Alpha Alien, the first fortress.

Just like the original Mecha Golden Dawn Crown, Jiang Jianming's "remains" were temporarily placed in a secret door in the underground Heroic Monument, and approaching was strictly prohibited.

At three o'clock in the morning, when Ryan went to look in the dark, he found that the road in front of the Heroic Monument was full of flowers.

A soldier brought a branch of white chrysanthemum to mourn in silence. He never expected to bump into the crown prince in the middle of the night, and was so frightened that he couldn't speak.

But His Highness's attitude was unexpectedly gentle, this person gradually became less afraid, and dared to speak a few words on his own initiative.

"The little one used to have prejudice against His Highness Jiang, and said some...uh, just... very insulting... remarks."

The soldier lowered his head shyly, saying that he was ashamed now, only dared to come here late at night, and felt unworthy when he came.

"He won't mind the little things," the crown prince said indifferently, "Go and put down the flowers, you will wilt if you hold them any longer."

"Yes, yes." The soldier showed gratitude, and finally straightened his back easily.He took two steps forward, carefully put down the branch of white chrysanthemum, then closed his eyes and mourned silently.

Ryan's eyes fell on the bouquets of offerings.

The Yinbeidou's war dead are all finished as soon as they put their ashes on the Heroic Monument, and never organize large-scale mourning.There will be a situation like this, but the soldiers did it spontaneously.

His Jiang Jianming finally reached the height of being admired by everyone from the bottom of his heart, but it was a bit late.

The crown prince did not bring flowers, nor did he mourn.

He walked straight past the soldier, got off the elevator, and entered the Heroic Monument lined with white monuments.

When the sun rises tomorrow, the starship of the Black Shark base will take Jiang Jianming away, and don't know when we will meet again next time.

If Jiang Jianming never wakes up, if he dies on the front line... this night will be the last.

The crown prince walked to the secret door alone and stopped.There are people here.

A figure sat there with his back leaning on the white stele, and turned his head when he heard the movement behind him, revealing a vicissitudes of life face.

"His Royal Highness?"

Jiang Sheng stood up slowly with his knees on his knees, and saluted the prince by touching his chest, "Your Highness is here, please forgive me for my rudeness that day."

His voice was hoarse and his eye sockets were swollen.But the emotions have already settled down, and the dark brown eyes are like the surface of a lake blown by the spring breeze, with only tiny waves.

When we met at the fortress that day, his sadness was completely that of an ordinary father who lost his beloved son; but tonight, the middle-aged man who faced the young prince in the Monument of Heroes had another temperament.

Ryan saluted him back.

"He followed me, but I failed to protect him."

Jiang Sheng shook his head: "As you said, this is an obvious choice. If you want to blame, you can only blame my irresponsible father. He left him alone and made him suffer a lot."

The white monuments on both sides are like snow-covered pine forests.The crown prince stood there, chatting with the mecha master for a while.

Jiang Sheng said with emotion, in fact, he also considered Jiang Jianming's resettlement before the trip... But the child's three views of character are really inconsistent with ordinary people.

A handicapped human child who is keen to touch mechas and read war history every day, where can he find a suitable adoptive family in the short term?

Jiang Jianming is precocious and wise. Instead of letting adults who don't understand him take care of him in the name of a guardian, it's better to let him be free.

It's just that didn't expect that this child went directly to the Kaios Military Acade in the imperial capital...

"When the leader entrusted Mingming to me, I knew that this child must be extraordinary. It's just that in those years, I took him with me, just like the most ordinary father and son, I..."

Jiang Sheng said with a wry smile, his curved eyes turned into a pair of candle lamps, and soon the fine lines at the corners of his eyes were soaked again.

"I once thought about asking the leader about the identity of this child, but now I think it's okay not to listen... If I should know, I will always know in the future."

"Now he is the hero of the empire, and so many people saw him off before he left, so he must be satisfied in his heart, Your Highness?"

Jiang Sheng murmured, "That child is easy to be content."

Is it satisfied?

Ryan's eyes were a little hazy.

But these reputations or loves came a step too late. Jiang couldn't see it when he touched the euthanasia injection, and he couldn't see it now.

What if we count the previous life?

The heart constricted with excruciating pain.Dawn Aslan in the previous life... the crown prince frowned and pursed his lips, not daring to think about it.

He no longer had the desire to continue the conversation, so he turned his back on Jiang Sheng and opened the secret door with his authority.

There is nothing special in the secret door.

In a small space, there is a long transparent coffin made of alloy glass.

The smart lights of the two bases are suspended next to the transparent coffin. The light is blue and white, but it looks very soft, like the fine snow in the farewell.

"ginger."

The crown prince walked to the transparent glass coffin and sat down, stroking the glass with his palm.

He said hoarsely: "We will be separated tomorrow, so... come to see you for the last time."

The "remains" in the coffin were still dressed in white cloth, and an additional layer of the national flag was covered on the white cloth.The meritorious service medal, the golden sun wheel, and the silver Beidou insignia of the two armies are pressed on the tassels hanging from the corner of the flag, which is magnificent and solemn.

Ryan pushed open the coffin lid, first wrapped the badge with the national flag and stacked it aside, and then lifted the white cloth.

He saw the brows and eyes of the black-haired young man again.

Silver didn't lie to him, and Jiang Jianming's appearance didn't change at all, as if he was just sleeping.

The people at the Black Shark Base have already performed surgery on him, trying their best to use the existing medical methods to repair this body, and the rest can only wait for a miracle.

"……ginger."

Ryan touched Jiang Jianming's hand, held the cold fingers, squeezed the ring on the ring finger, closed his eyes and let out a breath.

He pulled up that hand and rested his forehead on the back of Jiang Jianming's hand, looking much more at ease.

...at least the people are still there.

Although not alive, but not dead.

It's just that when think of the separation in the next few months or even years, chest hurts like it's about to burst.

The crown prince turned his face sideways, staring at the person in the coffin with dark green eyes, the pearls of which gleamed in the dimness.

Late night is a time when emotions are out of control.The closer you get, the more sad and unbearable, and the more you touch, the more dissatisfied.

He thought it was the last night anyway, let's hug him again; he was afraid that moving around would increase the load on his body, what if he got hurt again?

Leanne leaned over, stretched out his arms to wrap around Jiang Jianming's neck, but retracted hesitantly.

Stretching out again, the fingertips turned halfway, touched the smooth black hair and cold cheeks, and retracted again.

The crown prince shook his head irritably.He got up, turned his back to the glass coffin, and was about to leave. After walking four or five steps, he turned his head and stared at Jiang Jianming. After watching for a few seconds, he walked back silently.

"..."

That does not work.

With a gloomy face, Ryan sat down leaning against the glass coffin again.He turned on the wrist phone, took out another chip from his pocket, and inserted it.

After a while, there was rustling white noise in the dark room.What appears in the picture is the situation inside the cockpit of the medical mecha.

He had already copied all the data in that mecha and put it here, including the monitoring of course.

He still thought he should see it.

In the video, a figure sits in the driver's seat.At this time, Jiang Jianming was still wearing the blood-stained silver Beidou military uniform, his expression was calm, and nothing unusual could be seen.

He nodded to the soldiers next to him, declined the accompanying suggestion, pushed the joystick, and the mecha flew out of the starship along the slide.

"..."

There was a glimmer of image in Ryan's eyes, and his voice was gloomy: "Your Highness Jiang, if these soldiers leave any psychological shadows, are you responsible?"

It was quiet in the dark room, and the sleeping person did not respond.

The sound of the battlefield became quieter, and the mecha drove into the silent Heroic Monument.

Jiang Jianming stopped the medical mech and put the unconscious Crown Prince into the treatment cabin.

"Aren't you proficient in giving yourself a sober needle? If you wake me up at this time, I can still send you on your last journey."

Ryan frowned, and tapped the glass coffin with his fingers: "So you see, it's entirely your own fault that you've made yourself miserable."

"right?"

It was quiet inside the glass coffin.

There was movement in the surveillance video, and the disabled human being vomited blood again.

"It's all about you..."

The crown prince closed his eyes, pulled up one arm of the body, and buried his face in the cold palm, "... torture me."

The dark room cut off the outside world, and on the floor illuminated by the light, the images of the two people seemed to freeze as if they did not move, as if time had also stood still.

But it's just as if, the river of age is constantly flowing at a fixed frequency, and will not stop for anyone's love and hate.

click.

The invisible second hand moves forward by one second.

...

The first fortress, the general's office is still lit.

"Your Excellency will be gone in the future, and the general will have to pay more attention to His Highness Lai An's affairs."

Sylph sat opposite Xie Yuduo, her pale hair and blue eyes were reflected in the light.

"His Royal Highness has destructive power and an unyielding will to fight. But in terms of emotions, I don't think he can be considered a very strong type."

"Maybe he refuses to admit it, and he doesn't allow himself to show weakness in front of outsiders. But His Highness is really not good at regulating emotions. Once you suppress it too much, you may have trouble someday."

Xie Yuduo had a complicated expression: "Understood, I have already deeply understood these few days."

Sylph said in a low voice: "Your Highness is still close to you after all. The major general can persuade you as much as you can. If there is any difficult situation, please contact the base at any time."

click.

second.

...

Beta Alien, the second fortress.

"Hi, I'm Diana Lance, a researcher at the Black Shark Base, and I'm also the person in charge of Matrix 002."

"Because the 001 base body—that is, Jiang Jianming—has experienced some abnormalities, I would like to contact you urgently."

In the bedroom, Yuan Nagasawa looked at the beautiful female researcher on the opposite side of the communication in panic, "What's wrong with Your Highness Jiang!?"

"Isn't the front line victorious? He was injured, or his condition worsened—"

Suddenly, Hara Nagasawa became aware and screamed, "Wait, His Highness Jiang is also a consciousness projection!?"

Diana: "Many things are hard to say now, and it's hard to explain. Jiang is indeed the matrix...the leader just told me."

Hara Nagasawa straightened up eagerly: "Then, that base is contacting me now, is there anything I can do?"

"Yeah, there is."

The female researcher said in a soft voice, "First, His Majesty the Emperor will reveal the truth to the public in three days. Now that Jiang is gone, you are the pillar of the Wujing people's heart. We need you to cooperate with the empire to complete some appeasement,Work that inspires people."

"Of course!"

"Second, a few days ago, there was a new progress in the matrix plan, and I will use your original body to carry out further experiments. Don't worry, there may be some discomfort, but safety can be guaranteed."

"I understand, there is no problem with this."

"The last point, the army of the White Bird Expedition will definitely attack the Crystal Nest in the future."

"At that time, we need at least one amorphous human to accompany the team to observe whether there is any difference between the crystal human and the amorphic human when they step into the crystal nest."

Yuan Nagasawa was taken aback for a moment.

"I see."

He lowered his face and whispered in a dazed voice, "Originally, this responsibility was intended to be handed over to His Highness Jiang, but something happened to His Highness, so we can only... change someone, right?"

Diana blinked her blue eyes: "If my brother is still alive, she will be able to do it too, but unfortunately she is gone...Your Excellency, can you do it?"

"I"

Yuan Nagasawa swallowed his saliva.

He clenched his fist and his expression became firm, "Of course, I can do it."

click.

third second.

...

The starships of the Lava Pirates travel through the universe.

"That's right, the Alpha Alien Battlefield, the battle to recapture the fortress... the Empire won."

After listening to the report below, the head of the Lava Boy propped his forehead with his fist, and looked expressionlessly at the vast universe outside the starship.

"Old black sheep, do you want to see your son?"

"I think." The tall, bronze-skinned man scratched his scalp and said in a low voice, "But the old black sheep doesn't want to betray the boss either."

"..."

Chilong was silent for a long time.

It's not that he can't see the torrent of the current situation. The empire has almost unified all mankind and is becoming more and more prosperous.

In the future, there will be fewer and fewer people who are willing to join the space bandits, and more and more people who hate the space bandits.Lava's future is destined to have only two paths, surrender or perish.

And the longer the delay, the greater the probability of extinction.

Now that disabled human surnamed Jiang is willing to lower his profile and make peace with the lava, because the number one enemy of the empire is the crystal religion and crystal particles.

After the empire has completely wiped out the Crystal Sect, and then conquered the crystal nest, who will sit down with you, a space bandit group, to negotiate terms?

but……

"No," Chiron gritted his teeth and said to himself, "Lava will never make peace with the Empire... ever."

He stood up and turned off the optical brain in front of him.Two messages are being displayed on the screen.

One is a letter of recruitment from the empire, and the other is from Gaius, the archbishop of the Crystal Sect.But the screen went dark in the next second, and couldn't tell what was written.

"Respond to the Crystal Cult, Lava believes in them one last time."

Click——

Another second passed.

...

The dark room under the Heroic Monument is still quiet, isolating the dark tide from the outside world.

Until a new second arrives.

The surveillance video has reached the inevitable point.

"Lyan."

A feeble call shattered the silence.The crown prince, who was leaning against the coffin with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes, and bounced up as if he had been shocked by an electric shock——

Bang!

The action was so violent that it brought down the half-open glass coffin lid and hit the ground with a loud noise.

"ginger!?"

In an instant, Chu Jun turned his head, and a light of surprise appeared on his face, "Wake up..."

——The voice suddenly stagnated.

Inside the glass coffin, Jiang Jianming was still lying on the spot with his eyes closed.The corpse didn't even tremble a single eyelash, let alone the slightest sign of returning to life.

For about two seconds, Ryan couldn't react to what was going on.

Obviously just now, he heard Jiang Jianming calling him?

Ryan stared blankly at the body for a while before realizing that Jiang Jianming had not woken up, but the voice just now was not an auditory hallucination.

It comes from the player of the wrist machine.

"Your Highness."

Another sound.

Ryan turned his head slowly, his eyes shifted from the glass coffin to the video screen.

His expression seemed to be frozen in ice, and the blood faded from his cheeks little by little.

In the surveillance video, the black-haired young man left the driver's seat at some point and knelt beside the treatment cabin.

He is as thin as a white thatch folded in the cold wind.

Ryan was terrified.

He stretched out his palm, but his fingertips passed through the phantom in vain, unable to support his lover who was kneeling in the cold.

Jiang Jianming was on the verge of dying, as could be clearly seen from the surveillance video.His pupils were completely dilated, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't focus. His eyelids closed countless times in a drowsy manner, and then opened weak gaps again.

Every time he takes a breath, he needs to open his mouth with great effort, and just listening to it can make people feel suffocated.And because of blood loss and cold, there was an obvious vibrato in the panting, and occasionally the teeth could be heard shaking weakly.

Before he was about to die, in the darkness and cold, the injured and sick human being pushed open the door of the treatment cabin.

In this state, he repeatedly called "Your Highness" softly, but the voice was not loud; he aggrievedly touched the sleeping prince in the treatment cabin, but his movements were too light to even count as pushing.

The lights didn't go out, but it suddenly went dark.

Lai An feels dizzy.

"Jiang," he turned back to look at the glass coffin, then turned to look at the monitor, and whispered nervously, "you called me... you, you called me?"

All the nerves in my body felt like they were being burned.The walls on all sides were twisted, and only the surveillance image in front of him was clear.

It turned out that Jiang Jianming called him and touched him before he died, but he didn't answer.

So no one responds to him now, is that right?

"Your Highness...you wake up..."

Lai An's knees softened, and she held onto a corner of the glass coffin to stand still.

He said in a trembling voice, "I'm here, I'm listening...don't, don't..."

Don't be sad, don't be like this.

Don't be scared, you won't die, Sylph says you'll be fine because I'm protecting you.

You're just too tired and need a relaxing night's sleep.When you wake up, you will have everything you want.so……

Lai An stared blankly at the screen.Go ahead, keep talking.I'm listening now, whatever you want...I can give it to you in the future.

But Jiang Jianming didn't say anything.His fingers stirred gently in the medical solution, making a pitiful sound of water.He was so tired that he could only rest his face on the cold metal edge of the treatment cabin, and there was no light in his blind eyes.

His Highness has no way of knowing what Jiang Jianming wants in the end.

after.

Lai An suddenly realized how ridiculous this term was.

The leader said that Dwayne Aslan's original body was weaker than the basic body. In that era when medicines were outdated and alien creatures were rampant, how hard would disabled humans live?

Even after his death, few photos and videos of the commander-in-chief have been handed down to the world. So far no one knows his real race and name, let alone his relationship with the emperor.

That's why there is the matrix 001 of consciousness projection.

Jiang Jianming's "later" has spent another lifetime.

"Lai..."

In the monitoring, the disabled human being who was dying could no longer make any sound.

After repeatedly calling his lover who was destined to be inaudible, Jiang Jianming finally couldn't help but choked up and bowed his head, the water flashed, and tears fell silently.

He didn't even want to cry, he just let his black eyes be wet with tears, and breathed hard between his thin lips.

"I'm... don't cry, I'm..."

Lai An murmured faintly.The cold wind of the fortress howled from every pore, and the white light of dawn a few days ago stretched out minions from the memory, flooding the field of vision.

Is it enough, is it not owed?

He was afraid of the dark, but died in the dark.

He was afraid of the cold, but died in the snowstorm.

He was plagued by injuries, and his spirit and body were exhausted to the limit, and it was very uncomfortable at the end.

He failed to see tomorrow's victory, and shed an unknown tear before he died.

When he died alone, he failed to answer his call.

And the separation is coming, and when he wakes up in the future, he will not be by his side...!

How long do you have to study like this, how many times you suffer, how many times you fail!?

There is a limit to the number of projections a person can withstand, and how many more can be counted on in the future!?

Or, can Jiang Jianming really wake up again?

When the memory of the base body merges with the memory of the original body, will he be disappointed and hopeless in the face of repeated tragic endings?

if……

Jiang Jianming doesn't want to have a future anymore?

Lai An looked up blankly.Every beat of the heart is accompanied by severe pain.It hurt like hell, and couldn't stand it for another second.

His fingers were embedded in his heart unconsciously, and sharp crystal bones formed at the fingertips.Blood slowly oozes out, dripping down at his feet.

Unless you take this thing away, take it out...

All right, Leon thought.

If Jiang Jianming can have a truly happy future, his heart can also be taken away.

But during the surveillance, Jiang Jianming actually calmed down.

He groped to close the treatment cabin and moved back to the driver's seat.

Then he opened the shell of the mecha with a gesture of relief, and in the falling snow, he reached out to take Anle's injection.

Why, you are obviously not reconciled.

Don't go, if you go like this, who will know that you are sad?

"...Don't go."

Lai An looked up in a daze, her long platinum hair fell down the back of her neck like a stream.Clusters of red-gold crystals emerged, supporting the drooping hair again.

"I can always..."

Not later, he only wants now.

"to be with you."

The First Fort suddenly shook violently.

A batch of paper documents fell down, Xie Yuduo supported the leader with one hand, and pressed the desk with the other hand so that he did not fall down.

Looking up again, the major general gasped.On the floor and on the walls, red golden crystals spread like spider webs.

"This Zhenjing... Your Highness!?"

Sylph's scalp was about to explode: "Something happened."

Xie Yuduo's face turned blue.He raised his wrist phone and was about to call, but the leader grabbed his wrist: "Give orders to the fortress first!"

Sylph gritted her silver teeth and said word by word: "Please let all the soldiers stand by. Your Highness may be in a bad situation. If it's what I think...you must not be seen."

The author has something to say:

The little highness is actually the type that is easily broken once it is targeted and abused.

Jiang: ...I knew wouldn't bark...