"I'm sorry I let the empire down. I have disappointed the sage, and I have also disappointed my closest comrade-in-arms, my best friend, you. As a commander with a heavy responsibility, I forgot my duties during the long journey, and lost my judgment under the temptation of family affection. I personally groomed the leaders of the rebel army, and caused catastrophe. If it weren't for your strategy, nothing would have been unrecoverable. Although the matter is over, someone has to take the responsibility, and it has to be me. ”

General Cage only left Qin Guang with such a sentence, as well as a broken corpse.

"Give Solent Cage a funeral with enough ceremonies."

Qin Guang commanded.

"Teacher ......"

"Go get busy, I need a break."

Qin Guang waved his hand and interrupted Zhou Donglai's words.

When Zhou Donglai walked out of the door, Qin Guang's tense body suddenly relaxed, like a deflated balloon.

He rested his elbows on the table, his fingers clasped into his hair and rubbing it.

Only in this way can the chagrin in his heart be alleviated a little.

Qin Guang made the whole plan from beginning to end, the purpose of which was to give the Free Will Alliance a chance to vent and rediscover the importance of unity, and at the same time to make these people understand that the only way out was.

In Qin Guang's original calculations, when the Doomsday repression procedure executed nearly 10 million people, the situation would be completely stabilized, and the death penalty would be abolished and modified to forced freezing.

But in fact, the doomsday repression process did not stop working, and even broke out into armed conflict, which threatened the entire Nuwa plan.

When the frenzied Bill Claxton stormed Tang Yinglu's room, it was the most dangerous moment for the situation.

Fortunately, Tong Ling, who woke up unexpectedly, took control of the situation, but then, Tong Ling, who was as cold-blooded as the doomsday suppression procedure, took over the battle situation and the supreme command.

More than 80 percent of the 300 million dead people died in the process of suppressing the militants led by Tong Ling, who were loyal to the original mission of the fleet.

Freewill fighters are not truly powerless when they surrender.

It's just that these second and third generations, who were born in the fleet and rarely went out on missions, have been instilled with the strongest force of the fleet and how powerful the guardian prodigy Ling instructor is since they became conscious.

The thought that they would be an enemy of Tong Ling made most free-will fighters feel a deep fear in their hearts.

When the peak warrior belonging to the Free Will Alliance was easily killed by Tong Ling, this fear reached its peak, and it quickly crushed the rebel warrior's already undetermined will.

But by the time the last rebel soldier laid down his arms, the total death toll had exceeded 300 million, and the number of reserve embryos that had been inactivated by damaged ships was in the tens of billions.

According to estimates, the overall strength of the fleet in all fields such as scientific research, production, and military affairs has declined by more than 30 percent, which is dozens of times more serious than the losses suffered in all the encounters that have broken out so far.

Just now, Qin Guang was just holding on in front of Zhou Donglai, but he was already feeling guilty in his heart.

He had already begun to wonder if he was really too old, his judgment had declined, and his comprehensive planning ability was no longer enough to take on the heavy responsibility, so it was time to give Sorient Cage psychological intervention, and then tell him the facts, and appropriately delegate authority to this long-time assistant to train him to become a transitional supreme leader.

But Qin Guang didn't expect that Cage would commit suicide by drinking a bullet.

Qin Guang was deeply traumatized.

The devastation was not due to the loss of a long-time friend and a successor to the task he had entrusted to him, but to the fact that he was shocked to find that his judgment had slipped to such a pathetic level.

Regardless of the reason, suicide is always the most shameful escape for a person in the face of difficulties.

Cage's psychological state and ideological realm, let alone being the deputy commander-in-chief or acting commander-in-chief, is not even qualified as an ordinary soldier.

"I don't even understand this. It's a shame. ”

Qin Guang slapped himself hard.

Winning is winning by luck, losing but losing completely.

This is Qin Guang's summary of himself.

After a few days, more and more people were finding jobs again, things were up and running again, and the repair of damaged ships, scrap recycling, and the mass production of new mass collection units were rapidly underway, and the situation finally stabilized.

Qin Guang called Zhou Donglai to his office again.

"Teacher, what are you looking for me?"

"I've pretty much done it. At tomorrow's Supreme Council I will announce my retirement and you will take over the post of Supreme Commander, and I will become a staff adviser. ”

Zhou Donglai was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "Teacher, I'm not ready yet." And now that we have the internal situation under control, in a few years, we will be less than 4,200 light-years away from the Silver Heart. According to the information provided by the Empire, the enemy had already begun to intensify patrols near the Silver Heart as early as fifty years ago. We haven't had an encounter in years, and according to statistics and probability, the likelihood of an encounter increases a little bit with each passing second. The fleet still needs your experience. The fleet is only ...... under you, teacher"

Qin Guang interrupted Zhou Donglai's words again, "Donglai, I know what you're thinking. You think that if I take a back seat at this moment, I will be guilty of resigning and hurting my reputation, right? ”

Zhou Donglai shook his head and denied, "Teacher, I didn't think so. When I pretended to be frozen, in addition to liaising with the Freewill Alliance, I actually used my free time to read a lot of ancient books. I ......"

"Sophistry. Ignorance! I watched you grow up, and I won't be able to understand what you think? I don't need these false names. The principle of fleet appointments is that those who can live in it. I now know that I am no longer up to the task! As you said, the unexpected can happen at any time, and then you need someone who can do it all the more. Let me stay in this position for one more day, and cause some more potential losses! Get out! Get ready to take over! ”

……

Qin Guang never expected that at the meeting on the second day, Zhou Donglai would strike first.

"Everyone. Ancient leaders told us that it is not terrible to make mistakes, but the important thing is to sum up the lessons and lessons in time after making mistakes, find out where the mistakes are, and correct them in time to reformulate the correct course. I did it wrong. ”

"I specified this plan a long time ago, when I realized that there was a lot of bad thinking in the fleet. I'm not going to let something that hurts the fleet run in the shadows. ”

"In ancient times, when medical technology was not developed, our ancestors were helpless against cancer. It's not that cancer cells can't be killed, it's just that in the early stages when cancer cells are born and secretly expand, because their numbers are too small and the harm to the human body is too small, the body's immune system fails to respond strongly enough in time. ”

"The terrible cancer cells are like killers lurking in the shadows, constantly accumulating strength until they are enough to deliver a fatal blow to the human body, and then the patient will feel the first intense pain."

"But at this time, the number of cancer cells is too large, and the distribution is too wide. To kill these cancer cells, you need to kill too many otherwise healthy cells. Eventually, many of the ancients died in the process of treatment. ”

But with advances in genetic technology, Dr. Ramenech Nanding invented a genetic vaccine for cancer cells. This vaccine has been swimming in the human body for a long time, and has a keen sense of smell, and its ability to perceive cancer cells is 5,000 times that of the body's own immunity. ”

"Of course, it's not aggressive, but once it finds a cancer cell, it moves closer to it and actively accelerates the division of the cancer cell. But these fast-growing cancer cells are immature, small and not strong enough, and can easily be killed by the immune system. ”

Unbeknownst to them, the cancer cells were blinded by their sheer numbers and began to flex their teeth and claws in the human body, just as the ancient Persian Empire sent an army of 100,000 to attack Sparta, but the 100,000 troops were all five-year-olds. These cancer cells are quickly killed by the body's immune cells and the rapidly produced antibody proteins. ”

"What I'm going to do is turn myself into this vaccine. I infiltrated the Freewill Alliance, providing a reliable top-secret communication channel for the rebels. I accelerated the speed at which the Coalition of Free Will was moving from loose to systematic. ”

"The reason why Admiral Cage was able to easily force the frozen commander-in-chief was because I quietly modified the guard rotation program and turned off some of the functions of the fleet's self-protection intelligent program, providing Admiral Cage with a window period for the garrison."

"After Commander-in-Chief Qin Guang fell asleep, I have been waiting for the activation of the Doomsday Suppression Procedure. This doomsday suppression procedure is the fleet's immune system. ”

"But I didn't count the armed turmoil, and I didn't want to kill Tang Yinghu, Ophoros, and General Cage. Because of my personal mistakes, it led to irreparable damage. Therefore, I hereby declare myself guilty and beg you to give me the punishment I deserve. ”

"I think I deserve to be put to death."

The meeting was held twenty minutes before Zhou Donglai informed Qin Guang, and when Qin Guang pushed the door in, he happened to see Zhou Donglai announcing his wish to be executed himself under an uproar.

Qin Guang was stunned on the spot.

Everyone in the conference room turned their heads to look at Qin Guang.

Qin Guang angrily pointed at his beloved disciple, "You ......"

"Teacher, I'm sorry for you."

Zhou Donglai said slowly word by word.

At this moment, another military commander next to Zhou Donglai suddenly lost control of his emotions, jumped up, and roared angrily: "Damn! It's you! I'll grass your uncle! We trust you so much, Zhou Donglai! ”

The white-haired, two-hundred-and-sixty-year-old veteran general punched Zhou Donglai in the face.

Zhou Donglai vomited blood and fell on his back.

The old general was furious, almost crazy, and then pounced, and beat Zhou Donglai with both fists in front of him, and scolded while beating.

No one accused the old general of being too uncomposed.

Compared with others, the old general is the most qualified to vent his anger.

Although the old general has no biological offspring, the benevolent and kind old general is very willing to cultivate future generations.

For nearly 100 years, he has personally taken charge of the basic military literacy training of thousands of children preparing for combat sequences in his spare time.

The old general treated these children as his own.

Among them, his proudest achievement is that his children have produced a third-generation peak warrior, as well as dozens of S-class fighters and hundreds of A-class fighters.

But in this turmoil, his children had to be painfully divided into two factions, one led by the renegade warrior, and the other would rather bear the blame than stay with the old general.

In the end, the summit died at the hands of Tong Ling, and the children of the other old generals had to fight each other with brothers.

These "children" who have the same "father", in order to prove their convictions, but also to dispel the doubts of other comrades-in-arms, work harder than others on the battlefield.

Once they touch each other, they will kill each other mercilessly.

At the height of the battle, the veteran general, who had been away from the front-line battlefield for decades, personally went into battle, regaining the demeanor of the S-class combatants of the past, and stabbing two children who had scolded and criticized him, saying that "if you two bastards don't train well, you two bastards will die on the battlefield sooner or later".

Compared with other people's subordinates and family members, the children of the old general suffered particularly heavy casualties, from thousands to less than 1,000.

Until now, the children of the old generals, who participated in the Free Will Alliance before and stayed with the old generals, have not yet come out of the psychological shadows.

He certainly had reason to be angry.

Just more than ten seconds passed, and the participants next to him finally pulled the old general back, and Zhou Donglai was beaten beyond recognition, and his flesh and blood were blurred, and he was completely unconscious.

"Put Donglai in the next medical pod, and the meeting continues."

Qin Guang stepped on the flatbed flying vehicle and landed on his own head platform, so he commanded.

It's a little messy, but things have to have an end.

Qin Guang was in a very anxious mood now.

Before coming here, he had organized a lot of language and was mentally prepared, but Zhou Donglai's self-assertion completely disrupted his plan.

Zhou Donglai has "confessed", and Qin Guang must no longer put himself in it.

It's not that he doesn't dare to take responsibility, but now that Zhou Donglai has fallen, and Qin Guang himself has fallen again, the fleet will lose its backbone.

Among the other successors, there is no one who has the ability and prestige to lead the whole ship for the time being.

Over there, Zhou Donglai's treatment was proceeding rapidly, and with the help of the Actual Energy Healing Instrument, the injuries on his face and body were rapidly recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The topic here officially began, and the newly appointed administrative director first stated, "Zhou Donglai is very brave to admit his mistakes. But the losses he inflicted on the fleet were indeed enough to sentence him to death. I don't think we should refuse his request. ”

"I think we need to think again. There is no second choice among our successors that can be compared to Zhou Donglai in terms of military command ability. It's only been more than seventy years since we arrived at the Silver Heart, and we may not have time to train a second commander, so we should give him a chance to mend his ways. Although he made mistakes, his starting point was not a rebellion......"

"I think ......"

What was expected to be a one-sided meeting unexpectedly diverged.

About ten minutes later, after most of the people had expressed their opinions, Qin Guang first pressed his men down, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then looked at the old general who had just done it, and asked, "General Lu, what do you think?" ”

General Lu snorted in his nose first, gritted his teeth and said, "I can't wait for him to die quickly." ”

As soon as General Lu said this, the expressions of those who wanted to save Zhou Donglai's life darkened, and their hearts were finished.

"But he can't die yet. We're all half-cut into the ground. After such a toss this time, I really don't dare to freeze anymore, I have to stay awake all the time, look at these unconscious bastards, lest there be another mess. So I can live another fifty or sixty years at most, and I won't be able to wait until I reach the Silver Heart. ”

"You're all pretty much the same, but somebody has to take over, right? Tang Tianxin is a good choice, according to the historical records of nothingness, Tang Tianxin's ability will not begin to take shape until at least 3015. There is still a gap of twenty-five years, who else can we count on but him? ”

"I've already beaten him. Freeze him forcibly, and release him when I'm dead, and as long as I don't see him anymore, I won't have anything to be angry about. ”