Chapter 378 & 379: The Way Home (1 & 2)

It's time to leave, I thought. Super Will has been hit hard, and it should not be offensive again anytime soon. Mrs. Wall has been harmed a lot this time, and I believe that they can't be tossing anything. Now it's time to retreat, and I'm leaving this army, away from fighting and strife. I have seen too much life and death, even though I am always alive, I feel tired of it, and even have the idea that it is better to die. This head is proof of tiredness.

I'm really tired and it's time to take a break.

I couldn't help but think of Teresa, "Is she okay now?" Will she scold her mother because she is overworked, even when she is angry, she looks good. ”

I was muttering to myself, in this lonely underground space, as if I would go crazy if I didn't talk to myself.

“......”

Strange feelings, no matter how hard I tried, the ability to perceive the brain domain as if it never existed, and it was not able to reach out.

Perhaps because I was too tired, I forced down the bad speculation in my heart, found a ruin, sat down, closed my eyes, and waited quietly without thinking about anything. I was meant to rest for a while, but the more I sat in this silent place, the more creepy I felt.

I resisted the urge to run away and calmed down to analyze my condition.

I see.

Without the help of brain perception, I was ignorant of my surroundings in the dark, and fear came from this. I usually unconsciously use the convenient and easy-to-use brain domain perception ability to explore the surroundings, and naturally know that there is no threat nearby, so I am much bolder.

Now once the ability to detect is lost, the true nature is exposed.

"I'm still the cowardly fellow."

While laughing at himself, he patted his helmet vigorously.

Helmets cannot be taken off now, although Mars has been transformed into a normal environment for humans to live and breathe nearly a thousand years ago. However, just after the battle, the air was not only filled with deadly dust and poisonous gases, but also the surrounding radiation readings and some unknown factors would still be fatal, so you can only wake yourself up by slapping your helmet. Although my intention was to knock my head hard.

After a few deep breaths, there was a chirp in the headphones, and I was so scared that I almost shot. It took me a while to realize that it was an alarm that the oxygen reserves were running out.

Tell yourself in your heart, don't panic, I'm already a veteran, I've experienced too many things, and such a small situation can't bother me.

Ignoring the warning of lack of oxygen, taking another deep breath to make sure I was sufficient, I closed my eyes and focused on the extension of my brain's ability to expand.

“......”

Nothing happens, everything is so abnormal, or everything is back to its original state.

Brain domain perception does not appear.

"Alright! It is estimated that the chip is broken. But this is also normal, in the face of a strong spiritual impact, the brain domain chip has lasted until now before it breaks, and I have to say that Mrs. Wall's manufacturing technology is superb. ”

Again, I said to myself. The intention was to relax my mind by talking, but in my case, anxiety and conviction have grown out of control.

I don't want to admit it, but I have to admit that right now, I've been beaten back to my original form. The ability to perceive the brain domain, which I have always been most proud of and care about, is finally gone.

What to do next?

In a moment's dazedness, the alarm of lack of oxygen in the headphones was particularly harsh.

I tried to calm down and find a way to the surface. You might even find a lifeboat or a rescue signal generator in the wreckage of the ship. I need to get out of here now, especially now that I'm deprived of oxygen, and I don't want to stay here or breathe in the poison gas to survive, and I'm sure I won't want that to happen.

So I got back up and moved my hands and feet.

In addition to the original left arm, the legs and right arm appear sluggish and clumsy.

Damn, it turns out that without a brain domain chip, my ability to control my prosthetic leg has decreased.

If you have a bad premonition in your heart, will it not only affect your perception and control of your limbs, but also your thinking, emotions, and strategy.

I subconsciously swallowed my saliva.

The smooth sailing of the past two years has pushed me to the rank of colonel, and I have gradually become familiar with this identity, as well as the positioning of being able to fight and fight unparalleled.

Maybe all this is just an illusion, an illusion brought about by a brain domain chip. The real me is not as strong as that, and even inferior to the ability of a rookie recruit.

Frightened by my own reasoning, I clumsily waved my right arm, "What nonsense! In addition to brain perception, I also have combat experience and an increasingly mature judgment ability. I also have a strategy that even Verelli has to agree with, and the ability to see people's hearts, which is not only due to the brain domain chip. ”

My stomach roared to overpower the fear in my heart, and I stood up, deciding to go to the ground first.

Trot a few steps and jump upwards with your legs.

The world was spinning in front of me, my body involuntarily lost its center, and after a period of dizziness and upside down, I felt pain all over my body and an ever-expanding wound in my heart.

Without the brain domain chip, I couldn't even do the tactical action of jumping.

I am not reconciled and unwilling to admit this fact. Staggered to his feet, ran two steps, and with the strength of the forward rush, activated the jetpack. I'm going to rush straight out of this abyss with the help of a jetpack.

It's too evil here, I can't use my abilities here, and I have to get out of here. Maybe as soon as you get to the ground, even the ability to perceive in the brain domain will be restored.

With the characteristic sound of the cavity leaking as the jetpack ran out of fuel, I fell heavily on the rubble. If it weren't for the light infantry armor on my body, this alone might have killed me, and now after a bit of grinning, I have to face such a reality.

I'm stuck.

Lost the ability to perceive the path of the incoming consciousness, lost the fuel to spray the backpack, lost the ability to manipulate the prosthetic, and was unable to sustain it for too long due to the lack of oxygen.

It dawned on me that this life, which had been tossed and turned in the war, could not be taken by the devils, and that Mrs. Wall could not do anything with it, and that even the Poles could not do anything to me, and that it was going to be ruined in such a place.

It's ironic.

Looking up beyond the abyss, it had become empty after Super Will left. It is a real desert, where there is no life and no conditions for survival.

Is this where I be?

In my mind's eye, Teresa's image became clearer, and I longed more and more to see the girl who was humming all day.

When you say goodbye, you should kiss it deeply, at least you can leave a good memory.

......

......

The void sky was obscured by dark clouds, and it was impossible to tell whether it was really clouds, haze, or sandstorms. I regret that I didn't get to see the clear sky again at the end of my life. But when I thought about it, it became clear again. I died on Mars, at least on this hellish planet, but where the most precious memories of my life are, the first woman I fell in love with in my life, wasn't Karin also left here? Most of my thousands of comrades-in-arms, whose faces were once alive and now blurred, are buried beneath the sand of the planet of hell. Now it's my turn, and I'm already living a more wonderful life than most people, so what is there to complain about.

In the headphones, the alarm of extreme oxygen deprivation keeps flashing.

I'm starting to feel stuffy and it's time to open my visor.

The headset that had been repeating the screeching alarm suddenly came from a screeching sound, and then the familiar inquiry echoed in my mind, "Zhao Ping? Are you there? This is Kalian, Kiana asked me to pick you up from the garbage. It's not going to be dead, is it?! ”

With the call in the headset, the blood-colored sky dome reappeared in my field of vision. Large dark clouds spread out in all directions, and a behemoth pierced Mars from the sky. It was so fast that I almost thought it was going to crash straight into the earth's crust.

Until very close to the surface, the huge starship seemed to me to have become an image that obscured the sky and the sun. The auxiliary vents scattered throughout the belly of the starship were activated, and a large amount of rubble and wreckage were lifted by the strong reaction force. The eyes were instantly full of debris, and when the sight regained again, the giant ship had floated steadily in the open of the abyss.

"So you're here! How? It turns out that you have a habit of looking at the scenery after the war, and I want to say that you are such a weirdo! ”

"I'm not only a weirdo, I'm also a wreck, can I just stay here and sleep quietly?"

“...... Broken brains? Rest assured, there are very skilled mechanics on the Yunshan, and it will be fine if you smash it twice with a hammer. ”

Faced with the question of Kalian, who has a personality jumping, she can't help but smile wryly, this little girl must not know that I am already a waste person in the true sense of the word.

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Fifteen hours after the war, I was finally able to leave Mars aboard Kalian's battleship. As the remains of the Eye of Mars grow smaller and smaller in view. I focused my attention on the wreckage of the Kings, which had grown smaller with it. Once upon a time, it was my home, but now I have to say goodbye to it.

"You're such an old man."

In the core control cabin, the voice of Kalian, who seemed to be urning because of the acceleration fluid, echoed in his ears.

"I remember you saying that peeking into other people's minds is immoral."

"I didn't peek into your mind, though I would love to. Even if you use it, you can't be mistaken, you've been staring at the wreckage of the Kings since just now. ”

“...... There...... It was once a place that felt like home......"

"Hey! When did our tyrannical Colonel Zhao Ping become so sentimental? Another voice interjected.

In fact, there were more survivors of the battle than I expected, especially the bridge personnel who stayed behind on the Wanwang, because they were far away from the scene and had achieved protective treatment, they became the group of survivors who fought against the Super Will. A total of 112 people, including Harding, Jasmine and others, were survivors of the entire battle. As for Mrs. Wall, I don't have any exact information, but I believe there are surviving Wolf elites.

Due to the design of the Wolf unmanned combat ship, even on the battleship, 114 of us had to be crammed into a small central control compartment. Dressed in a tight-fitting skin-suit, she pouted and was covered in induction electrodes, controlling the ship's normal operation.

After such a tragic battle, everyone has their own thoughts, and the cabin is actually very quiet, but there are a few nervous guys, such as Harding, who don't seem to have been affected by the battle, and are still very talkative.

"Tyrannical?! Did I give you that feeling like that before? Then I can tell you unequivocally that it was just a delusion, and that I was actually a timid, fragile, sensitive, and cowardly guy. ”

"Hey, hey, hey! Why doesn't it seem that the style of painting is wrong?,How can you say that you don't look at it so much.。 ”

"Isn't that unbearable? Actually, I still have reservations, do you know what my previous nickname was? Declining God means that as long as there is a place where I appear, I will be unlucky. ”

"Alright! Your humility didn't give me even a chance to complain. Are you sure you really didn't hit your head? ”

"I hit my head, and it was very bad, and now the brain chip is broken, and I no longer have the ability to perceive, and even my daily movements, control of the prosthesis, and normal thinking ability have been affected. I'm a waste person now, do you think the waste person needs to have any self-evaluation? ”

I turned my head and replied to Harding angrily. Even I know that at this time, I am full of decadence, and I have no intention of communicating with others properly.

Harding rolled his strange eyes and looked at me closely. Through the light green accelerator, I always felt that he looked like a beast looking at its prey, trying to find a weak point.

But it doesn't matter anymore, as a wreck, I really don't think I should leave with Karen. That underground grave is where I should stay.

"I thought it was going on, wasn't it just a broken part, just find someone to fix it! As for self-abandonment! ”

"The parts are broken! Find someone to fix it?! I consciously became sharper, but the anger was uncontrollable and wanted to vent, "You know what? I can't even walk normally now, let alone command the Marine Corps to fight, and now I can't even command myself like this, how can I fulfill the obligations of a commander! ”

Harding swam over and came straight to me, his reminder was already burly, and it was like a wall floating at such a close distance.

A large hand reached out and grabbed me by the shoulder, and an ugly face appeared at the tip of my nose at close range.

"Hey, boy, I don't care how bad you're feeling right now. We still have to take the responsibility. The colonel has a hard time, just sit in a safe place and move his mouth. What does it matter if you can control a prosthetic limb or not? I'm going to want you to quickly forget about Shrawl's brain domain chips and stuff, those things don't really work for your duties as a colonel. The chip is broken? That's right, don't always go to the front line to fight with the brothers, just do a good job of pointing fingers at the back, that's where you should be. ”

After saying this viciously, he shook his hand vigorously, and let me float to the side for a full two meters. When I looked at him again, the big man was back beside the petite figure.

"What's wrong? Any questions? Qingli's voice came, and Jasmine's voice was still so good.

"Nothing? Our Senior Colonel Zhao Ping was throwing a child's temper, and I was just reminding him what to do. ”

I turned my gaze back to the monitor at the front of the control module, which controlled the device to respond to my brainwaves, and re-projected the wreckage of the Wanwang in front of my eyes. At this time, the wreckage had shrunk into a small dot, and the part around what should be the Martian earth was filled with the blood-colored outline of Mars.

My old life is going away with the shrunken kings, what is the new life waiting for me? At this time, I seemed to have lost the courage to face difficulties, and I didn't want the future to be approaching at all.