After disappearing for a few days, Hewitt finally appeared in front of Lu Heng. Without a word, he pushed Lu Heng into the small shuttle and brought him to the vicinity of an asteroid belt.
"What are you looking for?" Lu Heng was sitting on the lounge chair, holding a glass of red wine that Xiuyite had forcefully stuffed in his hand, "Do you need my help?"
"Just sit there and have a good rest, just enjoy the red wine that I have treasured for 20 years." Hewitt said without looking back, "I found it!"
The small shuttle soon landed on an asteroid. Lu Heng jumped out of the hatch and found himself in knee-deep water. As far as the eye can see, there is a sparkling water surface, which has spread to the invisible distance. Other than that, nothing else.
"How is it, this scene is quite unique, right?" Xiuyite jumped down behind Lu Heng, and his tone was quite smug.
"Are there any available resources here? Will it be useful for this mission?" Lu Heng looked at Xiuit with some doubts.
"Don't be full of eyes only with tasks." Hewitt blinked at Lu Heng, "Wait a minute."
Standing in the water with Hewitt, Lu Heng felt that he looked stupid now. He tried to ask something from Xiuyite, but Xiuyite looked mysterious, just refusing to tell Lu Heng the purpose of his trip.
At the moment when Lu Heng's patience was about to disappear, the stars disappeared on the distant horizon. The night shrouded the asteroid. As the night fell, the light of stars slowly appeared in this vast water area, like a sea of colorful flowers, which instantly filled all the places within sight. With Lu Heng's eyesight, he quickly discovered that these little stars were all luminous and transparent creatures similar to jellyfish. They swayed gently in the water with the waves, making people feel like they were stepping on a dazzling nebula.
"Happy birthday, Rainer." Hewitt's voice sounded behind him, "This is also the 53rd year we have known each other. The first time I saw you was at your third birthday party."
"That day, there was a little devil who messed up my birthday cake." Lu Heng's voice showed a smile.
Hewitt scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "Didn't I pay you back?"
"Oh? The cake of apology didn't fall into my stomach."
Hewitt scratched his hair in embarrassment, then changed the subject: "Do you still remember the wish you made at that time?"
Hearing the words "wishing", Lu Heng suddenly lost the desire to continue the conversation. It was really an unbearable dark history. At that time, there was a cartoon that was very popular among children called Children of the Stars. Little Reiner was a loyal viewer and fan of this film.
"No." Lu Heng was silent for a long time before spitting out a word.
Seeing Lu Heng's embarrassed look, Hewitt gave a wicked smile: "It doesn't matter, I'll help you remember. Three-year-old, little you said, I want to be the child of the stars, in the ocean of stars, Play a song "Little Star"..."
Lu Heng wanted to interrupt him in embarrassment, but saw Xiuyite take out a huge box from the space button.
"Birthday gift, open it and see." He smiled and handed Lu Heng the remote control button for opening the box.
It seems that the remote control button still has Xiuyit's body temperature. In fact, there is no need to open it. Lu Heng also knows what is in the box. It's just that Lu Heng never thought that this gift would be given to him. Because in the original world line, Lieutenant Colonel Reiner had never seen this asteroid or received such a birthday present in his memory.
Lu Heng couldn't help thinking about Xiuyt's urging. He pressed the button, and the delicate outer box slowly opened like a petal, and inside was the tears of the starry sky, which were as delicate as works of art.
"I have always remembered your wish at that time, and I have depicted this scene in my mind countless times." Hewitt took a step back and saluted, "It's been a long time since I heard you play the piano, today I Can I have the honor to listen to you play "Little Star"?"
Lu Heng looked at this man who was free and unrestrained on weekdays, but now very serious, but cruelly spit out a word: "No."
Hewitt was hit hard and sat in the water, wailing exaggeratedly: "You can't be so ruthless. You must know that I spent a week in this asteroid belt in order to find this planet. In order to buy this planet. I took ownership of it and spent all my savings."
The Xiuit in front of him looked like a large dog that came to the owner with his beloved object, but was kicked fiercely. It was extremely pitiful.
Lu Heng finally couldn't help but let out a soft laugh, and then said to Xiuit who looked at him in a daze, "I haven't played the piano for a long time, I still need to practice, I'll talk about it when I have time to practice. "
After saying this, Lu Heng regretted it. Maybe it was because of the scenery and the atmosphere that made him say such irresponsible words on impulse. Lieutenant Colonel Reiner died in the mission to assassinate the Queen, and Lu Heng would have to leave at about the same time.
"Really?" Hewitt's eyes lit up.
Seeing what he was looking forward to, Lu Heng swallowed the words that came to his lips. It's just a piano piece. With Reiner's memory and Lu Heng's strengthened mental strength, there should be no problem in taking time to practice a few times, so it should be a gift for a close friend.
"Then let's say it, wait for my birthday. Then the birthday gifts will be exempted. You come here with me and play "Little Star" with the tears of the starry sky for me." .
This time, Lu Heng didn't say anything. He just looked into the distance silently. Xiuit, who was immersed in joy, didn't notice anything unusual about him.
The work of guarding Carlo happens to be carried out by Andrew's team. It's not quite right to say that it is just right, because the other teams are busy training to prepare for the mission of assassinating the Queen, and no one is willing to take on this boring and meaningless job. So, Andrew, who has always maintained the image of a good man, stepped forward and took over the task.
However, his team members were a little dissatisfied, because the assassination of the Queen was a mission that must be recorded in history, and no one wanted to miss it. Therefore, when Andrew appeared at the door of the confinement room, he smiled and asked his team members to participate in the running-in drill. No one doubted anything when he was guarding himself for a period of time.
Opening the door of the confinement room, Andrew saw Carlo huddled and sitting in the corner, the food on the table was completely untouched. The smile on his lips deepened a bit.
"Carlo, are you okay?" His voice sounded so refreshing, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was as gentle as the moonlight.
For Carlo in despair, this was simply a ray of sunlight shining into the abyss, which made him feel a touch of warmth when he was cold all over.
"Andrew..." Before he finished speaking, he was so choked that he was almost unable to speak.
Andrew put his arms around Carlo's shoulder soothingly: "I know you are not willing to leave Fenglei like this. You are very talented, and I don't want to see your talent buried like this."
Andrew's affirmation calmed Carlo's mood slightly: "I just lack a chance to prove myself. Adjutant Reiner is prejudiced against me and is not willing to give me this opportunity at all."
"Well, now there is such an opportunity for you to prove yourself. I believe you can seize it, and the commander will definitely admire you..."
Twenty minutes later, Carlo's face glowed again, and his bright eyes rekindled his unyielding fighting spirit. Even though he's still in solitary confinement now, he has nothing to fear. As long as you are willing to work hard, there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome.
And Andrew, who left the confinement room, also had a satisfied smile on his face.
According to the analysis of the pictures from the probe by the research institute, the queen is about to enter the final stage of evolution. At this stage, the queen is at its most vulnerable, but this stage is extremely short-lived. The best chance to exterminate the Zerg is only once.
The final stage of the Queen's evolution, the countdown is 5 hours.
All Fenglei members gathered in the tactical hall to make the final preparations before the battle. Xiuyite and Lu Heng were on stage, once again confirming various tactical arrangements. After all, this mission should not go wrong. An hour later, Lu Heng and Hewitt will travel through the wormhole to the queen's lair.
Automatic holographic cameras floated in mid-air, and during the entire mission, everything that happened was under the supervision of all the citizens of the Human Alliance.
"Each mecha maintenance team, please do the last inspection of the mecha you are responsible for."
"Each mecha team, please make a final verification of the area you are responsible for."
"Everything is ready, logistics personnel, take the auxiliary ship to withdraw from the front line."
This is the practice of Fenglei to perform high-risk tasks, after all preparations are done. The logistics personnel will be evacuated by auxiliary ships, so as not to hurt these helpless logistics personnel when the battle is fierce.
Just after the logistics personnel evacuated, there was a commotion at the location of the eighth mecha squad. A mecha warrior suddenly pounced on his teammates, but was quickly kicked away by another person. More and more people participated in the chaos, and those who rushed to maintain order, but for some reason they lost their minds and started fighting.
Lu Heng saw that all the guards he sent were involved in the melee. He wanted to go over to see it in person, but was stopped by Xiuyt: "Something is not right, I will go with you."
The two walked a few steps over there, and Hewitt stopped, and then moved his nose with some doubts, as if to distinguish the smell, his face changed greatly: "It's Carlo's pheromone, how could he be there? here?"