In the thirteenth year of the catastrophe, the Natashan Base Research Institute of the Central Plains Theater.

The sound of Tata's shoes hitting the floor echoed through the hallway, and after a few seconds, it was finally replaced by the sound of the plastic steel door opening and closing.

Academician Zhang Cheng casually put the white coat on the outside of the work shirt as usual, the navy blue trousers with few wrinkles, the meticulous tie and leather boots, and the consistent neatness gave people a comfortable but dare not make a mistake.

He slammed the door of the laboratory behind him and smiled wryly at the half-lying young man on the hospital bed.

The bedridden young officer was Lang Hua, who was the captain and battalion commander of the garrison battalion of the Nata Mountain Scientific Research Base at the time.

Perhaps it was the days of coma and bedridden recuperation that drained the young man's energy, and his face showed a pale hue far from his health.

The originally angular and round face became thin, the pair of light brown pupils under the sword eyebrows were no longer bright and clear, and the pink and white cracked lips were half-open, giving people an extremely haggard feeling.

Lang Hua looked back at the young academician in front of him, and gradually laughed miserably: "Are they going to attack?" ”

"Soon, there are few people alive on the line in front of the base." Zhang Cheng nodded, "Since the declaration of war at the beginning of the year, the 'Ultimate War' has been very reluctant to resist until now. ”

"Oh, what an ultimate fight." Lang Hua grinned, "Ultimate what?" World War I...... Will the First Fight be ashes? ”

Zhang Cheng couldn't laugh: "The declaration of war at the time of dying, the committee probably hopes to be more heroic." ”

"What's the point? We want victory, not a name or a posthumous affair. When people are dead, what's the use of brilliance? Vanish...... It's not a matter of time. ”

Lang Hua raised his face and added, but his voice had calmed down: "The so-called human glory, I'd rather exchange it for a bullet." ”

He reached out and pulled the collar open again.

During this time, Lang Hua always felt a sense of suffocation, as if a hand was on his throat, which tightened and intensified with the surge in the death toll.

He knew that the feeling did not come from a physiological level.

He also knew that those rough men were willing to follow him because he believed that it would give them a way to live.

Instead of burying these fresh lives on the battlefield one after another.

He knows, he always knows.

The suffocation intensified, and he gasped for breath, his voice sounding like a broken bellows in a blacksmith's shop.

After a few breaths, the discomfort eased slightly.

"I didn't expect to resist for thirteen years, and in the end I still lost a mess." Lang Hua finally spoke, a little crying and a little deflated, "Brother Zhang, I'm ...... It's really unwilling. ”

Zhang Cheng also raised his head, and couldn't help but have tears in his eyes: "If they want to harvest the fruits of our civilization and end the fruits of our evolution for hundreds of millions of years, why should they?" ”

"Maybe it's because they're better than us?"

Lang Hua irritably pushed away the thin quilt on his body, revealing the striped shirt that was wrinkled because of the continuous wear.

He should have accepted such a result a long time ago, but when this moment really came, he didn't expect to feel so sad and angry.

Lang Hua raised his head and asked unwillingly: "What about the other continents?" Those last bases. ”

What was he looking forward to?

A miracle, a major change, or a lie?

He wanted to laugh, but blurted out a more violent cough, as if he was going to crush his intestines and intestines and vomit out of his throat.

Zhang Cheng walked up to him and gently patted him on the back.

After a few breaths, Lang Hua's state eased up.

"Brother Zhang, you go on."

There was still a glimmer of anticipation in his eyes, like a flickering candle flame, fluttering but real.

"Ruined ......" Zhang Cheng suddenly felt a little bitter, and he didn't know how to speak, but he still didn't want to hide it, "It's all ruined, just half an hour ago." ”

Perhaps a cold wind blew, and the light of the "candle flame" was instantly extinguished, replaced by darkness.

Deep darkness, dark, cold, hollow.

"What about Councilor Qin?" Lang Hua took a deep breath, raised his head and stared at him, "Why don't you organize the transfer?" ”

He was also the supreme combat commander of this base, and he poked at the core of the word of questioning.

But this is more like stimulating Zhang Cheng's sore spot.

"Ran away." Zhang Cheng gasped and gritted his teeth and added, "Half an hour ago, when I heard the last radio, it collapsed, and I couldn't stop it. ”

He couldn't help muttering to himself, "How can you just give up...... Once we admit defeat, we will only lose more completely. ”

Lang Hua couldn't hold back his annoyance anymore and slammed his fist on the edge of the bed.

But then he lowered his head again, and the voice that came out was cold: "Heh, does this scare their guts?" ”

"What else? The Qin and Chen families have suffered heavy losses over the years, and they have long been hollowed out. Let them fight to the death again, how can they open their mouths? Zhang Cheng shook his head slightly, "Don't forget, Xiaowen's girl is also there, Qin Chusheng always has to think about his sister-in-law." ”

"I know." Lang Hua tilted his head over, and the anger in his voice suddenly dissipated.

"That is, Song Laogou and the Zhou and Wang families attached to him", Zhang Cheng clenched his fists, "Not only did he slip away quickly, but he also wanted to make some small moves like back then." ”

But he immediately sneered again: "Hey, where can you run to?" The general trend is gone, and it is just a matter of breathing. ”

"They clearly want to annihilate us. It's all come to this point, and I still think that I can live by giving up resistance and being a slave and a dog. cough", Lang Hua tried to resist the urge to cough again, "These people really don't have a long memory, they are stupid." ”

"How can the power of the rebels fall into the hands of this group of miscreants!" Zhang Cheng couldn't help gritting his teeth and said something angry like a child.

Lang Huamo rubbed his collar that had been rinsed to white, and gradually lost his mind: "I really didn't expect that the Star Thieves would have such a power in an all-out attack. How many other powerful means do they have in places we don't know? ”

"Hateful", Zhang Cheng slapped the table fiercely, "Five years, as long as I am given another five years, there will be a breakthrough in the research of the mother and child machine, and the initial improvement of the equipment is just around the corner!" But now ......"

Then both men fell silent.

Yes, with a little more time, anything is possible. However, the two of them knew that it was the second breakthrough in the technical theory of the space-time dimension that caused the full-scale attack of the invaders.

The more you advance, the more intense the blows from competitors will be.

This law also applies on the astronomical scale of the universe, how can the long-planned group of star thieves leave enough time for them?

Lang Hua frowned and thought, "What is the effect at this stage?" ”

"It's not good to say", Zhang Cheng sat not far away, gently stroking the equipment like a lover, "Who dares to make a conclusion without a test calculation?" The effect of space-time displacement is certain, but the success rate cannot be discussed. Even if it succeeds, I am afraid that the time and space for the final arrival are uncertain. And ......"

"And?" Lang Hua seemed to hear something else.

The young academician smiled: "This technology should have been used in the field of astronautics, or to feed back basic physical science." Now research during the war is both a helpless and empty move. Even if this kind of thing is further studied according to the committee's intentions, it will not become a strategic-level precision strike weapon with the effect of space-time displacement. At best, it can be made into weapons of mass destruction in advance, like the dirty bombs and nuclear weapons that appeared two centuries ago. ”

"Isn't James of KSA's North American theater of operations doing research on this?"

"Yes. However, at this stage, it is far from being applied to the transport of organisms. The high-speed collision of particles aggravates decay and radiation, and no one can survive in such a degree of space. ”

Lang Hua asked unrelentingly: "What if there is?" I say if. ”

Zhang Cheng frowned: "Then I will definitely die within a month." And", he muttered, patting the dashboard under his hand, "the quantum phase is most likely to be unstable, and then it is bound to become a giant yield bomb." ”

"What will happen?" Lang Hua tried his best to calm his voice, but an imperceptible light flashed in his eyes.

Zhang Cheng took a piece of paper and briefly listed a few formulas, then shook his head and said, "It's hard to say, but the entire Natashan front will definitely be annihilated." ”

Gradually, the gunfire outside the base gradually stopped.

The young academician hurriedly put down the pen and paper, looked at Lang Hua and said to him: "Huazi, I have said so much to you to make you understand that the prospects of this technology are correct, and we are not hopeless. This storage contains the results of my research in the International Science and Technology Union for more than ten years, take it with you, and go to those who have escaped! ”

"No, Brother Zhang." Lang Hua shook his head and pushed away the integrated memory handed by Zhang Cheng: "You go, or I'll block them for a moment." ”

Zhang Cheng patted away the sleeve that was grabbed by Lang Hua, and said with a smile: "Huazi, you have not recovered from your injury, how much can you still exert your combat power?" Listen to me, there's a dark room in the basement in the southwest corner that contains the food, medicine, and water you need. When you have recovered from your wounds, the great forces of the enemy have withdrawn, and then you will come out again. Don't act rashly until then. ”

Lang Hua struggled to get up, and his voice suddenly became hoarse: "Brother Zhang, what are you going to do?" ”

Zhang Cheng didn't answer him, but continued to solemnly admonish: "Huazi, you understand, with my skills, I can't penetrate their layers of blockade at all. Mark my words and come back in twenty days. If you can't do anything, you go away. The earth is our home turf, and there's always a place where 'they' can't find it. ”

Finally, he said word by word: "Remember, you must live." ”

The young academician took a step back and reached out to tap the hidden button hidden in the cracks in the wall.

Suddenly, a heavy glass curtain wall rose between the two of them. The entire laboratory trembled and slowly sank.

"Brother Zhang, open the door!" The young officer burst into tears, fell out of bed, threw himself at the window and slapped it.

Even though he had been ordered by Commander Yang to serve as the garrison commander of Nata Mountain for several years, he still didn't know that there was such an organ in the base!

"Open the door! Zhang Cheng, you bastard, open the door......"

Zhang Cheng also smiled with tears: "It's useless, as early as the moment Xinyan went, my heart was already dead." ”

He shook the white phosphorus incendiary bomb in his hand: "After being protected by you for so many years, it's time for me to be a hero!" Hahaha, go too! ”

"Brother Zhang", Lang Hua was stunned on the spot, and saw Zhang Cheng's fierce side for the first time.

The sound of leather boots hitting the ground echoed in the hallways, gradually inaudible due to the sinking of the laboratory and the barrier of anti-nuclear building materials.

A few seconds later, a faint angry shout came from the distance: "Brutes, give me death!" ”

Then the entire base fell silent with a few terrible "squeaks" of monster screams.

There was a "click" sound.

The entire laboratory had sunk to its proper position, and the tremors around it had stopped abruptly.

After the change of mechanism, there was a temporary voltage instability in the laboratory.

Bright white lights flickered on and off, illuminating most of the corners of the room.

Overturned hospital beds, scattered bedding, young people who are frozen in place and weeping.

In the empty room, Lang Hua whispered to himself: "How can you hand over Brother Zhang's hard work to those cowardly scum who escaped?" This is already the case, the fire of civilization will be extinguished, and the reservoir will not improve even if it falls into the hands of this group of scum. This information is a bargaining chip given to me by Brother Zhang to live. ”

His eyes gradually became firm: "No, I might as well bet on the death limit of this month." Even if I fail, I have to ask the group of murderers outside to bury me. ”

Lang Hua struggled to prop up his upper body with both hands, and dragged himself little by little to the central platform of the sub-mother machine.

I have been with Zhang Cheng day and night for several years, and he himself knows some simple operation methods.

"Calculate the time, the large army of the Star Thieves should have advanced into our defenses. So...... Let's get started. ”

Taking a deep breath, Lang Hua used all his strength to slowly pull the knob.

Charge, Accelerate, Collide......

Five minutes later.

"Ahh Pain, boundless pain permeated Lang Hua's whole body, painful to the soul. Lang Hua's consciousness began to be chaotic, and he was vaguely aware of the disintegration of his body, and felt that many pieces of information were implanted in the depths of his mind......

"Failed? Is...... Unwilling. ”

At that dying moment, Lang Hua finally heard a bang as he wished. Then his consciousness also faded......