"Have you started?"

Shepard lifted his hat again and adjusted his stance.

"Ready, 10, 9, 8..."

Assistant Thucydides begins to count down, and photographer Herodotus reminds Captain Shepard not to look at the camera. Sima Qian cleared her throat, and the interview officially began.

Behind these four people are the ruins of the ancient city of Troy, which had just been burned by fire, and although it was night, the desolation of the ruins after the destruction could still be seen.

"Hello everyone, I'm Sima Qian, a reporter from Global News Network. It's 10 p.m. on April 5, RX2200, and the ruins of the ancient city of Troy were destroyed by a mob just over an hour ago, and the person who drove the mob away in time was the former Brigadier General of the Star Alliance, Captain Shepard of the Osiris! Captain, can you tell us a little bit about the situation? ”

"It was about eight o'clock in the evening, and the Osiris was attacked by a bandit group of HER deserters and local thugs hiding near the ancient city of Troy, and I ordered a humanoid counterattack. But in order to escape, these shameless robbers blasted the ruins and caused the tragedy of tonight. Thanks to my crew's prompt extinguishing of the fire, otherwise I'm afraid there would only be a piece of debris left here..."

"It's so distressing."

In order to avoid being unreasonably suspected that the Osiris had indirectly damaged the monument after the news was broadcast, Shepard did not say that the robbers hid in the monument at first, nor did he say that the explosion occurred when Lin Ao touched the trap after entering the monument. There is such a thing as NEU deserters within the bandit group, and considering that the Osiris is still in NEU's territory, it is naturally inconvenient to mention it.

"As the captain of the Osiris, I strongly condemn this behavior. This is also the consequence of the war waged by the HER, and they must pay the price! ”

Sima Qian nodded, signaled to end the video, and said to the photographer and assistant: "Herodotus, you will take some live pictures later, and when I go back, I will record an audio track about the history of the ancient city of Troy, and it will be finished." ”

Sima Qian took off the microphone and sighed as she looked at the charred ruins. Shepard asked her, "Do you like history too?" ”

"Like, it's hard to see this happening..."

"If the war is not ended as soon as possible, the suffering of the planet will only increase..."

Captain Shepard was old, choking on the smoke and dust from the place, coughing, and waving his hand to signal that he was going back. Sima Qian saw Lin Ao sitting dejectedly next to a triangular body that glowed green, so she walked over and asked him what was wrong.

"Miss Sima, do you think I am responsible for the destruction of the ruins? I triggered the trap..."

Lin Ao thought that the destruction of these thousands of years of cultural relics was his own responsibility, he couldn't help but leave tears, Sima Qian sat down distressed and comforted him:

"You can't be blamed for this, it's the bad guys who planted a bomb inside the monument to lure you to trigger the trap."

"But if I don't..."

"If you don't trigger it, they'll activate it too!"

Lin Ao looked at Sima Qian in disbelief and asked, "Really?" Will they really do that? ”

Sima Qian gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes: "That's what they're for, isn't it?" You don't have to feel guilty about it. ”

"But..."

Sima Qian picked up Lin Ao's face, looked at Lin Ao with serious eyes and said, "Hey, although I'm only a few years older than you." But I know what you are doing now is great and glorious. There will always be various emergencies and choices on this road, and many times you can't do anything about it. Maybe the result will make you miserable and unable to sleep, but the important thing is that you will persevere, and slowly everything will get better. ”

Lin Ao rubbed his eyes embarrassedly, stood up and patted the triangular body that he found that could emit green light: "I won't have my responsibility for this matter, but does Miss Sima know what this thing is?" It doesn't look like something on Earth. ”

Sima Qian was also curious about what it was, and she stood up to look at the triangle, which was about a person tall. It was also shining green regularly, and the three surfaces exposed to the ground were carved with different patterns. However, because it has been buried in the ground for too long, the content of the depiction is covered in mud and it is impossible to see it clearly. Lin Ao was afraid of damaging what looked like a cultural relic, so he didn't dare to clean up the dirt without permission.

Sima Qian also touched the surface of the triangle: "This thing looks like metal, I don't think I can understand how it glows, and I can't see the seams on the shell... Perhaps this is a relic of the 'legend'. ”

"Legendary relics?"

Sima Qian nodded: "I liked to read books about legends when I was in college, and it is very likely that there will be another group of human beings before the era we live in now. ”

"You mean prehistoric civilizations?"

"No, it's not quite the same. There is a lot of archaeological evidence that there was a group of humans who lived on Earth before the RX era, but for some reason they disappeared along with their civilization and technology. But they still left behind some evidence that they existed. For example, those overly advanced objects found in ancient tombs, astronauts appearing on frescoes, and so on. Then there's the humanoid weapon you piloted, which also appeared in legends, but now it's been created, whereas when I was in school, it was all thought of as metaphysics and conspiracy theories. ”

"When you say that, I remember when I was a kid, my dad would always hold me to read books about legends..."

"Miss Sima Qian, please allow me to add. The legend 'not only includes the last group of humans who lived on Earth, there are probably dozens of groups of humans! But they all disappeared. ”

It was Technician Armstrong who had come in a forklift to move the triangle to the Osiris.

Sima Qian smiled and said: "When I was in school, I only regarded those books as extracurricular reading, and many of them have long been forgotten. Besides, you're just a hypothesis, right? ”

"Who knows, maybe this thing will unravel the mystery of the legend. But we can't solve it with our knowledge, Miss Sima, do you know any relevant experts? Maybe leave this thing in the hands of a professional, the Osiris is not a mobile museum either. ”

Sima Qian took out her mobile phone and flipped through the address book, and soon had an answer: "There is!" The Osiris was about to go to Athens, and there was a professor Stein who specialized in history and 'legends'. When I get to Athens, I can go and ask him! ”

Armstrong was also pleased: "Great, since I got on the Osiris, I finally have something interesting for me." When you visit a professor, be sure to bring me with you! ”

Lin Ao breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that another matter had been settled. He still felt a little guilty about seeing the ruins, but he now knew that it was probably not something he could control.

Lin Ao looked up at the bright moon in the night sky and the looming "artificial earth".

What will happen to you in the future? What can you do when something terrible happens? Lin Ao asked himself.