Chapter 37 Epilogue·Ruins

No one believed that Ye Wenjie could climb Radar Peak again with her own physical strength, but she finally did it. She did not let anyone help her along the way, and only rested twice in an abandoned guard box on the mountainside. She showed no mercy.

The earth consumes its own irreplaceable vitality.

After learning the truth about the Trisolaran civilization, Ye Wenjie fell silent and rarely spoke. She only made one request: she wanted to go back to the Hong'an Base ruins.

When the group climbed the mountain, the summit of Radar Peak had just peeked out of the clouds. After walking in the hazy fog for a day, they suddenly saw the sun shining brightly in the west and the clear blue sky. It was like entering another world.

As far as the eye can see from the top of the peak, the sea of ​​clouds is silvery white in the sunshine, and the undulating shape seems to be some kind of metaphysical abstract representation of the Greater Khingan Mountains under the clouds.

The ruins that people imagined did not exist. The base was completely demolished. Only a piece of grass remained on the top of the peak. The foundation and roads were covered under it. It looked like just a wilderness. Everything in Red Bank seemed to have never happened.

But Ye Wenjie soon discovered a ruins. She walked to a tall rock and pushed aside the vines on it, revealing mottled rust. Only then did the others discover that the "rock" turned out to be a huge metal base.

"This is the base of the antenna." Ye Wenjie said. The first call of the earth's civilization heard by the alien world was sent to the sun through the antenna on this base, and then amplified by the sun and forwarded to the entire universe.

People found a small stone tablet next to the base, which was almost completely buried by weeds. It read:

The original site of Hong'an Base

(1968～1987)

Chinese Academy of Sciences

1989.03.21

The monument is so small, it's more about forgetting than commemorating.

Ye Wenjie walked to the edge of the cliff, where she had personally ended the lives of two soldiers. She did not look at the sea of ​​clouds like other people walking with her, but focused her eyes on one direction. Under the clouds, there was a man named Qi.

The small village of Jiatun...

Ye Wenjie's heart was beating hard, like a string that was about to break. Black mist began to surge in front of her eyes. She used the last energy of her life to hold on. Before everything disappeared into the eternal darkness, she wanted to see again.

A sunset at Red Bank Base.

In the western sky, the sunset that was sinking in the sea of ​​clouds seemed to be melted. The blood of the sun spread across the sea of ​​clouds and the sky, reflecting a large area of ​​magnificent blood red.

"This is the sunset of mankind..." Ye Wenjie said softly.
Chapter completed!