The huge mecha jumped off the monster's corpse, took heavy steps, came to the ruins, looked down at the stubborn boy, as if he saw his former self, stretched out his arms and began to clean up the huge rubble on the ground.

"Captain... Time is limited, and we need to get back to our lives as soon as possible. Another warrior also dared to come over, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he hesitated for a moment and spoke.

"My battle isn't over yet, so why don't you give me a time limit for fighting?"

The rumbling voice came from the mecha, and the warrior wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it for a long time, so he had to stand aside and wait.

With the help of the mech, the collapsed rubble was quickly cleared, revealing the wreckage of the room underneath, but no human figure was found inside.

Even if it was a corpse, not a single one was found, only a fairly intact mecha model was lying there quietly, and it was a little too lucky that such a collapse could not crush it.

And in this case, there are only two possibilities, either the people inside have fled, or they have been swallowed by the monster.

Qin Li looked at the empty wreckage, a touch of despair rose from the bottom of his heart, this stubborn young man who was only twelve years old finally couldn't bear it anymore and shed two lines of tears.

"Why... Why is this happening, why is it today..."

Qin Li knelt on the ground, his fists clenched, hammering the ground, his immature voice was suppressed and desperate, as if he couldn't feel the pain of the wound on his palm at all, or rather, compared to the grief in the young man's heart at the moment, the pain in his palm was too insignificant.

Looking at the grief-stricken appearance of the young man, the warrior behind him had complicated eyes, living in such a world, as a warrior, he had witnessed such a thing I don't know how many times, but every time, as now, I felt powerless.

At this moment, the warrior in the mecha noticed the audit form that was thrown aside by Qin Li, and was slightly silent for a while, and a rumbling sound came from the mecha.

"I'll tell you why, it's because you don't have enough strength to protect everything you want to protect, if you think you're a man, try to be a real warrior, I'm looking forward to the day when I can fight alongside you. ”

With this in mind, the warrior, known as the captain, took control of the mech and left with several other fighters.

And after everyone left, this ruin suddenly fell into a silence, Qin Li knelt there like that, tears couldn't stop flowing.

"Ahh

Qin Li let out a desperate roar when he looked up to the sky, and echoes echoed all around.

"It's... It's because I'm too weak, that's why something like this happened, if I had passed the assessment earlier, and moved into the guard base with everyone earlier, maybe everything in front of me wouldn't have happened at all..."

Qin Li looked at his weak hands, tears slid down his cheeks and dripped onto his palms, washing away a small piece of blood and dirt on them.

Night fell quietly, and the young man was still kneeling there, his tears seemed to have dried up, leaving two clear tear stains on Qin Li's somewhat dirty little face.

Qin Li's mind was in chaos at the moment, and suddenly the happy scene of living with Grandpa Tang and Xiaorou in the past flashed, and suddenly the deafening voice from before continued to echo.

It wasn't until the sky broke that it brought a faint light to the young man's eyes, Qin Li slowly raised his head, held the mecha model in his hand, took a deep look, his fists slowly clenched, and the model was pinched into pieces in his hand.

Due to too much force, the wound on Qin Li's palm cracked open again, and blood flowed down his fingers again, but Qin Li seemed to feel no pain at all, and his gaze gradually became firm.

No, maybe Grandpa Tang has fled here with Xiaorou, so he didn't find them, right... It must be like this...

With this thought, a hint of hope appeared in Qin Li's eyes, and he preferred to believe that Grandpa Tang and Xiao Rou had fled, rather than being swallowed by the monster.

Grandpa Tang, Xiaorou, I believe you will be fine, I swear, I will find you... Certain.

Qin Li stood up with some difficulty, moved his legs, which were almost unconscious due to kneeling for too long, and picked up the audit form on the ground.

Thinking back to the rumbling voice in his head, the boy was silent for a moment, and with a firm step, he left the place where he had lived for twelve years, leaving behind him only a ruin and a terrifying monster corpse.

......

Coming to the recruiting station again, it is noticeably more crowded than yesterday. Because every teenager who came to report brought at least one or two family members with them.

Qin Li looked at the scene in front of him, his steps paused slightly, his eyes were slightly heavy, and then he walked towards the entrance of the recruiting station with firm steps.

After showing his own audit form, under the guidance of the staff, Qin Li came to a relatively empty square at the meeting place.

At this time, many people had gathered in the square, including teenagers who came to report and family members of teenagers.

Looking at the crowd, Qin Li found that in addition to a few relatively familiar faces who participated in the assessment with him yesterday, there were also many completely strange teenagers who were also standing there waiting, thinking that they should be the ones who had passed the assessment before.

As time went by, the teenagers arrived one after another, and there were more and more people in the square, and Qin Li roughly estimated that there were at least hundreds of people. And as more and more people started talking to each other, the environment in the square began to become noisy.

"All reservists, line up!"

At this moment, a rough voice came from the loudspeakers around it, and instantly resounded throughout the square.

As soon as the words ended, all the teenagers immediately came to the center of the square, lined up on their own, five rows and six columns, exactly thirty people, and the families of the teenagers were waiting at the edge of the square, boasting to each other about their children.

"Look, the one standing in the second row is my son, and he always tells me that he will definitely become a good fighter and contribute to the alliance, although I think

This kid has average talent, but now standing there, he's quite handsome......"

"It's really good, the one over there is my son, I don't think it's worse than your kid, it's a pity that I couldn't give birth to a daughter, otherwise I really want to be your in-laws, hahaha..."

"Come on, if you give birth to a daughter, maybe my son will be able to take a fancy to it..."

"Go, go..."

Qin Li, who was in the queue, listened to the chatter around him, his body trembled slightly, his fists were clenched, his nails were deeply embedded in his palms, and blood slowly oozed out along his fingers.

If that hadn't happened, standing here now, he would definitely become the pride of Grandpa Tang and Xiaorou.

At this moment, a figure came to the square with sturdy steps, it was the examiner who conducted the conscription assessment yesterday.

And with the arrival of the man, the people in the square gradually quieted down.

The man looked at the barely neat queue in front of him, nodded slightly, and said loudly: "First of all, formally introduce yourself, my name is Lei Heng, you can call me Instructor Lei." First of all, on behalf of the Human Alliance, I would like to welcome all the reservists present here to join!"

Lei Heng stepped forward, adjusted the standing posture of a teenager in the first row to a straight point, and continued: "I won't say much else here, for a long time to come, you will all spend time in the training camp, I hope that each of you can finally become a real warrior, now, all disband, take your families to do a good job of registration, and in an hour, gather here!"

With Lei Heng's order, the team dispersed in an instant, and the teenagers all returned to their families and took them to register for the guardian base.

Qin Li was the only one, standing there a little alone, not knowing what he should do or what he could do in this hour's time...

Qin Li's lonely figure quickly attracted the attention of Lei Heng, who had not yet left, and he still remembered this young man with very good assessment scores.

"Boy, I remember your name seems to be Qin Li, right... What about your family? Why don't you register?"

Lei Heng came to Qin Li, he clearly remembered that at the end of the assessment yesterday, this young man also specially asked about the registration of his family.

Qin Li raised his head, his eyes were red, but he never shed a single tear, he had already secretly sworn in his heart that he would never shed tears again in the future, tears could only represent cowardice, and there was no other value.

"I'm sure I'll find them—" The boy's voice was firm, but there was endless grief suppressed in it.

Lei Heng looked at the young man's expression, as a warrior, he immediately understood what was happening, stretched out his big hand and gently patted Qin Li's shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "I believe you can do it..."

"Thank you, Instructor Ray..."

Feeling the power coming from that big hand, something seemed to be touched in Qin Li's heart, and this gratitude was completely sincere.

Just as Lei Heng wanted to say something to Qin Li, there was a commotion from the family registration office not far away, which attracted the attention of Qin Li and the others.

"How many times have I explained to you, with your review level, you can only bring two family members into the guardian base. The man in charge of registration looked a little agitated.

"How can this be, you just register my family, can't I beg you?"

A teenager stood in front of the window of the registry office with a pleading look on his face, and behind him, three of his family members, an elderly man, and a couple of people stood behind him.

"What's going on?" Lei Heng looked at the man in charge of registration before coming to the registration office.

"Instructor Lei, this teenager's audit level is C, according to the regulations, he can only bring two family members into the guardian base, but now he has to let me register three..."

Seeing Lei Heng coming, the man hurriedly explained as if he had seen a savior.

Lei Heng looked at the three family members standing behind the young man, and then saw the pleading in the young man's eyes, was silent for a moment, and asked, "Can't you really be accommodating?"

The man's face was embarrassed, and a bitter expression hung on the corner of his mouth: "Captain Lei, this is the rule of the alliance, if I make an exception here and let other people who are in the same situation as him do? After all, the capacity of the guard base is limited..."

The man explained, and there was something unpleasant in his heart, he didn't know how many times he had seen the same situation in this position.

But under strict regulations and practical problems, he can only watch those poor people stay with regrets, especially those old people, who are always willing to leave the hope of survival to their offspring and despair to themselves.

That's why he hated the job so much, and he always felt a deep sense of guilt, even if it wasn't his fault, or if it had nothing to do with him at all.

"Alas..." Lei Heng sighed heavily, feeling very embarrassed, he also understood that the problem that the man said did exist, but he really couldn't bear to watch the young man make that cruel choice, what was the difference between that and letting him directly choose who would live and who would die in his family.

"Register one of them in my family column, so it's always okay. ”

Just as everyone fell silent, a voice came, breaking the somewhat awkward atmosphere.

Qin Li also understood the reason for the incident at this time, he had experienced the pain of losing his loved ones, so even if he didn't know the young man, he didn't want to see the scene of life and death again.

He never thought of being a saint who guarded all mankind, but he was still willing to lend a helping hand to those in need.

"No matter how cruel this world is, as a living person, you can never lose the last kindness in your heart, because that is the most precious thing that can finally bring dawn to this world shrouded in darkness. ”

This is what Grandpa Tang told him since he was a child, and Qin Li has always remembered it.

"It's... OK. The man hesitated, took the audit form handed out by Qin Li, saw the empty family registration column on it, and raised his head in surprise to look at Qin Li, but he didn't ask anything.

On it was written the name of one of the teenager's family members.

"Thank you for this friend, I will definitely repay this kindness. ”

The young man looked at Qin Li very gratefully, his help to himself, in this cruel world, even sending charcoal in the snow is not enough to describe.

"No need..."Qin Li took back his audit form, waved his hand casually, and walked towards the center of the square.

Looking at Qin Li's somewhat lonely back, the young man wanted to stop him, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only give up and turn around to deal with some matters afterward.

At this moment, his heart was extremely excited, because all his family members could enter the guardian base, and as for Qin Li's kindness to him, he would always have a chance to repay it in the future.

An hour passed quickly, and all the teenagers had completed their family registration, and returned to the center of the square one after another, re-lining up.

Lei Heng came to the front of the team that stood again, waved his big hand, and ordered: "Follow me!"

Led by Lei Heng, the teenagers came to a parking lot where more than a dozen tall transport chariots were parked.

Every chariot, whether it is its height or length, is by no means comparable to the chariot driven by the two monitors that Qin Li has seen before, with one-person high tires and a compartment more than three meters long, it can be said that this is a real steel behemoth.

The body of the chariot is made of a bright silver metal that folds and glows in the sunlight. On the side of the rear compartment, there is also a special sign.

The main body of the emblem is composed of the morning sun that has just broken out of the half-wheel, swaying with the light of hope, and in the light, there are metal wings, a solid shield, and a delicate small hammer.

"All on board!"

At the sound of Lei Heng's order, the teenagers lined up and entered the carriage in turn, thirty teenagers, each car accommodating ten, exactly three chariots.

After the teenagers, those family members also came here under the leadership of the staff, and got on the bus in a very orderly manner, and it took seven chariots to accommodate everyone.

Then, with the command of "go" from Lei Heng, a total of ten chariots roared in unison, and set off in a mighty manner, heading towards the faintly visible destination in the distance.

In the carriage, some teenagers with more active personalities began to introduce each other, and then began to talk about their births, their families, and even some began to talk about their dreams.

"That's... My name is Han Mingxuan, I'm from District 17, can I get to know each other and make friends?"

Qin Li has been sitting there with his head down since he got into the car, not knowing what he was thinking.

His thoughts were interrupted by the young man's voice, Qin Li raised his head and found that he was opposite the young man he met at the registration office, but he didn't expect that he was also in the same car with him, it was really a coincidence.

"Of course... My name is Qin Li, and I am in the 13th district. ”

Qin Li stretched out his hand and grasped it with Han Mingxuan's outstretched hand, and the two of them had officially known each other from then on.

"I really didn't know what to do with your help, otherwise I wouldn't know what to do... By the way, I used up one of your family members, is your remaining quota enough?" Han Mingxuan seemed very talkative, trying to find a topic to talk to Qin Li.

However, Han Mingxuan's unintentional sentence evoked bad memories in Qin Li's heart, and he didn't answer Han Mingxuan's question, just pursed his lips and lowered his head silently.

The atmosphere became a little awkward for a while, Han Mingxuan thought about it for a while, and combined with Qin Li's somewhat withdrawn personality, he also realized that he had asked a question that he shouldn't ask, scratched his head a little curtly, and sat back in his place, thinking about how to talk to Qin Li.

The convoy roared for half a day, and finally came to a huge steel base, and the speed of the car gradually slowed down.

The tall and heavy walls coiled like a steel dragon, turning into the most solid fortress, protecting the buildings inside, which is currently the safest place for human beings to live and protect the base.

The convoy stopped in front of the gate, and someone got out of the car to register for it.

After a few moments, the heavy gate slowly opened, and the convoy slowly started again, driving into the interior of the guard base.

After entering the base, the convoy separated, and the seven chariots carrying their families in the back stopped here, while the three chariots in front continued to drive towards the center of the base with the teenagers.

After another half hour, the chariot stopped again, and the carriage door slowly opened.

"Get out of the car!"

Outside, there was Lei Heng's sonorous and powerful command.

Hearing the order, the teenagers quickly got out of the car, and while lining up, all the teenagers, including Qin Li, were deeply shocked by the scene they saw in front of them.

It was close to dusk, and the sky was not so bright.

In the sight of the teenagers, above the sky, there is a behemoth floating that covers the sky and the sun, it is a magnificent floating city, the teenagers raise their heads as much as possible, and they can't see its whole picture clearly, and the huge body blocks most of the afterglow of the sunset, making the environment below appear even darker.

This was the first time Qin Li had seen this floating city so closely, and he was still standing at its feet, he had only seen a picture in the brochure before, but now the heavy aura emanating from this behemoth was something that could not be expressed by a picture.

The feeling of oppression felt in person is like a hammer pressing on the heart, but it is full of a solid strength, which is the greatest reliance of human beings to protect the last place of survival.

"Everyone, keep order, follow me!"

Lei Heng let out a loud shout, and led the teenagers to continue to approach the floating city, and finally boarded a huge lifting platform, and in the sonorous sound of gear turning, the platform trembled slightly and began to rise slowly.

Under the majesty of Lei Heng, the teenagers did not dare to make a mistake, and only dared to use the corner of their eyes to glance at the guardian base below that was getting farther and farther away from them.