1256. You have to live.

Countdown to the third day.

Early morning.

The autumn rain stopped briefly, and the earthy smell after the rain filled the air.

On the third echelon of defense line where the command camp is located, the sound of gunfire from the second echelon of defense line can also be heard.

The abyss crack across the ground blocked the path of the second enemy army in the northwest. Those artificial intelligence soldiers on foot had to march for at least a day to bypass the crack that was dozens of kilometers long.

Yan Liuyuan single-handedly blocked the biggest crisis for the Dawn Defense Line.

When Yan Liuyuan led the herdsmen to the defense line from the north, Ren Xiaosu noticed at a glance that Yan Liuyuan had a short head like an ascetic.

He was stunned for a moment, and then asked Yan Liuyuan: "What's wrong with your hair?"

"Oh, it's okay," Yan Liuyuan explained with a smile. He said: "It will grow back again. Brother, I have more than 20,000 warriors from the tribe here. They may be able to help you."

At this time, P5092 next to him shook his head and said: "No need. Yes, the Dawn Defense Line is planning to retreat now. If you have spare strength, please help take some wounded people away."

Yan Liuyuan thought for a moment and said, "Okay."

On this defense line, except for the combat troops of the third echelon of defense line, the only ones who can leave alive are the wounded who were withdrawn.

It's not that P5092 suddenly displayed any humanitarian spirit, but that these wounded soldiers couldn't continue fighting even if they stayed on the battlefield. They might as well take them back to the rear and keep them as humankind's fire.

At this time, there is a special force responsible for transporting the wounded. They are going to various positions to count the specific number of wounded, and then retreat with them.

On position 141, the soldiers had just repelled a group of enemy troops and were able to take a short rest.

The commander of the 2nd Iron Battalion of the Second Division, who is in charge of this position, is having his wounds bandaged by his own orderlies.

In the middle of the night last night, during a sudden attack, a shot from nowhere hit his arm and broke all his arm bones.

There are splints specially used to fix bones in the military camp, but there is no need to use wooden sticks to fix them.

When the battalion commander was bandaging the wound, cold sweat broke out on his painful forehead and his lips turned pale.

The tough guy from the northwest can’t bear the heartbreaking pain after a broken bone.

At this moment, a young soldier on the position ran over. He said to the battalion commander with a surprised look on his face: "Battalion Commander, the rear requires all wounded soldiers to retreat. It is said that the retreat is to 178 Go to the fortress. Hurry up and let them see the injuries. Only the wounded can retreat now. My sister-in-law is still waiting for you at home."

In fact, the soldiers of the second echelon of the Northwest Army are all here. We already know that they cannot retreat and must buy time for the comrades behind them to retreat.

How to buy time? Use your life.

Everyone felt uncomfortable at first, but for some reason, everyone accepted this reality overnight.

No one is responsible for doing ideological work for them, and no one is here to fool them about their feelings about family and country. Everyone just thinks that since they are soldiers of the Northwest Army, they should not be greedy for life and fear of death.

The word "Northwestern Army" is like an indescribable emotion. Being a soldier of the Northwest Army does not seem to give you much special treatment. On the contrary, when living in the barrier, you have to give in to others at every turn. , when sitting on a tram, one has to give up one's seat to the elderly and children, for fear of staining the epaulettes on one's shoulders.

Just like this young soldier, he is not from the 178 Fortress. He was recruited into the army after the unification of the northwest.

He didn’t know why, but he saw the bright red banner at the recruitment office that day and signed up.

When the trade in Fort No. 144 was booming, many people in the family persuaded me not to join the Northwest Army as a soldier. Instead, I could make more money by following my uncle in business than being a soldier.

But every time he smiled and said nothing. He didn't know how to answer, but he just wanted to stay in the Northwest Army.

It was the same now. Although he knew he would die if he stayed, he just wanted to stay on the battlefield with his comrades.

For no reason, he just felt that this was what he should do.

But things are different now. The wounded have legitimate reasons to leave. The young soldiers know that the battalion commander has two children and his wife is still unemployed, so the family cannot live without him.

So, he was thinking that the battalion commander could take this opportunity to leave the second echelon of defense and retreat with the large army.

This is not because of fear of death, but because the battalion commander’s current arm is indeed not suitable for continuing to fight on the battlefield.

At this time, footsteps were heard outside the camp.

The young soldier actually saw the battalion commander tearing off the splint on his arm, and then covering the wound on his arm with his military uniform.

Someone came in from outside. It was a strange face and said to everyone: "I heard that there are wounded people here. We are going to take away the wounded and evacuate them together."

As a result, Before anyone else could speak, the battalion commander actually said: "It must be a misunderstanding, we have no wounded here."

The soldier responsible for evacuating the wounded was stunned for a moment: "Really?"

He glanced at the battalion commander suspiciously. In fact, even if the battalion commander removed the splint, his expression could not be that of a normal person, so he could already tell that the battalion commander was injured.

The battalion commander hesitated and said: "Brother, I want to be with my brothers, I can't go back by myself."

The soldier responsible for evacuating the wounded was silent for a few seconds Zhong, then stood up straight, saluted the battalion commander, turned and left.

Neither said much to each other. We are all soldiers of the Northwest Army. If I were replaced as the battalion commander, maybe I would make the same choice.

After the soldiers evacuating the wounded left, the young soldier looked atHis battalion commander was stunned and said: "Battal Commander, don't you want to go back? You are really injured, not pretending to be injured. This is not an act of fear of war."

The battalion commander cursed and said: "Fuck. , It hurts me so much. Hurry up and re-fix the splint. By the way, tell those bastards outside to cheer up. You must fight beautifully in the last battle."

For example, this kind of thing happened so many times throughout the second echelon of defense that the soldiers responsible for the retreat all had red eyes.

At this time, it was still dark, and the group army on the third echelon of defense began to evacuate to Fortress 178 while taking advantage of the low satellite visibility at night.

Before everyone left, they all saluted in the direction of the second echelon of defense.

Just as the First Army retreated from the Dawn Defense Line, Ren Xiaosu, Yang Xiaojin, Yan Liuyuan, and Sister Xiaoyu stood at the edge of the position, looking at the night sky outside.

Yan Liuyuan looked at Ren Xiaosu and smiled: "Brother, are you hesitating?"

Ren Xiaosu sighed: "Do you know what I am thinking?"

"Well," Yan Liuyuan nodded: "Artificial intelligence seems to be irresistible. I haven't been able to think of another way to resolve this crisis, so the way out seems to be the only one."

The way out that Yan Liuyuan said is for Ren Xiaosu to incarnate the will of the world, in order to cut off Zero's future from its roots.

No matter how powerful Zero is, he is still in this world and cannot compete with the world itself.

So, when disaster strikes, the question always seems to be wandering between sacrificing others or sacrificing yourself.

Ren Xiaosu whispered: "Sometimes I think, since this is the only choice, I might as well be more decisive, so that fewer soldiers of the Northwest Army will die. The more I hesitate, the more likely I will be More and more people died because of this disaster. But Liuyuan, you know, I have always been a very selfish person. Before this, I never thought about sacrificing myself for anyone, unless it was for Xiaojin, you, and Sister Xiaoyu. ."

"Well, I know," Yan Liuyuan said in a low voice, "So, I came here this time just to stop you. Brother, let's get out of here. The world is a big place, and no matter how powerful Zero is, there is still no place for us. Okay, I know this may be a bit deceptive, but brother, I really don’t want to see you sacrifice yourself for the whole world. It’s obviously against us. You're so unfair."

Ren Xiaosu said, "Can I have a chat with Xiaojin alone?"

Yan Liuyuan and Sister Xiaoyu looked at each other and left silently. .

Ren Xiaosu took out a tarp from the space and spread it on the high platform at the edge of the trench. He and Yang Xiaojin sat side by side on it, looking at the dark night sky.

"You don't want me to go that far, right?" Ren Xiaosu asked.

"Well," Yang Xiaojin said firmly: "Xiaosu, youYou know, no one should pay anything for this world. "

"Liuyuan always feels that the world is a little bad to me, but I feel that I am actually quite lucky. I have such a beautiful girlfriend and such strong strength. In the past, I I thought my parents had abandoned me, but after going to the wizarding country, I realized how much they had sacrificed to keep me alive. So now I don’t feel that I am miserable at all. I heard that my father died trying to save everyone in the last disaster. Now that I think about it, I actually admire his courage. In fact, after listening to his story from the knight, I found that he is a more qualified leader, and I am just a kid with no big direction. "

Yang Xiaojin shook his head: "You don't have to do what he did. "

"But there is no other way, Xiaojin, you have to live," Ren Xiaosu lowered his head and said.

Yang Xiaojin turned around to look, and she suddenly noticed Ren Xiaosu's expression. Hidden in the shadows, unable to see clearly.

Ren Xiaosu continued to whisper: "If I hesitate any longer, you may die. I thought about it all day yesterday and suddenly found that I couldn't accept this result. I may not save the whole world, but I want to save you. We all have to admit that with Zero's power growing to such an extent, we will have to face it sooner or later. Maybe we can temporarily escape to the wizarding country, or live alone in a more distant place. But every time it escapes for a while, it becomes more invincible. ”

Yang Xiaojin looked at Ren Xiaosu blankly. In this cruel battlefield, under the sky, the other party suddenly said the most unforgettable words of love using simple logic, which made her a little unable to resist.< /p>

"You can't sacrifice yourself," Yang Xiaojin said.

Ren Xiaosu smiled bitterly: "I don't want to either. Who wants to die if we really want to live?" "

"Promise me, since Qing Zhen said to wait for him for 9 days, then we will wait until the 9th day to see," Yang Xiaojin said: "If he fails to succeed on the 9th day, we will not care about it then. Wherever you go, I'll accompany you. "

...

The Northwest First Army has withdrawn most of the Dawn Defense Line. In the P5092 plan, the second echelon defense line will block the artificial intelligence for nearly a day.

This is about 131 kilometers away from Fortress 178. According to the speed of the artificial intelligence troops, they will have a decisive battle at Fortress 178 on the last day.

Life or death will be announced on that day.

On the way to withdraw from the position, Wang Yun, among the tens of thousands of people, suddenly asked: "Hey, where are the P5092 people? Did he just watch us evacuate together? ”

While talking, Big Hustler and others also looked around for P5092.

At this time, Ren Xiaosu, who knew P5092 best, turned around and ran towards the battlefield without saying a word. When he rushed into the commander's camp, he happened to see P5092 pointing a gun at his chin.

Ren Xiaosu's palm passed through the shadow door and slapped the muzzle of the gun aside. There was a bang. If Ren Xiaosu had been slower, I'm afraid P5092 would have been dead.

"What are you doing?!" Ren Xiaosu said in confusion: "Why do you want to commit suicide?"

P5092 said: "The last mission of the Dawn Defense Line has been completed, so my mission is also It’s done. In future wars, it won’t mean much if I don’t. On the day of the decisive battle in Fortress 178, it won’t depend on strategy, but on courage.”

“So you have to. Die?" Ren Xiaosu frowned and asked, "Why?"

"Just because I personally sent Black Fox and the others to carry out the most dangerous mission, just because I refused to allow the frontline soldiers of the Dawn Defense Line to retreat," in P5092's eyes All tired.

In order to win the war, P5092 made the coldest decisions of all and issued one cold-blooded decision after another.

However, it was for victory, not for himself.

If he had not carried the faith of Fire, maybe he would have made other choices.

P5092 said softly: "On the day I parted with Black Fox, I always wanted to live and die with the soldiers and fight side by side like the commanders of other troops. However, I knew that the Dawn Defense Line needed me, so I I can't die. But, as a commander, I am ashamed of them."

Ren Xiaosu was silent. He didn't know how to comfort the military genius in front of him.

Obviously the other party was born for war, but he had a kind heart.

But the kinder the other person's heart, the more painful it will be when making every decision.

This kind of pain kept accumulating, and eventually P5092 had the idea of ​​​​committing suicide. The other party wanted to accompany his soldiers, because it was he who personally sent these soldiers to death.

Even if he has a very valid reason.

Ren Xiaosu put the P5092 gun into his palace space, and then said coldly: "After this war is won, I will naturally find a way to use the Temple of Valor to awaken the Black Fox and the others, but if You have committed suicide, so you can only separate the Yin and the Yang, because the Temple of Heroes cannot summon people who commit suicide."

P5092 was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly remembered Ren Xiaosu's ability: " But the fire fighting force led by Black Fox has more than 10,000 people! Luo Lan's Temple of Heroes can only summon 12 people." Ren Xiaosu said seriously: "That's Luo Lan's fault, it's not this ability. No."

At this moment, the artificial intelligence seemed to realize that the Northwest Army on the Dawn Defense Line was withdrawing.

For a time, all the defenders in the second echelon of defense felt the pressure doubled, as if a majestic tsunami was coming.

Together with the troops blocked by Yan Liuyuan's abyss, they began to advance at a trot.

To the southwest, the two branches heading north from QingshiThe troops actually lost some of the baggage they had carried before in order to speed up again.

The raging tsunami will directly overwhelm the Dawn Defense Line and swallow up Fortress 178 as well.