When the Galaxy Wept
Guns and bombs were useless in the energy war. The energy field devoured all the bullets that the soldiers shot at Evan Silas. Although the machine men had retreated for several meters, some of them were still hit by the energy and fell onto the ground. The humans who didn’t realize how dangerous it was and watched the battle now all ran away because of fear. The battle in the sky was even fiercer. Several Vipers and Blood Hawks seemed to notice Evan’s situation and leaped to the atmospheric layer from outer space, rushing to the square. However, these fighters who were loyal to Evan and hadn’t been changed by Kahlil couldn’t even get close to the ground. It seemed that Kenneth had expected that these fighters would counterattack, so his black Vipers, silver blood hawks, and even the Cheetahs, which were in red and black, surrounded the troop which fought alone.“Surrender!” Kenneth shouted. Only Evan could hear his voice in the energy field. He kept saying, “or I’ll kill all your guards.” “You’re going to kill your own species!” Evan said in surprise and anger. When Evan was distracted, he suddenly saw a shadow in front of him. He felt someone with great power grab his neck. Then he saw clearly that it was Kenneth Silas, whose metal face was like Death. Kenneth’s red eyes were dark. He suddenly got close to Evan and captured him! “Kahlil Silas!” Evan suddenly shouted, “Did you betray me?” Kenneth smiled coldly beside his ear, “Calman Henry has always been loyal to Patrick Lewis from the beginning to the end. Emerald and the child never belonged to you.” Kenneth’s words were so merciless that they crushed Evan. He raised his cold and tough face and looked at his guards, who were surrounded by the sky. He withdrew his energy and slowly said, “I lose to my own loyalty, not you.” The turmoil in the coronation ceremony was like the darkest hour before dawn. When the machine army began to retreat from the planets, and the humans were allowed to take off their working uniforms, the humans finally believed that the machine King Kenneth Silas would give them equality and freedom. Then the machine King issued a long, written order. In that order, he apologized to the humans for the suffering that the machine men caused. He said that the machine men invaded these planets only for survival. But it went against the original spirit of machine civilization to enslave other species for the survival of one species. He had a good relationship with humans before, and he wanted to see the prospering of the humans and the machine men. Wade Sterling was invited to Kenneth’s mansion to have a conversation. Then, with Kenneth’s implicit suggestion, Wade was nominated as the new President of humans. Someone asked Wade what kind of a machine man the machine King was. Wade didn’t say too much. He only said that the machine King had brought light to humans and other species. Under Wade Sterling’s practical and powerful leadership, human society was soon back in order. Among the seven planets in Galaxy Eternity, the Hope Planet was taken over by the machine men, The mercenary controlled freedom Planet, the other three human planets were ruled by Wade Sterling, and the last two were given to the Zergs. Without question, Patrick Lewis, who led the rebel army to fight in spite of the torture and made an agreement with Kenneth and Kahlil, became the new marshal of the Alliance. All the army of humans, Zergs, and machine men were commanded by him. He got over thirty space fortresses and two hundred thousand soldiers, which led him to be the most powerful person in the galaxy. When all the planets began to celebrate peace and equality in Freedom City, Evan was nailed to a pillar in the white factory of Patrick and Emerald’s mansion. He looked at the man in front of him with no expression on his face. It was already eleven o’clock at night. Patrick stood in front of Evan in a handsome marshal uniform with his hands on his back. Every part of Evan’s metal body was nailed to the pillar so that his energy wouldn’t be released. The machine body wouldn’t feel the pain, and Patrick didn’t torture him. He just wanted to look at his rival in the past when all the things were settled down, and all the people were celebrating. Evan raised his red eyes and stared at Patrick quietly. “Why didn’t you kill me?” He said calmly, “You can throw me into the cremator, and I won’t revive again.” Patrick suddenly smiled and sat on the chair. “I would’ve killed you if I had a chance to yield to my impulse. But I have promised to Kahlil not to kill you.” He said lightly, “Besides, you have taken the machine men to run away for thousands of years and made a great contribution to our species. You’ll still be the Commander of the machine army.” Evan was surprised and couldn’t help but laugh, “What do you want?” Patrick asked him, “What do you want?” “I...” Evan said in a solemn voice, “I want our species to be prosperous. I can sacrifice my life and everything for it.” Patrick nodded, “I had the same idea as you before. I thought that the conquest of other species meant power. To invade, kill, and rob was the way for the machine men to rule the universe. That path was tempting. Maybe the desire for blood and killing was written in our basic program.” Evan was silent. “But what have we got?” Patrick said lightly, “If you’re right, we were destroyed by the Alliance of other species when we were in our greatest time. If we keep going on this path, what we’ll have is going to be another circle of prosperity and Death. Maybe there is another path, and I want to have a try.” Evan shook his head, “The virtual humans have been running after us for thousands of years. You have exchanged all different species, but they won’t listen to you at all when their army arrives. It’s only another fierce battle waiting for us.” Patrick was silent for a while, and then he said, “I’ll let them see the peace in Galaxy Eternity. If they insist on fighting against us, then I’ll fight.” Then the room fell into silence. “Have you found her?” Evan suddenly asked. This was the sharpest topic between them. They looked at each other after Evan asked the question, and they saw the hostility in each other’s eyes. Patrick didn’t answer him and said, “You’re pretty similar to Kenneth.” Kenneth and he, in the past, were both tough and fierce on the battlefield and talented.
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