The "Nandou Space Station" is a scientific research space station belonging to the Chang'an Cooperation Organization more than a hundred years ago. Its structure resembles a wheel and its diameter is 1.5 kilometers. The space station generates gravity through rotation, thereby developing technology for space plants and cosmic artificial cultured meat. About 73 years ago, the "Nandou Space Station" was destroyed by a meteorite impact. Because the colonial satellites could provide better experimental sites at that time, the wreckage of the destroyed space station was not repaired and recycled, and became a "ship" floating around in the Earth's circle. Ghost Ship".
This is the duel location agreed upon by the Red Knight and Lin Ao. According to the agreement between the two parties, the distance between the two Osiris and Wuhou-class battleships shall not be less than 100 kilometers from each other, and the duel shall not be interfered with by any means.
The Red Knight has already arrived inside the space station to wait for Lin Ao, and Zhuge Daozi is monitoring the Red Knight's movements through the star map on the bridge.
"Although we have installed signal generators on the Red Knight's space suit and body, there is still no guarantee that he will not escape... After all, he is the Red Knight. If he wants to run, we can't catch up at our current location. "
Zhuge Daozi's adjutant said worriedly.
Zhuge Daozi was not worried at all. He said: "Even if Vlad wants to run away, he will finish the duel first. He is not as complicated as his appearance. He is a simple man. If he really dares to run away, I will do it too." Be on guard.”
Seeing what Zhuge Daozi said, the adjutant couldn't say anything else.
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A few minutes later, Lin Ao drove the Fudo Ming King and was sent to the outskirts of the Polaris Space Station by a "transport plane". Lin Ao let the transport plane return and he entered the space station alone.
Lin Ao's first impression of this space station was that it was "big". Although it was a product more than a century ago, after all, its main "wheel" structure has a diameter of 1.5 kilometers, and its internal height is also 300 meters. Lin Ao felt like he was as small as a flying insect crawling into a car tire.
The second feeling is "weird". This dilapidated space station has been shrouded in darkness for more than 70 years. The atmosphere is strange and dead, which makes people instinctively feel a sense of terror. The horror experience here is different from the haunted houses that can be seen everywhere. The huge empty structure inside amplifies the horror several times. And a few minutes after entering it, Lin Ao found out in disbelief that it was still "moving"! No living person has entered the entire space station in 70 years, but its main structure is still rotating at a very slow speed. AI Toth said that maybe the space station relied on solar energy to rotate, and the meteorite disaster that year did not completely destroy the rotation mechanism and its energy supply system.
Lin Ao took a breath. He felt as if he had entered a deserted, dark and empty amusement park at three o'clock in the morning. However, the carousel and Ferris wheel in the amusement park were running slowly as if they were alive. This strange atmosphere is indescribably scary. Perhaps it was fear that prevented Lin Ao from paying attention, and he even began to think: If humanity perishes one day, will this space station float in the universe for millions of years, spinning weirdly like this...
Fortunately, he quickly found the Red Knight, interrupting his random thoughts. The fear brought by the environment quickly turned into the tension brought by the powerful enemy.
This is a square inside the space station. The two machines are fixed to the ground with the help of the weak gravity generated by the rotation of the space station and the electromagnets on the feet of the machines. They are about 300 meters apart from each other. Around the two machines are dust floating in the vacuum environment. and various broken objects, the two of them stood in such an environment, silently waiting for the other to speak first or attack first.
"Lin Ao...after saying goodbye to the Gulf of Aden, I never thought we would meet here."
The red knight spoke first, his tone was deeper than before, and he was slightly trembling.
"It was you who sent Elizabeth's sister back to New Rome?"
"Yes, I sent Boris there. He worked hard to send Mary back and then returned to Earth to join me... He was such a loyal subordinate. He worked so hard for me, but he died because of my carelessness. he…"
"...You are harming Mary by sending her back. Manfred will train her to become her next self."
Lin Ao did not express the slightest sympathy for the death of Boris mentioned by the red knight. The red knight smiled bitterly and said: "Are you blaming me for Princess Elizabeth? Our half-hearted Lin Ao, you did not protect her. , she died in your arms, right?"
Lin Ao was poked in the painful spot, closed his eyes and took a deep breath for a few seconds, and persuaded: "Yes... it was Zhuge Daozi who killed her. If I am not wrong, your current situation is also because of him, right? From a war hero to a Traitor, this is the price you pay for working for HER. Red Knight, you are actually not a bad person, come with me! Get away from HER! Even if you defeat me today, you will be taken away for trial!"
The red knight still smiled bitterly and said: "I really didn't expect you to persuade me to surrender. Not long ago, you were a new recruit, but now you have learned this trick."
"Are you coming? Come on, are you willing to die at the hands of villains? Let's take revenge on the Red Knight together!!" Lin Ao said excitedly.
The red knight shook his head: "No."
"Why!?"
"I carry too many lives...I once thought that I would become the kind of cold-blooded person who abandons some people for revenge, so I joined the war and used others without any guilt. But when I met Zhuge Daozi who was more cold-blooded than me As a queen, I know that I will never be that person, but Boris and the others lost their lives because of my stubbornness and youthful arrogance..."
"This is what you get for helping others commit evil."
"I... am already a dying person, there is no need for you to judge me."
"Fool! If you fight with me, you will live or die. No matter what, your end will not be good. Don't tell me that you don't even plan to run away from Zhuge Daozi."
"I don't want to continue living with a guilty heart. I'm so heartbroken that having one last fight with you is my only hope."
Lin Ao shook his head, he really couldn't understand the red knight. He said regretfully: "Obviously... we can do more things if we keep our lives..."
"I would rather not live such a miserable life. I have lost my honor and hope. The only thing that still worries me is Lin Ao. I have been thinking about why I care about you so much. I have been unable to kill you many times. Let you grow up to this point. In the past, I attributed it to the old enemy and destiny. Now I understand, I see my shadow in you, a person who is not burdened with bitter hatred and can devote himself to the ideal of being a warrior. Me. I envy you, Lin Ao. I just want to be a pure warrior!"
"You don't know me at all. My parents died just like your father, and I also have hatred! But I will not completely turn the meaning of life into revenge like you!"
When Lin Ao said this, he suddenly thought of Elizabeth. He shook his head, thinking that Elizabeth's death was different from his own parents' deaths. When his parents died, he was unable to protect them, but after he became a soldier, he had avenged his parents by killing enemies and protecting people. But Elizabeth failed to protect her even though he clearly had the ability to protect her and swore an oath to protect her... At this moment, Lin Ao didn't realize that he was becoming the same person as the Red Knight.
"Yes...my current fate is all due to hatred. So, let me cut you off, Lin Ao, let me cut off my ideal completely!!"
"Dream! I will end your chaotic life!!"
Lin Ao and the Red Knight stepped on the pedals at the same time, and the two humanoid weapons raised their weapons to kill each other. Looking from a distance, I saw two flashes of different colors colliding in an arc in the dark square.
