Countdown to the third day.

Morning.

The autumn rain stopped for a short time, and the air was filled with the smell of earthy after the rain.

On the third echelon defense line where the command camp was located, the gunfire on the second echelon defense line could still be heard.

The abyssal crack that ran across the ground blocked the path of the second enemy army in the northwest, and those AI soldiers on foot would have to march for at least a day to get around the rift that was tens of kilometers long.

Yan Liuyuan single-handedly blocked the biggest crisis in front of him for the Dawn Defense Line.

When Yan Liuyuan rushed to the defense line from the north with the herdsmen, Ren Xiaosu noticed at a glance that Yan Liuyuan was short-headed like an ascetic.

He was stunned for a moment, and then asked Yan Liuyuan, "What's the matter with your hair?"

"Oh, it's okay," Yan Liuyuan smiled and explained, "It will grow again." Brother, I have more than 20,000 warriors of the tribe here, and they may be able to help you. ”

As a result, P5092 next to him shook his head and said, "No, now the Dawn defense line is planning to retreat back, if you have spare strength on your side, help take some wounded people away." ”

Yan Liuyuan thought for a while and said, "Okay." ”

On this line of defense, except for the combat units of the third echelon of the defense line, only those who could leave alive were the wounded who had been withdrawn.

It's not that P5092 suddenly has any humanitarian spirit, but these wounded can't continue to fight even if they stay on the ground, so it is better to bring them back to the rear and keep them as a spark for humanity.

At this time, there was a special unit responsible for transporting the wounded, and they were going to various positions to count the specific number of wounded, and then retreated with them.

On the 141 position, the fighters had just repelled a group of enemy troops and were able to rest for a short time.

The commander of the 2nd Iron Battalion of the 2nd Division, who was in charge of this position, was bandaging his wounds by his own orderlies.

In the middle of the night last night, during a sudden attack, a shot from nowhere hit him in the arm, breaking his arm bones.

There are splints in the barracks that are specially used to hold bones in place, but they don't have to be so miserable as to use wooden sticks to fix them.

When the battalion commander bandaged the wound, cold sweat broke out on his aching head and his lips turned pale.

The kind of pain after breaking the bone, the Northwest tough guy can't bear it.

At this moment, a young soldier on the position ran over, and he said to the battalion commander with a look of surprise: "Battalion commander, the rear requires all the wounded to retreat, and it is said that they must retreat to the side of Fortress 178." Go over and let them see the injuries, now only the wounded can retreat, and my sister-in-law is still waiting for you at home. ”

In fact, the soldiers of the Northwest Army in the second echelon already knew that they could not retreat, and they had to buy time for their comrades in the back to retreat.

How do you buy time?

Everyone was quite uncomfortable at first, but for some reason, everyone accepted this reality overnight.

No one is responsible for doing ideological work for them, and no one is fooling them about their feelings for their family and country, everyone just thinks that since they are soldiers of the Northwest Army, don't be greedy for life and fear death.

The three words of the Northwest Army seem to be an indescribable emotion, and the soldiers of the Northwest Army do not seem to have much special treatment, but when they live in the barriers, they have to give up their seats to the elderly and children everywhere, and they have to give up their seats to the elderly and children when they sit on the tram, for fear of staining the epaulettes on their shoulders.

Just like this young soldier, he was not a man of the 178 fortress, he was conscripted into the army after the unification of the Northwest.

He didn't know why, but when he saw the bright red banner at the recruiting office that day, he went to sign up.

When the No. 144 barrier trade was prosperous, many people in the family persuaded them not to go to the Northwest Army to be a soldier, and to follow their uncle to do business, and earn more than being a soldier.

But every time he smiled and didn't speak, and he didn't know how to answer, but he just wanted to stay in the Northwest Army.

It's the same now, although he knows that he will die if he stays, he just wants to stay with his comrades on the battlefield.

There was no reason for him to think it was what he should do.

But now it is different, the wounded have a legitimate reason to leave, and the young soldier knows that the battalion commander has two children, his wife has no job yet, and the family cannot live without him.

Therefore, he was thinking that the battalion commander could take this opportunity to leave the second echelon defense line and retreat with the large army.

This is not greed for life and fear of death, but the current arm of the battalion commander is really not suitable to continue to fight on the position.

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the tent.

The young soldier actually saw the battalion commander tear off the splint on his arm and cover the wound on his arm with his military uniform.

Someone walked in from outside, and a strange face said to everyone: "I heard that there are wounded here, and we want to take the wounded away together." ”

As a result, before anyone else could speak, the battalion commander actually said: "It should be a misunderstanding, we have no wounded here." ”

The soldier in charge of evacuating the wounded was stunned for a moment: "Really?"

He glanced at the battalion commander suspiciously, in fact, even if the battalion commander removed the splint, that complexion could not be a normal person's complexion, so he had already seen that the battalion commander had been injured.

The battalion commander hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother, I want to be with my brothers, I can't go back by myself." ”

The soldier in charge of evacuating the wounded was silent for a few seconds, then stood up straight, saluted the battalion commander, and turned to leave.

They didn't say much to each other, everyone was a soldier of the Northwest Army, and if they were to be the battalion commander instead, maybe they would choose the same way.

After the soldiers who had evacuated the wounded had left, the young soldier looked at his battalion commander and said, "Battalion commander, don't you want to go back?" You are really injured, not pretending to be injured, this is not an act of fear of war. ”

The battalion commander scolded and said: "Grass, it hurts Lao Tzu to death, hurry up and re-fix the splint for Lao Tzu, by the way, tell those rabbit cubs outside, cheer me up, the last battle must be fought beautifully." ”

The battalion commander did not answer the questions of the young soldiers.

For example, such a thing happened so many times along the entire second echelon defense line that the soldiers in charge of the retreat had red eyes one by one.

At this time, before dawn, the group army on the third echelon of the defensive line began to withdraw to Fortress 178 at night when the satellite visibility was low.

Before everyone left, they saluted in the direction of the second echelon of defense.

Just as the First Army was withdrawing from the Dawn Defense Line, Ren Xiaosu, Yang Xiaojian, Yan Liuyuan, and Xiaoyujie stood at the edge of the position, looking at the night sky outside.

Yan Liuyuan looked at Ren Xiaosu and smiled, "Brother, are you hesitating?"

Ren Xiaosu sighed, "Do you know what I'm thinking?"

"Well," Yan Liuyuan nodded: "Artificial intelligence seems to be irresistible, and I haven't been able to think of another way to resolve this crisis, so it seems that the only way out." ”

The way out that Yan Liuyuan said is for Ren Xiaosu to incarnate the will of the world, so as to cut off the future of zero from the root.

No matter how powerful Zero is, it will always be in this world, and it cannot compete with the world itself.

So, when disaster strikes, the question always seems to hover between sacrificing others or sacrificing oneself.

Ren Xiaosu said in a low voice: "Sometimes I think, since there is only this one choice, then I should be more decisive, so that the soldiers of the Northwest Army will die less." The more I hesitate, the more people will die as a result of this disaster. But Liuyuan you know, I've always been a very selfish person, and I never thought about sacrificing myself for anyone before, unless it's for Xiaojin, you, and Sister Xiaoyu. ”

"Well, I know," Yan Liuyuan said in a low voice, "So, I hurried over this time, in fact, it was like I wanted to stop you." Brother, let's get out of here. This world is very big, and no matter how powerful Zero is, it will not have a place for us. Okay, I know it might be a bit self-defeating to say that, but brother, I really don't want to see you sacrifice yourself for the whole world, it's so unfair to you. ”

Ren Xiaosu said, "Can you let me talk to Xiaojin alone?"

Yan Liuyuan and Sister Xiaoyu glanced at each other and left silently.

Ren Xiaosu took out a tarp from the space and spread it on the high platform on the edge of the trench, and he sat side by side with Yang Xiaojin, looking at the dark night sky.

"You don't want me to get to that point, do you?" asked Ren Xiaosu.

"Well," Yang Xiaojin said firmly: "Xiaosu, do you know that no one should give anything to this world." ”

"Liuyuan always felt that the world was a little bad for me, but I felt that I was actually quite lucky, with such a beautiful girlfriend and such a strong strength, I used to think that my parents abandoned me, but I went to the wizarding country and I realized how much they had paid to keep me alive. So I don't feel that I have anything to be miserable about now, I heard that my father fell in the last catastrophe to save everyone, and now that I think about it, I actually admire his courage a little. In fact, after hearing his story from the knight, I realized that he was a more qualified leader, and that I was just a kid with little direction. ”

Yang Xiaojin shook his head: "What he did, you don't have to do it." ”

"However, there is no other way, Xiao Jin, you have to live," Ren Xiaosu said with his head bowed.

Yang Xiaojin turned her head to look, and she suddenly found that Ren Xiaosu's expression was hidden in the shadows, and she couldn't see it clearly.

Ren Xiaosu continued to whisper: "If I hesitate any longer, maybe even you will die." I thought about it all day yesterday and suddenly realized that I couldn't accept this result. I can't save the world, but I want to save you. We all have to admit that Zero's power has grown to such an extent that sooner or later we will have to face it, perhaps we can escape to the wizarding realm for a while, or live alone in a more distant place. But with each time it escapes, it becomes more invincible. ”

Yang Xiaojin looked at Ren Xiaosu in a daze, in this cruel battlefield, under the sky, the other party suddenly said the most unforgettable love words with simple logic, which made her a little overwhelmed.

"That can't be sacrificed to yourself," Ms. Yang said.

Ren Xiaosu smiled bitterly: "I don't want to either, if I really want to live, who wants to die?"

"Promise me, since Qing Zhen said to wait for him for 9 days, then we will wait until the 9th day to see," Yang Xiaojin said: "If he doesn't succeed on the 9th day, I will accompany you wherever you go." ”

......

The 1st Army in the Northwest has already withdrawn most of it from the Dawn Line, and in P5092's plan, the 2nd echelon of the Line of Defense will block the AI for almost a day.

There are still about 131 kilometers to go from Fortress 178, and at the speed of the AI troops, they will have a decisive battle at Fortress 178 on the last day.

Whether it is life or death will be revealed on that day.

On the way to withdraw from the position, among the tens of thousands of people, Wang Yun suddenly asked: "Hey, where are the P5092 people?

As he spoke, Da Flicker and the others also looked around for P5092's figure.

At this time, Ren Xiaosu, who knew P5092 best, turned around and ran to the position without saying a word, and when he rushed all the way into the commander-in-chief's tent, he happened to see P5092 aiming his jaw with a gun.

Ren Xiaosu's palm slapped the muzzle of the gun to the side through the Shadow Gate, and there was a gunshot, but if Ren Xiaosu slowed down, I am afraid that P5092 would already be dead.

"What are you doing?!" Ren Xiaosu said in disbelief: "Why did you commit suicide?"

P5092 said, "The final mission of the Dawn Line has been completed, so my mission is complete. In the future war, it will not be much meaningful to have me or not, and on the day of the decisive battle of the 178 fortress, it does not rely on strategy, but on courage. ”

"So you're going to die?" Ren Xiaosu frowned and asked, "Why?"

"Just because I personally sent the Black Fox to carry them out on the most dangerous mission, because I refused to retreat from the front-line soldiers of the Dawn Line," P5092 looked exhausted.

For the sake of victory in the war, P5092 made all the most ruthless decisions, making one cold-blooded decision after another.

However, it was for the victory, not for himself.

If he hadn't had the belief to carry the fire, perhaps he would have made another choice.

P5092 whispered, "On the day I parted from the Black Fox, I always wanted to live and die with the soldiers and fight side by side like the commanders of other troops, but I knew that the Dawn Line needed me, so I couldn't die. But, as a sir, I am ashamed of them. ”

Ren Xiaosu was silent, he didn't know how to comfort the military genius in front of him.

Obviously, the other party was born for war, but he had a benevolent heart.

But the kinder the other person's heart, the more painful it will be when making every decision.

This pain continued to accumulate, and finally P5092 had the idea of committing suicide, and the other party was going to accompany his soldiers, because he was the one who sent them to their own end.

Even if he has a very valid reason.

Ren Xiaosu put the P5092's matching gun into his palace space, and then said in a cold voice: "After the victory of this war, I will naturally find a way to use the Valhalla to wake up the black fox them, but if you have committed suicide by then, then you can only separate yin and yang, because the Valhalla cannot summon people who commit suicide." ”

P5092 was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly remembered Ren Xiaosu's ability: "But the Tinder combat force led by the black fox has more than 10,000 people! Luo Lan's Valhalla can only summon 12 people." ”

Ren Xiaosu said earnestly: "That's Luo Lan's can't do it, it's not that this ability can't do it." ”

At this very moment, the artificial intelligence also seemed to realize that the Northwest Army on the Dawn Line was withdrawing.

For a while, all the defenders of the second echelon defense line felt the pressure doubled, like a majestic tsunami rushing towards them.

Together with the army that was blocked by Yan Liuyuan with the abyss, it began to advance at trotting speed.

In the southwest direction, the two troops that went north from the Qing clan actually lost some of the baggage they had carried before, so as to achieve the purpose of speeding up again.

The raging tsunami was going to flood the Dawn Line and engulf Fortress 178 as well.