The mining formation that spanned most of the solar system finally arrived at the gate of time and space located at the Lagrange point between Neptune and Uranus, where Li Sujia, Mecha X1367, and Mecha X672 were stationed.
Their duty is to destroy the Gate of Time and Space and the 12 energy pillars that power it, forcing the Tiberians to allow Liu Hanyang, Zhou Yun, and the three star battleships of the expedition fleet that are still on their way back to return safely to Earth.
The stay will be 15 years.
When the mining formation approached the gate of time and space, a small aircraft flew out from the cabin of one of the mining ships, and flew towards Li Sujia's garrison point under the escort of two other space aircraft...
All three aircraft have adopted electromagnetic silence to ensure the concealment of their whereabouts.
Li Jianfeng was inside that small aircraft.
After learning that the director-general had personally visited the garrison point, Li Sujia explained to mecha x1367 and then took mecha x672 into the small aircraft.
After meeting and briefly expressing condolences, Li Jianfeng went straight to the point and told the purpose of his visit.
Li Sujia thought she had heard wrongly. She never expected that Li Jianfeng, a highly respected man who had always been admired by her and had traveled hundreds of millions of kilometers, would ask her to appear in court to accuse Liu Hanyang.
He is accused of being an important planner of the entire return flight plan.
She couldn't even understand how the return voyage, which saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of voyage fleet crew members, could become a crime that could be blamed on everyone?
In the face of her various doubts, Li Jianfeng acted very calmly. He only said: "Accusing Liu Hanyang is as important as the task of guarding the gate of time and space. I hope she will understand the justice and make the right decision."
After saying that, he hurriedly got up and walked towards the cockpit...
Before leaving, he stopped, turned around, and looked at her meaningfully, his eyes revealing ardent hope and a complex expression that was difficult to express...
Li Sujia fell into confusion and confusion, and felt uneasy as if she had lost her soul.
However, Li Jianfeng gave her enough time to consider, a full three months. In three months, Liu Hanyang's case will be heard again.
Time flies, three months pass by, and Liu Hanyang's case goes to trial as scheduled.
This time, the prosecutor Legg seemed to have a magic weapon to win. He launched a series of attacks as soon as the trial opened. He first used the fact that Liu Hanyang returned to Earth to confirm his crime of escaping from the battlefield, and then successfully brought the topic to the fact that he was the entire "The important planner and executor of the return plan."
Compared with the "key participants" previously charged, the "key planners and executors" are charged with more serious crimes.
If convicted, Liu Hanyang's alleged crime of "refusing to execute orders" would be logically established. The so-called "crime of refusing to execute orders" is the refusal to execute the "Mission Exploration" plan.
If found guilty, he would face the death penalty.
The trial entered a critical period, and prosecutor Legg seemed to have a chance of victory. He asked the presiding judge to allow a heavyweight witness to be present.
The presiding judge agreed.
Liu Hanyang noticed something strange. He probably guessed who the witness in Legg's mouth was. He had made a plan before and repeatedly warned himself that once the prosecutor brought the witness into the court, he would take all responsibility for the crime.
The witness in Liu Hanyang's heart is naturally Zhou Yun.
His plan was that Zhou Yun would appear in court to accuse him as a tainted witness, and he would state to the court that Zhou Yun, Li Sujia and others were forced to return under his own force.
In this way, they sacrificed one of them in exchange for the two of them being exempted from being held accountable by the Earth Federation's special military court.
But when the witness appeared in front of him, Liu Hanyang was dumbfounded. He would never have thought that it was Li Sujia who appeared in court to accuse him!
Zhou Yun, whom he had been thinking about day and night, did not appear, and her safety was unknown.
However, after a brief period of hesitation, he chose to accept that no matter whether Zhou Yun appeared in court or not, she should still act in accordance with the previously established plan. Both she and Li Sujia would be acquitted, and the worst result would be a reduced sentence.
Under the leadership of a military policeman, Li Sujia stood on the witness stand. She looked tired. She seemed exhausted from the journey that spanned most of the solar system.
It was her heart that was tired.
She looked at Liu Hanyang, her melancholy eyes revealing endless worry for him, as well as an indescribable sense of guilt.
"Witness, please state your identity and relationship with Liu Hanyang." the presiding judge said.
"My name is Li Sujia, the commander-in-chief of the Marine Mecha Force. I and Liu Hanyang returned to the voyage fleet together after an unexpected encounter in the star field near the Boltzmann civilization."
The presiding judge nodded and then signaled the prosecutor Legg to ask questions to the witnesses.
"Witness Li Sujia, please describe in detail how the defendant Liu Hanyang instigated and planned the entire plan to return to Earth." Legg said.
"Your Honor, before the facts are clear, the prosecutor is suspected of making subjective assumptions and inducement. I refuse to answer this question." Li Sujia said without changing her expression.
"Prosecutor, please watch your words."
Legg nodded politely to the presiding judge, adjusted himself, then faced Li Sujia and said, "Please describe in detail the defendant Liu Hanyang's behavior before returning to Earth."
Li Sujia's gaze moved to Liu Hanyang. Under her clear eyes were a pair of eyes with complex expressions. After taking a long breath, she said, "I instigated and planned the entire return plan. It has nothing to do with Liu Hanyang. He and Zhou Yun both He returned to Earth under my coercion."
Li Sujia's words were like a thunderclap that immediately caused an uproar in the court, and the listening area was more like a boiling cauldron, completely boiling.
Liu Hanyang didn't believe it, and prosecutor Legg was even more stunned.
Fortunately, Legg responded promptly and immediately asked the presiding judge to adjourn the proceedings to quell the endless quarrel and restlessness.
The presiding judge announced a temporary adjournment.
Li Jianfeng saw everything in the court in front of the holographic screen. Compared with Legg's confusion, he acted quite calmly. Li Sujia's performance seemed to be within his expectations.
At this time, there was a rapid ringing of the phone, and he answered the phone.
The call was from Legg. He said that Liu Hanyang's case might be overturned. Li Jianfeng just smiled leisurely. After taking a look at the many media that appeared on another holographic screen, they were reporting on the dramatic scene that happened in the court. , telling him to hold his ground and prepare to close the case.
Legge was a little surprised, and even more confused. He couldn't guess the meaning behind Li Jianfeng's words, so he could only bite the bullet and wait for the court to start.
After the trial reopened, to his surprise, when he was thinking about how to find flaws in Li Sujia's testimony, Liu Hanyang took the initiative to plead guilty.
Liu Hanyang overturned all of Li Sujia's testimony and claimed that he was the "important planner and implementer" of the return plan. In order to achieve the purpose of returning to Earth, he used force to coerce Li Sujia and Zhou Yun to work for him, and finally passed the Thai The aliens' time and space gate returned to Earth.
Three hours later, the jury officials unanimously determined that Liu Hanyang, the former technical commander-in-chief of the expeditionary fleet, was the "important planner and implementer" of the return plan, and he was found guilty of the charges of "refusing to execute orders" and "escape from battle" .
The presiding judge also pronounced Liu Hanyang's death sentence in court, and his death sentence will be publicly executed three months later.
In addition, the court also made a statement to deal with Li Sujia's alleged perjury in a separate case.
At this point, Laige finally understood the mystery behind Li Jianfeng's stable position on the Diaoyutai.
Li Jianfeng knew very well who Li Sujia was. He was sure that she would not accuse Liu Hanyang in court. However, in order to complete the task assigned by him, he had to sacrifice herself and bear all the charges to complete the task and save Liu Hanyang.
This just hit Liu Hanyang's weakness. He knew very well what it would mean once he was convicted. He would never let Li Sujia die in vain, so he had to take the initiative to plead guilty.
Three months later, in an empty desert area, with the focus of major media around the world, Liu Hanyang, dressed in prison uniform, was taken to the execution site.
when the last look comes from
After the bright light of this world was blocked by dark hoods, a group of soldiers holding rifles lined up in front of him.
Both are 30 meters apart.
Liu Hanyang breathed heavily in the last few fresh breaths left for him, and then raised his head in despair...
"Bang bang bang..." A dull gunshot sounded, and Liu Hanyang fell into a pool of blood.
In a closed room, the execution scene was frozen. Li Jianfeng's eyes moved from the holographic screen to a man next to him. The man turned sideways, shook his head, and smiled...
The man is Liu Hanyang.
"Hanyang, how does it feel to watch your own execution?" Li Jianfeng joked.
Liu Hanyang smiled and said nothing, and Laige on the side interjected: "Of course it's exciting!"
Legg's words made everyone laugh...
The person being shot in the picture is Liu Hanyang's stand-in, a highly bionic robot with the same appearance and skin, who has the same genes as Liu Hanyang.
Although human life science and technology are far from completely reaching the point where fakes can be mistaken for real ones, it is still difficult to distinguish the real from the fake at a distance, especially when captured by numerous media lenses at a certain distance.
As early as when Liu Hanyang was in custody, his blood and skin samples were collected. The several-month trial and detention period bought enough time for the cultivation and manufacture of the organs and skin of the highly bionic robot.
The reason why Li Jianfeng wanted to sentence Liu Hanyang to death was for the sake of the "Huomiao" interstellar battleship led by the expedition fleet commander Snate who returned to Earth fifteen years later.
The lonely "Huomiao" was unable to resist the attack of the Tiberian fleet on its way back, and there was no suspense about its fate.
Although the destruction of the 12 energy pillars that provide energy for the Gate of Time and Space is used as a bargaining chip, it is still not 100% guaranteed that the "Huomiao" will return safely.
In the deep and long interstellar space of 4 light-years, the Taibo people only need to make a little accidental or "unintentional" contact, and the "Huomiao" will disappear forever in the vast starry way.
Li Jianfeng will do his best to save the "Huomiao".
Only by labeling Liu Hanyang as the "important planner and implementer" of the return plan, and convicting him of the crime of "refuse to carry out orders" and "the crime of escaping from battle", can the Taibo people believe that the people on earth are prepared to return to the voyage after fifteen years. The crew of the "Huomiao" will also conduct trials.
The execution of Liu Hanyang will make the Taibo people believe that the earth people will also execute similar punishments on the mid-level and high-level officers and even important crew members on the "Huomiao". Therefore, without them taking action, the earth people will be in the inner bar. The "Huomiao" was gradually consumed.
They also accomplished their goals in disguise.
In addition, fearing that the 12 energy pillars and the gate of time and space would be destroyed at any time, the Taibo people did not want to fight to the death. Also, if humans discovered that it was an accident they deliberately created, the consequences might be very serious.
Therefore, compared with sending a fleet to cause an accident, allowing the Earthlings to eliminate the mid- to high-level officers and crew of the "Huomiao" in the inner barricade would be the least risky for the Tiberians, and they would be happy to see the result.
In order to let the Taibo people know Liu Hanyang's case and the turmoil it caused in a timely and comprehensive manner, Li Jianfeng took great pains to introduce unlicensed lawyer Wei Lun, coordinate the media, and open the trial as his strategy.
We are all on Earth, and the people of Terbor will definitely pay attention.
The laughter stopped, and Li Jianfeng patted Liu Hanyang on the shoulder, with reluctance and praise in his eyes...
At this time, Colonel Legg waved his hand, and the identity information of a strange man appeared on the holographic screen.
"Hanyang, from now on, he is you and you are him. You will no longer be Liu Hanyang. Your new name is Liu Yi and you will have a brand new identity." Li Jianfeng said.
"Don't worry, we only made slight changes to your appearance. You will regain your original appearance in fifteen years." Legg added.
"After the operation is completed, Colonel Legg will send you to Dark River Company."
Liu Hanyang was secretly happy, because from Laige's mouth, he had learned that Zhou Yun was working in Anhe Company.
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"Can I meet her?"
Li Jianfeng hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded. He looked at Liu Hanyang with earnest eyes and said, "We are going to Anhe Company. You and Zhou Yun are each responsible for a very important task. I hope you will put the task first." .”
There seemed to be something in Li Jianfeng's last words, "I hope you will put the mission first." Liu Hanyang vaguely felt that there was a hint of worry and warning in it, but he didn't think much about it.
"Also, fifteen years later, when the "Huomiao" returns to Earth safely, the two of you can restore your identities and leave Dark River Company, or..." Li Jianfeng swallowed his words before he reached his lips.
"Director General, just tell me."
Li Jianfeng pondered for a while, his eyes full of hope: "If you two can complete the task well, then the time when you complete the task will be when you leave Dark River Company."
