In the void, a small starship with a somewhat colorful appearance is struggling to move forward in the meteorite flow.

The hull of the ship, which is only more than 300 meters, is full of terrible dents left by meteorite impacts, and from time to time there are meteorites that sweep at high speed and smash on the hull of the ship, and the meteorite the size of a human head is instantly shattered, and the meteorite larger than a house is smashed into a brilliant spark at the same time.

The terrifying sight makes people feel chills all over their bodies.

It was as if, in the next moment, an even more terrifying meteorite would fly and smash this small starship that had been traveling in this terrible meteorite stream for an unknown amount of time into a steel wreckage.

In the meteorite flow, I don't know how many such steel wrecks there are.

Because this is the battlefield of what the starry sky humans call the Battle of Everman, and it is also the largest steel tomb ever built by mankind.

Five years ago, the United Front of the Imperial Alliance and the Federal Nations, led by the Great Eagle Empire, fought a decisive battle in the Rhine system, which originally had a beautiful name, and it was also the last major battle in this starry sky when the flames of war were gradually extinguished.

The Imperial Alliance invested 180 main fleets and 12 celestial-class space fortresses with a diameter of more than 500 kilometers, and 38 million officers and soldiers participated in the battle; The Federal United Front has invested 210 main fleets and 10 spacefortresses of the same type, with a total of 45 million officers and soldiers participating in the battle.

With up to 20 planet-class railguns, the Battlestar is a masterpiece of mankind in the middle of the war, and after the breakthrough in engine technology, the Battlestar is like an asteroid size that can be equipped with more energy cannons, becoming the master of space warfare. A single Battlestar can even supply 20 main fleets with various supplies.

For the warring parties, whoever wins will dominate the starry sky, because there will never be another alliance that can come up with more than 100 main fleets.

The brutal starry war has been going on for eight years, and the warring parties have long been exhausted, not to mention ordinary officers and soldiers, even generals of various countries, and the list of deaths in this war is enough to engrave a tombstone. The former top 200 on the list of star stars have been replaced by more than 80% before this battle.

More than 1 billion officers and soldiers have died in the war on both sides, and tens of billions of ordinary people have died in the war.

The United Front of the Federal States, which gradually gained the upper hand, chose a decisive battle in the Rhine galaxy on the territory belonging to the Rhine Alliance, in an attempt to break the defensive front of the Imperial Alliance, which was already on the defensive.

The largest battle in the history of the human star sky lasted for more than a month, and both sides suffered heavy losses, and in the end, because the rising star admiral of the federal state unexpectedly led eight elite mecha armies to conquer eight Imperial Alliance Battlestars in a row, the balance of victory tilted in favor of the Federation United Front.

Then, the desperate commander of the Imperial Alliance frantically detonated the three planets of the Rhine system with an antimatter bomb, and the energy tide created by the terrible planetary explosion tore the fleet that had not had time to make the artificial jump to shreds in less than ten minutes.

Except for the impregnable Battlestar that had a chance to escape this massive man-made catastrophe, more than 90% of the fleets on both sides were destroyed in this galaxy that would be renamed Invoman (Hell) in the future, and the blown up planetary fragments and countless steel wrecks formed a vortex meteorite flow under the huge gravitational pull.

Not to mention starships, even a behemoth like a Battlestar is difficult to survive in it.

If this scene is spread to the outside world, I am afraid it will be difficult to believe that such a crazy guy exists.

But apparently, the starship has been here for an unknown amount of time, and has long been accustomed to meteorite impacts of this magnitude. Moreover, the shell of the starship, made of some alloy, was strong enough, and even if a meteorite as large as a room hit it at high speed, it did not cause anything other than a spark and a not-so-deep dent.

On the bridge of the starship, there was no one, only a small golden mecha, sitting on the captain's seat with a big spike, and his feet were high on the table.

"Starry sky, are there any new discoveries?" The mech smirked into the void.

"I'm sorry, Fuck off!" The starship brain core located on the bridge flashed blue light and replied with a glance: "Within a range of five million kilometers, no effective metal reaction fluctuations have been received. At the same time, ten long-range detectors are lost! ”

"Then keep looking!" The mecha ordered somewhat lazily. "Also, my name is hob meat, not fuck off, and besides, Lao Tzu is now the captain of the ship, not some bullshit officer."

"I'm sorry, get out of charge, the general said before, if you can't find a target, you can get out." Starry Sky pondered for a moment and replied firmly. "And according to the military system, you who have no military rank should be called a sergeant on duty."

The meaning is clear, don't be embarrassed, add you the title of an officer on duty, it's all good.

"Bang!" The hob was furious and slapped on the solid alloy tabletop. "Starry sky, don't give Lao Tzu a chicken feather as an arrow, you know no, that's my brother, believe it or not, Lao Tzu asked him to give me the rank of colonel in minutes?"

"Don't believe it!" Starry Sky replied without hesitation.

"I don't believe it either!" Hob Meat shook his head painfully. "Damn it! If you don't find the target, Lao Tzu will be just a small soldier in his life, continue to look for Lao Tzu, ten long-distance searchers will be destroyed, then use the materials in the warehouse to make a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand. ”

Of course, the hob meat is painful, five years after the war ended, and as the personal brother of Tang Lang, the commander of the dignified general of the Southwest Federation, he stayed in this starry sky full of broken stones for three years.

That is, he is smart, since he knew Tang Lang's decision, he did not hesitate to take out the alloy secret recipe at the bottom of the box, and used all the connections established by the independent fleet to mobilize the top ten purified alloys in the starry sky, and built this search ship that can resist the direct fire of twenty railguns by physical defense alone, otherwise he would not know how to eat soil on that meteorite at this time!

Although it has the strongest "eggshell" in the galaxy and does not have to worry about being smashed into a waste ball, it does not want to be in the company of a pile of broken rocks in this broken place.

Watching the "starry sky" intelligent brain mobilize all kinds of resources in the starship, one by one remote search instruments flowed out of the automatic production line, and then entered the void, once the human body with the symbol of the Southwest Federation was found, it stretched out its mechanical hand to grab it and cremate it in the body, put it into the alloy box that had been prepared for a long time, and send it to the special area of the starship for preservation。。。。。。

I'm going to provoke anyone! Hob Meat sighed while re-entering the depths of his database that had been repaired seventy percent of it, desperately searching for information to see if he could build a more powerful search instrument, otherwise, with the current search progress, let alone three years, even thirty years, he would never have searched such a huge galaxy.

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The cabin was lit with a dim light, and there were several oil paintings hanging on the walls of the cabin, but they were all mecha and starships or the like, and Tang Lang was sitting on the sofa in the cabin, with a few plates of home-cooked food and a glass of white wine in front of him.

Like an ordinary man returning home, Tang Lang devoured two large bowls of white rice with boiled pork slices and sauerkraut fish.

When the eldest grandson Xueqing, who was wearing a long nightgown, dried her hair and stepped on slippers, Tang Lang was leaning on the back of the sofa, tasting the slightly astringent wine.

The female professor and the female general, who used to be meticulously dressed, appeared in front of Tang Lang very homely like this, but the two of them were obviously used to it.

Perhaps, this is normal for a young man and a woman who are already engaged or have been living together in the same cabin for three years.

"Full?"

"Well, I'm full!" Tang Lang patted his stomach with satisfaction. "Just now in the lab, I used your data model to design a new type of search instrument that can extend the search range by 20,000 kilometers at the same power."

"Go to sleep! I'll lie on the couch for a while before going to the lab. Tang Lang said. Also, I really enjoyed today's boiled pork slices. ”

"Thanks for the compliment, but it seems that today is the last Blue Star Day we have agreed on, does someone not want to say something?" The eldest grandson Xueqing was obviously accustomed to Tang Lang's work state of forgetting to sleep and eat and devote himself to research, nodded slightly, and suddenly turned his head and asked at the moment he walked into the room.

Tang Lang showed apologies on his face, put down his wine glass and got up, approaching his fiancée.

The eldest grandson Xueqing, who was still making fun of her fiancé just now, was like a frightened bird, staggering back at her feet, staring at him with trembling eyes, and her hands didn't know whether to push forward or how to react? But in the end, he could only hang down helplessly, his body gradually retreated, and the bulging chest under the nightgown seemed to be almost touching his chest.

If he really wants to do something。。。。。。 The long eyelashes trembled, and some of them didn't dare to look and think about it, and they had to close their eyes if they were afraid.

Like, that's normal, if it weren't for something, they should have been married a long time ago!

She could smell the faint smell of smoke on Tang Lang's body, but after waiting for a long time, there seemed to be no follow-up, so she slowly opened her eyes and saw Tang Lang in front of her, looking directly at her, eldest grandson Xueqing's heart beat rapidly, and then saw Tang Lang looking at her softly, full of apologies.

Eldest Sun Xueqing's heart ached slightly.

That is a peerless warrior who is praised by the entire starry sky as iron-blooded and ruthless! But because of a joke of hers, I'm so sorry.

Just as he wanted to speak, Tang Lang's forehead lowered, gently pressed against her forehead, and his voice was low: "Xueqing, I'm sorry for making you wait so long, but if you don't find them。。。。。。 ”

"I understand!" Eldest Sun Xueqing stretched out her arms and gently hugged Tang Lang's thick waist, then turned around and walked into the room, but did not close the door, because in this way, she could listen to his breathing and fall asleep.

The lights in the room naturally dimmed, and the powerful sound insulation technology did not completely block the sound of meteorite impact from the shell of the starship, just like the continuous sound of rain in the autumn night.

Tang Lang lay on the sofa, put a blanket on his body, listening to the continuous knocking sound, although he was extremely tired, he couldn't fall asleep for a while, and his sensitive hearing heard that the eldest grandson Xueqing was also tossing and turning, and sighed softly: "Xueqing, do you know?" I can accept the death of my comrades, because that is the fate of the warriors, but I can't bear that my comrades are waiting in a cold corner of the void, and I can't find them. ”

"I know! Of course I know, because you are in pain, you feel that it was your own command error, so you punish yourself. The soft voice of the eldest grandson Xueqing came. However, I am really willing to accompany you to find it forever and eternally! That promise of yours is not that important. ”

Then I heard the sound of the bell.

Although they are on the starship, the two of them also habitually use the timing of the Southwest Federation, which means that the next Blue Star Day is coming.

The cabin suddenly became extremely quiet.

The former Predator couldn't help but become a little dry-mouthed, and he felt the urge to lift the quilt on his body and turn around and run away.

Five years ago today, he promised her that five years later, even if he hadn't found them, he would marry her, whenever and wherever he could.

His wedding was originally only needed the blessings of his comrades-in-arms, so he spent five years looking for them, and even in the years to come, he believed that they were still alive.

Before the moment of the planetary explosion, the Immortal Bird could have made an artificial jump escape one step ahead of time because of the early warning of the hob meat, but they didn't, the flagship of the Southwest Federation Fleet without Tang Lang made an unimaginable sacrifice in the last ten minutes, spending all their energy to open up an artificial jump channel in the shortest possible time, leaving the hope of life to other starships, and the Immortal Bird, which had lost its power source, was torn to pieces by the surging energy tide.

As the chief of staff of the fleet, Vice Admiral Ming Yueshang led all this, Qiu Ruge, the then chief logistics officer of the fleet, Rear Admiral Hao Daier, the captain of the ship, and Rear Admiral Yunmo, the captain of the Star Fighter Group, all seconded the proposal, and Tang Lang, who was far away in the space fortress, was heartbroken at that moment.

The Immortal Bird, which had gone through ten major battles and countless small battles without destroying its outstanding feats, finally failed to withstand such a terrible planetary explosion and crashed in the Battle of Everman.

In that war, Tang Lang lost more than a dozen comrades-in-arms who got along day and night.

Lieutenant General Shen Chengfeng, died in the fall of the Jeppen Empire seven years ago.

Lieutenant General Yu Chi Jian, died in the Battle of Sirius five years ago.

Major General Chen Shi died in the Battle of the Pegasus Galaxy three years ago.

Lieutenant General Zhang Wuwei died two years ago in the Dunkel Planetary Blockade.

Lieutenant General Chu Ming died in the counterattack of the Tai Planet System a year ago.

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Although the war was won, those familiar smiles were gone, and no one could understand the loneliness that went deep into the bone marrow.

He could barely afford to lose them anymore.

Luckily, they still had ten minutes, ten minutes to go, enough for them to enter the escape pod made of hob meat made of special materials. An escape pod that can quickly put people into a state of slumber can sustain their long survival period of more than thirty years, as long as there is no human destruction.

It's just that the terrible energy storm destroyed all the communication of the rescue capsule, and the terrible meteorite flow also prevented all large-scale rescues, and with the highest technology from the Yanyun Galaxy, Tang Lang also built such a small search and rescue ship.

He was going to take his comrades home, whether they were alive or dead, and he was going to let them attend his bestowal ceremonies and weddings.

After the end of the war, Tang Lang, who stepped down as the commander of the First Independent Fleet of the Southwest Federation, refused to be followed by Fatty, Anji and others, and took the eldest grandson Xueqing and Hob Meat to embark on a journey to find his comrades-in-arms in the rescue capsule and collect the remains of the soldiers of the Southwest Federation who fell in the Everman system.

It was a long three years, and the eldest grandson Xueqing also quietly accompanied him for three years.

Now she is no longer as youthful as when he first met her fourteen years ago, she is already a woman in her early forties, although she is as beautiful as ever, as if she has never aged because of the passage of time, and even, perhaps because of time, maturity and innocence seem to be flawlessly combined. It's just that she's not the kind of woman who knows how to use her own weapons.

She is the eldest grandson Xueqing, simple and pure, such an excellent and brilliant woman when she first met.

And the bell signaled the arrival of Tang Lang's promise, which made a straight man of steel feel as if he was in a whirlpool with mud feet.

Almost with great will, Tang Lang licked his somewhat dry lips, wanting to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

"Poof!" In the silence, the eldest grandson Xueqing suddenly smiled.

The laughter is very crisp, but it is more tickling, uniquely magnetic, and more exciting.

"Your Excellency Commander Tang, why do I feel that you are a little scared?"

"Nope!" Tang Lang resolutely denied his cowardice.

He already felt that his willpower was extremely weak, not to mention that the opponent would use a gun, or maybe just blow his breath, and all his defenses would fall apart.

A cold and soft voice came: "Tang Lang, I want to be by your side, I want to be by my father's side, I want to be by Brother Shen Chengfeng, I want to be fat, I want to be with Brother Wei Chijian, I want to be by the side of all my comrades-in-arms in the Southwest Federation, although I know that this is very unrealistic, but I hope that no matter how old we are, we will always be together." ”

"It's just that there may not be a day when you and I will say 'parting' after all!"

Tang Lang's heart trembled slightly.

"Parting 。。。。。。"

"Yes, we have seen many people leave, and maybe one day it will be their turn, there will be no war, and it will also be because of time."

Tang Lang's hands clenched slightly.

Yes, there are many ways to part, there is a distance between each other, this is the isolation of space.

But there is also another, which is the eternal separation of heaven and man in time and space.

A goodbye, or maybe never again.

War and time, even Tang Lang, the strongest warrior who is confident that he can kill the stars, cannot control the existence.

Therefore, when the woman who walked to the edge of the sofa barefoot like a cat appeared, in the dark, Tang Lang did not hesitate to stretch out his arms and take her into his arms.

The woman, sure enough, is made of water, smooth like a porcelain doll.

He put his arms around her, wrapping his arms around her, letting her legs wrap around his。。。。。。

The furious waves of life even drowned out the sound of meteorites hitting outside the starship.

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"Abnormal signal found!" The sound of hob meat suddenly sounded in the electronic loudspeaker in the cabin.

Tang Lang's head suddenly tilted up.

On the electronic screen, a life-saving pod that had lost all its brilliance was from far and near, and the badge of the immortal bird clearly appeared in Tang Lang's eyes.

The ripples on the life detector are gently undulating.

Tang Lang burst into tears instantly.

He finally got them back.

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"Boss, when will you come back, you see that my eldest baby can make soy sauce." A big face of the fat man took up the entire screen, and he asked urgently. "Oh, what are you dead kid pulling my meat for?"

The fat man's behavior of eating alone caused a little fat man in his arms, who was only two years old, very unhappy to pull the fat on the fat man's chin, obviously, the little fat man had a great desire to appear on the camera.

"Bastard, you dare to scold my son."

Du Mo, who had a big belly, pulled the fat man's ears fiercely.

Tang Lang and Eldest Sun Xueqing looked at each other and smiled, if they could know that the dignified commander of the Young Guards Lieutenant General would be so afraid of guilt, I am afraid that those Young Guards who regarded him as their idol would lose their big teeth!

Although he also knew that the fat couple was just trying to make him laugh, because, this was one of the few correspondences between the two in three years.

"I found them!" Tang Lang threw out a sentence.

"Are they all okay?" The fat man and Du Mo were like lightning strikes, and they both stood on the spot.

"Back in the Federation, they should all wake up." Tang Lang nodded. "Also, I have recovered the remains of 400,000 soldiers of my Southwest Federation who died here, and I will bring them back to Kunlun Star together."

"Please rest assured, Boss, my Southwest Federation will welcome the Federation heroes home with the most solemn etiquette."

A month later.

From the starship dock to the Monument to the People's Heroes, Kunlun is nearly 100 kilometers on both sides of the road, and people from the planets of the Southwest Federation are invited to come.

There are parents, wives and children of fallen soldiers, retired veterans and disabled veterans, and representatives of planetary rulers and industries.

once sent his son and husband to the battlefield, and now he is waiting for him to return.

In the hazy eyes of tears, all the soldiers and mechs raised their arms and raised their eyebrows, like sculptures.

Tang Lang, dressed in the uniform of an admiral, led the eldest grandson Xueqing, Ming Yueshang, Qiu Ruge, Hao Dai'er, Yunmo and others to walk at the front of the queue, and behind them were all the officers and soldiers of the Independent Fleet and the Young Guards who had been out of the country for several light years, each holding a small alloy box and collectively boarding the land car.

In front of the Monument to the People's Heroes, the head of Ming Donglai and the chief of the eldest grandson Hong led all the military and political dignitaries on Kunlun Star to stand quietly and solemnly.

"Now the bright moon is here, and the clouds are still returning!"

The white-haired old speaker stood up from his wheelchair tremblingly at the moment when Tang Lang got off the bus with a box covered with the national flag, and his old tears were all over his face!

(The end of the play!) ）

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PS: In all the reluctance, I finally finished the book. Fengyue knows that many readers will be dissatisfied, but after all, Fengyue can't only generate electricity for love and live alone with her daughter, her daughter's various training fees and expenses are pressed on Fengyue's shoulders like a mountain, and Fengyue can only work harder to create a better life for her. Maybe it's possible in the future, when Fengyue is no longer desperately running for life, Fengyue will write a sequel! Please understand.

At the end of the month, Fengyue's new book on farming will meet with you. During this time, one is to take a break, and the other is that if the new book manuscript is approved by the editor, then Fengyue will try to save tens of thousands of manuscripts first, so as not to have to ask for leave or something when he is busy.

Happy Holidays to all!