What awakened Dai Bingcheng was the first ray of morning light. The orange-red sunlight shone down from the gaps between the clouds in the sky. It was four o'clock in the morning.

The morning light also illuminated more than a dozen infusion tubes inserted into his limbs and torso, which were providing him with energy and nutrition.

He tried to move his wrist gently, and then fell asleep again.

If they were in the hands of the Emperor, they would have bound their limbs - after seeing the amazing destructive power of being an ordinary person, yet he is free now. So he got up relaxed and fell asleep.

Because he was so tired.

It didn't take long when Dai Bingcheng woke up again.

The sunlight at five o'clock in the morning shone on him again. But he finally had enough energy to awaken himself and began to observe the surrounding environment.

He stayed in a clean room. The "cleanness" here does not just mean hygiene, but also refers to the absence of cameras and other surveillance equipment in the room. It seems that the designer of the room deliberately blocked all modern technology facilities in order to make the residents feel at ease.

He spent another five minutes to get himself completely out of his deep sleep state, and then tore off the spout-like infusion points on his body. His clothes were replaced and he changed into a slightly loose nightgown. This nightgown style was retro, and it was a popular style more than 20 years ago. He used to have such a piece, but he didn't know where those things went after he hibernated. He touched his clothes and found that they were made of cotton.

Unlike the previous awakening, the surrounding environment is now pleasant.

So he got up and sat down on the edge of the bed and coughed gently.

More than ten seconds later, a gap was opened. A young woman glanced at it and then quickly retracted her head. Dai Bingcheng heard her voice: "He is awake."

The voice is also friendly - full of relief and a little excitement.

Next was the sound of the tray colliding with the cup. A man said, "I'll do it."

Ying Yanran held the tray and walked in. There was a plate of fried eggs and bacon, four slices of bread, a glass of milk, and a pair of chopsticks on the tray. He paused at the door for a moment, and a sincere smile appeared on his face: "You are suffering."

Ten years later, Dai Bingcheng looked Ying Jue Ran carefully for the first time and found that his appearance had changed a little. He became more vicissitudes and his figure was taller. Dai Bingcheng didn't know if it was his own illusion - he thought Ying Jue Ran was at least ten centimeters taller than ten years ago. And there was still the smell of Li Zhen between his eyebrows - Li Zhen after returning from Shennongjia. Until Ying Jue Ran walked to him and put down the tray on the bedside table, Dai Bingcheng sighed slightly, shook his head and said, "What's wrong? I feel like I've become an outsider, I don't know anything."

"You are not an outsider." Ying Ran looked at him resolutely. His eyes were the excitement before the storm was about to come. "You are super vip--for everyone."

Dai Bingcheng was a little surprised by his words. But he was not very surprised. In fact, he had been wondering last night - why did the Rebels organization mobilize so much? Ying Resolution fifteen years ago might have done such a thing just for the "teacher-student friendship", but the mature Ying Resolution before he hibernates would never have. Otherwise, he would not have become the leader of such a huge organization. Then he must be crucial in some aspects.

He frowned: "Tell me, let me see." But then he realized that he was still using the tone of the past - the superiors to the subordinates. So he smiled again and added: "I know almost nothing now."

"Things may be simpler than you think. The details have been slightly changed." Ying Jianran sat on the chair opposite him, pointing to the tray on the table, "You eat something first, I think we will talk for a long time. We have to stay here for a day and wait until the day of judgment has passed before leaving."

"Where is this?" Dai Bingcheng asked. He planned to seize a few points to ask himself - following his own ideas, things are always easier to understand.

"This is the residence of the highest consul of Shanxi Province." Ying Jianran said, "He is our friend - not our comrade, but a friend."

"What is Judgment Day...? It sounds like a religious word."

"Yes. a religious word." Ying nodded resolutely, "You should have seen it--judgment the day before yesterday, when you escaped from the ground, that day was the day of judgment. Every four days, many people will be 'judgment'. But... don't you want to ask first why you were awakened?"

Dai Bingcheng picked up the cup and drank half of the milk in one breath, and said with a breath: "I guessed right. You didn't know this at first. Maybe someone under your hands had used his brain and wanted to wake me up. But that person didn't know which side I would go, so he left me there to observe for a while. Then when he was hesitating, I escaped from there. To be honest, that person lacked his ability and was not suitable to be the person in charge of the whole place."

"You are right. The person who awakened you was the person in charge of the second branch of Zhongdu Branch. Now he has been executed." Ying Ran nodded resolutely.

Dai Bingcheng stared at him for a while, realizing that the calm expression on his face now was not disguised. Out of a complicated mentality, he smiled and sighed: "You are no longer the young man you used to be. I saw what I looked like back then."

Ying Ran smiled and brought the topic back to normal: "Then, I will start from Judgment Day and tell you what happened in the past ten years. Then you decide what you plan to do afterwards."

"Okay." Dai Bingcheng pinched the chopsticks.

"You hibernate for 20 years. In the year after that, things did not change much, the world situation continued to be chaotic, and the Empire and Southern Luzon sent troops to peacekeeping everywhere. But you must know that it was impossible to leave after peacekeeping, and actually controlled those places - from the first year to the end of the third year, the Empire and Southern Luzon almost occupied the whole world. During this period, there were several conflicts, but they were quickly suppressed. The current situation was finally formed - with the equator as the boundary. The northern hemisphere was the imperial territory, and the southern hemisphere was the territory of Luzon. In fact, this was just a form."

"But it is not that easy to completely conquer a country, so in this process they are still vigorously promoting the 'human evolution plan'. The potions used by the Luzons can turn ordinary people into abilities - but the one with the ability is customized, there are only a few major categories - the probability of failure is only one in ten thousand. You know that the proportion between the capable people and ordinary people before you hibernate is already relatively high. So most ordinary humans want to 'evolve', and no one wants to be inferior to others. So the Empire and Luzon use this potion as bait and receive support and support from many people. In fact, they have almost no effort when they incorporated those lands into their territory, and they have not even encountered decent resistance. It took only three years and the situation roughly stabilized."

Dai Bingcheng nodded. This was also the plan he had formulated before and Li Zhen. It would inevitably be implemented perfectly.

"But after that, many things changed. Or we were trapped in a conspiracy." Ying Jue Ran sighed, his face becoming less good-looking.

"About you. As far as I know, you should have been awakened in the third year. But according to the news I am now receiving, Zhu Zhaoxu and Li Zhen had a phone call at that time. It is said that the prophet Zhang Kesong of Luzon also participated in that call. Just after that conversation, the three people seemed to have reached a certain tacit understanding. Li Zhen, who originally supported you, agreed to the emperor's approach - to continue to refrigerate you. Two months later, Li Zhen came to Yanjing in person. Heal your body and deprived you of your ability at the same time - do you know why this is?"

Although he had already expected this fact, Dai Bingcheng still felt unhappy. He had never trusted several people in his life, but Li Zhen was one of them. But he did not expect that the first time he mustered up the courage to hand over his destiny completely to another person, he was betrayed.

"Before I hibernate, the emperor said something to me." Dai Bingcheng said, "He said I was very important. Now I think... the 'important' he said seemed to mean 'important' to the point where I had to refrigerate me. But the question is... why didn't I kill me."

"Maybe we will get the answer in a while." Ying Ran thoughtfully and said, "About that call, you should have noticed that the only two remaining prophets in the world participated. That's right - Emperor Zhu Zhaoxu is also a prophet. So we have reason to think that the factor that determines your fate may be about a prophecy. A prophecy was proposed by Zhu Zhaoxu and then confirmed by Zhang Kesong, which eventually attracted the common attention of the three people."

"And we can talk about what this prophecy is later." Ying Jianran said. Dai Bingcheng nodded slightly and agreed with an ambiguous attitude. He could guess some, but he didn't know whether he should make a decision so quickly.

"When it comes to that conspiracy... the situation we are now." Ying Jianran looked out the window and spoke for a while, as if he was still unwilling to believe in certain things. "You know, after three years, everyone has become capable people."

"You also know that more than ten years ago, Li Zhen once said that the 'ancient god' could sense the ideas of those who can induced the power - the more people, the clearer it is. But at that time, the ancient god was trapped in the Pacific Ocean because of his agreement with Li Zhen, and some limbs were missing. But eight years ago, the thing had already taken shape - it found a limb at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, recalled a limb from the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, and even... Li Zhen also found the last limb for it from a certain space that was absolutely isolated from the world."

"It becomes a complete existence, and once again, to reach some kind of agreement with Li Zhen. Then... it, or he, becomes God."

Dai Bingcheng frowned: "What does it mean?"

Ying Ren did not answer him directly, but asked, "Have you heard of this person Yu Meng?"

Dai Bingcheng thought about it and asked after a while: "You mean... that Yu Bin?"

"Yes. It's Yu Meng who was in Murmansk, who once acquiesced to their departure." Ying Ran said, "You should have killed him at that time. He is also crucial in this situation today."

"He created a religion, and worshipped the ancient gods in the world. All religions with the existence of the world are cults, but this time they are different. You know that after everyone becomes capable people, the social order will face even more unbearable chaos - at first it was indeed the case. But the sect called "Catholicism" ended that situation. It was not the "Catholicism" we used to be, but the Catholicism that "the Lord of the Sky runs on the Sky."

"You mean..." Dai Bingcheng was finally a little surprised. "Spirit, running in the sky?"

"Yes. You should have also heard of the 'Assassination School'. Two years ago, Li Zhen made breakthrough progress in the technology of assassination. They obtained technology that could make human consciousness separate from the body - but at that time, only a few people with extremely powerful abilities could do it. But when it comes to being powerful, who can be more powerful than the ancient god? Li Zhen restored it and gave it that technology, so the consciousness of the ancient god can be separated from the body. But you and I know that the existence of the ancient god does not care about what happens in human society, it only cares about its own existence."

"But now, the consciousness of the ancient god, or the 'spirit', runs on a global scale in five days. But I believe it is just because Li Zhen does this - it implements Li Zhen's will."

"What is it doing?" Dai Bingcheng asked.

"Inspecting one's own territory." Ying laughed sarcastically, "There was no god in the past religion, and people believed in an illusory future. Even if it was a cause and effect, it would be a matter for the next life. Therefore, this religion cannot regulate people's behavior well. It depends more on people's free will to regulate themselves. But Yu Meng's religion... can see cause and effect the next day."

"Everyone knows that we were created by the ancient god - any life in this world. And now the soul of our Creator flies over the sky. It will randomly feel your thoughts and see what you have done - although it is only what you have done within five days. Once a person's actions in these five days violate the public order and good customs recognized by Li Zhen and violate the laws they have set, then he will be "depressed by heaven". You know that it is not a difficult thing to kill a human with the power of the ancient god. Even a 'thing' is not a matter of a 'thing'."

"You should know what this means. This is a stronger force than the law - violating the law may cause escaping sanctions, but now we have such a 'God' above our heads. And it walks in the sky over and over again. Once you do something bad, you have to be anxious. It is not clear whether the next time you are 'God' will be yourself. Even if this 'Judgement' is random, even Li Zhen and Ling can't deliberately target someone, but... it is once every five days after all. Most people cannot bear this psychological pressure, and it feels even more frightening than the previous criminal hearing the sirens on the street. Because there is only one result of the 'God' - that is death."

"Li Zhen relied on this power to accomplish that." Ying Ran said, "Yu Meng's Catholic Church regarded the ancient god as a god, and everyone knew that the ancient god was just for Li Zhen. At the same time, he had a society composed of capable people - an orderly society after being suppressed by the spirits in the sky."

"You can imagine that everyone's abilities are customized. Construction workers have hard bones, developed muscles, and terrible strength. They can jump at a height of three floors with a ton of steel, and only one person can complete the work of the first twenty people."

"And doctors in hospitals can have the ability to see through. They can tell where the lesions have occurred in your body with their naked eyes. And they have extremely strong control over the limbs, even a young boy who has just graduated from medical school has a more stable hand than the most sophisticated device."

"And those people—" Ying suddenly pointed to the zenith, "Just in the space station, there are a large number of brain-enhanced people, each of which is Einstein. As for the workers there, they can jump from one sealed cabin to another, and often they don't even need space suits."

"You can imagine how efficient society this is. People were tortured by species and inexplicable panic for too long. Suddenly one day they found that they could do something that had been settled in the past ten years in a year, and found that the future and destiny of mankind were not as bleak as imagined. Who would they thank? Of course, they would thank the person who created all this. The immediate interests led to blind worship. And Yu Meng used this worship and then used the power of religion to push Li Zhen's reputation to the peak..."

"Then the most terrifying dictatorship began. Li Zhen became the sacred emperor, and Yu Meng himself became the apostle - the head of the religion that possesses all the believers in this world."

Dai Bingcheng kept listening carefully. He also knew what happened to the children he met yesterday. They maintained a high degree of restraint and would never use their abilities in that occasion... Is it because of "spirit"?

Thinking of the more than two hundred children raising their arms and shouting "Spirit. Running in the sky" like that, he seemed to be able to understand the fear in people's hearts. It was not religion, but the threat of death and high-pressure policies.

At this time, he couldn't help but interrupt Ying Jueran: "According to what you said, it is already a nearly perfect and efficient society. So why, Li Zhen still wants to be an emperor? I don't believe it just because he wants to live an emperor's addiction - he is definitely not that kind of person."

Ying Jianran smiled: "Because it is just the 'perfect society' in your and my eyes. Li Zhen wants more. He wants higher efficiency and more absolute obedience. What he wants is the current situation - almost everyone has no entertainment and leisure anymore. They only think about two things from the beginning of getting up - how to work and how to do the work better. Any form of 'waste' is not allowed and can be sentenced to death. The infamous "Human Relief Act" was written by him and Yu Meng - there are more than 300 crimes that can be sentenced to death."

"He wants to turn everyone into machines, deprive them of their free will, and not let them think independently, and work for only one goal." Ying Ran said. "I can accept that world seven years ago, but now this world can no longer be called a normal human society. Almost everyone has become slaves, and those officials are slave owners. So I united with some people-we must keep something for humanity."

"Maybe he has a reason to have to do this," Dai Bingcheng said hesitantly. "Maybe... it's too late. Yes. Maybe he knows something we don't know - is it possible that Gaia has left us with less time than imagined?"

To his surprise, Ying Jue Ran nodded without hesitation: "Yes. There is this possibility, and it is almost the only reasonable explanation. It is precisely because of this that the organization has always existed in a low-key manner. We will not cause any destruction or riots. We just exist. We do not add any chaos to this deformed society. We accumulate strength and wait for the day when everything is completed. It is precisely because of this that Li Zhen did not deal with us seriously. Maybe he is also waiting for the decisive battle."

"But now... you have exposed a lot." Dai Bingcheng shook his head with a wry smile, "Because I."

"It's worth it." Ying Ran said seriously and sat upright, "So I said, you may be that super vip. What's important about you is that you will become a member of us. Maybe it was because Zhu Zhaoxu and Zhang Kesong saw this and tried to refrigerate you indefinitely."

Dai Bingcheng smiled, not saying anything.

Ying Jianran was silent for a while and said, "There are two ways in front of human beings now. Ascension and immigration. It is said that the development of ascension technology is faster than expected, and it will be fully mature in one or two years. Some people want to permanently break away from the shackles of their bodies and become "spirits". Others are afraid of that form - in fact, this type accounts for the majority - they are immigrants. They place their hopes on that spacecraft."

Ying resolutely stood up and walked to the window, pushing open the window.

The sun has jumped out of the horizon, and half of the sky is shining brightly. But at this time, two faint silver outlines can still be seen in the sky - one belongs to the moon and the other belongs to the space base station of the human immigration project.

They are both two artificial celestial bodies, one belongs to a disappearing civilization, and the other is a civilization walking at a crossroads.

Ying resolutely raised his hand and pointed to the space base station, saying: "The space base station of the human immigration project is its current name. But it is not a space station - in a few months, the nuclear fusion engine will be installed. It will be renamed to the "Endless Deep Space". It will be a spacecraft larger than the five Yanjing combined, and can carry nearly 10 million people."

"I am an immigrant. All members of the organization are immigrants. Because we don't know whether we need to cherish things in a society made up of spirits, but we know that those things are essential in the new home of Mars."

"So our goal is to seize it after it is completed. We have completely controlled the spacecraft - neither Li Zhen nor Zhu Zhaoxu could risk destroying it and try to take it back. At that time, they could only choose to negotiate. Terminating dictatorship is our bottom line. If they regard the overall interests of mankind as nothing, people will completely see their true face and they will be overthrown soon. Once they agree..."

Ying Jueran thought about it and didn't continue. He just turned around and looked at Dai Bingcheng: "You know I have never been a qualified commander, I am only suitable to be a general. So I am just the highest person in charge of the organization so far."

"But I know you can. You will be our commander, you will lead us to the final victory, you will lead us to capture the Endless Deep Space."

Dai Bingcheng sat on the edge of the bed and listened to Ying Jueran's words thoughtfully. After a while, he said: "Snatching the Endless Deep Space... I won't say how confident you can be. But if you use it to threaten Li Zhen, you will still bear the infamy - whether he agrees or not, in fact, what you did is almost the same thing. Of course, this is from the perspective of the people."

"There are always people who want to be scolded." Ying Jueran said with a smile. "Li Zhen is not afraid of being scolded now. What am I afraid of?"

Dai Bingcheng nodded. Then he asked again: "About that spirit. You said it passes over our heads every five days... So is it possible that your plans will be leaked?"

"This is almost certain. But we have ways to deal with it." Ying Yan explained, "The organizational structure is very loose, and the subordinate relationship between superiors and subordinates is not strict - so the fact that you are awakened happened. But on the other hand, even if someone is exposed, it is difficult for the enemy to figure out what we want to do. Because everyone only knows a little bit. Even if the spy is in it, it cannot be known to the leopard."

"But that said, once a senior person is exposed - although the spirit can only randomly draw the consciousness of someone - such as me, it will cause serious consequences. Therefore, we need you." We should look at Dai Bingcheng with resolute and sincere words, "They deprived you of your ability in order to prevent you from being threatening. But it is precisely because of this that you have become the blind spot of the spirit. He cannot spy on your thinking, and you will become our nerve center and the supreme commander."

"You can issue any order and we will execute it unconditionally."

"Yes. So, even if someone exposed it, our real plan will not be revealed." Dai Bingcheng smiled, meaningful, "But why do you trust me like this? I may get a piece of the pie from Li Zhen."

Ying Jueran looked at him blankly for a while, but said another thing: "You are not the only one in hibernator. My father is also hibernating. After Zhu Zhaoxu disbanded the cabinet, he enforced hibernation on his father. But I dare not wake him up now... He is almost eighty years old, and his body cannot bear another awakening, even under the current medical level."

"My father only said two things to me before hibernation. The first thing he said was that Cui Wen-hung would die on May 22, 2030. The second thing he said, no matter what I plan to do in the future, you will lead us to the final victory."

"Just three hours ago, the first thing was confirmed."
To be continued...