Chapter 152 Chapter 152 The woman’s smile…
From the emergence of new rifts in the universe, the outbreak of the insect plague, to the gradual easing of the plague, humanity experienced an extremely long decade.
Countless pilots rushed to the front lines with lofty ideals, and countless people sacrificed their lives in history, becoming names that everyone recites in textbooks.
It was a tough and bloody tug-of-war.
But like the increasingly intelligent Zerg, humans are also evolving.
In the long struggle with the Zerg, the technology of sentient mechas developed rapidly and became the main force on the front line.
The blueprint of the past has been transformed into a real weapon, pushing history forward again.
Humanity was not defeated after all.
A year ago, for some unknown reason, the insect swarms emerging from the rifts drastically decreased, eventually disappearing entirely. It was as if a mysterious force was suppressing the insect swarms within the rifts.
Interstellar finally ushered in a period of peace.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed since Tao Ying passed away, and it is another anniversary of her death.
Yaoguang Base bridge.
Several pilots were on their way back to the dormitory after get off work.
A newcomer rushed forward with his head down and bumped into one of the pilots in the chest. He held his head and groaned, but when he realized that he had bumped into his senior, his attitude immediately straightened out.
"Adjutant Yao!"
The senior clutched his chest, his face in agony as he asked, "Why are you running so fast? Is there a ghost chasing you?"
"The command center has received an unidentified message and needs Captain Nan's help in deciphering it. Um, Adjutant, where is Captain Nan?"
The recruit was too nervous and spoke rapidly. When the senior heard that it was serious business, he straightened his expression and pointed out the porthole.
"Captain Nan is drawing on the bridge. She does this every year on this day. And don't call her Captain, but Deputy Captain Nan. Don't forget that, or she'll be very harsh in correcting you."
"Oh, that's what happened."
On the first day of joining the team, Vice Captain Nan mentioned this matter to them.
The new pilot scratched his head embarrassedly.
"The captain's position will always be reserved for that woman—right?"
…
The newcomer got the news from Nan Gua and ran away quickly.
Several pilots looked at his back, remembering that today was a special day, and the topic naturally turned to the Moon Star Battle that year and Tao Ying.
Few people mention Tao Ying anymore.
Those who participated in that battle have all lived their lives.
Soon, the base will be filled with new blood, and at that time, Nan Gua and Lin Biege will also return the rights to enter the base.
No one will observe a moment of silence for Tao Ying in the space cemetery.
Everyone walked forward, sighing that time flies by and when they reached the corner, a tall woman pressed down on their shoulders.
In Yaoguang Base, there is only one person who would do this.
"Major." "Major Lin!"
"Um."
Lin Biege stood up straight and cleared his throat: "What are you doing? Are you lazy again?"
"No, Major!" "You're overthinking it." "By the way, why is your voice hoarse?"
Lin Biege shook his head helplessly: "Of course I'm crying my eyes out for my old friend. Well, to be honest, every year on this day I can't eat, nothing tastes good."
"This year, my throat is even more uncomfortable. I always feel like there's a female ghost secretly watching me from behind. I feel uncomfortable all over."
"Have you ever heard of the legend of the female ghost on the fourth floor?"
Female ghost...
The adjutant said helplessly: "As the second-in-command of the Space Ghost Corps, how can you be afraid of ghosts?"
"And your words are incoherent. Your throat is sore because you've been eating too much spicy food these past few days and it's made you hoarse. I can even smell the aroma of spicy stir-fried chicken on you."
Lin Biege was exposed by the adjutant, but he didn't feel guilty at all. He just waved his hand in a serious manner and said, "What are you talking about? You are really sad, okay? Go away, you little bastards."
"Understood~"
After seeing off the adjutant, Lin Biege took a quick step and walked quickly to the bridge.
Deputy Captain Nan held his sketchbook and began looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle again.
How come this habit hasn't changed after all these years?
Lin Biege shook his head helplessly, took out the spicy dried field mouse from his pocket and handed it over as usual.
"Want to eat?"
Seeing Nan Gua painting with great concentration, Lin Biege withdrew his hand smoothly and stuffed the dried vole into his mouth.
"What are you drawing?"
"Fried Tiger-Striped Bread III and the Chanter of the Dark Hell II."
Lin Biege clasped his hands together and said, "Oh, you mean the offspring of that orange cat and Labrador. Wait, aren't they all neutered?"
"Well, these two are newly adopted. You haven't been back to Chester for a long time, right?"
Nan Gua said this and handed the photo to Lin Biege.
In the yard, a small white kitten was chasing butterflies, while a black Labrador puppy was lying next to the swing, also eager to try it out.
The powerful attack power of the tail has begun to show.
"Oh, it's so fluffy, it makes me want to touch it... I'm going back next month, I'm going to pet the kitten."
Lin Biege is ready to go.
There are no new Zergs in the rift, and the front line no longer needs so many pilots. In a few days, after completing the final procedures, they will return to their daily lives.
What to do after this war is over?
Suddenly, the two seemed to have returned to many years ago, when the Space Ghost Team also gathered together like this to discuss what to do after the game.
Everything was unknown at that time, and their answers were naive and immature.
Who knew we would fight the Zerg for so many years?
Even Bai Mo stayed at the front line.
Although we are not in the same base as them.
The two looked up at the starry sky, feeling inexplicably empty in their hearts, but they couldn't tell why.
"At the time, Captain Blackheart said that after this game, we would go on a space trip. I told her not to make random promises... Look, it came true."
"Now she won't be able to see Deep-Fried Tabby Bun III. What a shame."
“—Oh, really?”
A woman's laughing voice came from behind.
"A white cat shouldn't be called a fried tabby, right?"
The voice was so familiar that Lin Biege and Nan Gua were stunned for a moment, then turned back in disbelief.
In the middle of the bridge, a woman with her windbreaker half-open leaned against the door, waving at them with a smile.
The coat was covered with scars and was gray.
But the woman's pupils were extremely black and bright, making it impossible to look away.
"Who are you……?"
The woman came walking like a shooting star.
She crouched down, waved her hand in front of the two petrified men, and tilted her head in confusion.
"Why, don't you recognize me?"
The woman's tone was so familiar that Captain Nan and Major Lin couldn't help but wonder if their black-hearted captain had returned.
But the woman did not have the pale complexion and weak physique that they were familiar with.
She looks mature, healthy, can blow up ten Zergs with one punch... and is incredibly kind.
He had nothing in common with the captain they knew.
The two men's expressions were puzzled and tentative, but when they saw the woman's familiar, sinister, and malicious smile - they instantly opened their eyes wide and dropped their weapons.
Then he pounced on the woman.
"Xiaoying!" "Shadow!"
"Um."
The woman opened her arms with a smile and hugged her teammates.
"I'm back."
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Tao Ying could have returned to Chester Star earlier, but something happened on the way.
She entered the rift for a message.
At the end of the Moon Star Campaign, Tao Ying received several unidentified messages. After deciphering them, she discovered...
All this information comes from an SSS-level insect queen.
The dying heart-eating worm, parasitized by gall worms, tore its spiritual power into pieces in the last stage of its life and scattered them into the universe.
The contents are the coordinates of the galls it found.
The infestation of gall worms will cause the Zerg to go berserk. If they can be wiped out in one fell swoop based on the coordinates, the Zerg chaos will be greatly reduced.
When Lin Biege heard this, she finally figured it out. She slammed the table and stood up.
"So you entered the rift to piece together more gall beetle coordinates so you can provide them to the Insect Control Agency upon your return?"
Tao Ying nodded. "Yeah, but actually, after I found the coordinates, I wiped out some of them. Do you think fighting the Zerg has become easier in the past two years?"
It's more than just a little bit easier.
Nan Gua and Lin Biege took a look at the vast and silent universe without a single Zerg creature in sight, and were speechless for a long time.
"Are you sure you only destroyed a part of it?"
"Well, I accidentally killed a lot."
"It's like removing barnacles from a whale. You lose track of time while you're doing it."
Two teammates: "..."
“Sometimes I really feel like your energy isn’t human.”
"After all, I am a female ghost."
Lin Biege smacked his lips. "Speaking of which, how on earth did you survive the bombardment? I heard from Irina that the equipment Xiaoye brought is actually incapable of extracting human consciousness."
"You were indeed dead, and yet you are standing here again."
"Are you really some kind of female ghost, a four-dimensional creature or something like that?"
"Well..."
Tao Ying paused slightly, then winked cunningly.
"The secret of the female ghost."
“Eh—”
The sky is full of stars, and the space cemetery that I once looked at from afar has now become a memory in my heart.
What shines brighter than the starlight is the youthful spirit of reunion.
The teammates lay on the bridge, counting stars.
When the cold wind blew, Lin Biege suddenly rubbed his hands and sat up.
"So what do we do next?"
"have no idea."
"Didn't we make an appointment before we left?"
"Oh, yes." "That's right."
"us--"
"Take a space trip!"
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The author has something to say: Trio: Space travel, great!
Teammate number four, who is light years away:?
The main text ends here. There will be a sequel later, which will probably explain the secret of the ghost girl's rebirth, the love line, and write about the daily antics of the protagonist group.
In fact, everyone should have figured out Xiaoying's secret (scratching his head
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