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As expected, Mia was prepared. Perhaps she had her suspicions before boarding the ship, or perhaps it was due to other reasons, such as caution. The 'young man' followed her through many cabins and saw three small escape ships disguised as large weapons shells in an ammunition warehouse connected to the back of the ship's weapon launch channel.
There was someone here to receive her. Looking at the serial number on the uniform, it was a black-haired old crew member who had served on the ship for many years. They should also belong to the 'open' camp.
In the mission to protect "Star and Moon", most of the people who were sent out were the backbone and elites of the "open" side. There were more than a hundred and thirty of them. Those people would be divided into three groups and stuffed into the three lifeboats.
In the narrow space, even though each ship could only accommodate about 40 people, it was still extremely crowded.
Fortunately, space was in a state of weightlessness, so everyone was floating together. Even if it was crowded, they could still squeeze in.
The serial numbers of the disguised weapons were very old. Even the 'young man' could see that they were not hidden here for this mission. The 'open' camp had probably made all kinds of preparations a long time ago.
But even so, it was clear that the battle between the two factions had reached the point where fire and water could not tolerate each other. Perhaps, there would only be a temporary outcome after the battle between Ao Mai and En Jue.
The shells had just been removed. More than 130 members of the detachment were nervously guarding the entrance of the warehouse 612 when they saw a large number of other soldiers. No one knew where they got the news from, or maybe they were tailing them. After all, with so many of them, they were too obvious a target. The running soldiers all rushed towards the entrance.
This was the only hope of escape. Even the senior officers did not care about anything else. Their weapons were all opened and the bullets were immediately loaded.
No one gave an order. Mia did not even say a word. The soldiers of both sides opened fire as soon as they saw each other!
The three escape ships could not hold too many people. Even if there were more than 130 detachment members, more than half of them would inevitably die due to various reasons. Now, there were hundreds of soldiers, and the number was still increasing. There was no room for negotiation. Only the dead had the right to escape.
Just a moment ago, they were comrades on the same ship. They were compatriots who had gone through the disaster together. At this moment, there was only life and death!
No one wanted to lose the last chance to escape. Everyone wanted to miraculously escape and reunite with their families. They wanted to become the 'hero' who returned from this disaster.
No one would care about how they came back. People would only pay attention to the most dangerous and exciting process of their escape. They didn't care how many people they killed to get a "spot".
Those who died would be advertised as crazy losers, while those who lived would have all sorts of reasons to live as heroes.
Bullets flew in the tunnel, accompanied by blood-curdling screams and splatters of blood. The walls were almost dyed red, and blood flowed tragically along the pipes.
Charge, charge, charge!
The soldiers outside the passageway rushed in with bloodshot eyes!
Defend, defend, defend!
The team members behind the passageway shouted as they sprayed out a torrent of bullets!
The video system on the wall was still playing the tragic farewell of the heroes. They were united as they said their unyielding last words. However, their voices had long been drowned out by the whistling of bullets and blood.
On the other side of the film and television system, countless people were crying and grieving. No one knew about the cruel life and death battle in the flying ship at this moment …
The passageway was gradually filled with corpses. The soldiers rushed forward, stepping on the corpses. There was no time to reload the bullets. The swords of dark matter were waving a faint red glow, weaving in and out of the narrow passageway. Broken limbs and flesh were flying everywhere.
The torrent of soldiers finally collided with each other. The fighting became chaotic. The bullets were all used up, and the dark swords were also exhausted. They were killed in the melee.
Apart from the screams and screams, no one spoke. It was as if a single word would break something. There was only killing, snatching, and fighting!
The silent killing continued crazily at the end of the narrow passageway.
Bang!
The first lifeboat was launched.
All the soldiers amidst the piles of blood and corpses were taken aback for a moment. They suddenly came to their senses and roared in unison. Then, they fought even more crazily, killing each other recklessly!
By this time, more than half of the members of the detachment had fallen. The main force of the fight had gradually turned into a fight between more and more soldiers who had rushed over after hearing the news.
All for the sake of fighting for a spot that would allow them to return alive.
They were killed in the blood. Their eyes were dyed red by the bloody glow …
Bang!
Another sound. The second lifeboat was launched!
The soldiers who could still stand in the middle of the fight were stunned. They all looked at the last lifeboat. Then, they let go of their hands and ran towards it.
"One more can go in!"
Mia stood at the edge of the cabin door with the dark sword in her hand. Three corpses were at her feet. She looked coldly at the crowd that was rushing up.
…
Bang!
The third lifeboat was launched.
Looking at the bloody faces of the soldiers outside the transparent round window, the 'young man' turned around. The moment he left the trajectory, he seemed to have heard the sound of crying.
The lifeboat left the flying ship at a high speed. In order to prevent the crazy soldiers who did not get on board from retaliating with the weapons on board, they did not appear even after they had flown to a safe distance.
After a long time, the lifeboat that was getting further and further away received a communication request from the flying ship. Mia hesitated for a moment before she ordered the communication to be connected. However, there was only an image, and no one spoke —
In the pool of blood in the 612 cabin, the soldiers who did not get on board silently saluted them. Their eyes were filled with sorrow.
Then, there was the sound of bullets being loaded.
Gunshots were fired …
"Sorry, take care!"
These were the last words that could be heard in the three lifeboats. It was the last words of an officer whose eyes were filled with infinite pain before he committed suicide.
In just an instant, the three lifeboats were filled with cries.
Only Mia silently saluted them.
The 'young man' looked a little cold. Because in the last image of the communication, he also saw the heavy weaponist who had once acted and trained with him shoot himself.
In space, the huge figure of the flying ship that had lost its power flew towards the dark universe.
No one knew where it would end up. Perhaps it would become a cold coffin revolving around the star, or it would be captured by a planet and destroyed, or it would be pushed away from the planetary system by the impact of the "star and moon".
But all of this had little to do with the three lifeboats. They had to go through the process of deceleration and braking. Then, they would fly in the direction of the star's gravity and find an orbit to return to the cold planet.
The ship's computing system quickly calculated the best flight route and the time needed according to the parameters. It did not give anyone at least time to dream and look forward to it. Once again, it forced the escaping people into a desperate situation!
The three lifeboats would need at least a month to meet the fastest rescue ship. If there was no rescue ship, they would need at least another month to return to the space base.
The small lifeboat's storage was barely enough for a full crew of 15 people for less than half a month. It was originally designed to wait for rescue, not to fly back to the base by itself.
But they had an astonishing number of more than 50 people per lifeboat. In other words, no matter how much food they saved, they would die of hunger and thirst before the start of the second month — if they did not eat each other.
Food was immediately rationed. Everyone's weapons were forcibly handed over by Mia. Only a few soldiers who were guarding the food storage were still fully armed.
On the first day, almost no one asked for food. Everyone endured hunger and thirst. Unless it was absolutely necessary, they would not eat any food or water. Everyone knew that whether they could survive until rescue depended on when their food and water would run out.
After the slaughter before boarding the ship, many people's eyes were bloodshot. But after the last communication with channel 612, almost everyone burst into tears.
Some people could not bear the huge self-blame and pain after waking up, and committed suicide sporadically.
One of the veterans wrote his last words before committing suicide. When it was dug out, all the soldiers on the lifeboat bit their lips and cried silently —
"Please don't throw my body out in a hurry. I can at least let you hold on for another three days."
This was space, vast and lifeless. The three lifeboats were like tiny dust particles drifting, waiting for rescue to arrive at any time.
This was also a battlefield, dark and cruel. The enemy could come out of the darkness at any time and easily tear them into pieces.
During the long wait, the 'young man' kept looking at the darkness outside the thick window, trying hard to identify the direction of the star.
He was hungrier than anyone else because he had a big appetite. But Mia did not give him any special treatment. She still ate the same amount as everyone else. Only she and another sharpshooter would share some of their own food with him from time to time.
But even so, he still felt very hungry.
In the darkness of space, it was almost impossible to feel the lifeboats flying. It was as if they were motionless, which made him even more irritated.
There was no response from the space base, no rescue message. It made him feel hopeless and even angrier.
"Star and Moon" was affected, the engine and the escape capsule were destroyed, and there was no rescue until now … All of this was more and more like a conspiracy. Someone did not want anyone to go back alive. When the 'young man' could not sleep, he thought that maybe even the long-range attack of the alien battleship was a big lie.
Mia decisively changed the route. The three lifeboats immediately split into three different routes and returned. Only the first lifeboat still followed the original route. Maybe they still had a glimmer of hope for the outcome of the battle. At least when the rescue from their own faction arrived, they would still be found.
But ten days later, they angrily and desperately received the distress signal from the first lifeboat — they were destroyed by a high-speed weapon!
And the weapon did not come from the alien fleet.
After Mia made the last call with the second lifeboat, she immediately shut down all communication.
They were like abandoned dust particles, floating alone in the boundless dark space.
Another ten days later, the extremely hungry 'young man' could vaguely see the direction of the cold planet.
This made the soldiers who had been curled up to save energy to reduce consumption finally move a little.
They floated in the turbid cabin, squeezing each other and starving to death.
They were like hibernating insects. Only now did they move, discussing in low voices what they must do if they returned to the ground.
At this time, someone on the other side of the window screamed with a pale face.
In the direction of the darkness, magnificent space battleships revealed their ferocious hulls and flew towards the direction of the cold planet. Thousands of light beams roared and shot at the same time!
^ (To be continued.)
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