It wasn't until the afternoon that P5092 slowly woke up. When he opened his eyes, he realized he was not at the military camp. At some point, he was still in a daze and could not figure out what was going on.
Then he slowly recalled some things. There were also four words that kept circling around in his mind.
A joyful voice called out next to him, "You're awake?"
An ominous feeling rose in P5092's heart. He slowly turned his head around and looked at Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin, who were sitting next to him. "Where am I? What happened?"
"We're on our way to the Northwest of Daxing!" Ren Xiaosu said happily.
Yes, those were the words that kept echoing in his mind when he was dreaming and could not get them out of his head.
P5092 closed his eyes and tried to wake up again. He kept feeling like he was still in a dream, and it felt a little magical.
But when he opened his eyes again, the scene in front of him had not changed at all. Ren Xiaosu's smile did not change at all either.
Ren Xiaosu said patiently, "See, didn't we agree to go to the Northwest of Daxing? Why did you forget?"
At some point, P5092 even felt like he was in a horror movie. He was about to be dragged into a basement by a serial killer or something. The other party's tone sounded like a pervert.
P5092 thought for a long time before saying, "When did I say I was going to the Northwest of Daxing?"
Ren Xiaosu was taken aback. "You didn't refute me when I said we'd be a family sooner or later."
"I was trying to get you to join the Pyro Company." P5092 explained, "When you said we'd be a family sooner or later, I thought you were planning to join the Pyro Company!"
"Oh." Only then did Ren Xiaosu realize that the two of them had not been talking about the same thing all along.
However, it was not a big problem. Ren Xiaosu said, "In any case, we'll just go to the Northwest of Daxing."
P5092 did not know whether to laugh or cry. "So you're really from Fortress 178? Why did you follow the Wang Clan's medical team to the Kong Clan? "
"It's a long story. I went to the Kong Clan's Stronghold 31 to rescue someone, but I was intercepted by you just as I was about to leave. Now that I think about it, this must be your fate in the Northwest," Ren Xiaosu said with a smile.
P5092 shook his head. "I don't want to go to the Northwest."
Ren Xiaosu said seriously, "No, think about it."
P5092 was speechless.
"Wouldn't it be better to go to the Northwest?" Ren Xiaosu said, "If you go there, you won't encounter the troubles you encountered in the Pyro Company. There won't be anyone who's greedy for credit, and you won't have to fight for fame and fortune either. If it's yours, it's yours. If it's not yours, it's useless to fight for it."
"How could there be such a place?" P5092 chuckled and said, "There's no such thing as a vacuum for fame and fortune in this world. As long as there are people, there will be people vying for it. It's the same. Although I don't understand the Northwest, I understand the people. "
Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment. "That's true. Indeed, there must be a lot of such things happening even in the Northwest. But since you're tired of all this and don't even want the position of a high-ranking commander of the Pyro Company, you can go to the Northwest and retire behind the scenes. If anything happens, I'll take the blame."
P5092 wondered, "What exactly do you want me to do in the Northwest?"
"You'll continue doing whatever you did in the past." Ren Xiaosu said, "I'm missing someone who's good at fighting."
P5092 asked in seriousness, "Who are we fighting against?"
Ren Xiaosu suddenly realized this was a very important question for P5092. He said solemnly to P5092, "The mission of Fortress 178 is to protect. We will never take the initiative to invade others. This is very much in line with your philosophy. It's just that we won't sacrifice our comrades like you did."
P5092 shook his head. "It's not that I want to sacrifice them, but that in order to achieve the final victory, everything can be sacrificed. If we still want to be soft-hearted on the battlefield, we'll have to sacrifice even more people."
At this moment, Yang Xiaojin, who was next to him, finally said, "That's exactly why he needs you. He's not suitable to be a commander, but if you plan to sacrifice him, he might be able to give you a little surprise. I think the two of you should have quite a good understanding of each other when working together."
P5092 and Ren Xiaosu looked at Yang Xiaojin in silence. After a while, Ren Xiaosu said, "That's true …."
P5092 finally asked, "What if I'm still not willing to go after you persuade me? What will you do to me? "
Ren Xiaosu said with a smile, "I've never even considered that possibility. You'll have to go whether you want to or not."
P5092 sighed and said, "Then why are you still talking so much to me …."
"To show my respect." Ren Xiaosu said with a smile, "The ancients always made visits to the thatched cottage three times or something like that. Aren't I just imitating the ancients to express my sincerity to you?"
Yang Xiaojin glanced at Ren Xiaosu. The two of them had previously discussed in private how to get P5092 to go to the Northwest. Then she brought up the example of making visits to the thatched cottage three times and said she could get Ren Xiaosu to follow suit and use his sincerity to move P5092.
But what Ren Xiaosu said at that time was different from what he said now.
At that time, Ren Xiaosu said that visiting the thatched cottage three times would be troublesome. If they burned down the thatched cottage, he would not have a place to stay, so wouldn't he have no choice but to go to the Northwest?! That was what the people in the Northwest did!
Yang Xiaojin did not say anything for a while. She was thinking that it was no wonder everyone said the people in the Northwest were a bunch of murderers. It was probably because they had done such things too often.
And the reason why Ren Xiaosu could get along so well with the people in the Northwest was also because their personalities were more compatible.
Ren Xiaosu suddenly said to P5092, "Since you've already left the Pyro Company, why don't we still call you by your real name? It'll also symbolize a new beginning for you."
However, P5092 shook his head. "I like the name P5092 better now. Just call me P5092."
Ren Xiaosu was stunned. He suddenly realized that it might not be good for him to use his name as a serial number.
But to P5092, this serial number symbolized all the youth and sweat he had put in to protect the ideals of humans in the Central Plains. It also symbolized the greatest glory of his life. Behind this serial number were the lives of countless barbarians. It was just a name, but it was also a meritorious deed.
"Then I'll continue to call you P5092," Ren Xiaosu said with a chuckle. For some reason, he felt he was quite used to calling him by his serial number. It felt like he would feel a little unfamiliar if he did not call him that.
P5092 was probably using this method to tell Ren Xiaosu that even though he had agreed to go to the Northwest for the time being, his ambition was still to protect the humans in the Central Plains. This had never changed.
So if their ideals clashed in the future, and Ren Xiaosu wanted to start a war to kill each other for the world, P5092 would leave.
However, Ren Xiaosu did not care about this at all. He was not an ambitious person.
"By the way." Ren Xiaosu asked, "What's your judgment on this war now? Can the Pyro Company win? With so many barbarians coming to the Pyro Company, the Wang Clan definitely won't have many troops left behind. If the Wang Clan comes to surround us, won't we have a better chance of winning? "
"It's not that simple." P5092 shook his head. "I also thought the Wang Clan might not have many barbarians left behind. But now, I think I might have made the wrong judgment. This might be another trap."
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