Although I have already decided, I will go as long as necessary. But whether we actually want to go or not is not yet certain. After all, it happened in Pegmont on distant Mars.
Either one is full of uncertainty.
Xixi Fengrui Base, the first combat conference room.
The room is not big.
When a small conference room is placed with an old-fashioned Chinese Asian round table in the middle, it is destined that not many people can come here for meetings. It also implies that it is sometimes used for hot pot.
"Do you want hotpot? Spicy or mandarin duck?" Li Xiang, the little guy guarding the conference room, asked specifically before leaving.
"No need." Han Qingyu waved his hand.
A few people sat down and waited for a while. After the logistics staff completed the transfer and amplification, they left.
"Puff, puff." After the noise beat a few times, the sound from the scene cut in... Han Qingyu listened for about seven or eight seconds, felt something was wrong, and asked:
"Why doesn't it seem like the communication site?"
The transfer signal did not come from the call site between the Refuser and Pegmont, but from the confidential conference room of the Azure Council. Over there, Speaker Kemore and other members of the presidium seemed to be gathered together to listen.
Mr. Speaker just said hello in a low voice, but because the call was not connected for the time being, he did not bother to respond.
"It's said that there is something wrong with the communication. Once it is connected, we will cut through it."
Wen Jifei turned off the intercom in his hand and walked over from the door. His eyes were a little uneasy at first, but then he tried to calm down. He turned on the switch as he passed by, switched to the call, sat down next to Han Qingyu and whispered: "When the call comes through, talk to Fenmao." Hello."
"I know." Han Qingyu nodded seriously, with a rare nervous expression, as if he was about to face something big.
So what should I say later? If it is true as the Chief of Staff said, Pegmont's understanding of his own strength when he was in Antarctica was only a little bit behind me.
Tell him that I was shattered after the battle in Antarctica, but became stronger. Am I strong enough to fight Ne head-on?
However, that is just my personal subsequent improvement and does not constitute a synchronous growth logic.
Moreover, that guy's characteristics, bug-like self-will and cognition, are not useful if you tell him casually and forcefully instill anything into him. Otherwise, humans would have been invincible in the universe.
That must be discovered and felt by Pegmont himself. You can try to guide him, but you can't be too deliberate, and you can't expose any flaws. Otherwise, it will not only be ineffective, but may also trigger his self-doubt and ultimately destroy everything.
In short, all logic must be made by Pegmont himself after analysis and thinking to make a confident judgment.
Only he, suddenly or naturally, feels that things are reasonable, natural, and that's all.
In view of Pegmont's unique and special personality, his level of scientific and cultural knowledge that is comparable to that of North America, and his daily thinking logic that is beyond ordinary people, the acquisition and progress of this kind of self-will and cognition have been achieved most of the time in the past. It happened unexpectedly and inexplicably.
...Han Qingyu thought about it for several minutes without realizing it. When he came back to his senses, there was still no movement over there.
"Why haven't you connected yet? So, Fenmao didn't just send that message and then go to the traction field, right?" Yang Qingbai asked quietly from the side, her eyes were not too optimistic when asking.
Immediately, the voice of conversation came from the other end.
The voice of the rejecter was slightly uneasy and low, and he said: "Reporting to the Speaker, everyone... We have been responding to Major General Pegmont, but there is no response from him yet."
"No response, could it be a communication delay or malfunction?" In the conference room over there, General Pochen, who had not fully recovered from his serious injury, asked in a nervous and urgent voice.
"No, Admiral. 066 can monitor the communication status of both parties. We are sure that the call has been established, but..."
"Just what?"
"It's just that there seems to be no one next to the intercom. A reasonable guess is that it's Major General Pegmont, who is not next to his intercom right now."
"..." Like Yang Qingbai, General Pochen also quickly thought of the most likely development logic of the matter... After Pegmont sent a call for help, he went to rush to the traction field.
Otherwise, he would not have left the intercom in that situation.
"He went to the Mars traction field alone."
Although this is not difficult to foresee, and although he is the biggest super bug in human history, when he is in that kind of environment, state and conditions, can he really still believe that he will win or not die?
"It's me, I, it seems I can't." After thinking about this, Admiral Pochen immediately fell into a depression.
He deceived Pegmount from the streets of Mitley. He deceived him at that time just because he felt that this child was tough and stubborn, so he was suitable to come to Azure.
It wasn't until later that I discovered that he might actually be mankind's greatest hope for the future!
Later, although Pegmont's blue career ruined the ambiguity between him and Christine countless times, Pochen still regarded this guy as his greatest contribution to mankind in his life... …Exceeds his peak combat power as a human being and his illustrious military exploits.
In this way, throughout his life, still unmarried, Pochen regarded Peg as his only son. Although Pegg's contact performance seems to think that he is the father most of the time.
"No, Peg, no." Admiral Pochen muttered like a poor father, trying to reject the pessimistic thoughts in his mind.
"No matter how we reply, the response from the other side is the same paragraph, so we can now confirm that it is an automatic call set by Major General Pegmont." The person who refused paused for a moment before continuing: "Then, We can't tell how long it has been calling."
This sentence implies two guesses:
First, Pegmount may have left his communicator for a long time, and during this period, he may have never come back;
Second, Mars’ phone may run out of power at any time.
Silence, silence from everyone on both ends of the communication link, lasted for more than half a minute.
"Keep responding. As long as the connection is still there, keep responding to him. Do you understand?" Speaker Kemore ordered.
"yes."
"Keep us informed of any news." Kemer paused after speaking, then changed his tone and asked, "Does Major Qing have any opinions now?"
This question was asked very tactfully, but the underlying direction was actually very clear.
In the Xixi Fengrui conference room, including Xi Mei, who was still performing the role of Azure Liaison Officer by herself, everyone slowly turned their heads without saying a word and turned their attention to Han Qingyu.
Han Qingyu leaned forward and approached the intercom, "Can you accurately locate the location of the intercom now?"
"...Yes." The response came from the rejecter.
"Then, you continue to call." Han Qingyu did not pause, and directly changed the subject of conversation: "No matter whether you get a response in the end, start preparing, Speaker Kemore, Xixi Fengrui, including me, can go to at least four .”
It was completely different from the usual difficulty and shameless greed of Xixi Fengrui in the past. This time, there was no pretense of waiting for others to come. Major Qing directly expressed his attitude. The four strongest people from Xixi Fengrui were all going.
Go to Mars.
Because there are too many unknown factors there, such as whether the towing field has completed the towing, if so, what exactly it has brought, what are the specific survival and combat conditions on Mars, etc. This expedition is probably different from any previous one. completely different.
For the strong, the unknown is often more dangerous than facing a powerful enemy.
"Thank you." General Pochen spoke on behalf of the Speaker, "I'll go too."
His injury has not fully recovered, at least not in terms of strength. Speaker Kemore hesitated. Han Qingyu and Wen Jifei exchanged glances, but they had not yet decided how to speak.
"Okay, don't worry, Lao Bo, you go and follow me...I will definitely bring you back properly." The person who spoke was He Tangtang, who said this seriously and grandly.
The atmosphere became inexplicably stiff.
Until, "Okay." General Pochen smiled bitterly in his sorrow.
Then everyone probably laughed a little and tried to stay optimistic.
…………
"Tell me, why was there suddenly no follow-up to this call?" Outside the venue after the meeting was dismissed, a member of parliament whispered in the crowd.
They had been waiting inside, but they did not receive any follow-up news. Even Speaker Kemore did not appear again.
"I don't know. But since we can't even know, something must have happened."
Another congressman speculated quietly.
But it was still heard by others.
"Ah, something happened? What should I do? I guess the news outside has been released by now." A passing congressman joined in and shouted exaggeratedly.
Today's Blue Star, the media's attention to the source energy world is unshakably the first. And with the exploratory spirit and all-pervasive methods of human media, the previous news must have been known to them by now.
After all, there are more than 800 members here.
"To put it this way, the senior executives of Azure were not cautious enough in their actions this time under the huge surprise and excitement."
"Yeah, tomorrow morning, 6 billion human beings will be celebrating... What should I tell them?!" The congressman spread his hands as he spoke, expressing that the situation was very bad.
Turns out, he was right.
From the next morning, the whole world was like a hot pot, gradually boiling. Pegmont's miraculous survival and imminent return made the entire human race inspired and began to believe more in the future.
People all over the world excitedly rushed to the streets to celebrate. They chanted slogans, waved blue flags, or held up Pegmont's pictorials, and of course his collection of jokes, Suicide Notes...
"Please let us hear the voice of Major General Pegmount."
"Yeah, give it to us, preferably all day long all over the world."
"..."
Celebrations continued scattered around the world for three days, and the unanimous calls and requests also lasted for three days. From the people to the media, everyone was eager to express their desires.
And Weilan official... remained silent.
The fourth day.
Day five.
Day six...
"This is Blue Star, Azure, Rejector. I am a living person. It is not the aircraft that is talking now. I am Rejector correspondent Ina. Major General Pegmont, are you there?"
"We heard you, Major General, are you listening?"
"Please reply."
"Please reply, this is Blue Star, Cerulean, Rejector, Major General Pegmount, can you hear us?"
"We're going to find you."
"Please reply, this is not a robot, please reply."
"Please reply, just give us a different voice."
Day and night, every minute and every second, the Refuse's correspondents changed one group after another, using all the beautiful girls in the army, using the lucky ones who had been lucky in life, using superstitious rituals from all over the world, and using The female soldier who was most compatible with Pegmont on the zodiac sign... The continuous calls never stopped.
But on the other side of Mars, except for the cycle of calls for help, there was still no response.
