nebula story

Thousands of miles away, beyond the layers of nebula in the non-celestial galaxy.

After dozens of days of bloody battles and frenzied attacks, the frontline imperial army led by His Royal Highness Fern finally completely conquered Qingyun Mountain, and successfully expanded the ground territory of the imperial army on Fisher Star by one more point!

General Xie Zhan, the famous general of the Federation, although he showed an extremely exquisite style of play and an extremely tenacious style in the actual combat at the beginning, he suffered a big loss after all in terms of the stretched logistics supply.

After struggling for more than 20 days, they were finally defeated by a dozen or so mecha brigades from the empire, and sadly withdrew from this important military site.

That is a new type of imperial two-person mecha brigade with excellent equipment, abundant energy resources, and powerful combat power!Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not appear on the field in person, it was also an elite team composed of the best mech pilots and mechanics in the entire empire.

But the victory is so gratifying, why does His Highness the Crown Prince seem to be getting more and more depressed?

...Standing in the imperial military headquarters on the temporary Qingyun Mountains, the back of His Royal Highness Fern is tall and straight, but in the eyes of the guard chief Wood, there is an indescribable bleakness and indifference .

Wood turned around quietly and poured His Highness a cup of warm coffee.When he sent his hands respectfully in front of Fern, Fern turned his head slightly, looking at the loyal captain of the bodyguard.

"It's been a whole year..." he said suddenly, there was a strange look in his ice blue eyes.

"What? Your Highness?" Wood was slightly taken aback.

"That encounter. It has been a whole year since Chesu died in battle." On the face of the usually indifferent and stern royal youth, a look of pain and bewilderment finally appeared on his face. "On this day last year, he just turned his birthday."

"Ah..." Wood was dumbfounded, and finally vaguely understood the abnormal mood of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today.

But what followed, His Royal Highness Fern's words were even more puzzling and surprising.

Looking at Wood, he said softly: "If he is still alive, today...is his birthday."

In front of his eyes, on the day when it turned into a wisp of smoke and dust in the universe, the boy said softly and said goodbye to him with a smile: "Today, I am full."

So his life was fixed on this day of adulthood?Every time Fern recalled this sentence during an accidental break in the battle, Fern would feel that it was like an unreal nightmare, so unreal... like a beautiful dream one morning.

In the fresh morning light, the sun shines into the spacious and luxurious bedroom, covering everything with a layer of gold powder.He stood up, and after staring for a long time, he pressed a light kiss on the forehead of the young man beside him, which was as clean as jade.

The thick black eyelashes trembled slightly, and the ignorant boy next to him murmured in his sleep, as if he was about to wake up.For some reason, he, who was always strong and unscrupulous, suddenly had a quick heartbeat, got up in embarrassment and walked out of the room quickly.

Up to now, he still clearly remembers the involuntary feeling of that kiss, like an evil dragon that has been guarding the lonely valley all the time, and finally one day he saw a cave full of radiance and aura.And those treasures that suddenly appeared belonged to him alone, absolutely absolutely, no one else was allowed to covet them.

……

The special wartime communication line on the table suddenly rang, awakening Fern's thoughts.

The federal troops on the front line have all withdrawn, and even the artillery fire has temporarily ceased.The rapid ringing of the bell was particularly frightening in the silent hall of the command headquarters on the top of the mountain.

Glancing at the caller ID, His Majesty, who had always been calm, suddenly grabbed the receiver quickly, almost knocking over the gold-painted coffee cup that Wood had just handed over.

Startled, the head of the guard, Wood, looked at Fern in surprise: Could it be that the war is urgent elsewhere?Such an eager and undisguised expression is rarely seen on the face of His Royal Highness Fern!

"Your Highness, last time you said that you would hurry up and check, there is already a clue." On the phone, Wesley, the head of the Secret Investigation Department of the Imperial Intelligence Agency, was a little excited, "There is indeed a big problem!"

"What, hurry up." Holding the microphone tightly, His Highness Fern's voice was low.More than a month, there has been no progress, and now finally take the initiative to call?

"We have spent a lot of effort on the intelligence line in the federal capital of Aisibo, and we have no way to find the owner of the apartment, Nanzhuo. It seems that he never showed up!"

Taking off his military cap anxiously, His Royal Highness Fern restrained his almost angry eagerness: "That's it?"

"Of course not, Your Highness. While this line has not progressed for a long time, our people discovered a very strange thing——" After a pause, Wesley's voice was a little strange, "It should be in that place. On the last night after the lights were turned on in the apartment, there was a missing person notice that took a long time to appear in the advertisement at the Eisborough subway station in the federal capital."

"So what?"

"Your Highness, we have worked so hard to find a screenshot of the missing person notice. We have just sent it to your private mailbox. Please take a look."

Signaling Wood to turn on his computer, Fern held the microphone in one hand, typed in his email password with the other, and quickly opened the latest email.

A black and white video screenshot image jumped out, occupying the entire computer screen.

Standing up suddenly, His Royal Highness Fern flipped over the coffee cup at hand, and the whole cup of hot coffee fell into his hand.

As if he didn't feel the heat at all, he froze there motionless.His heart looked like hot magma was churning, his eyes were bloodshot, and his whole body was trembling slightly!

Hurriedly taking the towel to help him wipe it off, Wood's eyes accidentally turned to the screen, but at the same time he froze in shock.

A peaceful and peaceful young man's face, slightly childish and innocent, his dark eyes seem to be looking at the front in a little puzzlement, and his beautiful brows raise a nice arc.Although it was just a screenshot of an unclear video, it shocked Wood's heart.

Chesu, that's Chesu!

The genius boy who has lived in the prince's bedroom in the palace for so long, Chesu, who is a pariah but also the exclusive mechanic of His Royal Highness Fern!

In the air battle a year ago, Chesu had been on the list of the dead for a long time!

The abandoned uninhabited port on the east coast of Aisiburg, the capital of Gotha Star.

Stretching out his hand to pat his beloved disciple on the shoulder, Qi Bo, the former former director of the Federal Military Intelligence Division, said: "I'm leaving first, you might as well enjoy the sea breeze while you're here, to calm down the anger in your heart."

"Teacher, I'll see you off." Yuan Bihai quickly stood up.

"It's really not necessary, I drove here by myself." The old man stretched out his foot and nodded the small plastic bucket containing fish, and smiled, "These fish are for you."

"You have worked so hard to fish for a long time, how dare I take it all away? Besides, how can I eat all of it by myself." Yuan Bihai shrugged, "I will send you to the car."

(Xuan Yin made it hard~)

"No, I don't want to." Smilingly, he waved his hand to stop him, Qi Bo looked at the sea level where the dark clouds rolled in the distance, there were lead-colored clouds rolling and roaring all the time, as if a seaside hurricane was brewing, "I just love fishing, not eating. If you think it's too much, just release it for me."

Having no choice but to sit down, Yuan Bihai waved at the back of the old supervisor, and looked back at the computer screen that was still turned on.

The weather is still early, and the wind and rain are coming.

The salty wind by the sea makes people sober, not to mention, he really doesn't want to go back to that oppressive and suffocating torture room today.

Squinting those red phoenix eyes, he looked at the complicated tree-like contact map.Without clicking on the list right away, his gaze was involuntarily attracted by the small black folder mark in the lower right corner.

"The Dead".

Just three words, marked on the folder, placed alone at the bottom corner of the page, as if sealing a group of unwilling and bleak souls.

Wei Wei was distracted for a while, and Yuan Bihai's finger pointed to the folder first.In front of him, the outline of the first photo slowly appeared. The young man on it was smiling, with a beautiful appearance and extremely clear eyes...

Standing up suddenly, Yuan Bihai stayed on the spot in shock!

Under the excessive movement, he kicked over the small plastic bucket at his feet, splashing water, and seven or eight fresh fish fell to the ground around them in horror, "crackling" and slapping their tails wildly.

Taking a quick glance at the brief introduction below, Yuan Bihai suddenly felt his heart sinking endlessly.Running wildly with the computer in his arms, he shouted at the back of the teacher who was about to disappear: "Teacher!..."

Seeing his old boss finally turn around slowly, he stopped chasing and suddenly remembered something.His hands were almost trembling, his fingers were trembling, and he quickly pressed the number redial button!

...Hurry up and answer the phone.Faster, faster!

Whatever is wrong with this ridiculous world, let it all stop!

Star Fisher, the Imperial Frontline Command.

Standing there motionless, in the opinion of Chief Guard Wood, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has maintained that stiff posture for a long time.

"Your Highness, this missing person announcement clearly says that it is looking for mental patients, and reminds the public to pay attention and seek reports, but it is actually very strange. It is absolutely impossible for an ordinary mental patient to mobilize such a large-scale subway search, or even The opening of all the doors was delayed." The senior official of the Imperial Intelligence Agency analyzed it carefully, "What's more, we found something even weirder in the secret investigation afterwards, that is, we tried our best, but we couldn't find any The audiovisual and video archives at that time."

"Since it is played on the subway, there is no reason why there are no video recordings in these places!" Fern said coldly.

"This is the crux of the problem. We have every reason to believe that there are powerful federal agencies behind the scenes to obliterate the existence of this video. And this missing person notice is actually a targeted and temporary search."

Fern listened in silence.

"What's more, we also found anomalies in the nearby shopping mall. There is definite evidence that although there is no similar missing person notice, a strange fire broke out in that shopping mall at almost the same time, and the scene was chaotic."

"Understood." Fern closed his eyes.Everything is too obvious.

Wesley's tone was very firm: "Yes, something unusual happened that night. Now, Your Highness, are you really sure that this unclear photo is really your exclusive mechanic, Lieutenant Chesu?"

Taking a deep breath, Fern's voice was a little hoarse, as if with the pain of burning his throat: "I'm sure."

No one is more familiar with the innocence and calmness on that face than him. It seems that he is indifferent to many things, but he also seems to have incomparable enthusiasm for some things.

Through what seems to be a very short year, separated by non-celestial galaxies, trekking mountains and rivers on distant planets, and looking at him from afar.

"Then we can basically conclude that Nan Zhuo, the battalion commander of the Federal Flying Battalion who blew himself up and died at the same time last year, and Chesu, your exclusive mechanic, are not dead. They should have survived for miraculous reasons As for when he will be saved and return to the Commonwealth, it is still unknown." Wesley reasoned seriously.

"...You make a lot of sense." Fern forced himself to stabilize his mind, and his calm and rigorous thinking suddenly became a little confused, "But why do the federal people keep it so secret?"

"Your Highness, this is easy to understand." Willis was a little surprised at His Highness's dullness at the moment, "He is one of the main developers of the Empire's two-person new mecha. For the federal military, he is a rare treasure .”

With a sudden shock, His Royal Highness Fern's heart sank: "You mean..."

"This is just my guess. I think the federal military should have caught him a long time ago, hoping to torture him about the design secrets of the new mecha. But until today, the federal military has not seen a similar mecha design. Come out, I think..." Wesley's voice was dignified and emotional, "I think, Your Highness, your mechanic should be a soldier who is extremely loyal to the empire."

Slowly sitting on the chair, Fern didn't make a sound for a long time.A sharp and heavy pain in my heart spread across my chest, reaching my internal organs.

"loyalty"……

Behind this simple evaluation, what a cruel price should be paid?

"Besides, in view of the missing person notice, I suspect that Lieutenant Chesu, who is a prisoner of war, may have managed to escape, otherwise it would not be able to explain the federal military's secret search."

Fern suddenly lifted his spirits: The Minister of Intelligence is right, it can only be like this.Chesu, who has never revealed the secret of the imperial mecha design, finally escaped from the prisoner-of-war camp by a certain opportunity, which triggered this hunt!

That's right, no one can really lock up that amazing mechanical genius boy.

When I was angry and put him in No. [-] Royal Prison, didn't he easily unlock the electronic shackles?

Fern asked eagerly: "And then? What else did you investigate?"

"No more, Your Highness." Wesley said helplessly, "The federation keeps this matter extremely secret, and we have no way of finding out what will happen next. Whether Lieutenant Chesu was hunted back or continued to flee, we have no idea." .”

After a pause, he said cautiously: "However, I guess, I think it is not easy to completely hide from the military's strict raids in a foreign country. If there is no accident, I think that during the big hunt in the subway mall, he may It’s hard to escape.”

"I understand." His Royal Highness Fern replied solemnly, "Continue to investigate with all your strength, don't give up, and see if you can find any clues."

Putting down the phone, he sat alone on the cold chair.

Wood didn't make any inquiries and turned around quietly. He stood outside the door and helped His Highness Fern block some less important reports.

Yes, he can fully judge that those ordinary military reports and requests for instructions are absolutely nothing at this moment.

After a long time, he heard His Highness's voice from inside the room.

With his back to the door and facing the vast and continuous Fisher Star Mountain Range in the distance, the imperial prince who had been standing on the front line coldly spoke to the dedicated line of all senior staff officers and officers: "Please go to the conference room Come, right now. I'm going to hold a new round of strategic deployment meeting."

Although he regained his calm and restraint, and his voice was not too high-pitched, Wood, the chief guard outside the door, still keenly noticed something different in the words of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

A bit of haze of forbearance, a bit of ruthless bloodthirsty, and a bit of desperate madness.It's like going all out to get back something that is most important, even putting all your energy into it.