Chapter 404: The Seventeen-Year Cicada Spreads Its Wings
The gurgling water flowed down the mountain stream and hit the pebble pool below, which was particularly clear and cold.
Tilan sat by the pool, soaked her bare feet in the water, and felt the touch of the water flowing through her feet. The edge of her skirt above her knees was a little wet, so she simply tied it up at the side, supported her hands on the big rocks by the water, and looked up at the sky where white clouds floated by.
This is the mountain in the North District 1, the only area in the northern hemisphere of the Emerald Skirt with a relatively good environment.
A few white birds in the sky spread their wings, swooped down quietly and gently, and then landed leisurely in the pool. They fluttered their wings and occasionally dived into the water, washing their bodies with the clear water here. Looking closely at these birds, you can see a wisp of light yellow crown feathers on their heads, which are shaped like ~, making these birds stand out a bit.
Light Feather Sequence 4: Light Feather Bird (Perfect Gold Level), the most classic advanced template of Light Cotton Bird, and the Light Feather Sequence is also named after this.
Leaning on the stone with her head up, the girl closed her eyes and listened quietly to the sound of the wind blowing by, and then slowly opened her eyes, a pair of emerald pupils appeared, she raised her hand slightly, and a wisp of breeze blew around, making the tilted leaves above her head shake, and the sunlight was broken between the branches and leaves.
Sitting up, Tilan lifted her feet out of the water, stepped on the stone, leaving a few wet footprints, and then jumped lightly, the whole person fell on the tree canopy like a light feather, and then sat down on the branch, letting the wind dry her skirt and feet.
It is now April, the weather in the North District is mild and suitable, and the sun is not strong, there is a kind of relaxing and addictive atmosphere.
The bright fingers opened in the wind, and then turned gently, a green bamboo flute appeared in the palm of the hand, and there were tassels hanging below the bamboo flute, which was very beautiful.
The girl placed the flute horizontally in front of her and played it slowly, getting familiar with this slightly unfamiliar skill.
Gradually, the sound of the flute became more gentle and soft, and the previous unfamiliarity completely dissipated, becoming moving and leisurely.
Hearing the girl's flute, several light-feathered birds that were originally playing in the water flapped their wings, flew to the branches next to the girl, and landed, standing together one by one, listening carefully to the melody in the wind.
Unlike the usual grand propositions, this melody reveals a simple and swaying artistic conception.
I don't know if you have heard the story of "Seventeen Year Cicada", which tells the story of a life that lives underground and experiences seventeen years of darkness, and then emerges one day, climbs to the treetops, bathes in the summer breeze and sings in the shade of the trees, and then walks through the last moments of life.
Insects just live according to their own habits, but people see their own shadows in these lives.
If we talk about the past Heshia, because of her childhood personality and experiences, she was a little timid and inferior. She often suppressed her temper and dared not speak loudly or express her own opinions. But in the past three years, her curled up heart has slowly stretched out, just like a cicada crawling out of its small shell, then standing on the treetop, bathing in the breeze, letting its wings slowly stretch out.
If she hadn't had those experiences in her childhood, she would have shown extraordinary talents and grown up in the spotlight like Themisia. What kind of personality would she have at that time? Sometimes the girl would think of this question.
There is no doubt that no one is born timid or bold. The formation of personality is mostly related to childhood experiences. The environment and experience shape people's thinking habits and ways. Everyone you see is the crystallization of her past time.
After the song ended, the girl put down the bamboo flute, her eyelashes slightly opened, and her vision was hazy. Looking at the mountain scenery in front of her, she didn't focus on anything in particular, but just quietly felt the world in front of her, listening to the birds singing in the distance, the water flowing in the mountain stream, and the slight sound of the leaves colliding beside her.
As expected, she is still different from her sister.
Listening carefully to the voice in her heart, the girl sighed softly. She did not have the strong desire of Themisia, who could do anything for her goal. If it were not for the grace and care she had received in the past three years, she would probably choose a peaceful and remote planet in the future, away from the crowd, to live a leisurely and peaceful life alone.
She did not have so many goals and desires that she had to achieve, but she was not the kind of person who was irresponsible and gave up everything.
Freedom also needs something to maintain it. People who completely give up everything will also lose the so-called freedom.
She likes such a quiet afternoon, bathing in the stream and leisurely watching the white clouds, but she is not a child anymore. She knows that such leisure and freedom also need to be maintained and protected, rather than just escaping and retreating from the world.
Although she does not have the strong desire to obtain and achieve her goals like her sister, she has the desire to protect the world in front of her and keep it in the ideal peaceful and tranquil state in her heart.
One is a destructive and powerful aggressive, and the other is a healing protection that hopes to heal the trauma. The two are like clearly opposite concepts, very different and set off each other.
The body jumped up lightly, the wind blew her skirt, and then the body slowly descended, with her toes stepping on the grass.
"It's time to do some work." The girl lightly shielded the sun with one hand and looked up to speak.
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In early April, the North Fourth District Military and Police Command Center received an unsigned email. The video in it described the battle scene. The four Pelicans in it immediately attracted the attention of the command center because these four were the four mechas that they lost last year.
In order to wash away the shame and put an end to the hidden dangers, the command center immediately searched and verified the location based on the scene in the video, and then sent an action team to conduct a sweep and hunt.
Soon, at noon the next day, a team arrived at the scene of the incident, but it was already deserted, leaving only a ruined underground base.
A few days later, a series of investigation teams arrived to survey and search the area, and launched a search and arrest investigation in other surrounding areas.
"Report to the commander, this is the investigation report."
A week later, a detailed investigation report was placed on the table of the North Fourth District Military and Police Command Post.
The report temporarily uses 'X' to refer to the resistance organization that stole the four mechas, and it roughly analyzes the personnel composition and origin of the organization.
[The specific establishment time of the X organization is unknown, but most of its members are from poor areas in the north, and many of its core combatants are retired federal soldiers. According to the details and habits revealed in its battles, it can be inferred that the mecha pilots are most likely former military personnel, and there are also high-ranking retired officers among the commanders.
The organization is active in the North Third District, North Fourth District, and North Fifth District. Its peripheral organizations may be local gangs in these areas. They have strict internal and external management distinctions. The regional gangs only know some of their intelligence and do not understand their internal structure and specific operation mode.
Since its establishment, the organization has gradually controlled many regional gang leaders, and some regional hostile gangs do not even know that the organizations above them are the same.
Their action goals were initially just to make money and maintain local stability. In recent years, the frequency of recruiting personnel has begun to rise. Last year, they raided the action team of the calcite mine in the North Fourth District and seized the mecha. The most recent prominent action is to resist the acquisition of northern land resources by the group related to the Saint Ingo camp.
It is not yet possible to infer whether the organization is operating independently or secretly supported by other forces. These need further observation.]
The report is accompanied by many pictures, tables, and oral records of local residents surveyed.
After listening to the report, the newly appointed commander-in-chief waved his hand and asked the staff officer to put down the record board for the time being.
"Do they have a grudge against Saint Ingo, or have they received benefits from the Edes camp group?"
"So far, we have not found any connection between them and the Edes-related groups, but there have been people in some bars in the north who have heard about the grudge against Saint Ingo."
"Give me a detailed description."
"The general meaning is that the tragedies in various districts in the north are all caused by the Saint Ingo-related groups. They say that those people are greedy and cold-blooded scum."
"Oh, it seems that your description is a bit embellished. I guess the curses in the bar will be more vulgar and direct." The commander-in-chief is also an experienced old man. He knows how the drunkards at the bottom gossip and curse others.
"There are indeed some." The young staff officer nodded in admiration.
"Okay, let's not talk about how these guys curse people. Are such remarks widely circulated in the north?"
"Not widely. They were just popular in some areas at a certain time, and then disappeared quickly."
"Very smart, the leader of this organization." The commander-in-chief lit a cigarette and smoked it slowly.
"If I were you, I wouldn't be so reckless. If such remarks become popular, they will definitely be noticed by Saint Ingo. A little investigation will find them, and they can't change anything except stirring up some emotions."
"The major mainstream media in the star field are controlled by corporate groups. Saint Ingo was once in its heyday. With just one call, they can completely ban related news."
"So, they also saw that Saint Ingo and Edes are fighting each other and have no time to take care of other things, so they dare to come out and make trouble." The staff officer on the side analyzed.
"That should be the case, but we don't need to make such an absolute judgment. Everything should be normal. Continue to hunt for the organization's traces until the four lost mechas are found." The commander-in-chief put down his cigarette butt.
"Yes, sir."
Then the staff officer left the office and continued to arrange personnel to search and analyze the whereabouts of the organization's personnel.
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(End of this chapter)
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