The alarm on the Yunshan was sharp and piercing. The people around them were running fast. There were gunners who rushed to combat positions, and there were maintenance technicians who coordinated internal operations. In the midst of the chaos, only I, an idler, wandered around with nothing to do. I was thinking of going to the location where I was familiar with the Marines, but thinking of my own state, it was better not to drag others back.

I had the heart to find a seat to supplement the staff officers on the bridge, but I was afraid of causing trouble for them. After swaying around in a long circle, I found myself in a state where I had nowhere to go.

"Sir, you're about to enter a super-mobile state, aren't you going to your post?"

An internal servant asked me with some uncertainty. This is a young face, even this kind of teenage hairy boy has been added to the battlefield, and it seems that the human resources of our solar system have shown a tendency to wither. Once upon a time, the population of more than 20 billion was still a headache, and in the blink of an eye, it had reached the point of asking minors to go to war. When I think about everything that has happened in the past two years, I feel very scary when I think about it.

He must not know me, not even his own direct superior, which can only mean that the little guy was directly supplemented as soon as he completed the recruit training.

"Whew! Do you look like I look like someone who has found a job? ...... Where should you go if you are not directly combatants? ”

"Uh, are you really a colonel?"

"No matter what rank it is, I can't fight right now, so I need you to tell me where to go?"

The little one let go of his restrained demeanor and glanced me up and down with suspicious eyes.

"Okay, you come with me, don't play any tricks."

I couldn't help but smile wryly, what is going on. Once you lose your strength, you can't move an inch in the army. It's a realistic place.

The headquarters of the Internal Affairs Forces was located on the lower level of the bridge, and we had to travel here as a scooter in the past, which was both time and troublesome, and the young man looked impatient as the Yunshan entered combat mode.

He had almost put me in a guarded position, and when he saw my right arm and legs peeking out of his uniform, the little guy visibly froze and took a few steps back. Then, as if he thought he couldn't drop in front of me as a suspect, he forced himself to come close to me and sit next to me.

Although there is nothing the same on the surface, it can be seen from whether he holds the handle of the assault rifle and repeats the preparatory action of pulling the trigger without listening to his fingers, which shows that his heart is really not very calm.

"You're nervous!?"

"You talk nonsense, I'm a brave warrior."

"Being brave or not is not in conflict with whether you are nervous, you are nervous?!"

The little guy yelled at me, "I'm not going to lose to someone like you." ”

"Oh, people like me, what kind of people am I?"

"You're a deserter."

"You're a military judge?"

"Not ......"

"If you are not a military judge, you can label a colonel as a deserter at will without trial?"

“......”

"The army is a very realistic place, so you can't talk nonsense."

I looked teasing, and the young man looked nervous under my gaze.

"Anyway, when I get to the command headquarters in a while, there will be Jay's, and I ......"

"And you're not qualified to judge."

Under my gaze, the little guy looked like a deserter, and bowed his head weakly.

The gray shadow in front of him flickered by.

"Stop!"

"What's going on?"

The young man stopped and looked at me with a look of disbelief.

"There were a few shadows in the direction of the fork in the road just now, which is very suspicious. Let's take a look. ”

I jumped off the scooter and walked a few steps without hearing the sound of following.

I looked back and saw the young man with a cold face, he was holding an assault rifle with the muzzle of the black hole pointed towards my chest.

"Don't bully me for being young, as long as you're not honest, you can still make you look good!"

"I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, those shadows just now are definitely not human, we have to go and see."

"You take a step and try, I'll shoot!!"

The lad was definitely serious, because I saw that his hand holding the assault rifle was shaking, and the finger holding the trigger was twitching. The way he is now, let alone maintain, a little longer will go off and hurt people. I couldn't help but laugh at myself and wondered if I had died at the hands of a rookie here. After all, so many comrades-in-arms died around them, and I was the only one who survived, which in itself is a great sin.

That being said, I can't afford to lose it, because in my experience, the shadow I just saw is undoubtedly a mechanical killer. Whatever the purpose of their presence here, they must not be allowed to get close to the bridge.

"Oh, you want to shoot, why? Just because a colonel has discovered an enemy that can be used, will you stand and help check the situation?! ”

In order to solve the annoying little guy in front of me as soon as possible, I resorted to the usual intimidation method that I did not use.

"You.... Don't come here, you're a deserter suspect now, don't let you get any closer, or I'm going to shoot?! ”

"Shoot a fart gun, and there will be enemies moving inside the ship in front of you, but you will point your weapons at your own people."

At this time, other people's scooters passed by. Seeing that something was going on with us, they gradually came closer. The young man's eyes left me for a split second, and it was a fatal mistake, especially for close-quarters combat.

After a few days of running-in, I have gradually regained control of the prosthesis, although it is not at the level when the chip is intact, it does not affect my normal tactical movements. With an exclamation, the assault rifle rang out, and the line of fire passed through my side, hitting the ceiling and bulkhead, stirring up a series of sparks, and at the same time, it also made the soldiers who were close around to lie down one by one to avoid the grenade attack.

These movements were performed in one go, and it was the first time I had successfully performed a combat move since I had lost my brain domain perception. Although the goal is just a rookie, it also gives me a new positioning for my own strength.

As Harding said, it's just a little unaccustomed.

In a good mood, I couldn't help but walk a lot brisker, no longer paying attention to the young man's entanglement with the internal affairs soldiers, and loudly scolding the approaching soldiers to follow, those mechanical killers are extremely terrifying existences, how could they let him sneak into the flagship?

While instructing the crying little ones to contact the command of the Internal Affairs Forces and ask them to send someone to surround and suppress the mechanical killers, he led people to follow them from the location where they had just been found.

The young man obviously hadn't figured out the situation yet, but he was frightened by the soldiers around him, so he could only obediently contact his superiors. And I took the person to the auxiliary pathway.

I was accustomed to using my brain domain perception to probe the situation in front of me, but I found that this useful ability was no longer useful, so I could only curse in my heart while moving towards the corner step by step in accordance with the requirements of the interstellar infantry drill code. The soldiers behind him also have combat experience, and they form a coordination team with me, and the muzzles of their guns are pointed in different directions, so that we have no dead ends in attack and defense.

This method of searching is indeed safe, but it is inefficient and fearful of anti-personnel weapons such as grenades. If you still have the ability to perceive the brain domain, this kind of corner will rush over in less than a second, even if you will encounter an ambush, it will be like seeing it in front of your perception ability, and there will be no danger.

While I still think about the conveniences of the past, I can only warn myself that the past is no longer there, and I must face the reality that I no longer have the ability to perceive.

Turning slowly, the diffuse reflection of matte treated metal appeared in the corner of the field of vision, and I relied on my previous experience to subconsciously pull the trigger, and when I didn't see the whole picture of the other party, I began to strike at the corner. The fighters behind me were frightened by my sudden attack, and they all subconsciously opened fire. As a series of sparks flew through the corner, a dark shadow rose into the sky, turning in a large circle from the far end of the ceiling at the corner of the aisle, towards our side. The soldiers were immediately drawn to the black shadow, and the assault rifle poured ammunition through without hesitation, while I still held the corner steadily, not even confirming whether the black shadow had been hit, because I knew very well that at such a speed, it was impossible for the enemy I saw to appear from the far end. The closest and most threatening guy to us is just around the corner.

At that moment, the inorganic glow of the mechanical killer's dark red monitor swept through, giving goosebumps all over his body. The grayish-brown, slender body caused the muzzle to erupt with tongues of fire as soon as it appeared. As the metal spikes slammed into the mech, the mechanical killer swooped down on me in a drunken hobbling stance.

At the last moment, he raised his foot and kicked it out, and the blinding light in the corner flashed, followed by a deafening explosion. At the same time, an explosion sounded in mid-air, and I only had time to pounce on the corner of the wall, curling up in a ball, when I felt the pain of being cut by shrapnel.

......

......

When I opened my eyes again, I lay on a soft and comfortable bed under the soaring ceiling. Accustomed to the stinging sensation of the surrounding light, my eyes were a little moist. However, a familiar figure could still be seen sitting next to the bed.

A smaller, slender man is penetrating and concentrating on what looks like an apple. Her craftsmanship is not good, and the skin of the apple has not been completely removed, and half of it is basically gone.

Looking at her serious appearance, I couldn't bear to disturb her, but I really couldn't look past it.

"You...... If I do it like this, I'll have to eat the core. ”

The voice that spoke prominently was hoarse and unpleasant, and I was startled by the sound of my own speech.

The figure turned its head, revealing a delicate and lovely face. She was puzzled at first, then in disbelief, then with a smile in her crying, or with an indescribable look in her laughter.

Then she tossed the fruit knife aside, along with the poor apple, and I tried to look down to make sure it wasn't stuck anywhere on my body.

"Wake up! You're awake!! Oh my God, you're awake......"

Words that can only be described as screaming, and in the midst of my sobs, I saw Teresa pounce on me, grab my head, take it into her arms, and shake it vigorously.

After a series of whirlwinds and suffocating struggles, I finally escaped from the brink of death.

"I'm a patient, can you be gentle."

In the second sentence, the hoarseness has improved a lot, but the voice is still far from the original me. I guess I haven't spoken for a long time.

Facing Teresa, who was crazy in front of me, crying and laughing for a while, a warmth surged in my heart. At least someone still remembers me and worries about me.

After the excitement, there was a long silence, and Teresa blushed, trying to suppress her emotions looked very cute.

"How long have I been asleep, and why do I even speak as if I tear my throat?"

She just looked at me like that, as if admiring some kind of masterpiece.

"You've slept for a long, long time, and I thought you'd never wake up again."

Her expression suddenly became extremely gentle, and her big eyes flickered as if they were about to drip water.

“...... What happened to the fleet? All I remember was the radio saying that Mrs. Wall had backtracked, and Kiana rushed out to fight, and then ran into the mechanical killer. ”

Teresa sealed my mouth with her hand. I wanted to protest, but the soft touch was so good that I was afraid that she would withdraw her hand and not speak.

"Let's not talk about that just yet, okay? When you are recovering from a serious illness, you must be tired, so take a good rest. ”

As the words ended, Teresa leaned down, a wet, greasy touch tapping her forehead.

As if by magic, I felt a surge of fatigue and I couldn't even open my eyes, and then I fell into a deep sleep.

......

......

When I opened my eyes again, I felt much better, there were a few more rehabilitation robots around me, and the large muscle groups of both hands and feet and torso were felt numb and crispy under the kneading of their dexterous robotic hands.

The robot was stubborn, and even though I repeated orders, they insisted on about half an hour of rehabilitation massage before letting me out of bed.

The ground is solid to the touch, without the slight vibration that always exists on a starship. I should be on the ground now, at least on the surface of a large satellite.

The room is simple and clean, but it lacks a lot of life, and the standard cosmic colonization room interior. Stretching, I walked to the door, always feeling weird, and when I looked down to confirm, I realized that the two legs that were supposed to be mechanical prosthetics had been replaced by real meat legs, and hurriedly stretched out my right arm, and similarly, there was no mechanical prosthetic here. It seems that they took advantage of the opportunity to heal the wound and did the work of regenerating the severed limb along with it.

Restoring my full body was the first thing I wanted to do when peace came, but when my wish really came true, I felt that there was nothing left to do.

The feeling of losing strength is really bad, I thought to myself. If I had been living with a prosthetic limb for decades, I wouldn't have wanted to get back to my original state.

The automatic door opens and closes behind you. This is a facility similar to an underground base, the walkway is also spacious, the ceiling and lighting are good, but compared to military facilities, both the decoration and the advanced level of materials used here have been checked, it should be a civilian facility, I judged.

Along the main thoroughfare with its sidewalks, there were no loaded soldiers and no internal security machine guns that should have been found everywhere at a large military base, except for trucks carrying goods, robots, and humans in overalls.

It seems that this is really a civilian facility. Combined with Teresa's identity, eighty percent is the base of the new Martian children.

I also wanted to find someone to ask about the situation, but I found that everyone was busy and in a hurry, so I was embarrassed to pull people back.

"Chief! Are you awake? What to do here? ”

The voice of surprise came from Akali, the able female assistant who had been by Teresa's side.

"I'll look around, where Teresa is, I just woke up and can't figure out the situation, please take me to her."

"No wonder she suddenly became elated yesterday, no problem, but you need to wait for a long time, after all, everything is not on track now, and there are so many meetings every day that people want to break their bodies and use them."

I was finally able to meet someone I knew, who rescued me from that state of being at a loss, and also made me let go and wake up.

Akali expertly found the scooter, and the two of us sat side by side. It seems that Teresa's office is not very close to here. Luckily, I met Akali, and if I tried to walk through it on two legs, I might be at risk of starving.

"Can you tell me, how long have you been asleep? Although Teresa was present when she woke up yesterday, unfortunately she didn't have time to ask and fell asleep again. ”

Akali has a round face and a lean appearance, her expression at this time, like a smile but not a smile, although I can't tell whether she wants to laugh at me or really happy for me, but this peaceful era, the peaceful atmosphere still gives me a feeling of warmth that I have not seen for a long time.

"You've missed a lot of things this night, because I don't know exactly when you fell unconscious, only that when I picked you up from the army transport boat two months ago, Teresa looked so lost and dejected, I never want to see it a second time in my life."

"I see, at least I've been in a coma for more than two months......"

"You have no conscience, Teresa's sad look is the point of what I said!"

"I'm sorry, I don't want to see her uncomfortable, it's just that I've been in a coma for so long, and I have too many things to care about, and I can't take care of it for a while."

Akali glanced at me, "Quibble, you don't have to worry about anything, although there is no such thing as a big victory, and there is no such thing as a rout. Dragged the blessings of the girls who were able to control the starship independently, and the main force of the fleet finally lasted until the arrival of the exact information of the Branders. Instead of leaving the solar system, the Super Will took a defensive stance on a terrestrial planet at the edge of the solar system's gravity, so Mrs. Wall stopped the attack on our main fleet, and the situation stabilized after a mutual assistance treaty was drafted between the two sides. ”

"Oh, so do we still have the Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune systems?"

"Theoretically, I guess so. All the facilities in the Jupiter system, including the equipment of our Martian Son, the mining ship, were all destroyed, and it was impossible to restore them in a few years. The Neptune system, the Burlandians have made a miasma there, all known mines, available infrastructure, are contaminated by their biological media, and those things, let alone be clear, even if they will be infected if they come into contact. Only the Saturn system will delay your blessing, and it is said that the undefended strategy is the one you proposed. Saying this, Akali seemed to suddenly get angry Yes, her eyes became angry, and she punched me in the shoulder, maybe the new arm was not strong, or the nerve connection of the new body was too sensitive, and she grinned at the pain, and almost screamed. Come on! Look at your appearance, don't let people see the appearance of the battlefield hero as soon as possible, otherwise you won't laugh off your big teeth. ”

"Eldest sister, it's not that I don't give my strength, it's that your fists are too heavy, okay...... Don't talk about this, why did you hit me, didn't you say that my unguarded strategy worked? ”

"You're still a man, let a young girl take the blame for you, do you know how many brainless guys scold Teresa traitors, bitch? If it weren't for me and Anderson desperately trying to protect her, maybe you wouldn't have seen dear Teresa. ”

Looking at Akali snorting angrily, imagining her and the big man Anderson protecting the petite but arrogant Teresa as they walked through the people's angry scolds and stones, my heart couldn't help but sour, "Indeed, it's too heavy to put this guts on her." ”

Perhaps seeing that my expression didn't seem to be fake, Akali's tone softened, "I also know that you are the one who does great things. It is said that this time you were able to successfully seriously injure the super will and break the conspiracy of Mrs. Wall, mainly due to you, not to mention what the girls in the core of the starship call you, by the way, they call you the guide. So the big guys in the Provisional Government are very concerned about you, and I heard that they are still planning to make you the Chief of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht! ”

After saying this, Akali looked at me suspiciously, "What? Not happy? You're about to become a big guy! ”

"No, I will not accept the post of Chief of the General Staff. I'm going to stay and help Teresa and rebuild the Children of Mars. ”

“...... Really?! ”

"This is my final decision, what a war! Politics! And the killings and stuff like that, I've endured too much and given too much. Phew, since now is a rare opportunity for peace, once a big guy like Super Will repairs, it may take years, or even decades, to attack again, and there is so much time for our Saturn system to recover. A new generation will grow up. They don't need a fighter like me for a while, and I know that there are places that need me more urgently, so I want to stay where I am needed most. Not for anything else, just for the thoughts that belong to me. ”

“......”

The scooter stopped in front of a glass-walled building, and a group of people had just poured out of the building, apparently having just experienced a heated debate and quarrel, many of whom still had a red face from indignation and excitement.

Among these many people, there is a delicate figure, walking proudly, her demeanor is firm, her eyes are sharp, and the fighting spirit of her body seems to be overflowing.

When I saw her, I laughed and walked over with my head held high, my arms naturally open, as if I wanted to embrace the pretty body, and as if to embrace the beautiful future.