Trabzon is located on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea, where the Trabzon Empire was once founded. Although Trabzon is not as famous as other European cities, because of its special geographical location, Trabzon has always been the "dream city on the distant road" in the eyes of Western novelists. Lawrence Millman called Trabzon the City of Nightingales, the City of Golden Scimitars.

Trabzon is now an important military port due to the confrontation between the new European Union and the HER in the Black Sea. The beautiful harbor is filled with warships that are at odds with the scenery, the quaint stone roads are always crossed by new EU soldiers in white uniforms, not to mention the huge artillery pieces set up on the green hillsides on either side of the city.

Lin Ao had no interest in any of this, and he was attracted by a large domed mosque on the opposite bank. He had only seen some small mosques in the villages of West Asia before, and this was the first time he had seen such a magnificent mosque.

"Lin Ao, it's time to say goodbye to your new EU friend." Bart reminded him.

The new European Union moved the No. 4 machine to a truck dedicated to transporting humanoid weapons. Bard reprimanded and sat down on the harbor dejectedly.

"Have you been trained?" Lin Ao asked.

"Well, the one above looks at the fourth machine as a baby. Brigadier Billy recommended me to be a pilot, but I made the No. 4 look like this, and he was implicated...... It's really faceless. ”

Lin Ao also sat down: "I also broke it the first time I piloted the second plane, but the technicians on the Osiris quickly repaired it, and your fourth machine should be fine." ”·

Luke smiled bitterly, stood up and patted his ass and said, "Alas~ You turned out to be a cook, I was supposed to be a developer, not a driver." But as fate would have it, what's the use of complaining all the time? Hopefully I won't see you on the battlefield again. ”

"Me too." Lin Ao nodded and waved goodbye to Luke.

……

Lin Ao got up and walked in the direction of the anchorage of the Osiris, just in time to see Anton and Captain Shepard disembarking from the Osiris in a jeep, and they saw Lin Ao and beckoned him to come over.

"How about boy, is it fun to spend a night on a desert island?" Old Jack asked.

With a wry smile on his face, Lin Ao sat down next to Captain Shepard in the back seat and asked them where they were going.

"We stopped with the new European Union at the cost of participating in their next military operation, and we agreed to talk in the Sumera monastery."

The jeep drove into the city of Trabzon, and Lin Ao could not see the worry of the war on the faces of the citizens, and went on with his life as usual. Rather than observing them, Lin Ao was more interested in the houses in the city that he had never seen before, combining European and Asian cultures with a unique beauty.

"Lin Ao, have you adapted to life on the Osiris?" Shepard asked.

Lin Ao shook his head.

"Hmm...... I don't blame you, although I forced you to stay on the ship, I also feel guilty in my heart. These are war years and require sacrifices on our part...... I hope you don't resent me, and if you have any problems on board, feel free to talk to me. ”

Lin Ao nodded, he wasn't used to communicating with Captain Shepard.

"Are your families on the colonies?" Lin Ao asked.

Anton held the steering wheel and was silent, but it was Old Jack who broke the silence.

"Yes, I have a wife and a daughter, both on Mycenae. After Mycenae's surrender to HER, one of my distant relatives took in my wife and daughter. Because the crew of the Osiris was considered a 'traitor', the house was confiscated. ”

"Then aren't you worried about your daughter in the universe?"

"Worried? Of course I was worried, but I didn't want her to see her dad in a HER uniform. What would I do if she asked me why HER was smashing debris from a colonization satellite into North America? ”

"But you can choose to leave the army?"

"He can't do it." Anton took over the conversation, "We all have reasons to fight against HER and continue to fight, not to mention that even if we are discharged from the army, HER will use various reasons to forcibly recruit civilians into the army, and this is what fighting is like." ”

After Anton finished saying what he just said, he remembered that Lin Ao was also "forced" by them to the Osiris, and he didn't know how to get back.

"My son, my only relative. I sent him to the military academy with my own hands, but I killed him in 'Carthage'. Captain Shepard took over the conversation in a calm tone, but anyone could hear the loss of an old man behind his calm tone.

The jeep passed through the city and into a grassland, where the new European Union military installations were dotted with soldiers watching them with wary eyes.

"It's almost there, just go through the canyon ahead." Anton said.

At the junction of the canyon, there is a new EU sentry post, and although it is heavily guarded, some citizens are allowed to go up the mountain to visit and pray at the Sumera Monastery. But today was a special situation, and several citizens were stopped outside the canyon and complained at the soldiers.

The sentry had been waiting for Anton and his party, and after carefully checking their identities, they were released. Lin Ao was worried that he was not wearing a military uniform, and he was not like a soldier, he would definitely be troubled, but the person in charge of the inspection only looked at him a few more times.

Soon after the car drove again, the Sumera Monastery was revealed, and Lin Ao had never seen such a strange structure: the entire monastery was built on a cliff and merged with the rock face. This makes this monastery both artificial and mountain-like.

After parking, everyone walked up the steep stone steps of the monastery, and Lin Ao couldn't help but ask: "Why is the new EU meeting here?" Aren't you afraid that HER will ruin this place? ”

Old Jack looked at him strangely: "You are an earthling, you don't know?" Monuments like this monastery, as well as many other monuments, are considered neutral areas by the various powers, and are not allowed to spread to the area. There are regulations, even HER cannot be surprised. Of course, there are also cases of the use of monuments in the new European Union. ”

"Will HER really comply with such regulations?"

"After all, their purpose is to dominate the planet, and no matter how cruel they are to the city, the reputation of ruining the monuments is even more infamous."

"Better not expect them to comply, I've heard that HER blew up the remains of King Mausolus' tomb. In hindsight, it was an accident. But who knows? Maybe there were people they had to get rid of hiding there, and HER did it. Anton said.

"Well, I've heard that there are only ruins left there, and that it will be subjected to such a catastrophe......," Shepard lamented.

Stepping up a few stone steps, Billy. Brigadier Budd and several guards appeared before them. Billy politely saluted Shepard: "Brigadier General Shepard, Admiral Alain has been waiting for a long time......"