[Mecha] Heterogeneous Alliance

The gloomy sky is within reach, the lead-ash clouds are so heavy that people can't breathe, and one mouth eats a cold wind on the desolate plain.

Si Fei was terribly scared. He dared not cough when choked by the wind, but subconsciously moved closer to the people around him. The teenager who was one head taller immediately took her shoulders and turned his head to look at her. The thick clouds in the sky just cracked a hole, and the young man's face was half-cleared by the sun's rays. The familiar face smiled as usual, but finally paled because of the chill and fear. After a moment of silence, the boy whispered: "Don't be afraid, brother will be with you."

When my mother heard this, she immediately grabbed Si Fei's wrist and started talking to herself hysterically. Her well-knotted hands were colder than the oncoming wind, and she felt painful.

But she abruptly swallowed the cry.

Soldiers in black uniforms lined up as the sound of leather boots knocking on the floor approached. Mother's nails had been pinched into Si Fei's skin, but she didn't feel the pain at all.

The leading general walked slowly to his father, who was a few steps away, and asked politely, "Are you ready?"

His father turned his back to Si Fei and the others, and the shadow dragged obliquely into the ditch behind the family. He seemed to laugh: "Can you give me a cigarette?"

"Of course, of course." The officer took out a cigarette case and respectfully lit it for his father.

The pale smoke dissipated, hazy his father's face. The familiar taste of Blue Star tobacco calmed Si Fei briefly, and his mother slightly relaxed her restraint.

"Sir!" Another black uniformed guard trot over and coldly nodded to the general.

The general sighed: "The time is up, look..."

Father crushed the cigarette **** with his shoe heel and walked to his mother, reaching out to embrace her. The mother clung to Si Fei firmly and hung her whole body on her daughter's arm. Father didn't stop him, he just looked at Si Fei and said, "I am the one who caused you."

At the last moment, he can only say that.

The officer saluted a military salute, stepped aside and issued the order reads;

"preparation!"

The soldiers in black uniforms all raised their guns, with flat gunholes and black holes, like a row of doors leading to another world.

With an order, the trigger was pulled.

Si Fei sat up in shock, hitting the back of his head against the electronic panel on the head of the bed, and the cabin lighting turned on and off.

Breathing still was rapid, she drew up stiffly, curled up around her knees, trembling all over.

She hadn't had this nightmare for a long time, and after a long time she almost forgot how terrible the old dream was.

At the moment she just wanted to hide in the thin quilt and no one saw it.

But she knew it was impossible, and she wouldn't allow herself to be so intimidated.

In the dark, Si Fei raised his hand to touch his neck. The unremovable number was slightly sunken, so she traced the four-digit number with her fingertips over and over again, her lips moved open and closed, repeating silently: her name is Si Fei, a third-class citizen, and she is 19 years old this year. , Originally worked in the 4th branch of the 3rd district of the mining industry, this morning will participate in the advance approval mecha ability test...

Yes, the important thing is the mecha ability test. Such a great opportunity, you must not go wrong because of a dream.

Thinking of this, she reached out to touch the touch panel, her fingers still shaking. But when the light came on, she had almost completely calmed down, and after getting out of bed, she went straight to the bathroom attached to the cabin.

Sliding the parameter bar on the wall panel forcefully, reducing the water temperature to the lowest level, Si Fei brushed his teeth, washed his face twice, and washed his hands three times.

The electronic mirror in the middle of the washstand faithfully reflects her appearance. Shabby old clothes, pale face, cold and red fingers picked up the toothless wooden comb, and began to tidy up the messy black hair.

When the messy hair was restored to order, Si Fei's face was no longer half-divided.

She returned to the cabin barefoot and put on a white shirt, light snow green coat and trousers that had been cleaned and dried by the night machine. This was the uniform of the employees of the Imperial Coal Mining. It is not that Su Suye did not propose to buy her clothes suitable for testing, but she refused. It's still the most comfortable wearing this dress.

The shining sign beside the door shows the time: 6 o'clock in the morning in the Empire 3 time zone.

Si Fei stood quietly by the door for a while, took a deep breath, and pressed the door button.

The metal door slid silently, and she heard words after walking along the quiet corridor a few steps. It came from the central compartment.

"With all due respect, going to Titan to watch the ceremony is not a safe choice. You should have heard of the security situation there. The route of the Aquarius was leaked before. If there you are attacked again..." Shao Wei said Slightly raised, it spread out through the glass door.

Si Fei squinted in surprise, hesitated for a moment, and did not show up immediately.

Su Suye's reaction was flat: "Titan is the closest to the test site, so it is convenient to land as soon as possible after receiving Miss Sifei. The Aquarius was hijacked for another reason. The Flying Falcons have already handed over the suspect to the Black Hawk for disposal. result."

He paused, then put on a lazy dull tone, "As far as I know, even if there are people who want my life, they don't dare to do it for the time being. The number and name of this spacecraft have been encrypted, and...you You have so little confidence in your own abilities?"

"Why did you go to Area 4 and why the Aquarius number was hijacked? I really don't have the right to intervene, but letting you take risks is equivalent to catching myself!" Shao Wei was aroused by the opponent's indifferent attitude. be honest.

The answer to the captain was a fluttering sneer from the young man: "Don't worry, I haven't lived enough, and it won't affect your beautiful future."

Shao Wei slapped his tongue to refute. Si Fei decisively opened the door to the main cabin at this moment, walked in the door unchanged, and raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Both of them reads early; [嬴政+大汉天子] Jinwu."

Su Suye wore a dark red shirt alone, took a sip from his cup, and smiled at the top of the cup: "You also get up early."

Shao Wei sighed and had nowhere to vent, took off his military cap and slammed it on the chair, rubbing his eyebrows irritably. When Si Fei sat down beside him, the captain greeted briefly, "Morning."

The table slid open while speaking, and another breakfast was served.

Si Fei thanked Su Suye, turned his head and looked out the porthole. The spacecraft has not yet completely left the shadow of Saturn, and there is a chaotic dark yellow in the field of vision; the once-beautiful ring of Saturn has also changed a face in the shadow, and the square window frame only cuts out a section of the twisted arc, and the color tone is so deep. Feeling gloomy.

The silence was only occasionally interrupted by the light noise of the tableware, and the three of them kept silent.

It was not until Su Suye opened the public communication terminal that the depressive atmosphere was slightly relieved:

Even in the early morning of this time zone, the public channels have been rolling out special programs prepared for the celebration of the founding of the nation in various regions. All kinds of faces on the holographic projection screen | all smiles without exception, and the host is excited:

"After watching the intensive preparations ahead in Zone 1, we turned our attention to Zone 2. As the location of the Falcon team training base, Zone 2 not only sent elites to Bluestar to participate in the review, but also spontaneously visited the major satellite cities in Zone 2. Organized large-scale celebration trips and activities, trying to push the atmosphere to a climax before 10 o'clock in the morning at Blue Star..."

The celebration started at 10 o'clock in the Blue Star, and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon in Zone 3, and the pre-approval test was set at 8 o'clock in the morning.

"It's still early." Su Suye didn't see the dinner plate in front of him, only a plain white porcelain cup. He drank all the liquid in the cup, then turned to the other end of the long table and poured the cup again.

Shao Wei seemed to finally calm down, and took the initiative to talk to Si Fei: "Did you sleep well last night?"

Si Fei lowered his eyes and said, "Thank you for your concern, it's not bad."

Su Suye held the cup and walked to her side, tilted his head: "Really? Your complexion is not very good."

Si Fei and him looked at each other for a moment, unconsciously squeezing the metal cup in his hand, but did not speak with a strained face.

Seeing that her attitude was not loosened, the young man sighed maturely: "If you have any discomfort, please tell me immediately. After all, you have not been through the training period for diagnosis and treatment, even if you missed this test, it is nothing."

"No, I'm really fine."

Su Suye did not insist, and suddenly asked with a smile: "You are not curious why Master Chang will tell you the number of reserved places?"

"Since you don't tell me, there must be some internal information that I shouldn't know." Si Fei's tone was light, and he lowered his head and took a sip of the liquid in the cup. It was slightly astringent and slightly different from the molecular tea drink, which seemed to be rare. Of real tea.

"If the question is you, I will definitely answer." Su Suye said lightly, with a leisurely attitude: "Major General Chang means that someone has been selected in advance, and the competition you will face will be fierce. "

Si Fei's response was flat: "I will try my best."

Shao Wei couldn't help asking: "Major General Chang is responsible for the conscription in the 3rd district, so he acquiesced that this happened?!"

But Su Suye’s time for revealing the secret ended here. He smiled at the captain’s question without saying a word, glanced at the navigation information at the bottom of the projection screen, and suddenly turned to the subject and said: "The route is smooth now. It was before 7:40. There is more than enough time to reach the test site."

As he said, when the spacecraft landed on the fully artificial space station Kepler near the asteroid belt, the clock pointed to 7:38.

Dozens of spacecrafts of various sizes have been parked in the hangar. Most of these aircraft have a brand new and dazzling appearance. The identity of the candidates for this test can be seen reads; the poisonous women are worthy of survival.

Shao Wei frowned almost invisibly, and looked at Si Fei a little worried, lest she be ashamed of herself under such display. But a black-haired girl in shabby overalls stood calmly, standing with arms folded and watching the hangar staff guide the spacecraft to the designated plane.

"I'm afraid that if we take the spaceship, Captain Shao and I will have to part with you temporarily," Su Suye was rare and serious, staring at Si Fei calmly and extending his hand, "Good luck."

Si Fei turned around and slowly grasped the palm of the other party, the young man's hand still carrying the residual heat of the porcelain cup, and it was a little hot. She lowered her eyelashes and replied warmly, "Thank you."

She has always apologized and thanked in such a humble and gentle manner, but it made people unable to distinguish the true and false of every sentence. Su Suye didn't know what thoughts she had in her mind, but she maintained her finger-to-palm gesture, without speaking or taking any next steps.

Responding to his expectations, Si Fei finally slowly raised his eyes to look at him. Her eyes were very dark, and her expression was cold, and she smelled of warning. She had rarely expressed her discomfort on her face before, but she was very abnormal this morning. Su Suye seemed to have confirmed some guesses, but instead smiled triumphantly.

When Si Fei saw this, she pressed the eyebrow peak again, and before she tried to forcibly twitch her hand, the other party quietly let go of her finger.

The door of the spacecraft slid open in time, and no one mentioned this episode. Si Fei looked towards his toes, regretted his impulse for a few seconds, turned around and walked outside.

Shao Wei was obviously gloating, squinting at Su Suye's lips.

Su Suye was not upset. Instead, she shook her head tolerantly and sighed at the captain. His leisurely appearance seemed to say "You don't understand".

Two men in dark blue military uniforms were waiting under the ship's gangway.

The female officer connected to the terminal with Su Ye on official business, quickly exchanged the electronic secret key to confirm the identity, and then neatly instructed: "Si Fei? Test number 09, go with the guide. Others wait in the lounge." She was talking. His eyes are always inseparable from the information scrolling on the projection glasses, and it is clear that he is already preparing for the next applicant.

Si Fei silently bowed to Su Suye and Shao Wei, and quickly followed another young non-commissioned officer to leave the hangar.

Taking the elevator to leave the hangar, Si Fei entered the interior of the space city. The destination is a semicircular hall. Outside the curved glass curtain wall is the vast space, while the other wall is a mirror surface, reflecting the sky curtain outside the glass in front, overlapping back and forth, creating the illusion of vast space.

In the hall, many people had gathered in twos and threes, all of them young people with great spirits.

As soon as Si Fei appeared, she immediately attracted everyone's attention, and her appearance revealed enough information-just her plain overalls were incompatible with other people's new combat uniforms.

Everyone checked her up and down with curious and strange gazes for a moment, and soon turned away without interest, and continued to talk and laugh with their acquaintances.

Reducing one's own presence is Si Fei's specialty. She walked alone by the curtain wall, her eyes following the twinkling patrol spacecraft back and forth around the space station.

More candidates came one after another. At eight o'clock, the lights in the hall went out and turned on again. A lean middle-aged officer walked out of the crowd and went straight to the subject: "I don’t like self-introduction nonsense. Let me talk more. Now all of them are arranged in a row according to the test number. Everyone will get a brooch-shaped meter. If you dare to lose it, you will roll home for me. After that, you will put your ears up, and you will be behind me when you hear the number. This door takes part in the test."

The established small circles made buzzing discussions, and were swept by the short but harsh officer, and suddenly no sound was heard.

The middle-aged officer grinned, showing the missing yellow front teeth, smiling ill-intentionally and full of sarcasm: "The test results will be displayed on the spot. As for the results that you all care about... If you don't receive the news before 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, you can give up." He suddenly raised his voice: "Do you understand it!"

"clear!"

"Well, the test begins now!"