Chapter 37
Why?
Why are there particle cannons?
Why would a mecha that was clearly used for exercises turn into an attack with live ammunition?
In the silence, He Yunting was the first person to react.
His expression seemed to change only at the moment the video was connected, and soon returned to its original coldness. He turned on the backup communicators of all mechas, announced the end of the exercise, and ordered all mechas to immediately unload their arsenals and land at the nearest border of the strange creatures, with all personnel on standby.
Due to the weak gravity, "Cranberry" did not fall immediately after being attacked, but hung in the air. Its chest had been shattered into pieces, and the metal blocks floated in the air and slowly descended.
Lu Anhe seemed unable to accept this fact. He gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot, and said nothing.
All the mechas began to slowly put away all their weapons, including the M21 from Group A that attacked Red Berry.
But the person with the ugliest expression in the whole audience was Wen Tianyao.
His face was full of disbelief, even a little bit of fear, his eyes widened, and he took a step back unconsciously.
But no one cares about him now.
The place where the incident happened was a certain distance away from the warship, and the person in charge, Ji Meng, could no longer make a sound. Lu Anhe was trembling all over and saluted He Yunting: "I'll go over now."
"Report to the Admiral, I apply to take over the position of Major Ji Meng and continue to be in charge of this matter."
He Yunting's eyes were deep and he nodded.
After the appointment was approved, Lu Anhe grabbed the key to his mecha and rushed out.
"Stay where you are and keep in touch." He Yunting said to Ye Ling beside him and stood up, "I'll go too."
He Yunting paused when he reached the door and turned back: "Mr. Lin will stay here too."
Lin Han actually wanted to go with them, but after taking one last look at Wen Tianyao beside him, he nodded in silence.
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He Yunting and Lu Anhe moved quickly. Not long after, Lin Han saw from the screen in the captain's room that the M2742 and the Aegis were landing at the fastest speed.
All the pilots from Group A and Group B came out of the cockpit. Some of them had just arrived at the scene and didn't understand what was going on, but when they saw the Imperial Admiral standing in front of them, they subconsciously took a breath.
Lu Anhe drove Zeus and brought Redberry back.
It was not until they saw Lu An coming out with the lifeless Ji Meng in his arms that everyone realized the seriousness of the situation.
Except for the pilot of the M21, all the other pilots of Group A gathered together. At a glance, Qi Jiamu was among them.
I don’t know what his mentality was, but a string in Lin Han’s heart loosened at this moment, and he felt a sense of relief.
Two minutes later, the pilot of the M21 fell out, holding onto the cabin door with trembling legs.
Lin Han was not familiar with this face. It took him a while to figure out that it was a new recruit who was weaker than Qi Jiamu.
In fact, his overall strength was not bad, but perhaps because Qi Jiamu attracted all the attention, he could not take care of him.
"It's not me, it's not me, it's really not me..." He seemed to be shocked when he saw Lu An and the person in his arms, and kept making excuses incoherently, "I really didn't expect to hit it, I just wanted to score, I just wanted to score..."
When Lu Anhe heard the voice, he raised his head stiffly and said in a cold tone: "Then why did you use the highest attack level?"
The recruit was almost frightened to his knees. "I don't know! I don't know! I just heard that the hit rate will be higher this way. Group A has already shot down three aircraft. I, I can only give it a try. I didn't even know the ammunition had been replaced! I didn't mean to kill anyone!"
He was about to fall in front of everyone, and a few pilots showed expressions of pity on their faces, but they were quickly subdued again.
After hearing the word "murder", Lu Anhe tightened his arms and restrained himself for a while before saying with red eyes: "You also know... it's murder..."
The man was still explaining feebly.
A pair of combat boots stopped in front of him.
The person who was begging for mercy suddenly fell silent out of fear.
He Yunting stood in front of him. His expression was obviously not as anxious and angry as Lu Anhe's, and his voice was cold and emotionless, but he still scared the other party so much that his voice rose two decibels.
"Take it back," he said.
At this time in the captain's room, Lin Han began to look at Wen Tianyao.
This is why he stays here.
The other person's face looked very bad, his lips were pale, and his eyes were full of panic, but probably in order to maintain his image, he held on and said nothing.
Ye Ling was still in charge of communication. Lin Han looked around and took a step back.
"Your Highness." He took the initiative to speak in a calm tone.
Wen Tianyao probably didn’t expect Lin Han to take the initiative to talk to him. He was surprised for a moment before he managed to calm down and responded: “Yeah.”
"I heard that this isn't the first time His Royal Highness has participated in a practical training," Lin Han's face gradually showed a puzzled expression, as if he was just curious about this question, "Has there been similar situations before?"
"No, no." Wen Tianyao answered quickly, "It has never happened before."
After he answered, he realized that his tone was too nervous, so he quickly calmed himself down and gave Lin Han a proper smile: "Don't be afraid, Mr. Lin. This must be an accident. I believe that the truth will be found out soon."
"Okay." After hearing this, Lin Han seemed to be relieved. "Then I feel relieved."
The look on his face seemed to relax, and then he smiled at Wen Tianyao and stretched out his hand as if to express his gratitude: "Thank you, Your Highness."
Wen Tianyao didn’t know why Lin Han made this move, and why he wanted to shake hands with him when thanking him, but his long-standing habit made him subconsciously extend his hand and politely shook Lin Han’s: “No need to thank me. We all want to know the truth as soon as possible.”
"Okay." Lin Han pulled his hand back, and heard the other party's voice in his ears.
【impossible. 】
【impossible. 】
I'm really just here to spy on them. 】
[Luo Qi also said that there won’t be any accidents. 】
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Two hours later, due to the sudden termination of the exercise, all mechas temporarily returned to the battleship.
Lin Han came out of the captain's room and began to inspect the mechas one by one.
There were no problems with the mechas of group B, including their weapons warehouses - and all of the mechas and weapons warehouses of group A had been replaced with weapons with real lethality without anyone knowing.
In other words, if any mecha from Group A launched an attack, the exercise would get out of control.
But why was it Ji Meng?
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A long time had passed since Lin Han checked all the mechas.
He didn't even have time to eat during the journey, and only took two nutritional supplements symbolically to barely maintain his body functions.
His physical strength was as poor as ever. After he finished testing the last machine, he planned to tell He Yunting what he had heard before without stopping.
After asking two people, he finally came to the command cabin where He Yunting was currently.
Lin Han knocked on the door twice, and after identifying himself, someone said, "Come in."
He pushed the door open and saw Lu Anhe, who looked dejected, and He Yunting, who had a cold expression as usual and it was impossible to tell from his face what had happened.
Lin Han roughly heard some of the follow-up of the incident.
At present, no one knows who replaced the simulated bullets used in the exercise, and the M21 pilot who opened fire has become nervous and collapsed under multiple questionings. He just kept emphasizing that it was his family who told him that he could get extra points by attacking "Cranberries" during the exercise.
"I really don't know anything else, I just want to get extra points, really..." In the end, these were the only words that came out of that person's mouth.
Lin Han walked in and closed the door.
No one spoke, and there was a depressing silence in the air.
He took two steps forward and decided to state his purpose directly.
"I'm sure it's not Wen Tianyao." Lin Han didn't explain why he knew the news so quickly, nor did he emphasize that he could read minds. He just calmly stated to the two people in front of him, "I had already checked this fact before you came back."
Lin Han didn't know how much the two could trust him, but he decided to help anyway.
"Yeah." Unexpectedly, He Yunting did not have any doubts, but responded in a low voice, "I understand."
It really couldn't be him.
No matter how radical the radicals are, their target is nothing but the Zerg. Now they are in the border area and can't see any trace of the Zerg at all, and the strange creatures are even less likely to pose any threat. In any case, it doesn't make sense to justify their motive and logic of wanting to disrupt this exercise.
Lu Anhe leaned against the wall and slid down to the ground, his eyes empty and weak, like a completely different person.
Lin Han looked at him with pity.
"Mr. Lin." Lu Anhe's voice was indifferent, completely different from usual, as if he had lost his vitality.
Lin Han lowered his eyes to look at him and just nodded, unable to even utter a word of comfort.
Lu Anhe did not cry, and even the redness in his eyes was suppressed by him. However, his voice was still hoarse and trembling uncontrollably.
"Mr. Lin." Lu Anhe regrouped and said, "How much do you know about Wen Tianyao?"
Lin Han answered honestly: "Not much. But I can guarantee that the information I give you is true."
"I know, I don't doubt your meaning." Lu Anhe paused, "...The empire is no longer what it seems on the surface."
"There is nothing wrong with Old Ji. If there is anything wrong with him, it is that he just got promoted this year and has been in charge of this."
Lu Anhe exhaled, and continued in a painful tone as if a wound had been reopened: "He is the most suitable one."
When Lin Han heard the word "suitable", he felt an inexplicable pain in his heart.
"If it's higher, the target will be Old Ye, me, or even the Admiral. The cost will be too high. If there is even the slightest omission in the opponent's plan, the consequences will be disastrous."
"But if it's just the prospective pilots who are participating in the training, then that's not enough. Even if they are held accountable, they won't be able to do anything. After all, they are just newcomers who haven't officially joined the fleet yet."
"So, so..." Lu Anhe raised his head, his lips trembling as he spoke, and he gave his final conclusion, "He is the most suitable one."
"——It can only be him."
"It can attract enough attention, but there is not much risk. After all, it is through the hands of new recruits."
"You are so calculating." Lu Anhe finally laughed, with mockery and contempt, "Great."
Lin Han looked at him and thought of the melody that Ji Meng had hummed before. For a moment, he couldn't even bear to say sorry.
"Have you ever held a corpse?" he suddenly said in a low voice.
"I hugged him today." Lu Anhe said tremblingly: "The corpse exhaled slightly when I moved it, which made me feel that he was still alive. He would blink at me, smile at me, listen to my complaints, and then speak softly."
"Mr. Lin." Lu Anhe seemed to have a lot to say at this moment. He first glanced at He Yunting, and when he saw that the other party had no other expression, he hesitated and said in a tone that sounded a little strange, "If I say... all this was arranged by someone, but it was not a one-day or two-day conspiracy, but a conspiracy that lasted for years."
He Yunting seemed to have finally made a move. He turned his head to glance at Lu Anhe, but it was unclear whether he thought he said too much or he simply wanted to know what Lu Anhe would say next.
Lu Anhe finally sighed: "But I still don't know what the other party's purpose is."
"Luo Qi...what exactly do you want to do?"
After saying this, Lu Anhe seemed to finally be unable to bear it anymore. He said "sorry" and pushed the door open and left.
The moment the door closed, Lin Han heard a sob that had been suppressed for a long time.
He Yunting seemed to have no emotions, and his expression did not change from beginning to end.
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There were only two people left in the house.
He Yunting's expression was as cold as usual.
After a long time, He Yunting said, "Is Mr. Lin okay?"
His tone didn't sound unusual, as if what happened today had no effect on him at all.
Lin Han said "hmm" and said it was okay.
But there was always a feeling of uneasiness lingering in his heart for a long time.
He Yunting was too calm. From the moment something happened, he was always the one who reacted the fastest.
Whether it is the response after the incident or the command and task allocation.
So calm... like a machine without emotions.
And he looked the same now, with an indifferent expression as usual, just like when Lin Han first met him.
But at this moment Lin Han felt that it was more than that.
"General." Lin Han called the other party.
He Yunting lowered his eyebrows and looked at him. There seemed to be weariness in his deep blue eyes, but he could not find a safe place to rest.
Lin Han recalled the whole day after the incident. He Yunting was always the most indifferent and ruthless one, as if the death of this subordinate would not cause any fluctuation in his heart.
He raised his hand.
Lin Han said in his heart, even if it was despicable, he still impulsively wanted to touch the other person at this moment.
Is he really as calm as he appears?
Lin Han tentatively extended his index finger and tried to lightly place it on the back of He Yunting's hand.
But as soon as he met the other person, Lin Han was suddenly overwhelmed by a strong emotion.
This wave of emotion was filled with intense sadness and almost engulfed Lin Han.
It's like...
He and He Yunting had come into contact so many times that when he put his hand on the other person, he not only read the other person's thoughts, but also felt a kind of empathy as if he was electrocuted.
Feel sad for what he feels sad for, and mourn for what he mourns for.
When he touched He Yunting, he seemed to feel the other's pain at that moment. An indescribable pain spread through the touching fingertips of the two and spread to every inch of Lin Han's nerves.
Lin Han closed his eyes.
And what preceded the voice of the heart was a sigh.
He Yunting still had a blank expression on his face at this moment, but Lin Han could hear his sigh in his heart.
Not only that, he seemed to have accidentally glimpsed too many complex emotions in this brief contact.
It was a deep feeling of powerlessness, guilt, and self-blame.
Behind the criticism and sighs, He Yunting hid all these emotions deep in his heart, and then used his blood and sweat to carve tombstones for those soldiers who had sacrificed their lives.
Then he stood up again, as if he had no other emotions, and told himself that he must not feel powerless or sad.
——Because he is invincible, because he is undefeated.
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But behind that sigh, Lin Han clearly heard the other person's voice.
【It was my fault. 】
[I can’t say anything to An He, because... it’s my fault. 】
"General." Lin Han suddenly spoke.
He Yunting's fingers moved, as if he was still immersed in the emotions in his heart, subconsciously not wanting Lin Han to touch them -
At this moment, Lin Han stretched out his hand again and firmly grasped the other party's five fingers that were trying to break free.
The author has something to say: Let me explain the accusations and negative ratings I received for the previous chapter. This is an interstellar novel. I don't believe that the information given in the previous chapters can make everyone think that the plot line of this novel is so smooth. There will be casualties in war;
The setting is like this. His role and the emotions he is going to bring have been thought of before. If he is replaced by a person who doesn't even have a name, the big plot twist may not be enough. I am a pretentious person. If I didn't like the character of Ji Meng, why would I exaggerate his personality and waste so much time and effort? I kept playing that song on repeat last night and I was crying while writing it. I don't know how it became indifferent and dispensable. As for the abruptness, I was afraid that if I delayed writing this plot for another one or two chapters, everyone would be even more sad, and I couldn't bear it, so I wrote it in the previous chapter. After posting the previous chapter, I felt very unconfident and asked several gay friends to check whether I had written it wrong or whether it would be better to give a warning about the turning points of the plot. Should I report all the subsequent plots, otherwise I can't blame others if I get scolded. But I am also very stubborn. I ensured that there would be no spoilers in the love line in order to give everyone an explanation. But if I told you all the plot lines, would it be considered as the author actively revealing the spoilers? My previous works were all sweet and hilarious. This time I wanted to try to write a plot based on the love line and write about the starry sky, but it seems that I didn’t do it well. No matter what I do, it seems to be wrong, but at least now I write what I want to write.
I'm sending 200 red packets for this chapter, and I apologize to everyone. My writing skills are not good enough and I'm sorry for talking too much. I'll try to say less in the future. Thank you very much for your nutrient solution and thunder. That's it, thank you everyone
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