novelraw Chapter 983 - 33: Congratulations, Congratulations, Congratulations to You
Chapter 983 - 33: Congratulations, Congratulations, Congratulations to You
In the palm of her hand bloomed a red lotus, gently pushed forward, completely engulfing Du Zexin’s body, fiercely burning.
Du Zexin’s memory backup, she held two copies, one she self-stored and handed over to that child, the other was in a chip carrier, a gift personally given by Du Zexin to Li Aozi.
As the last piece of alloy was swallowed by flames, she turned around, transformed into a stream of light, and flew towards Azure Star.
At this point, Lord Entropy’s crisis was completely resolved.
Personally for her, due to the time difference between planets, she only experienced about 15 years, but for all the military and civilians of Azure Star, it was a bitter struggle, heroic fighting for forty years.
People took elevators, anxiously walking out from the Underground City, the heavy gates slowly opened, immediately engulfed by the brilliant sunlight.
They raised their palms, shielding their vision; hundreds of years later, the human eyeball was already not well adapted to the intensity of natural light, needing to slowly wait a few minutes for the pupils to regain focus.
Later, they were surprised to find that the snow had already melted, the cold winter of the long night had finally ended.
The sky was no longer a gray protective barrier, the clear blue sky like freshly washed clothes, beautiful and pure. The morning breeze gently tugged at the white clouds, intertwined above the sky in scenes of reluctance to part.
A child removed the protective helmet, looked at the sky, suddenly excited, pulling the prosthetic limb of the guardian, exclaiming with joy:
"Mom, look, birds!"
"Where are there birds, you silly child, birds have long been extinct."
The guardian laughed, patting the child’s head:
"You must have seen the Frost Plated Air Force fighters, they are indeed heroes, iron birds guarding the sky."
"No, they really are birds."
The child firmly pointed at the silhouette flying across the sky:
"Wings, feathers, and many more!"
People looked up, gazing at the sky, surprised to discover, dense flocks of wild geese passing through the sky.
"They really are birds! They actually survived."
"Is this called... wild geese? I heard that in spring, when the temperature warms, they return."
"What is spring? But it’s truly wonderful, seeing normal animals on this planet at last, it’s not easy."
From Frost Plated’s border cities to the People’s Square of Sky Ring, people gathered together, a brief silence followed, immediately erupted into ecstatic joy.
A veteran from Sky Ring walked onto the street, watching the jubilant young people, hesitating a moment, pulling a Frost Plated person who looked like an intellectual, asking:
"Is this victory?"
"How much land did we seize from the Outer World people?"
"Not an inch, sir."
"You’re joking, right? When has there ever been a war not for seizing territory?" The old man couldn’t believe it: "It must be Gretto His Majesty forced other countries to sign unequal treaties again, seizing a large population and industrial resources."
"No, the era of Ring King ended forty years ago. It’s the Republic era now, there’s no emperor."
"I’ve been hiding underground for too long—wait, without Ring King, what kind of war was this?"
"A war against Lord Entropy, against gods, against darkness and cold, and we won."
The Frost Plated person gently said:
"We don’t invade anyone, we just defended our land, that’s all."
"That’s not easy, if Sky Ring always fights for human peace and continuance, then who would hate us?"
The veteran said:
"Lord Entropy is more powerful than gods; you must have suffered a lot, endured much torment."
"Heh heh."
The Frost Plated person shook his head:
"We survived."
Every street and alley was crowded with people, the flags of Sky Ring and Frost Plated flew high. The two nations once believed to be the most morally corrupt among the great powers, now became embraced heroes.
For no reason other than when the world faced danger, a crisis of human survival, the two countries put aside past grievances, bravely resisting the Apostles of Entropy, united in a plan to defeat Lord Entropy.
Everyone’s first words upon meeting were "Congratulations, congratulations."
From the first day Yamiriko Federation was attacked by Ersha Sky Curtain to its complete retreat now, ending the war against Entropy, exactly 480 years have passed.
This is not only a victory for Sky Ring and Frost Plated, but also the opening of a new era of civilization for the entire Azure Star.
Fireworks were set off from morning until night, taverns directly announced free supplies, people celebrating, dancing, singing—if they didn’t do so, they might not be able to cover the suffering and losses experienced during the war.
The food issue, which had always troubled human civilization, now, with the sun’s return to earth, is no longer a problem.
The cold winter and long night tempered their temperament, made humanity more resolute and strong; now as light illuminates, the beautiful future belonging to humanity has truly arrived.
"In this war, the Sky Frost Allied Forces mobilized over 200 million military personnel and civilians for combat, logistics, and engineering plans; and realistically, due to the wave of Apostles of Entropy sweeping, total casualties across nations are hard to calculate, only roughly estimated by reduced missing populace."
"Losses in various Azure Star countries are as follows:"
"Frost Plating Federation: 258 million deaths, including 6 million regular troops, various armed groups and militias about 12 million, the rest all civilians."