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Chapter 6 "Five"

fire!
As far as the eye can see, it is full of burning fire!
A suffocating thick fog rolled up in the billowing flames, aggressive.

Did it fail in the end?
I sure enough.
I'm sorry, Moral, but I failed your trust!
sorry, stranger
The raging flames in front of me began to slowly surround me, as if they had life, surrounding me in the middle of an endless sea of ​​flames.

Speaking of it, it can be regarded as a relief, right?
The only regret is the so-called mother, right?

"Woo~ woo!"

cry?

Who is this!

How could there be a child crying?

where is it?
Looking around, I can't see anything other than the raging flames.

"Uh"

It's so uncomfortable, but why can't I make a sound?
"Uh!"

It really seemed to be shouting loudly, but no sound could be made.

What's the matter, what's the matter!
"Woooo."

behind!behind me!
Turning around suddenly, it was himself who caught his eyes.

To be precise, it was the young and weak self who could only cry loudly.

why?
"Lin Man! Lin Man!"

This voice is father!
Yes. Father!

"Uh uh!"

"Uh!"

Looking at the person rushing out of the flames in front of him, he reached out his hand to grab him.

But he suddenly turned around and ran into the terrifying light curtain once again.

Take away with me, and the self who can only cry.

In the end, I could only helplessly watch them drift away.
don't want!I'm still here!

".Man.?"

Do not!don't want!

"do not want!"

"Ha! Ha! Ho!"

The severe panting was accompanied by bursts of colic in my heart, and I slowly began to see things in front of me clearly.

"Lin Man!"

Without hesitation, he tightly held the hand in front of him, and then slowly realized that it was only Morar.

here is.
The scene in front of me slowly overlapped with the memory in my mind.

It turned out that he escaped in the end!

"Lin Man!"

"Moral?"

"Lin Man!" "Moral!"

There was no other unnecessary movement, and the two troubled brothers who survived the catastrophe hugged each other tightly.

Intertwined with the sudden outburst of emotion, there are also tears that are considered to be the cheapest.

"Brothers!"

"We survived! We survived!"

"Yeah, I survived!"

"."

After wiping his tears, he suddenly felt that he was no longer moving.

When I looked again, the person in my arms had closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Only then did I realize, although I don't know when he regained his sanity.

But judging from the coat he put on me, he should have been taking care of me in a coma, right?
You have worked hard too, take a good rest
Put him flat on the ground gently, and then cover him with a coat.

"Nice dream."

Recalling the terrible nightmare just now, I can still feel the lingering fear.

Try to move your feet, and slowly stand up while supporting the chair next to you.

Without any destination, we aimlessly rowed through space.

Instead of catching the blind everywhere now, it is better to
After resetting the life support system to make it more comfortable, he still looked at the stranger who had been lying silently in the distance.

I'm afraid it will stink by now, right?
But don't worry, in order to thank you for bringing me the desire to survive at the last moment, I will definitely bury you.
Oh my God!

God!

His chest was still heaving!

This...hasn't died yet?

Judging from the degree of hunger in my stomach, I should not be in a coma for more than one meal, which can be confirmed from the clock of the main control.

But can he really last that long?
Now, if you look carefully, it's not the chest that is oozing blood, but the abdomen.

Shot in the abdomen, the armor was penetrated, and the warhead should still remain in the body.

Although I have long heard that the armor of the empire is relatively flexible and maneuverable, it pays more attention to defense and protection capabilities.

But now that it has been broken down, it is actually meaningless to talk about it.

What should we do now?
Do you want to save him?

If you want to save him, you need to find a city where you can land immediately.

But this is the carrier-based aircraft of the empire!
Let's not talk about where we are, whether we are in the territory of the alliance.

The neutral port will also reject all military actions.

Even if it landed in an area under the control of the empire, it would be immediately recognized by air defense.

What follows is to be captured and controlled.

Investigate where we came from and end up repeating the same mistakes.
One of them is an imperial citizen and the other is an imperial soldier.

And me?

What can I do?
Man is such an animal, tangled and confused.

It has nothing to do with oneself, but once it involves oneself, it will become extremely selfish.

But this is really worthless.
The ridiculous thing is that I was brazen just now and wanted to put you in the grave as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, it immediately became a joke.

But what makes people feel strange is that his breathing doesn't seem to be as fast as before.

On the contrary, there is a feeling of relaxation and tranquility?

Impossible, his injury is actually recovering!
After carefully observing the wounded position in the abdomen of the person in front of him, the space fell into silence again.

When something unreasonable happens in front of your eyes, your first reaction is of course resistance.

Although he was still seriously injured, the wound on his abdomen had stopped bleeding.

Even with the mask on, he couldn't see the person's expression.

But judging by breathing, there shouldn't be the twisted feeling when he was dying.

"Chong!"

He lowered his head and pulled out the magnetic dagger on the outside of his thigh.

"Om~beep~beep!"

This traditional self-defense weapon draws a terrifying arc of electricity across its blade when activated by its wielder, and is even capable of effectively piercing enemy shields, posing a considerable threat to anyone who takes it lightly.

Anyway, let's hand over the weapon on him first!

I don't think a kinetic pistol for self defense would be able to penetrate his shield.

I certainly don't think it would be a particularly difficult thing for him to get this thing into me, or Moral.

Gee!
Now it has really become a hot potato!

If he had been more ruthless and shot directly at the beginning, there might not be so many invitations now!

Just when I turned around, it seemed that the person lying quietly on the ground shook hands gently.

It may be an illusion...

Slowly walked back to the console, looking at the sky full of stars, looking at the endless universe.

In such a vast world, where is the way back?

It turned out that my father also escaped like this.

My father, Lancetalo Greener, was well-known in the Principality as a power system engineer, and was specially recruited into the navy fleet to improve and repair carrier-based aircraft for the army.

How did he escape from the destroyed ship by piloting a carrier-based aircraft without any training or naval authority?

I have to say, this is actually very despicable.

But that's what kept him and me alive.

Only now did I understand the meaning of those words he said.

Many people feel that it is shameful to run away from difficulties.

Of course, I've always thought so before.

Although he dare not call himself a hero, he has always claimed that he is not a weak coward.

But when you face such irresistible forces as natural disasters and wars, how do you face them?

Those who usually speak beautiful words may run faster than anyone else.

After all, you don’t need to pay taxes if you brag, even if you brag, the most you will lose in the end is face.

But death is indeed a real and objective threat.

Who can not fear death?
Who can calmly face death?
At least for me right now, it's totally impossible.

UP-EST III, belonging to the UP-EST galaxy, UP-ST star field, Neptune.

The only information that can be obtained from the navigation at present is that we are still in the area of ​​the UP-ST star field.

Judging from the star map, it is just next door to the UP-R galaxy we just escaped, and it is a relatively primitive colonial galaxy.

In fact, the main sequence UP-EST is a star with a very moderate age, but it is due to the distance and orbit of the planet.

The only planets suitable for colonization in the entire EST galaxy are EST III and EST IV.

But unfortunately, one of the planets is a barren planet and the other is a liquid planet.

In other words, one of the two brothers has no industrial resources, and the other has no living space.

Moreover, planets that can replace any role here can be found in other nearby galaxies.

In other words, it is tasteless to eat, but it is a pity to discard.
So declaring control here is only to demonstrate the sovereignty of the empire's sacred glory.

There is no impression that the main fleet is stationed here, and the alliance has no interest in this place.

Although the alliance has no interest in this place, as a part of the UP-R star field connecting other galaxies, it will fall under the control of the alliance sooner or later.

Unless the empire is willing to mobilize the fleet to sail here and engage in a large-scale battle with the alliance.

But this can be seen from the fact that the imperial colonial flagships that symbolize glory have been sunk, and there was no assistance until the moment the battle sank.

The doorway of this should be understandable after thinking about it, maybe it's not that simple, right?

In fact, there should be serious factional strife within the empire.

There is no guarantee that the captain of the colonial ship is the masterpiece of which faction was suppressed, right?

But having said that, do you want to enter the synchronous orbit of EST III?
If he lands successfully, he can be healed and live.

Although I don't know how he survived until now.

but.
In fact, in the end, Lin Man still had to choose to make a forced landing, because the only thing that this key card gave Lin Man the right to land was the power system of the carrier-based aircraft and the most basic life-preservation system that came with it.

There is no access to the food stored in the cargo hold, so it is not possible to drift in space for a long time in the end.

If one survives, there will be future fortunes!
After taking a last look at the motionless strange wounded and his partner who had already fallen asleep, he decided to try to land on this barren planet first.

Compared with other planets with stronger control, it is really better to treat this place as a gambling table.

Since you can't escape the fate of starving to death in the end, then use your own life as a bargaining chip to gamble on the hopeless future!

"Autopilot."

"Navigation, merging into synchronous orbit."

At the same time as the mechanical and cold sound of the system came, a huge monster entered the range of the carrier aircraft's radar.

Far. Long voyage cargo ship!

God help me too!

(End of this chapter)