death of hope

Chapter 139 "Corporate Warrior" (55) The past is like smoke

"Miss, are you a fashion model?"

"No! No! Please move!"

"I know her! She's tall, she's Britney, the queen of pop! Are you coming to New Brisbane for a concert?"

"Forgive me! What a little queen! I always sing out of tune!"

The harassment of groupies annoyed Sigurd Lifa,

Fortunately, wearing sunglasses, the flash is not so glaring.

Fortunately, Lynch didn't look back, so she didn't notice this, otherwise her follow-up plan would have failed early.

The only good news for her is—

This month is the low season for tourism, there are not many passengers in the New Brisbane Starport, and there are not too many crazy fans chasing her.

After passing the infrared scanner, Sigurdriefa started to trot with a pair of long legs, and finally got rid of the followers behind him,

There are only a few dozen scattered people in the front lobby, and there is no need to queue up along the way. It seems that the cumbersome departure procedures can be completed without too late.

Document verification, epidemic prevention inspection and other steps were all completed within two hours. When she followed Captain Lynch to take the escalator to the Starport lobby on the ground, and followed him out of the terminal, it was still daylight.

The planet's rotation speed is similar to that of Terra's parent star, about 24 hours, and the day is slightly longer because of the season.

Warm light shines through the well-designed crystal curtain wall on the outer eaves of the building, refracting colorful projections,

This can be regarded as the first Internet celebrity attraction encountered after landing.

Every returning passenger, tourist, civil servant on a business trip, or new immigrant who has just arrived in Brisbane, no matter what their status, the first thing they do when they step out of the airport is to look up at this - the old human colony of Warnassus. star.

The stars bestow heat energy, which gives life to life, so many religions worship the stars.

It is a habit engraved in human genes to look up at the sun when there is nothing to do. You don't need anyone to teach you to pay tribute to the great power of the universe.

The galaxy where Terra, the mother star of mankind, has a young star—the sun, which is regarded as the mother of life by mankind.

It was a vigorous yellow dwarf star, equivalent to the prime stage of human beings,

She has burned for 50 billion years and will continue to live forever,
With the consumption of hydrogen fuel, according to scientists' inference, the sun will slowly enter the old age, expand in volume, and enter the red giant stage after more than 40 billion years.

And in this old colony of the Varnassus sector, in New Brisbane,

The star here is named "Old Phoenix" because it has entered the old red giant stage,
Like a kind old man overlooking all living beings, bestowing light and heat on the surrounding stars.

And it is precisely because of the old age of this star that the natural environment of New Brisbane has become suitable for human habitation,

No one is worried about its destruction. The lifespan of a star is calculated in units of billions of years. Compared with it, the young human civilization is only a few thousand years, which is like a drop in the ocean, completely worthless.

For some reason, Lynch looked up for a long time,
He looked at it longer than those excited tourists, and he didn't think the light was too dazzling even without sunglasses.

A few minutes later, the strong veteran saluted the star "Old Phoenix" with a standard federal military salute, and Sigurdriefa was confused:
(What is he doing? Is it a religion that worships stars?)
Sigurdriefa did not know,

Lynch is paying tribute to his old comrades,
In a battle many years ago,

The hostile civilization "Jeharites" sent a small fleet to harass the Varnassus star area, intending to compete with humans for the rich mineral resources in the star area.

At that time, Lynch's unit happened to be training nearby.
In addition to them, all the federal troops in the surrounding area were urgently mobilized to support, and mining barges from some companies also came to help out. When the incident happened suddenly, countless soldiers and civilians temporarily joined the role of the federal navy.

The situation was critical at that time, the ground anti-aircraft firepower was not enough to penetrate the enemy's energy shield, and the Jeharite fleet was about to enter orbit.

In order to prevent enemy ships from entering low-Earth orbit and bombing New Brisbane, Captain Nordrin Jescal, the captain of the destroyer "Fuyue" on which Lynch was aboard, issued a heroic order;

She ordered to abandon the traditional long-range bombardment, and heroically rushed up to ram the enemy battleship that was several times larger than herself in the way the ancients fought.

Because human ships put more emphasis on armor and despise energy shields, they actually hit a big hole directly.

The commanders in the captain's cabin, including the captain, Colonel Nordrin himself, were all killed in the violent impact,
Lost command, the [-] remaining officers and soldiers of the destroyer Fengyue knew what to do,
They rushed out of the scarred hull and fought a bloody gang fight, fighting with enemy soldiers at close range inside the enemy ship,

The narrow battlefield turned into a purgatory, with plasma beams and kinetic energy bullets flying around, blood splattering, and human heads rolling around.

The chainsaw bayonets of human soldiers meet the light blades of aliens. This kind of melee is exactly what Lynch's Marine Corps is best at.

Lynch led his company and took the lead in rushing into the enemy's machine gun firepower point,
The Jeharites paid attention to firepower and neglected protection. Compared with the human men and women wearing heavy ceramic steel armor, the combat uniforms of these skinny aliens were as weak as a layer of paper.

The Lynch rifle fired and shot down a large area in an instant. A grenade destroyed the rapid-fire machine gun on the position, and then pulled out the power sword and slashed at the enemy officer.

There was a terrifying low growl, and a strange-shaped bulldog raised by an enemy officer rushed towards Lynch.

This animal is not a natural creation, but the result of genetic modification. It looks like a ghoul in a church mural. Its sharp claws are strong enough to tear apart the weak parts of the ceramic steel armor. It was bred to deal with humans.

The deputy company commander, Lieutenant Robert Heinlein, took the initiative to cover Lynch's flank and rushed to fight the alien bulldog.

When Lynch cut off the head of the enemy officer with his power sword and captured the entire firepower point, he turned his head and found that the deputy company commander had died with the beast, stabbing each other's vitals with dagger and sharp claws.

In this battle, the federal navy and the militia fought bravely and won a complete victory. They sank 15 enemy ships and wiped out more than 3 enemy navy personnel. Only 32 people in the entire fleet survived.

Instead of being taken captive, these survivors were put back on purpose to spread fear, and they terrifiedly told of the horrors of humanity, howling these two-legged savages rushed forward to fight, as if to tear the flesh from their enemies.

It is said that the high-ranking enemy heard the nightmare again and again,
They were especially afraid of the heavy armor and powerful infantry of the human army, and never dared to plunder again.
Half a year later, the other party signed a contract with the federal government, and the Warnassus star area finally gained peace.

Lynch looked at the stars and saluted,

It is to pay tribute to the heroic deputy company commander Heinlein and thank him for saving his life,

From the perspective of others, I can only see a tall and ugly uncle posing towards the sky. How can I know the thrilling story in it.

Although Sigdrifa is upright and brave, but her life experience is still young, of course, she can't understand the deep meaning of the veteran's salute, and said that he committed PTSD. (Battle trauma.)
(Is this guy sick? When I was a child, I always saw veterans go crazy in the street, and suddenly squatted down covering their ears, saying that they heard the sound of shells, how pitiful...)
Lynch stopped a taxi, told the driver the address, took off his backpack and sat in the back seat. Thanks to the long enough wheelbase of taxis in New Brisbane, they could accommodate a big guy like him. .

The stalker cursed inwardly: (Damn it! There is a bus next to it, why doesn’t he take it?)

Thinking of her own financial difficulties and the huge financial pressure of her family, Sigurdriefa was of course a little bit reluctant,

But in order to dig out the truth, she made up her mind to stop a taxi and directly opened the door to get in:

"Master driver, follow the taxi with the tail number BAZ2298 in front."

The driver is a fashionable young man with an afro, blowing bubble gum in his mouth, and looking at the rearview mirror with some doubts:
"Sunglasses... headscarf, mask... Ms., are you afraid of being caught by the camera when you dress like this? Could it be that you are from the FBI?"

"Hurry up! Don't talk nonsense, I won't be able to keep up later!"

Sigurdlifa shouted angrily: "If you delay my business, you will definitely make your kid eat and walk around!"

Hearing such a threat, the driver thought he had run into a gangster sister,

Did he know the fate of angering the gangsters, it was a problem for the forensic doctor, trembling and clenched the steering wheel:
"I'm sorry... I won't ask anymore, please fasten your seat belt... I don't want the fare, I just ask you to save my brother... I still have children at home..."

Sigdrifa was taken aback for a moment, and wanted to explain, but when she thought of saving the fare, she couldn't help but burst into laughter:

"Follow me up! If you lose track, I'll kill you and put you in the trunk!"

"Okay...okay...my little brother must not dare to lose him!"

(End of this chapter)