Chapter 452: The Shadow of Ruin
Revenge is undoubtedly a torment, and Shi Chen has already suffered this kind of torment in the last month.
The feeling that the enemy is in front of you, and the opportunity is in front of you, but you can't do it, as long as you experience it once, you won't feel it a second time.
But Shi Chen had to face this choice a second time.
The last time I gave up, it was because it was a Titan, and the full-scale opening of the war would undoubtedly be able to kill Su Yehongtu, but it would also wipe out his hometown together, and Shi Chen couldn't bear that kind of result.
And this time, without that emotional and moral obstacle and condemnation, it is about the resolution of the contradictions within the Federation, and it is also about Leah's dreams.
If we are lucky enough to obtain complete genetic technology from the earth, we may be able to develop technical means to solve the hidden dangers of the genetic components of the Federation, and the most acute interests and reproductive contradictions faced by the Federation will also be fundamentally resolved, and at that time, Elizabeth will not need to ease the contradictions within the Federation by expanding the war with the Empire, and the word peace may briefly reappear under this starry sky.
And once you miss this opportunity, it will be more than a decade before you want to visit Earth again.
More than ten years may pass in a flash in the era of peace, but for Shi Chen, more than ten years is almost the first half of his life, and in the current situation, every day may be turned upside down, God knows what the situation will be like in more than ten years.
Maybe it won't take more than ten years for this war between the Federation and the Empire to be decided, Shi Chen didn't expect the victory, but he knew that no matter which outcome he wanted, it was not what he wanted to see.
No one spoke in the quiet bridge, some were just the trembling and muffled sound of meteorites hitting the battleship, and some were cold alarms from the central control system.
In such relative silence, I don't know how long it has been. Shi Chen took one last look at the Feather-class battleship that was about to disappear from the monitoring field, frowned, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Gina, turn the bow of the ship." We go to Earth. ”
"Okay." Gina couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw Shi Chen finally give up.
Suye Cangna asked with some emotion: "Why don't you chase it?" Although the odds are a little low, there is still a chance to continue chasing it, and the time is enough. ”
Shi Chen was also a little deflated when he heard this: "Maybe it's really as someone said, maybe giving up for the first time is a difficult choice, but once a person has made a compromise, then the second time is not as difficult as imagined." Let that old dog live a little longer, and with his conceited character, he must not give up this opportunity. I'm sure we may not be long before we meet again. ”
"But if we meet after landing, we're at an absolute disadvantage." The smile on Su Yecanna's face gradually faded, and she looked at Shi Chen and said seriously: "It must be a hard battle. ”
Shi Chen smiled, disapproving or fearless, "Can it be worse than the bitter battle we experienced together?" ”
Hearing this, the corners of Lia's lips curled slightly, and she laughed, "yes, can it be worse than the Titans' time?" ”
Gina on the side also had a smile in her eyes. As if reminiscing about the crazy past of Titan, he pushed the lever in front of him.
With the adjustment of the engine, after the Apocalypse turned the bow of the ship, it did not take long for the lunar meteorite belt to emerge. Approaching the abyssal hellish earth.
It looked down on the surface of the planet, turned gracefully in space, bowed down, and swooped down against the windy and radiant planet.
After entering the thin atmosphere of the Earth from the night side. Outside the porthole, there was an overwhelming amount of dust.
Endless clouds of space junk and dust and gravel invaded the earth under the impetus of a powerful cyclone, and were thrown into the sky, destroying everything in their path. is also trying to overturn the alien visitors who are trying to break into the hinterland.
There are constantly dust particles and even space junk hitting the battleship's supersolid alloy armor under the strong wind, leaving only some mottled scratches, but the storm with a speed of more than 160 meters per second makes the entire battleship begin to sway like a ship in a tsunami.
At this moment, the three people on the bridge seemed to have taken root under their feet, and they stayed in place like nails.
It was not known how long the horror lasted even as a frantic voyage, and the Apocalypse finally landed at the intended location.
Although the wind and sand on the ground are still the same, the visibility is much higher.
This is a desolate Gobi, through the optical instrument can vaguely see the dilapidated and collapsed buildings in the distance, according to the electronic map entered by Liya in advance, this should be the mouth of the Yangtze River in the ancient earth era, that is, the location of the continental shelf of the East China Sea, but Shi Chen did not see the slightest trace of water in this place that should have belonged to the ocean, and some were only a lonely desolation.
In such a harsh environment, it is true that no life can survive in such a terrible and violent nature, but human beings are creatures that can rely on tools to create miracles.
With the opening of the heavy floodgates, eight orange rays of light lit up in the dark night, swaying in the wind and sand.
It was the compound eyes of two mechs, both of which had been scavenged by Leah from the materials captured by the Poplar Rebels during her time in the Empire, and had been slightly modified, but even Leah had not imagined that the environment on Earth would be so harsh.
The low temperature of more than minus 80 degrees Celsius on the night of the earth made it necessary for the four engines of the mecha to maintain continuous high-intensity operation to ensure that they were not frozen.
Shi Chen glanced back and saw that the Apocalypse had been completely hidden under the optical camouflage and electronic silence, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Due to the initial recovery from the operation, Gina was not suitable for the mission, and under Liya's repeated insistent requests, she stayed on the Apocalypse and was responsible for monitoring and responding.
This spaceship is the key to their lives, if it is difficult to find it at close range now, then it will be even more difficult for Su Yehongtu and them, which is the greatest guarantee for their trip.
After confirming that there was no problem, Shi Chen and Ria controlled two Rock Mechs and began to trek through the Gobi towards the ruins on the skyline.
I don't know how long it took for them to finally reach their destination.
The pillar of light floated upwards for several meters, resting on the top of a sloping steel beam, and glanced around at the ruined world in the dark night.
However, all that was reflected in the four points of light was the building with only the frame, the half-collapsed walled houses, and the wreckage of cars scattered everywhere.
The world under the night reflects the cruelty of the past.
Such a place was a rare cosmopolitan city thousands of years ago, but at this moment, only endless ruins remain.
"In this environment, there shouldn't be anything that can survive, right?" Shi Chen sighed in the communicator.
However, before Liya could respond, a red shadow passed through the ruins in the distance in infrared mode, and the startled Shi Chen hurriedly raised the assault rifle in the hand of the mechanical arm.
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