"Man is like a feather, life is like a weed,

Hopeless, mean and proud,

Nothing to expect, nothing to beg for,

Destiny is like a knife, let me teach you..."

Ella put her chin on Li Yu's shoulder and listened quietly.

After the last line was sung and a few seconds passed, the girl softly said, "It sounds so good."

"Thanks."

"Is this your favorite song?"

"Not really, it's just that I promised Filoni that I would sing this to him if I had the opportunity in the future."

Ella was silent for a while and whispered: "The entertainment works of the old era, those things you were once familiar with, are now treasures to us. Too many things disappeared during the period of the collapse of civilization. After that, the Kingdom of God

A lot has been erased..."

Li Yu suddenly asked: "How did the civilization of the old era collapse?"

Ella: "Probably because of nanomachines. This technology has made body repair at the molecular level a reality. The lifespan of the rich has been greatly extended, but ordinary people cannot afford expensive nanomachines. From New York to London, people all over the world

The top leaders have been immortal for decades, and as a result, both ordinary people and the second generation who are waiting for inheritance or taking power find it unbearable..."

Li Yu suddenly realized: "In order to protect themselves, those old immortals at the top will further tighten their grip on power and continue to invade the next generation of elites and people. In the end, conflicts will intensify and the world will be in chaos?"

Ella: "Maybe that's the case. We still don't know how the Great Collapse happened, but in short, the earth's society did collapse, and civilization regressed significantly. After that, the pioneers on Mars came back collectively, bringing complete sets of

Its technological system crushed everyone else’s.”

Li Yu: "Is that the so-called first year of the advent of the gods?"

Ella smiled: "Oh, that's about it. Speaking of which, what's the matter with you? I learned from some information that after the invention of the nanomachine, you were the first volunteer to participate in the experiment. Why did you

Are you willing to be a guinea pig?"

"It's very simple, because my family's business failed and we owed money. When I was a child, my family was pretty good, and I never worried about money until I went to college. But then my parents' factory's capital chain broke and I owed a large amount of debt.

, unable to turn around. I was studying abroad at the time, and happened to be exposed to that project. The project organizer was from Wall Street, and the most indispensable thing was money."

"What you're studying is nanomachines?"

"No, nanomachines was just an immature project at that time, and there were no majors in it. I majored in molecular biology, and my mentor was involved in the nanomachines project. I came into contact with him through him. After my family's debts were reduced,

, my dad had no choice but to commit suicide. Of course I couldn't stay out of it, so I discussed it with the project leader. It just so happened that they were also short of experimenters at that time, so they offered me a good price..."

Perhaps because it had been so long, Li Yu's tone at this time was very calm, as if he was telling someone else's story. There was not much anger or sadness, just a little bit sad.

Ella asked again: "Then they froze you?"

Li Yu: "Because in the past, freezing the human body would inevitably damage the brain and some fragile core tissues. But with nanomachines, they can protect fragile tissues and not be damaged when frozen. In fact, there

I woke up twice after that.

The first time was half a year later, when I saw that the project was progressing by leaps and bounds, and my parents’ debts had been paid off. Of course, it could only be in the form of video chat, and we couldn’t meet in person. The second time I woke up, it was already more than ten years later, and I

My parents are still alive, but they can no longer video chat."

Ella: "Why?"

Li Yu: "Because they thought I was dead. According to the agreement at that time, the reward for my volunteering to be an experimental subject was divided into two payments. The second payment was in the name of pension, and it has already arrived in their account."

After a moment of silence, Ella said softly: "They shouldn't be happy..."

Li Yu: "That's better than committing suicide. Anyway, after hibernating after that, when you wake up, you will go directly to the floating city of the Kingdom of God more than a century later. As soon as you wake up, they will be carried into the arena.

Almost a year later, you showed up. Well, this is basically my experience, what about you?"

"Me..." the girl muttered, "my experience is more complicated than yours, and many things involve the secrets of the Mage Association, so I can't tell you."

Li Yu sneered and said: "I understand, we must keep it a secret."

Ella hesitated for a while and then suddenly said: "But not everything needs to be kept secret. There are two things that I can tell you clearly. First, my childhood was not on the earth, but on Mars."

Li Yu: "The group of people who pioneered Mars? Sure enough, you were originally one of the gods of the Kingdom of God."

Ella smiled and said: "That's right, and then the second point... very, very few people know about this matter. I told you, but you have to keep it a secret for me."

Li Yu: "My sense of confidentiality has been tested for a long time."

"In the association, I have a nickname called 'The Immortal Man', because no matter how dangerous the situation is, I will not die even if others are dead. Do you know why?"

Ella asked rhetorically first, and then gave the answer:

"Because I never use my body to act."

Li Yu was not surprised, and just responded: "No wonder you didn't panic at all even after being blown up to only the upper half of your body."

Ella: "Have you already guessed it?"

Li Yu: "Yeah, I guessed it. So where is your real body hidden now?"

Ella chuckled and said: "That's the secret that can't be told..."

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Before the sun set below the horizon, Li Yu carried Ella to his destination.

This is an old city ruins.

Under countless incomplete skyscrapers, there are streets submerged in yellow sand. Drought-resistant plants tenaciously poke out among the remaining bricks and rubble. Under half of the missing walls, insects are chirping in the shadows.

Li Yu walked into this abandoned city.

"Actually, I have been thinking about it all the way..." Ella said hesitantly, "The original plan will not work. There is a traitor among the people who are supporting us. So, you can only walk to our sphere of influence on foot, but this is possible

Somewhat dangerous."

Li Yu shrugged: "Compared to the arena, I think this danger is nothing."

Ella: "But it can be safer. For example, I will install a main control chip for you here."

Hearing this proposal, Li Yu couldn't help but be stunned and stopped subconsciously.

He asked: "Is there a spare main control chip here?"

The girl solemnly said: "No, the main control chip is very precious. You can only buy it at a high price within the Mage Association. Of course I can't put a spare one in the emergency stronghold. That would be too luxurious. But I can give you mine.

.The chip I am using now is originally a modified version of the one used by the normal human body."

At this time, there happened to be a main control chip inside this broken body.

Li Yu swallowed: "Then...if I install a chip, will my combat effectiveness be improved?"

Ella: "Significantly improved. In the future, you can also inject nanomachines into the body, and the improvement will be even more obvious."

Li Yu thought for a while and sighed: "If I had known this, I should have dug out Lily's main control chip before leaving."

Ella said with a joking smile: "That is a new generation of God's product. God knows how many backdoors there are. Do you dare to use it with confidence?"

"That's true."
Chapter completed!