When the winter is about to enter, let the officers in the adaptation period have a seven-day field experience. This is the same as the "red caterpillar time trial", and it is also the practice of the first fortress of the Silver Beidou.

If the latter focuses on training individual combat capabilities and allowing young officers in the adaptation period to come into contact with alien creatures for the first time; then the former focuses on team combat and facing the cruel natural environment of Alien Alpha.

——For example, the wind and snow that can sweep over half of the alien planet.

The cold wind hit the mecha, making a sound like howling ghosts and wolves.There are still rows of M-Shide 18s and an L-Evil Shark that are familiar, and they are struggling forward in the wind and snow.

Overhead, gray clouds weighed low.The field of vision was completely black, the sky was covered with heavy snow howling mournfully, and the metal feet of the mecha could be covered by snow for more than one-third when stepped on.

Lieutenant Colonel Huolin's roar would come from the communication channel every few minutes, resounding inside the cockpit of everyone's mechs: "Kids, remember, the land state is indeed the dominant form of shock, but ifEncountered an enemy in this kind of blizzard—don’t think too much, cut me into flying state and fight again.”

"The snow will grab the mecha's feet, and the ice will make you slippery. Whether you want to attack or escape, you will be greatly restricted, unless you fly into the sky."

"But pay attention to energy. The empty state consumes three times more energy than the land state. What do I say? The last look before departure is always to confirm that the spare energy tube is placed in the storage compartment!"

"Now, everyone reports their names and coordinates according to the order of the team!"

The voices of different people sounded in the channel.

Huo Lin snorted through his nose: "I can see all the location information of Jidian here. Do you know why I still ask you to report? Because of the importance of location! You must engrave it in my mind!"

"If you fall behind and get lost in the snowstorm, then congratulations, you will become a snack for alien creatures to spend the winter;Let's freeze to death in the white hair wind..."

Before nightfall, they marched to their intended destination.

This time it was no longer an ice forest with tall vegetation, but a deep mountain with undulating and steep rocks. The sound of the wind howling between the stone walls was very gloomy.

Lieutenant Colonel Huolin ordered to camp here tonight, and taught everyone how to quickly build a new type of special marching tent for the far interstellar.

"In fact, many times," Lieutenant Raymond, who was traveling with me, explained, "we would choose to sleep directly in the mecha. Although it is not as comfortable as a sleeping bag, it is more convenient for survival."

The marching tent was big enough for at least six people—also the size of a squad—to sleep in.

The wind and snow were too cold, Jiang Jianming, who was disabled and sick, didn't get off his mecha, and the other five people put up a tent.

"Ghost weather."

When a few people were sitting in the tent eating dinner, Ellie muttered, "I don't know what we're going to do this time."

She took a bite of the compressed food and said with a bitter face, "I'm tired of eating this hard stuff. I heard that those veterans would go to the trading area to buy some delicious food before they go on missions. Man'er, do you know anything delicious?"

Nearly a month has passed, and the only girl in the team has become familiar with her.Bemaner thought for a while, then shook her head: "I don't seem to have paid attention to these things, let's go and have a look when we get back."

Ellie nodded "hmm" and looked at the boy again.Li Youfang and Qiao were eating food silently, while Tang Zhen was putting his coat on Jiang Jianming with a sullen face.

She called out, "Hey, Jiang...can you hold on?"

"..." Jiang Jianming's face was pale, his brows and eyes drooped weakly, and he pursed his lips and tightened his clothes.

He raised his head, glanced quietly at the darkness and snow outside from the transparent window of the tent, and whispered, "...it's a bit cold."

...

That night, Tang Zhen was suddenly awakened by the suppressed coughing sound beside him.

He turned over, and two seconds later he lifted the quilt and sat up in a jerk.

"Xiao Jiang!? How are you doing!"

Bemaner woke up earlier than Tang Zhen, and was supporting Jiang Jianming, raising his head in panic: "Young Master Tang, he seems to be...!"

"I...cough, cough, cough." Jiang Jianming wanted to speak, but he couldn't stop coughing.He covered his lips and bowed, his thin spine raised a line, and his whole body was trembling.

Li Youfang, Ellie and Qiao were also woken up, looking at him with blue faces.

This time was around one or two o'clock in the morning, and the wind and snow seemed to be much smaller than before nightfall. There was no sound in the long night, and no other sounds could be heard except in the tent.

"Jiang Jianming," said Qiao stumbled, "you...you disturbed our sleep."

Bemaner suddenly raised her face, and said angrily, "Why are you talking!? He is so uncomfortable!"

Li Youfang pushed Qiao irritably: "It's all right."

Joe shut up embarrassingly.

Jiang Jianming coughed until his hands and feet were cold, and finally he felt out of breath. Tang Zhen dragged him to drink a few sips of water in a daze, and it took him a while to recover.

In the darkness, he squinted his eyes and looked down, a few drops of dark color fell between his fingers... It was blood, and he actually coughed up blood.

Jiang Jianming was stunned for less than half a second, and turned his palm over as if nothing had happened.But it was already too late, Tang Zhen grabbed his hand and immediately gasped: "Hiss, you—"

Bemaner suddenly covered his mouth, his pretty face paled: "How could this be?"

Jiang Jianming panted and said, "It's okay, you guys go to sleep...I'll go outside to drink medicine."

Although the wind and snow had subsided, the temperature outside the tent could still freeze people to death. Tang Zhen couldn't believe his ears: "Outside!?"

Jiang Jianming glanced at him, and said helplessly: "What are you thinking, the cockpit of the mecha has thermal insulation facilities, I will sleep outside tonight."

Qiao's face turned white and red for a while, and said in a low voice with embarrassment: "Hey! I...never told you to go out...why are you acting like you've been bullied?"

Jiang Jianming ignored him and went out by himself.

A few people were left looking at each other.Tang Zhen was stunned for a while, then gritted his teeth: "It won't work like this, I'll go and persuade him to go back to the fortress."

Bemaner anxiously wanted to grab her clothes: "Me too..."

Tang Zhen turned back and pressed her hand: "The cockpit of a Jidian can only accommodate two people at most, so don't worry about it."

He hesitated for a second, then gently pushed Bemaner's shoulders towards the sleeping bag: "Listen to me, you go to bed, I'll tell him to go."

...

Outside the tent, the roaring wind had subsided as expected, and the thick clouds had dispersed a lot.

There are only a few small snowflakes still falling in the dark night, and it looks a little beautiful after a long time, like the white cherry blossoms falling in the river in early spring and drifting down.

Tang Zhen came out of the marching tent wrapped in a military coat, turned on the flashlight of his wrist phone, and squinted to find Jiang Jianming's one from the flashlights of the six people.

He stepped on the snow and walked over, and Jiang Jianming was already sitting in it.

Jiang Jianming was already drinking the medicine in his hand, and his expression was not so scary anymore.Seeing Tang Zhen approaching with lights on from a high position, he smiled softly: "It's fine if you want to come up to sleep, just persuade me to go back."

When Tang Zhen walked up to the mech, the cockpit opened.Jiang Jianming leaned over and stretched out his hand to pull him, but Tang Zhen didn't dare to touch him at all. He jumped up on the edge of the mecha and urged, "Close it quickly!"

Jiang Jianming closed the cockpit, leaving the alloy glass behind, and lowered the back of the driver's seat.

Soon, he and Tang Zhen were half lying side by side under the snowy sky of Alien Alpha.

But Tang Zhen couldn't lie down, he sat up, scratching his hair anxiously: "Listen, Xiao Jiang, you have to listen to me..."

He took a deep breath, "I really didn't expect it to be so serious. If I knew... I would have stopped you at the beginning."

Jiang Jianming raised his head and drank the last bit of medicine, and looked over with his eyebrows bent.Reflecting on the glass, his side face is as white as the snowflakes outside, which is a kind of beauty that will melt away.

His casual demeanor annoyed Young Master Tang, who punched the armrest of the seat as if venting his anger.

"I know you can't let His Highness Lai An go. If you are a new human, even if you only have the lowest D-level crystal bone, I will definitely not stop you from staying far away in the interstellar world, but...!"

"Staying here is too much for you, you see it's only been a month!"

Tang Zhen gritted his teeth, and he looked at Jiang Jianming, "Xiao Jiang, listen to me, go back to the empire. You have to admit that the physique of a disabled human being is born like this. If you keep going, you won't be able to wait until you have done anything.Is it worth it to waste your life first?"

At the end, he was already growling: "No matter how much you love the former Crown Prince, if you do this, it should be enough...!"

"Tang Zhen."

Jiang Jianming put the empty medicine bottle aside, and suddenly opened his mouth.

He had just coughed, his voice was a little hoarse, but his tone of voice was a bit chillier than usual, as if he had been caught in the wind and snow outside.

"Do you think it's love... the longing and reluctance for Lai An that drove me here?"

"Such persistence is meaningless at all... huh?"

Tang Zhen didn't react.

He was still immersed in the bitter heart of "wanting to persuade a friend who died in love to go home", and was stunned by Jiang Jianming's words.

Through the alloy glass of the cockpit, Jiang Jianming quietly stared at the dark night outside and the falling fine snow.

He shook his head to himself and said, "No, it's not."

He lowered his eyes, and emotions brewed in his eyes into a vortex that kept sinking.After a long time, he seemed to have made up his mind before speaking again:

"I haven't told you yet...my last meeting with His Highness."

"We had a very unpleasant fight at the time. In fact..." Jiang Jianming paused, "If we are serious, we were almost at the end of our relationship at that time, and I am not a widow of Lai An anymore."

These words were no less than a bolt from the blue to Tang Zhen.

He opened his mouth in a daze for a long while, and choked out a sentence: "You...don't scare me!?"

Jiang Jianming shook his head and said leisurely, "Want to hear a bedtime story?"

He lifted his eyelids, and there was a bit of teasing in his eyes: "It's a pity, it's not the pure love and sadomasochism that Young Master Tang thought..." The corners of his lips curled up, and he whispered, "...it's a thriller and suspense."

Tang Zhen's face froze.He shivered, always feeling that Jiang Jianming now has a more thrilling and suspenseful flavor.

"Actually, three years ago."

Jiang Jianming said calmly: "Before the little Highness actually sacrificed, I knew he would not live long."

"He asked to die by himself. I tried to persuade him, but I couldn't persuade him."