The water flows down from the mountain stream and crashes into the pebble pool below, which is exceptionally clear and cold.

Ti Lan sat on the edge of the pool, her bare feet soaked in the water, feeling the touch of the water flowing through her feet, the edge of the skirt on her knees was a little wet, so she simply tied it in knots on the side, propped her hands on the big rocks at the water's edge, and looked up at the sky where the white clouds floated.

This is the only area in the northern hemisphere where the environment is not bad.

A few white birds in the sky stretched their wings, swooped down quietly and gently, and then landed leisurely in the pool, flapping their wings and occasionally diving into the water, washing themselves from the water. Looking closely at these birds, you can see a wisp of light yellow crown feathers on the head, like a ~ shape, which makes these birds a little different.

Light Feather Sequence 4 Light Feather Bird (Perfect Hui Gold Level), the most classic advanced template of Light Cotton Bird, the Light Feather Sequence is also named after this.

Leaning her head back on the stone, the girl closed her eyes, quietly listening to the sound of the blowing wind, and then slowly opened her eyes, a pair of eyes like jade appeared, she raised her hand slightly, and a wisp of breeze blew around, making the slanted leaves above her head shake, and the sun broke between the branches and leaves.

Sitting up, Tilan lifted her feet out of the water, stepped on the stones, leaving a few wet footprints, and then jumped lightly, falling like a fluttering feather above the canopy, and then sat down with the branches, letting the wind dry her skirt and feet.

It's April now, and the weather in the North 1st District is mild and the sun is not violent, which makes people relax and indulge.

The bright fingers opened in the wind, and then with a slight turn, a cyan bamboo flute appeared in the palm of the hand, and there were tassels hanging under the bamboo flute, which was very beautiful.

Placing the flute horizontally in front of her, the girl slowly began to play, familiar with this slightly unfamiliar technique.

Gradually, the sound of the flute became more and more gentle and gentle, and the previous trace of alienation completely dissipated, becoming moving and leisurely.

Hearing the sound of the girl's flute, a few light feather birds that were originally frolicking in the water flapped their wings, flew to the branches beside the girl and fell, standing together one by one, listening carefully to the melody in the wind.

Different from the usual grand propositions, this tune reveals a simple and swaying artistic conception.

I don't know if you've heard the story of 'Seventeen Years of Cicada', which tells the story of living underground, experiencing seventeen years of darkness, once emerging to the tops, climbing the treetops, bathing in the summer breeze and singing in the shade, and then walking through the last days of life.

Insects only live according to their habits, but people see their own shadows in these lives.

If you talk about Heshia in the past, because of her personality and experience when she was a child, she was a little timid and inferior, and many times she suppressed her temperament, not daring to speak out loud and express her opinions, but in the past three years, her curled heart has slowly stretched, like a cicada crawling out of that small shell, and then standing on the treetops, bathed in the breeze, letting her wings slowly stretch out.

If it weren't for those experiences when she was a child, she, like Themicia, showed a transcendent talent since she was a child, and she grew up in the limelight, what kind of character would she have at that time, sometimes the girl will think about this question.

There is no doubt that no one is born timid or bold, most of the formation of character is related to childhood experience, the environment and experience shape people's thinking habits and ways, everyone you see is the crystallization of her past precipitation.

At the end of the song, the girl put down the bamboo flute, her eyelashes opened slightly, and she looked at the mountain scenery in front of her hazy eyes, she didn't focus on anything, just quietly felt the world in front of her, listening to the distant birdsong, the water flow of the mountain stream, and the slight sound of the leaves colliding slightly on her side.

Sure enough, I am still different from my sister.

Listening carefully to her inner voice, the girl sighed softly, she did not have the same strong desire as Themia, she could do anything for the goal, if it were not for the favor and care she had received in the past three years, she would probably choose a peaceful and remote planet in the future, away from the crowd, to spend a leisurely and peaceful life alone.

She doesn't have so many goals and desires that must be achieved, but she's not the kind of person who is irresponsible and gives up on leaving everything behind.

Freedom also needs something to maintain, and those who completely give up everything will also lose the so-called freedom.

She likes such a quiet afternoon, bathing in the stream, leisurely looking at the white clouds, but she is not a child anymore, and she knows that such a leisurely freedom also needs to be maintained and protected, rather than blindly escaping and escaping from the world.

Although she does not have the same strong desire to obtain and achieve her goals as her sister, she has a desire to protect the world in front of her and keep it in a state of ideal peace and tranquility in her heart.

One is a powerful enterprising force full of destructive power, and the other is a healing guardian who hopes to heal the wound, and the two are like distinct opposing concepts, very different but complementing each other.

The body jumped slightly, the wind blew the skirt, blowing it, and then the body slowly descended, and the toes stepped on the grass.

"It's time to get down to business." The girl shielded herself from the sun with one hand and raised her head to speak.

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In early April, the North 4th Military Police Command Center received an unsigned email with a video describing the battle scene, and the four Pelicans in it immediately caught the command center's attention because they were the four mechs they had gone missing last year.

In order to wash away the shame and rest the hidden dangers, the command center immediately searched for and verified the location according to the scene in the video, and then sent an action team to sweep and pursue.

Soon, at noon the next day, a team arrived at the scene of the incident, but the building was empty, leaving only a ruin-like underground base.

A few days later, a succession of investigative teams arrived to survey and search the area, as well as to search and investigate other surrounding areas.

"Report sir, this is an investigative debriefing."

A week later, a detailed investigation report was put on the table of the military and police command post of the North Fourth District.

In the report, 'X' is used to refer to the rebel group that stole four mechs, and it roughly analyzes the composition and origin of the organization.

[The exact date of establishment of the X organization is unknown, but most of the members are personnel from poor areas in the north, and many of the core combatants are from the federal veterans, and it can be inferred that the mecha pilots are most likely former military personnel, and there are also high-ranking retired officers among the commanders.]

The organization is active in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th districts of the North, and its peripheral organizations may be local gangs in these areas, and they have a strict distinction between internal and external management, and the regional gangs only know part of their information, but do not understand the internal structure and specific mode of operation.

Since its inception, the organization has gradually taken control of many regional gangs, and the gangs in some regions who are hostile to each other do not even know that the organization above them is the same.

Their goal of action was to collect money and maintain local stability in the early days, and in recent years, the frequency of recruiting personnel has begun to rise, and last year they raided the operation team of the calcite mine in the North Fourth District, seized the mech, and the most recent prominent action is to resist the acquisition of northern land resources by groups related to the Santa Ingo camp.

It remains to be seen whether the organization operates independently or is covertly supported by other forces. ]

The report is accompanied by a lot of pictures, tables, and oral records of the local residents surveyed.

After listening to the report, the new commander-in-chief waved his hand and asked the staff officer to put down the record board for the time being.

"Did they have a grudge against St. Ingo, or did they benefit from the Edest faction group?"

"At present, it has not been found that they are involved in the Edest-related group, but as for the claim of having a vendetta against St. Ingo, some people in some bars in the north have heard about it before."

"Specific description."

"The meaning is that the tragedies in the northern regions today are caused by the Santa Ingo related groups, saying that those people are greedy and cold-blooded dregs."

"Oh, it seems that your description is a bit glorified, and I guess the bar will be more obscene and direct." This commander-in-chief is also a well-informed old man who knows how those drunks at the bottom break their mouths and curse others.

"There are indeed some." The young staff officer nodded admiringly.

"Okay, let's not talk about how these guys curse, is such a statement widely circulated in the north?"

"It's not widespread, it's just endemic in some areas for a while, and then it quickly disappears."

"Very smart, leader of this organization." The commander-in-chief lit a cigarette and smoked slowly.

"I wouldn't be so brutal, if such remarks become popular, they will inevitably be noticed by St. Ingo, and a little investigation will find them, and they will not change anything except to stir up some emotions."

"Several major media in the star field are all controlled by the group enterprises, and the past Shengo Ingo is in full swing, and it only takes one greeting to completely block relevant news."

"In this way, they also saw that now that St. Ingo and Edest are fighting each other, they have no time to take care of anything else, so they dare to come out and make trouble." The staff officer on the side analyzed.

"It should be, but we don't need to make such an absolute judgment, just continue to pursue the group's trail until we find the four missing mechs." The commander-in-chief pressed the cigarette butt.

"Yes, sir."

The staff officer then left the office and continued to arrange for a manpower search and analysis of the organization's personnel.

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(End of chapter)