Chapter 607: Finale. New life and where things ended (2/2)
The red-tailed beasts panicked but the army did not fight them directly yet. The army decided to drag the run to wear the beasts out so they would have an easy kill in the end.
Of course, it worked like a charm.
It was an idea by our protagonist, Ye Chong, after all.
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He Yue Calendar Year 2455 April 14th - Lord Mu/Shang officially resigned from his position in Sir Jay's fleet. Both Xi Qing and Shu took over the position. All system remained unchanged.
He Yue Calendar Year 2455 June - the very last nest of red-tailed beasts, destroyed.
He Yue Calendar Year 2456 - the alliance of the 3 aristocrats and Sang family joined the Xi Ding defense line on Planet Csebesini in the Five Galaxies to launch full attack at the homeless red-tailed beasts.
He Yue Calendar Year 2457 - the situation in Five Galaxies grew stable, making the finale of the apocalypse.
Throughout the years, the human population on both He Yue and Five Galaxies slumped. He Yue galaxy suffered 70% loss in the figure while Gray Valley lost about 50%.
The Five Galaxies had the worst, where only 20% of the population remained, while having a number of planets in barren.
It was as if a wipe of civilization.
Humanity only regained bit of the former peace before 3 years later. Under the motivating policy by the governments, people started reliving the barren planets. Nonetheless, there were still clusters of red-tailed beasts out there, so they were obliged to migrate in groups, guarded.
That was where pilots shone again.
It was another golden age of pilots.
The apocalypse had ended for so long yet Planet Blue Ocean was deserted, in an ironic forgotten situation being a developed trading planet before. Its resources had been long drained so it lacked the basic attraction to the people in the outer space. Those who returned to the planet were actually because of either the nostalgia or the sense of responsibility. No one would consider visiting planet otherwise.
Well, fortunately, as society regained its vitality, Planet Blue Ocean retrieved its spotlight due to its strategic location. The population improved, so was the infrastructure. A mini trading center was even established at a few spots across the planet.
...(And at that one shop by the street)...
The children were running happily, chasing the torn puppets which looked like the red-tailed beasts with their mech action figures. Columns of steam could be discerned from one side. There was an aroma wafting in the air, of delicious beef. The sound of dough slapping the board could be heard.
An indifferent young man, in the robe white as the uniform of his beloved, was rolling the dough. A gorgeous girl, in her white garb, waving her long, dark hair occasionally as sweated slightly, was slicing the braised beef pulled from the bowl. An old man was resting at his bamboo chair, breathing serenity.
”Ye... Umm...” The thin slice of beef fell into the steaming bowl of pork stock, ”I still want a daughter...” Mumbled Rui Bing, biting her lips.
”OKAY!” Said Ye Chong, spirited, as he slammed the dough to the board, ”I'll work on that tonight!”
*BEEP BEEP* At the lawn, a handicapped mech was grabbing the vacuum cleaner with his only arm, ”Rating - Cleanliness: 7, Humidity: 3, Dust Amount: 2. Plan B: Executing.”
At the attic, a row of cradles stood peacefully... ”WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!” till a piercing cry of child broke the silence. ”WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! BOOOHOOO! BOOOHOOOOO!” As if a prompt by the conductor of an orchestra, the rest of the children joined the music. Sha Ya, formerly in her meditation, opened her eyes wide and sent the children into mid-air. The children were floating, as if gravity was lost, as they began giggling, grabbing the air.
They gradually swam towards Sha Ya, as they, in great curiosity, made strange cries.
And being the fairy godmother of these children, Sha Ya knew the children wanted their entertainment again.
”Oh well, it's time for the magician to perform again! Hiya!!” She waved, in excitement of a party clown, as she whispered, ”Sigh, I should have joined Weidong and the other mercenaries...” That was probably the 1520th time where Sha Ya made the same remark.
And upon hearing the conversation happening at the front kitchen, another remark which occurred also the 1520th time was heard again, ”They sure are the couple in combat. Fight great in field, fight great in bed... We are going to run a dojo soon at this rate.”
”GAHH! GAH GAH GOO GOO! TCH!” The 4 little devils were brandishing their meaty arms, furrowing.
”Sigh... alright alright...” Sha Ya turned to them and waved her hands, ”Here we go again.”
The fairy godmother started her magic show again.
And they lived happily ever after.
...
Fin.
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Credits:
Translators:
Jack - the sarcastic bad boy
Mole - the sincere kind gal
Editors:
Sporesan - the funky editor
Tscvanessa - the quiet editor
(We also have a shadow editor earlier and we missed her, she did such a great job)
THANK YOU FOR READING!
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Translator's live reaction to the ending:
What???? That's it?
What happened to red-tailed beasts? They did not clear them entirely?
What happened to the whor- I mean, the other waifus? What happened to Xue Ling? Rui Bing's sister? I wanted some group ”activities”.
Basically the author just spent 3 to 5 paragraphs describing, again, how amazing Ye Chong was as he brought historical movement and the whole world was showering him attention, and they formed alliance, and a timeline skip, and the end?????
My whole life has been a lie. I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
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Author's note regarding the ending and reader's feedback:
Hah~ I saw how all my beloved readers not accepting this ending, well, that's quite a conundrum isn't it?
As much as you want to say it sounds rushed, I actually had plotted this ending way back, like ... last year (Fun fact: this book took the author about 2 years to hit this ending, so he probably meant he thought of this ending somewhere back on Year 1). It was not a rushed ending that came out of nowhere.
Back when I was also a reader, reading other amazing stories like you, I always hoped that the epic tale would never ever end, but when those authors put up a rather unsurprising ending, I felt quite disappointed actually.
The story started off tempestuous and certainly at some point, the storm would subside and all it's gonna end rather plainly. It's a pretty natural way to write a story, in my opinion. This is the kind of ending I imagined way back.
Well, a few readers commented that I still got a lot of holes uncovered. Regarding that, I believe that it is impossible to clarify everything, to cover every ground in a book. So, it's fine, as long as the major issues get covered.
Moreover, I felt a lot with this ending, as it provides readers the space for imagination. The 8-toed red-tailed beast leader has not been caught, while clusters of red-tailed beasts lingered on every other corner in the galaxy. The peace had not really arrived, a war could still happen. Don't you think it's interesting to end the story at a point where there's still a lot of potential everywhere?
At least, the story could still continue, in its own way, in the heart of the readers.
Phew, and I'm finally done. Such a chore for me, but well, haha, such a chore for everybody. A writing that lasted for about 2 years, it would be a big lie if I say I still have that strength (Translators: US TOO).
Well, it'll be a period to catch a breath. I do feel much more relieved, though I'll be going into another war soon.
(The author then promotes his next novel, wow, this is literally heart-dead writing)
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Translator's Note II:
The author did a bit poorly for the ending as he technically briefed through several rather important scenes where I felt he could have put in lots of feelings in them to stir the emotions of the readers.
Those scenes could be made more impulsive.
So yeah, again, I juiced them up. I also added the author's note, I hope that those could lighten up your sentiments leaving this novel LOL. I had extended this chapter as much as I could.
We are also here to promote our next novel. If you have liked my odd satire on the author's writing and liked mole's decent translation, we would like to invite you to the our upcoming project.
Stay tuned!