Chapter 353 The Road to Expedition: The Story of the Dream

Pale lighting lights are constantly flashing in the corridor. The incandescent lights are in the long glass windows placed at the top of the corridor. The white lights cast the shadows of people walking by on the wall. They may be large or small, just like

They walked across the wall like paper figures in a shadow puppet show.

The leading shadow among them was wearing a thick and huge armor. The power armor accompanied his every step, and in the empty corridor, there were bursts of stepping sounds, and the heavy boots of the power armor stepped on the battleship corridor.

The dull sound of footsteps echoed again and again on the marble floor.

With every step, the sound spread along the entire empty corridor and through all the surrounding passages, large and small, making the sound become long and dull in the echo.

Vito knew that this was not because his footsteps were too heavy, but because the place was completely silent and there was no one. This was not an adjective, but a description of the actual situation.

From the moment he boarded the ship to the present, Vito relies on his knowledge of the Emperor's Dream. Even if thousands of years have passed, he can still remember every corridor and passage here, especially the main trunk that he has walked through thousands of times in the past.

Road, the glorious avenue leading to the bridge.

In Vito's memory, that avenue was always lively and noisy. The important departments of the entire battleship were arranged along the long avenue leading to the bridge, and were arranged on the upper central axis of the entire battleship, and it was close to

It is the starting point of the rail train, which makes it always lively on weekdays. Crew members coming and going walk through the avenue and go to other parts of the battleship through the corridors and arches.

But now, the place is completely silent. When Vito walked from the landing deck to the time he crossed the Shining Avenue, Vito did not see anyone. The place was completely silent and deserted, like an abandoned ship.

of battleships.

"Even the cemetery is more alive than here, isn't it?" Lilith walked briskly beside Vito with her hands behind her back, summarizing the situation here in precise sentences.

Vito glanced at Lilith on the side, and then looked around the corridor with only a few lights around. Although those lights were still bright, they made the place even more terrifying. The illusion of complete silence, coupled with the surrounding lights,

Silent statue illuminated below.

Those statues are still exquisite and holy, but the statues of angels and saints are in a completely dead environment, accompanied by footsteps and lights, creating a strong uncanny valley effect. Their godless eyes stare at the people walking in the corridor.

Everyone watched silently and speechlessly.

Everything here makes this place more like a corridor in a horror story. Vito glanced at everything around him, and then looked at Peter who was walking side by side with him.

"What happened here? Why is there not a single crew member left behind? Not only that, all the equipment is turned off, and the door is either always open or completely closed."

Vito looked at Peter beside him, who, like Lilith, was walking side by side with Vito. He glanced at the completely dark terminal screen on one side, and then slowly spoke after a long silence, "The current situation on the ship is

The system could not be started, so most of the crew members disembarked and went to live in the settlements below. Only the captain and a few maintenance personnel stayed above to check and clean the equipment from time to time."

"You mean, the battleship was almost abandoned?" Vito asked with a frown, and Peter beside him nodded after some silence.

"But why? You left the living space of the battleship and went to live on the surface, but why did this happen? You gave up the iron wall composed of the safe battleship armor, the industrial production of the STC automatic manufacturing production line, and the automated self-sustaining system of the entire ship

,Why?"

"I think Captain Raina will give you a more appropriate and clear answer than me." Peter said and stopped. He stood in the large corridor and passed the statues lined up on both sides.

He looked at the open golden door ahead.

Vito also stopped. He looked at the door and looked there silently. Peter beside him sighed softly, "She has been waiting for you there for fifty years."

Peter looked at Vito beside him. He didn't say anything, but just stepped towards the door. Lilith behind him rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, walking past Peter. The colonel watched as he walked past.

He passed the silver-haired lady who followed Vito. He looked at Lilith's unhappy back and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Is she" "jealous? Yes."

The tall red giant walked past Peter and spoke softly as he passed Peter. He took broad steps to keep up with Vito and Lilith. Peter glanced at Lilith again and shrugged.

"Well, the marshal's women are always very strong, at least this has not changed."

Peter followed, and he followed the three of them towards the door. Among them, Vito was the fastest. He was wearing a power armor and strode towards the door that was so close.

It seems that the bridge gate is far away in the horizon.

His footsteps hit the ground again and again, and the surrounding statues quickly passed by him in the light. The statues that were almost turned into afterimages due to his fast footsteps seemed to form a series of pictures.

The picture, Vito recalled many things in that picture, it was a woman's voice, her laughter and speaking voice, even her voice when she was angry, all passed by along with those flashing pictures.

The jet-black hair seemed to flash before Vito's eyes, and he felt the feeling of the hair brushing his cheeks in his memory. He smelled the unique faint fragrance. Vito quickened his pace, and he took the time to walk towards the distant place.

It was as if the door that had been waiting for him for thousands of years would escape and disappear in the next moment.

He walked quickly towards the door frame. When Vito stretched out his hand and touched the edge of the door, Reyna's face suddenly flashed before his eyes. In his memory, Reyna turned her head on the bridge clearly.

, the way the black hair is flying around as the head turns.

The green eyes that were the same as in the memory stopped like a frozen image. Vito looked at those green eyes and saw Reina, with her porcelain-white skin like the first snow, and her short black hair falling in front of her eyes.

Vito looked at Reyna standing in the bridge, a circle of holographic screens behind her flashing with light.

Young Reina stood in the light of the display screen, the dazzling light reflected behind her, as if her whole body was swallowed up in it, like an angel who came to the world, but suddenly those lights disappeared, and all the ships

The shining lights in the bridge disappeared, everything dimmed, and the images in the sea of ​​memory gradually overlapped with reality.

Vito stood at the door, one of his hands touching the door frame on one side, and he stared at Reyna who was gradually changing with the flash of light.

She stood in front of the silent holographic platform on the bridge. The only lights on the bridge shone a striking light on Reina's head. White hairs had already grown out of her black hair.

, some black hair turns white from the ends, usually turning into snow-white hair strands.

The once delicate face that was as fine as porcelain also appeared yellowish, and wrinkles appeared on her beautiful face at the corners of her eyes. She was still beautiful, and her uneven face was like a perfect statue as before.

Just like those angel statues outside.

But Reina was really old. There were wrinkles on her forehead and the corners of her eyes, and her green eyes were also cast a grayish color. Vito stood at the door and looked at her, looking at the man a few steps away.

Reina, there was a young woman beside her. She stood beside Reina with her hands behind her back, and also turned to look at Vito who walked in.

But Vito did not look at the younger woman. Vito strode up, his power armor stepping heavily on the floor of the bridge. After taking several steps to quickly shorten the distance with Reina, the power armor clicked

Zi knelt down on one knee, and with the sharp turn of Vito's elbow, the entire chest of the power armor quickly slid open to both sides.

Vito escaped from it with a quick step. He jumped out of the control cabin of the power armor. After landing, he strode towards Reina, who also walked towards Vito. The two met again in the center of the bridge.

Reina looked at Vito in front of her. She didn't know what to do or say for a moment, but Vito hugged Reina without any hesitation. Reina was hugged tightly by him, and Vito

One hand held Reina's gray hair. After a while, tears filled Reina's eyes, and she also hugged Vito.

The two hugged each other in the middle of the silent hall of the bridge. It was a long-overdue hug. Vito held Reina's head tightly, and his fingers were buried in her hair as smooth as water. Vito's head fell from Reina's head.

He reached out to Reina's ear, and he looked at Reina beside him and fell silent for a while.

"Rena, tell me this is not a dream, tell me I am not dreaming about that damn memory dream again." "No, this is not a dream, Vito, we are not dreaming."

Reina's hands were wrapped around Vito's back. She closed her eyes and sobbed with tears flowing from the corners of her eyes, "I thought I would never see you again, I would never feel your hug again, but Emperor

Your Majesty, we meet again."

Listening to Reina's whimpering and crying voice, Vito suddenly hugged her tighter. He hugged Reina tightly, as if he was afraid that she would disappear after she let go.

Behind Vito, Lilith walked into the bridge. As soon as she entered, she saw a scene that moved her to tears. Lilith stood at the door and stopped. When she looked at the scene in front of her, Magnus came from behind her.

walked in from the front door.

"Aren't you angry? Don't you want to get involved?" Magnus asked softly while standing at the door, while Lilith beside him rolled her eyes at him.

"What do you think I am? A greedy and extremely mistress? I won't disturb his reunion with his old lover." Lilith said and leaned against the door with her arms folded. Although she said this, she didn't seem to go in at all.

plan, Magnus glanced at Lilith, with a playful smile on his lips.

"What's wrong? Are you worried that your position will be robbed?" "How is that possible?" Lilith said sarcastically. He looked in the direction of Vito but sighed secretly. She leaned against the wall and shrugged, muttering in a low voice.

, "Old scumbag."

When Lilith was "feeling sorry for herself", Vito let go of Reina in his arms. He reluctantly let go of him, but his hands were still on her shoulders. Vito looked at Reina in front of him.

, although she is old, she has a unique charm. That charm is like a condiment, which does not affect the beauty he brings to people at all.

"How long have we not seen each other, Vito, fifty years? Or sixty years?" Reina had tears in her eyes, but she said with a smile on her face, she was very happy, and the tears were out of joy.

"No, ten thousand years." Vito said lightly, and Reina was stunned for a moment. After she was stunned for a while, she saw Magnus behind Vito. He also nodded slightly, seeming to confirm to Reina

The same thing Vito said.

"Ten thousand years? Ten thousand years have passed outside?" Reina asked in surprise. He looked at Vito in front of him who had not aged at all. He is an immortal and can span long years without aging.

But this was just an appearance, Raina could see the traces of time in Vito's eyes, just like the wrinkles on her face.

Reina thought about that number, ten thousand years. She could hardly understand what that number meant. She raised her head and looked at the smiling man in front of her. She had been waiting for fifty years, but he had been waiting for this reunion for ten thousand years.

years.

"Vito, me." Reina said, leaning into Vito's arms, and the latter hugged her back and sighed softly, "It's okay, we meet again, this is enough, this time

Ten thousand years is enough."

Reina nodded silently in Vito's arms, but she suddenly remembered something. Reina pushed Vito away and grabbed the clothes on his arms, "Vito, who won the rebellion?"

?”

"Really? When our old lovers reunited, this was the first thing you thought of?" Vito said with a wry smile. Reina in front of him was stunned for a moment. She seemed to want to explain something, but Vito raised the question first.

He raised his hand and put his finger on her lips, keeping her explanation silent.

Vito smiled and looked at Reyna in front of him. He stroked her face, his eyes filled with warmth that was rare in this dark universe, "I know, Reyna, we won, the empire won."

"We won? Mom, I told you we will definitely win! With the marshal here, we will definitely win!" In front of Reina and Vito, the young girl suddenly said excitedly. She inherited her mother's emerald green color.

His eyes flashed with excitement.
To be continued...