"Brother, is there a special mecha warrior in your machine repair area who is repairing mechs, the one with forty-five gold stars."

"You're talking about the old man who died asking for money, right?"

"Why do you want money?" The soldier frowned and said, "Forty-five Venus Special Mecha Warriors, brother, shouldn't you be respectful?" ”

The mechanic who was eating sighed twice: "I'll tell you the truth, why don't you respect it?" Did you know that he needed money to fix a mech? ”

"Money?" The soldiers, who admired the special mecha warriors, suddenly felt that some kind of concept was about to collapse.

"Yes, settle the contribution points, according to the standard of the mechanic of the living base." The mechanic said dissatisfiedly: "He has repaired fifteen mechas in the past seven days, and the repair was completed independently. Brother, can you imagine how we felt at the time? ”

Of course you can imagine it.

The revered soldiers, the feeling at this moment is not much better than that of these mechanics, a special mecha warrior with forty-five gold stars, who can also complete the maintenance of the mecha independently, they are also shocked, so after learning the news, they want to inquire more.

As a result, they got a 'dead for money' comment, which made them feel very bad.

"You can't say that." A soldier who knew more helped explain: "Lieutenant Ji Xinghe, I have heard before, there is a comrade-in-arms who went to the No. 6 living base where Lieutenant Ji Xinghe was at that time, and he told us that Lieutenant Ji Xinghe was not a serious soldier in the first place, and his identity was the auto mechanic in the living base, but his skills were so good that he went directly to the machine repair area to repair the mecha, so he became a mechanic." ”

"Auto mechanic? Mechanic? Someone asked curiously: "Then why did he become a mecha warrior again, and he got forty-five gold stars?" ”

"Because there was a mission at that time, I needed to go from Base Six to Base No. 3, but the number of mecha warriors in Base No. 6 was too small at that time, and among the two first-level mecha warriors who could perform this mission, there was a mechanical leg that was missing a leg and installed. Lieutenant Ji Xinghe applied for him to drive the mecha on this mission, and I heard that after a competition, it proved that Lieutenant Ji Xinghe had this strength, so he let him go. As a result, in the three or six canyons, he encountered three imperial mechas, and then got three gold stars. ”

Because it was because he heard about it, the soldier didn't know it in detail, but a general explanation of it can make people yearn for it.

"This is too powerful, from a mechanic to a mechanic, and then to a mecha warrior, I got three gold stars on my first mission, no wonder I was able to become a special grade."

"Have you forgotten Lieutenant Ji Xinghe's age, he seems to be in his sixties, and he is still so fierce."

"Sixty-five years old, sixty-six after New Year's Day in a few days."

"Damn, it's unbelievable that you can still fight at the age of sixty-six."

"Not only can he fight, but he can also repair mechas, one person has completed the repair of fifteen mechas, and there are only three people in our entire camp who can do this."

Having said that, the fact that Ji Xinghe is very powerful has become a recognized fact, and there is no controversy about this.

But at the beginning, the mechanic who said that Ji Xinghe wanted money for death was still very dissatisfied and frowned: "Even if his identity is a mechanic in the living base, he can't use the repair mecha in our military camp to make money, this is a matter of making money." ”

This sentence silenced everyone around them, they were all professional soldiers, including mechanics. Professional soldiers are paid, but the meaning of the salary and the salary of other jobs, commissions and so on cannot be generalized at all, if every professional soldier has to exchange meritorious service for money, this war cannot continue.

The Federation doesn't have that much money, and the people who go to war for the money can't help the Federation win the war.

Perhaps, what is his last resort? It's like he's already this age, but he still wants us to fight for the Federation, if he really wants money to die, then he doesn't need to come to Alien at all, with his skill level in repairing mechas, isn't it easy to get a high salary on Azure Star? ”

"Is the mecha on the Azure Star repairing for him? No, I think he's here to make money. Otherwise, he would have gotten forty-five gold stars, how could he still be a lieutenant, and it stands to reason that he shouldn't have been promoted to captain. ”

"Yes, under normal circumstances, a special mecha warrior with forty-five gold stars can be promoted to captain. More than sixty of them can get the rank of major, depending on the merit in addition to breaking the mecha. ”

"He wouldn't just be looking for trouble with those ordinary Imperial mechs on the battlefield, and he would run away directly when he saw the noble mechas? Otherwise, how could there be so many Venus, and so many mechs repaired, but the rank is only lieutenant? ”

"But I heard that this time he teamed up with Major Jackson to break a count-level Imperial mech, and it took a long chase to complete the breakdown."

"It was Major Jackson who broke it, and he didn't break it. I saw his mech when he came back, and there was no damage at all, maybe he was holding it down from the side, Major Jackson's mech had a lot of damage. ”

"Then the moisture of his forty-five Venus is too big."

Life in the camp was actually boring, they couldn't do anything but fight and train. It was only after a counterattack was over, and they occupied an imperial camp, and they haven't even been fighting recently.

Everyone has a heart for gossip, and professional soldiers are no exception.

"Be quiet, he's coming."

"Why be quiet, I'm going to ask him when he's coming."

In the cafeteria, Ji Xinghe, who had just walked in, felt a lot of eyes looking at him, and the emotions in these eyes were a little complicated.

But he didn't care, walked to the food pick-up and took off his protective helmet, took lunch and found a place to squat and eat.

There are no tables and chairs in the canteen in the camp, which is to save resources, so everyone eats in squatting.

Ji Xinghe, who was squatting alone, was still a little unaccustomed to eating because of wearing protective clothing. He didn't have to wear a hazmat suit when he was in the living base, but he had to wear it all the time in the camp, and when he shuttled between buildings, he had to be exposed to the alien surface environment, and he would die without the suit.

Generally, he will only take off his protective suit when he is repairing the mech in the mechanic area, or when he is resting at night, because he has to be inside the building for a long time. It doesn't take too long to come to the cafeteria for a meal, and there is time to take off the protective clothing and put on the protective clothing, and the meal is already finished.

The soldiers in the camp had long been accustomed to this way of life, and many of them slept in protective clothing with helmets at their sides. So they ate quickly, but today some soldiers did not leave immediately after eating, but hesitated to come to Ji Xinghe's side.

Ji Xinghe, who was squatting on the ground to eat, raised his head.

"Is there something wrong?"

"Yes." A soldier plucked up his courage and asked, "Sir, why do you need money to repair mecha?" ”

Ji Xinghe frowned slightly, swallowed the food in his mouth, looked at the soldiers, mechanics and others surrounding him, and replied softly: "Because, I need money very much." ”

This answer was so unexpected that no one was able to respond for a while.

"Why?" The soldier who wanted to inquire about Ji Xinghe because he admired Ji Xinghe before asked in a daze: "Is the purpose of your coming to join the army to make money?" Make war money? ”

This is a very serious accusation.

Ji Xinghe sighed in his heart and asked, "Corporal, what's your name?" ”

"Report to the chief, my name is Yu Ren." The corporal was a little nervous when he answered, because he was facing Lieutenant Ji Xinghe.

Ji Xinghe got up, because of his height, he could look down on almost everyone around him.

"Corporal Yu Ren, why do you want to ask me these questions?"

"Because I also want to be a mechwarrior, to be a super-grade mechwarrior like you." Yu Ren took a deep breath, looked directly into Ji Xinghe's eyes and replied, "But I don't want to be like you, making money in the war. ”

It turned out that it was because the image of the idol was shattered, so it turned from love to hate?

Ji Xinghe had expected this before, because what he did was indeed a little ugly, but he had a last resort.

In the interrogation to him, Su He directly reminded Tu Yuan, and also said that the breakthrough progress of neural link technology was confirmed.

This also means that his previous fears will come true, and the Federation will no longer need him, a sixty-six-year-old special mech warrior. After some time, it will be difficult for him to obtain mech-related resources.

A soldier like Yu Ren who wants to become a mecha warrior but can't become a mecha warrior because of the difficulty of operation may become an excellent mecha warrior after a while, and they all need mecha-related resources.

There are also 300,000 active mecha warriors in the Federation, many of them can greatly increase their strength because of neural link technology, when the mecha is not enough, why give him this old man who can't use neural link technology?

But he had to pilot the mecha, because only by piloting the mecha could he continue his revenge, and by now he knew very well how ridiculous his request to Tu Yuan was.

Not to mention giving him a gun, even if he gave him a single starship, what he could do was not as good as giving him a mech.

It's not that firearms are useless in this war, in fact, the main force of this war is still guns, shells and other thermal weapons, as well as snipers like Lieutenant Colonel Chen Xun who can pose a threat to mechas, but Ji Xinghe knows very well that he doesn't have such talent, his talent lies in mecha piloting and melee combat.

The contribution points exchanged for meritorious deeds before were all used by him to complete the upgrade of Xingyue, but Xingyue can continue to upgrade, and upgrading requires resources. In the future, when driving Xingyue to fight, Xingyue will be damaged, and resources will be needed to repair it.

So he needs money, and then uses it to buy resources.

"Sir." Yu Ren's courage was fading, so he asked, "Please give us an explanation." ”

Do I need an explanation for you?

Ji Xinghe wanted to say this, but he couldn't say it, because the people he was facing were not his enemies, not the people who suppressed him, but a group of people who revered him, a group of people with ideals and beliefs.

In the same way, the real reason cannot be said, a suppressed super-level mecha warrior will inevitably arouse the indignation of these people, which is not conducive to unity.

As for neural linking technology, if he had said it, some people would have thought that his idea was a waste of resources. He didn't want to argue with anyone about anything, and he didn't want to explain that even if he didn't use neural link technology, he was very strong at piloting mechas.

Moreover, he thinks it is possible for him to use neural linking, but it is just possible.

So he has no evidence, he can't convince anyone now, and arguing and arguing will only waste time and energy.

"I'm old." Ji Xinghe decided to tell a lie and make an excuse: "I'm already sixty-five years old, and I'll be sixty-six in a few days, I don't know how long I can fight, I may die on the battlefield at any time." But...... I also have a granddaughter, she is only six years old, I have no other relatives, I want to do my best to leave something before I die, so that she can have a better life in the future. Yes, Corporal Eu Jen, that's my interpretation to you, excuse me, are you satisfied? ”

Yu Ren was stunned, and everyone else around him was also stunned.

Ji Xinghe stood there and continued to eat, ate the rest of the food in three or five bites, and then walked out of the gap in the crowd, put the dinner plate in the recycling window, put on the helmet and left the cafeteria directly.

It was only at this time that the people who had surrounded him just now finally spoke up.

"I'm sorry, I forgot one thing, Lieutenant Ji Xinghe's son is also a mecha warrior, and he has died, but I really don't know that he still has a child."

"In this case, Lieutenant Ji Xinghe seems to be right."

"yes, if it were me I would do the same."

"Hey, Yu Ren, what are you doing?"

Yu Ren, who suddenly ran to the outside of the cafeteria, said without looking back: "I'll go and apologize to him." ”

"Then you have to wear a helmet, I think you are not Yu Ren's Yu, you are stupid."

Yu Ren, who hurriedly put on his helmet, failed to find Ji Xinghe to apologize, because Ji Xinghe left the camp after eating this lunch, and the transportation resources he had been waiting for for a long time were finally in place, and he could take his loot back to Base 5 in a hitchhiker.

In fact, he could have left two days earlier, but at that time there was only one person's seat, and he couldn't take his loot with him, so Ji Xinghe waited for another two days.

He also has to go back and apologize, because he used Ji Rongxinyue as an excuse, which is very bad.

Ji Xinghe, who left, seemed to have never been here, but there was a corporal who wanted to become a mecha warrior who remembered that he owed Ji Xinghe a word of apology.

He decided to train himself harder to become a mecha warrior, and then one day in the future he would join Ji Xinghe's Galaxy team and say sorry in front of Ji Xinghe.

If at that time, Ji Xinghe and Xinghe Squad were still there, if he was still alive.

In this war, anyone can die at any time.

Ten days later, Corporal Yu Ren, who was using the second-generation simulation system in the camp to train the ability to pilot mechas, suddenly received a task.

"Corporal Yu Ren, do you still want to be a mecha warrior?"

"I want to, but my operation is not up to par, and I can't pass the exam, can I give me some more time? I'm still seventy points away. ”

"It's true that your operation is not up to par, but your physical test results meet the criteria for participating in an experiment, which can also be described as a task. Because there is a certain amount of risk, you can choose to accept or choose to refuse, and if you pass, you can become a mech warrior......"

"I accept."

"Don't you ask about the consequences of failure?"

"No, whatever the consequences, I accept it. But, I have a request. ”

"Please."

"If it works, can you let me join the Galaxy team?"