The Lord of Ashes

"You should find a girlfriend. Aren't you tired of having such a serious face every day?" Charlie Robert was leaning on the hospital bed and using a cane in the medical area of ​​the rear base set up by the Federation in the secret realm of subspace. , said to Bond who walked into the ward to visit him.

In fact, Charlie Robert has been in a bad mood recently, and his state has become increasingly depressed.

But when the two met, Charlie Robert could always put a smile on his face, and he could tease Bond with jokes.

Bond always had a straight face, as if someone owed him money.

Anyone who is familiar with Bond knows that he is not a difficult person to get along with, but he has become accustomed to this indifferent disguise.

Normally, Bond doesn't let go of his facial expressions easily.

Only occasionally can you feel Bond's true emotions revealed from certain details.

Faced with Charlie's teasing, Bond was not annoyed and simply put down the gift he brought.

The gift comes in a whole suitcase, and there are quite a few things.

Among them, several bottles of restorative genetic fluid and a black book of handwritten notes were the most important.

The former can speed up Charlie's recovery, including making his physique stronger.

The latter are some of Bond's experiences in practicing the Black Heart Technique in recent years.

This should be the last time Bond and Charlie meet in a short period of time.

No, this may also be the farewell between Bond and Charlie in the context of civilized war.

No one knows what will happen in the next second. Maybe Bond will die in this mission?

As they were both federal combatants, both of them had reached "general level", so there was no overly sensational atmosphere in the ward.

It could be regarded as an ordinary farewell. The only more personal information was when Bond asked Charlie: "What do you plan to do in the future?"

Charlie's brother has died, and even his bones have been turned into ashes. It is almost impossible to find another person in the federation who can achieve brain interconnection with him.

(PS: The brain interconnection and series theory developed by the Gallente Federation is generally used by twin brothers, or father and son. In addition, the passing rate for other types of mecha pilots is less than 03%.)

Charlie achieved his current status through mecha and was awarded the rank of "Major General".

But without the mecha, what can he really do?

He doesn't know how to command the fleet.

It is estimated that after retreating to the rear to recuperate, there are only two paths before Charlie: either to hang out in the logistics system for a lifetime, and his life will pass by in such a mediocre way; or to serve as a mecha trainer, guiding and training those young people. Senior mecha pilots.

You can't just be a big-headed soldier and start from scratch, right?

Faced with Bond's inquiry, Charlie did not answer at first.

It wasn't until the time was almost up and Bond was about to get up and leave that Charlie

Said: "I may go to the logistics system."

"There are many excellent mecha trainers in the Federation, and I am one of them."

"My mecha career is over. It was determined when my brother died in the battle." Charlie lowered his head and said.

Bond stepped forward and patted Charlie on the shoulder, comforting him: "It doesn't take two people to drive a mecha. Haven't your brains expanded a lot in recent times?"

"The mental methods I entrusted to you, as well as my experiences and experiences, you can think about it carefully when you go back."

"The Federation still needs talents like you to serve, and I look forward to seeing you on the battlefield again in the future."

"As far as I know, our Federation's mecha manufacturing technology comes largely from the ruined Rose Dynasty civilization."

"There is only one mecha pilot of the Rose Dynasty civilization, not two." Bond said solemnly.

Bond's relief made Charlie feel better.

He then also gave Bond's shoulder a heavy blow and said: "You must come back alive."

"When I return to my hometown of the Floodlight Star Territory in the future, I will show you the scenery and food of our hometown." Charlie said with a smile.

Bond nodded solemnly and replied: "I will definitely do it."

…

After saying goodbye to Charlie Robert, Bond gathered all his agents and special operations forces and prepared to go.

The space tunnel of the Heiyin Civilization Base deciphered this time cannot transport large-scale fleet groups and giant mechas, so not many personnel were dispatched.

But in theory, it is possible to reach the deepest part of this secret realm of subspace.

In addition to those agents and special operations forces, there are also a few combat robots involved.

For example, the eight-winged angel Fumila, which has been somewhat repaired, will also participate in this mission again.

Bond only saw Fumila on the eve of departure.

Because Fumila is just a robot and not a living being in Bond's eyes, apart from meeting him once and taking some image information from Fumila, Bond never made a special trip to find her again. Pass her.

Unexpectedly, after not seeing each other for more than two years, Fumila has undergone great changes.

The originally destroyed charred black face, as well as the exposed metal skeleton and various types of lines and pipes, have all been restored recently.

And Fumila's face was almost the same as before.

The repair environment on the frontline battlefield is far from as perfect as the precision experimental base at the rear.

It is not easy to repair it like this.

"Robots also love beauty?" When Bond saw Fumila for the first time, this extremely absurd thought flashed through his mind.

Originally, in his understanding, in more than two years, Fumila and other combat robots should repair their weapons and various combat systems as much as possible.

Appearance is the last consideration.

Even though Fumila is still as ugly as before, as it was severely damaged, as long as her weapon system and combat capabilities are restored, she will still be a combat power that cannot be ignored.

Fumila was also injured while exploring the ruins of the Black Yin Civilization.

At that time, it was only repairing its most important weapons and energy systems.

As for the appearance of the damage... Bond remembered that he and Fumila, who had a metal mechanical head on her head, stayed in a cave of a dark civilization for nearly three years.

Fumila, who had returned to her angelic form at this time, didn't look like a robot at all.

It is indeed one of the proud achievements of Sipnus, the Federation's famous angel robot manufacturing expert. Seeing Fumila in front of you, it is like seeing the angels of the light god clan reappearing.

Two of the destroyed metal wings behind her were now barely repaired. At this time, Fumila should be called "Seraph".

In addition to Fumilaben‎​​‎​‏‎‏​‎‏​‏‏‏, there are nearly 20,000 angel-type robots traveling with them this time.

Bond has a limited number of agents, and the ones mainly involved in assisting in the exploration will be these angel-type robots with information recording and abnormal energy search functions.

"Long time no see, how are you recovering?" Bond said hello to Fumila for the first time.

This is probably because even Bond at this time cannot completely regard Fumila as a robot without intelligence.

What exactly has changed in Fumila?

Bond looked at the other person for a long time, but couldn't grasp the key.

He felt as if he had overlooked something, but on the eve of the mission, Bond, who had a lot of weight on his shoulders, had no time to think about it.

Fumila looked a little stiff and turned her head to look at Bond. She wondered if the injury on her neck had not been completely repaired, so that her previous "vivid" image was instantly destroyed, giving people the impression that Still a robot.

A pair of slightly cold eyes glanced at Bond, but in the end he didn't answer anything.

The awkwardness of the scene made Bond's agents look at their leader with strange eyes.

Say hello and talk to a robot? It may seem that Bond is mentally disturbed.

As a battle angel robot, I don’t know if there are established answers to similar questions in Fumila’s design program.

If it were a housekeeping or comforting robot, it would probably have language settings in this regard.

"Ahem." Maybe he saw the slightly weird looks in his men's eyes.

Bond coughed twice and then said: "Let's go!"

An oval space vortex appeared directly in front of Bond and others.

Bond entered first, and then the large number of assault teams entered one after another.

This is a ruins of the Black Yin civilization in the Gallente Federation-occupied area in the subspace.