"For a long time, I wondered what was the driving force behind human progress. Is it technology? Is it education? Is it knowledge? Is it survival or reproduction? Obviously, as human beings, we have transcended some of our primitive purposes and have begun to pursue something of a higher order. ”

"So, what is it that keeps us going?"

Dong Xiaoguan looked at the more than 300 people in front of him and said: "I think that in this era, the motivation we have has been born to survive and reproduce, based on science and technology and knowledge, and has formed a new concept of progress, a concept of progress that is rooted in human thought. ”

"It's a simple idea, and maybe ugly to say, it's called greed."

"Yes, it's like the Wind Tribe's watching us eat an energy bar and secretly watching and drooling, just like the alien race wants to crush the human race and occupy the entire Zhige Continent, just like when we see someone we like, we want to chase her down, we are all greedy, there is no doubt about it."

But when this greedy desire rises to the level of the whole race, we will find that it has played a benign role that has been driving us forward. Whether it is an ordinary person, an office worker, a worker, a soldier, a leader or a scientific researcher. ”

"At the end of the day, it's easy to put it in layman's terms, which is that we feel that what we have now is not perfect at all. So we strive for perfection, and we strive for it, and we keep working hard. Generation after generation has come together to create the world we have today. ”

"But why, when we know that the cruelty of the alien race to human beings is wrong and bad, in the face of the alien race, we still stubbornly believe that the alien race is our enemy? It's not a racial issue, it's a human one. ”

"I think that when we see any child starving, we as human beings should reach out and be willing to treat living beings as living beings, as living beings like us. I didn't think much of it at the time, I just thought that this is what a human being should be, so I gave it the energy bar, and maybe he didn't even learn to say thank you. ”

"But I can feel it, and its thanks are coming to me, very clearly."

"Before, I didn't understand what Sister An was thinking. He is never soft when he is hostile, but he has different attitudes towards different races. There were even times when she had full compassion for the aliens, even more so than when she faced humans. ”

"Now I understand."

"Because we are human beings, what we have to do is to end this protracted war. Even if the solution of the war is the stubborn insistence of the alien race and is unwilling to change, even if the war is not what we originally wanted, but since the problem can only be solved through war, then we are not afraid to end all wars through war. ”

"But precisely because we are human beings, we should keep in mind that war is not the end result we want. What we want is always peace after war. Keeping these in mind and trying our best to take every life seriously is the confidence that we will go all out on the battlefield! ”

"After all, victory is always on the side of life and truth."

"That's all I have to say, thank you!"

Dong Xiaoguan took a step to the side, bowed deeply to the leaders in the audience, and slowly walked off the podium.

I don't know who started with it, and I began to applaud Dong Xiaoguan. Slowly, the applause began to heat up, and finally it became a loud one. Leng Yan smiled and put down the terminal, looked at Dong Xiaoguan who came back, and gave him an encouraging look, but saw the complicated tears in Dong Xiaoguan's eyes.

This boy, who has never been on the stage and is a little cowardly in his heart, is really embarrassed for him to be able to say such things on the stage.

The next day, the video of Dong Xiaoguan's speech spread throughout the empire. All the people of the empire, the soldiers of the Military Commission, the members of the Imperial Court, ordinary citizens, students, they all saw this video hanging high on the top of the homepage of all media websites.

Dong Xiaoguan is completely on fire.

"What?" Dong Xiaoguan was still a little confused with chopsticks: "Why am I on fire?" ”

After watching the video, Dong Xiaoguan collapsed on the spot: "What is this?" Why did I suddenly ...... Isn't it you? Isn't it you? ”

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Leng Yan's collar, and was heartbroken: "Leng Di! I treat you like a brother, and you have framed me like this! What exactly are your intentions? Do you want to me off and inherit my inheritance? ”

Leng Yan smiled and pulled away Dong Xiaoguan's hand, and hurriedly said, "Actually, it's not me alone. At that time, I just posted the video to the internal forum of Nonjian Mountain, but it quickly exploded when I clicked on it, and the people from the academy came to me to ask for the original video. Oh, there were also people from the Military Commission with them at that time. ”

Dong Xiaoguan covered his face and didn't want to see anyone.

"But it's still good! In fact, An Xiaoyu has wanted to talk about these things for a long time, but her identity is not easy to talk about. But you say it's different, you are our classmate, plus you are a trainee soldier, and you have just made meritorious contributions, so it is very appropriate to publicize this kind of thinking. Otherwise, why do you think the academy and the military commission are willing to give you propaganda? Just because you're handsome? ”

"Isn't it okay to be handsome?" Dong Xiaoguan began to break the jar and break.

"The problem is that you don't look ...... either"

Halfway through speaking, he found that Dong Xiaoguan was a little inclined to kill, so Leng Yan quickly shut up and slipped away. Dong Xiaoguan glanced at his video on the terminal again, and sighed with some annoyance, but in the end there was still nothing to do. The fire is on fire, what else can I do?

After eating, Dong Xiaoguan endured the eyes around him and returned to the army barracks for a nap. Just yesterday, they received a new mission, or to escort the alien race to the empire, there have been many such missions recently, and it is the main task.

The entire front has begun to gain a foothold, the aliens have been forced back to their territory, and the friction between the two sides has begun to become fierce. There has been no way to do things in Rokushan for a long time, there is no stability in the south, and they are still waiting for the actions of the alien race to be able to make strategic deployments, and now the entire battlefield has entered a cooling-off period of another kind of terror.

Both empires and aliens know that once this cooling-off period is over, the world will inevitably fall apart after the war, and then the most tragic war stage will follow. So both sides are doing things that they can do in advance, such as strengthening the battle line, such as transferring foreign tribes.

Now the border races that have clearly announced that they have left the primeval race and gone to the empire have exceeded one hundred and fifteen, basically accounting for eighty percent of the border races in the entire no man's land. The number of alien tribes that the empire has now arranged to evacuate has exceeded five thousand.

After all, Dong Xiaoguan is still in charge of the tribes behind the empire's main field, and outside the seventy-five battle line, if they want to move the border races to the empire, the difficulty is simply explosive. It is said that tens of thousands of small clashes have taken place on the battlefields on both sides of the country.

Raiders and assassins of foreign races are everywhere, and many races have been slaughtered or simply taken back to foreign territory as slaves before the Empire arrives. These discarded the High Races for countless years, suddenly appeared at this time, plundering their last remaining survival value.

The Empire constantly condemned such behavior, and publicized the treatment of the frontier races upon arrival in the Empire, revealing the Empire's attitude toward alien defections. Even many of the aliens who have been sent to the interior of the empire have filmed the placement video, which is constantly played on the edge of the no-man's land with drones.

The alien race has no way to do such a means at all, and if the drone is broken, there will be the next one, and the different strategies of the two sides are also obvious to all. Now many border races have even taken the initiative to find the Imperial Army, asking for them to be evacuated as soon as possible, saying that they are willing to go to the Empire as laborers.

Dong Xiaoguan and their task this time is to pick up such a race, which is also a small race, which is larger than the Fengqu tribe in scale, and there are a total of four tribes in different places. Dong Xiaoguan was in charge of one of the tribes, and they also set off overnight.

Someone yawned on the communicator: "I heard that the last time we encountered the attack was still easy, and the delivery team outside, the dog's brain was all out." But for any mission, the size of two squadrons to one brigade is dispatched, which is really ...... Gee! ”

"It's better to look at the monitor if you have time, the last attack is still inconclusive. I don't know where it came from, I don't know where it was withdrawn, I don't know who is behind it. Now in the time of war, it is not easy for the brothers on the blockade line, be considerate and considerate, and we should also be more vigilant and save accidents. ”

"Yes, yes! Got the squad leader! ”

This kind of senseless chatter was carried out intermittently, and the team leaders did not stop it. They are a team that is running in, and there are many recent graduates in the team, which is more suitable for a relaxed atmosphere, otherwise they would not be arranged to carry out tasks in the most stable place.

And according to the usual experience, the purpose of the alien race is not the Imperial Army at all. Now, even if they attacked the Imperial Army and won some trivial victories, it would be of little use to the aliens. Their target is always the border race being escorted, and empty cars are safer.

But what is surprising is that in the whole channel, it is these students who are quieter.

"What? Why don't the offspring speak? Can't help but fall asleep? Have you ever dreamed of a big girl and a beautiful teacher at school? One soldier couldn't help but tease.

Leng Yan smiled: "Our counselor is a relative of Commander-in-Chief Ran He, so it's interesting for you to say that." ”

There was a burst of laughter in the communication channel, and then someone said, "How's it going, is the feeling of the second mission different from the first?" Those who fired last time, and those who haven't, the experience is definitely different, or wait for the enemy to come and shoot you twice. ”

"Two shots were fired! Be careful! Don't turn around and let the alien explode the chrysanthemum, the last time I saw you retreat, I almost let that thing pull your pants apart! ”

"Ah, this ...... You don't want to spew blood! ”

Zhao Ziying suddenly became interested: "If you want to talk about this, I'm not sleepy at all!" ”

There was a snickering in the communicator.

Then someone asked, "What about Xiaoguan?" Why didn't Xiao Guan speak today? No wonder people Xiaoguan can see the opportunity, if you look at you, you will know how many eggs to pull one by one. ”

Dong Xiaoguan smiled and said, "Actually, I'm thinking, how thick is that thing of the alien race, and is the caliber right?" ”

There was a moment of silence in the communication channel, and suddenly a mad dog-like laugh rang out.

Xu Hewei looked at the monitoring screen, listened to the meat jokes in the communication channel, and shook his head with a smile. These days, the students have changed a lot, and even the winter Xiaoguan can be released. So the atmosphere was in such a cheerful mood, and it was early in the morning.

However, when they reached this wasteland, everyone's smiles disappeared, and no one said a word, just standing by the truck, looking at the still burning land in front of them, and everyone clenched the handle of the gun in their hands.

"Find! There is no trace of an attacker! The squadron leader commanded in a deep voice.

So the entire mecha formation and the accompanying regular troops quickly moved into action, and they quickly spread, and some of them were responsible for extinguishing the fire, looking for any alien beings who were still alive. The other part looks for clues in the surroundings, looking for traces left by the slaughterers.

"In the battle of the seventh squad, in the battle of the seventh squad, twenty to thirty alien races were found, and a master of the Grandmaster level was found in the direction of ......"

Gunshots rang out from the communicator, and everyone didn't even feel a fluctuation when they heard it. Their hearts have long been filled with anger now, and they have no way to think about other things. A voice kept shouting in their ears: "Fight! Kill! ”

The squadron leader quickly deployed on the battlefield, and all the mech formations began to spread out, surrounding the past in the direction of the report. Since Dong Xiaoguan was an alternate, he could only do the work of planning, but he also followed the large army forward and aimed the muzzle of the gun in his hand at the mountains and forests in the distance.

The sound of battle is getting closer and closer, and the light of the guns is already brighter than the morning sun. Dong Xiaoguan saw the alien race in front of him, the number was about twenty, and there were already two alien corpses on the ground. One of the mechs of the seventh squad is being scrapped, and the rest of the people are still fighting.

The other mechs and regular troops surrounded them in an orderly manner, and the sniper took his position halfway up the mountain, aiming his guns at the mighty master in the sky. This is an alien master who is good at the laws of the wind system, and his long-range attacks are very sharp, and the scrapped mecha is obviously in his hands.

Xu Hewei took the lead in conducting technical analysis: "An alien master of the law of the wind system, he is good at flying and wind blade attacks, and other attack and defense types are still uncertain. However, the attack intensity is about the same as that of a new grandmaster, it should have just broken through, no need to hesitate, snipe directly! ”

As Xu Hewei's words fell, a blue-white light passed through the dawn, and in the blink of an eye, it was in front of the alien master. The alien master hurriedly wanted to erect a law force field to resist. But as soon as the force field was erected, it was directly penetrated by the laser, and by the way, it was also penetrated, as well as its heart.

The alien master opened his mouth hungry, his eyes widened, and he looked at the hole in his chest that spurted blood, and before he could react, he shot it in the head again. This time, another sniper from the opposite direction could make a sound, and half of his head turned to steam.

Seeing that the master was sniped, the aliens below were also a little panicked, and hurriedly sought a way out and no longer fell in love with the war. But it was too late, the encirclement of the Imperial army had already taken shape, and no matter which direction they broke through, they were greeted by heavy gunfire.

Especially the strafing of the machine guns on the mecha, it is a piece in one sweep.

More than twenty aliens, none of whom had reached the Grandmaster level, were besieged by nearly a hundred mechas, and only corpses were left in an instant.

However, looking at the corpses on the ground, all the soldiers had an indescribable feeling. They don't think it's enough! These corpses are not enough to pay for their sins, nor can they fill the guilt in their hearts. What if they could get there an hour early, even half an hour?

"Squadron Leader......" The squad leader in charge of search and rescue said softly: "No life has been left!" ”

Silent early morning, fire and smoke, blood and corpses...... This sentence is particularly harsh.

I don't know who cried first, a girl in the mecha department, she experienced so much pain during training, she went to the battlefield and shot and killed aliens, she is crying now. The crying is sparse, mostly girls. Dong Xiaoguan gritted his teeth, sniffled, poked the gun on the ground, and cursed.

"Fuck!"

The cold voice also kicked a head: "Fuck! ”

In whispered curses, they began to collect the corpses on the ground. Although they are dead, these aliens have recognized that they are citizens of the Empire, and since they are citizens of the Empire, they should return to their own kingdom instead of staying in this place that gives them endless misery.

There were more than 2,300 complete corpses, many of which were already mutilated, and they were all in order. In terms of numbers, there are more than the previous Wind Go Clan, and in appearance, it is much more hideous than the Wind Go Clan. None of them felt that something was wrong, and they didn't feel that there was anything disgusting about the corpse and the viscous blood.

The body was put into the car, and Dong Xiaoguan was still sitting at the car door. There were more than 50 corpses neatly placed in the carriage, dense and shocking. He couldn't help but clench the handle of his gun, and became more and more determined to end the war.

The convoy hurried back and returned to the base in the evening, and when all the bodies were removed, the soldiers inside the base were shocked. This is the first time that humans have collected such a large number of corpses for an alien race, and even the commander of the base is alarmed.

But when they saw the corpses, everyone fell silent at the same time.

Eventually, the bodies were sent to the place where they were originally placed, and after being buried one by one, this place was determined to be the burial place for all the Allied races killed on this front.

Dong Xiaoguan looked at the tombstones and asked in a low voice, "Is that enough?" ”