In this highly technological era, joining the army directly is not a good choice. He has never been to a military academy and is not familiar with technology, so he can only do the simplest jobs, and his opportunities for promotion are quite limited.
However, Wu Qiao had no other choice.
He signed up to join the army directly after graduation, and became a low-level soldier after passing a few simple checks. Soldiers at the bottom have almost no chance to go to the battlefield, they just do some auxiliary work, such as growing vegetables and raising pigs in the barracks (…), so they will not be screened as strictly as in the military academy.
After officially becoming a soldier, there is an interview.
Wu Qiao carefully prepared for the interview, hoping to be assigned a relatively "better" job. He is quite confident about this, after all, his grades have been very good.
However, things backfired, and the interviewer only asked Wu Qiao one question: "Why did you join the army?"
The answer Wu Qiao gave was: "Because I want to change the world."
Then, he was assigned the worst job ever - mining.
It is said that this job is "the worst", mainly because the environment of the mine star is extremely harsh, and it is like this all year round. If the spring breeze is like a mother's hand, the spring on the mine star is the hand of a cruel stepmother.
At present, the most widely used energy source is "green sand". Green sand can release a large amount of energy. Since it was discovered 150 years ago, it has been supporting all aspects of the empire.
The person who discovered Qingsha was named Qiu Yanting. This man was just an ordinary lecturer at an eighteenth-rate university before. His friends know that he likes all kinds of stones since he was a child, so every time he travels to the stars, he will bring some stones back as gifts. One day 150 years ago, after receiving a gift from a distant planet from a friend, Qiu Yanting accidentally discovered that if a certain particle is used to impact the nucleus of the material atom, a large amount of energy can be generated. Because the stone is blue, he named it "Qingsha".
At that time, traditional resources were facing depletion, and a new alternative energy was urgently needed. The discovery of Qingsha eliminated the panic and has since been used by the army and the people. Qiu Yanting's name was written into the textbook, and she became a god-like person who saved the world.
Green sand only exists on a few planets, and these planets are all located in the empire. Only the imperial government can mine green sand, and only the imperial government has the right to deal with them. The empire does not directly export the raw materials of green sand, but has set up a company in the Republic to directly deliver the transformed energy.
After the Republic made a long-planned and sudden declaration of war against the Empire, the Empire stopped its energy supply to the Republic. However, the Republic had long been prepared for the war and had already hoarded a large amount of traditional energy before the war, making up its mind to end the war as soon as possible. The loss of energy shortage to the people of the Republic is far greater than that to the military. This has always been the case in history. In times of scarcity, the common people will always suffer first. Under the pressure of "humanity", the empire finally increased some energy supplies. Although the two parties signed an agreement that the energy can only be used for civilian purposes, the Empire has no way of knowing whether the Republic has taken advantage of any loopholes.
The mining process of green sand is very complicated. Even today, there are still errors in the development of purely using machines, and it is impossible to distinguish the green sand from the surrounding waste with great accuracy. The imperial government once supervised the company's employment of ordinary workers for mining, and later handed over this work to the military for unknown reasons.
Wu Qiao has been mining for a year and a half, and everyone hates him.
Wu Qiao always puts forward suggestions to the chiefs, talking about new methods he thinks of that can improve work processes and increase work efficiency. In fact, among the "miners", except for Wu Qiao, no one wanted to improve the work process and improve work efficiency. Everyone just wants to stay quietly for two years, and then use the status of "veteran" to get better benefits and find a better job. Whether they can dig more ore is not their concern at all.
That's it, there are hundreds of people in the team, everyone hates Wu Qiao, and all the comments about him are "always high-profile" and "only other things are too much".
Wu Qiao's only friend is Donovan from another team.
"Hi," Donovan asked curiously in a somewhat gloomy weather, "Why were you sent here?"
"Ok?"
"You look very clever." Generally speaking, those who are sent to mine are people with good physical strength but not very smart, because it is useless to be smart for this kind of work.
"...I don't understand either." Wu Qiao really didn't understand, "The interviewer only asked me one question, and then decided to send me here."
"what is the problem?"
"Ask me why I want to join the army."
"How did you answer?"
"I said I want to change the world." Until now, Wu Qiao still thinks this answer is very common.
"Hahaha, no wonder he bothers you!" Donovan laughed.
"..."
"Because your answer is so annoying!"
"..." Wu Qiao was a little dazed. Everyone was annoying him, he knew that, but it hadn't occurred to him that saying he was going to change the world was annoying. Is he really an annoying person in every move
While thinking about this very serious question, a piercing siren suddenly sounded in my ear: "All personnel evacuate immediately..."
Wu Qiao raised his head.
At this time, cluster bombs, laser missiles, etc. are falling from the sky. The loud noise was deafening, the sky was torn apart by the beams from the laser weapon, the shock wave caused by the bomb swept the surrounding dust, layers of air waves and smoke enveloped the center of the mine star, all the bombing targets were swallowed by a sea of flames in an instant, The relentless heat wave hit everyone's nerves.
"What's wrong?" Donovan asked.
"Get down!" Wu Qiao shouted.
Obviously, the mine star was attacked.
Then, Wu Qiao heard the sound of "Pia".
He turned his head and saw that there was a dilapidated mech behind him, and the sound it made when it fell to the ground just now—that mecha seemed to be struggling against the intruder.
A moment later, the mecha flew into the sky with a "meat" sound again, apparently planning to make a last-ditch effort. Unfortunately, it was besieged by opponents as soon as it appeared. With the sound of "Biu Biu Biu Biu" as dense as rain, the mecha exploded in mid-air. In the bang, various parts were scattered, and the wreckage spread over at least one kilometer.
"My God..." Donovan covered his mouth.
"Hurry up and hide in the nearest mine." Wu Qiao said to Donovan.
"how about you?"
"I still have something to do."
"What's the matter?" Donovan asked.
Wu Qiao didn't answer, and left quickly with his waist bowed.
He had a very strange feeling—he had to go to the location where the mech fell just now.
That place was very close, and it didn't take long before Wuqiao arrived at the destination. Because of the sudden landing of the heavy mecha just now, all the vegetation here is crumbling.
In the chaos, Wu Qiao saw a man leaning on a tree trunk.
He was wearing an imperial military uniform, his face and body were covered with blood, and he seemed unable to stand up.
Wu Qiao thought to himself: Sure enough, the last mech re-rushing to the sky happened in the unmanned mode, and the people inside had escaped before that... Since this is an imperial soldier, I naturally want to save him.
"Hey." Wu Qiao patted his face, "Hold on, I'll take you to the mine."
"… Do not touch me."
Wu Qiao patted his face again: "Open your eyes."
"You bastard..."
"I'll take you into the mine." Wu Qiao repeated, "Try to walk around."
The man looked up into the distance, and said in a hoarse voice, "I'll tell you how to get there. Don't go into the nearest mine, go to another one not far from here."
"why?"
"I don't want to say too much, you just do it." After saying this, he closed his mouth, unwilling to say another word, and his physical condition seemed to be very bad.
Wu Qiao glanced at the people around him.
It seems that the level of the injured person picked up is not low... He is always giving orders from above, and seems to be completely unaware that he needs to rely on himself to get out of the current dangerous situation.
Wu Qiao didn't ask any further questions. He is just a low-level soldier, there is no need to ask why.
They entered a mine.
"Wait a minute." Wu Qiao said, "There are some simple healing medicines in the mine, I'll go and get some to heal your injuries."
"..."
There are no high-end medicines in the mine, and there is no treatment cabin installed. There are only simple medicines, which are usually used by miners.
Wu Qiao fed the other party some medicines to prevent infection, sprinkled powder that could stop bleeding on the wound, and finally injected painkilling injections. After finishing all this, Wu Qiao paused, and asked again, "Will you wait here?"
"No." The man pointed to the other side, "There is a passage there, we need to go deep underground."
"What?" Wu Qiao shook his head, "There is no passage here, what you said is impossible."
The man was impatient again: "How many things can you know?"
"I've been here for a year and a half and I know everything..."
Before finishing speaking, Wu Qiao shut up, because the other party was struggling to go deep into the mine.
When he got to a wall, the man took out something and did something. The wall elements in front of him suddenly reorganized, and a passage Wu Qiao had never heard of appeared in front of him.
Wu Qiao's eyes widened, and the deep secret passage was reflected in his pupils - he never knew there was a mechanism here before.
After a short journey, the person entered the password several times, performed fingerprint recognition and pupil recognition, and finally entered an empty room.
As soon as Wu Qiao stepped in, he was overwhelmed.
— There are four huge mechas in the room.
Wu Qiao couldn't believe that there would be such a thing here.
The metal shell reflected cold light, exuding a sense of coercion in the silent room.
"This is...!" Wu Qiao was so surprised that he didn't know what to say.
"The latest mecha."
"I was thinking, why there are mechs here!"
"What do you say?"
"This is a secret research base?!"
"Isn't that obvious?"
"..." Wu Qiao couldn't help but wonder if the subordinates of this imperial officer always wanted to beat him up.
There is a research base here, Wu Qiao has never heard of it. It was probably chosen because it is close to the energy source. If another base is built, the continuous supply of energy may arouse the suspicion of the enemy.
Wu Qiao was silent for a while, and then asked again: "What are you planning to do when you come to the mecha?"
"Rush out." The other party showed a slight smile, "The other party's goal is these mechas, and they will find out here soon. Let's use the best one to escape, and then destroy the remaining three."
"Destroy..." Wu Qiao repeated the word.
"The two of us can't deal with them, and neither can the garrison of the mine star. Now that the mine star communication system has been destroyed, we must escape from the mine star as soon as possible and explain everything to the supporting fleet—they are now sending This is coming at full speed. The invasion of the mine star is a stealth mecha that has never been seen before, and it can escape the existing detection network of the current imperial army. We encountered them by chance on the way here."
"Where's your mothership?" Wu Qiao asked.
The man pursed his lips tightly: "Probably...he's gone already."
"… Feel sorry."
"Wait for me in front of the machine on the far left, I'll turn it on."
Wu Qiao waited for a while, and the eyes of the mecha in front of him suddenly lit up.
The whole machine seemed to be alive, starting part by part amidst a series of system sounds.
Wu Qiao was led into the inner space of the mecha.
This is his first real contact with mechs. He had driven countless times in his dreams before, but when he actually sat in it, all the blood in his body was still agitated.
"It's called Crow Nine."
"Crow Nine?" Wu Qiao asked.
"Well, Yajiu is the name of a famous sword in ancient times."
Wu Qiao was thinking about the name when he heard Ya Jiu suddenly say, "The physical condition scan... failed to meet the standard."
Wu Qiao thought to himself, does this mean that the injury was too serious...
"Idiot!" Wu Qiao saw the people around him slap on the bridge, "Hurry up and start!"
The Mecha relentlessly replied: "Physical condition scan...failed to meet the standard."
"If you don't unlock it again, I will smash you now!"
"Physical scan...failed to meet standards."
"..."
In the terrible silence, Wu Qiao desperately asked, "What's wrong?"
"I was seriously injured—the mecha program thought it was impossible to fight, and forcing it to fight was almost certain to die. This is one of its protection mechanisms."
"Then... what should we do now?"
The people around him took a deep breath: "I direct you to manipulate."
"Me?!" Wu Qiao's fingers froze.
This kind of thing is dreamed of, but never imagined that it will happen on this occasion.
"to you."
Wu Qiao lowered his eyes to look at the console, feeling his blood surging, he clenched his fists tightly: "Okay. I'll do it."
"Have you ever piloted a mech?"
"I play sim games a lot."
"... Without any practical experience, you just agree so simply? You are really courageous."
"..." Wu Qiao has always felt good about himself, believing that he can finally realize all his dreams. He was only depressed for a long time when he was rejected by the military academy, and then he immediately felt that this was just an episode in his extraordinary life, maybe it was a shortcut by fate. He believes that soldiers should be calm and self-sufficient, so he tried his best to maintain a calm appearance, but in fact, he felt as if he had been injected with chicken blood every day.
The mech scanned Wu Qiao: "The physical condition scan... meets the minimum standard."
"..."
Wu Qiao heard the person next to him say again: "Set it up now. We will use manual and voice control to control the mecha later. Brain wave manipulation requires long-term training, and it is absolutely impossible for you to do it now."
"it is good."
The setting program in front of him has been started, and Wu Qiao looked at the first step: "Name input."
Wu Qiao uses the keyboard to input his name: Wu Qiao.
After entering the name, as soon as I lifted my finger, I felt something was wrong.
Turning his head and looking, the people around him were looking at him with an expression of "I really saw a ghost!"
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