The temporary rest room of Base Station No. 1 is a large room with several partitions simply separated by wall panels. Lu Ning is sitting on a chair in the room, looking out through a window made of a black mirror. At night In the sky, the shadow of the auxiliary star occupies a large area of the sky. In fact, it cannot be said to be a shadow. After all, the brightness of the auxiliary star is still higher, and you can barely see an outline that is slightly brighter than the night sky.
"Captain?" Bayonet poked his head from the door.
"Are you calmer?" Lu Ning asked.
"Yes, Spider Silk asked me to tell you...she is indeed not calm, and she is very sorry for that."
"Come and sit." Lu Ning pointed to the chair next to her, "I'm not angry. I know about the spider silk issue and know something about her past, but we are on a mission and such emotional behavior can easily affect her. It's actually okay now, but if it breaks out at any critical moment, it could very well determine life or death."
"But Spades and Recorder actually agree with Spider Silk's point of view." Bayonet's tone was a little gloomy.
"Spade comes from a mercenary. He regards the regular army as his enemy most of the time, and he doesn't leave a good impression. And Clarinet's position was not high when he retired, and it's difficult to say how much trust he has in the alliance due to his background issues." Lu Ning explained, "But having said that, what surprises me the most is you, Bayonet."
"Ah I?"
"In fact, I know the least information about you. The reason is simple. You are the youngest. In addition to the twelve-year absolute privacy protection period from your birth, the military department has compiled all your information after the age of twelve. , but most of the time you are studying as a student." Lu Ning looked at the bayonet and said in a slightly comforting tone, "It wasn't until your parents' accident that you suddenly showed your talent. From your academic performance, we can see that what you are really interested in is firearms and weapons. You have also signed up for a shooting club and participated in some pre-military training, but no one would think that these programs open to ordinary students to learn about the military will Really enabling a killer.”
"I……"
"I don't blame you for your behavior. There is nothing wrong with avenging your parents. You just chose a wrong method, but it was also the only feasible method for you at the time. I am just curious, after experiencing such a drastic change, what did you do this time? Your performance in the task can still be called excellent. Is this intuition? Or is it your judgment that has a real reason? "
Bayonet lowered her head, seeming to be thinking about something, and Lu Ning also let her think about it. The military sent these people here without resorting to the means of these senior officers to truly screen these people. Although Lu Ning could not cure his own psychological problems, he could help others.
"The only reason is...I'm prepared." Bayonet finally spoke.
"What preparation?"
"Being prepared for the worst, whether it's shooting the enemy, participating in this operation, or the things I encounter... I'm prepared for the worst, so I can think about things in a better way, Because I can bear the worst consequences."
"This is an optimistic attitude." Lu Ning nodded, "I didn't expect that you actually don't need any psychological adjustment."
"I'm not confident enough." Bayonet was a little ashamed. "I still compromise when arguing with others. Even if I know that the result may not be good, I can easily give up the argument."
"Because most disputes cannot achieve the results you need, then I will teach you how to solve this kind of thing in the army-power."
"I don't think that's a good word."
"You can use some things to describe it, but the essence is this. Superiors order and subordinates obey. This is the power of the army. Power is order. You can ask, you can seek advice, you can ask others for advice, but once your own judgment is formed The order is unshakable and cannot tolerate any opposition."
"But what if..."
"If you make a mistake in judgment, you will bear the consequences. You have this quality." Lu Ning gently tapped his knee and softened his tone, "Bayoto, I have decided to give you the third authority in the team."
"ah?"
"Yes, at any time, as long as Qiu Shu and I are not around, you will be the commander of the team. If we die, you will be the captain, and that is the authority."
"I'm too young, and..."
"The military never looks at age, only ability. Now is a war, and everything is judged by victory."
After saying that, Lu Ning opened the terminal and started adjusting the permissions for Bayonet.
Bayonet didn't argue anymore, he just took a deep breath.
"I understand, I will do well."
"Don't put too much pressure on me. At least Qiu Shu and I will support you now." Lu Ning smiled, completed the settings and authorization, then stood up and walked to her cubicle.
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The sunlight transmitted through the asteroid belt casts a network of black spots on the celestial eye, and when reflected on the phantom star, only a blurry black shadow remains.
Spades sat on a rock outside, looking up at the scene in the sky.
"Can't sleep?"
The sudden sound behind her came from a recorder. She was carrying her own steel ax and pulse gun, and her tone still had that erratic feeling.
"You can't sleep either?"
"It's strange. I never knew I had this kind of problem. I'm tired from running all day today. I should just lie down and fall asleep." Recorder hung the pulse gun behind his back and unfolded the steel Cutting axe.
"What to do? Exercise?"
"Since you're not tired enough, let's exercise again. What's wrong with you? If the mercenary still has insomnia, I'll have to question your identity fraud."
"Are you kidding me... I just have a little insomnia from time to time." Spades snorted and looked up again.
"Are stars so interesting? We all know they are just big balls of solid or gaseous form."
"Recorder, what are you looking for?" Spades asked.
"seek?"
"What I seek is a sense of security." Spades said, "Freedom makes me feel secure, so I won't be afraid no matter how I wander outside, because I know I am free. And when I am tired of my mercenary career After I was tired of excessive and unrestrained freedom, I thought that a home was a place where I could feel at ease, so I returned to the Alliance and surrendered, even if I had to spend a long time in prison for this. I participated in this plan because of the military and The Alliance is the goal I currently want to contribute to, and being needed can make me feel at ease...what about you?"
"You're so funny, a mercenary still thinks about that." Recorder laughed, "If it's for peace of mind, I have to hold the weapon. But I don't think this is the answer you want."
"Yes, that's just your mental state. You talked about your past, right? Are those really important to you?"
"It's not important." Recorder replied lightly, "I have forgotten what my father looks like, and I don't remember what the foster family is like. I was a very bad soldier, so bad that I was forced to retire, and then I couldn't leave the battle. In fact, even fighting couldn't satisfy me, so I went to the Star Sea, went to various habitable planets in the Alliance to see what interesting things there were, tried many entertainments within the scope of the law, and finally started to jump out of this circle ……but none."
Spade looked at her.
"Your heart is empty."
"That's a good description. The military thinks I have war fanaticism. In fact, it's just because the most fulfilling years of my life were the first few years when I became a soldier. Sufficient training, study and combat gave me a sense of satisfaction. But when it became routine, I got tired of it."
"Ah... I can't help you at all." Spade sighed and turned back to the perspective again, "I'm not good at psychological issues... huh?"
"Lucky Spade, what did you see again?"
"Hey, Recorder, that black, black shadow block is not the shadow on Tianmu, right?" Spades pointed to the sky, and Recorder also raised his head.
"No, I can take pictures. The light is a bit dark. Start the adaptation..." Spades quickly adjusted the detector on his spacesuit, quickly took a burst of continuous shots, and then retrieved the pictures and processed them quickly on his personal terminal. , and soon there was an enlarged picture.
It was a building that looked more like a church.
The quantifier "piece" is also a more accurate way to describe spades. Just like slices of bread, the buildings appearing in the sky are like neatly cutting a thin slice from a building. The continuous shooting images show that the black Particles continue to gather in the left section and condense into a building entity. At the same time, black particles are peeling off in the right section, forming this strange state of a building.
Spades glanced at the situation of the building again and pressed the emergency communication button decisively: "Captain! It's urgent!"
"It would be best if you and Clarinet didn't run out in the middle of the night and bring back a group of C-level creatures. I will throw you out to calm their anger." Lu Ning's voice came from the communicator, with a somewhat joking tone.
"Anyway, take a look at the photo first, it was taken three minutes ago!"
After a moment, Lu Ning quickly issued an order: "Keep staring, I, the bayonet and the spider silk will come out soon!"
After only ten seconds, Lu Ning and three others ran out of the base station. At this time, the castle-like building in the sky had moved to the end of the shadow zone of Tianmu.
"Activate the jetpack, maximum power!"
"yes!"
Four people responded in unison, and then five people reached out and buttoned a button on their belts at the same time. Two jet tubes popped up from the back of the space suit. The air flow turned into white mist and spurted out from the inside. The powerful recoil force instantly lifted the five people up. sky.
This thing is not so easy to control. For example, spider silk, which is relatively inexperienced, is spiraling up in the air. Lu Ning and Spades were the most forward, and they rushed towards the building in a straight line, while in As he approached, Lu Ning found that the black particles were no longer gathering on the left side of the building, but they were still disappearing on the right side. She immediately stretched out her hand to pick up the window frame of the remaining wall. At the same time, Spades also popped up and stepped on the first step with her toes.
At that moment, time seemed to stand still, but this was entirely an illusion caused by the sudden change in the world in front of him. When Lu Ning suddenly came to her senses, she found that she had indeed reached out to grab a window frame. Below, Spades was standing at the door of the steps, with a huge dark building in front of her. There is light all around, but I don't know what direction the light is coming from. It just makes people feel very bright.
"Captain, we...have we arrived safely?"
"We've arrived, but we don't know if it's safe or not yet. Bayonet and the others seem to have failed to catch up. Anyway, let's take a look at the material here first..."
"This space looks like this building." Spades looked around, then stretched out his feet to explore outside the steps. It was empty.
Lu Ning's scan quickly yielded unknown results. The instruments on her body were not yet accurate enough to scan molecules. Since they could not identify the material, they had to give up. But she discovered another interesting thing, that is, she didn't actually need to hold the window frame to float there naturally.
"It's quite like a state of weightlessness here..."
Before he finished speaking, the helmet lightly touched the window. Lu Ning felt that her judgment just now was still not correct. She reached out and lightly touched the wall, letting herself land in the same position as Spades.
This is not the main entrance, just a side entrance. It is different from the automatic doors in the technological era. It retains the door handle, door knocker and other structures. There is also a line of text above the door frame, but it cannot be deciphered.
"Maybe we have to think about how to leave." Spade looked at the empty surroundings. It was really empty, not even the "black" of the universe existed, but there was nothing, and his eyes could not capture anything. Color can easily give people a sense of abnormality.
"Don't you think you should go in and take a look? The mysterious buildings that appear at special times may represent some kind of civilization."
"Unknown civilizations always seem to consider high risks." Spades said, but after looking at the door, he had to admit, "We have no choice."
Lu Ning reached out and grasped the door handle and started to use force. The door was pushed inwards without spending much effort. After stepping into the door, azure swirling curves lit up in rows above the head, illuminating the interior.
"Oh..." Spade shook his head, "This looks even more wrong."
"There are words on the wall." Lu Ning looked at both sides, and he could see it more clearly under bright conditions. The overall material of the building was very similar to stone, and the surface was slightly rough. At first glance, it seemed to have no sense of technology. But this automatically triggered lighting system and even the building itself are technological enough that there is no need to doubt them.
The writing on the wall is actually easy to read, it's better to say it's a picture. As someone from the Canglong Alliance, he must be familiar with such writing, and Spades was a little happy to see it. At least the hieroglyphics could understand some of the content.
"Sure enough, civilization still uses this kind of communication... Those social historians believe that ideograms are used for friendly communication, while phonetic characters are used for war. Although this view is somewhat biased, it seems to make sense now." Lu Ning When I touched it lightly with my hand, there was no reaction and no part was rubbed off.
"Are we going to decipher it now?"
"No, after all, words are not as easy to convey as the actual image information. Since it is described here, let's go inside to see if there are any other good things." Lu Ning walked deeper while taking pictures casually.
