Tong Ling rejected the promotion order Qin Guang gave her on behalf of the fleet command.

Her original words at the time were:

"Since I first became a warrior in the Traveler Campaign in 2685, and now in 2713, I have been fighting on the battlefield for twenty-eight years, participating in seven large-scale battles and carrying out 1,362 special missions. I am still alive, thanks to my own efforts to survive, but the most important reason why I am still alive is that many of my comrades have risked their lives to protect me."

"My military rank has gone up step by step, from lieutenant to major general, but my comrades have been changing, and few of them can fight alongside me until now. I often have the illusion that the shine of the military badge on my shoulders is dyed with the blood of my comrades. The more comrades I lose, the brighter the military badge becomes."

"I was always praised by others, saying that I was invincible. Comrades in the Witten Galaxy even gave me the nickname of Pioneer Goddess. I didn't deserve it. But in the Witten Galaxy, I am a role model for everyone. No matter whether I feel at ease in my heart, I have to accept these honors and titles."

"I gradually became numb. My mind was full of thoughts about doing better so that I could be worthy of others' sacrifices for me. I thought I was used to sacrifices and that I had a heart of stone."

"But I have never experienced such a mission. 267 people were dispatched, but I was the only one who returned. I was wrong. Every comrade has the right to live. No one is born to sacrifice for others. I should not be numb, let alone calm. They gave their energy and their lives to me, but I came back alone."

Tong Ling's tone paused slightly: "I... I'm really fed up."

"If I had the ability at that time earlier, we could have prepared enough external energy modules for T100 when we set off, or some intelligent war machines could have acted as space refueling tankers. Then we would have had the opportunity to avoid more sacrifices, and at least a few dozen more people could have returned."

"I am too self-centered. I am ashamed of my talent and everyone's cultivation. My mistakes are unforgivable, so I am not worthy of the title of lieutenant general."

Tong Ling's tone was very flat, but her attitude was extremely firm.

Qin Guang left in a huff, and even the commendation meeting was cancelled because Tong Ling was unwilling to cooperate.

After Qin Guang left, Gao Xiaoqi and Opp tried to persuade her.

Tong Ling jumped down from the medical bed and waved her hands, "I'm fine. You guys go about your business, I'm going to training."

"Ah! Big sister..."

Gao Xiaoqi seemed to want to say something, but Tong Ling had already gone far away.

...

Fanxing had stopped talking with Chen Feng and transferred most of its computing power to cooperate with the analysis work of the Solar System Star Front Research Institute.

Yang Zhonghua has transmitted a large amount of data related to the previously captured crystal water bears through a one-way encrypted channel.

The data comes not only from Tong Ling's feedback from the attack, but also from the dramatic changes that occurred when the fragmentation bomb was detonated and the zero-space swallowed the water bears.

Large creatures composed of virtual energy that can survive in the real energy universe have extremely high reference value and are likely to bring a new technological revolution to mankind, further narrowing the gap between mankind and the mastermind behind the scenes.

Human scientists and Fanxing will go all out to conduct in-depth deciphering.

Chen Feng was not busy, and only focused all his attention on Tong Ling.

The analysis report placed in front of Chen Feng stated that when Tong Ling entered the "God of War State" earlier, her mind was completely immersed in the simulation training. The quantum storm of her brain's mind was deeply integrated with Chen Feng's simulated combat personality in the T100 brain. At this time, her intuitive reaction ability reached the limit of her ability, and her instant reaction, judgment, and physical state controlled by the nerves were also raised to the peak.

The synthesis and decomposition of adenosine triphosphate were accelerated to more than ten times the normal speed. Her body was like a continuous explosion of countless small nuclear explosions.

At this time, her logical ability, dynamic intuition, prediction ability, and reaction ability were all like Chen Feng himself, breaking through the limits of the human brain.

This allowed her to control the T100 to complete operations that others could not imagine.

But she and Chen Feng are essentially different.

Tong Ling's "God of War State" is not innate. Part of it comes from her own hard training, and the other part comes from the simulated personality left in T100 by Chen Feng. This is a kind of forced effort to do something that one cannot do, just like the young swordsman in ancient times who mastered the peerless magic weapon that did not belong to him despite the backlash.

The advantage of this is that it allows Tong Ling to gain personal abilities that transcend the times, proving that the value of people can also override technology, but the disadvantage is that this makes her thinking affected by the simulated personality, and she will gradually lose the diversity of chaotic thinking, and her judgment will unconsciously rely more on intuition, and her thinking will slowly become quantized and mechanized.

Her mentality suddenly collapsed, she sunk into self-blame and refused to free herself mentally, and this was the reason why she firmly refused promotion and commendation.

She should have realized that others sacrificed for her not for her personally.

As long as there is a choice, everyone wants to live.

The martyrs died generously just because they believed in her ability and believed that letting her perform better would be more beneficial to the entire fleet and the race.

Sacrifice in war is inevitable, but if the purpose of the martyrs' sacrifice is forced to be locked only on individuals, it would be disrespectful to the martyrs.

If Tong Ling can survive and suddenly accept the military title and commendation, then her deeds and the deeds of the 266 martyrs of the Hanjie will continue to inspire others.

In the eyes of the members of the Nameless Fleet, Tong Ling is no longer a single individual. The spirit and will of the 266 martyrs will live forever on her vice admiral epaulettes.

Tong Ling was not aware of all this.

Qin Guang was too tolerant of her.

Chen Feng could intervene forcefully and force her to change her mind, but Chen Feng did not intend to do so.

Some things must be understood by oneself, and forcing others will only backfire.

"Lieutenant General Tong Ling, please wait a moment. We need to conduct an emergency inspection and debugging of your armor. After all, it has just been restored and we have installed ten times the energy module. We are very sorry, we did not expect you to come so soon. Shouldn't you be receiving honors on the fleet radio channel now?"

The technical director of the logistics department said to Tong Ling, who was still wearing a casualty suit, a little nervously.

Tong Ling shook her head, "I'm not a lieutenant general. You just said that it was all external equipment, right? I just need to use the whole brain to connect to the cockpit, is that okay?"

"Well, that's okay."

"Okay, thank you."

Tong Ling sat back into the cockpit of the T100.

Compared to seven days ago, there have been some subtle changes in the cockpit.

Some modules that originally had obvious traces of splicing have become more natural, and the entire cockpit seems to have grown into this shape by itself.

Countless biological connection lines twist slowly along the special metal surface, like a rainbow.

The neural connection plate has also undergone a huge change. It is no longer a flat plate, but has become a deep penetration equipment covering the whole body.

Tong Ling whispered, "Start."

The next moment, the chair beneath her softened quickly, then spread upwards, all the way down her feet to her cheeks.

She was wrapped up like a mummy, with countless molecular neural connections penetrating her skin along the organic combat suit, connecting with her neurons and nerves in her body.

Tong Ling shuddered slightly at first, then closed her eyes.

Her consciousness merged with Chen Feng's simulated personality in t100 again.

There was a slight difference from the last time.

She was finally no longer unconscious, no longer losing her active consciousness, but maintaining her own reason and thoughts.

"Hello, respected top warrior, welcome. The armor is being debugged and cannot move for the time being. What are you going to do now?"

Chen Feng's simulated personality followed the preset instructions, imitated Brother T's voice, and said to Tong Ling.

Tong Ling whispered in her heart: "Conduct simulated training, I want to challenge the ultimate assessment again."

"You are not fully recovered, and there is a certain risk of injury. Please confirm whether you want to start the assessment?" "

OK."

Chen Feng saw everything and shook his head slightly.

This girl is possessed.

Five minutes later, Chen Feng's expression changed several times in an instant.

He discovered something terrible.

As Tong Ling re-entered the final assessment and began to perform various simulated maneuvers, his own thoughts also produced corresponding reactions.

Tong Ling's fighting instinct was being fed back to him through the resonance between him and the simulated personality!