Chapter 110 A Coming of Age Ceremony Paved with Blood
During the recent rebellion of Major General Thomas Ball, the former senior official of the Department of Homeland Security used a super hacker to regularly send information packages to all people, exposing the dirty things of David Dewey and a large number of high-level government officials.
This was his final blow.
When the bad news of the annihilation of the Seventh Fleet and the fall of Messier Base reached Manxing City, people with good intentions in the private sector followed the clues and found out that President Xin Rende was also involved, causing an uproar in the public opinion.
It just so happened that these two major events happened together, and their sensational effect was like the superposition of wave crests, and the entire Gaia people were excited.
The indignant widows of the soldiers' families took to the streets to demonstrate against government corruption. Eight million people gathered in the huge ring-shaped square in front of the "Tower of Babel", which instantly became a major event that shook Gaia's political scene.
"It's so corrupt! Senior officials like Xin Rende are simply beasts! They secretly amassed money for themselves and made a lot of money. However, the military pension is so small. It's not worth it for my son to fight for them and die 5,800 light years away."
"It's so unworthy... Wuwu..." A white-haired mother complained angrily, almost choking, "It's really... not worth it to die for such a corrupt coalition government!..." "Anti-corruption! Want peace! Oppose interstellar resource plunder! Oppose super-capitalism!" A group of young people from a left-wing environmental group dressed as aliens held up various slogans and kept shouting slogans.
"This month's pension payment has been delayed again! How can we orphans and widowed mothers live!..." A young lady uploaded the video to social media and wiped tears from her eyes. She looked very haggard. There were two children behind her.
Crying.
A huge crowd crowded in front of the "Tower of Babel". This was the largest protest rally in Gaia in several years.
"Oh, you guys, please stop making trouble, okay? It's too troublesome. There is no interstellar plunder, no war, and no super capitalism. What are you drinking for? Drink the northwest wind!"
A middle-aged Asian man who looked like the person in charge of the civil affairs department took advantage of his break from work to read various related reports. This was a major event that attracted the attention of the media in Mangxing City, and was reported everywhere.
Under the huge glass window of his office are countless small desks, where all office workers and various clerical robots are busy working.
The departments that issue pensions and disability benefits are operating at high speed. The government finances need to allocate an astronomical amount of "Luna", and the losses of mining companies and the energy sector are extremely heavy, which makes the government finances even worse.
Behind the golden doors of the rebuilt and even more splendid "People's Hall", the House of Representatives and the Senate began the process of impeaching the president, and countless well-dressed male and female politicians were whispering to each other.
"President Anand Singh left his post without consulting any other department when the rebel General Thomas Power detonated the Tower of Babel, and fled from the Presidential Office without authorization, leaving the group leaderless." Charles Barry, Speaker of the Gaia Coalition Government
He is an old man who looks to be 80 years old. His majestic big face is as smooth as a pink mahjong tile.
While he was enumerating the president's crimes in a slow tone that could make people doze off, he was looking at the politicians below with his old eyes. Although they were wearing space-cut clothes, they were all handsome, but their faces were slack.
, exhausted.
"The president's absence from duty without authorization caused the disorderly evacuation of many personnel from various departments, and serious casualties occurred in the process..."
Speaker Barry continued speaking unhurriedly in Gaia's upper-class accent, causing some of the politicians below to yawn.
Everyone knows it: President Anand Singh must be made a scapegoat to inflate the anger of the people.
"We closed early! Business has been so bad recently... I also want to go to the square to sit down and protest. What's going on with the economy? It's hard for people to survive! We must be exempted from rent reductions." A man who runs a small Oden restaurant
The Asian boss quickly closed various neon signs and closed the automatic doors.
This is a slice of the current small shop business. Serious failures on the front line have brought about a huge economic crisis. Capitalism is a huge machine that cannot stop for a moment. Once it is blocked, it will collapse completely.
The entire Mangxing City seemed to have experienced a violent storm. Everyone was unconsciously reading battle reports and various political news. The originally prosperous atmosphere was suddenly depressed a lot.
Xuanji seemed to be aloof from these matters, because she only focused on one thing—Second Lieutenant Lancer Xu was captured.
"Please wait a moment..." The intelligent female voice is extremely pleasant to the ear.
"There are too many people captured, and the AI intelligence and artificial services are all paralyzed!" Xuanji widened her black eyes and sighed.
"Our Xu family only has this one seed, what should we do! If he has three advantages and two disadvantages, how can I be worthy of my parents! This kid Lancer is usually too arrogant and withdrawn, and he doesn't even have a true friend.
His former colleagues in the unit can no longer be found... Miss Xuan, you are a descendant of a noble raised by the Ministry of War. I really beg you, please help us get him back! What should we do... We with flat heads
The people are so helpless! Thousands of light years away, I dare not even think about it, it’s so terrible..."
The person who lost control of her emotions on the screen of the Xuanji communication wristband was Lancer Xu’s aunt Mary Xu. She was a middle-aged Chinese woman with a decent appearance and a head of space-permed curly hair. She thought she was very fashionable, but she looked like a
With a basket of vegetables on his head, he also carried the Xu family's nagging gene that can't be stopped when he opens his mouth, and he was talking to himself crazily.
Her shrill voice echoed in the "cold" home atmosphere of Xuanji's apartment, seeming so weird and out of place.
"Oh, Auntie... don't worry, I will find a way." Xuanji replied to her calmly.
The worlds of people are too far apart, and Mangxing City is so crowded, but everyone's worlds do not intersect.
During the few days of traveling to the Ministry of War, she saw too many cold faces and too many arguments, which made her fiery personality almost explode on the spot several times.
This is such a bureaucratic and extremely inefficient system. As a Platonic person, she could never understand the efficiency of the Gaians.
When she walked down the escalator alone, facing the dim dusk scenery, she felt exhausted.
What is the relationship between Lancer and her? His aunt will take the initiative to contact her——
Suddenly, a secret agent in black came forward. He looked like a British man and wore space-like black sunglasses. Like an artificial intelligence robot, he walked up quickly.
"Oh, your friend Second Lieutenant Xu is safe and sound." At the moment she was stunned, the other party took the initiative to speak to her, still in that cold tone, "In order to reduce your worries, we will redeem him as soon as possible.
”
"Who are you? Where did Kalki go? We are obviously together...why did my leader suddenly disappear?" Xuanji blurted out. These questions were like huge and heavy stones in her heart, in the dead of night.
, it almost made her unable to breathe.
"Our lady, who are you worried about?" A slightly sarcastic smile appeared on the special agent's frosty face, "Oh, of course you don't have to answer, we all know who you have in mind."<
/p>
This mysterious agent walked into the towering building like the wind. Xuanji could only look at his back and stand blankly.
There are too many secrets in this world. Why has everything become weird since I met Kalki, as if there are some invisible hands manipulating it behind the scenes?
Three days later, she received internal news from the Ministry of War: Second Lieutenant Lancer Xu of the Seventh Fleet was safe and sound. He had been listed on the first exchange list and would arrive in Star City in three weeks.
"That's great...Oh my god!" Xuanji breathed a sigh of relief. Interstellar war is too far away and too cruel. She knows many mercenaries who have never been heard from after being captured.
During this period of time, she cared about Lancer wholeheartedly during the day, but she would always unconsciously pay attention to the movements of the White Tiger Knights.
Since Kalki is the enemy's supreme commander and captured the "unbreakable" Messier base boasted by the Gaia media, the media in Star City played him up as a devil and continued to kill Gaia troops along the way.
People are still worried about the front line and hope that the war situation can be reversed.
Therefore, with the spread of Gaia's extremely developed media and entertainment industry, the enemy general Kalki became a household name. Before, he was only a talking point within the Ministry of War.
Her sensitive heart was being pulled back and forth.
During the day, she talked about how to retrieve the captured Lancer Xu. Mary Xu was always annoying her, just like the big city of Star City, which was unreasonably noisy.
And in the dream at night, Kalki appeared quietly. In the martial arts training hall, on the balcony, in the study room, under Mount Kailash, his tall figure stood alone.
So quiet and distant, just like her "father's country" thousands of light years away, which she can never return to.
Xuanji opened her eyes, and tears flowed out, directly onto her temples and pillow.
The early morning sunshine in Mangxing City is full of the vitality of desire. Another day is about to begin, and people have to run for food. The world is like an illusion, life is just a dream, and only the traces of tears remain.
"Borrowed, borrowed."
Xuanji, wearing the uniform of a Ranger sergeant, squeezed forward as much as possible in the crowded terminal of the 27th Military Base. Families had exact times to pick up the captives and had made reservations with wristbands. It was still in no order because there were too many
Too many people.
As an individual, a soldier is just a statistic, but as a person, he or she belongs to the people who love him or her. The families of Gaia soldiers often go out with their families to welcome their relatives back, and the battle thousands of light years away affects the universe.
The thoughts and emotions of many people.
"Oh! Miss Xuan, I'm so sorry! My Tim suddenly had diarrhea when he went out! Oops! He just doesn't live up to such a big thing! What should I do? I'm so sorry! You pick up Lancer first, and I'll return it
I made him his favorite fried noodles and shrimp dumplings, but the taste will be affected if they are placed in an insulated box. This really makes me anxious..."
As soon as Xuanji opened the wristband, the voice message contained a bunch of rapid words from Mary Xu, which gave her a headache, so she quickly turned it off.
She looked at everything around her, and it was also very noisy. She had already received messages from her relatives, some were crying or laughing, and some were crying and laughing at the same time. The scene seemed to be staged a large-scale tragedy and comedy in Gaia's life.
Senior officers have their own special passage that ordinary people cannot see. This is the passage for low-level officers and ordinary soldiers, so it is also the joy, anger, sorrow and joy of ordinary people in Gaia.
When the appointment time came, she saw Lancer at the designated porch exit. He was wearing an ill-fitting jumpsuit similar to Prussian blue, which was the attire worn by low-level officers when they were released and returned home.
He almost walked out with his head lowered. Being captured will always have a huge impact on his life. There will be a series of things that will happen after that. All returning soldiers will have to report to specialized units, and then undergo certain political review and mental examination.
, only after physical evaluation can you return to your original position.
"Lance!" She waved to him.
"Xuanji!" He looked at her with wide eyes.
She is still so energetic, and her slender and tall figure is so outstanding among the Gaians.
Xuanji also looked at Lancer straightly and found that he had changed a lot. He was no longer the high-spirited young officer before departure. His face was dark, gloomy and confused. He had lost a lot of weight, and he seemed to have suffered a lot.
torture.
But the chubby mama's boy temperament suddenly disappeared. Although Lancer has no parents, his grandmother who passed away just two years ago gave him extraordinary care. He grew up in a Gaian Chinese family full of trivial matters.
, giving him a slimy temperament that is not decisive enough and highly dependent.
Growth sometimes happens suddenly. Xuanji looked at the friends she had known since childhood and didn't recognize him a little. Lancer, who had a mixed-race appearance, suddenly looked like a Roman. The baptism of war is the cruelest baptism, paved with blood.
Coming of Age Ceremony.
They looked at each other in the lively hall, quietly. People around them bumped them around, and Gaians were always rude to each other.
Only Xuanji came to pick him up. If Xuanji ran away with Kalki, he would be alone, like a wild dog.
Lancer thought this way, he was different from Xuanji, she could always make many, many friends and would always be the core of everyone, but he only had her as a friend.
After he was promoted to second lieutenant, several girls confessed to him. Yes, it was only after he was promoted to second lieutenant that some girls confessed to him.
"Are the Platons... nice to you?" She knew that it was the White Tiger Knights who captured Lancer, and she couldn't help but get close to Kalki.
"It's okay... we only provide pure vegetarian food, and occasionally I feel very hungry." He could understand what she wanted to know, but he didn't want to tell her anything she cared about.
Those memory fragments rushed into his mind like chaotic snowflakes.