15:49 on January 15, 2071 - High Space Orbit of Sharitz - Intensive Care Isolation Room of the cruiser "West Wind" -

"Murphy! Why are you here? ”

Pushing the glass door open, Mark glanced at the lab again, and when he made sure he wasn't dazzled, Mark's brow furrowed. In this laboratory, which is no more than 100 square meters, there are fourteen people standing or lying, and unfortunately, six of them are known.

Mo Fei pointed to Dawei, who was lying on a sealed hospital bed, held back his tears, closed his eyes tightly and shook his head helplessly, "I'll accompany Dawei to finish...... Last time. ”

Mark didn't speak, patted Murphy on the shoulder, and walked slowly to Davey's bedside. Looking at Davey, who had been eroded by the virus inside, Mark felt regretful and a little self-reproachful, if his command was appropriate, maybe this kind of thing would not have happened.

"You ......"

Knowing that Davey was no longer good, Mark turned around and sniffled, only to see a slightly familiar big Marine, who had just turned sideways on a test bed. The Marine was wearing a visor, and Mark didn't see his face just now, but Mark saw the collar badge with EX-444436 written on it. When Mark walked around the bed and looked at the soldier's horn, he was silent and sat up.

"Mark, you're really not dead, the captain is right, you're the best at creating miracles."

"Niu Tao, what's wrong with you?!"

Rushing to Niu Tao's side in two steps, he reached out and pressed his shoulder, and Mark almost roared out in a trembling voice. He didn't expect, really didn't expect, that Niu Tao, who had always been calm and never ventured, would be infected.

A medical soldier standing at the head of Niu Tao's bed suddenly hugged Mark and cried, and she was the medical nurse of the Ninth Squad, Guo Tingting.

"Woo woo woo ——— Mark, Ah Tao was injured by the infected worm to save me. It's all my fault, it's all my fault...... Woowoo woo ———"

Although separated by a layer, but being suddenly hugged by a woman, Mark's body stiffened, and he reached out and patted Guo Tingting's shoulder, and a trace of determination flashed in Mark's eyes.

Tingting......... Believe me, Niu Tao will be fine. ”

Letting go of Mark and wiping her tears, Guo Tingting nodded with a smile, "Well, Mark will work miracles......... Because you always do. ”

"Hmm."

On the surface, Mark is very calm, but in fact, Mark is not completely sure of saving Niu Tao. However, he has a crazy method that even he feels is only 10% reliable.

Patting Niu Tao on the shoulder, Mark turned around again and blinked his eyes so that the tears would not come out. Unexpectedly, this scene was seen by two guys who were laughing evilly. Moreover, these two guys wore only pants.

"Sato? Stephen? Why don't you even ......?"

"Hats off, Mr. warrant officer." Stephen smiled wickedly and raised his right arm, which was completely covered by infected tissue, but judging by Stephen's condition, it didn't seem to cause him any pain.

Izo Sato raised his right hand and slapped his carapace on his left shoulder twice, which was considered a cross-arm salute, and then smiled at Mark, "Brother, long time no see." ”

"Oh my God, what happened during my absence?"

While talking to Stephen and the others, Mark looked beyond them and behind them. The results were not bad, and there were no other people that Mark knew.

"Don't look at it, the others ......... It's all right, everything that was alive before is fine......"

Stephen lowered his head and smiled bitterly, his last sentence was so low that even Sato, who was next to him, didn't hear it, and Mark should have ......

Mark reached out and took Stephen's brown right hand, stared into his eyes and asked, "Tell me, Stephen...... How many people are still alive. ”

Stephen changed his previous unruly expression and raised his head with a sad face, "Mark...... All I can tell you is that only two-thirds of the people who have survived so far, and the rest ........."

Sato dragged Mark aside, put his arm around his shoulders and whispered, "Mark, don't ask Stephen, Carl is dead, he's sad." They were like brothers, and the result was ........."

Mark glanced back at Stephen, who was covering his face and crying bitterly, and sighed deeply, "Then tell me, Sato, I know you're strong." ”

Sato smiled bitterly, "Huh, you really look up to me." ”

Mark also followed his example and smiled bitterly, "Don't you also look up to me." ”

Sato looked at the corners of Mark's slightly damp eyes, and took out a military badge from his trouser pocket, "Wu Chong, Song Xianxian, and Peng Qichao were killed by the stinging snake during the defense of Base 007, and they are the ones at the forefront......... Well, Li Jun and Zheng Yang were treated to a huge ...... on our way to base 001 The centipedes, swallowed, showed no signs that they would survive. ”

Mark took the military card from Sato's hand and closed his eyes tightly, "They...... It's a shame to die. ”

Sato let go of Mark and clenched his fists and knocked his head, "Zheng Liyuan was shooting in the air with a machine gun in the car during the retreat, and unfortunately, the machine gun position was hit by the intestinal fluid bullet of the flying dragon and fell down. That area is full of zergs, and he should be ...... He's dead. In order to protect everyone during the defense of 001, Carl pounced on the poisonous explosion insects that rushed over and died. He rushed out with one leg, and he had been injured before that......... Alas, Kanazawa and Thomms went to the top of a building while Base 001 was covering everyone's retreat, and was responsible for attacking the Zerg who fired plasma. They are snipers, and they should find a way out for themselves, I didn't see them when I first got on the boat, and now I can only assume that their whereabouts are unknown. Fortunately for two others, Gree's leg was blown off during the defense of Base 007, and Ivan's lung lobe was punctured during the Battle of Base 001, and as wounded, they were given priority to the evacuation ship. They were alive when they got on the boat, and they should be alive now. ”

"What about the others?"

"Watts and El are not injured and seem to have gone to maintain order for the refugees. James and Zhantian have suffered minor injuries and should be treated. ”

Shaking his head helplessly, Mark took out two e-cigarettes from his pocket and handed one to Sato, "Everyone is good......... Well——— what about the captain? ”

Sato took the cigarette, just took it in his mouth and spit it out, staring at Mark with wide eyes, "Huh?!" Shouldn't the captain be with you? ”

Seeing Sato's reaction, Mark was also taken aback, "I'm on a spaceship alone, what's going on?" ”

"The captain is not ......"

Just when the two were staring at each other because of Lao Liu's uncertain whereabouts, the cruiser's public address system suddenly sounded an alarm.

"Warning, warning, the hyperspace acceleration tunnel is about to open, please all personnel pin themselves in the designated position. Repeat ........."

Sato and the infected people have hospital beds fixed, but Guo Tingting and Mo Fei do not, and hurriedly search for nearby fixtures through the system. Not to mention Mark, he didn't even wear combat armor, if he really wanted to accelerate in hyperspace like this, even if his body was strengthened, he would die.

"Mark, this way!"

"Come here!"

Guo Tingting and Mo Fei ran to a fixed stand, and after fixing the armor on it, they immediately beckoned Mark over. However, it was only then that they discovered that Mark had no combat armor and could not be fixed to the bracket at all.

"Go, my 'ripper' is still outside. Sato, don't worry, it's going to be fine. ”

Waving his hand to keep the two of them from moving, Mark took a step and ran out of the quarantine area at high speed. If the instructors of the training camp were here, they would definitely drag Mark to be a "role model" for recruits, because he can run four times faster than ordinary humans, and ordinary people wearing combat armor may not outrun him.

By the time he ran all the way out of the quarantine area, the cruiser had already begun to move, and it was estimated that it would be close to the entrance of the hyperspace acceleration passage in a moment.

"Damn, why are you moving so fast?"

Letting the scolding continue, Mark ran to the side of the "Ripper" without panting the whole time. By the time he arrived, there were already several engineers with carrying robots planning to forcibly remove it, and if such a large combat equipment was destroyed due to hyperspace acceleration, the person responsible would definitely be held accountable.

After being cheekily counted down by the engineers, Mark "swished" into the cockpit, and the hatch cover did not fit and ran with the engineers to the fixed area. If you run slowly, you will definitely be thrown off.

Once in the stationary area, Mark removed the Ripper's large jetpack and asked the engineers to move it for storage, while he closed the hatch with his back to the fixing bracket and completed the fixing work.

"Warrant officer, your clearance is level C, meet the access criteria, do you have access to the information of military network combatants?"

Mark pressed on the monitor and completed the fingerprint verification, "OK." ”

After checking Mark's information, the military network electronic intelligence displayed an information sheet of all the combat personnel of the Shariz Garrison on the window of the "Ripper", "The data acquisition is complete, the data table is counted 32 minutes and 17 seconds ago, and it is only for military personnel to view, and it is not allowed to .........." ”

Mark didn't bother to listen to the electronic intelligence verbosity, so he turned off the stereo and began to dot on the "Shariz Garrison Combat Personnel Information Sheet". Sato: They don't have permission to look at this thing, and if they want to know who is dead and who is alive, they can only go to the main station to consult. However, Mark, as a warrant officer (the main character), happens to have the right to direct inquiry.

“…… Volunteer Information ...... 017 Base Information ...... Squad 9...... Liu Bocheng ........."

Mark closed the information window, covered his face and silently burst into tears. At this moment, a familiar face appeared on the monitor, and he shook his head with a wry smile when he saw Mark like this.

"Hey, stinky boy, think I'm dead?"

Hearing this familiar voice, Mark couldn't wipe the tears from his face, and looked up directly at the monitor, "Uncle Liu!" ”

Lao Liu waved his hand and signaled Mark not to be excited, "Chief Ma, we can talk about our affairs later." What I'm going to tell you now is something more important, and you can listen up. ”

Wiping away his tears, Mark nodded, "Understood." ”

"Mark, I participated in the 'Armor-Piercing Arrow' operation with you, and I also came into contact with the most critical 'Arrow'. However, I made an unexpected discovery near the recycling nest. To make a long story short, in addition to the corpses of the Zerg, there are also our humans, and to make matters worse, their brains are gone......... All of them were sucked by a mushroom-like Zerg and sucked alive. That bastard, he actually yelled at me in English, 'Human Sergeant', damn it, he absorbed the memories of those people. I just killed that bastard, but before he died, he cried out for help, and soon a large number of zergs will be coming. Looks like I'm dead. It's a shame I can't fight with you anymore. I have a notebook in the mezzanine of my house's door, maybe you can use it, and I can pick it up when you have time. Okay Mark, I already hear the Zerg approaching, do a good job, don't disgrace our training camp. Kids, the Zerg will slowly steal our knowledge, we can't just defend anymore, think of a way, we must do it before they succeed......... Woohoo———Woohoo———"

"Captain! Captain! ”

"The video is over." The electronic system finally pierced the film that obscured the truth, and Mark, who could not accept all this, lay on the monitor and froze, all of this was too painful.

At this time, Hu Ke, who had long known about Lao Liu's sacrifice, sent a voice message to Mark through a private channel, "He had expected it a long time ago, so he sent it to the communicator of the nearby soldier with a short wave, and then forwarded it to the repeater in the airspace near the Leviathan, as soon as the repeater was recovered, the email was in his information, as long as you inquired, he would come back." Mark......... Don't let him down. ”