Chapter 42: Embark on a journey
After tiptoeing closer, the skeleton mech tried to touch the messy [Hanmang] cockpit with its foot.
The cockpit shook slightly. The skeleton mech was startled and sprang away.
"Come out quickly, I'll tell you, I'm very grumpy!" The fat man said angrily.
There was no movement in the cockpit either. The skeleton mecha that was hiding far away tilted its ears sideways, listened intently for a long time, and then leaned over hesitantly... Pick up a twisted tube and poke it......
Still no response.
"Play dead, huh? Shameless to face, right? The skeleton mecha seemed to be relieved, stepped on the cockpit arrogantly, and jumped and jumped on it: "Then don't blame Lao Tzu for bullying you!" ”
The players were completely speechless. Molesting people like this isn't bullying?
Everyone is very happy. Ten thousand Buddhas talk and laugh. How many people have been saved by sacrificing him alone? If I really changed myself in the cockpit, I guess I would have wiped my neck at that time.
When the cockpit of the mecha was completely turned into a shapeless piece of rotten iron in the skeletal mecha's happy trampling, there was a "beep" sound. The long abuse is finally over.
"Bloody Case in the World! 》
"Talking and laughing, the protagonist of tragedy"
"A SM Tragedy in Plain Sight"
"On the Mysterious Skeleton Mecha"
"SM01314 Discussion"
When the fat man got off the line, and the conversation and laughter disappeared from there, the entire viewing hall was in a hustle and bustle. The players sighed and talked. Questions and topics raised about the game have jumped to the game forums with a variety of eye-catching titles.
Players SM01314 show great combat power. and the mysterious skeleton mech, which aroused great interest. While having a lively discussion. Some lessons have also been learned.
"I kind of get it, who the is messing with, don't mess with that SM01314 = it's definitely not normal. If it falls into his hands, it's over! If I want to be molested like this, I will cry to death. ”
The above sentence was rated as the most affirmed sentence by players. Since then. SM is synonymous with cyber nightmares.
And between talking and laughing, it has become a joke. When players get into an argument, they usually say, "Pretending to be a force, huh?" Believe it or not, you'll be wiped out while talking and laughing! ”
As soon as this remark came out. Suddenly a mess.
"Whoever is talking and laughing, you are talking and laughing. Your whole family is talking and laughing! ”
“…………”
The biggest beneficiary of this duel may be Margaret.
The female colonel of the Combat Staff of the 112th Armored Division of the Republic of Fiyan at the Chakna Hanjing Military Joint Base thus managed to get rid of the entanglement between talk and laughter.
It's just that because it was clear that the carriage and horses were for Margaret, and she lost face when she talked and laughed, Margaret was very ridiculed among her friends who knew the inside story, and she was very teased about the bastard called SM01314. I hated it more and more.
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A silver-white "Dolphin" shuttle took off from the Gariparan military airfield. Leap through the clouds and into space. Fly towards a new destroyer docked at the spaceport.
Tian Xingjian sat in the shuttle. Quietly looking out of the porthole.
in sight. Brown and green clouds and mist-enveloped Earth, the planet Milok gradually transformed from a vast expanse into a sphere suspended in the depths of space. Getting farther and farther away from him.
Twelve hours after the boring mecha test on the Internet, the fat man said goodbye to the depressed An Ma and An Lei. I was picked up in a special car bound for a military airport.
Milan and Bonnie. He also traveled with him to the military airfield on the eastern outskirts of Gariparan. They will fly to the capital city of Ludrite in another spaceship.
Milan was on his way to succeed Boswell in the capital's First Military Academy's research office. Bonnie, on the other hand, will meet with Russell at the High Command.
The shuttle slowly docked with the destroyer successfully. As the pressure equalization light came on, the docking hatch opened, and the fat man stepped into the destroyer.
"Fatty!"
The fat man who had just walked into the cabin heard a familiar voice and turned his head to look. Carl pressed his big head against it. Struggling to suck in between the two soldiers, squeezing through their stomachs, they ran towards themselves.
"Carl?" The fat man was stunned. He didn't expect to see this intern staff officer who was bragging to himself all day long in the Sixth Research Room of the War Department: "You also go to Chakner?" ”
"yes!" Carl ran to the fat man and said in surprise: "Don't you know, I'm also a student of this exchange." Knowing that you are on this cruiser, I will look for you everywhere as soon as you get on board. ”
The fat man saw the epaulettes on Karl's uniform and smiled, "Okay." It's all majors! ”
Karl couldn't be boasted the most, and immediately said proudly: "It's been a long time ago." I was one of the first military staff officers to be promoted after the Battle of Lucerne! ”
"You still have the face to mention Lucerne." The fat man snorted. Squinted at Carl. The glances are non-stop. To this day, he still remembers that the big-headed monster did not reveal to himself the land feud of Lucerne's landing plan.
Carl, who had been bullied by fat people for a long time, saw that the signs were wrong, so he quickly opened the topic and said, "How can I compare with you." He gestured: "You don't know, I knew what you did at the time, and my jaw almost fell off!" Honestly, I've never seen anyone as good as your big brother in my life. Let's not talk about the previous things, just talk about the incident of your arrest of James, wow, you don't know how sensational it was in China at that time. ”
The fat man grinned, and immediately introduced Carl as a confidant, and threw all the slightest dissatisfaction out of the clouds, and said modestly: "That's nothing...... Tell me, what's the sensation? ”
"That's something to say, and I can't finish talking about it for three days and three nights......"
"It's okay, it's time to have land along the way, you talk about it, I won't be annoying."
"That's right...... At that time..."
In the midst of the cascade of Kardi's eulogies, the fat man walked towards the living cabin with a smile on his face, nodding his head all the way.
"This is the Federation Hero?" Around the corner, Helen stood stupidly in place. He was stunned as he watched the fat man and Carl leave.
This time. Helen was a journalist accompanying the delegation led by Vice President Flavio to Chaknadi.
Since he worked hard in the capital Ludrite to apply for permission to interview Tian Xingjian. But in the end, after the fat man suddenly left the capital and lost the opportunity to report continuously in the first place, Helen held back her strength. Catch this fat man and sit down in front of you. Ask for yourself.
Originally, Helen was supposed to set off from the capital city of Ludrite, but after she rummaged through the boarding list. Nor did she find Tian Xingjian's words, so she immediately applied to take another destroyer departing from Gariparan.
This trip. There are small jump points to be passed. Only destroyers can competently sail. Of the two visiting destroyers, since the fat man was not in this one, he must be in the other.
For this. Helen also traveled to Gariparan on the family's special spaceship. Then board the ship by shuttle from the Gariparan military airfield, so that he can have a face-to-face interview with Tian Xingjian, a federal hero, during the voyage.
As a journalist, Helen made it her professional mission to interview the Union hero. And as a hero worshipper, she had too many questions she wanted answered.
However, just now, she saw Tian Xingjian. Before I could control the excitement in my heart, I walked up to the ground. The conversation between the two of them has already poured her enthusiasm with cold water.
Maybe it's because of the constraints of imagination, or maybe it's too impressive for the smiling fat man on the poster. Helen couldn't have imagined it. That hero, revered by all citizens of the Federation. The brave and unyielding warrior who drove the mecha in a bloody battle among thousands of enemies turned out to be such a vanity. Frivolous. Ordinary, stupid obscene fat man?
“…… As soon as the live battle on TV is released. There was a national sensation. Do you know how many beautiful women have vowed to marry you? Carl was foaming at the mouth.
"How much?" The fat man looked sluggish.
"Thousands!" Carl was categorical.
"So much?" The fat man gasped. Melancholy said, "How can I be busy?" ”
“………”
Two idiots disappear at the end of the passage.
Helen couldn't put into words how she was feeling at the moment. There is such a big gap between the fat man in front of her and the image of the great, upright, heroic and selfless hero in her mind. Too big for her to accept.
When he heard the news that he was still alive, he rushed into the studio with joy. The hero who broadcasts the news in the most undisguised trembling voice is really the fat man in front of him?
"Okay!" Helen bit her lip and turned to walk in the opposite direction: "I will definitely know, a real Tian Xingjian!" Let me get to know you again - 'Heroes of the Federation'! ”
The itinerary has been carefully arranged. After two days of space travel. When the destroyer, named Berlan Rose, arrives at a small, remote jump point in the Liberty System in the central star field of Leray. Another destroyer carrying the delegation and some of the cadets also arrived.
This one is also named after the port and the flower name. A new destroyer named "Castlelily" is a sister ship of the same class as [Berlan Rose]. They will be escorted by six [Trick-class] frigates. Pass twelve public galaxy hopping points. Arrival in the Republic of Chakna.
It's been a long journey. Boredom is perhaps the biggest problem of the journey.
As for security. People aren't so worried. After all, these galaxies are uninhabited public galaxies. In these systems, there are no large jump points for ships of the size of a destroyer or higher. Active on these routes were only a few passenger ships, merchant ships, smuggling ships and a small number of pirates who had escaped war.
And with the power of pirates, it is absolutely impossible to pose a threat to the fleet of two new destroyers and six frigates.
Especially pirates on these out-of-the-way routes. Most of them are still using battered armed merchant ships as their so-called warships.
Battleships to strictly the third universe
Speed entered the jump point. All power equipment was turned off. The mysterious blue glow outside the porthole grew brighter and brighter. Penetrated the main battleship. Transform a quiet battleship into a dreamy ocean-like world.
The fat man lay on the bed, feeling the vibration of the ship as it passed through the jump point. Listen to the sound of the life-sustaining pipeline filling the entire ship with life-sustaining gas. For a while, there were many thoughts.
This is the interstellar jump channel. Humanity has traveled thousands of years. But. Behind this blue glow, there are secrets that humans have not been able to discover so far.
Between the entrance and exit. Is there another passage? Why are so many spacecraft that didn't enter the passage at the third cosmic speed. All disappeared without exception? Why Boswell said. Parents themselves. Once traveled through an interstellar passage at an unconventional speed. And return home smoothly? Before the most significant discoveries of human civilization were announced. And who dragged the humans into a cage trapped in the jumping point?
In this vast universe. How many secrets are still hidden?
The fat man stared at the ceiling of the cabin, which was somewhat transparent by the blue light. There are a lot of thoughts in my head. Thinking about the space jump point technology, and speculating about the future of this to Chaknadi. I don't know when. He turned his mind to the situation in Leray at the moment.
Really went back to Leray. Spend these days in Gariparan. It was only then that he truly understood Leleidi's situation. There are some things that cannot be felt on the battlefield. Only in life. On the sparsely landed streets. will find out how far the war has devastated this country.
The bustling city has gradually fallen into disrepair. All the industries of the prosperous land have withered to the point that they cannot form shapes. Men are on the front lines. Now in the factory. Women make up the majority, and robots rotate in general and spinning. Production supply front-line consumption.
Energy is already rationed. Agriculture is still keeping up, and there is no shortage of staple foods. But. Some slightly more delicate ground pastries and side dishes. It's not easy to buy anymore. Those luxuries. Ornament. You can only find it in the thrift market.
Half of the shops on the street have closed. Half of the ground remains. There is nothing to sell, so I just try my best to find things to make some money. It's a shivering depression. The large department stores that were bustling with people before the war. At the moment, it has also become a grocery supermarket.
A few days ago. I have even heard that the lack of energy in the space city has caused an imbalance in the ecosystem.
One by one, the young people put on their uniforms and went to the front. The age of conscription has been relaxed to 145 years.
The blood nature of the Federation is unspeakable. Defending the country is also as calm as possible. Just fill out the form and walk into the bootcamp. Then he went to the front line with a gun on his shoulder. Lucky still bragging and farting on the front line, nesting in the trenches. Hold the fusion grenade and wait for the enemy to come up and do it hard.
Not so lucky. He had already turned his body into scattered flesh and blood, and sprinkled it on the black scorched earth position. Only one name remains. It is filled out on the death notice. Put it in an envelope and go home.
Life, just torn apart alive. Hit to this point. Even if he is still trying to support the frontline war. But the mood of the people has been extremely low.
The people are not afraid of war, but they are afraid that they will not see the future.
The mourning is the most likely to be frightened, instigated by someone with a heart, or something that can't bear to blow. It was an instant upside down.
Wait until the Confederation runs out of strength in the war, no matter who governs. Whom to turn to. The country is all that remains of scorched earth, and no one is left alone.
Ann's mother. An Lei. Milan...... By that time, they. What kind of life will you face?
Binarte Empire, Fiyan Republic, Chakna Republic, Jeppen Empire, Seuss Empire, Naga Federation, Ryan Republic...... One country after another, photos of the top players flashed through the fat man's mind. Let him sit still.
Lelei, this country of peace for three hundred years, can really only sink in this whirlpool? The future and glory of this country are really covered in dust?
Boswell's vision was deduced in the fat man's mind over and over again. That exaggerated to the extreme, extremely difficult to the extreme, and extremely vague to the extreme, is the only future that can be imagined at this moment!
The ship shook slightly, and the blue light disappeared.
Outside the porthole, there is already an unfamiliar place, a very different space.
The ship's power was restored, and the cabin lights were on. Looking at the porthole reflecting his face, looking at the deep universe outside the window. The fat man knew that he had no choice.
Although the road ahead is bumpy, since we are gone, we must go on. Give yourself and your loved ones back a peaceful place in the world.
Who wants to destroy their own life. Then you will destroy their lives too! No matter what kind of bullshit celebrity is in front of you!
The fat man gritted his teeth for a long time, turned around and strode out of the rest cabin.
, hungry!