My machine combat simulator has come true

Chapter 110 Sadness, Puzzlement and Conjecture

But after exiting the copy of the urgent mission, Yu Xiao saw a bloody message that didn't fit.

[Pilot change: Fidel Yashima, left the team due to death in battle]

"…Hey?"

how come…?

Yu Xiao was a little stunned for a moment.

Even until Fidel's last communication, he seemed to be safe and sound, right?

How could he leave the team so abruptly after this battle...?

But in front of Yu Xiao who was holding such hesitation, a new pop-up window appeared:

【Do you want to watch the replay of the battlefield?whether】

In this regard, Yu Xiao naturally chose the affirmative option.

Then—the scene on the battlefield just now was displayed in detail.

From the time when Fidel was injured by the Beta raid at the tactical level, until he launched the final attack and closed his eyes with a peaceful expression.

His satisfaction, his regrets, and his awareness were all conveyed to Yu Xiao in front of the screen in a down-to-earth manner.

At this time, Yu Xiao was silent.There was a long silence.

Then he quickly searched for a way to revive the team members who died in battle——

After all, even at the beginning, he didn't want Fidel's story to end so hastily.

More so now.

However, the feedback Yu Xiao got was undoubtedly negative.

Facts have proved that if he was fatally injured in the copy of the real battlefield mode of "Machine Warfare VS", but failed to retreat and get medical treatment in time.

Then the character will completely disappear from the team's member list.

In addition to the real-time archive setting it has, it can be said that it can no longer be retrieved.

This is a bit like the setting of "shipwreck" in a certain military anthropomorphic page game in his previous life.

[To be honest, I have been using the source-changing app recently to read and update books, switch between sources, and read aloud with many timbres, both Android and Apple. 】

However, even if you go to the store to re-purchase the data of a ZAFT green-clothed driver before recruiting.

I am afraid that what I get will never be the same character again.After all, there are so many unnamed fighters in the original work, where can I find them?

So... gone is gone.There is no remedy.

For a moment, Yu Xiao felt a sense of emptiness in his heart——

It's not because of a character with a high level of training, I was suddenly torn out of the card or something...

In the final analysis, as a game with almost no data quantification, the training of the companions in "Machine Wars VS" is itself an illusory thing.

The reason is nothing more than because this NPC who has been with him for a long time will disappear completely from now on.

Originally, as a senior game nerd——

It is also a fact that Yu Xiao easily projected his emotions on the characters in the game.

"…Hey."

So he sighed softly.Then after taking the disk and shutting down, he got up and left.

... He thought, today, maybe he will never have the mood to open "Machine Warfare VS" again.

***

At the same time, the direction of the research base of the Human Revolutionary Federation, which has just ended the battle.

"...Hey, Kanon. You haven't said a word since just now, what's wrong with you?...Are you still thinking about the mock battle?"

After changing into the standard human leather coalition uniform, in the huge hangar, the man wearing a red turban—Michio Hino spoke in a slightly insinuating way.

"Still. What you care about is the character who rescued you on the battlefield...the red number one?"

"…Um."

And when the words came to this point, the girl with crimson messy hair, Canon Meffins finally responded sullenly.

"...I see. Eh?!"

"Any surprises, Triple Six? I'm just stating the facts."

To this, Daosheng was a little stunned in his reaction for the first time.It's not for any other reason—

However, he has always, in a sense, regarded Kanon as a sister who is a few years younger than himself and has no blood relationship.

So it's fair to be surprised to hear for the first time that she "cares" about someone she's never met.

On the one hand, there is a certain sense of "this wooden person...is she finally enlightened?!"

On the one hand, it is the worry that the identity of the object she cares about is too far away and unattainable.

If, if she had just begun to fall in love with such a person...

Daosheng was afraid that her newly sprouted girlish heart might become colder than this Siberian land in less than three months.

But unfortunately, or should I say fortunately.

The girl's next words were enough to make all Daosheng's thoughts turn into clouds:

"Originally... I thought that 'Red One' and the like were at best just rumors on the battlefield, or deliberately compiled promotional materials. I didn't expect that it really existed. It surpasses the existing The power of cognition, the soldier who goes to the front line day in and day out..."

Canon shook his head.That face that was always flat and watery on weekdays was full of confusion at this moment.

"I don't understand. He... What is he fighting for?...Whose order?...From this, what can he finally get...?"

--All right.

It sounded like she was still that indifferent young girl who knew almost nothing about the relationship between men and women.

So just now, didn't I just have joy and worry for nothing?Dawson thought with a headache.

But thinking about it this way, Daosheng felt that it was necessary for him, as an unreliable guardian, to give an answer to the girl's question at this time:

"I guess it wasn't someone's order. He wanted to do it himself."

"From spontaneity? But. If it only exists in the world with a code name, there won't be any real benefits, right...?"

"Oh, there are people in this world who only want to give and don't expect anything in return. Maybe it's to satisfy their desire to save the world, or maybe it's because they simply hate fame and wealth—heh... Anyway, we usually call this kind of people Just be an idiot!...But, he is indeed a great idiot. It's amazing to be admired..."

While dealing with the red-haired girl who seemed to be transformed into a hundred thousand whys in front of him, Daosheng stood up.

"...? What are you going to do, Triple Six?"

Daosheng waved his hand casually to Canon's somewhat puzzled question.

"—I'm hungry. So I'm going to eat. That's it."

"...Triple Six! Now it's still in the schedule and on duty!"

This undoubtedly led to the accusation of the girl who always obeyed order and military regulations.

"That kind of schedule, isn't it all disrupted by a hasty attack?"

"This kind of excuse!...Even if it is my direct superior, I won't agree easily...!"

"Really. That's really a pity... I heard that today's soup is a precious stewed mutton. If I don't go earlier, I'm afraid I can only get a few pieces of potatoes or ginger..."

But Daosheng has his own solution to this.

"...mutton stew...?"

Perhaps thinking of the familiar dishes in the small town of Europa in his hometown, which are somewhat similar in recipe and ingredients, Kanon's Tong Kong was a little shaken.

At the same time, the flavors of the dishes swept from the memory seemed to resurface on the tip of her tongue at this time.

"What do you want to do, Kanon? Do you want to head towards the cafeteria with me now, or..."

Facing Dawson's further question, Kanon swallowed.

"Okay...okay. If it's an order...."

Then she stood up as if reluctantly, but she followed Daosheng's footsteps and left briskly.

After all, when a person is truly happy, he cannot hide it——

***

In the base, in the manufacturing workshop of the savior type Favna.

Yoji Hino is looking at a data list of the airframe, reconsidering its manufacturing plan.

At this moment, no one should have bothered.After all, it is not strictly working hours.

but--

Step, step.Accompanied by the sound of resolute footsteps, a man stepped forward to stand still at this moment.

"...Oh. Captain Yin. What are you doing here?"

Yoji raised his eyes that had been focusing on the chart in front of him.Then, with a little surprise, he said the name of the person who came.

Instead of saying hello, Yoon Tae-hwan just—

"...Mr. Hino. I have a guess."

Concisely and concisely, he stated his purpose of coming.

Chapter 110 The Truth About Beta Revealed?

"Oh? Tell me about it."

Yoji Hino first showed a somewhat surprised expression.

But then, he nodded with great interest.

It seems that, unlike those pedantic scholars, he will frankly take the opinions of front-line soldiers into consideration.

"...but first. I'd like to ask you a few questions about this."

"It doesn't matter. Tell me, Captain Yin."

After getting the promise, Yin Tae-hwan cleared his throat, and then asked seriously:

"—Betas, is the conjecture that humans are not regarded as intelligent creatures, but only as something similar to 'minerals'... correct?"

"Well. At present, the mainstream view in the academic world is indeed so. Besides, the consciousness and actions of Betas have shown a remarkable purpose and a high degree of monotony. From this point of view, rather than saying that they are Some kind of living thing, perhaps closer to a pre-programmed, bio-mechanical..."

Yoji explained the information related to it.Originally, he was the kind and patient type——

Not to mention now, he was indeed curious about what this young officer wanted to tell him.

"...It seems to be the same as what I feel. Then, the second question...Festum is indeed a living body made of silicon, right...?"

[To be honest, I have been using the source-changing app recently to read and update books, switch between sources, and read aloud with many timbres, both Android and Apple. 】

"That's right. The living body made of silicon and the pure high-energy condensed body—the so-called star core—formed a certain interdependent symbiotic relationship. Captain Yin, you are mentioning these now for the purpose of Are you explaining...?"

"Please forgive me. It's just because of my personal reasons, I want to get the approval of some professionals before I speak—and now, it's time for me to state my humble opinion."

"—The group of creatures named Beta are outsiders who were sent to our time and space after suffering the disaster of the dimensional earthquake....It is equivalent to a machine that suddenly lost its master. And as a Things that can’t act, their first order should be to find someone who can give orders to themselves—”

"Of course. In this time and space of ours, it can't find its original owner... But, maybe there are some existences that have almost the same identity authentication as their original owners..."

"Beta was able to develop carbon-based 'machines' like Beta, and gave them carbon-based structures without the concept of life characteristics... Their original owners must be creations that are different from known carbon-based organisms. .”

"You mean... Phystom, who is a silicon lifeform?"

Yoji's boy hole is slightly enlarged.

"That's right. And I guess, their actions so far, perhaps their ultimate purpose is not to exterminate human beings..."

Yin Tae-hwan's eyes became sharper.

"It's about making contact with the Creator, who is like a god to them—that is, the Phystoms. Since the Betas transferred to this world, whether it's going northward or going south into the sea... And that's all to reach the end of their journey, the 'North Pole'!"

"...Mr. Hino, you should also know that Phystoms also have the ability to invade the soul-and if they are allowed to complete contact, I am afraid that their master-servant relationship with each other will be completely bound. At that time, facing the help of Beta, who has re-evolved with the power of Phystom, and Phystom, who has acquired the power of Beta, we humans, I am afraid that we will lose all the power to struggle... What do you think, Mr. Hino?"