federal military tribunal.

The chief judge received an urgent call. After answering it, he spat out a mouthful of tea and nearly fell off his chair. He was so scared that his tongue was tied.

"Who did you say was here to be punished?!"

…

Three minutes later.

The lobby of the court.

Gong Du looked around curiously.

It's not like he hasn't been to the Military Tribunal before. Many of the punishments there were set by him personally, so he must be very familiar with it.

He couldn't quite remember the last time he came here a few years ago, but the lobby seemed to have been renovated a lot.

The Chief Judge used to work under Ellan Snow, and later transferred to the Trial Department. He was also sent here after special training by him. In this way, Ellan Snow is not only his former superior, but also half of his instructor.

Unlike him who was leisurely and at ease, the chief judge was complaining in his heart.

What is this?

The death report of Adjutant Kang Quan of the First Army had just been reported, but the Admiral had not given a definite answer, and it was not clear whether it would be a reward or a punishment. He was just about to ask when the Admiral himself came over.

Not only that, he even wrote a note to himself to come and receive the fine...

Isn't this nonsense?!

Even if something terrible happened, who in the entire federation, except Emperor Roshi, would dare to punish him? Besides, how could he not know that the admiral had committed a crime?

and……

The chief judge looked behind Elansno and saw that the admiral had only brought a few personal soldiers with him this time.

The distance from the First Army's base to the Federal Military Tribunal is not far, but it is definitely not close either. With such a small number of people, if something happens here or on the way here, ten heads will not be enough to accompany him.

The chief judge said: "General, please don't make fun of me. If you have anything to report to His Majesty, it won't be too late to make a decision."

He wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "By the way, when you feel like you've had enough of staying here, just let me know and I'll send more people to take you back."

Gong Du glanced at him and said, "Chief Judge, are you chasing me away?"

"No, no!" the chief judge said, "It's okay for you to stay here for one night!"

Maybe because too many bad things happened in the past two years, the chief judge's forehead is still shiny, which makes people feel sorry for him.

Unfortunately, Gong Du was determined to accept the punishment today.

He will never let anyone influence anything related to the subsequent development of his script.

He sat down on a chair next to him and tapped the table with his fingers, pressing on the penalty notice. "You don't want to send me away, but you also don't agree. Is the chief judge dissatisfied with me?"

A black holster was pinned to his waist, which was tightly bound by a leather belt, and the cold light of the butt of the gun could be vaguely seen.

Ellan Snow leaned forward slightly and smiled: "Or do you want me to beg you?"

Plop!

The judge's long legs went limp and he knelt down, his face pale with fear: "I dare not!"

He was asking Ellan Snow to beg him? If the news got out, the First Legion would smash his little tribunal into pieces tomorrow morning.

Elansno handed over the list again and said, "Don't worry, it's not some ugly punishment that involves bloodshed. It's the [Flowing Void], a punishment for the spirit."

The chief judge certainly didn't dare to ask him to hold the list for long, so no matter what he thought, he quickly took it.

He had not dared to pay much attention to it before, but now that he looked at it, he saw that it was indeed [Flowing Void].

The punishments imposed by military trials are generally divided into two categories. One is physical punishment, which can be of various kinds. The other is mental punishment, which does not harm the body but is more likely to cause a person to collapse.

The so-called "Flowing Void" may sound very romantic, but it is actually a punishment that can easily cause people to collapse and lose themselves.

After entering the spacecraft's capsule, people will fall into a deep sleep in an instant. At the same time, the speed of time in the dream will be much slower than in reality.

It is like a person who is conscious and stays in the endless dark void for decades. The person's spirit will collapse silently, go crazy, and become unable to move.

Of course, for people with strong spiritual awareness, this is not very difficult.

Ellen Snow: "How is it?"

"This..." The chief judge looked at the time ratio at the back.

The execution time is 24 hours - a hundred years pass in the void.

“Isn’t this a bit too long?”

Even if the admiral is an S-class spiritual power evolver, there is definitely a certain risk. This is an execution, not a joke. But it is indeed a thousand times more beautiful than those bloody scenes.

The chief judge said in embarrassment: "Besides, I don't know what you have done wrong. It is not in accordance with the rules to just dismiss you."

"Just go through with it. I will report the situation to His Majesty after you pass it. Don't worry, His Majesty will punish me more severely than I would if I did. So, you are doing me a favor."

"...Okay," the chief judge gritted his teeth, "I'll give you a pass. I'll take you there myself."

Gong Du smiled slightly.

The entire process took no more than three minutes, and he was already lying in the cabin.

The chip was attached to the temple, Gongdu closed his eyes, and the cabin slowly closed.

The flow of time is infinitely slowed down.

…

sea ​​of ​​souls.

Gongdu turned into a black ball and flew over, sticking close to the little light ball: "Give me some melon seeds."

Small light group: "..."

The flow of void only creates the illusion of time slowing down in the human brain. The flow of time in Miyato's sea of ​​consciousness is still very normal.

I spent the whole day visiting Lan Xia, eating some melon seeds, and having a great time.

"Sunflower seeds can be quantified, but what about other snacks?"

Gong Du thought about it and was able to conjure up a sofa, soft pillows, a coffee table, steaming tea and snacks, and piles of snacks.

Finally, he was able to quantify a trash can.

Even though they were all false energy bodies, he still couldn't get over the hurdle of throwing garbage into his mind.

Xiao Guangtuan had a hard time refusing: "...I don't eat other human food, that's degenerate."

Gong Du smiled.

Half a day later.

Two soft balls, one black and one blue, were nestled in the sofa pillow, the snack bags were creaking, and there were a lot of things piled in the trash can in front.

Gong Du: "Does it smell good?"

The little light ball was shy: "... Yeah."

Gong Du was satisfied and began to fill in the details of the script.

——

Walking in the endless river of time, every step is walking in the ruins of memory.

I have heard from the few sober people that when one experiences the passage of time and emptiness, one will walk through the memories of the past.

From now when I was 24, going back.

Ellan Snow looked around, it was pitch black, and when he lowered his head, he saw a thin layer of glass under his feet, and below was smoke, war, and the people he had killed.

Every face, strange or familiar, filled with resentment or curse, or released with reluctance... seemed to have a traceable presence in his memory.

That was every war he had ever fought.

Like an inverted mirror, the dead person below reached out his hand, trying to drag him down.

Ellan Snow could see his reflection clearly, but he couldn't see his face because he was still wearing a mask in the reflection.

He wanted to take it off to see what he looked like, but as soon as this thought came to his mind, he felt a sharp pain in his head. When he recovered, he forgot about it.

So he continued walking forward.

20 years old. 18 years old. 16 years old…

Elansno's figure gradually became thinner, and finally turned into the figure of a young boy.

He looked down.

At the age of 14, he took the supreme sword of Morro Triumph from His Majesty, turned around and swung the sword, cold and sharp—

"Anyone who tramples on the glory of the Federation will be killed!"

So immature.

Ellen Snow thought.

In fact, he remembered that he was very scared at that time. He had never killed anyone before, but he was pushed out to manage so many soldiers and become the sharpest knife to split the enemy's charge.

It was only because he was standing on the high platform, with the wind blowing so cold that no one noticed that his fingers were trembling. Of course, he couldn't let anyone notice.

Ellan Snow looked back, and it seemed that from that sentence onwards, every step for the next ten years was filled with bones and blood.

Then...what about before that?

Before the age of fourteen.

Ellan Snow took a few steps forward and found that he had reached the end.

There is a cliff ahead.

It was rugged and ugly, like a centipede with bared fangs and claws, stretching across the mirror.

It was pitch black below the cliff, and the other side of the cliff was covered with gray mist, so Ellansno could not see clearly.

He wanted to see what was behind the fog.

Elansno closed his eyes and fell face down into the abyss below the cliff.

During the execution, the alarm that detected the mental fluctuations of the prisoner in the chamber fluctuated very slowly, and then began to climb towards the warning value at an extremely terrifying speed.

…

"Nie Liang, the new adjutant of Admiral Elansno of the First Legion, invites you to meet the chief judge." The First Legion's warship stopped outside the trial room.

The chief judge came out to greet him and asked hesitantly, "Who are you...?"

"Nie Liang," the man standing at the door smiled slightly, "I went to the First Army to report and found out that the admiral was in the trial office. I was afraid that something might happen to the admiral, so I brought people to pick him up."

As he said, what he was wearing was not even the uniform of the First Legion, but a casual dress.

Nie Liang appeared to be in his twenties, wearing a slim-fitting light grey vest over a shirt, with two strands of hair hanging down in front of his forehead, and a few strands of silver grey hair on both sides of his black temples, all neatly tied behind his head.

With a smile on his lips, he looks gentle and elegant.

Nie Liang: "This is a letter of appointment."

The chief judge took it with suspicion and looked at it carefully. It was indeed a formal letter of appointment. After seeing Nie Liang's previous identity, he was stunned for a moment and asked, "Did you transfer from the Imperial Capital?"

Moreover, he was transferred from the Administrative Office of the Imperial Capital. His original position was the fourth-level chief administrator, a position no lower than that of an adjutant. Moreover, he was transferred from the center of the Imperial Capital. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was demoted.

Although the admiral did not report the cause of Adjutant Kang Quan's death, he was one adjutant less by his side after all, so he was not surprised that the dispatch office would send a new one.

Could it be that you are here to plate gold?

The chief judge was in a state of confusion, but he returned the letter of appointment without showing any emotion. He said with a smile, "Of course this is true. Besides, you have the First Army's ships following you. If it weren't for the new adjutant, they wouldn't be able to make any arrangements."

Nie Liang smiled slightly.

The chief judge said: "The admiral's punishment has not yet ended, but it will soon. You can wait for a moment. Please follow me."

"good."

Nie Liang only brought a few people in, giving the Trial Office enough face.

The chief judge sighed and said that he was worthy of being from the imperial capital, and he was different from those soldier ruffians.

Be polite.

The layout of the courtroom was complicated in order to prevent prisoners from escaping. Nie Liang walked beside them, but he seemed to be more familiar with the situation than the chief judge.

The chief judge looked at it for a while and couldn't help asking, "Have you been here before?"

"Oh," Nie Liang replied, "Because I didn't know the structure of this place, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to find the admiral, so on the way, I asked a friend for a topographic map of this place and quickly wrote it down."

He added with a smile: "Excuse me, the defense system of your database here is a bit outdated."

Chief Judge: “…”

Damn it!

He took back his compliment on the new aide-de-camp's politeness.

I even asked my friend for a copy? Still behind? The claim of hacking into the database of the Tribunal sounded so high-sounding, as expected of someone who came from the Administrative Office.

Outlaw!

But he couldn't do anything, after all, the person didn't mention anything about hacking into the database.

The chief judge was angry when a soldier came over and said anxiously, "Report! There's an accident in the capsule where the admiral is being executed!"

The chief judge's hands trembled: "What did you say?!"

The air pressure around him suddenly dropped. The chief judge turned his head and found that Nie Liang, who was smiling just now, had a completely cold face and was striding towards the execution place.

The presiding judge followed quickly.

…

There was chaos at the execution site.

The sirens were beeping and red lights were flashing.

The alarm is set up to prevent the prisoners from losing themselves in the slow flow of time and becoming mentally broken lunatics, making it impossible to extract useful information from them.

Therefore, once the alarm sounds, the execution will be suspended and other punishments will be carried out after the prisoner wakes up.

The capsule that executes [Flowing Void] has not yet opened.

"Why haven't you opened it yet?!" the chief judge roared.

The First Legion has so many warships parked outside. If something happens, can they afford the compensation? !

He felt bitterly regretful. If he had known this would happen, he would not have accepted the admiral's threat and approved the penalty list.

"The admiral's mental strength is too strong. It seems that he is resisting us from opening it. Under the conflict of the two factors, the cabin... is sealed..." The person in charge was obviously also frightened.

"It's sealed?" Nie Liang said.

Chief Judge: "Don't worry, Adjutant Nie Liang. I will -"

The dark dagger stabbed fiercely into the crack of the cabin.

The dagger flew past his bald scalp almost touching it.

The chief judge's voice suddenly stopped and he turned his head away in fear. The newly appointed adjutant behind him was extremely calm, with a flying blade between his fingertips.

"One minute."

"Open the hull."

…

Gong Du slowly opened his eyes in the cabin.

The light above his head was blocked by a group of people surrounding him.

"Admiral, are you feeling unwell?"

This sound is really strange.

Gong Du turned his eyes slightly, and a very gentle face came into view.

Gong Du: “.”

Who is this?

Xiao Guangtuan: "...your new adjutant, Nie Liang."

oh.

Gong Du finally came to his senses.

This guy...

However, his lack of reaction at this moment scared the person who was nervously examining him.

Nie Liang wrinkled her brow.

The chief judge quickly explained: "...People who have experienced the Flowing Void usually have their five senses a bit dulled. The time set by the admiral is 100 years. Although it has been disconnected, it is still about 90 years. This should be a normal reaction."

Nie Liang: “Should?”

"...Almost." Ellan Snow said softly.

The chief judge quickly asked, "What did you say, General?"

He was almost able to crawl out of the abyss and reach the other side of the fourteen-year-old shore.

Elansno half-closed his eyes, slowly sat up, propped up his head, and whispered, "Everyone get out."

Seeing him wake up, Nie Liang lowered his head and said, "Yes."

He pulled the chief judge, who was hesitant to speak, and the group went out in a hurry.

The completely destroyed execution site was filled with the stench of burnt cables.

Elansno dialed Emperor Roche's call.

He has direct access to communicate with His Majesty.

Soon, the benevolent figure of Emperor Roshi appeared in front of him. Seeing the weak and powerless appearance of Elansno, he was a little surprised: "Elans, what's wrong with you?"

Elansno came down from the cabin and nearly fell to the ground. He managed to hold on: "... I just finished being tortured, and I want to apologize to you."

He suppressed the news of the loss of arms and experimental equipment. Currently, apart from Kane, no one knows about the loss of arms and experimental equipment.

Emperor Roche sat up straight, frowned and said, "Nonsense, does the military judge not want his head anymore? He made a decision on such a big matter privately! Elance, what did you do wrong? Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

"...60% of the weapons you ordered the First Legion to escort were lost in the chaotic magnetic zone, and the experimental equipment has also been lost." Elansno replied half a beat late.

Emperor Roshi was silent.

He almost went berserk for a moment, but it seemed like an illusion and he suppressed it.

"Is it really lost?"

"yes."

"You lost it?"

"……yes."

"How did it get lost? With your ability, there shouldn't be a traitor."

The answers came slower and slower.

"...No," Elansno's earlobe was bleeding faintly. He gritted his teeth and replied reluctantly, "Elans was careless... There is a new S-level evolver in the northwest star field."

Emperor Luo Shi was quiet for a while, "I heard that the group of people in the Northwest Star Region were looking for him. So you fought with him."

He rubbed his fingers unconsciously, and after a moment, he smiled broadly: "It's just a batch of experimental instruments that were lost, Elance, you don't have to punish yourself like this."

"You are the sharp sword of the Empire. Nothing can replace your value. It would be a waste if you were injured just for a batch of experimental instruments."

Elansno did not relax: "Your Majesty, lift it."

"Your previous adjutant died?"

"Yes, it was an accident."

Emperor Roche nodded indifferently: "However, since you have already been punished, I will not punish you again, and this matter will be over. However, the S-class evolver from the Northwest Star Region..."

“Your name.”

"Just this?"

"Just this."

"Lan Xia."】

Lan Xia...

Ellan Snow's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he lowered his head: "I will kill him."

"First, find out what kind of power is behind him, his name, his personality, and whether he cares about anything," Emperor Roche said. "Last time, Light did a great job, killing the old leader of the Sutu without any effort."

"You should learn from him, you know?"

Ellen Snow: “Understood.”

Emperor Roshi spoke for a while on a personal level before hanging up the call with great concern.

Elansno relaxed in an instant, his vision became blurry, his lips turned pale, and he was unable to stand up for a long time.

——

Imperial capital.

The imperial palace.

Emperor Luoshu told Dean Pei what had just happened.

"Elansno has never had such a big mistake before. Now that batch of experimental equipment is gone, there will be delays even if we rush to make it. The plan for the C9 star zone will also be delayed."

Dean Pei: "No one would have thought that there would be another S-level evolver in the Northwest Star Region. This person must be eliminated."

He thought for a moment and said, "You can use it without worry, Elansno. After the second memory is erased, the human brain cannot remember it again. No one can bear such pain. He is completely different from ten years ago. Including going to the trial office to receive the punishment... It may be that the fear is derived from his absolute obedience to you."

"In this case, you can rest assured that he will never lie to you."

Emperor Roshi: "The chip in his brain?"

Dean Pei: "I am monitoring in real time, and it is very stable."

The inexplicable feeling of discord in Emperor Roshi's heart finally faded away.

"But the experimental equipment is still destroyed. It fell in the northwest star field and cannot be retrieved. The breeding ground is not enough." Dean Pei said.

Emperor Luoshu thought about it for a while, his brows slightly wrinkled.

"Let's find an opportunity to reopen the Temple of Mercy."

——

Gong Du was sitting on the warship at the First Army Base.

He has tinnitus.

Perception is also slower than usual.

The chief judge said it was a sequelae of torture and would heal in a few days.

In the small world, everything happens according to logic, and Gong Du enjoys the pain-free service of the small light group.

He had to come here and take the punishment voluntarily this time, not because he deserved to be tortured, but to give Ellan Snow a reason to gradually recover his memory.

Elan Snow has experienced two memory wipes, and his life has been broken. Everything in the past has been ruthlessly erased. Except for some instinctive reactions in his subconscious, he is no different from a puppet with emotions.

What can make the 'puppet' slowly wake up?

A button that should not be thrown away? A line of wrong code? A piece of spoiled cake?

All of Miyabi's scripts, including changes in character settings, must be consistent with logic in order to be recognized by the world line.

And there is no doubt that Elansno has experienced the passage of time and emptiness. In nearly a hundred years, lonely and stubborn, he wanted to climb to the other side of the memory fault layer -

This will become a clip, included in the world line, and perfectly capture the closed logic of 'Elansno gradually recovering his memories'.

Some of the scripts he performed for other people, while others were performed to fill in the gaps in the world.

Pleasant.

Gong Du narrowed his eyes.

After a while, he finally paid some attention to the new adjutant.

Ellen Snow: "Nieliang?"

Nie Liang: "Admiral."

Elansno couldn't hear clearly, but he could make out the shape of the other person's mouth. He leaned back slightly in his chair, unable to tell whether he was happy or angry: "You're wasting your talent by coming to my place."

Nie Liang was from the Imperial Capital Administrative Office, a Level 4 Chief Executive, and held real power. It was well known throughout the Federation that the First Army and the Administrative Office were at odds.

The administrative department issued at least 8,000 notices criticizing Ellansno, either openly or covertly.

Nie Liang: "In the selection of adjutants, I was the first, but you chose Kang Quan as your adjutant."

Ellen Snow seemed to be interested: "Which year did you win first place? How old are you this year?"

Nie Liang: “22 years old.”

"You were selected as an exception, right? Kang Quan is two years older than me and came to me six years ago. If you do the math, you were only sixteen when you participated in the selection. No wonder."

A sixteen-year-old kid can't even take care of himself even if he gets first place. Who can believe that he can be a good adjutant?

Nie Liang was silent for a moment: "When you picked up the sword, you were smaller than I was at that time."

Ellan Snow paused and looked at him for a moment: "I think you look familiar."

Nie Liang smiled and said, "People's facial features are all similar. Don't worry, I came here voluntarily. If you are not satisfied with the three-month probation period, you can replace me at will."

"That's fine," Ellansno said a little sleepily, "You can take over Kang Dog's affairs and get familiar with them as soon as possible."

Nie Liang paused and said, "Just now the chief judge asked me whether Adjutant Kang Quan should be punished or rewarded?"

The fingers pressing on his temples stopped, and Ellansno said calmly, "No punishment, no reward, just a grave. Other than that, erase all traces of him. I don't want to hear any news about his past."

This treatment was a bit strange, as if it was extremely disgusting, but from what he had heard, Kang Quan was clearly trusted by the admiral.

Nie Liang did not raise any questions of his own, but just nodded, and after sending his original words to the chief judge, he lowered his head and left.

…

When we were almost at the First Legion base.

Nie Liang opened his spare computer, and the private messages inside had exploded.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

It seems that the news of him becoming Ellan Snow's adjutant has spread, and the Blue River guy must have known about it.

As expected.

[Blue R]: You told me you left the capital, but you didn't tell me you went to Elansno's side?!

[Blue R]: What do you want to do? Did you finally catch up with the real star? Don't forget your deal with the mercenaries and the Northwest Star Region.

[Blue R]: Why was I so blind to cooperate with you? I am not normal in my mind &*…&……%￥

Nie Liang took it for granted.

Lan Zhouhe is a cautious person, but he is not from a decent family and is used to it. When he speaks swear words, they are all blocked words.

The messages kept popping up, and Nie Liang moved his fingers.

[Silver Crow]: If you have something to say, just say it.

Lanzhouhe took a deep breath.

Mercenaries are a very special group in the Northwest Star Region. There is no organization, only ranking. Anyone can become a mercenary, and the only criterion for ranking is the number of tasks completed and the success rate.

Not all mercenaries are anti-federal elements. The identities of many mercenaries are very mysterious, but most of them are crazy people who only want to create chaos in the world and work for their own camps.

The mercenary currently ranked first is the one with the code name [Silver Crow].

Silver Crow, Ellan Snow's number one fan, a notorious murderer in the Northwest Star Region, but this guy hates the Federation so much that he has killed countless important figures in the Federation.

On one side, the Federation dies, and on the other side, the general sticks to it.

Beneath his gentle and calm appearance, he is a schizophrenic patient.

By cooperating with Silver Crow, he was taking a big risk in organizing this.

[Blue R]: You can serve as Elansno's adjutant. There is something that requires your cooperation in the investigation.

[Silver Crow]: Old rules.

[Blue R]: ...The photos of Ellan Snow that I saved here have been taken away by you.

The Blue State River is a bit broken. Who are the anti-federal elements like him? They also save various interview videos and photos of the enemy, and sometimes even have to edit those photos!

Nie Liang wanted to log off without hesitation.

[Blue R]: Don't leave yet. This investigation is related to Ellansno, otherwise I wouldn't have come to you so easily.

Nie Liang paused.

[Blue R]: I found a photo and an audio clip and sent them to your email. Please take some time to read them and then come back to see me.

Nie Liang frowned slightly, but still replied: [Okay.]