Chapter 60: A Chance Encounter in the Cemetery
"Wolf, look at this address, can we use the teleporter to get there?" Yang Jingzhong took out the USB flash drive and showed the address to Wolf.
"No, my navigation map shows that the distance to this place is beyond the range of the school teleporter, but you can call the StarSwift Express to get there."
"Xingjie Express? What is that? Forget it, I'll leave it all to you, I'll just wait here. Yang Jingzhongxin said that the money was paid directly online automatically anyway, and he had nothing to do.
After a while, a fairly clean and tidy floating car stopped in front of him, and Yang Jingzhong opened the car door and sat in: "Uncle, please take me there...... Hey, what about people? Does this car have a driver? ”
"Mr. Yang Jingzhong, welcome to our taxi, I am Amy, the microbrain of earth traffic management, in view of your very unreasonable language just now, you will experience the feeling of flying later." A sunny and handsome young man appeared in front of Yang Jingzhong, but the smile on his face was really a little crazy.
"Wait, I haven't said where to go yet." Before Yang Jingzhong's buttocks were hot, the car had already started.
"Rest assured, your destination has been informed to me through your private microbrain, you just need to sit down and enjoy the whole process of high-quality service."
As soon as Amy's words fell, the floating car rushed out like an arrow from the string, Yang Jingzhong felt like he was pressed on the seat by a pair of big hands, and the gas in his chest was about to be pressed out, not to mention the surrounding scenery, it was simply a flash in front of the window, as if the car was not driving on the air channel in the city, but through a wormhole.
Yang Jingzhong gritted his teeth and grabbed the handrail in the car with both hands, this micro-brain had never driven normally at all, either braking sharply or accelerating wildly. Yang Jingzhong didn't even have a chance to speak, so he could only be at the mercy of Amy.
Suddenly, the bustling streets around him were gone, the tall buildings were gone, the light white mist replaced the busy shipping lanes, and Amy finally stopped for the first time.
Yang Jingzhong's breath in his chest finally gasped out, but when he looked out the window, he was in a groove! What the hell, there is a primeval forest below, and the towering lush forest is simply a sea of green from Yang Jingzhong's point of view, but this height is a bit ......
"Mom!" Yang Jingzhong only had time to shout these two words, and before he could say the rest of the words, he was pressed back by the rushing air. Amy didn't provide any power for the floating car at all, let the car fall in free fall, and deliberately opened the windows to the maximum, and the wind blew inside, and everything in the car that could move was twitching quietly.
Yang Jingzhong closed his eyes, this feeling of weightlessness alone was already uncomfortable enough, if his eyes looked down again, it would really be better to kill him with a sword. The speed of the floating car's fall did not slow down, Yang Jingzhong estimated that it was almost falling to the ground at this moment, at the moment when he was ready to meet the grim reaper, a strong air flow erupted from the front of the floating car, a wing stretched out on both sides of the body, and the engine resumed working again, in just two seconds, the body was pulled back to a horizontal state, but Yang Jingzhong's eyes were already black under this huge overload, and his brain was not very clear.
"Ding, dear passengers, your destination has arrived, welcome to the next ride." As if nothing had happened, Amy bowed politely to Yang Jingzhong with a smile on her face.
Yang Jingzhong was now delirious, and he staggered out of the car door without even letting out the cruel words.
"Gross!" A large stream of gastric juice spit out, Yang Jingzhong knelt on the ground and gasped for a long time, and the discomfort in his brain was slightly reduced, "Damn, how can the microbrain be so unreasonable these days." Yang Jingzhong sat on the ground and took a deep breath of air, not to mention, this is not the same level as the air quality a thousand years ago, just this mouthful, it made him feel a lot more refreshed, plus the gentle breeze blew, which made him feel the urge to die here if he didn't go back to the military academy.
But then again, does Conrad's mother live in this kind of place, although it can't be compared with the countryside in the 22nd century, but it is estimated that people living in this environment in this era are not very wealthy, after all, there are only some basic living facilities around, and technological products that meet this era are very rare.
"Wolf, give me directions."
"Yes!"
Yang Jingzhong glanced at the map given by Wolfe, the target was not very far away from him, and if he walked, he should be there in a few minutes.
He opened the three-dimensional map of the microbrain, and there were constantly a table of plainly dressed people walking past him, and when they saw the map on Yang Jingzhong's wrist, these people were obviously stunned for a moment, as if they had seen something strange and novel.
Yang Jingzhong kept following the map to the vicinity of the destination, but when he saw the sign at the door, two big words attracted his attention.
"Cemetery ......" trembling lips spit out two words that only he could hear, and the USB flash drive fell silently from his hand, Heaven Road, Heaven Road, yes, Heaven Road is not the name that can be used as a tomb, so Conrad's mother has ...... He is no longer alive.
Yang Jingzhong's mind was blank, and he didn't even remember how he got in, only that the sea of white chrysanthemums was like snow in winter under the breeze, and the leaves of the pines and cypresses rustled, as if he was crying in a low voice for the deceased.
He walked to Conrad's mother's mausoleum, the woman in the photo was only about thirty years old, and a few withered yellow chrysanthemums were respectfully placed on the ground, which may have been brought by Conrad to see his mother before the expedition, but after that, no one here came to tidy up the grave here, and the boy who only showed his softest side in front of his mother had gone to his mother in person.
Yang Jingzhong dug a small hole under the small sapling next to the tombstone with his bare hands, put the USB flash drive and Conrad's identity tag into it, and then carefully covered it with soil. He wasn't going to read the contents of this USB flash drive, never, this was a little secret that belonged to their family, and there were some things that just let him be sealed in history.
"Mr. Yang?"
Yang Jingzhong stood silently in front of the tombstone in a daze, and a familiar shout came from behind.
"Lieutenant Colonel Zampu?" Yang Jingzhong looked back, and the figure of Lieutenant Colonel Zampu appeared not far away, at this time, the lieutenant colonel had already taken off his military uniform and changed into a civilian appearance, but the scars on his arms told his true identity.
"Lieutenant Colonel, are you here ......?"
"Harm, the battle is over, come and see my old comrades." Zamp walked over to a large tombstone and gently brushed away the dust that had accumulated on the tombstone.
Yang Jingzhong walked next to him and saw a few big words engraved on the tombstone: "The 3rd Battalion and 2nd Company of the 226th Regiment of the 89th Division"
"Is this your former comrade-in-arms?"
"yes, this is the first company I commanded since I came out of the military school." Zampu tore off the petals of the white chrysanthemum and scattered them evenly on the large stone slab in front of the tombstone, "Before each expedition, I will come to see these dead comrades of mine and report their safety when I return." It's a pity that most of the comrades-in-arms who were with me at the beginning are lying under this stone slab at this time, and the rest are also disabled and can only rely on prosthetics to survive. With a complete set of hands and feet like me, I'm afraid there won't be ten left in the entire company. ”
"Are all the soldiers of the 89th Division buried around here?" Yang Jingzhong looked around and found that basically all the tombstones were engraved with the words Eighty-ninth Division.
"Yes, in this entire cemetery, all the soldiers of the 89th Division are buried, whether it is a soldier or an officer, all the corpses are buried under this kind of large tombstone according to the establishment before their death, but everyone also has a smaller tombstone, if you want to meet a person alone, you can go to the small tombstone."
Listening to Lieutenant Colonel Zampu say this, Yang Jingzhong understood, it seems that the choice of this tombstone is still very fair, the senior officers are just in the front position, but everyone's area is the same, it is estimated that Conrad's mother was also a member of the 89th Division, and it is likely that she died so early because she died in battle.
"Do you drink, sir?" Zampu took out two bottles of liquor from his backpack and shook one in front of Yang Jingzhong.
"Not really, but I'm not afraid, I'm an adult anyway." Yang Jingzhong happened to feel irritable lately and needed something that could numb his nerves to help him forget his troubles.
"Then you put this medicine in your mouth first to help neutralize the alcohol, now in the army, it is not allowed to drink alcohol on some special days, I think your military academy is the same, this medicine can help you avoid the school's alcohol inspection." Zampu handed Yang Jingzhong a white pill, opened another bottle of wine and sprinkled it on the ground, "I remember when I first entered the barracks, these brothers were just like this, but the days at that time were bitter, they fought outside all the year round, and they couldn't drink it a few times a year, and now that they have gone to heaven, there are no regulations that can bind them, so let go of the belly and drink it." ”
Yang Jingzhong took the pill and the wine glass, and pressed the pill under his tongue. The two of them didn't care whether the ground was dirty or not, they just sat on the ground and drank cup after cup. The blood-red sunset gradually sets, the sky gets darker, and the evening breeze blows slowly, adding a bit of tranquility and heaviness to the surrounding environment.
"Sir, I'm afraid it will be years or even more than ten years before we can see each other again."
At the time of parting, Lieutenant Colonel Zampu walked a little unsteadily, and shook his hand to Yang Jingzhong, even with the help of pills, the alcohol was still a little brainy, and Zampu's face was a little ruddy.
"Lieutenant Colonel, take care!" Yang Jingzhong felt as if there were a thousand words in his chest, but when it came to his mouth, only these two words were left, and it was useless to say more, only the word "take care" could line out his heart.
There is another sentence that Yang Jingzhong did not say - I hope that the next time we meet, we will both be alive.