nebula story

Turning his head and smiling at him, the young man bent down, "Your eyes are amber, just like the big brother who wanted to save me back then."

Standing up abruptly, he took Xie Wei'an's hand, and could no longer bear the pain and great regret in his heart: "Go, I'll go to your house!"

Striding towards the counter, he threw down a bill, and was about to turn around and leave with Xie Wei'an, but the girl beside him suddenly stopped in her tracks.

"Go, you..." Nan Zhuo frowned.

But Xie Wei'an didn't look at him.Staring at a small LCD screen by the counter in surprise, she widened her eyes in astonishment: "Look, Nan Zhuo!"

The voice was extremely startled, and she stared blankly at the picture, unable to speak.Following her gaze, Nan Zhuo's expression froze there for the first time!

Gotha Star's largest web portal is half-occupied by a photo.On the remaining half, a line of huge and eye-catching black characters slowly occupied the screen.

The young man in the photo has handsome eyebrows and bright eyes, and a deep outline.Wearing an imperial military uniform, the royal insignia on the shoulders is luxurious and dazzling. Standing in front of the background of the imperial military flag, he has a proud expression and sharp eyes.

And that line of writing couldn't be more brief.

"Empire to all federal citizens."...

"What's going on?" There were already customers drinking coffee curiously gathered around. Several waiters and the store manager stopped what they were doing and looked at the screen in surprise.

It's not TV, it's an online video with a high degree of openness!

This can't be an act allowed by the Federation, 100% is that the Imperials invaded the Federation's civilian network!However, this kind of childish behavior is of no benefit, "report to all federal citizens"-do they think that this kind of leaflet-style network intrusion can play a role in intimidation?

Sure enough, Nan Zhuo and Xie Wei'an were surrounded by annoyed and annoyed noises: "Is that the prince of the empire? That's their imperial family's ornamentation!"

"What are these savage aliens doing? It's so deceptive!"

Holding his breath and looking at the handsome young man with vaguely familiar features on the screen, Nan Zhuo immediately guessed his identity.He waited coldly.

Soon, the still picture began to change, His Royal Highness Fern's face disappeared, but his voice began to sound at a constant speed and rigidly in line with the scrolling subtitles.No agitation, no arrogance, just simple and restrained calm.

"I, Fern Cromwell, the first in line to the imperial throne, on behalf of the royal family of Star Rencel and the front-line commander of the Imperial Army, request the Federal Parliament and all citizens to consider an agreement proposed by our side. This is a An absolutely fair agreement—in view of the fact that the war has been going on for a long time, whether it is possible to stop immediately, both sides have accumulated a certain number of prisoners of war, so our empire proposes to exchange high-level prisoners of war immediately."

In the coffee shop, the people of the Federation who were listening with bated breath looked at each other with joy in their hearts.During the more than one year of war, the exchange of prisoners of war between the two sides has not been started. There is no other reason, only because the number of prisoners of war of the imperialists is far smaller than that of the federal prisoners of war!

In every battle, in order to minimize the deaths of junior sergeants and avoid unnecessary sacrifices, the Federation has always acquiesced in the surrender of defeated soldiers to save their lives.On the contrary, under the deep-rooted majesty of the royal family on the planet Rencel, countless defeated soldiers would use self-destruct to show their absolute loyalty to the empire and the monarch, and even noble soldiers rarely surrendered.

Over time, the gap in the number of prisoners of war between the two sides has become even greater.Even though they were very anxious about the safety of the prisoners of war far away, the federal people were completely unable to take the initiative to make such a request for the exchange of prisoners of war with a completely unequal number.

And now, the imperial people actually took the initiative to open a door to peace?

After a pause, the imperial prince seemed to be waiting for the federal people to digest his proposal, and then he added a sentence that seemed very important: "And the list of prisoners of war that we request to release must include the royal family of our country. A mechanic."

The huge black scrolling font disappeared, and a beautiful and soft boy's face appeared on the private network open to countless federal citizens. In the photo, the boy was quietly staring ahead, and there seemed to be a thousand words in his clear eyes.

Chesu... Chesu! ?

Nan Zhuo and Xie Wei'an looked at each other in astonishment, and were suddenly shocked in their hearts!

"We have sufficient evidence to prove that the prisoner of war was detained in your country's prisoner-of-war camp, and was hunted down in the central shopping mall and subway station of your country's capital two months ago."

The imperial prince's voice seemed to be unstable for a brief moment, and then he quickly regained his composure: "However, this point has been strongly denied by your military in private, and it has also rejected the prisoner exchange agreement proposed by us. Therefore, I would like to make the following decision, and I want to show the greatest sincerity to all federal citizens: first, we are willing to exchange prisoners of war with you at a ratio of one to five; second, we are waiting for a temporary ceasefire at any time to facilitate negotiations Third, the ceasefire agreement is based on the exchange of prisoners of war, and the safety of our royal mechanic Chesu is the premise."

After a short moment of silence, his calm voice suddenly became slower, but also more serious. Away from thousands of nebulae and heavy radio waves, it seemed to be tainted with a tinge of coldness: "The above three points are the royal family and army of the planet Lencel. Sincerity, and the next point, is our determination - if the mechanic dies, or disappears altogether, I swear by the royal name of Cromwell that this interstellar war will continue forever. "

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There was silence in the country cafe, and the guests and waiters who had nothing to do with each other gathered at the same time, watching the imperial official documents gradually disappear on the invaded federal private network, and the original content was restored.

Looking at each other, someone finally said, "This is a great thing! The imperial army already has the upper hand, so it's great to have a temporary truce and exchange of prisoners."

"Yeah, what's so good about this day when even meat and butter are rationed, and there are power outages every now and then?" A man in his thirties complained, "I'm the first to support the truce!"

"However, they can't just do what they say." Another young man holding a juice said angrily, "They were the ones who started the war at the beginning!"

"The Imperials have been claiming that the explosion on Fisher was done by our Federation." The companion beside him shrugged, "To be honest, I don't understand if the Imperials really started the war, why would they occupy When they had the upper hand, they took the initiative to ask for a temporary truce. In my opinion, there are deep waters behind the big explosion last year."

The atmosphere of silence was flowing in the small cafe, and it took a long time for someone to mutter: "Who knows? This kind of thing..."

After a pause, the young waiter on the opposite side of Nan Zhuo asked puzzledly: "The ratio is one to five. We release a prisoner of war back, and we can exchange five of our people back. Why don't the federal military and the authorities agree? Listen to what you said just now. Say, they received a rejection from our federation?"

"But speaking of it, the rhetoric of the imperial people is a bit strange." Even the female store manager of the coffee shop came over, recalling the scene she saw just now, "If the mechanic doesn't hand it over, their armistice agreement will be destroyed. void?"

"Yes! That's the point." The young waiter nodded repeatedly, "Is that someone important?"

"Yeah, this is really weird. It looks like a very young and beautiful boy. Could it be some important noble or royal family of the empire?"

This weird announcement from the Federal Civilian Network spread throughout the entire Federation and the entire Gotha Star in the first place.

During the regular parliamentary meeting being held in the capital Ai Sibao, several core members of the House of Lords received a flashing reminder on the small video device in front of them almost at the same time, frowned, and turned on the emergency video.

Far away from thousands of nebula, standing in the frontline command post on Planet Fisher, General Xie Zhan silently looked at the light curtain opened by his staff officer, expressionless, and fixedly stared at Chesu's figure above it.

After a while, he picked up the microphone of the communication line and dialed a familiar number.

"Yuan Bihai?" His deep voice sounded in the empty headquarters, "Immediately cut off the network interface at my home, filter relevant information and then connect. You know what to do."

On the other end of the phone, Yuan Bihai's attitude was a little hesitant, and he didn't respond immediately.

"I know what you're thinking. That's right, I really need to avoid suspicion now. It is supposed that someone else should give you orders." Xie Zhan's voice was calm and restrained, "But you have seen that until now, their action and Where's the judgment? Do as I say, as quickly as possible."

……

Looking at each other, Nan Zhuo and Xie Wei'an walked out of the coffee shop quickly.Walking to Nan Zhuo's car, Xie Wei'an took the initiative to sit in the driver's seat: "You are inconvenient with one hand, I will drive."

The two of them sat in the car in silence, Xie Wei'an drove steadily towards their home not far away.

"This armistice and prisoner exchange agreement is too weird." She frowned, unable to hide her uneasy expression, "It seems... that Xiao Su's return is the only condition?!"

"Yes, it is completely unreasonable." Nan Zhuo's face was extremely ugly, "Chesu is just an ordinary mechanic, no matter how you say it, there is no reason to be regarded as a condition for truce or continued firing. Unless... "

Suddenly he stopped, and he met Xie Wei'an's equally shocked and suspicious eyes, and his body stiffened.

Xie Wei'an held the steering wheel tightly: "If the military has clearly rejected this condition and vehemently denied the existence of Chesu, then...their worries must be the same as ours."

Nan Zhuo took a deep breath, hoping that his confused thoughts would be clearer.The empire was so urgent and tough that it even did not hesitate to announce the prisoner exchange agreement to the world, hoping that the people of the Federation who did not know the truth would put strong pressure on the military and the parliament—there was only one reasonable explanation.

"They know about Nansu Xing." He said shyly.

"Their intelligence line is so powerful?" Xie Wei'an was anxious and angry at the same time, "Xiao Su's matter is so confidential, how could they know such a core secret?!"

"Those bastards in the Military Intelligence Division are bullying all day long, but they can actually mess up anything!" Nan Zhuo punched the seat beside him, his anger looming. I know, of course they will fight to the death to get Chesu back!"

Yes, this is the only reason why the imperial people would name and demand Chesu back at any cost.They also knew the secrets of Nansu Star's resources.

But the more this happened, the more the federation couldn't let people go.The vast amount of resources and energy crystals on Nansu Star, if any party gets it, it will increase the national power by leaps and bounds, and the combat supplies needed by the army will also be guaranteed in a terrifying amount. In other words, whoever gets it Once you get the interstellar voyage map in Chesu's heart, you can win the interstellar war completely, isn't it? ...

Xie Wei'an's mind became more and more restless as the car sped on the wide and deserted suburban road.

"The only plan right now is to kill Chesu and refuse to admit that he is in the Federation." Xie Wei'an's pretty face was a bit serious, "I guess once this happens, the family's vigilance will have to be strengthened."

With a heavy heart, Nan Zhuo suddenly asked: "Who is in charge of this matter in the military now? Your father..."

Nodding his head, Xie Wei'an confirmed his worries: "After Xiao Su's life experience was exposed, my father could no longer be the master of the matter because he wanted to avoid suspicion. Now it is the military's generals in the rear who are following up together, and, If the matter is of great importance, it must be reported to the nine-member upper house of parliament."

This is a big deal.Nothing could be more appropriate to the present situation than these few words.

"I'm very worried now. In order to completely deny that Chesu was captured by us, the military will put Chesu under house arrest again and hide him in a dark place." Nan Zhuo said in a deep voice.

With a cold snort, Xie Wei'an raised her dark and delicate eyebrows: "It's absolutely impossible. Even if my father acquiesces, my mother and I will never allow this to happen."

Looking ahead, she looked cold and stern, and she actually had an expression very similar to her father Xie Zhan: "The Xie family has made a wrong decision 20 years ago, and my brother has paid too much. No matter what the reason is, None of us will sacrifice him again."

She sneered coldly: "My grandfather has been running and preparing outside these days. His old man has already lost his temper. He said that if someone dares to harm Xiao Su, he will use all the financial resources and manpower of my mother's Lin family to fight against the Federation." An earth-shattering lawsuit—my mother also said that no one can take Xiaosu away from her again, and if anyone dares to be as tough as last time, she would dare to shoot and kill."