Steel steam and flame

The operating table is a simple steel bed. The air in the room is very good, and there are professional doctors on hand, so there is no need to worry too much about bacterial infection. This operation will take a relatively long time, so the three of them started their preparations.

At the same time, people from the logistics department and management department of the military school took the elevator to the underground cold room. They were followed by a large number of people holding various record documents and data, as well as people wearing light blue work clothes. people are carrying a small box. This is a routine job. Every time when the end of a mission is approaching, the mission's attrition rate and known causes of death will be counted in advance.

White cold air was constantly gushing out from the surrounding pipes, lingering heavily on the ground. The temperature in the refrigerator is very low, always around minus 30 degrees. In front of the group of people were countless stands arranged in a row. On each steel stand was placed a body bag marked with the military school logo. Inside were the bodies of students who died in each mission.

The space here is very large, and you can't see the bottom wall at a glance. There are only cold lights that gradually become smaller at even distances, and steel shelves arranged in a standard manner. Correspondingly, there are also a huge number of corpses here. If there is no special reason, every class of students will increase the body storage capacity here. Among them are many corpses that have been frozen a hundred years ago. This is good experimental data, which can be used by researchers to explore and compare the changes in human beings over the past hundred years, and what is the direction of slow evolution. . Of course, the corpses that can still be left here have a certain value. As for the extra corpses, the dragons kept in captivity throughout the empire also need basic food. The corpses of these operated students are their best rations.

"Have the detailed reports and photos of each task been sent?" This is the person in charge of the management department asking the subordinate behind him. The relationship between the Military School and the Quartet Forces has long been unclear. In many cases, the Quartet Forces choose not to interfere in any decision of the Military School. The military school will also promptly notify all forces of the real-time situation of the people they have packed into the school. After each task, there is a process of collecting and summarizing information.

"All the information has been distributed according to the identity of the students." A person behind him replied, "And their requests were quickly conveyed. This time there are many people asking to take back the body, and they want us to give There are also many people with more detailed information.”

The subordinate then added, his face already slightly pale due to the cold air in the refrigerator room. The warm air exhaled during the conversation also turned into white mist, and the next moment it condensed into white frost and fell on the ground covered by the freezing air.

"Hmph, another detailed explanation. Just reply with all the reasons for 'insufficient strength'. As for other explanations, it is no longer our business." The person in charge of the management department said, "We must also seize the time, every All corpses have to be inspected. And this time the attrition rate is more than half. Even if some corpses can no longer be recovered, the number brought back is an unhappy figure."

A group of people nodded and smiled bitterly. They were members of the management and logistics departments, as well as autopsy personnel. It stopped not far away, and everyone put on masks and rubber gloves. Opening the zipper on the first body bag next to it, there was a body that was pale from the cold. It was not very hard and still retained some softness of flesh. The clothes he was wearing were full of sword marks and bullet holes. The skin of the wounds was opened, and the flesh and blood turned light gray, a color that made people very uncomfortable under cold light.

"Corpse No. 302." The person in charge said after glancing at the number written on the body bag.

"No. 302?" Someone was flipping through the information in his hand. "It's a first-class mission, with a team of 12 people to clean up the entrenched mercenaries. The mission is completed, and 8 people died. The teammate said that No. 302 is He was shot to death by the enemy."

"That's it. No. 302's fatal injury is a bullet hole in the heart. That's the next one." Zipper of the body bag was closed. This is the most common state of corpses.

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"No. 604, biological poison causes brain death. Take some samples and give them to the old professors in the biology building to check the specific type of medicine."

"No. 701, died of suffocation. There is something wrong with the teammates' oral statements. It may be due to internal strife. Just report it directly to their corresponding person in charge. These are not matters we have to deal with. Our military school does not specifically stipulate that teammates cannot fight each other. .”

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"Continue to the next one." The hand covered in corpse mucus opened the zipper, and what came into view was a snow-white and peaceful face. The fatal injuries on the corpse were of the kind that could be understood at a glance. Nearly two-thirds of the body was torn apart by powerful bullets, and the wounds were too obvious.

"They were members of the Hill family. They requested that the body be brought back and a detailed explanation of the death be given. Moreover, the oral statement of the only survivor seemed to be related to the problem. According to the ship's doctor on the merchant ship he was on, the amount of blood loss and survival were The number of victims does not correspond to the number. The ship's doctor suspects that some people are seriously injured, but they are hiding for some reason." The person who read these sentences fluently word by word pushed the circle's eyes with his hand, "In other words, maybe Some students broke away. And there seemed to be internal strife in the team. The deceased was killed by a sniper rifle, and the sniper rifle happened to be the weapon of the only survivor. Of course, these are all oral accounts of the survivors."

"If it involves the issue of student separation, it has nothing to do with us. We are only responsible for the autopsy, and troublesome matters can be reported back to the corresponding power agency of the student. It is best for us not to get involved in these matters." The person in charge said calmly, and then zipped up the body bag.

"Next."

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The next day, Cassia sent a sum of money to her mother, submitted an application for going out, went to the cafeteria, and then returned to her dormitory room. All the muscles in his body were very sore. Starting yesterday, he and Ye Jielin returned to high-intensity training together. The surgical stage is transitioning to the mid-term "red mercury stage" in recent times, and high-intensity exercise can play a very good role in promoting this.

He lay on the bed and rested for a while with his eyes closed. Not long after, the metal wall cracked, and the sound of the printer and gear transmission could be heard again. Cassia opened her eyes, stood up and walked over quickly.

The printing paper in his hand was still hot, and the standard imperial text "Not Approved" was still written on it. Frowning, Cassia crumpled it into a ball, and her chest became much heavier.

The second application still had the same result, so there was no need to apply again, at least until the task time was over. There was no radio, and Cassia had no idea how to contact Kara.

Cassia didn't know whether Kara would always be waiting there, so she could only think of other ways. But he felt like a trapped animal now, with no chance of getting out under the strict supervision of the military school. Force a breakthrough? Except for the ordinary revolver and six bullets that I brought over, all the weapons and equipment used during the mission, whether good or bad, were taken back by the people from the logistics department. It is impossible to destroy the metal door. . Moreover, his password card only has the authority to open the door of his own dormitory room. He cannot sneak out by cracking the analysis machine program without a programmer he knows. If you want to leave the military school, other than walking through the regular metal gate, the only way is to cross the Blanco Mountains. But the raging cold current inside could easily freeze Cassia into ice. There is no feasible solution.

At this moment, Cassia suddenly felt that the separation from Kara in the train station waiting hall a few days ago might be the last time the two of them met.