinary individuals should think about what they, as ordinary people, can do for the entire human society.

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(This chapter is not finished yet)

"Before... I always felt that as an ordinary person, what I could do was limited. I was small and insignificant, and it was okay to have unrealistic ideas in my mind. Once I implemented them, it would be like a small tree, and I would not overestimate my capabilities. But now

I really wanted to suddenly realize that it is precisely because everyone has the same idea and everyone's consciousness is the same numbness that makes society as a whole become more and more indifferent and self-interested," Wang Yi said.

After a pause as he spoke, he took out a letter from his coat and said, "There is an avalanche, and not a single snowflake thinks that he is guilty. Just like when each of us plays the role of a 'bad guy' in society, and when social problems break out in a concentrated manner,

We don't look for the reasons within ourselves, because we think our influence on the world is too limited... We don't want to do things well because we feel we can't change anything, but we do it unconsciously.

We have made so many "bad decisions" that when these "bad decisions" bear negative consequences, we are all baffled and think it is a problem with the system..."

After saying that, Wang Yi took out the invitation letter from the envelope, took a look at it and said, "Over the years, I don't know why... Oh no, Chu Yunlan has ever doubted me, but she has become accustomed to letting me participate in organizations.

business, this invitation letter..."

He handed it to Luo Baoer.
To be continued...