New Era of Hope, 0001-01-06, six days after all members of the Hope awakened.

After being captured and rescued by the Coalition Earth's exiled colony ship, the No. 5 Hope, Anne is now basically adjusting to life in the universe and has begun to fool around on this huge and novel spaceship.

At present, Little Anne is only allowed to roam freely in the military zone of the Hope, and the rest of the place and the immigrant city deck area inside the Hope are not open to her for the time being.

Under normal circumstances, here in the military area, there are complete defense measures and a large group of military personnel, and in the eyes of the senior management of the Hope, it should not be too risky for the spacecraft to let this little alien girl move here temporarily.

Besides, they can't always put a well-behaved and cute all day long? The little girl who doesn't seem to be threatening is locked in her room alone, right?

At this time, on the USS Hope, in the rest area of the Marine Corps Club, Galen, the captain of the Cobra Squad, and the No. 01 Marine Corps No.01, were engaged in a friendly boxing match with the captain of the Viper Squad, Darius No.011, who was the strongest Marine team on the No. 11.

"Hey! I said, Glen big guy, don't you really think about switching from the Marine Corps to a melee class? I can enchant you with a powerful two-handed sword! ”

When the boxing match reached halftime for ten minutes, little Anne couldn't bear the loneliness and once again came to Captain Galen's side.

"On the other side of our Valoran continent, there is a kingdom of Demacia, where they are, there is also a general named Galen! He's also a big guy like you, and it's said that he's a great thief in fights! It's just that people are a little silly, and it's a little funny......"

For the person in front of him, who is also called Galen, little Annie's favorability towards him is not low, and even, if the other party is willing, she can also enchant him with a powerful two-handed sword.

After all, after being away from home for so long, here in this spaceship, how could she feel a little strange and affectionate when she heard this name familiar to the Valoran continent.

"No need! Thank you! ”

He shook his head in horror when he heard that little Anne once again wanted to trick herself into giving up her role as a great Marine to be the inexplicably silly and funny melee Galen she spoke of.

"I am a glorious Marine! And, here we are, unlike yours, we're in the interstellar age, playing melee? That's impossible! That's outdated! ”

Are you kidding?!

If you don't use a high-powered spike electromagnetic rifle, you want to play with a two-handed sword? He's not crazy, he's not stupid, and he's not funny!

Anyway, although he has the same name as the Galen in Little Annie's mouth, he will never have anything in common with the Galen in her mouth! I won't learn what two-handed swords the other party plays!

If he was really fooled by the little girl, when he remembered that he appeared on the battlefield with a stupid two-handed sword, under the fire of the enemy's rifles and cannons, shouting the slogan of the charge, rushing to the front of the opponent's formation, and slashing at the steel plate armor of other people's heavy weapons, but he couldn't cut it in, he burst into a cold sweat from his back.

If he really did that, then he, Galen, would really become the silly and funny Galen in the other party's mouth!

"Our magic isn't outdated! You don't think about it? It's free! And I can let you defeat that fierce and black Darius! ”

In order to lure this Galen into playing the melee route, little Anne threw another bait.

"Hey! Little Annie, I warn you, stop making me behind my back! I'm healthy wheat, where's the black? ”

Darius, who was resting in the seat on the other side, quickly glared at him after hearing Little Annie's words, and then retorted very dissatisfied.

Recently, they have become more familiar with little Annie, and they don't care much about the jokes they make with each other.

"And you! Darius, you don't think about it? In our Valoran, where is the Noxus that likes to fight, there is also a name like yours! I heard that he is good at a huge axe, why don't I enchant you too? ”

Seeing that convincing Galen was not smooth, little Anne immediately turned her head and began to flicker to Darius, the captain of the Viper team opposite,

"Forget it! Thank you for your kindness, no need! ”

Seeing little Anne shift her target once more and start fooling herself into playing with the melee axe again, Darius was full of black lines.

"Alright, Galen, hurry up and start the second game, I will definitely beat you again!"

He didn't want to talk to little Anne, so he quickly took it up and urged Galen on the other side.

As long as he successfully defeated Galen in the second half, then the name of the strongest Marine captain of the Hope would belong to him!

"Alright, little Annie, don't bother us anymore! You see, just on the Hope number, there are more people with the same name, don't make a fuss all day long! ”

Seeing that the other party wanted to say something, Darius hurriedly waved his hand and made a list of holograms from his information terminal, on which there were several with the same name as Galen, and there were even more popular names like Annie, at least dozens!

At most, it's just a difference in surnames.

"Cut! I'm kind, and you still don't appreciate it! ”

Little Annie, who failed again, had to settle down, planning to continue watching the second boxing match between the two of them.

……

Now, the game has reached the second half, and the two of them have only held two small games of ten minutes each, with a ten-minute break in the middle, and the rules are not the same as the regular game.

In the first half, Captain Galen lost by one point and lost to his opponent.

"Ahh Galen big man, watch out, he's going to rush forward! Defend quickly! ”

However, when the second game of the match came, the situation improved, and under the various tricks of Little Annie who was messing under the ring, so far, in just a few minutes, Galen has already surpassed his opponent by several points.

"That's right! Galen big guy come on, downpercut, hit him in the left jaw! He's showing a flaw now, his left arm was just hit by you in the nerve, and now he must be in a state of paralysis, you punch faster, he won't have time to defend himself! ”

At this time, little Anne was watching the excitement from the side of the ring, while cheering hard for her more familiar big guy Galen.

Ordinary shouts and cheers are not enough, she also uses her extraordinary observation to constantly support Galen, hoping that he can take down his opponent sooner.

"Come on!"

"Come on! Captain! Well done! ”

"Little Annie, hurry up, tell the captain where to attack next?"

“……”

Now, so far in the game, except for the members of the Cobra Squad who cheered on their Captain Galen when they saw victory in sight, the other members of the Viper Squad looked at the little girl on the other side of the ring with tears and laughter.

Their title of the first Marine Squad of the Hope this time is estimated to be ...... Going to be ruined by this little kid?

"Ah, he's going to step back, keep hitting him on the left cheek!"

When she saw the excitement, little Anne was excited, and went directly to the edge of the ring, waving her little fists and shouting loudly.

She likes to watch their fist-to-flesh matches, which is particularly violent and refreshing.

Burst!

A muffled fist.

Sure enough, under the support of Little Annie, Galen's right hand with gloves, when the opponent's temporarily paralyzed left hand did not have time to return to defense, a fierce right hook hit Darius and almost fell to the ground.

"That's right! Well done, that's it! Keep up the good work! ”

Anne jumped up straight after seeing Galen's big guy really hit the other hard and get a point according to what she said, and began to cheer loudly and jump again.

In her opinion, even if she can't go up and start fighting directly, it looks quite interesting to direct others to fight and box.

That kind of fist-to-flesh blow made her whole body start to get excited, and she couldn't wait to rush up directly, beat the two people above and press them to the ground and beat them wildly?

"Ahh He's coming up! Big guy, hurry up and squat, and punch! ”

When she saw that the muscles of Darius's feet and back were about to move, little Anne really saw through the other party's movements, and then quickly reminded Galen.

Boom!!

Another muffled sound.

After Darius missed the previous hook, he was directly hit to the chin by an upward punch that his opponent crouched slightly, fortunately, both of them wore cheek protectors and mouth guards, otherwise, this time, they would have to be beaten until their teeth fell out?

"Hah! Well done! His center of gravity is unstable now, and he is ready to retreat, you hurry up and hit ...... casually"

Bite~! Bite~! Bite~!

Little Anne continued to talk excitedly, and then, before she could continue to talk about her opponent's flaws, the bell rang for the end of the match.

"Referee, I protest! They were just cheating! ”

With the sound of the end of the game, Darius spat out his mouthguard fiercely, and then pointed at little Anne under the ring:

"If it weren't for this alien kid helping them, how could they be six points ahead of me in the second game? It's absolutely impossible! ”

With that, Darius turned his head with a hideous look on his face and looked at Galen, who was taking off his protective gear and looking at him with a relaxed expression.

Now, the captain of this Cobra squad, it is estimated that the other party's heart, not to mention how proud he is!

"Humph! You're an alien, your whole family is an alien! Be careful that I beat you! ”

Seeing this big black guy who lost the game and wanted to repay his debts, he was actually scolding himself for being an alien?

Little Anne raised her fist fiercely, in this game, she didn't say that you were not allowed to shout and cheer, nor did you say that you were not allowed to support the people on your side, right?

He blames himself for losing? He's a bad guy!

"Uh...... Darius, during a boxing match, this kind of behavior seems to be in line with the rules......"

One of the weapons technicians who acted as referees was a bit of a dilemma.

Although, this little girl's behavior does seem to be a bit suspected of cheating, because every time she says it, it is too accurate and timely, and that eyesight is indeed very unusual!

However, in boxing matches, you didn't say that you weren't allowed to make moves, right? This is completely compliant, so it doesn't seem reasonable to say that it is cheating?

"I don't care! Anyway, I don't agree with the result of this competition, we have to redo another competition! ”

Darius directly played the scoundrel, he didn't want to go from the first Marine on the Hope to the second Marine on the second!

Even if there are only two Marines on board the Hope now! As the saying goes: there is no first in literature, and there is no second in martial arts! This little honor, he said that he would not give it away easily.

Besides, he did lose quite unjustly just now, if it wasn't for that little kid making trouble, even if he lost, he wouldn't be so miserable!

"Hahaha! Darius, I knew you would do this, so you say, how do you want to compare? ”

Today, for the first time, he defeated Darius and beat the other party hard.

In a good mood, Galen generously decided: it would not hurt to play with the captain of the Viper team for a while, anyway, the Hope is still floating in the universe, and there is no important task for the time being.

"Let's play simulated combat this time: two squads, twenty people divided into two groups to fight!"

Simulated combat is a kind of advanced training equipment for the Marine Corps similar to holographic games, which belongs to a high-end training equipment.

It is generally used to train recruits and hone the team, of course, it can also be used for actual combat confrontation exercises, as Darius said, which can not only improve the combat ability of the team, but also not be afraid of unnecessary casualties.

They are containers that look like dormant chambers, and when the Marines lie in and activate, they can project them into a set digital battlefield for nearly 99% holographic training, which is very effective in honing the coordination between teams and getting recruits to adapt to the battlefield environment!

"Confrontation is confrontation, who will be afraid of you?"

Before, the two squads had also fought holographically against each other several times, and they had won and lost each other.

So, after thinking about it for a while, Galen quickly agreed to Darius's suggestion. With this kind of battle situation, it is impossible for him to be afraid of the other party.

"Simulated real combat? Me, me, me! I'm going to play with it too! ”

As soon as she heard that the other party was going to play that holographic simulation confrontation, Xiao Annie, who had watched them operate it two days ago, finally couldn't help it now.

This kind of thing is as fun as an online game, and it's a holographic projection, which is similar to a real person! She can't miss it!

So, little Anne decided that no matter what, she was going to get involved.

"Absolutely not! This is a ten-to-ten man-to-ten actual combat exercise, and no matter which side you participate in, it will have an impact on the battle situation, which is not fair! ”

Without thinking about it, Darius directly rejected Anne's request to participate.

Although he didn't think that this little girl would have any important impact on the battle situation, and he didn't think that she could have any combat effectiveness, if he was allowed to participate, if he won the battle in the end, then it would be fine, but what if he lost?

Do you want him to continue to cheat? This kind of thing can never be done again!

"Humph! I'm not on either side of you! I'm on one side, and I'm going to defeat both of you! ”

Anne glared at the Viper Squad Captain who was playing tricks and had a bit of a disagreement with her.

Didn't I just take away his chair when he was about to eat last time? How could he hate himself like this? Don't want to let yourself play with it yet?

Hum! This stingy guy!

"Hahaha...... Good, good, good! Are you on your own side? I'd like to see, how do you beat us?! So, Galen, you're okay with that, right? Three-way confrontation? ”

Hearing the little girl's angry words, Darius laughed angrily.

So, he followed the little girl's advice and directly asked Galen for a 1:10:10 three-way confrontation.

"I don't have any opinion, then, little Annie, what weapons and equipment should you choose if you are alone?"

Little Anne had helped her just now, so Galen planned to repay the favor and agreed to the little girl's request to participate in the competition.

Just play with the little girl, it's a big deal, when you get a while, let yourself play a little bit and let her play a little more? Anyway, the other party is just a little girl, let go of the water a little, don't let her lose too ugly, it shouldn't be difficult, right?

"I'm going to pick that ghost suit!"

Little Anne had already taken a fancy to the silver and white tight-fitting and beautiful armor, which was said to be the standard equipment of ghost agents, petite and compact, and could also be stealthy, at least a hundred times better than the stupid and thick armored power combat suits of the Marines!

"You can't equip a nuclear bomb!"

Without thinking about it, Galen and Darius both turned to Anne almost at the same time.

They all know the weapons and equipment of the ghost suit, and apart from the armor being able to be invisible, there is not much advantage in fighting the marines at close range.

Generally speaking, the armor of the Ghost Agents is relatively low, even more than half the standard power combat suit of their Marines!

After all, it was developed and designed for special combat purposes, and under normal circumstances, it is not good at fighting in frontal battles, which would only be a waste of this expensive advanced armor set.

Although it has a lot of weapons to choose from, such as shotguns, sniper rifles, etc., its most powerful weapon is the fusion strike!

Once the Ghost Agents have locked onto a location, they can direct nearby friendly nuclear bombs to attack, using clean and efficient fusion weapons to completely destroy a small enemy city or military base.

Therefore, Darius and Galen subconsciously want to limit this function, otherwise, they won't have to fight later, and when little Annie enters, she will secretly hide and throw nuclear bombs to play when she sees who is unhappy, in that case, a hundred times the number of marines, it is estimated that she will not be the opponent of the invisible ghost, right?

"If you don't have a nuclear bomb, you won't be afraid of you! Hurry up and get started, I can't help but teach you a good lesson. ”

After her careful thoughts were told by the two of them, little Anne was not intimidated.

Although, she did think so before.

But now, she thinks that even if there is no nuclear bomb, even if she only relies on an ordinary sniper rifle, she can clean up this group of strange uncles and strange sisters by hiding aside and letting go of the cold gun, right?

"Ha, interesting! So, I'll continue to be your referee? Okay, all of you go into the simulation chamber, close your eyes, and choose your weaponry, and then, I'll choose a random terrain for you, make sure you don't take sides, and press the green button when you're ready. ”

The technical officer, who had just acted as a boxing referee, saw that these two groups still wanted to continue the game, and he was so excited that he decided to play with them for a while.

This time, it turned out to be a strange 1:10:10 three-way pattern? One more troublesome little female ghost agent? This made the technologist feel that things seemed to be starting to get a little interesting.

Therefore, he planned not to rush to the debugging of his weapons for the time being, anyway, the current Hope still has several days of sailing time before it arrives near the target planet, and there is nothing to do with their marine department for the time being.

He, the weapons technical officer of the Marine War Department, is also idle, so he can simply play with them for a while, and it is better to take it as leisure and watch the excitement.

"Captain? What gear do we choose? ”

"Captain Galen, I'm a medic, do you need me to continue to choose medical equipment?"

After entering their respective simulation warehouses, the members of the Cobra team asked their captain Galen one after another, which was related to the victory or defeat of their simulated confrontation, and related to the first and second rankings, and they were not sloppy at all.

"All personnel, all choose CMC-300/400 armored power combat suits, 8 mm caliber spike electromagnetic gun C-15 type! In addition, bring two high-explosive grenades, and one spider mine per person, and the same goes for the Medic, you don't bring grenades and mines, just bring two more combat suits to repair the solidified material spray! This thorn is a simulated battle, win or die! ”

Without even thinking about it, Galen quickly chose the basic equipment of his ten-man squad.

All of them were marines and equipment, and even the two fire bats and the medic were also changed to marines by him.

In this kind of simulated confrontation, he needs a more powerful firepower output, and he doesn't need the flamethrowers and useless medics that have too short a range.

In Galen's mind, it's just a simulated battlefield anyway, and he won't really die, what kind of medic do you want? It's better to carry more guns and add a little more firepower to the squad.

"Yes, Captain!"

When the members of the Cobra team chose the equipment they needed, they pressed the green button in the simulation chamber to complete the preparation, and then, the green lights outside their simulation chamber lit up one after another, and it seemed that they had entered the simulation state of sleep mode.

"Very well, it seems, everyone is ready? So, I'll choose the terrain for you! ”

When the weapon technician standing outside saw that everyone's simulated cabin was lit up with a green light, he nodded, took out his intelligent operation terminal, and quickly operated it on it. In a few moments, he finished generating the terrain.

"Alright, the terrain is ready, now, let's start the official simulated confrontation, terrain: alien battlefield, marines, good luck!"

Soon, when the weapon technician clicked the button that was confirmed, this strange three-strong competition was finally announced to have officially begun!

But in fact, all the terrain of the alien battlefield he chose and generated now was based on what Hope had observed: the environment of the planet JNO.3 that they were about to land on a few days later.

The technical officer felt that, for all, this was a completely new terrain that would allow them to play fairly and not be biased against one side.

Second, it is also possible to familiarize these marines with the planets they may land on in a few days, and increase their adaptability.

This JNO.3 planet is actually the third of more than 20 planets that Hope has detected in the remaining energy travel range in the past two days.

It has a complete atmospheric environment and a sea of strange acids with strong corrosiveness, and there is a great energy response on the surface of the other party's crust.

Therefore, Captain Leona had previously ordered and decided: they hoped that the ship would land on this planet numbered JNO.3 and carry out production and replenishment and energy harvesting work.

"Alright, the terrain is generated, the game begins, so let me take a good look."

Then, the next time is the entertainment time for him, the technical officer and referee.

So, he quickly found a recliner and lay down comfortably on it, and then began to project a 3D imaging device in this simulation hall, and began to observe the next confrontation between the two sides in the God's perspective mode.

Oh yes! And the little girl...... This should be, three-way match?

However, the weapons technician felt that even if Galen's Cobra team let the little girl go, she might not be able to hold out for an hour, right?

You know, this competition terrain, he deliberately chose a small island with a diameter of less than five kilometers, and the surrounding area of this small island is full of those seas of acid with strong corrosive lines, which greatly limits the stealth function of the ghost suit.

That little girl, I'm afraid it won't take long for her to be detected by the Marine Team and wiped out with powerful firepower, right?

……

On the bridge of the USS Hope, the command hub, Captain Leona, after doing all her own business, began to ask a logistic robot to bring her a cup of coffee and start tasting it.

Although these are old products that have been sealed in a vacuum environment for hundreds of years, they are still worth drinking without much change in taste.

"Doug? You...... What is this looking at? So happy? ”

Captain Leona, who was trying to talk to someone, couldn't help but be a little curious when she saw that her first mate was sitting alone in a chair next to her, hiding in a remote corner of the bridge, looking with interest at the image of the terminal in her hand, and grinning from time to time.

In fact, the captain can't be blamed for this, because, if it were usual, this Doug, even during the break, would have been a loyal person, either standing in a daze or busy with her things that seemed to never be finished.

But now, she's hiding to the side, watching something interesting? This really made the captain very curious, what could make her smile like this?

"Huh? Captain! What do you command? ”

Doug, who was watching happily, quickly stood up after suddenly hearing the captain's inquiry.

She didn't pay attention to the captain's question, and tried to look at the captain with a straight face, thinking that Captain Leona had something to tell her.

"Okay, you don't have to be so nervous, I'm just a little curious, you just ...... What are you looking at and smiling so happily? ”

Anyway, it's rest time, except for the necessary personnel on duty, she, the captain and the first officer, can rest for a while, and on the bridge side, she only needs the second officer to keep an eye on.

"That's right, Captain, the Cobra Squad and the Viper Squad of the Marine Corps are simulating a confrontation, and I watched it funny, so I couldn't help but laugh."

Thinking of the interesting content he had just seen, Doug couldn't help it, and the corners of his mouth played with an arc again.

"Is it really that funny? Didn't they have simulation training every day for the past two days? ”.

For their Marine Corps simulations, Captain Leona had also seen them once.

It's just that she, who used to be a professional soldier, can only describe the performance of the Marine Corps with two words, after all, they are just a group of recruits, and they really can't ask too much, and it is already very good to barely pass.

Therefore, she didn't understand: why did Doug smile like this when he watched a group of recruits train?

This shouldn't be......

"Captain, today's confrontation is different from the previous two days, they are today: three-way confrontation! In addition to the Cobra Squad and the Viper Squad, there is another person, and that is Annie, the little alien girl we rescued the other day. ”

That's why First Officer Doug couldn't help but laugh out loud just now.

Two standard marines were actually played by a little girl? In the end, the whole army was wiped out?

So, how could she Doug not laugh? She was amused by the little girl's actions in the middle of the way! That little girl's performance is so funny!

"Oh? Which side did she join? ”

If that's the case, there's nothing funny, is it? Hearing this, Captain Leona not only did not feel funny, but frowned.

She felt that those marines must be not doing their job!

I don't want to improve my skills in order to survive on the real battlefield, but I still add a little girl? Isn't that a mess for the Marines? Are they really that idle? How unreasonable!

"Nope! Captain, you're wrong! ”

Hearing that the captain didn't seem to hear what he had just said clearly, Doug quickly explained.

"Little Anne didn't join any party, she chose a third party! She used the Ghost Agent's suit, and besides, she was only one person, a 1:10:10 three-way lineup, and in the end, she wiped out both Marines and won a brilliant victory! ”

Doug was quick to tell Captain Leona what he had just seen.

Now, after she is happy, she also faintly feels: The strength of this alien little girl, I'm afraid it's not simple? Therefore, this unusual information is what she, as the first mate, should tell the captain.

"A third party? And wiped out two Marine squads? How is this possible? ”

Captain Leona was equally shocked, a little girl, how could she possibly wipe out the two Marines of the USS Hope? No matter how bad they are, they are not twenty pigs to be slaughtered, right?

"By the way, you just said the Ghost Agent's suit? Could it be that she guided the nuclear bomb? ”

If that's the case, it makes sense.

After all, the ghost suit has the function of guiding nuclear bombs, and in the simulated confrontation, if that little girl uses this function, not to mention two marine squads of twenty people, even if there are a hundred more, it will not be enough for her to blow up!

"I'm sorry, Captain! The nuclear bomb function has been limited by the referee, and she doesn't have a nuclear bomb! She...... Relying on a sniper rifle and stealth ability, he completely annihilated two marine squads on a small island! Moreover, in the back, the two marine squads even joined forces to round her up, but in the end, ...... They still failed! ”

As Doug spoke, his face began to become a little solemn.

"It can't be! Now, you send the footage right away, and I'm going to see what the hell is going on here! ”

Even a ghost armed with a sniper rifle can't defeat two combined marines, right?

Besides, the armor of the Marine Corps is so high, and the range of the Spike Electromagnetic Rifle may not be much lower than that of the sniper rifle, and under the intensive fire of the two squads, even if the other party is a ghost who can stealth, it will be smashed to pieces, right?

After a large group of marines are in full firepower, under that kind of metal storm, even armored transport ships or low-flying small space fighters can probably be taken down!

Therefore, Captain Leona, who sensed that things were a little weird, couldn't wait to ask First Officer Doug to release the entire video of the battle in its entirety.

She was here behind the bridge, and took a good look: that little girl, how did the other party completely destroy her two marines?

That's the only two marines on their Hope, and until now, the recruitment of recruits hasn't started yet, and their twenty people are really the most powerful force on their Hope.