Chapter 103: Ritual
After eating in the dark, and destroying the "incriminating evidence" under the cover of darkness, the snoring sound of "snoring" soon sounded on Cham's side.
He had been in a state of exhaustion since yesterday, and now that he was back in the dormitory, he was able to sleep peacefully. It was like being trained like a dead dog every day, and then fainting and being thrown into the infirmary.
Lu An was half-lying on the bed thinking so, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously showed a smile.
It's a pity that although Lu An is also so tired that his whole body is sore, he can't sleep. Being woken up in a daze, half-asleep, and eating again, made him a little excited now, and the habits he had developed over the years also kept him from sleeping.
The more tired his body was, the more Lu An didn't dare to sleep deeply, he was afraid that he would die of sleep and would not be able to hear the sound in his ears. Or, more precisely, the sound of an alarm ringing in your ears.
It's easy to fall asleep when you're tired and sleepy, but it's hard to wake up, but for Lu An, the price of missing the alarm every time is not something he can afford.
Rest and sleep can be made up at any other time, but some things can never be undone once they happen.
Therefore, Lu An simply sat up and fiddled with the wisdom brain on his wrist.
This is the brain he got in the base warehouse after coming out of the network room in the afternoon, although the recruit base is empty now, but the warehouse is not for people to enter and exit at will.
But those warehouse security measures are like decorations for Lu An.
Maybe it's the trust in the warehouse's identification system, or maybe it's that there's nothing in the warehouse that deserves extra secrecy, and the gates outside the base warehouse are not guarded at all, not even the monitoring equipment.
After Lu An and Tanaka Baie separated in the organization hall of the "Heart of Shadows", they turned around and entered the room of "Plum K", and then easily entered the network system of the base and modified the gate authority of the base warehouse.
When Lu An came out of the public network room, he swaggered into the base warehouse, and those security measures that had been pinned on him were gone.
Wandering around alone for a long time, but unfortunately Lu An didn't discover any shocking secrets, this warehouse is a real logistics warehouse, although it is spotless, but it is full of some old and obsolete replacement parts.
Lu An was disappointed to find the blank brain he needed, put it on his wrist and came out with Shi Shiran, everything unnoticed.
Even if the items are counted in the future, presumably the wealthy army will not keep tracking down the loss of a smart brain, after all, maybe those logistics personnel have "misremembered" the number?
Throughout the ages, this kind of thing is not uncommon.
Moreover, Lu An subconsciously ignored one point, for the grandson of the commander-in-chief, if he temporarily borrowed an "old" intellectual brain that was "eliminated" in the army, would anyone really pursue it severely?
Therefore, Lu An wore a smart brain that he "borrowed" from the warehouse openly. Of course, he did think in his heart that it was borrowed, and he did intend to repay it in the future, and he was at ease with this.
After all, for human beings in today's era, the brain is really inseparable, and without this "artificial organ", human beings are really not complete human beings.
And for Lu An, from noon yesterday to noon today, the feeling of bare wrists in just one day made him feel extremely uncomfortable, even more uncomfortable than running naked in public.
Running naked is at most watched by people's strange eyes, and if your psychological quality is better, you can not care about it at all. However, if you don't have a brain, you can't even run "naked" or even "run", which can be described as difficult to move an inch.
There's no way to authenticate yourself, there's no way to use electronic money, there's no way to interact with others, there's no way to get all the outside information, and even in the most crowded crowds, you'll be separated from humanity by an invisible cage.
Therefore, after Lu An withdrew from the hall of the "Shadow Heart", he couldn't wait to find a substitute brain, even if it was old, it was much better than feeling bare.
Otherwise, just after Cham came back just now, Lu An would be dumbfounded.
After all, he didn't understand the language of the Seventeenth District, and if he didn't have the aid of his brain, he just relied on his ears to listen to Cham's words, and Lu An didn't think he could understand anything Cham's words.
So, what can a person who can't sleep in the dark do without fiddling with his brain?
Moreover, not far from the dormitory building, outside the playground of the recruit training base, Lu An's "big toys" are neatly arranged, and he will not be bored.
It's just that the base is empty today, and you can let go of your hands and feet to fiddle with these toys, and it just so happens that you are very interested in the situation that Chammu said, so you might as well send your "big toy" to the rainy sea to take a look.
As a result, in the dormitory room where there were only two people, in addition to the snoring of Cham, Lu An's laughter of "hehe" and "tsk" were heard from time to time.
As for the consequences of the continuous discovery of UFOs pouring into the gendarmerie headquarters like a tide this night, and how these law enforcement officers in the military who were in a highly nervous state would react, it was not Lu An's concern.
The next day, after Lu An and Chambe had breakfast listlessly, the tranquility of the empty recruit training base slowly began to be shattered.
Since the morning, instructors and recruits have returned to the base one after another, and by noon, the dormitory of the base is already full of tired recruits, and even snoring can be heard occasionally.
It's a pity that soon, the piercing emergency assembly order woke everyone up from their trance. Everyone rushed out of the dormitory in a daze and gathered on the wide Moon Rock playground.
Although the neatly lined recruits were silent, their eyes revealed dissatisfaction and doubt.
"What's going on? What the hell! ”
And less than a minute after the recruits finished their formation, the instructors of the base also appeared on the playground.
They all looked solemn and solemn, and their eyes all looked up at the sky above the base slightly, obviously knowing the reason for the emergency assembly; Such a move provoked some uncertain recruits, and they also secretly looked at the sky above them.
At this time, the playground was silent, except for the sound of breathing. However, after a while, the sound of the spaceship engine from far and near gradually became stronger.
At this time, some of the quick-thinking recruits had already guessed the reason for the emergency assembly, and their expressions began to be solemn.
A moment later, the sound of the ship's engine buzzed above everyone's heads, and the ship came directly to the playground and hovered and landed. However, the moment the hatch opened, the things that caught everyone's eyes immediately made everyone stand upright.
The crystal freezer is covered with a five-star "joint flag", which is the standard treatment for the return of the remains of the soldiers who died in the army.
The five-star alignment represents the five major settled planets in the solar system, the earth, the moon, Mars, Europa, and Venus.
In addition to the flagship of the commander-in-chief of the fleet, only the coffins of the martyrs were allowed to be covered with the "United Flag".
The ship, which hovered and landed over the base with a big grin, carried two recruits who had just died the day before yesterday, Thomas Cooper from Area 15 and Nelson Botha from Area 21.
And Lu An, who was in the corner of the front row of the queue, looked at the crystal freezer that was slowly being carried, and suddenly felt a little dazed.
Ten years ago, Lu An experienced a similar situation.
At that time, he didn't know anything.
On that day, on the morning of September 3, 406 in the galactic calendar, Lu An remembered it clearly. That morning, he was led by his gloomy brother to meet his father at the airport in Area Zero.
Although the oppressive and heavy atmosphere of the relatives around him was so heavy that it was suffocating, Lu An did not dare to show his excitement, after all, he had not seen his father for more than a year.
In fact, during the war, he rarely saw his father, and the only thing that impressed him was the scene two years ago when his father was wrapped in chubby and lying on the hospital bed to make himself laugh.
So at that time, he didn't understand why no one laughed, shouldn't it be a very happy thing to see his father who he hadn't seen for a long time? Why is everyone so upset?
It wasn't until later that Lu An hated his ignorance at that time every time he went to see his father at the Honorary Military Cemetery.
But why didn't anyone tell themselves the truth at that time? Is it because a ten-year-old boy doesn't deserve to know and know what these adults should care about?
By the way, at that time, Feng Tingting seemed to be standing behind her, she looked at her curious and expectant pity, and it wasn't until later that Lu An understood the meaning.
Therefore, for a long time later, Lu An hated Feng Tingting very much, just like he hated himself who was stupid at that time.
However, no one really told themselves that their father had been sacrificed, dead, and no longer alive.
Is it a taboo thing for children to understand what death is? Or is it something too difficult to accomplish?
No one understood what it was like for Lu An to see his father lying in the crystal freezer for the first time. That kind of death that came to his face was like darkness that swallowed Lu An's heart.
The "United Flag" that was torn off by his mother, and the "United Flag" that was trampled at his brother's feet, are like the curtain of the cruel truth of life that has been torn open.
No one told Lu An that his father was dead, but Lu An understood at that time that his father was dead.
Yes, it is no different from a withered tree, a stiff cat, or a belly-flopping fish, and the meaning is unmistakable, death.
Lu An saw his father's pale and stiff face at that time, as if he had seen death at a glance, he cried out at that time, couldn't stop crying, and then fainted into the arms of his brother or Feng Tingting.
Now, seeing the crystal freezer covered by the "United Flag" again, Lu An's heavy heart had a slight disgust.
The "United Flag", which originally represented the hope of mankind in the future, was overlaid with death, should it be a sign that the future outcome of all people is nothing more than death, whether it is full of hope or not?
Lu An took a sip fiercely.
"It's ****** hateful!"