Interstellar Soldier

Chapter 5
"Bang, bang, bang..."

In the dimly lit passage, two young men, one tall and one short, leaned against the wall facing each other. The short one held an old-fashioned mechanical watch, and the tall one frowned. The sound of "bang bang" came from the iron gate a few meters away, and there was also the roar of a trapped animal from time to time.

"Handsome guy, there's still half a minute left." The dwarf shook the mechanical watch in his hand, looking very proud.

"What's the rush?" The tall man rolled his eyes at the short man, and shouted at the iron gate: "Damn it, be honest with me, or I will make you look good later."

"Bang, bang, bang..."

He was answered by a hasty knock on the door and a violent growl.

"Five, four, three, two, one, handsome guy, you lost."

"Time is up?"

The dwarf chuckled and threw the mechanical watch over.The tall man caught it, and reluctantly took out a pack of crumpled cigarettes and threw it to the short man.

"Damn it, I lost a pack of cigarettes, sir..."

Before he finished speaking, the tall man closed his mouth, because the two entered the passage and were walking towards this side.Walking in front was a middle-aged man with wrinkles on his face, and following him was a young woman with healthy wheat-colored skin and beautiful eyebrows, but with a melancholy expression.

"Who's winning?"

The tall man pursed his lips and did not answer the man's question, but his expression had already answered.

"Dinner is almost ready, you go up."

"Brother Li, it's been three days, and he hasn't stopped..."

"I have my measure."

The man waved his hand, the short man didn't say anything more, and asked the tall man to leave together.

After the two left, the man looked back at the woman who was following him, and then walked towards the iron gate.The woman didn't follow, as if there was a man-eating beast behind the iron gate.

Walking to the iron gate, the man reached out and knocked on the iron gate a few times. "Still alive?"

"Who are you, let me out immediately, or..." An extremely angry shout came from behind the door, and a man was locked inside.

"What else? It's been three days and three nights, and you haven't calmed down yet. If you need more time, I can lock you up for another three days and three nights."

"Who the hell are you?"

The man shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "It doesn't matter who we are, the key is, do you still know who you are?"

The person behind the door was silent and did not answer for a long time.

"If you calm down, we can have a good talk. Of course, if you feel that you can't sit down and talk to me calmly now, then come back in a few days."

"Open the door and let me out." The man stopped yelling and spoke very calmly.

"Don't play tricks, or you'll regret it."

"Open the door!"

The man smiled faintly, held the doorknob and turned it, then pushed open the iron door.

Before the iron door was fully opened, a figure rushed out from inside, and a fist smashed towards the man's head at a very fast speed.

The man didn't dodge, but threw a punch.

That punch didn't look fast, but it hit the figure's chest first, and knocked him out.

"It seems that you haven't calmed down. I'll see you again in a few days."

"Who are you? Do you know that attacking federal soldiers is a capital offense!" The man curled up in the corner, his voice was obviously weaker, and he looked seriously injured.

Behind the iron gate was a small room with an area of ​​less than five square meters, without windows, almost like a prison cell.

The man was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing.

"Laugh, laugh as soon as you can. I am an active federal soldier, and people from the military are looking for me. As long as you find me here, you..."

"Is this what you said?"

A piece of iron flew out of the man's hand and landed in front of the figure.

The man picked up the iron piece and looked at it, and immediately turned over and got up, his movements were very flexible, and he didn't look like he was injured.

"This is……"

"Take a good look. I'm outside. If you figure it out, come and find me." The man turned and left without closing the iron gate.

That is not an ordinary piece of iron, but an information storage.The front was engraved with three large characters of "judgment", and there was a laser seal on the activation switch, which needed to be opened by the accepting person with his fingerprint.The man hesitated for a moment, and pressed his right thumb on the laser seal.

Four beams shot out, and a virtual screen appeared above the storage.

verdict:
Sentenced object: Yang Yi, a third-class soldier of the Third War Zone Security Force, soldier number 49940300779527.

Sentenced crime: Funk.

Sentence basis: Federal Military Code Title 4, Chapter 78, Article 4238, Item 58.

Sentence: exile.

Sentence period: life.

Place of sentence: Lava Star.

Effective time of the judgment: 4994th year of the Third Epoch...

Before finishing watching, the man shook a few times and almost passed out.

It was none other than Yang Yi.

This...how is this possible! ?Holding on to the wall, Yang Yi opened the verdict again and read it carefully when he became more conscious.

The laser seal has the seal of the Military Jurisdiction Department of the Third Theater, so it is definitely not a forgery.

But... what the hell is going on! ?Yang Yi patted hard on the head a few times.

When he woke up, he was already in this room.What happened while he was unconscious, he didn't know.He only remembered that when he returned to the outpost, the "Fat Bun" was attacked, the steering propeller was destroyed by an enemy plane, and the spacecraft lost control. He took Zhong Lili to the escape cabin according to Lin Jia's instructions, and put Zhong Lili into a pod. The escape pod, set the automatic ejection program, and then got into another pod-style escape pod.

According to the procedure, after setting the route to the adjacent outpost, the ejection procedure will start automatically to eject the pod escape pod.Because the flight speed of the escape capsule is very slow, and the neighboring outposts are far away, the escaped personnel will be injected with sleeping pills, and then the hibernation device will be activated to allow the escaped personnel to enter a hibernating state, survive the long interstellar flight, and arrive at the destination alive or Rescued by a passing spaceship.

Yang Yi remembered very clearly that before falling asleep, the pod-style escape pod he was in had been ejected.

What happened after that?
"Everyone comes here the same way, you just have a bigger reaction."

Yang Yi raised his head and found the man who punched him flying was standing at the door.

"You broke the five-year-old record for a handsome guy, but it's still far behind the highest record I created."

"Record?"

"Time to stay here." The man glanced at the room where Yang Yi was.

Yang Yi was slightly taken aback, this is a confinement room.

"Do you feel like you're dreaming? But now you're awake." The man threw a box to Wang Zi. "Come on, I'll take you back to the real world."

It was a set of protective clothing that was folded up, and it could be activated by pressing the switch on the chest.

Yang Yi gritted his teeth and followed the man's pace.

"She is A Ling. She found you and brought you back." When passing by the woman, the man introduced. "My surname is Li, you can call me Lao Li or Brother Li."

"Are you the prison guard here?"

"There are no prison guards here. I just came here earlier than the others. Well, the exit is ahead. If you don't want to be roasted into charcoal, put on the protective clothing quickly."

Ahead was a rusty airtight door.

The man put on the protective clothing, and the woman named A Ling also put on the protective clothing. Yang Yi didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately put on the protective clothing.

The airtight door opened, and a wave of fiery red air rushed in.Although he was wearing protective clothing, he couldn't feel the temperature of the air waves, but it was definitely not low, probably above [-] degrees Celsius.

"Don't run around outside, if you get lost, no one can save you."

Yang Yi nodded, but he was still too nervous to breathe.

Although they have never been to Lava Planet before, no one in the Human Federation knows about this planet called "Fire Hell".

Before the Fifth Greenwich War, "Lava Star" was called "Bliss Star", with an ocean coverage rate as high as 80.00% and a beautiful environment. It is a resort with the same reputation as "Paradise Star".Unfortunately, at the beginning of the Fifth Greenwich War, the Human Federation retreated steadily. In order to keep the home galaxy, they had to abandon all the colonial planets. After the "Bliss Star" was occupied by the Silicon Charm Alliance, it underwent a comprehensive and thorough environmental transformation, and the ocean completely disappeared. Except for a few islands, the surface of the planet was covered by magma.Because all water resources have been lost, there is no development value, so after the Human Federation regained the lost land, it did not carry out environmental modification.Since then, "Bliss Star" has become "Lava Star", and it has also become the largest waste disposal site in the Human Federation.

Simply put, the current Lava Planet is a waste incineration factory.

What Yang Yi didn't know was that this was still a place where criminals were exiled.

Behind the airtight door is a straight upward passage with an elevator.

A few minutes later, after rising about 500 meters, the three of them came to a huge cave.

The entrance of the cave is red, and the outside is the ground world of the lava star.

Yang Yi trembled and walked towards the entrance of the cave. A Ling wanted to follow, but Brother Li grabbed her and shook his head at her, telling her not to go.The reality is cruel, but everyone who comes here has to take this step.Only by facing the reality bravely can we survive in this place worse than hell.

When he reached the entrance of the cave, Yang Yi stopped, supported the rock wall, and panted heavily.

The sky outside was crimson, and the ground was full of red-hot spaceship wreckage. The scorching wind raged at will, and the fire was everywhere.

The name "Fire Hell" is well-deserved.

This is reality, not a dream! ?

Yang Yi really wanted to take off his protective clothing and use his feelings to judge whether this was reality or a dream, but the remaining sliver of reason dispelled this stupid idea.

Who, who framed me! ?
A nameless anger rose up, filling Yang Yi's entire brain in an instant, and burning up.

"Who is it, who is it!?" Yang Yi raised his head and roared loudly towards the red sky. "I, Yang Yi, swear on the life of my dearest relatives, no matter who you are, even if you are a high-ranking general, even if you are a royal family, I want you to live or die."

In the cave, A Ling looked worried, as if she was afraid that Yang Yi would be killed because of those words.

A smile appeared on Brother Li's face.To survive in this ghostly place, not only the will of steel and the vitality of cockroaches are needed, but also the motivation to survive.Hatred may lead people to go astray, but it can make people overcome adversity and survive tenaciously.

(End of this chapter)