In the command hall on the outskirts of the Capital Territory, dozens of senior military generals with gold stars on their shoulders are standing or sitting, and they are staring nervously at the ring light curtain in front of them. The senior officials stood by the railing on the second floor.
The picture on the huge ring light curtain is intermittent, because of the loss of long-distance transmission signal, it is very blurred, and I can only barely see a tattered tri-wing ship with a strange shape, moving at full speed in that strange starry sky. , and in the darkness around the tri-wing ship, hundreds of black-blue imperial battleships could be faintly seen.
This fugitive hunt that took place in the distant empire star field has caught the attention of all the big figures in the upper echelons of the federation. When the optical capture system of the two latent signal relay satellites activated by luck failed, they could no longer see the outside perspective. Only through the equipment of the fugitive triplane, one can see the darker future of the universe.
In the intermittent pictures, except for the imperial battleships occasionally showing a hideous corner from the upper and lower sides of the space, people could not clearly see the large number of imperial battleships that were chasing the tri-wing ships, but the green light spots on the radar system represented the imperial battleships. , but became more and more densely packed like blood-devouring vultures, making everyone feel extremely nervous and worried.
"Come on!"
"accelerate!"
The senior generals of the Federation, who were extremely serious on weekdays, finally couldn't help shouting in a low voice. There was a noisy voice on the first floor of the command hall. The fleeing triplane flew faster, but still clenched his fists subconsciously, frowned, and shouted loudly.
"Imperial people crazy?"
The Federal National Security Advisor was shocked to see the monitoring and calculation results he had just obtained, and the number of imperial warships that were chasing triplanes. Medium fleet! Don't their star field need to be defended? Such a crazy and undisciplined pursuit, if they encounter the federal fleet, they only need a salvo of a cross longbow to easily destroy one-third of them. Battleship!"
The generals in the command hall had already noticed this, and they were puzzled by it. They didn't understand why the Empire would take such a big risk and pursue the fugitive triplane.
Admiral Miles frowned slightly with his thick eyebrows tucked in with silver threads, and sneered: "Could it be that Colonel Xu Le raped the princess?"
A burst of laughter broke out in the hall upstairs and downstairs, but the laughter subsided immediately, because in the intermittent pictures on the light curtain, the light and shadow of the imperial battleship's gunfire had begun to appear, and those deadly lines flew past the porthole of the tri-wing ship, It is extremely dangerous, and no one knows whether it will hit the triplane in the next moment.
The chief member of the Military Commission, who hurried over from Parliament Hill, glanced at President Pabble, who had been silent, with a complicated expression. He leaned over and lowered his voice and said, "The Federal Fleet hastily set off. If we really go to war with the Imperial Fleet... Neither side has Prepare, I'm afraid the loss is too big."
Mr. Senator didn't say it too thoroughly, but in fact, this is also some subtext of the big figures present, including the military. The federal front-line troops were forced to disrupt the deployment, the plan to attack the X3 galaxy was late, and the fleet set off in a hurry... No one Knowing how much the federation will pay for this change, and all of it just to save one person, is it worth it
Although the triplane has already sent back an encrypted piece of information, and it is said that Xu Le has a second very important piece of information in his hand, is it really worth it
"Don't worry about any intelligence interests, and don't even consider this is the first sequence of events for the time being."
There was no expression on Pabul's dark face. He raised his arm and pointed to the dense light spots representing the imperial fleet on the electronic simulation map of the light curtain. Arrived? As I said just now, do whatever it takes, remember, whatever it takes!"
At this time, Brin, Director of the Office of the President's Residence, hung up the phone, walked behind President Pabble with a dignified expression, and said in a low voice, "Mr. President, President Nutshell called to inquire about this matter, and he is very concerned about the safety of Colonel Xu Le. "
President Pabble frowned and gave Brin a puzzled look.
Brin then whispered: "There are many other parties who have called, and they want to confirm the truth of the matter. For some reason, the news of Colonel Xu Le's life was leaked online, and the Federal Television Station asked for instructions. , is it possible to broadcast official news?"
For the sake of political influence, the Federation will definitely not make a big deal about this matter until it is certain that Xu Le can be brought back safely. However, for some unknown reason, the situation that should have been strictly kept secret has already begun in a very short period of time. spread on the civilian network.
"I will start to arrange network channel management immediately." Director Brin said immediately after seeing that President Pabble had been silent.
"No." President Pabble waved his hand, "I authorize the news channel to release official news, but you must be very careful about the selection of screen shots."
"Yes."
Xu Le was still alive and flew towards the Federation on a tattered tri-wing ship. Behind him were endless imperial battleships. This news that shocked the Federation community was naturally some big man who had access to this matter. deliberately released.
There was no wind or rain in Mochou's back mountain today, but the air was a little cold. Mrs. Tai was wearing a fluffy shawl, with her hands on her elbows, silently looking at the scenery of the lake and mountains in front of her, thinking to herself, if that little guy is really lucky When he comes back alive, will the political situation in the Federation change a little bit, and will he be chasing after the ancient bell
Certainly, according to Xu Le's temperament, he certainly would.
There was an inexplicable smile on Mrs. Tai's lips, and she said to Secretary Shen beside him: "In any war, a lot of chips will be added to the military's power, especially those young and strong sects with crazy temperaments, their power is too powerful. It's not always a good thing, and I'm curious how they plan to end when Xu Le returns with such brilliance."
Secretary Shen was silent, but his right hand, which was hanging by his leg, moved slightly. After a while, he said softly, "According to your instructions, the entire Federation knows about this matter, and what we can do now is to hope that Colonel Xu Le can have this luck."
All the federal people who were turning on the TV stopped their ongoing actions at almost the same time. Whether it was the updated manuscript that their superiors were desperately urging, or the dish towel that was forcibly shoved into their hands by their wife, they were all put aside.
They looked at the news channel in shock, listened to the excited and joyful voice of the female anchor, and listened to the name of the federal hero who had gradually forgotten, and some couldn't believe their eyes and ears.
In countless apartment buildings and university dormitories, there were loud cheers, screams of excitement, and some people even threw beer bottles downstairs in excitement.
On the screen of the news channel, the three-winged ship carrying the heroic complex and dreams hidden in the depths of the hearts of countless people is moving forward silently in the dark cosmic background, and countless dense imperial battleships are chasing after them. The picture is very blurry. , on and off, like countless layers of mosaics.
Excited and nervous people immediately turned their attention to the Internet, trying to find more news and more pictures of the triplane.
A wedding is being held at the Mandarin Hotel in Gangtou. The guests are crowded, the cars are flowing, the momentum is huge, and the pomp is extravagant, attracting the attention of countless people. Not to mention that both parties to the marriage are young people with very promising backgrounds in the Federation, just by looking at the fact that the witness today is the president of the giant federal enterprise Nutshell Motor Company, you can probably imagine the grandeur of this wedding.
"I'm just a remote foreign member of the Cao family, and I'm not a child of the Seven Great Families." The dull and honest young man, wearing a precious dress today, looked at today's extraordinarily beautiful and moving bride, and said honestly: "So I didn't mean to lie to you."
"The legendary Seven Great Families have nothing to do with our marriage."
Shang Qiu is wearing a red tube top dress today, her tender white and raised breasts are particularly charming and proud, but her face still maintains the calmness of an engineer, and there is not much shyness or nervousness of the newlyweds. At the groom's words, she shrugged a little indecently and said, "It doesn't matter whether you hide it or not. I agreed to marry you because probably only you would agree to my unreasonable conditions, but then again, I will pay you back tomorrow. There's an important tech conference to attend, and I'm afraid it's ending early to deal with your parents' S3 honeymoon."
The groom surnamed Cao was a little disappointed, but Yu Guangli noticed that the most important guest of today's wedding was also their witness. Mr. Guoke's expression suddenly became a little weird.
Mr. Nutshell President hung up the phone and walked in front of the two with a complicated expression. After thinking for a long time, he said to the groom, "I'm sorry."
The groom and Shang Qiu looked at Mr. President in amazement, thinking that even if you have to leave in a hurry, you wouldn't be so sincere and serious about saying "I'm sorry"
The president turned his eyes to Shang Qiu and said with a smile, "I think I have some news that I have to tell you before you get married, or I'm really worried that you will choose to resign from Nutshell because you hate me for the rest of your life."
"Xu Le is still alive."
Hearing this sentence, Shang Qiu, who was about to get married today, was stunned, and she was stunned as she clutched the skirt of her dress. Then she turned her head without hesitation, looked at the equally shocked groom, and bowed her body to apologize sincerely. :"sorry."
Then she turned her head and walked outside the Mandarin Hotel. On the giant light screen across the street, the female anchor of the news channel had already started talking and was about to play a video.
"I understand now why you said sorry just now." The young man surnamed Cao reluctantly looked at the figure walking out of the hotel, surprisingly not angry, but unusually calm, and said to the president, "So it turns out that Shang Qiu and Colonel Xu Le It's old, it seems that my eyesight is really good."
Shang Qiu didn't hear the man's extremely graceful words. At this moment, all her energy was placed on the huge light curtain across the street.
With his left hand, he gently pulled away the ceremonial bosom and tube top that made her breathless. She took out the folded glasses from her cleavage and put them on the bridge of her small nose. With a smile, Shang Qiu began to watch silently and intently. White face, a little itchy.
Nam Sang-mi, who had just finished the foundation vacation and was persuaded by her mother to take another long vacation to pack her mind, was packing her luggage with the help of her maid, and after putting her favorite books into the suitcase, her eyes fell on the table. on that train ticket.
This trip is another high-speed rail. She is going to walk the same road again, but her best friend in the past has no contact now, and the man who has been tied for several years at a glance in the carriage has long been to a far away place with no return.
Nam Sang Mi didn't cry, there was a kind of calm and soft but strong luster on her beautiful cheeks, she picked up the train ticket and said softly to herself and the man who left, "I didn't relive it because I was afraid of forgetting you. The journey that year, because I will not forget you. But since you refuse to come back, I want to say a formal goodbye to you. "
"Farewell is not to forget you, but to hide you in the deepest part of my heart. When I get old, I will tell my granddaughter that I once liked a real man who was never afraid to face difficulties."
When the beautiful girl was feeling sad, a scream suddenly sounded in the living room next to her. She walked over in surprise, and saw the grandma, who had brought her up and knew all her secrets, pointing at a woman with a strange expression. The direction, the mouth is wide open, but it is shocked and speechless.
Nam Sang Mi turned her head curiously, then saw the picture on the TV light screen, and heard the voice-over commentary, she covered her lips violently, her body trembled slightly, and she decided not to cry for that man again, she began to shudder Su tears.
In the old house in Wei 2nd District, Sunset State, Xilin Region, a little watermelon who just got out of school is eating an ice cream cone while watching a pirated CD brought back from the Wangdu apartment more than a year ago. It is obvious that the fat Uncle Tian is there. There is an air of laissez-faire failure in home education.
Although the little princess likes to comfort herself from this kind of obscenity video and video works, and fantasizes about revenge for her parents and brother Xu Le, she repeatedly watched the purple-haired captain lead the federal army, repeated and repeated. Defeating the imperial invaders over and over is always boring, so she subconsciously moved her fingers and broadcast the channel back to the TV.
The sweet cone that the little girl was putting into her cute mouth poked her sharp nose with a snap. She widened her clear eyes and woke up after a long time, screaming and jumping up from the sofa, like The short black hair like watermelon rind spreads out in the air and closes.
In the single-family villa in the Xishan compound, Zou Liuhuo, who was accustomed to the air of a little boy and brother by the wife of the Minister of Defense and countless other people, was angry at this time.
The little boy who had learned to recite Schiller's poems, but was reluctant to say a word to his grandmother and nanny aunt who persuaded him. He cried sharply, kicked the glass coffee table in front of him, and held everything around him in his hands. , smashed towards the TV light curtain in front of him.
Because his favorite cartoons suddenly disappeared, and a woman with heavy makeup that he hated appeared on the TV.
Mrs. Zou has retired, and she has devoted herself to taking care of this little ancestor at home in the past few years, and she is extremely spoiled. The orderlies and logistics aunts in the minister's building have no one who dares to violate his wishes a little. Some of the mother's bad temperament, no one dared to care about the young boy, no one dared to speak out about him, and no one dared to teach him a lesson.
A crisp sound!
Zou Yu, who was still wearing pink pajamas like an unmarried girl, hurried downstairs and slapped the little boy cleanly.
"What are you doing?" Madam Zou screamed in shock, protecting the little boy behind her.
The little boy saw his mother who loved him so much on weekdays, but he actually hit him, covered his reddened pink cheeks and cried loudly, his little arms and legs kicked even more fiercely, but for a long time he saw his mother staring at the TV. , ignoring himself at all, he angrily reached out from his grandmother's side, grabbed his grandfather's precious ashtray with all his might, and was about to smash the TV.
"If you dare to smash it, I will kill you."
Zou Yu kept looking at the light screen of the TV, without turning his head, the bitter taste hidden in these simple words made everyone in the living room stunned.
A child is a stubborn animal who can feel the real danger the most. Sensing the lethality of Zou Yu's words, he sniffed and cried and put down the ashtray in his hand. My second grandfather's hair was burned by myself, and my mother was not so angry, why is it so serious today
Of course he didn't know that because the return of his "father" was being broadcast on TV.
The same picture also occurs in many places. As Schiller said, happy families are always similar, so they and their happiness and excitement are similar at least at this moment.
But there are also many people who care about Xu Le who have not been able to see this historic scene.
Tai Zhiyuan was in the process of applying for a secondary financial card for Bai Qi at the time, and he was troubled by these trivial procedures. Because Mochou Houshan stopped his financial support, even Butler Jin and the staff were forced to leave Xilin in tears. .
At this time, Shi Qinghai was like a gopher, walking through the underground waterway of the FBI headquarters. The small blue-light instrument in his hand glowed faintly, illuminating the rusty nameplate in front of him, clearly showing The serial port ID of the database.
The news channel's breaking news ended quickly, the picture was dark, and there was no problem with the specially selected video materials. Only the conspiracy theorists on the Internet who were used to scanning and analyzing frame by frame were still doing research, and soon they It is concluded that this picture is real, the problem is that one second before the end of the video, the left abdomen of the triplane that Colonel Xu Le was riding in seemed to be hit by the artillery fire of an imperial warship...
Countless protest calls made it to federal television, asking if the triplane had been sunk by the Empire, and why there was no follow-up footage.
"The federal troops are in the process of positioning, and the fleet has started rescue operations. Let's pray for Colonel Xu Le." The news channel anchorwoman said sincerely.
Just like the atmosphere in the conference room of Huang Exing Base, the excitement and joy were followed by endless worries. In the entire Federation, from the distant Donglin to Xilin, from the capital to the S2 Ring Mountain and Four States, countless federal people were anxious and nervous. Waiting for the latest news.
The Charter Bureau triplane itself is one of the fastest flying machines in the starry sky. Although it has been wandering in the empire for too long, it has become a little strange and tattered, but it still maintains a good performance under the old thing's robbery and supply policy. The state of the ship, especially the engine system is stronger than a year ago, but because the repair components are all smuggled spaceships or pirate ship parts, the triplane's assembly system is not stable, after a long period of high-intensity flight, There were already ominous signs.
The most important thing is the dense number of imperial battleships. Such a terrifying number of chased battleships is beyond Xu Le's imagination and the old stuff's calculations. Although the speed of the three-winged ships still has an advantage, those imperial battleships are obviously always on guard. The periphery of the L9 galaxy smuggling channel has already been prepared for an ambush. Even though the tri-wing ship almost frantically passed through the two twist rate holes, it was still surrounded by the vast fleet in this vast universe and forced into a desperate situation.
"Huai Cao Shi is crazy, this woman is crazy!" Xu Le looked pale at the downward trend in the value of the life support system, and shouted angrily: "How can there be such a madness with hundreds of lions chasing a rabbit? thing!"
At this time, he had already determined that these dense imperial fleets were not preparing for any major military operation, but to prevent himself from returning to the Federation. When he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel extremely cold, and the three-winged ships had been continuously bombarded by the empire After hitting it three times, the high-strength tattered metal outer armor appeared three terrifying melting holes, and the spacecraft's life-support system was on the verge of collapse.
A violent tremor struck again, Xu Le's body bounced high, and then fell heavily, two blood spilled from his lips, he said angrily, "Why didn't you escape?"
"When you rush to the street to play romance on a rainy day, can your clothes not get wet at all?" The old man's tone was obviously not very good, "I only let four drops of rain fall on you, what do you expect?"
This sentence is very powerful. The imperial fleet, regardless of the cost, even fired at a long distance without a purpose, like a rain of anger pouring down from the sky, no matter how hard it is to hide, it is impossible to completely avoid it.
In fact, under the control of the old thing, the tri-wing ship makes incredible movements in space from time to time, and it can still survive in the intensive artillery fire. It has already made the commanders of the imperial warships and the generals of the distant Federation. Shocked like never before.
"Alarm, the spacecraft has lost a lot of power and must land immediately." The old man's voice was mechanically calm.
"Where are we now? How far is the federal rescue fleet?"
"It has entered the outer periphery of the Gamma galaxy, not far from X3. Four charter signal relay satellites were successfully activated three seconds ago, and the Federal Fleet is... very far away."
"It's miserable, it's miserable." Xu Le looked at the metal pieces that were constantly collapsing outside the porthole, squinted his eyes and sighed softly: "Old man, just find a planet where people can live and descend."
The old mechanical voice jumped again and said: "This is not an escape after the catastrophe, no one has prepared a planet for you to live, give up this extravagant hope, now the closest to us is an abandoned mine Stars are definitely not suitable for human habitation, and if you live there, you will die."
"why?"
"There is an atmosphere, and the light wave analysis is non-toxic, but the oxygen content is too low for the ants to feed."
"You mentioned the escape after the cataclysm? Prepare the planet of the living... What do you mean?"
"Huh? Did I say that?"
It was the artillery fire of an imperial warship that ended the unconscious and long-winded dialogue between the man and the machine at the end of despair. Accompanied by a violent explosion, a gorgeous flame of fire emerged from the tail end of the tri-wing ship, and then quickly extinguished in the vacuum environment.
The last picture seen in the federal command hall was that the tri-wing ship was hit by the fierce artillery fire of the imperial warship. The tri-wing ship was obviously severely damaged, and fell miserably towards a nearby mineral star. There was a little light in it.
A little light so far apart could actually be a terrifying explosion. The four charter signal relay satellites that had just been activated were instantly destroyed by the imperial fleet. The anxious technicians adjusted the screen to the main perspective of the triplane, but it was also dark.
The generals in the conference room of Huang Exing's advance base were silent. Du Shaoqing stood up slowly, holding the removed sunglasses in his hand, leaning forward slightly, staring at the light curtain in the air, as if to find it in the darkness The figure of the guy.
The people in the S1 command hall fell silent. Admiral Miles slapped his thighs angrily and stood up suddenly with rounded eyes. President Pabble frowned deeply and remained silent for a long time.
"The parameter analysis report I just got." A staff officer looked down at the light curtain of the workbench and reported in a deep voice: "According to the picture before the bullet, the main box on the side and rear wing of the triplane was destroyed, and the life support system collapsed. , plus the impact of this fall, it should be completely destroyed, and the oxygen content in the atmosphere of this ore star is 0.14%, which is not enough to support the respiratory system."
The staff officer raised his head with some difficulty, looked at the people with solemn expressions, and said, "According to the analysis of the charter computer, Colonel Xu Le... should have died."
After a long silence, the National Security Advisor suddenly leaned into Mr. President's ear and said, "Your Excellency, should we... should we order the federal fleet to withdraw immediately?"
No emotion could be seen on President Pabble's dark face. He stared at the dark ring light curtain, suddenly slammed the table hard, and said loudly: "Order the Federal Fleet to continue to speed up and prepare for battle."
Then he said to Director Brin in a deep voice: "Let the news channel continue to broadcast live and broadcast this dark picture! I want to watch the miracle happen!"
In the distant starry sky, the Federal Fleet was also silent, Samsung Admiral Hong Yuliang gently wiped the sweat from his forehead, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then ordered: "Go ahead and order the 3rd Airborne Mecha Brigade to prepare for a strong landing. "
I don't know how long it took, and news finally came back from the distant empire. The three crazy and ferocious imperial fleets began to turn around and evacuate when they were still fourteen AU from the federal fleet. For them, The Federation's tri-wing ship has been destroyed, the Federation man on the ship has died, and the mission has been completed. Naturally, they are not willing to engage in an unprepared space battle with the Federation's main fleet.
However, there is still no news on that mine star.
The news channel began to broadcast live again, but the excited and anxious federal citizens could only see darkness. They probably understood what was going on, so they began to pray silently.
In the command hall, the light curtain in front of President Pabble was dark; in Charter Square, people clasped their fists under their jaws in prayer, and the huge light curtain was still dark; countless TV light curtains in countless apartment buildings were dark, Nothing has changed.
Time passed by minute by minute.
At the main entrance of the Mandarin Hotel, Shang Qiu looked at the dark curtain of light across the street through the glass lens. For some reason, she slowly put her hands behind her back and held her left wrist with her right hand in the autumn wind. Silence but very firm.
Zhang Xiaomeng in the Parliament Hill office slowly took off her glasses, rubbed her brows, looked at the dark TV screen, closed her eyes, stretched her hands behind her and put her hands together gently. Based on her beliefs, she She never prayed to any creator, but she prayed that the person would live.
Zou Yu in the Xishan compound frowned, looking at the dark TV screen, his hands were behind his back, his knuckles were slightly white, and there was a stern expression between his eyebrows, since you came to life inexplicably. How dare you let me watch you die inexplicably again
During this long, tedious and torturous wait, countless light curtains were still cold and dark, and no pictures appeared. However, just when everyone was about to despair, a hoarse voice full of electric noise sounded simultaneously in countless places in the Federation.
"I'm Xu Le... I'm out of the cabin now and I feel good."