The five people lay flat on the ground and took a short break.

The risk was temporarily lifted, and they could finally take a breath.

The other four people's brain cores were still being repaired quickly. Zheng Feng chose to connect to Pinkett's medium-distance communication and let professionals operate remotely to quickly restore the equipment performance and mobility. After

extremely high-intensity thinking, Zheng Feng's heart calmed down again.

He was still digesting his previous "sights" and "gains".

Those scattered "other people's memories" have been deeply engraved in his mind and cannot be washed away.

Moreover, as time goes by, these memories are connected one after another like a string of candied haws.

But Zheng Feng doesn't have time to think about these now.

He looked at the deep blue starry sky projected by the beetle's eyes with a slightly sluggish look.

He finally accepted the reality.

His father and mother had already sacrificed, and that could not be changed.

At the core of all scientific theories, it is clearly stated that time reversal is impossible.

In other words, even if the years could be reversed, who would know where things would go under the influence of the time and space paradox?

Although he had not spent much time with his parents, at least he had gained precious memories. Compared to many synthetics who had never seen their parents, he was lucky enough and did not need to be too demanding of fate or to expect more.

Zheng Feng unconsciously recalled what his father had said not long ago when he took him to observe the March Battle of Planet Z.

"When you understand this meaning, you should know that in order to win better and to have fewer people die in future wars, even the most unreasonable things have their inevitability and value. Even if the essence of this decision is gambling, as long as you can make a lot of money, it is worth it."

At that time, he actually seemed to understand.

Now he is gradually becoming clear.

From the beginning, many people have placed their hopes on him.

So I was so weak at the time that I was able to enter the First Pioneer Academy, and I would always send away one classmate after another, but I, who should have been eliminated, became the mainstay.

Later, in order to match my poor cultural level, I even formed a Flying Tigers team full of poor students.

Although facts have proved that the team members are not really hopeless poor students, but are good at winning, it cannot deny the fact that everyone was eliminated at the bottom.

When he was young, Zheng Feng didn't understand.

Later, he learned to pretend that he didn't understand.

But now he understands everything.

But he doesn't think that his parents' death was a conspiracy by his own people.

Because humans cannot influence the decisions of compound eyes.

The sudden appearance of the evolved form of the Apiary and the annihilation of the First Special Forces are not controlled by humans.

It is also a coincidence that the competition venue happens to be the Apiary Star.

Countless people are waiting for him to stand up and do something, but no one would have thought that the opportunity to change his destiny would come so abruptly.

Now that the decision has been made, let's do it here and see how far it can go.

"Captain, what's wrong with you?"

When Zheng Feng was thinking about the problem, Mata's voice came from the side.

She sounded a little depressed.

"It's okay, you guys take a rest first. Lev, Qin Wu and Morrison are coming here, and they brought a lot of energy batteries. When they arrive, we will immediately pack up the usable remains of the anti-gravity centipede, and then immediately set off back to the base."

Zheng Feng ordered.

Edgar asked again: "Captain, what you said before, is it true? Can we really change history?"

Zheng Feng answered decisively: "It's true."

"But..."

"But what?"

Edgar sighed, "Captain, you are very strong, really very strong. I know that I am young, I don't know much, and I have little experience, but I have really read a lot of heroic legends, and I swear that you are stronger than those names recorded in history books, much stronger! But... we are different. Changing history is the job of you strong men, and we have tried our best just because we don't want to be a drag. Today, we got to the end and we didn't help at all. Captain, you are controlling five beetles at the same time, and you are much stronger than when we perform individually."

Jane Roland's whisper came from the side again: "History is always written by heroes, and we are just soldiers."

Li Qingqing also said: "Captain, we are indeed dragging you down. Sorry, we are too weak."

After listening to everyone's statements, Zheng Feng was silent for a few seconds.

He knew what these guys were thinking.

If it were him, he would probably feel the same way.

Mata said with finality at this time: "If the Axial Planet is really that important, there should be many elite warriors on their way to Planet 7. When they arrive, we should be replaced." "

Really? Don't scare me. This is the highest level competition in the entire empire. Can we give up halfway?"

Pinkett's exclamation came from the communication channel.

Morrison: "Yes, we finally made it to the finals. This is not appropriate."

Qin Wu: "We must obey orders."

Obviously, the other people in the team were also eavesdropping on the chat in the team channel.

Listening to everyone talking, Zheng Feng did not rush to answer.

He was not sure about this either.

After all, it involved the overall strategy of the leadership, and he felt that he did not have the final say.

"Don't be impatient. This is my personal judgment after all. As for whether the decision-makers will think so, we are not sure yet. But what I want to say is, Li Qingqing, you don't have to apologize. You were very weak before, but I was not that strong either. In today's battle, you did not hold me back. If it weren't for you helping me buy time, I'm afraid I would not be able to fully recover my mobility."

Zheng Feng paused, "You are indeed soldiers, but so am I. Maybe I have become stronger now, but I am still a soldier, no different from you. By the way, do you know anything about Chinese chess?"

Everyone didn't know why Zheng Feng suddenly talked about chess.

Li Qingqing said awkwardly, "I'm not sure. I signed up for Go as my extracurricular hobby. I heard that the ancient sage really liked playing Go. I hope that when the ancient sage is resurrected, I will have the opportunity to play Go with him."

Zheng Feng's heart skipped a beat for some unknown reason.

Morrison sarcastically said, "Li Qingqing, you are really good at talking nonsense. Can the ancient philosophers pay attention to you?"

"Don't interrupt." Zheng Feng said, and then shared the Chinese chess board and basic rules with everyone, "In chess, the pawn is the smallest piece. It can only move one step at a time and cannot move back. It is the cannon fodder among cannon fodder. But if this little pawn can keep moving forward, avoid the hail of bullets, and appear next to the opponent's general, it can also kill the opponent." "

In a chess game, other pieces such as chariots, horses, and cannons, which are both flexible and can attack cities and capture strongholds, have to decide the outcome. They all rely on clever and unexpected sneak attacks. But only the pawn, because it moves slowly and can only move forward step by step, others will definitely notice it and will definitely try every means to prevent the pawn from getting close to the general. It is very easy to defend."

"But why are there still so many chess games where the pawns decide the outcome in the end? Because in chess games where pawns win, it's all about momentum. The so-called momentum is that you know how the opponent's pawns will move, but you can't stop them and you can't do anything about them. You are doomed to fail." "

So, I want to tell you that you think history is written by heroes, but you are completely wrong. There are many heroes who were pawns before they destroyed the enemy's generals! The moment he pierced the enemy's heart, he turned from a pawn into a hero!"

"Do you understand what I mean? From now on, whoever feels sorry for himself because of his status as a soldier, don't recognize me as the captain! So what if you are a soldier? This is the Axial Clan Star, the position of the commander of the compound eyes! If you take one more step forward, you can defeat the boss. Tell me, what are you feeling inferior about? Huh?"

Zheng Feng concluded loudly.

An invisible quantum storm of thoughts was erupting from Zheng Feng's consciousness, echoing repeatedly in the Flying Tigers' team communication channel.

There was silence in the team channel.

But Zheng Feng's words were like thunder, echoing repeatedly in everyone's mind.

Each echo seemed to be amplified by the echo wall, violently hitting the hearts of the little guys, setting off waves of shock.

"Captain is right."

"Before today, we also thought that the beetle could not defeat the anti-gravity centipede. Others' entire teams were defeated. The captain only had five people, and they were facing enhanced martial arts, but they won."

"Maybe the soldier can really do it?"

Zheng Feng seemed to have turned into a devil at this time. There seemed to be a strange magic in his voice, which was pulling the team members' beliefs bit by bit to a direction they had never imagined.

The Flying Tigers stayed with Zheng Feng for too long.

Long before entering the finals, when they first started to have strong disagreements and disputes, when Edgar repeatedly violated the spirit of unity required by the Fate Covenant Mark, recklessly accused and criticized Zheng Feng, and when Li Qingqing abandoned justice and supported Zheng Feng without any basis, the team members' marks had already gradually loosened.

Now is the time for quantitative changes to lead to qualitative changes.

The team members are struggling in their minds.

One side of the struggle is the constraints of the mark, telling themselves to accept the arrangement obediently and wait to be replaced.

The other side is Zheng Feng's words and various self-questions.

"Do I really have to give up the opportunity and be content with mediocrity?"

"The captain once said, 'I don't want to be born and die in mediocrity as an unknown speck of dust. I would rather use my tiny life to try a seemingly impossible attempt.' Can I do that too?"

"Maybe I will be destroyed here, but isn't it an honor to die on the highest battlefield?"

"But we will be replaced eventually, and there's nothing we can do."

"I'm so unwilling."

"I'm so reluctant."

"What should I do to be like the captain?"

One self-question after another is severely torturing the will of each team member and the imprint that binds their thoughts.

...

"K3152 star team, you will arrive at the scene in twenty seconds. Your mission is to reach a strategic alliance with the Flying Tigers and cover the actions of the Flying Tigers. You must immediately assist the Flying Tigers in deep disguise and wait for other teams to arrive one after another. You must strictly guard against other Apiary units targeting this area. If there are any accidents, you are responsible for leading the enemy away."

"Received."

In the temporary command room of the rescue operation of the sages, Zhou Donglai was issuing orders to the outside world in an orderly manner.

Bainstar and the Guanghui Special Forces had just arrived at the planet where the Second Genting Academy was located, and were making intensive preparations before entering the sleeping capsule.

Most people believed that the crisis of the sages would not be completely resolved before Bainstar arrived.

On the other side, there is indeed an elite team rushing to Planet 7, and it is expected to arrive in 20 minutes.

This team is indeed going to replace the other members of the Flying Tigers.

At this time, Zhou Donglai suddenly received urgent intelligence.

He was shocked when he saw it, and his white beard was trembling, "How is this possible?"

The intelligence showed that the fate of the other 29 people in Zheng Feng's Flying Tigers The seal of the Covenant is rapidly disintegrating, and it has become a broken dam, and it is impossible to stop it.

It must be known that these guys certainly do not have the willpower of Zheng Feng, and they will definitely not be able to withstand the accumulated emotions that will burst out when the seal collapses.

Even though these guys are only three years old, they don't have as much life experience as Zheng Feng, and the pressure they have to bear is not as strong as Zheng Feng, but this is no joke.

"Let the First Pioneer Academy on Planet 7 immediately cut off the remote brain links of these guys, let them wake up in the sleep pods, and then send them to the mind freezing medical center for rescue. Order the replacement Gale Special Forces to speed up and re-enter the sleep pods this morning to form a new Flying Tigers."

"General, it's too late. These little bastards, like the sages before, used the thought storm released when the mark collapsed to destroy the preset defense mechanism in the brain core and open the absolute connection. Now it is impossible to replace them without hurting their lives. There is only one choice, to physically destroy the bodies of these little guys in the sleeping cabin of Planet 7, and use the long-range quantum entanglement between the human body and consciousness to let their consciousness on the Axial Clan satellite dissipate by itself, and then the new team members can connect to it."

Zhou Donglai's face changed drastically, "This... this group of little bastards who don't care about the overall situation! What should I do?"

The adjutant looked at Zhou Donglai with mixed feelings.

Although he didn't want to admit it, the fact was that the marshal was old.

If it was the young marshal, he probably wouldn't hesitate at all. As long as he could improve the combat effectiveness of the teammates around the sage, and ordered the physical destruction of these little guys, the marshal wouldn't even blink an eye.

But now it's different. He is old and has become much gentler and kinder unconsciously. But in the military, gentleness means weakness and will lead to mistakes.

General Andre or General Tang Tianxin should be in charge of this matter.

"Turn on the video over there, let me see what happened in these two minutes."

Zhou Donglai waved his hand. He was busy mobilizing troops just now, and he briefly missed the picture over there and didn't pay much attention to it.

"Okay." The adjutant nodded.

More than ten seconds later, Zhou Donglai exclaimed, "No. It seems that the boys were brought in by Zheng Feng. Wait, let me think about it. He is more optimistic about these boys and does not want to change teammates. Well, let the Gale Special Forces change direction, and the Flying Tigers will be like this for the time being."

After speaking, Zhou Donglai opened another statistical table.

In this statistical table, there are tens of thousands of teams that will be replaced in the next ten days.

More than 70% of the more than 100,000 participating teams that have survived so far will be replaced and become more professional special forces composed of top fighters.

The remaining 30% of the teams will remain the same for various reasons. Some of them are like the K3152 star team, where there is no strong special forces nearby and the contestants are the best fighters in the area. Some of them are like the team led by the nine-year-old genius, who is one of the strongest teams even on a spaceship with adult elite special forces.

According to the rescue plan, when these active soldiers are successfully substituted, the absolute link will be opened.

The question now is how to arrange the other 30% of young geniuses who will not be replaced.

After thinking for another five seconds, Zhou Donglai's expression suddenly became decisive, "Order all remaining contestants to open the absolute link!"

"Yes!"

"Notify Andre Vlcek and prepare to discuss new combat plans at the Imperial Military. My requirement is to abandon all fixed production bases in the Yunding War Zone, mobilize all main fleets, conduct a dispersed large-scale troop assembly, and then advance slowly to the Yinxin area. Complete the assembly at the major long-range star gates as quickly as possible, and rush to the front battlefield through the Tiandong Star Gate at the highest frequency. As long as we can make a breakthrough on the Axial Clan Star, we will immediately move forward at full speed and launch a general offensive against the Yinxin." "

What? Not waiting until 3019? Not waiting for the sage to fully awaken?"

"Can't wait any longer! We have no choice now! Notify everyone immediately!"

"Yes!"

Zhou Donglai scanned the list and gritted his teeth.

The life of the genius boy who could compete with the sages in the history of nothingness was also at stake.

Success or failure depended on this one move.

This third-front military competition, which originally would not have caused much of a stir, finally completed a qualitative change and became a special operation of the decisive battle level that was launched in advance, and further sublimated into the prelude to the all-out final battle between humans and compound eyes.