The Man Disgusted by Death

Ji Heng knew that Lu Zhao applied for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and he even got the latter's year-end exam results in advance. He is still a little psychologically prepared for the possibility.

It's a pity that Lu Zhao was not prepared. He looked terrified, as if Ji Heng was the source of the deadly virus.

There was a time when Ji Heng felt that his heart was very strong, he didn't care and didn't need to care about other people's perception of him, but he met Lu Zhao, and since then those calmness and fearlessness have turned into powerless frustration.

Perhaps, he should lower his requirements and start working hard when Lu Zhao sees that he won't run away.

Lu Zhao returned to the door of the No. [-] spare parts warehouse, but didn't enter the door, but sat on the car board dejectedly.In fact, he is not afraid of Ji Heng. Although the other party once let a dog bite him, he finally treated him and provided full compensation, and since he said "I don't want to see you" last year, the other party seems to be Really never appeared again.

If he didn't have the experience of the actual combat assessment last year, Lu Zhao thought, he would be more calm when facing Ji Heng. After all, they have cleared their relationship, and at least they can maintain the superficial alumni relationship.

However, last year, he regarded Ji Heng as a kind and reliable senior. After getting along for a few days, he even regarded him as a friend... That morning on the Hanhai Plateau, because of nervousness, fear and despair, Lu Zhao's His mind was so confused that he didn't remember the faces of the big men at all. All he could remember was Doug who came to negotiate with him afterwards.

So when he saw Mr. Doug in the tent at the assembly point, Lu Zhao was hit hard.

To blame, he could only blame himself for being blind, Lu Zhao hugged his head in frustration.

"Hey, why are you hiding here?" The warehouse door opened, Carlos poked his head out, and said impatiently, "Hurry up."

Lu Zhao stood up and silently pushed the cart through the door.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, and there are still many things to do." Carlos muttered, and gave Lu Zhao many delivery orders, "These, these, and these, all have to be sent out quickly."

Lu Zhao took the delivery note. Although he was in a bad mood because of Ji Heng's appearance, he still remembered being tricked by Carlos just now, so he checked the list carefully before going out.The movements were slow, partly because he wanted to avoid Ji Heng, but when he found Wang Zan again, Ji Heng was no longer there.

After delivering the goods, it was close to noon. Carlos went to eat first, and Lu Zhao guarded the warehouse alone. After more than an hour, Carlos came back unsteadily.When Lu Zhao arrived at the base restaurant, basically all the popular dishes were gone, only compressed dry food was enough.

With the juice, Lu Zhao slowly ate the dry food and started to eat.

At ten o'clock in front of Lu Zhao's left, at a distance of about ten meters, Ji Heng was sitting there.Ever since Lu Zhao entered the restaurant, Ji Heng had noticed him. Since he had decided to let Lu Zhao get used to his presence, Ji Heng did not evade this time, but continued to sit still.

It's a pity that Lu Zhao never looked sideways when he walked. He sat down to eat after receiving the food, and he didn't have the habit of looking around at all, so this time it was Ji Heng's unilateral observation of Lu Zhao.

Lu Zhao was still wearing the gray overhaul overalls, with the sleeves rolled up, revealing his slender wrists.He was holding a piece of compressed dry food with bad taste with his head down, eating it with great care.

This scene reminded Ji Heng of the actual combat assessment last year. In the abandoned empty house near the mining area, there was a thick night outside the window, and there was only a small light source in the room. Lu Zhao shyly gave him his food. .

senior...

Ji Heng's heart suddenly softened, and he wanted to be nicer to this person, even better.

Lu Zhao returned to the accessory warehouse after lunch.

Carlos is surfing the forum on the brain. The brain system in the warehouse can be connected to the star network. Carlos discovered a new use for the system originally used to manage the sending and receiving of accessories. "Fuck, this breaks the network!" He also disliked the unstable network signal.

Lu Zhao ignored Carlos and proceeded to check the inventory.Starting in the afternoon, Lu Zhao took care of all the delivery work, Carlos was happy to be at leisure, and surfed the forum with great joy.

The next day, the assessment battle officially began.

All the mechas were out in the morning, and the maintenance bay was also empty.According to the assessment schedule, various skill competitions were arranged these days. Carlos was discussing the results of the competition with others on the forum, while Lu Zhao was holding a guide teaching machine maintenance manual and slowly flipping through it.

The base network criticized by Carlos cannot use voice, but because he has the habit of talking to himself, Lu Zhao has heard a lot of news, such as an enemy ship malfunctioning, for example, our fighter system is not performing well. Well, for example, Ji Heng won the first place in this flying mech competition.

Hearing Ji Heng's name, Lu Zhao couldn't bear to read the maintenance manual in his hand. He stood up and walked behind Carlos, and also looked at the picture on the light screen.

It was a video of a Navigator-[-] shooting in the air, with precise and smooth movements.

"Ji Heng... very powerful?" Lu Zhao asked.

"Of course, you haven't heard of him? The king of mechs." Carlos smacked his lips, "It is said that he alone kept many records in the mecha training ground."

"Isn't he from the command department?"

"He is a great master. It is said that he has learned all of mechs, fighter planes, and ships, and his grades are still very good."

"Really." Lu Zhao murmured.

Can such a powerful person be so cruel sometimes?Lu Zhao thought of what happened on the Hanhai Plateau. People with status, power, and ability would probably look down on ordinary civilians as ants.Their world is high above, and the lives of ants are insignificant.What's the point of mutilating or even killing a pawn of the pioneering group? It's a big deal to compensate after the event. Anyway, they can give a high enough price, high enough to buy anyone.

As a pawn who was once bribed by compensation, Lu Zhao decided to implement Aunt Zhu Li's life motto of "can't afford to provoke, but can afford to hide", and keep a good distance from such people.

In the afternoon, the mechas that went out came back one after another, the maintenance warehouse became lively again, and Lu Zhao started busy work again.He was a little apprehensive about delivering goods to the flying mecha area, but luckily this time, he didn't meet Ji Heng.

However, Ji Heng saw Lu Zhao. In fact, he was not far from Lu Zhao, but Lu Zhao happened to have the ability to ignore a living person like him.Ji Heng believes that Lu Zhao really didn't notice him, because Lu Zhao's reaction every time he sees him cannot be faked.

Ji Heng followed Lu Zhao's stroller, walking at a leisurely pace, feeling an impulse in his heart, wanting to walk directly in front of Lu Zhao and let him notice him, but then he felt that doing so was boring.

Forget it, why bother him, Ji Heng thought.

At a fork in the road, Ji Heng stood there for a long time, and only turned around when Lu Zhao's figure disappeared.

Lu Zhao thought it was his luck that he didn't meet Ji Heng for a few days. He didn't know that Ji Heng would go to the maintenance depot every day, but in order to avoid unexpected encounters, he didn't stop at the maintenance depot after delivering the goods. Stay in the spare parts warehouse as much as possible.

The assessment time is more than half, and then there is an actual combat exercise with the participation of all the staff.

The day before the exercise, it was Carlos' turn to be on the night shift, but he left the job to Lu Zhao, "It's really fine at night, um, you can still surf the Internet here."

Lu Zhao knew that Carlos had made an appointment with someone to attend a pre-war party, which seemed to be a traditional event during the actual combat assessment period. Lu Zhao was not interested in it, so he didn't object.

After wandering around the college forum randomly, I somehow clicked on the student information query interface.

By the way, it seems that there is no reason to continue to delay now.

Lu Zhao's finger stopped on the confirmation button, then closed his eyes, and clicked it.

A message box popped up, and the first thing that came into view was a half-length photo. A young man in his 20s was looking forward to the camera. His facial features were very correct. Although his expression was solemn, the corners of his tightly pursed lips were slightly smiling. I mean, that expression made Lu Zhao feel very familiar.

Below the photo is a piece of text: Mu Huaiyuan was born in Amber Star Moonlight City in June 2726 in the Imperial Calendar, entered the Nebula Military Academy in September 6 in the Imperial Calendar, and graduated from the Ship Department of the Nebula Military Academy in May 2745 in the Imperial Calendar He also served in the Ninth Legion of the Empire, based in Krystan, the centaur spiral arm in the Milky Way. He was discharged in June 9 in the Imperial Calendar. He died on July 2751 of the same year due to the explosion of the interstellar spacecraft "Prowler". He was 5 years old at the time.

Lu Zhao stared at the last few words and read them many times.

It turned out that he was already dead.

Regarding his biological father who has never met, Lu Zhao said in his heart that it is impossible to have no knots, but he learned to accept the reality when he was very young, and lowered his expectations to the minimum.

No expectation, no disappointment, no disappointment, no sadness.

Lu Zhao imagined the scene when he met Mu Huaiyuan countless times. He would tell the other party his life experience calmly and coldly, and then ask him why he abandoned the woman who loved him.

Lu Zhao felt that after getting the answer, he could let go.He will not care about Mu Huaiyuan, let alone resent Mu Huaiyuan, he will completely forget him.

However, Mu Huaiyuan was already dead, he had died long before he was born.

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mom:

It turned out that Dad didn't want us.

Lu Zhao

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Holding a party before the final battle of the assessment is a secret tradition of a certain student organization in Nebula. The main content is nothing more than cheering up, showing determination, eating, drinking, etc., so the academy just turned a blind eye.

When Zong Yuan left the party, he still felt quite bored. He found out where Ji Heng was, so he went straight to the shooting training ground.

The shooting range located in the basement of the base was not big, and there was no one else except Ji Heng at this time, so Zong Yuan saw him as soon as he entered the door.

Ji Heng was wearing a pair of goggles, standing sideways, holding a gun in one hand.Bang—bang—bang—the old-fashioned machine gun in his hand made a crisp sound.

Zong Yuan recognized that the gun seemed to be made by Ji Heng himself. During the actual combat assessment, the personal items that each student can carry are very limited, but Ji Heng is an exception. He can even bring his own mech if he wants.

According to Zong Yuan's experience, Ji Heng's gun practice means that he is in a bad mood.