nebula story

Sitting in front of the main console of the reconnaissance ship, Xie Wei'an, the young black-haired federal female captain, focused on the remote monitoring screen in front of her.

Most of this reconnaissance mission has been completed, and the pre-embedded electromagnetic launcher deployed at a specific location is basically in place. It has been three days since I left the federal air force base covertly a few days ago. Ever since I accidentally met Nan Zhuo and that Little prisoner of the empire, a full 48 hours have passed.

Yes, "little" captives.

Frowning slightly, Xie Wei'an was a little lost in thought.Looking at the endless black space outside the ship, she felt that those stars seemed a little colder than before.

No matter how you look at it, that beautiful imperial youth is only seventeen or eighteen years old.In the empire's damned system of nobles, commoners, and untouchables, it is true that underage untouchables can be recruited into the army.Speaking of which, that young man was... really just a lowly untouchable.

However, he was also the only mechanic who appeared beside the powerful Crown Prince of the empire.Thinking of the battle situation in the past year, Xie Wei'an frowned, her face was solemn, and she was a little troubled.

Although the crown prince of the empire never appeared on the battlefield in person again, the imperial army under his leadership was several times more powerful than when the former imperial marshal Green led the team!

With a strong and relentless leadership style, ruthless combat characteristics, and precise and delicate actual combat deduction, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not only insisted on being on the front line, but has also personally worked out all the combat plans, which has made the battle situation on Fisher Star a reality. Not only start tilting, but gradually reverse!

As for the Federation... Sighing silently, she thought of the increasingly silent face of her father, General Xie Zhan, when he came in. It was a sign of his annoyance to a certain extent.

There are too many constraints on the Federation side.

Whether it is the speech of peace in the parliament, or the anti-war voices that have always existed among the people, coupled with the increasingly tense logistics and energy supply, they have brought great constraints to the front line.On the other hand, the imperial army's powerful centralization, the supreme voice of the royal family, and the continuous stream of untouchable low-level soldiers used as the Great Wall of Human Flesh made the imperial army far more ferocious and brave than the federal army in face-to-face combat.

Even if she despises those ignorant and blindly dedicated imperial soldiers, she has to admit that on the battlefield, this kind of combat power brings great lethality, and it is almost impossible for the federal people and the military to find any troops that can confront them head-on.

No matter how resentful his father, General Xie Zhan, was and how disciplined the army he personally trained was, it was absolutely impossible for him to be as cold-blooded and ruthless as the imperial crown prince, who would regard the lives of ordinary soldiers as nothing.

In the heart of the almost crazy imperial prince, he only wanted victory, not sacrifice.

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"Captain." Lieutenant Weasley knocked on the door and entered.

Looking back at him, Xie Wei'an frowned: "Why, what trouble did that little guy from the empire cause?"

"Yeah, he's losing his temper and going on a hunger strike." Weisley smiled wryly, a little disapprovingly in his heart——Since Nan Zhuo gave those words before he fell into a coma, Captain Xie Wei'an seemed to be taking it too seriously, not only as if he was facing an enemy He carefully guarded the little prisoner of the empire, and even specially assigned himself to temporarily put aside the work at hand to take charge of his surveillance, diet and daily life.

"Hunger strike?" Xie Wei'an was a little amused, "What did he say? Is he planning to die to serve his empire?"

"He asked Colonel Nanzhuo to see him and said he wanted to talk to him. I told him that Colonel Nanzhuo was still bled, but he didn't believe it." Lieutenant Weasley shrugged, "I see this kid Very naive, just now he lost his temper and smashed the food delivered."

"How many hunger strikes have you had?" Xie Wei'an asked ponderingly.

"Two meals." Wesley said with a smile, "Don't worry about him, he will eat naturally when he is very hungry."

After thinking about it, Xie Wei'an still stood up: "I'll go and have a look."

Nan Zhuo's instructions before he fell into a coma were so solemn, not only specifying that he should be closely guarded, but also entrusting her to treat the little prisoner well.Thinking of Nan Zhuo's vague conversation with that boy at the end, for some reason, Xie Wei'an always felt a little strange in his heart.

Standing outside the simple confinement room at the bottom of the ship, Xie Wei'an frowned and looked at the mess in the small transparent window.Although it has been cleaned, the soup of the food is still on the ground, and the brown stains are very obvious.

The young prisoner of the empire was sitting on the edge of the simple bed alone, feeling bored, and had a panoramic view of the lonely cell.Strangely, when Xie Wei'an was looking at him, he suddenly raised his head at the same time, and quietly looked at the small window at the door.

Ordinarily, in the fully enclosed confinement room, he shouldn't be aware that he is in front of the door.Feeling a little uneasy in her heart, Xie Wei'an reached out to take the food tray that the guard had re-prepared, and asked someone to open the door.

"Tell Nan Zhuo to come and see me!" Seeing her coming in, the little prisoner of the empire immediately stared at her and shouted extremely impolitely.

Without answering him immediately, Xie Wei'an's sharp eyes glanced at him with pressure, and put down the food tray by the bed.Taking a step forward, she carefully checked Chesu's wrists and ankles, and raised her head after confirming that everything was fine. ——Two pairs of electronic shackles locked the captive's wrists and ankles respectively, and there were also thin alloy ropes tightly tied around the shackles.The double confinement of electronics and physics is said to be foolproof.

"Colonel Nan Zhuo is still in a coma. If it wasn't for his colleagues on the ship to give him blood transfusions, the small amount of plasma in reserve would not be enough to save his life." Xie Wei'an fixed her beautiful eyes on the young man in front of the empire, "You should know that you are so serious. The consequences of losing so much blood."

"Liar! You liar!" Chesu suddenly cried out excitedly.

Frowning, Xie Wei'an said, "I don't need to lie to you. When he wakes up, I think he will definitely come to see you. Now, eat your food first. A hunger strike is a very ridiculous behavior."

He suddenly raised his hand and smashed the plate of food to the ground again. With a "bang", the entire aluminum tray fell to the ground, snow-white rice and dripping vegetable soup spilled all over the floor again, and some even splashed onto Xie Wei'an's neat military uniform, looking a little embarrassed.

The federal soldier beside him was furious, and he waved his hand violently, wanting to punch him, but Xie Wei'an stretched out his hand to block him.

"He has tossed a few times! We are not here to serve him!" The sergeant said angrily, "Let's teach this little bastard a lesson, and see if he dares to make a fuss?"

Chesu looked domineeringly at Xie Wei'an and the soldiers guarding her, and called out provocatively, "I am a soldier of the empire. For the glory of His Majesty and the empire, it is only natural to die for the country!"

A little bit of disdain floated in her heart, and Xie Wei'an quickly made a judgment in her heart: I am ignorant and don't know what is good or bad, and I am not calm enough.That's right, after all, he was just a very young boy, and the war started suddenly. The imperial untouchable soldiers who were temporarily enlisted in the army probably didn't even have basic military qualities.

Just like being shot down by himself before, the boy from the empire didn't respond smartly and vigilantly enough.She clearly saw from the side that this young man completely lacked viciousness and flexibility. The knife in his hand neither dared to really cut it, nor tried to violently injure others.

His eyes fell on the place where she was hit by her heat gun. Chesu's shoulder had been bandaged, faint blood smeared out, and the bleeding caused by the small puncture wound had stopped.

"You won't die." Xie Wei'an said in a steady tone, and didn't intend to say too much to this naive imperial prisoner, "You can insist on a hunger strike. I won't ask them to deliver food from now on. When you are dying of hunger , we will naturally infuse you with fluid."

Staring into his eyes, Xie Wei'an added: "However, I can assure you that the feeling of being forcibly injected with liquid and scratching the esophagus is much more painful than eating by yourself."

Resentment and a little bit of fear quickly appeared on the face of the young man in front of him.Looking down at the ground hesitantly, he didn't know what he was thinking.Sensing his obvious weakness and wavering, Xie Weian breathed a sigh of relief.Turning her head in time to signal to the guarding soldiers to bring another plate of food, she brought it in front of Chesu with her own hands.

"Eat it." Her tone softened, and her moving voice sounded natural feminine tenderness, "Even if you become a prisoner of war, it's not something shameful and worth dying for, right?"

Looking up at her, the imperial boy's demeanor showed signs of softening.When meeting his gaze, Xie Wei'an couldn't help but feel his heart move. These are a pair of beautiful eyes, black and bottomless. When they meet her eyes, they flicker away in a panic. The long eyelashes are like two small fans. , even more delicate and slender than ordinary girls.

Involuntarily feeling a little soft in her heart, Xie Wei'an sighed in her heart.He is a teenager at all. Even if he did such a vicious thing to Nanzhuo, he was probably influenced by the brainwashing of the imperial army. He was loyal to the imperial power and took his own life for nothing. Isn't that just what those on the front line Is it the standard of conduct for imperial pariah soldiers?

"I will unlock your handcuffs, will you eat quietly?" she asked patiently.

After hesitating for a while, the little prisoner in front of him finally nodded slightly.

Xie Wei'an stared at him unrelentingly after signaling his subordinates to release the shackles on his hands.After removing the shackles, the knotted alloy rope was difficult to untie. The soldier next to him directly cut the rope with powerful pliers, and the broken alloy rope fell to the ground.

Slowly grabbing the small spoon on the tray, Chesu finally began to eat little by little.

Staring silently at his slightly thin wrist, Xie Wei'an saw a circle of faint old scars.It seems to be caused by something like shackles?She couldn't help being a little surprised.

Probably because of two hungry meals, Chesu ate quite a lot.Without urging him, Xie Wei waited quietly until he finished eating, and then watched the soldiers put the shackles on him again, and tied the second metal rope.

Although she also felt that there was no need for this, she still strictly followed Nan Zhuo's instructions before she fell into a coma, and she was not careless.

"Stay well, don't hurt yourself." She said to Chesu seriously, "No matter at any time, don't take your own life so lightly."

Lowering his head, the young prisoner didn't know if he had listened to her persuasion.On one side, the guarding soldiers brought cleaning tools and angrily cleaned up the messy food on the ground.

The door closed tightly again with an indifferent sound.

Lifting his head slightly, Chesu looked at the female captain and lieutenant who were gradually going away from the small window.If Xie Wei'an could see his eyes at this time, he would be extremely vigilant immediately!

——The arrogance and anger shown in front of her, as well as weakness and fear, have completely disappeared.Chesu's dark eyes were filled with clarity and calmness.

Although there are electronic shackles on the ankles, there is still a distance between them. He slowly helped each other with his feet, took off his dirty and tattered shoes, lay on the bed with bare feet, and began to rest with his eyes closed.

After an hour or two of this, he opened his eyes again, and seemed to have finished taking a nap. After dazed on the bed for a while, he got out of bed again and put on his shoes.Unlike taking off his shoes, this time, he bent down with difficulty, and with a little help from his bound fingers, he put on the shoes.

The soldier who had been watching him outside the small window watched his every move vigilantly.After all, this is just a reconnaissance ship. There are no surveillance cameras installed in the temporary confinement room, and only the soldiers outside the door are constantly watching.

Slowly straightening up, one of Chesu's fingers curled up slightly, and a severed alloy rope was hidden in the palm of his hand!Overturning the food several times in a row had already made the cleaning soldier lose his patience. When cleaning, he finally didn't find that the cut metal cable had quietly lost one piece!

Sitting quietly on the bed, he held the electronic shackles on his wrists in front of his eyes. He didn't shy away from it, but began to study it grandly.Without any substantive actions, the guarding federal soldier would not just rush in, he has already been confirmed.

The bright eyes stared at the electronic shackles for an unknown amount of time, he was like a small statue.

As the sky was getting darker, he was very patient, and he didn't feel uneasy or bored because the cell was getting darker and darker. On the contrary, in the darkening night, his eyes became brighter and brighter!

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"Captain, Colonel Nan Zhuo is awake!" The voice of the doctor on board the ship rang through the communicator, full of joy, "Would you like to come over?"

Xie Wei'an felt relieved and stood up quickly. ——Finally woke up, it has been a full 48 hours, this guy who looks very strong, unexpectedly woke up slowly until now!

Smiling and standing in front of the infirmary door, she stepped in and looked at the man on the bed with his eyes closed.I haven't seen him for more than ten months, the stubble on Nan Zhuo's face is very clear, and the haggard solemnity is obviously gathered at the tip of his brows.

Sensing her entering the door, Nan Zhuo opened his eyes slowly, looking at her, there was something that Xie Wei'an was not very familiar with.

"What's the matter? Walking before the gate of life and death, it seems to have turned our ace pilot's sex?" Xie Wei'an kept a straight face, not revealing the true joy in his heart.

Finally forced to laugh, Nan Zhuo sighed: "Wei'an, please help me to confirm whether there is a lonely ghost attached to me? I always feel that I am not the one who came back this time."

Glancing at him, the beautiful female captain, Jun Rong, was sitting solemnly on the hospital bed next to him, her almond eyes narrowed slightly, and suddenly she was full of vigor and punched away!

Surprised, Nan Zhuo stretched out his hand to block without thinking, and his two fists intersected, breaking apart at the touch.

"Look, it's still you, not some wild ghost." Xie Wei'an shook off his hand angrily, "I see that there is no one else except you in this parrying technique."

Touching his nose with a wry smile, Nan Zhuo bared his teeth, and stretched out his hand to cover his shoulder: "It hurts, Wei An. It's okay to be merciless in fights, but now you are facing one, but you almost got shot beat the crippled patient."

"Besides this method, I have no other way." Xie Wei'an was a little annoyed, "You hinted that you would keep him no matter what, and my marksmanship didn't hurt your bones!"

"What about him? How is he? Did he hurt his bones?" Nan Zhuo suddenly asked nervously, sitting up with a frown, and was about to get off the ground.

Pressing him hard, Xie Wei'an was a little surprised: "What are you doing?"

"I'll go and see him." Nan Zhuo stared at her mouth, and there was a kind of fear in his eyes, "He didn't have his shoulder blade crushed, did he?"

"No, he's fine." Xie Wei'an was a little surprised by Nan Zhuo's eyes, "The injury is not serious, and he didn't hurt his bones. Compared with yourself, he is much better."

Nan Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief, and lay back exhausted.

After a moment of silence, he looked away at the unknown space outside the ship.

"This is where?"

"We are on a reconnaissance mission. This is an outer space quite far from Fisher's star, and there are still two days before the return journey."

Sitting up suddenly, Nan Zhuo stared at her in surprise: "You didn't report our matter to the military? Why didn't you return immediately!"

"I reported it. The instructions above are that we continue to carry out the mission and report after you wake up." Xie Wei'an comforted softly, "Actually, I think the front-line intelligence department should also know what you want to report. what."

Huge astonishment floated on Nan Zhuo's face, how could it be possible? !

"The young boy from the empire you captured was the imperial mechanic who exploded holding your mecha in the air battle, right?" Xie Wei'an nodded firmly, "The information from our intelligence department shows that he has another His confidential identity means that he has participated in the design of the Empire's new mech throughout the entire process, and he is one of the most important R&D personnel."

Listening to Xie Wei'an's words in a daze, Nan Zhuo nodded with a wry smile: "Yes... I am not surprised that he has this ability."

"So, the military is very happy when you capture him back. You can get first-hand design information from him, and our Federation can quickly create mechas with the same lethality for air combat at no cost. " Xie Wei'an smiled wryly, thinking of the battle on the front line, "—You may not know that the power of the new imperial mechs is indeed astonishing. We are already very embarrassed in terms of air dominance."

Nan Zhuo was silent for a while, and slowly said: "More than that, what I want to report is probably a thousand times more important than the secrets of mecha design."

Xie Wei'an was taken aback, but she was a little shocked.Something a thousand times more important than the design secrets of the imperial mechs? !what would that be

"Should I set up a communication line for you now to pick up my father, General Xie Zhan?" She immediately responded.

"..." Nan Zhuo was silent for a while, and finally said with difficulty, "Okay, please."

After a while, Nan Zhuoqiang strutted his body and walked towards the independent communication room. In front of the door, he stood there in a daze, staring at the faintly flashing communication button, and did not move for a long time.

Turning around suddenly, there was a complex expression on his face that had been pale due to blood loss.

"Has he... asked me?" He asked suddenly.

Soon understanding who he was asking, Xie Wei'an quickly replied: "He has been clamoring to see you."

It seemed that this answer did not meet Nan Zhuo's expectations at all, he was startled, and seemed to be stunned.

"Do you want to see him first?" Xie Wei'an asked empathetically.For some reason, she always felt that Nan Zhuo's behavior and behavior were a little strange and confused, a bit unlike the lazy ace pilot she was familiar with.

Shaking his head vigorously, the man in front seemed to shake off something that was bothering him. Looking at Xie Wei'an, he smiled shyly: "No, I can't go see him at this time."

Going to look at him again, even if it's just one, he doesn't know if he still has the courage to step into the top-secret communication room in front of him.

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With a soft "click", he shut himself into the room in silence, staring at the flashing communication button, without pressing it for a long time.

The red light asking for dialogue flickered persistently, unhurriedly, but non-stop, indifferently reflecting Nan Zhuo's bloodshot eyes.

After being silent for an unknown amount of time, Nan Zhuo finally lightly pressed the communication button in front of him, and his voice became calm and emotionless at that moment: "Nan Zhuo, commander of the Federal Elite Flying Battalion, report back to the team. There is top-secret military information to report. "

In the closed communication room, his calm voice continued little by little. After reporting all the details on the Nansu star, he did not end, but spoke again: "General Xie, I have a very important question about the persuasion and torture information. This is an important suggestion, please consider it carefully."

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Xie Wei'an, who stayed outside, waited for a long time until the door opened again.Nan Zhuo, who was standing at the door, became paler and paler, and when he moved, his body swayed imperceptibly.

Taking a step forward, Xie Wei'an was startled, and stretched out her hand to support him firmly: "How are you? Can you hold on? Hurry up and go to the infirmary to rest."

"No need." Nan Zhuo whispered, "I'll go see him."

Looking at him with beautiful black eyes, Xie Wei'an expressed her disapproval with her talking eyes.

"Weian, you have eyes that are very similar to his." Nan Zhuo suddenly smiled softly.

Glancing at him, the young female captain didn't mean to be unhappy, but smiled: "His eyes are more beautiful than mine."

With a silent grin, Nam-joo resumes his slightly slack and nonchalant expression.Walking towards the bottom of the ship under Wei'an's lead, he asked casually, "Has he changed anything? Didn't he cause any trouble?"

"Of course." Xie Wei'an quietly leaned his tall body against her, "At first, I wanted to see you, and then I went on a hunger strike. child."

"He's just a child, that's all." Nan Zhuo said indifferently, but his brows suddenly frowned, and he stopped, "You mean, he's on a hunger strike?"

"Yeah, I smashed a few plates in a row." Xie Wei'an shook her head, seeing Nan Zhuo's suddenly strange expression, she seemed to understand what he was worried about, "Don't worry, we take care of it very carefully. The spoons and containers used for eating are all It's made of aluminum, it won't break and it won't do any harm."

"Is there a surveillance camera in the place where he is locked up?" Nan Zhuo asked urgently.

"No, this is a reconnaissance ship, not a military prison."

After pondering for a while, Nan Zhuo's eyes suddenly changed from tired to sharp and clear.

"Take me, hurry up!" He shouted in a deep voice, reached out and took out the gun from Xie Wei'an's waist, thought for a while, and then handed it back to Xie Wei'an, "It's better for you to hold it, I don't have the strength to hit it right now."

After a pause, he suddenly took the gun back again!

"Let's give it to me...you are too good at aiming, don't hurt his vitals with one shot."

Watching him angrily take away and return his own gun, Xie Wei'an snorted coldly: "Nan Zhuo, your blood is gone, and your brains are gone! Look at yourself, you are so indecisive, how do you look like a flying gun?" Looks like the battalion commander!"

Startled, Nan Zhuo smiled wryly again: "Weian, you're a girl, don't talk about your brains all day long, okay?"

"There are no girls here." Xie Wei'an's pretty face was cold, and there was a calm light in her dark eyes, "After the war starts, there will be no gender distinction in the army."

Staring at Nan Zhuo, she reprimanded unceremoniously: "It's you, who is becoming more and more mother-in-law and timid. A teenager is just so nervous."

Nan Zhuo took a deep look at Xie Wei'an, raised his eyebrows and smiled sarcastically: "I have been with him for eight months, at least one thing can be concluded."

"what?"

"He is not a noisy person, let alone a little guy who would easily decide to commit suicide."

Xie Wei'an was startled: "So?"

Taking a breath, Nan Zhuo's eyes flashed brightly: "So, we have to hurry up and check it out for ourselves, and hope there won't be any accidents!"