Chapter 20: The Journey of Trials
"Smack!"
Jerry slapped himself, and he woke up.
Of course, he wasn't a masochist, just because one or two palm-sized insects were sucking blood in his face, and the slap had just beaten the insect into a pulp, and his face was covered in flesh and blood.
Yes, the insects in the forest are unusually huge, God knows what caused it, but it is said that when the earth was in the dinosaur period and the early dinosaurs, the insects at that time were also unusually huge, which seems to have something to do with the large oxygen content in the air, because the oxygen content is huge, so it leads to the appearance of giant creatures.
Jerry has naturally learned about these things, but the content in the books is completely different from the reality of this situation!
For example, in reality, it is normal to encounter a mosquito the size of one or two fingers, but when you encounter a mosquito the size of a palm, it is too exaggerated, if it is two mosquitoes the size of a palm, then this is purely frightening.
And in this forest, two palm-sized insects are everywhere, and several of them can suck human blood, God knows if they are already sucking the blood of other creatures, or do they think that human blood is unusually sweet?
Because of this, since entering the forest, everyone who had already taken off the helmet put the helmet on again, and not a single skin on the whole body was not revealed, but three days and three nights had passed, and the interstellar armor did have a considerable amount of stored energy inside, but it couldn't withstand such a twenty-four-hour opening, so after calculating the time, everyone had to use it sparingly, that is, the energy of the interstellar armor was turned on when walking during the day, and it was turned off when sleeping at night, so it was impossible to sleep with the helmet on, The soldiers had to resort to a special way, as their regimental commander Havisa did, to take some special leaves and branches to paint on their faces, leaving only two nostrils to sleep.
Jerry's luck wasn't so good today, he inadvertently let the leaves covering his face fall off while sleeping, resulting in a huge insect sucking on his face, and then half of his face was red and swollen all day, and he almost couldn't even speak.
But fortunately, the super immunity agent changed the body's immune system, and his face had disappeared from the redness and swelling that afternoon, but it also sounded the alarm for everyone, and made them deeply remember what Lieutenant Havisa said, as a Space Marine, when performing a mission, even sleep must be vigilant.
In the afternoon of the same day, after everyone worked together to kill a huge reptilian multi-legged creature that was fifteen or sixteen meters long and about three meters high, and accompanied the lieutenant to open the stomach of this creature, and at the same time explained the main points to the recruits, Jerry finally couldn't help asking: "Commander, isn't our training just rolling in the mud?" Or maybe it's a struggle with these giant insects and giant beasts? Shouldn't we be on the right steps or something? I remember when I was on the Hope, I saw the defenders and they kept standing in line and walking in the right steps......"
Havisa was stunned for a moment, he smiled, and used the magnetic chainsaw sword in his hand to cut off a piece of white flesh with fat, and then said: "But we are space marines, and they are just defense soldiers, the two are fundamentally different." ”
Another recruit asked curiously, "What's the difference?" Aren't they all soldiers fighting for humanity? ”
Havisa pointed to the Star Warframe he was wearing, "That's the difference. ”
Then he picked up the magnetic chainsaw and said, "This is also different. ”
Then he pointed to himself and the fourteen people around him: "This is still different. ”
"We're new humans, or maybe we're survivors, do we know what that means? Don't say anything about great power, revered status, etc., I only know that it means one thing, and that is the responsibility of protecting humanity! ”
"Our new humans and survivors can be said to be the most powerful group of human beings, because we are strong, the so-called greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, maybe some of you have heard this sentence in the movie, or in the book, and may even scoff at it, but this is what I want to say."
Havisa exclaimed, "Who was the first to fight the aliens during the brood war?" It's our Space Marine! Who is fighting the alien in close combat? It's our Space Marine! Who is driving a space fighter to turn the tide at the most important moment? Or our Space Marines! We are steel! We are the last of humanity's enemies! We fight for humanity! We will have nothing to fear! ”
At this point, Havisa pointed to one of the young men and said, "Peter, you are most afraid of seeing blood, but what now?" You can eat bloody meat without any fear! Barion, you're most afraid of multi-legged insects and poisonous insects that prick people, but what about now? You can pinch it to death and eat it raw and boldly! ”
"And you, you, you ......"
"You're all in the midst of transformation! You know? In such a sinister living environment, you are all in the process of transformation, and you are far away from human civilization, so that you can feel the preciousness of human civilization! For example, are you craving a hot shower right now? Take off this sweaty interstellar armor, take a hot shower, and get a good night's sleep in a clean and warm cover, without worrying about the sneak attack of wild animals or the bite of a giant insect? ”
The fourteen recruits were stunned for a moment, and they all said loudly in unison: "Of course I am longing!" ”
Havisa also nodded, "I also desire, so do you know who gave us all this comfort?" Don't want Captain Yao Yuan, of course, he led us to do a lot of things, we respect him, but he is not omnipotent, he can give us these things like God, in the same way, no one can give us this, because God has too much work, he needs to pay attention to the whole universe, occasionally look at us with his eyes, but he just gives us hope, so he can't give us this, so you tell me, who gave us all this warmth!? ”
The fourteen recruits answered a lot at this time, some of them talked about their parents, some of them talked about their jobs, and some of them even talked about human coins, and when they were all answered, Havisa said categorically: "Everything you say is actually the same thing...... Human civilization! ”
"We human beings are social creatures, we can't live without other human beings, loneliness will swallow us, and no one is omnipotent, we need to have more compatriots to complete the continuation and development of civilization, so what really gives us all this is human civilization!"
When Havisa said this, he suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "So, it is the responsibility of our space marines to protect human civilization from any violation, even if we use our surname to accomplish all this!" Got it? Rookies, now that you understand what bravery is, you no longer fear the forest, and you have understood the importance of obeying orders, even if this order may not be reasonable, but you still don't quite understand the responsibility on your shoulders. ”
"We are the ultimate warriors of humanity who fight for humanity! Behind us are hundreds of thousands of compatriots, behind us is the ark that continues human civilization, protect it, there are your relatives, your parents, the people you love and the people who love you, for them, even if you get the order to die, you must grit my teeth and die! ”
When Havisa said this, his voice was already filled with murderous intent and coldness, "Remember what I told you? In fact, if Major Wang Guangzheng hadn't done that, I would probably have been disappointed in the military hierarchy of the Hope, but luckily he did, and it did even better than I expected, which is very good, this is the ultimate army of warriors who guard humanity! I'll put it here, I can tolerate all your faults, but only one thing, obey orders on the battlefield, and don't turn around and run away in front of me! ”
"Otherwise, I will recognize you, but the chainsaw sword in my hand will not recognize you!"
This conversation shocked the recruits so much that they were all speechless that afternoon, lying on the lawn in silence, and Jerry was close to another young man named Peter, who suddenly whispered, "Jerry, I heard that your father is a scientist?" ”
Jerry was stunned for a moment and said, "Well, yes, my father is a scientist, and it seems that there are people who are researching new materials. ”
"My father is an ordinary clerk, currently in the House of Representatives, but fortunately, our family is very happy, every day my father comes home and I and my mother and my sister watch the late night theater together, and then he complains that these movies have been going over and over for years, but they still watch them on time every day, by the way, my sister is five years old this year, she was born on the Hope......"
Jerry said enviously: "It's good, I also want to have a sister, but our family is also quite happy, but it's a bit stereotypical, so I can't stay at home and move out by myself, now that I think about it, that stereotype seems to be pretty good......"
"yes, the Hope is actually pretty good right now......"
Peter sat up suddenly, and he said seriously: "I want to be a qualified space marine, I want to guard my family, so Jerry, you witness my oath, if one day I turn my back on the battlefield and run away, please hack me to death with a sword behind me, don't let me forget today!" At the same time, he reached out and pointed at Jerry.
Jerry was silent for a long time, and he suddenly reached out and collided with Peter's fist, and the crunch sound of metal made everyone around him look over.
"I promise you to bear witness to all these vows, and in the same way, if one day when I also turn my back and run away, you will give me the same sword."
"Good!"
"We are steel! We are the last of humanity's enemies! We fight for humanity! We ......"
"Fearless!"
(To be continued)