"Are you okay?"

Bai Jinxuan hugged him for a while, then suddenly remembered something and began to explore Chen Xu's body with his hands.

Chen Xu grabbed her hand to stop her from touching him, and held her in his arms again, sniffing the fragrance of her hair, and said, "I'm fine."

"By the way, your foot has just healed, so find a place to sit down." Her tone was a little anxious.

"It's okay, let me hold you for a while."

Chen Xu didn't let her move and murmured.

Bai Jinxuan looked up at him and could sense that he was a little upset. He asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with you?"

"fine."

He said this, but his expression was a little confused.

This was his first time seeing a war scene. In his last dream, the acid ant beasts attacked in large numbers. Although they looked even more ferocious and terrifying, he was not very scared because it lacked a sense of reality. In reality, such monsters would never appear. It felt like playing a game to him.

Even now, after witnessing the tragedy and cruelty of the battlefield with his own eyes, his heart was chilled.

Even if his marksmanship was good, facing the continuous artillery fire and the endless enemies, how many could he kill alone? Just now, he looked at the fighting in the distance and felt his own powerlessness and insignificance.

With that little bit of power he had, he couldn't influence the outcome of the battle at all.

Even though humans had powerful weapons like the fog glasses, people continued to die. Some were hit by stray bullets, and some were just unlucky and got too close to the robots and were discovered.

In the previous dream, he had no idea how many people died after reading the background introduction. Until this moment, when he saw with his own eyes soldiers he knew or didn’t know being killed one by one, the shock in his heart was really hard to describe.

They hugged each other like this for a long, long time.

"By the way, Yaoyao."

Suddenly, Bai Jinxuan finally remembered that there was a child at home. He exclaimed and raised his head from Chen Xu's arms.

Chen Xu calmed down, let go of her hand, and said, "Let's go find her."

…………

In this war, more than 300 soldiers died. The next day, the entire battalion held a memorial ceremony for these victims.

At the same time, in order to boost morale, medals are awarded to soldiers who perform outstandingly on the battlefield.

At the award ceremony, Chen Xu was the first to go on stage and received the Special Combat Hero Medal. Afterwards, statistics showed that he had killed nearly twenty robots by himself.

At that time, many witnesses saw him sitting in a wheelchair, walking through the battlefield, using a gun to blow up one robot after another. Afterwards, this incident quickly spread throughout the military camp and became a legend.

To be honest, Chen Xu didn't know how many robots he had killed, he didn't count them at the time. When the personnel who counted his military achievements came to him, he was not surprised, because many people in the barracks knew him.

When he heard that he had won the Special Combat Hero Medal, he gladly accepted it. For such an honor, he should get extra points when the dream ended.

…………

For the next period of time, Chen Xu continued to recuperate. After he was completely healed, he became a member of the army, became a sniper, and received formal training.

He was somewhat helpless. No matter how good his marksmanship was, it would be useless in reality. But this became what he was best at, and he would probably become better and better at it in the future.

In addition to practicing his marksmanship, he also learned how to fire artillery, from mortars to cannons of various calibers, and finally, he learned how to fire tanks. The latter was his own request.

These skills cannot be learned anywhere. Now, by chance, his reputation in the camp has been so high. It would be a waste if he doesn't take the opportunity to learn more.

If his superiors had not forbidden him, he would have wanted to learn how to fly helicopters and fighter jets.

In this weather, with thick fog everywhere, flying a plane is very dangerous even with fog glasses. Every time you fly, you are gambling with the pilot's life.

In the last battle, the fighter group almost got lost, and it took a lot of extra time to arrive at the battlefield so late. If they could have arrived at the beginning, the battle would have ended long ago.

More than a month later, the robots made a comeback.

This time, the robots were finally improved. They abandoned the humanoid style and added many more styles, most of which imitated the shapes of various carnivorous animals, with different sizes. It was obvious that Tai Chi had finally learned from the previous battle.

Similarly, humans' weapons have also been updated, all of which use electric pulse weapons to directly burn the chips inside the robots.

In this battle, Chen Xu still rushed to the battlefield. The difference was that this time, he had a few more powerful teammates around him. With their tacit cooperation, the robots did not pose any threat to him at all.

In the end, the battle ended with humanity's victory.

Afterwards, Chen Xu was somewhat surprised. The battle went so smoothly that he could hardly believe it.

Could it be that, if enough advantages can be accumulated in the early stages of the dream, the system will not deliberately increase the difficulty?

He knew very well that the reason why he won the two wars so easily was because of the huge advantages brought by the fog stone glasses.

Without the foggy glasses, it is hard to say how the battle would have turned out. One thing is certain, even if we win, it will only be a pyrrhic victory.

He understood a little.

And what follows is the final battle.

Humans can't just keep on being beaten. It's the same reason. In terms of consumption, humans can't outlast robots. As long as robots have production lines and spend some resources, they can produce them continuously. In comparison, the growth cycle of humans is too slow.

Chen Xu could understand this principle, so it was natural that the human leaders could not fail to think of it. They had been accumulating strength and preparing for the final counterattack.

As the atmosphere in the camp became increasingly tense, Chen Xu knew that the day of the decisive battle was approaching.

On this day, when Chen Xu received the notice that he would be leaving for the expedition the next day, he also realized that he had been in the dream for almost six hours.

This expedition, whether successful or not, means that the dream is about to end.

In the afternoon, their superiors let them go home early.

Chen Xu left the army and went to the school first to pick Yaoyao up. Then, holding her hand, he went to find Bai Jinxuan.

"Uncle, why are you the one picking me up today?" Yaoyao looked up and asked him.

After a few months of getting along, she was no longer as afraid of him as she was at the beginning. She became much more cheerful and sometimes would take the initiative to tell him about things in kindergarten.

"Uncle got off work early today. Can I take you to pick up your sister Bai?"

"Okay, I haven't been to where my sister works yet."

As they talked, they arrived at the propaganda team's location. In the two wars, the camp's buildings were almost destroyed by bombing. They have not been rebuilt yet, and everyone is working in prefabricated houses.

Along the way, everyone he met saluted him. He was now a famous figure in the camp, and no one did not know him. Two wars, two special combat hero medals. He had become an idol of the entire army and was very well-known.

After they arrived at the propaganda team, they happened to meet someone coming out. He recognized Chen Xu, saluted him excitedly, then turned around and went in to call Bai Jinxuan.

"Why are you here?"

After a while, Bai Jinxuan came out trotting, with a look of surprise on his face.

Chen Xu said, "The team disbanded early, so I came to pick you up."

She seemed to have thought of something, the smile on her face gradually froze, and she asked in a trembling voice, "You, you are going to the battlefield?"

"Let's go, let's talk about it when we get back." Chen Xu walked forward and held her hand, and walked back, holding a woman in each hand.

The atmosphere in the military camp cannot be hidden from anyone. Many people can feel that war is coming.

Back at the two-bedroom, one-living-room home, Chen Xu said to Yaoyao, "Go back to your room and do your homework, okay?"

"Okay, uncle." She obediently took her schoolbag, went into the room, and closed the door.

There were only two of them left in the living room.

"Can't we not go?" Bai Jinxuan held his hand, his face filled with fear and uneasiness. "We are just outsiders. The war here has nothing to do with us, right?"

Chen Xu looked at her and said nothing.

"You have done so much for the camp and made so many contributions. It's enough. Just tell them and they will definitely agree. Otherwise, just say you are sick. Chen Xu, I beg you, don't go, okay?" At the end, her tears kept falling.

Chen Xu reached out to wipe her tears and said, "Don't worry, we have come all this way safely. This time, I will definitely come back safely too."

"No, this time is different. I don't feel good. Anyway, don't go."

Chen Xu felt uncomfortable listening to her pleading. Perhaps this was her sixth sense.

"I've already thought about it. When we return from this battle, we will..."

Bai Jinxuan's face changed drastically. He covered his mouth to stop him from speaking, and said in panic, "No, you can't say this. It's unlucky."

She leaned her head on his shoulder and murmured, "Chen Xu, I don't need you to love me, and I don't need you to be with me. I just want you to be safe."

Chen Xu felt as if his heart was being gripped by an invisible hand. He could not utter a word and could only hug her tightly.

…………

It was late at night, Chen Xu sent Bai Jinxuan back to her room, hardened his heart, and closed the door.

He didn't know whether he would regret it in the future, but if he didn't hold back today, wouldn't his persistence in the previous six months become a joke?

He returned to his room, lay down, took out the wallet he had kept, opened it, took out Yang Jinxia's photo, looked at it for a while, and put it back. He put the wallet away, closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep.

PS: Please give me a monthly ticket.

(End of this chapter)