At 19:18 on January 15, 2071——— the Earth's median orbit———

The Westwind is quietly moored in space, its pulse engines and optoelectronic systems turned off, and you won't be able to spot the all-black cruiser without looking closely. [Ran^Text^Library] It is more than 7,000 kilometers away from the surface of the earth, there is no air, no dust, and you can feel the vastness and beauty of the universe when you look up at the vast starry sky.

Not far away are the Singapore and Malaysian space stations, which reflect the sun's rays and resemble a glittering palace in the sky. When the cruiser arrives at the space station, the non-combatant crew will be transferred to a dedicated transport ship and returned to Earth. Battleships, on the other hand, will sail to the base of the moon for maintenance and replenishment. However, due to the limited berthing space of the space station, before that, the battleship was in a "queue" state of unmanned monitoring for a period of time.........

"There was a deep darkness all around, and the stars emitted a mesmerizing pale white glow, which was breathtakingly beautiful. They are precious gems that adorn the black universe. However, no matter how sparkling they are, they are not as good as the earth, the beautiful, translucent and crystalline Akembo diamonds in our hearts. The pale aqua blue color brought her a quiet beauty, and the same lines made her even more vicissitudes. Mysterious and elusive, beautiful and intriguing. This is our earth, the mother of humanity, the cradle of life......"

With a long exhalation, Mark closed his notebook and said no more. The second time he looked at the Earth from space, he felt a lot of emotion, but because someone was approaching, he could only retract his thoughts and prepare to face what was going to happen next.

"General, I didn't expect you to come in person."

After giving a military salute to the brigadier general, Mark consciously took out the electronic key to the medical isolation area and handed it to the doctor who had come with the major general. After getting the key, the doctor immediately left, and on the empty foredeck of the cruiser, only Mark and Commodore were left, and of course, the landing module that had been prepared long ago.

The brigadier general patted Mark on the shoulder, took out a metal box from the storage compartment under the left breastplate of the armor, and handed it over after some hesitation, "Mark, the level of secrecy of this operation is very high, in order to hide people's eyes, we can only send you back in this way, I hope you understand." ”

Mark took the box and didn't open it immediately, "General, I understand...... It's just that I don't understand, this box is ........."

Looking at the quiet and beautiful earth in front of him, there was a strange light in the eyes of the brigadier general, and after making up his mind, the brigadier general, who had always considered himself upright, told the truth of the whole matter. Tuning the radio to a private channel, the brigadier general sent a communication request to Mark, and after connecting it, he first apologized to Mark.

"I'm so sorry, Mark. We are sorry to tell you that there is a traitor within us, and some of your information has been held by the USA and BAA. If you return to Singapore, it is difficult to guarantee your absolute safety and your family will be involved. So...... We want you to go to the Middle East or South America to hide for a while, and then the USA can turn its attention to other things, and then you can come back to continue your service or retire. ”

Mark was startled and almost used "look" to read the brigadier general's brainwaves directly, but in the end he still controlled himself and did not come hard. Now that the brigadier general has said it, there must be other information to tell him, "General, I ......"

The brigadier general walked to the side of the landing capsule and pulled the hatch open directly, "Don't hesitate, warrant officer, you won't hesitate when you really see the essence of this matter." Oh, you don't have to worry about your comrades, Professor Constantine and Dr. Railton will cure them, the serum works. Let's go, there are already a lot of people waiting for you. ”

After giving a military salute to the brigadier general, Mark lifted the electromagnet from the soles of his feet, floated off the deck of the battleship, and was carried into the landing capsule by the general. Mark was upset that his new combat armor didn't come with a jetpack, but he was adaptable and quickly got used to it.

After the commodore was confirmed, the landing module's gas thrusters gently sprayed out a little gas, disengaging the entire landing module from contact with the deck. If it weren't for the fact that there was still a steel cable to tie the landing capsule, the landing capsule would have been completely detached from the cruiser. Mark clicked twice on the controller, and the door of the landing module began to slowly close.

Before the hatch closed, the brigadier untied the tightrope and told Mark: "Mark, remember, hide immediately after the mission is completed, don't come out, your family will secretly inform them." ”

"I see, Brigadier General, take care." The hatch closed, and Mark fastened his seat belt, then activated the landing module's air jets, and broke away from the Westwind and headed for Earth.

"Well, you too. By the way, Mark, actually———— you can call me Cousin. ”

The Brigadier's last words were spoken after the microphone was turned off, and Mark couldn't hear it, and if he did, he didn't know how he would react.

"When the computer is connected, autonomous driving begins."

The automatic control system of the landing capsule was activated, and after the air jets pushed the landing module away from the cruiser, the one-time rocket thrusters at the end of the landing capsule began to warm up.

"The rocket thruster warmed up and ignited five seconds later. 5-4-3-2-1-ignition ———"

The rocket thrusters spewed blazing flames, the landing module flew straight to Earth, and the Westwind Chill, which had completed its secret mission, no longer stayed, the main thrusters restarted, the electronic systems resumed operation, and headed for the space station. At this moment, Mark seemed to hear the sound of the gears of fate turning.........

19:43——— Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore———

"Captain, we've been around the reserve for more than twenty times, and the pick-up target still hasn't appeared, why don't we go back to the base first, etc.?"

Sitting in the hatch of the MX-38 "Owl" six-rotor helicopter, Wang Zengyou was a little anxious. He received an order to escort the target to the port by 20 o'clock, and as soon as the helicopter landed and flew to the port, it would take about seven minutes, that is, he had exactly ten minutes left.

"No, we'll have to wait here, and we'll pick him up as soon as we see him show up. Ma's, this guy, why haven't you come yet, do you want to be late? ”

Just as Wang Zengyou was scolding, a fireball was flying at high speed above their heads, and if both sides continued to move at this speed, it was estimated that the consequences of "Mars hitting the earth" would be very good. Thankfully, he made the right decision.

Retracting his legs from the cabin door, Wang Zengyou sat back in his chair, "Forget it, sergeant major, let's drive to the hill and land, let's let the plane rest for a while, don't tire the propellers." ”

"Okay, Captain."

Adjusting the propellers, the Owl helicopter flew towards the highest point of the reserve, the 100-meter-high mountain, which is the highest point in Singapore.

After flying to the top of the hill, the helicopter extended its elastic landing gear and stopped on a relatively flat grassy field. The whirlwind from the high-speed rotation of the propeller blew the half-human-tall grass to the ground, and many small animals hiding in the grass were so frightened that they ran away, and the stupid and cute appearance made the four soldiers on the helicopter laugh.

"Horn ———"

Wang Zengyou jumped down from the cabin, the soil where he landed was very soft, and the non-slip military boots almost did not feel the hard friction on it, and pushed aside the grass, Wang Zengyou walked to a tree at the top of the mountain.

"Since there's no other option but to wait, it's better to make waiting a little more interesting." Thinking like this, Wang Zengyou simply turned off the clock in the helmet, since the other party played a big name and didn't show up, he might as well have a good time for a while.

Just when Wang Zengyou was climbing a tree and the sergeant major was smoking a cigarette with two commando soldiers, a "fireball" appeared in the sky that people could only see when they looked up at 45°.

"At a distance of 4000 meters from the ground, the buffer flap is ejected, and the lateral air injection device is activated———"

A large number of buffer plates like ailerons of small aircraft extend around the landing module, which greatly increases the friction resistance between the landing module and the air while ensuring its own firmness, so that the landing module, which was close to 900 kilometers per hour, reduces its speed to 700 kilometers. Immediately afterwards, a hole of 36 and 20 centimeters in diameter opened in the middle ring of the landing module, from which high-pressure air was sprayed laterally, reducing the landing module's falling speed to a constant speed of 400 kilometers per hour.

"At a distance of 2000 meters from the ground, the frontal air thrust reverser is activated, the rocket thrust reverser is ready———"

The air jet device, which has a relatively small thrust weight at the front of the landing module, was the first to be activated, and the high-pressure gas sprayed made the landing module slow down, and by the time it entered the last 1,000 meters, the speed of the landing module had dropped to 270 kilometers per hour.

The altitude is getting lower and lower, and when passing through the clouds, the air jet device directly blows away those innocent clouds, and at this moment, the "Owl" helicopter equipped with the anti-aircraft early warning radar discovers the landing module. Wang Zengyou and others, who received the prompt, hurriedly put down what they were doing and boarded the helicopter to prepare to pick up people.

"In the last 1,000 meters, the buffer foil tilted ————"

The buffer sheet, which had been decelerated by rubbing air with a small contact area, received the command and began to tilt in one direction, with an inclination angle approaching 45°. Then, the cylindrical landing module began to rotate rapidly, and Mark, who was sitting in the landing module, only wanted to say: "Airborne is really not a human thing!" ”

When he first entered the gravitational range of the earth, Mark still felt a little comfortable, and then the landing module began to accelerate, and the weightlessness of falling from a height made Mark unbearable. However, everything was not so simple, and after surviving the outer and middle atmospheres, the landing module began to slow down, and the feeling of falling to the ground was reduced, and when Mark breathed a sigh of relief, the rotation position of the landing module to deal with anti-aircraft fire was automatically activated again.........

"500 ——— 400 ——— 300 ——— 200 ——— 100 ——— rocket thrust reverser launch ———"

"Boom-"

When the landing module was less than 20 meters above the ground, the eight rocket reversers at the front were activated, and the landing module's speed plummeted from 200 kilometers to 20 kilometers per hour at the last moment, and then smashed headlong into the soft ground.

"Bang ————"

The soil in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve was wet, but it was hit by a landing module weighing a ton and was still splashed with mud and grass clippings. The prolonged friction with the air caused the hull to be extremely hot, and soon, the ground and grass that came into contact with the landing module were dried out.

"Wow —————"

The hatch of the landing module opened automatically, and Mark shook his drowsy head, rolled over and jumped out. The Star Rail Airdrop can be regarded as a high-risk and difficult delivery method, and generally only professionally trained Star Rail Commandos can withstand this kind of almost crazy airdrop, if Mark is not a "sensor", he may have fainted a long time ago. But even if he is a "sensitizer", he is very uncomfortable now.

"I'll ......... How did Gree do that......... I'm so dizzy........."

After only two steps from the landing cape, Mark fell headlong to the ground, and he now felt like he was full of stars in front of him, and he couldn't get rid of it. He really didn't understand how a girl from Ge Li could pass the selection of the Star Rail Commando.

"Warrant Officer, how are you? Can you hear me? ”

"Captain, this guy is a Marine, how did he get out of the Star Orbit landing module?"

In a trance, Mark saw what seemed to be flying in the sky, and he also saw several soldiers in regular military uniforms, who were gathered around him, not knowing what to do. "It's a shame that I can't hear what they say clearly, and the captain knows it......... I'm sure I'll be scolded. ”

"Hey————— here...... Horse, are we home? ”

A familiar voice came to mind, the unpleasant muttering sound of being woken up made Mark feel a kind of warmth, just like lifting his sister's bed when he was a child. This feeling lasted only for a moment, and then it was washed away by a cool air, and the confused head became clear.

"Uh, Xiao Nian, are you awake?"

Mark felt Xiao Nian's presence in a sober moment, and greeted him casually, but he didn't expect Xiao Nian to respond very seriously: "Mark is a lazy worm, get up quickly when you wake up, these people around you seem to be in a hurry and need your help." ”

"Uh-who?"

Mark put his hands on the ground and stood up violently, as fast as if there were zergs underneath. The three soldiers around him were so frightened that they almost raised their guns at him.

Seeing that the other party was extremely nervous, Mark opened his face armor and smiled slightly embarrassed, indicating that he was not a zerg. Seeing Mark's face clearly, the three soldiers also determined that he was the target of the pick-up and drop-off, and put away their guards.

"Great, warrant officer, you're finally recovering. Come with us, I'll have to tell you on the plane. ”

Wang Zengyou and Mark symbolically shook hands, and then dragged Mark, who had not yet reacted, to the hovering helicopter on the side, it was already 19:52, and he was late if he didn't run faster.

"I'm going, just got a landing capsule and a helicopter, I hate flying........."

Reluctantly, they sat down in a chair and fastened their seatbelts, and Mark and Wang Zengyou were carried by "owls" and flew to the port of Singapore.........