nebula story

The communication channel on the opposite side was silent for a while.Suspicion and unbelief should have prevailed, and the voice on the channel resounded after a long time, with strong doubts: "Please report your army number and identity immediately."

"Second Lieutenant Chesu of the Imperial Royal Mechanic Brigade, the partner mechanic of His Royal Highness Fern." Chesu replied quickly, the joy in his heart was about to burst out of his chest, "I was shot down during the battle ten months ago, and I have been wandering in space and have been unable to return. Now that the mecha has just been repaired, please check your identity—by the way, my ID number is JACI0589, please check.” He familiarly reported the untouchable number on his shoulder, which was his only ID number.

The other party fell silent again, as if he was doing some kind of input and comparison, and he seemed to be asking someone like the captain for instructions.

Chesu waited patiently, lifted the joystick in his hand, and accelerated towards the opposite side.

In the boundless space, the two parties are rapidly approaching each other.

Sure enough, soon, a relatively gentle voice came from the communication screen: "The initial identity verification is passed. Please pay attention to docking with our ship's capture system in 10 minutes. At that time, please cooperate with the identity check and temporarily give up your weapons."

"Understood." Chesu replied briefly. Of course, his own words alone are not completely trustworthy, and the other party's caution is a normal behavior.

Turning his head to look at Nan Zhuo, he frowned deeply. From the moment they were locked by the imperial scout ship, they had no possibility of getting out casually.The original plan to let Nan Zhuo go secretly has also become unfeasible.

"Sorry, I can't hide your existence." Full of apology, he thought for a while and whispered, "I can only take you as a prisoner of war and bring you to our warship. But don't worry, I will definitely find a way—— I will unlock your mecha at the right time, let you go secretly, and drive it away. Okay?..."

"Aren't you afraid of violating military regulations?" Nan Zhuo's eyes were strange.

With an embarrassed smile, Chesu muttered in a low voice: "I guess they won't punish me, Your Highness—and even if they punish me, it's really not a serious crime, is it?"

Looking at him with a wry smile, Nan Zhuo was speechless.Can he say bad?Does this little guy know how much his words hurt the self-esteem of the enemy?

Misunderstood that his silence was doubting his own ability, Chesu hastily assured: "Don't worry, even if our people imprison you very tightly, I will definitely find a way! - I am very good at picking locks, so I should have a way Secretly control the electronic surveillance." Looking at Nan Zhuo, he said softly, "Trust me, I promise."

"Chesu..." Nan Zhuo said slowly, "Stop talking, and give me some dignity."

Chesu was startled, and finally stopped talking.

Turning around and looking at the scouting ship that was getting closer and closer, his eyes gradually became gentle and joyful.Those were his comrades in arms, his colleagues.

"Our ship has slowed down at a constant speed, please activate the docking system." The communication system's prompt sounded on time, and on the monitoring screen, the relative speed of the jet-black shuttle-shaped ship quietly slowed down and quickly approached them.

After the capture system was docked, a dark window slowly opened at the tail of the opponent's small ship, and the narrow mech landing strip popped up impressively, sending out a gesture of silent invitation.

……

Steadily controlling the mecha with both hands, Chesu suppressed his excitement, drove Nan Zhuo's dark red mecha, adjusted the parameters of the docking track, and flew towards the window accurately.

With a slight vibration, the mech landed in the middle of the runway with incomparable precision, the miniature hang glider quietly retracted, the engine decompressed, and the speed slowly decreased.

The runway retracted silently, and the outer body of the small scout ship seemed to have recovered as a whole, firmly incorporating the people inside into the depths of its body.

In the brief darkness, the recovered landing short taxiway slowly stretched out, and the mecha driven by Chesu was quietly exposed to the bright spotlights.

Six soldiers in imperial uniform vigilantly held their heat guns and pointed them at the powerful and silent mecha in front of them. The dark red luster on the scarred mecha was still breathtaking, showing the strongest strength of individual combat By.

"Please raise your hands high, give up all weapons, and get out of the cabin quickly to accept the inspection!" The lieutenant's rank badge on the shoulder of the leading officer flashed impressively, his face was expressionless, the heat gun in his hand was already turned on, and the red light spot was aiming mercilessly the hatch.

The side chest hatch of the mech slowly opened, and Chesu's tall and slender figure appeared beside the high gangway, smiling and looking at the familiar imperial uniform below.Beside him, Nan Zhuo, whose ankles had been untied, stood beside him in a slightly embarrassed way.

The lead imperial officer's hot-wire gun crosshairs instantly moved to the center of Chesu's eyebrows.Several imperial soldiers behind him also raised their guns coldly, cross-aiming at the target's chest and throat, and the standard short-range firepower of six people blocked the formation of the dead fork.

"Hands up!" shouted sharply, and the lieutenant officer of the imperial scout ship said coldly, "Let us see that you don't have a weapon in your hand!"

Chesu followed his words quietly, and raised his hands high: "My identity has been declared, and you can quickly contact the military headquarters through the video screen to confirm it."

"We will." The officer said coldly, looking at Nan Zhuo beside him, "Who is beside you?"

"He is a federal prisoner I captured. You can accept custody and be held on the ship first."

Frowning at him, the officer stared at Nan Zhuo suspiciously, with a strange look on his face.After a while, he said calmly: "Okay, let him come down first, and move slowly, don't let us see any strange movements between the two of you, or you will be killed without mercy." His tone became a little calmer, and he added One sentence: "Before confirming the identity, we can't be careless to strangers, I hope you can understand."

"No problem." Chesu smiled, turned around and grabbed Nan Zhuo's wrist tied behind his back, and gently pushed, "Go down."

The moment everyone relaxed slightly, his hand moved extremely swiftly!

With an extremely swift and ingenious turn around, he completely hid his body behind Nan Zhuo, and with a lunge, he pulled the rope on his wrist and pulled back, and the red dots of the six heat guns instantly transferred to Nan Zhuo's body.And his people are about to retreat towards the chest compartment of the mecha!

Starting to move almost at the same time as him, Nan Zhuo's eyes flashed, and his body suddenly exerted force to stabilize his lower body. Not only was he not pulled back to the cabin by Chesu, but his toes were stuck on the cabin door at this very moment. With a ruthless kick, he kicked the door of the mecha hatch that was slowly closing.

There was a strange sound of "creak", and the alloy door was broken by his brazen kick, and a part of the mechanism was broken somewhere. There were repeated abnormal sounds, and it could no longer be closed normally.

The situation changed drastically in an instant.Chesu and Nanzhuo were blocked at the open door of the mech at the same time.The hatch couldn't be closed, Chesu couldn't hide in, and Nan Zhuo's tightly bound body was still in his hands, so as to block and resist the aiming of the heat gun from a few meters below.

"What are you doing?" The eyes of the imperial soldiers below flickered, and they looked coldly at Chesu who showed a pair of bright eyes from behind Nanzhuo, "Could it be that you are a spy?"

Staring at them quietly, Chesu remained silent.Flicking behind him quietly with one hand, he got a small saber placed on the edge of the console—it was found from Nan Zhuo.

He flicked the saber away with a "bass". He clasped the rope around Nan Zhuo's wrist with one hand, and stretched out the other hand from behind him. He skillfully found an angle on Nan Zhuo's side neck that was extremely difficult for the enemy to aim at. The saber pressed up.

No longer feeling soft-hearted, he swiped lightly and successfully saw a stream of bright red blood flowing down Nan Zhuo's neck instantly, crawling in a meandering manner. "Don't move, don't say a word." He whispered in Nan Zhuo's ear in a very low and soft voice, "You dare to say a word aloud, such as telling them to catch me desperately, I promise ——Between life and death, I would never mind killing you."

Nan Zhuo was silent, his eyes met the imperial soldiers below, and then separated instantly.After a while, he whispered: "I just want to know, what are you doing?..."

"Shut up, I said you are not allowed to speak, of course, including asking questions!" Chesu said coldly, his dark eyes were full of clarity, and with a flick of his wrist, the blood on Nanzhuo's neck immediately became a few more turbulent than before point.

"If you don't come down for inspection, we will open fire immediately!" The imperial officer below shouted sharply, "You say you are from the empire, I think you are a spy of the federation!"

"Of course I'm a genuine imperial man." Chesu said coldly, his eyes as calm as a lake, "Unfortunately, you are not imperial men."

There was silence below, and several soldiers in imperial uniforms closed their mouths tightly, their eyes were strange.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" the chief officer called angrily.

"I'm not talking nonsense, and I'm not trying to test you." Chesu said calmly, "I'm a mechanic. Although I mainly focus on mecha maintenance, I've seen the general ship structure diagrams. The total number of scout ships in our empire is There are only four models, as far as I remember, in the internal structure of any model, there will be no anti-skid lines like yours now on the side of the runway of the recycled mech..."

After a moment of silence, the officer suddenly sneered: "I don't understand the details of these structures, but I know that our warship has been remodeled a lot before the war."

"But don't lie to me again." Chesu said lightly, "I participated in a technical support meeting before our empire started the war. I knew all the basic transformation projects, and never included these details."

Looking at their brand-new imperial uniforms, he said word for word, "You are simply federal soldiers. This is a reconnaissance ship of the Federation, and even the outside of the ship has been carefully camouflaged, just to make the enemy mistake you for the first time. Identity, for the convenience of action. Right?"

With a slight sigh in his heart, Nan Zhuo knew that he couldn't hide this careful young man.

At first, he also thought it was the army of the empire, but the moment he stepped on this small warship, he immediately discovered the clue.The leading officer is basically the junior in the next class at the same time in the military academy, the one named Wei Sili?

So at the moment when Chesu suddenly launched a change, he had already reacted immediately and kicked the hatch with his toe, preventing Chesu from hiding in the mecha and killing blood.

A few meters below the mecha, several soldiers stood side by side, their eyes were steady, but the heat gun in their hands flickered slightly, trying to find out the possible aiming point on Chesu who was hiding behind Nan Zhuo.

The leading officer's eyes flickered, and he finally stopped pretending: "You've already been trapped inside our ship. Do you think that stubborn resistance will be effective? Give up the resistance, and we promise not to shoot you, otherwise don't blame us for being rude."

Chesu shook his head, carefully showing only a pair of eyes behind Nan Zhuo's head, and his clear voice sank: "This is Nan Zhuo, the colonel of your federation, I am just a little second lieutenant mechanic. Whose identity is important, who's Life is more valuable, you know it in your heart."

The leading officer smiled: "Second Lieutenant Chesu, one of the captains of the Imperial Mechanic Repair Brigade. As the exclusive mechanic mechanic of the Imperial Prince, you don't have to underestimate yourself."

"Yes, I am the exclusive mechanic for the crown prince. But I am just a mechanic. Without me, anyone can replace me." Chesu said lightly.

Looking at him with interest, the officer below put away the coldness on his face, tilted his head and smiled half-jokingly to the subordinates beside him: "It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Empire has never been ambushed and attacked by us since that time. I haven’t played in person—you said, is it because I’m not used to it because I don’t have a partner?”

A young soldier beside him chuckled, and held the gun in his hand for a long time, still as stable as before: "I think it's because I almost died, so I'm too scared to go to the battlefield again, right?"

Several soldiers let out a burst of laughter, with relaxed expressions.

Chesu was a little surprised to see their joking with each other without a sense of superiority, and was a little dazed for a moment. In the army of the empire, such a situation of subordinates laughing and talking to each other would never happen.

And...His Royal Highness Fern never flew a plane again?He was in a trance for a while, and he forcibly suppressed his slightly moving emotions.

"No matter what, my life is not as valuable as you, the colonel and ace pilot of the elite flight battalion. Taking a step back, even if there is a truce to exchange prisoners of war, I am not at the same level as him, right?" Chesu said slowly , under the knife in his hand, the blood on Nan Zhuo's neck kept flowing, and in the eyes of several federal soldiers and officers below, he finally felt a little pressure.

"What do you want?" the leading officer asked.

"I just want a little." Chesu paused, gave them a time to digest, and then said in a deep voice, "Let me drive this mech away, and leave him to you."

"You can't get away. Even if we let you out, you won't be able to escape from the subsequent fire attack." The officer stated the facts clearly, "Stay obediently as a prisoner of war, and you can save your life; if you insist on piloting Only when Jia escapes, will he be blasted into dust by artillery fire."

"You don't need to worry about it." Chesu insisted, and could have emphasized other intentions, "As a soldier of the empire, it is my duty not to be captured and to die heroically for the country."

Looking at the federal soldiers below who frowned and said nothing, he gritted his teeth and pressed down on the blade in warning, the blood in Nan Zhuo's neck accelerated: "If you don't make a decision, I'm afraid your colonel will lose blood and die. When the time comes, don't regret it."

With hesitant eyes, the officer of the federal reconnaissance ship below, Wesley, finally opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

His words were stopped coldly by a pretty but serious voice.

"Captain Weisley, your handling failed." The valve in front of the ship that was isolated from the mecha recovery compartment here could not be rolled up, and a straight, thin figure appeared under the bright light.

With standard steps, the man stood beside Captain Weisley, his eyes were bright, his thin belt outlined a more graceful figure than ordinary soldiers, his long black hair was meticulously tied into a delicate bun, and pressed against the military Under the hat, on the cool face, a pair of big black eyes flashed with a calm and incomparable brilliance.

a female!Women in their 20s at most.

Raising her head, her bright and calm eyes were as sharp as lightning, looking at Nan Zhuo who was standing high on the door of the mecha hatch, and Chesu who was behind him.

"As a federal soldier, not only was he incapable of defeating the enemy, but he was so embarrassed by a teenager. Colonel Nanzhuo, I am very disappointed in you when you return after ten months." She didn't match her pretty face at all. With a suitable tone, she looked directly at the tall and powerful Nan Zhuo, and reprimanded, "I remember that you are also a high-quality graduate of the military academy? It seems that the teachers of the military academy love you too much, and they put too much water in scoring!"

Although Nan Zhuo's expression could not be seen from behind, Chesu keenly felt Nan Zhuo's Adam's apple move slightly from the edge of the blade held by his hands, as if he couldn't help but argue.

Feeling anxious, he slammed down fiercely, the blade slashed across, and the blood on Nanzhou's neck was about to turn into a turbulent trend.For a while, the place where they were standing was already stained red by Nan Zhuo's blood. The thin blood stream was like a stream, continuously pouring down the mechs, forming a shocking puddle of blood on the smooth ground.

Suppressing the anxiety and intolerance in his heart, Chesu's voice still sounded calm: "Let me go, or he will definitely die!"

It seems that this beautiful federal female officer knows Nan Zhuo, and women are often soft-hearted, so there must be a little comradeship!

But then, the words that the woman uttered gave Chesu a chill...

"As the captain of this 'Vian' reconnaissance ship, I am the supreme commander." The unquestionable tone, the decisive momentum, and the serious face of the female captain did not back down, "I reject your offer." Proposal, put down your weapons and surrender immediately, otherwise this place must be your burial place."

"I will let your colonel die with me." Chesu said forcefully, only he knew that his hands were already shaking slightly.

"If that's the case, it's his fate." The female captain said coldly, "Your empire has no shortage of soldiers who are not afraid of death like you, and I think Colonel Nanzhuo will be willing to accompany you."

Standing there silently, Chesu's heart beat wildly.

……what to do?what to do?They didn't accept their own conditions, even if they saw their people bleeding all over the ground, they wouldn't compromise!

This was beyond his expectation and judgment, and it seemed to be a dead end.

Of course he didn't want to die, but if he was caught without a fight, what would happen to him... Thin sweat was left on his temples, and his heart was like icy water.

There is one last way.

Quietly, he swiped a little further, severed Nan Zhuo's carotid artery, and killed the man under him.

As long as he is dead, no one will know the secrets of the Nansu planet they have been to.Even if he is captured, he will not be forced to confess by the federal people, nor will he be killed by himself. ...

"I'll give you ten seconds to think about it." The charming female captain below looked stern, completely ignoring Nan Zhuo's crazily bleeding state, and slowly took out the gun at his waist, but the red dot had already been aiming at it carelessly. Namjoo's chest. "He has lost so much blood that he is almost dying. If you delay, I might as well give him a ride first."

Nanzhuo, under Chesu's control, stood upright all the time.The turbulent blood loss did not make his legs weak.And no slippers, or... kill yourself.

Time passed little by little, and it seemed that the entire ship fell into silence, only the blood on Nan Zhuo's body was still flowing continuously, dripping from the height of the mecha.

"Tick-tock, tick-tock." The sound of urging souls and killing people beat the hearts of everyone.

"Three...two...one!" The pretty female captain's expression was condensed, and with the last countdown, her arm was raised, with a resolute, lightning-fast thunderbolt, abruptly Pull the trigger, without any hesitation, without giving Chesu any chance, just shoot! ...

"Pfft!" With a muffled sound, the red spot of the heat gun burned a bloody hole, and instantly hit Nan Zhuo beside the rack hatch, not his chest, but his left shoulder.

At a very short distance, the power of the heat gun not only pierced through a person's shoulder, Chesu, who was hiding behind Nanzhuo's shoulder, also let out a muffled grunt, and his shoulder was pierced by the scorching laser at the same time.

Blood sprayed everywhere, and the figures of the two staggered at the same time, fell from the edge of the cabin door, and smashed heavily into the blood puddle on the ground.

"Catch them!" The female captain's command sounded coldly.

There was a sudden sound of wind all around, and the silhouettes of several soldiers rushed towards Chesu out of the corner of his eyes.

Falling one after the other, Chesu's thin and thin body was pressed on Nan Zhuo's body, and the saber in his hand never left Nan Zhuo's throat.

Ignoring the enemy soldiers who would jump up to capture him in an instant, Chesu held the knife steadily and looked at Nan Zhuo below him. ...Cut it off, shake your wrist lightly, and everything will become a secret.No one knows, a secret hidden deep in his heart alone.

Although he was seriously injured by the continuous blood loss and the final gunshot, the federal youth under him also maintained his sanity.

Looking at Chesu speechlessly, Chesu's shadow was clearly reflected in his amber pupils.He didn't beg for mercy, didn't say anything, there was something in his quiet eyes that Chesu didn't understand and had no time to analyze.

It seems to be watching calmly, it seems to be in a helpless daze, and it seems to be a vague pity...

It was as if, after guessing Chesu's hand, he wouldn't really stab it.

It's like, I have seen the ending of some fate in advance.

Looking at Nan Zhuo quietly, a trace of bitterness and confusion floated up in Chesu's dark and clear eyes.

The slender fingers held the sharp saber, and the cold light was faint, enough to chase souls and kill lives.But he still didn't cut it off.

The small hole on the shoulder burned by the high temperature was half burnt and half bloody.Slowly and feebly leaning down, a small amount of blood dripping from his shoulder fell on Nan Zhuo's neck, horrified and mixed together...

The federal soldiers behind had swooped in and quickly separated Chesu and Nanzhuo.

Several people hurriedly brought the first aid kit, and began to bandage Nan Zhuo to stop the bleeding in a well-trained manner.Several other tall and burly federal soldiers quickly pulled Chesu up and tied his arms tightly behind his back.

A small circular wound was pierced through the severely wounded shoulder. Through the dilapidated Imperial Mecha control suit, one could see at a glance that the wound of the heat gun was just like the circular brand mark of that untouchable. His identity number has been destroyed, and his flesh and blood are in a mess.

Old scars and new wounds are hidden silently.

Slightly closing his eyes, Chesu didn't struggle, letting his arms and chest be tied up tightly.After confirming that he was powerless to resist, someone came over from Nan Zhuo and began to do simple hemostasis for his wound.

Annoyed that the young man was cruel to Nan Zhuo, the way the federal soldiers treated the wound would naturally not be so gentle.During the rough treatment, they never heard the groans and cries of pain from the young man from the empire. The young captive just gritted his teeth in pain, his thick black eyelashes trembled slightly, and there was no fear or fierceness on his pale and beautiful face. expression.

Bending over, the pretty black-haired female captain Xie Wei'an looked at Nan Zhuo who was also silently lying on the stretcher.

"I'm sorry. You told me in a wink that you want to keep him at all costs, regardless of your life or death. I have no better way." A little soft guilt flashed in her bright eyes, and her face was still tense , "But you are still welcome to come back alive, Nan Zhuo..."

A faint wry smile floated on his lips, and there was an expression that Xie Wei'an was not very familiar with on the face of the young man who always smiled in front of her with a playful face and was not serious in his speech.

Nan Zhuo's voice was cold and tired without making a light joke with his former school girl.

"Weian, listen to my words clearly, and you must do as you say." He whispered, without looking at Chesu, "First, this prisoner will be held in the strictest possible way, using multiple electronic shackles, coupled with the latest Strong alloy cord, dead knot."

Is there such a need?The female captain looked suspiciously indifferently.

"He is an electronic genius, believe me." Nan Zhuo paused, and smiled bitterly: "He can also untie the 'Nine Chains' with his bare hands..."

Looking at him in amazement, the female captain's pretty brows were tightly frowned, and she wanted to say something, but stopped.Based on her understanding of Nan Zhuo, his seriousness would never be a whim.

"Okay, what else?"

"Second, send people to guard day and night, and never allow him to commit suicide. Third, inform everyone on the ship of the news that he and I have come back, and keep the news tightly sealed." Nan Zhuo ordered every sentence, holding on to the desire to lose blood. Sleeping mind, "Also, immediately contact the highest commander of the military department—is your father, General Xie Zhan, right now? Inform him, and when I wake up, there is a first-level military secret to report."

Hearing every word he said in shock, Captain Xie Wei'an nodded solemnly.

"Finally..." He finally raised his head, looked at Chesu who was also covered in blood, and whispered to Xie Wei'an, "Please... take good care of him."

Staring at his haggard and absent-minded eyes in confusion, Xie Wei'an nodded slightly: "I will, don't worry."

Finally, his mind relaxed for a while, and Nan Zhuo fell powerlessly on the simple stretcher.The continuous blood loss from the neck and neck was imminent, and he began to slowly fall into a coma.

Two soldiers lifted her up and rushed towards the front cabin.

The moment the stretcher passed over Chesu, Nan Zhuo managed to open his dazed eyes and looked at Chesu steadfastly. He tapped the edge of the stretcher slightly with his palm, and he gestured to stop.

Sensing the strange movement in front of him, Chesu slowly opened his closed eyes, and was meeting Nan Zhuo's eyes that were so complicated that he couldn't tell the emotion, they were amber, crystal clear and deep like glass.

"Chesu, I'm sorry." Nan Zhuo finally murmured, blurting out the words buried in his heart in a trance. "Ten years ago, I failed to bring you back to the Federation from the Empire....But now, after all, you are still here."