Chapter 56
Qi Jiamu threw his helmet aside. Perhaps knowing that He Yunting would not trust him, he took every step slowly, trying to show little by little that he had no hostility - his gun did not seem to be his own.
Qi Jiamu searched all possible places on his body for weapons, then spread his hands and said, "I'm the only one left."
Those strange creatures didn't expect that in addition to the mechas, there would be new humans coming. Although this human didn't look as lovable as Lin Han, he wasn't as cold and scary as He Yunting.
So they showed no hostility, but just continued to stare at him curiously.
"I can let Lieutenant Colonel Lu testify." Qi Jiamu added, "I brought a communicator with me."
He Yunting waved his hand: "No need."
"I can trust it."
When Lin Han saw that it was him, he strangely relaxed a little. Perhaps because they had met before, he always felt that Qi Jiamu was a good boy.
Gululu was peeking over his shoulder, as if he didn't quite understand what Qi Jiamu's arrival meant.
Lin Han suddenly felt a slight sadness. He rubbed the little boy's head. As he was weak, he could only let He Yunting hold his hand and slowly walked to Qi Jiamu.
"Mr. Lin." Qi Jiamu was obviously stunned when he saw Lin Han, and he didn't expect that he would be so weak.
"I came late and took me a little longer." Qi Jiamu said in a low voice.
He Yunting didn't argue with him about this issue, but just asked him: "What's the situation now?"
Qi Jiamu tensed himself up again, intending to report to He Yunting everything that had happened in the past few days.
Lin Han gently squeezed He Yunting's hand. His professional instinct wanted him to go to Qi Jiamu's mecha to check the situation, but he couldn't say it out loud.
Lin Han hardly moved around these past few days, and after what happened last night, it was not appropriate for her to continue pretending nothing had happened and letting He Yunting carry her on his back.
Fortunately, He Yunting seemed to understand what Lin Han meant. Before he could speak, he said "wait a moment", then leaned forward slightly, waiting for Lin Han to come up.
After all, there are still people waiting. Even if there is any conflict, it should not be now. Thinking so, Lin Han hooked her hands around He Yunting's neck as she did in the past few days and climbed onto his back softly.
Qi Jiamu did not expect to see such a scene. He looked at He Yunting with some surprise. In the end, he did not say much, but followed the two of them to the side of the mecha.
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Qi Jiamu's mecha unexpectedly did not suffer too serious damage, and during this time, they also roughly understood the current situation.
What he said to Lu Anhe was basically correct, but the facts were more serious than what he said a few days ago.
On the day of the Zerg attack, He Yunting held off the remaining few giant mechanical sandworms that wanted to attack the warship, and the large army was able to escape and head back to the jump point.
After Qi Jiaze failed in his assassination attempt on He Yunting and was shot several times, he was still roaring in a strange manner and even wanted to continue hurting people. He was eventually locked in Qi Jiamu's mecha and it was unknown how long it took for him to calm down.
Even if Qi Jiaze was dealt with and even if the warship reached the jump point, the worrying thing still happened.
There was indeed an ambush there.
Even though Ye Ling was careful enough and deliberately avoided many unnecessary take-off and landing points, he was still unable to avoid a fierce battle due to the large number of Zerg lurking at the jump points.
Putting aside those sergeants who were well-trained on a daily basis, many of them were visiting such a place for the first time. Even though they had passed many rigorous tests in the first three rounds, they had never been on a real battlefield.
They didn't even have the chance to adapt, and hadn't even finished the fourth round of training before they were forced into a sudden battle.
Many newcomers did not know the attributes of the Zerg, and some of them were indeed too ferocious. They did not even have time to systematically obtain relevant information before they had to face these terrifying creatures head-on.
What's more, some mechas are prepared for exercises, and their defense and overall performance are not as good as those of dedicated mechas. Coupled with the pilots' lack of experience, some tragic battle situations are almost inevitable.
Most of them paid too much of a price - and the most regrettable thing was that more than half of the rookie pilots failed to return successfully.
They were not eliminated in an exercise, but were truly and cruelly dissipated into the boundless space, without a trace left.
The battleship used its only p-1 nuclear particle beam cannon, gathering the last bit of energy needed for the jump after barely regaining half of the jump point, and fired the moment it set sail again.
All the mechas and Zerg that could not return and died here were blown to pieces, and along with the jump points, they completely disappeared into the universe.
The warships, which had suffered heavy losses, were able to return home, carrying with them countless unknown conspiracies.
And after returning to the empire, everything has just begun.
Some people wanted He Yunting to come back, while others wanted him to take the opportunity to disappear. The first batch of three rescue mechas were shot down at some point in their journey and lost their position. It was even impossible to find where they fell in space, let alone the pilots on them.
Several generals from other bases were dispatched to coordinate the work, but Ye Ling and Lu Anhe were still restricted and could not personally participate in the rescue of He Yunting. The reason was that an in-depth investigation was needed into the incident, and as the first people to face this incident, they could not get away.
"But Lieutenant Colonel Lu still managed to secure a second rescue team," Qi Jiamu said. "Because many of our pilots who survived even developed some mental illnesses, they were allowed not to participate in the next training."
"I didn't apply for psychological counseling. I applied to Colonel Lu to join the second rescue team, and that's why I came here."
"The second rescue team has a total of five mechas," Qi Jiamu paused here, "but now... I'm the only one left."
When the second rescue team just arrived at the border area, they encountered several mechas that tried to stop them, but since He Yunting was no longer in the border area at that time, they could only try to search along the wreckage of the mechas, but lost their way in the yellow sand.
Although there were only three mechas that wanted to intercept them, they were superior to the rescue team in terms of combat experience and mecha quality. In fact, the other party's goal was not only to prevent them from rescuing He Yunting, but also to prevent the second rescue team from returning.
Qi Jiamu omitted many details, but the final outcome was that after the two sides fought to the end, he was the only one who survived.
After the battle, he collected the energy from the remaining mechas, which allowed him to continue searching, and finally found signs of human life in the northern part of the Strange Biological System.
"There is enough energy. We can transfer half of it to M2742." Lin Han said, "In this way, both mechas can go back."
After all, a large machine like a battleship needs the support of a jump point, but a single mecha can return directly to the empire as long as it has enough energy.
"Let's go." There are still many problems that have not been solved, but the most urgent thing is to go back together. The longer it takes, the bigger the problem will be.
The m2742 is parked not far from here. If you drive a mecha, it will only take a few minutes to get there.
Just as He Yunting was about to leave, Qi Jiamu moved his lips hesitantly: "Admiral."
"I have one more thing."
He Yunting stood there and looked at him indifferently, waiting for him to speak.
"Aze..." Qi Jiamu gritted his teeth, "My brother has been in a coma for a week. I obeyed the arrangement and handed him over to the military, but..."
Qi Jiamu's expression was solemn, and he didn't even look at He Yunting when he continued to speak: "I know I am not qualified to make such a request, but I do have selfish motives. I am worried that those people will harm Aze... He really didn't mean to become like that! I don't ask for anything else. After returning to the empire, I will obey any conditions and accept any punishment, but can you... not let others hurt him?"
"He has been very well behaved since he was young. I only left him for a year and he became like this. I also want to know why... Please." Qi Jiamu bowed deeply, "I will take responsibility for his mistakes. At least let those people spare his life. Please, General."
Silence spread in the gradually hot air.
He Yunting lowered his eyes and did not give Qi Jiamu a positive answer: "Let's go."
Qi Jiamu's eyes turned red as he followed behind him.
Even though He Yunting didn't make any guarantees, he still said "thank you".
Although there is still a lot waiting for them, the most important thing is to return to the empire first.
Lin Han lay on He Yunting's back and couldn't help but look back at those strange creatures that were still confused.
The two Gudongdongs who always liked to imitate him and He Yunting were drinking water, while the others were making mooing sounds that humans couldn't understand, communicating something.
These creatures helped them move back to m2742 and brought them to a place where they could sleep temporarily.
Even though they can't talk or communicate, they are still very gentle creatures.
And the little black fur ball was still on Lin Han's shoulder.
Lin Han cupped his palm - this was the agreement between him and Gululu. As long as he did this, Gululu would definitely jump in and rub his palm a few times.
Gululu did the same this time.
Lin Han called out its name, and its dark, small eyes turned around and its little ears stood up.
"We are leaving." Lin Han thought for a moment and said, "No, we are going home."
Gululu raised his eyes in confusion.
"Like you, we also have our own planet. It's not that big iron shell that always makes you dizzy. It's a place like this, with your favorite food and water, and your favorite friends and playmates." Lin Han said to it softly.
Gululu usually doesn't understand immediately, so at this moment it hasn't reacted yet and is concentrating on scratching Lin Han's palm with its tail.
Lin Han leaned over, and He Yunting also squatted down. He put Gululu back on the ground.
Gululu began to get confused and rolled on the ground.
"So, bye."
"You are the cutest Kugel I have ever seen, really." Lin Han waved at it and said goodbye to it.
Qi Jiamu silently boarded the mecha first, waiting for He Yunting and Lin Han to go up together.
They are about to leave this place and go home.
"Let's go, General." Lin Han suddenly felt sad and reluctant. Finally, he turned his head cruelly and said to He Yunting.
He Yunting responded, turned around, and walked towards the damaged mecha step by step.
Maybe it was a tacit understanding, or maybe He Yunting was also reluctant to let go. After Lin Han said that, no one looked back, as if there was no separation.
Therefore, no one saw that Gululu suddenly understood something the moment they turned around and started running towards them as fast as he could.
They boarded the mecha.
But at the moment when Lin Han closed the cabin door, he found that there was an extra person in his arms... a small black ball that was supposed to stay by the lake.
"Gurgle?" Lin Han was stunned for a moment, and then he was filled with joy at having regained what he had lost.
The little furry ball had just climbed up using all its strength to pull up He Yunting's trouser legs. Now the whole ball was dirty and wet, and it was still shivering.
But it still looked at Lin Han very aggrievedly, as if blaming him for abandoning it.
Qi Jiamu's mecha started up and moved towards m2742.
Lin Han sighed and spoke to Xiaotuanzi again.
"Are you really willing to come with me?"
Gululu didn't answer, but was still very sad, rubbing Lin Han's palm again and again.
"Our journey back will be very difficult, and you may be mecha-sick the whole time." Lin Han spoke slowly, knowing that this would make it easier for Gululu to understand. "You may not be able to adapt to the environment at our destination."
“We don’t know when it will come again.”
"You will lose your friends, and maybe you won't be able to ride on Gudongdong's nose for a long time."
After saying this, Lin Han gently touched its little head and said, "Have you made up your mind? If you want to go back, I'll let you go in a while."
Gululu was trembling all over, making a faint and sad "squeak".
When Qi Jiamu began to transfer energy to m2742 and Lin Han tried to put it back on the ground, Gululu hesitated for a long time, staring blankly at his favorite home.
But in the end, it curled up into a ball and slowly, slowly climbed onto Lin Han's shoulder, and accompanied him onto the big iron shell that it hated the most.
They are about to cross the sea of stars, cross the Milky Way, and return to where it all began with a completely different state of mind and feelings from when they came.
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