Counterfeit Hero

Determined to seize this opportunity, the program crew pointed the camera at the passionate crowd while inserting footage of Le Ray's three-year war journey and the battle scenes of the hero Tian Xingjian that people will never tire of watching. They want to take advantage of the craze for federal heroes returning home and create an unforgettable classic program.

The first thing that appeared on the light screen TV was the scene of Gacharin's brazen invasion of the Galileo Galaxy.

Next to the main image of the cold muzzle of Gacharin's space battleship sliding past the camera, there are two smaller images. One is the figure of Lerei soldiers resisting under fire, and the other is the scene of Xiyo arrogantly and unreasonably accusing Lerei of deliberately provoking trouble at the Supreme United Council of Mankind.

The fleet rushing into the interstellar jumping point, the soldiers in the position, the whistling artillery shells, and the twitching lips of the Western York spokesperson were all silent. The only background sound was the deafening shouts from the First Military Academy in the capital.

The audience bit their lips and watched the pictures on the light screen TV changing. In the Galileo galaxy and the Newton galaxy, immigrant planets were captured by Gacharin soldiers one after another. Countless cities were turned into flaming ruins, and countless civilians lay dead on the streets.

Men were beaten to death and women were humiliated. On the screen, a little girl with a dirty face stood in the ruins and on the streets of the burning city, crying in fear and helplessness. The girl's lips, covered with tears and snot, were closed in the silent scene, and anyone could tell which heart-wrenching words she shouted.

"Mother!"

In front of the giant light screen TV in the square, several girls covered their mouths. Tears welled up in my eyes.

The photographer moves among the crowd, following the movement of the camera. Various voices appeared on the TV. "Long live Le Ray!" A girl's cry with a crying sound was particularly clear.

On the light screen TV, the camera passed over the wreckage of the battleship in the starry sky, and over the ground battlefields of Lucerne and Milok. It ended up in a prisoner of war concentration camp.

Outside the cold isolation net, corpses were piled up into a hill. Within the isolation net, the skinny and sluggish prisoners of war were imprisoned like animals.

On the small screen, there is still the dignified spokesperson of Xijiao. It was three months after the war broke out. He was accusing the Leray Federation of massacring dissident civilians and abusing prisoners of war during the war.

The Gacha Woodland army spread like locusts on the Lere map, and the words of this righteous spokesman were turning rapidly.

One after another, war scenes were played in silence.

finally. As the federation on the screen began to counterattack. First, the Newton local fleet used its most determined attitude to break through the jumping point and return to the Newton galaxy. Immediately afterwards, the ground battle of Milok began.

Cato. This famous meat grinder battlefield appeared in front of everyone again. One editor after another. Pull it up and it's gone. Photos of the twisted bodies of fallen soldiers, the remains of mechas and weapons. The burning crashed fighter plane, the field hospital full of wounded... The battle was so cruel that it was unbearable to watch.

On the small screen next to it, Xiyo's spokesman was still chattering, this time. He is an abominable person. Arrogant woman, this woman is demanding a ceasefire from the LeRae Federation. Accept the mediation of the Supreme United Council of Mankind. On another small screen. A grand ceremony to welcome the return of 270 federal heroes was played. Behind the soldiers weeping with their relatives. It was the vague background of that familiar [Warcraft] battle.

The director in the live broadcast car typed the narration on the keyboard with his own hands: "Children of the Federation. Never surrendered. That day. We met our own hero."

His hands flicked on the console. The background becomes clear.

On the small screen, [Warcraft] stood under a big tree. Facing thousands of enemies, firing six shots... On the main screen, the Federation fleet began to march towards the Galileo galaxy. The majestic new battleship broke through the void at the jump point and appeared in front of the enemy.

[Warcraft] jumped and turned around while running, and the sniper cannon flashed a white light... The federal army landed in Lucerne, and densely packed mechas jumped out of the giant transport ship, and fell to the ground overwhelmingly...

[Warcraft] rushed left and right amid criss-crossing artillery fire... The Federal Armored Division had crossed the enemy's defensive positions and launched a general attack on Gacharin's Army commanded by Liebgot...

[Warcraft] jumped out of the cliff among the enemy groups that were quickly encircling it on both sides. Its body flashed under the blows of countless energy cannons... The Federation Army let out a cheer of victory. In front of them, one after another accelerated. The Chalin Mecha has been released from combat status...

The picture changes rapidly, faster and faster, making people dizzy. Everyone has watched these live battles countless times, and looking at them now, it still makes people's hearts beat faster and their blood boiling.

Finally, the three rapidly changing scenes were frozen at the same time.

It was a photo of Tian Xingjian and eight big characters: "Hero goes home! Long live Le Lei!"

The patriotism of Lele people was ignited by the director of the "Hero" program who deliberately created a sensation. Everyone who watched the live broadcast jumped up and down.

The mature and prudent man clenched his fists in front of the light screen TV, trying not to let his tears flow down along with the students on the screen who were crying and shouting "Long live Le Ray". However, some young people quickly gathered together and formed a group of people. A torrent of passion. I don’t know where they found so many Leray flags. For a while, the square and the streets became a sea of ​​flags.

A white-haired old man stood on the roadside with a cane and shouted loudly to the boiling crowd: "Long live Le Lei!" The crowd responded to him with an even louder voice. No one can suppress the boiling blood in their hearts. It seems that if I don't shout like this twice, I won't feel happy.

The program team conducted random interviews with the excited and incoherent trainees and soldiers who were still gathered at the First Military Academy in the capital.

"I'm so happy and excited." A brown-haired boy shouted to the camera. He had to shout to ensure that he would not be drowned by the majestic shouts beside him:

To think that I get to see our Confederate heroes... I'm so lucky. I love coming. Like our heroes, I will defend her with my life. "

A mother holding her child said: "When I saw him jump off the cliff, I hated those Desiks so much." She wiped her tears and suddenly burst into laughter: "Now. When I see him come back, I am too Happy. Welcome him home. He deserves a good rest, a shave and a haircut.".

"He is a role model for Lelei soldiers!" A soldier said a word with trembling lips, then remained silent for a long time. At the moment when tears were about to burst out of his eyes, he gave a standard military salute to the camera: "Please allow me, Here is my tribute to you. I stand for my parents who died in the war. Thank you for everything you have done for us.”

At this time, the threat of Gacharin and Desik to the west of Lerei had been eliminated, and the three-year war finally had a chance to breathe. sad. Joy, touching various emotions intertwined. People seemed to suddenly wake up from the painful and numb life, and had time to chew, digest, and vent everything brought about by the war.

"Heroes" special. It triggered a frenzy to celebrate the hero's homecoming.

Everyone who has watched the show thinks it is a wonderful show. But. The program team seemed dissatisfied. They are determined to burn this fire to the end.

Using a dazzling simulated network mecha combat live. After shocking the audience, they asked a young man who did not belong to the Leray Federation to sit in the interview seat in the live broadcast vehicle.

"My name is Cozmo. I come from the planet Mars of the Freeport Alliance." Cozmo introduced himself calmly under the guidance of the host Helen.

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"I heard that you are a first-level mecha knight." Helen asked.

"Yes." Cozmo nodded: "Three years ago, I won the challenge of becoming a first-level mecha knight."

First level mecha knight! This dazzling title immediately caused a commotion in the audience in front of the TV. In this world full of mechas, everyone knows how powerful a first-level mecha knight is. In peaceful times, becoming a mecha knight is the dream of all young people.

"Mars is the name of the God of War in Roman mythology. The planet Mars is also one of the five holy places for mecha fighting." Helen smiled and said: "As far as I know, for the Leray Federation, a The first-level mecha warrior from Freeport is almost considered the God of War in our eyes."

"You flatter me too much." Cozmo on the TV twisted uncomfortably in his chair and said sincerely: "It's not that I'm belittling myself, nor that I'm deliberately flattering. In fact, in front of Mr. Tian Xingjian of your country, I’m not even qualified to take action!”

The audience in front of the TV was in an uproar after being shocked.

LeLei has never produced mecha warriors above level nine, and those civilian mechas who have passed the examination to become mecha knights can never be compared with the mechas of the same level in Freeport.

Tian Xingjian is a hero of the Federation, but his mecha level is still at a clear disadvantage against Esterazi. He became a federal hero because of his miraculous victories and his bravery.

It's definitely not because of his mecha level!

Everyone looked stupidly at the legendary Freeport mecha master, telling a legend belonging to the Leray Federation in a calm tone.

Is what he said true? If not, why would he ruin his reputation so much?

No one understood what Cozmo was thinking.

In fact, even Helen didn't quite understand. After all, her exposure to the private mecha fighting world was limited to information networks or magazines.

Therefore, she could not understand Cozmo's extreme surprise when he saw the fat man perform Yi Bai Shi. It was from that moment that Cozmo's mind was made up. No matter what, he must seize this opportunity to revive [Phantom Flow].

[Phantom Flow] has been in decline for too long.

It has been so long that many people no longer remember that this genre was once one of the eight major genres. It has been so long that everyone has even forgotten that they should give this ancient genre the necessary respect.

In Freeport, while other genres are flourishing with talents, [Phantom Flow] and the Smith family that represents it can only hide in the corner, obeying the rules and not daring to go beyond the limits. The Smith family has no choice but to accept how those factions divide their interests.

No one cares what people in this genre think. In everyone's eyes, Phantom Flow is just relying on its past accumulation to survive. When one day this genre is no longer qualified to serve as a foil, it will become a dessert shared by other genres.

Cosmo has known this since he was a child. Even if he is a genius recognized by his family, even if his strength has already reached the level of a mecha knight. However, I can only watch those peers who are far less hardworking and far less talented than me, relying on the power of their schools and families to ride on my head.

As a talented fighter who is arrogant and regards the revitalization of the phantom flow as his first goal in life, nothing can be more painful and humiliating than such an experience.

Accepting an interview is the only way for Cozmo to get in touch with Tian Xingjian.

Even if he knows what kind of trouble he will cause if what he says now reaches Freeport, and if it reaches the ears of those arrogant sects and families, and how much ridicule they will cause towards himself and his family, he doesn't care.

Because he knows that what he said is true! This was only in terms of close combat with private mechas. If he were to control military mechas equipped with missiles and energy cannons, Cosmo even believed that even the God of War of civilian mechas would not be Tian Xingjian's opponent.

"Not only am I not qualified to challenge." Cozmo's tone was still calm, without any compliment or exaggeration: "I believe that most mecha commanders, including my father, are also not qualified."