MECHANICAL: Mechanism

The red corridor is an informal name for the outside world. In fact, this corridor has no name, just like other corridors in the military department.There are two rooms at both ends of the corridor. During the conferring ceremony, the officers have to walk from the room at one end to the other. The ceremony itself is not complicated, and there are not even many people participating in it according to the usual practice. The reason why people think it is a big event is that the meaning it represents is really extraordinary.

For those who can accept the title again, this place will remain in their memory deeply, and even the sun and wind direction are clearly remembered.

After Yanchi changed his clothes, he walked to a room in the corridor according to the instructions, and looked at the end through the open door.It was not far away, and the door was also open there. Apart from Erwitt and the adjutant, there were also some people he didn't know, that is, the necessary witnesses.The awarding ceremony will be videotaped throughout and will not be released to the public, but it will always be kept as a precious image material.

In fact, it has been a long time for Yanchi to become a senior colonel, but he still has no real feeling, and lives as usual. At this moment, he suddenly realizes that he has already touched the threshold of this natural moat that is generally considered to be the most difficult to overcome. .

Given his age, it is obviously quite rare for him to be able to quickly rise to a senior colonel.Even Yanchi, he knew in his heart that he still had a hard time convincing the public.It's just that the situation is complicated. He has a special status, and he can become a senior colonel by virtue of talent and luck, but the road after that must be done by himself, and it is even more difficult to be promoted than ordinary people.In terms of his position, he can be the head of a legion, and it seems that he has reached the peak at present. At least five or sixty years later, the three generals who are higher than him are the three generals of the military department. The other legion heads are in parallel with him.

Just thinking about it this way, perhaps Yanchi would also be complacent, thinking that he had reached the pinnacle of his life early, but this is obviously not the case.

He knew very well that if Astoria's whereabouts were considered secretive, then Elwitt came to help out with a strong wind, which was equivalent to loudly announcing that the new human beings were not going to continue dormant. Against the forces of the New Earth, of course, the struggle can be put on the table without any scruples, and even a war can be launched directly.

The former ally Lion King Xing is now caught in a civil war, and he is still too busy to take care of himself. It is impossible to continue to spare no effort to support them. The wind, frost and sword are showing their ferocious appearance. No matter how bright the sun is and how fine the weather is, the banquet that should have been joyful is still on the mind. Heavy.

He is not afraid of fighting, but he can't help himself feel heavy.The fate of the country is at stake, and since he is in this special position, of course he has to shoulder more responsibilities to face all of this.

Yan Chi looked at Alwitt who was discussing something with others in the room at the other end, took a deep breath, and finally calmed down.It doesn't matter whether the fate is a strong wind or a heavy rain, he is ready to meet it, and he has also received the best gift.

Alwitt seemed to sense it, and turned to look at him.Yanchi didn't want Erwitt to know what he was thinking, so he smiled heartlessly at him, and even wanted to make a face.He looked like Alwitt was no stranger, and he didn't doubt it, so he withdrew his attention and continued to listen to the report.

The banquet pool was lazily paralyzed, until someone came to inform him and told him the whole process by the way: "Go forward and walk through the corridor, then stop at the door, salute, go in after getting permission, put on new epaulettes, and the ceremony is over. "

In the past, when the queen conferred knights, at least she had to tap on both shoulders with a ceremonial sword. Now, in the conferring ceremony of a large colonel, only the soundtrack may be the most solemn part.Yanchi complained in his heart, but it didn't prevent him from feeling nervous. He stood in a military posture and walked to the door. He didn't take a step until the magnificent music sounded.His demeanor is well practiced, flawless, his eyes are firm, and his expression is determined. Usually, the end of his eyes is just waiting for him, and the sound of his heartbeat is still so clear in the symphony.

Yanchi even suspected that this was not an awarding ceremony, but a wedding ceremony.

He breathed quietly, in the bright sunlight outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, amidst the grand symphony that resonated with the whole building, he walked to Erwitt step by step, as if he walked to Erwitt's side symbol.

He knew that this scene would remain forever, even if he died without a whole body in the future, even if his body had perished, this scene would still exist forever, so that everyone in the future would know that there was such a day, there was such a person , looking at Erwitt with fiery and pious pilgrimage eyes, and walked to Erwitt's side without hesitation.

It was a short corridor, full of fantasies, but it was over soon. He watched Erwitt change the epaulettes for him. The room was very quiet, no one spoke, and there was no noise. He and Erwitt were close enough to He could even count how many eyelashes Elwitt had that were too long.At this moment he thought of more things, he remembered Erwitt as his marshal, he remembered that he was Erwitt's soldier from the beginning to the end, he remembered many bonds and more complicated feelings, and remembered his oath to Erwitt , said softly: "I will not let you down."

Really, no matter what happens in the future, I will not let you down.

Alwitt glanced at him.

Even if the ceremony is over at this time, the video recording has ended, and the music has also stopped.The adjutant looked at the banquet pool, then at Elwitt, quickly muttered that there was something else to do, and led the others away.Yanchi didn't expect him to be so witty, but instead felt a sense of embarrassment that his thoughts had been seen through. After their backs disappeared without a trace, he repeated in a low voice: "I will not let you down."

Just when he was full of passion, he was so moved by his heroism, but Elwitt reached out and touched his face, his fingers stretched all the way to his neck, he trembled, and took a few steps back: " What are you doing?"

Erwitt spoke without beginning or end: "What do you mean cute?"

Yanchi was immediately taken off the track, and thought for a while: "You don't know what cuteness means?"

Alwitt seldom expresses anything in circles, so to ask questions is to be really confused. Yanchi still knows this, he thought about it, and described: "The fluffy ones are very cute, they are more cute than ordinary ones." The small size is also cute, and the cute feeling is also cute.”

Yan Chi took great pains in describing it, because he thought that as a man, he rarely came into contact with cute things, but Alwitt was very able to infer other things from one instance, and answered the words smoothly: "I think you are very cute."

Yanchi... Yanchi looked at himself, then at Elwitt, and closed his mouth.

He is smaller than Alwitt and fluffy, and Alwitt feels cute is cute.

Alwitt did not have a concept of what is cute in the past, but of course it is different now, he also thinks the way Yanchi shuts his mouth is cute.

Both of them had some feelings that could not be expressed, but they were in the same mood. They were silent for a while, looking at each other quietly, and then at the corridor that Yanchi just walked over.Yanchi recalled his thoughts just now, knowing that such a peaceful life would be getting worse day by day, he couldn't help but look at Elwitt.He didn't know what Erwitt was thinking now, but he felt a little pity.

If a war really breaks out in the future, the possibility of Elwitt's death is not great, but the particularity of the banquet pool and the position of the titan can easily cause him to die on the battlefield.It's not that Yanchi is unwilling to sacrifice his life for the country, it's just that he feels very reluctant when he thinks that he and Elwitt have such a good time.

Even if it's just because of this, he will definitely work hard to live and come back.

It didn't matter if Erwitt needed him or not, he needed Erwitt.

After the conferring ceremony was over, Yanchi did not leave Sunel.Although Tai Tan did have things to deal with, Yesel said that the new batch of team members had almost finished their experiments and could serve, so he told Yanchi to go and have a look since he was in Sunell.Erwitt didn't say much, but Yanchi had a strange feeling, and Erwitt didn't want him to leave immediately.

Whether this feeling is right or wrong, Yanchi is not clear, but he also thought that if possible, he would bring these new team members back directly, so he made an appointment with Yesaier when he went to the Academy of Sciences, and roughly calculated the return journey Date, turned to the study to find Alwitt.

"If I go back the day after tomorrow, I should still be in time for Hanukkah, right?"

There was no warning before he came in, and Erwitt didn't close the door, but only half-closed it. When he entered the banquet pool, he saw the light blue light curtain disappear instantly, and felt a little puzzled, but Erwitt's business has always been rare. Those who could ask, heyed and didn't say anything, instead focused on waiting for the answer to his question.

Hanukkah is the most important festival for new humans, although this day has nothing to do with the Jewish Hanukkah, but the founding day.Due to the large territory, in some places, such as Artemis, although the calendar is the same as Sunell, the actual climate is very different, and the description and specific way of celebrating Hanukkah are also different, but in general, this One day is indeed a joy for the whole country. Yanchi's life in No.20's three armies established his importance to this festival. Now that Titan has just been established, he also wants to make this festival a new tradition.

Elwitt also calculated: "Yes."

But he doesn't seem to care much about the holiday.As long as Yanchi thinks that he and Le Lunai decided to regard this day as a holiday and created a tradition, he can understand his indifference, and nodded: "Then I will go to the Academy of Sciences tomorrow and have seen They, ask Yesaier if he can take it away, preferably for Hanukkah."

As Yanchi was talking, he suddenly became interested, so he simply sat down and changed the subject: "By the way, how did you celebrate Hanukkah before?"

This major festival is generally on holiday, so there is no possibility that it will fail. Yanchi is also really curious about how people like Alwitt will pass the time when they have no choice. He has a few options, but Alwitt’s The answer was beyond his expectation: "Go and see Le Rennay."

Yanchi realized that, in fact, it was not from him that Elwitt had soft and close to human feelings. In comparison, the traces left by Le Lunay in his life were very deep, after all, from the time he was born From the very beginning, he was with Le Lunai. Before the other artificial humans were born, Yanchi could imagine the loneliness of having each other as companions.

If Alwitt mentions Le Renne, Banchi will still think of the gossip that the adjutant once said, and he will inevitably care about how the original experiment was done, but when he is with Hanukkah, Banchi thinks that I'm a little sad.He didn't know the current situation of Le Lunai, he just guessed that she couldn't even leave the ice coffin, the situation must be bad.And at this time of national celebration, what kind of mood did Alwitt go to see Le Lunay?

Usually for the sake of Le Lune's life, Yanchi knows that only important matters will wake up Le Lune, and what Alwitt just meant is obviously that Hanukkah is a private meeting between him and Le Lune, not for official business .The two of them chatted, what would they say?

Banquet wasn't curious, but felt the desolation behind the festive atmosphere, thought about it, walked over and hugged Elwitt.He didn't know what to say, but he couldn't do anything and forget this sentence and the sad reaction at this moment, he could only use this method to appease Erwitt.

Now that Le Luna is like this, Alwitt will actually feel sad, and Yanchi will feel sad.

The next day, Yanchi went to the very familiar Academy of Sciences.Ye Saier did not come out to receive him in person this time, he was probably still busy, busy day and night, and asked an intern who had just arrived here to bring the banquet pool over.

It didn't matter to the banquet pool, he was very familiar with this part of the building, but he might not be able to walk in without someone to guide him. After asking the intern a few words, he was very worried about Yesaier's health. I advised her not to work too hard.

It was not the first time for Yanchi to see his future subordinates. Although he paid attention to it, he was not too nervous. He was surprised when he walked into the laboratory.Ye Saier is registering, there must be too many people this time!

About a dozen people, after seeing Yanchi coming in, all turned their heads to stare at him.Compared with only five people last time, more than a dozen people is already a lot, Yanchi's expression remained calm, and he greeted Yesel first.He is currently on vacation, but he only wears a military uniform, and his rank can be seen at a glance. A senior colonel at his age is indeed easy to attract attention, so he bears all eyes while talking to Yesel.

There are almost no people who can walk around in the Academy of Sciences, especially here at Yesel, where confidential projects are everywhere, so those who can come in must be related personnel. Although the dozen or so people don't know who Yanchi is, But after all, it was the first time in two months in this environment that he saw a stranger, staring at him hungrily.

Yan Chi was feeling uncomfortable all over, and his heart was trembling: "What are they looking at me for?"

Ye Saier was very calm, took the document handed over by the assistant to sign, and replied at the same time: "It's nothing, maybe it's because you have a different status now."

Yan Chi didn't take it seriously: "Impossible, what's the difference, they must have other reasons for seeing me."

He was very self-aware. After finishing what he was doing, Yesel stopped, and re-explained solemnly: "Oh, that's right, they have hardly met strangers since they entered the Academy of Sciences, so seeing you feels very fresh." That's all. Won't you talk to them?"

Only then did Yanchi follow Ye Saier's gesture to look at those people.

He also came from here to today, but he was in a special situation at that time, and he was the first experimental subject, and his value was extremely precious. Mingguang Palace and Elwitt did not mention it, and he had not even experienced a closed experiment. , so the mental state is quite good, but now looking at these people present, it seems that they are all a little... pitiful.

Yanchi felt a lot of psychological pressure from being watched, so he turned his head and said to Yesel: "Let's go out and talk."

Yesaier's data collection work was basically finished, and he was easily pulled out by him, and passed the data in his hand to Yanchi.In addition to basic information such as name, origin, and age, the most important thing is to match the mecha.

Generally speaking, there are always more mechas than people, and there are still quite a few mechas that have been unable to match [-]% since the death of the first master. The consumption of the pilots is particularly fast, and currently they will enter the Titan Legion They are all people who can solve this problem and have a high degree of compatibility with some difficult-to-fit mechas. Therefore, in the information that Yanchi has now, there are not a few high-level mechas.

Only then did he feel a little bit like the head of the legion berating Fang Qiu, turned over a page of information, and shook his head: "Judging from the current speed of absorbing new blood, Titan still has a long way to go before it can grow into a regular legion .”

Ye Saier answered quickly: "Titan's position is not a regular army."

Yanchi didn't expect her to know this, looked at her in surprise, Ye Saier realized something was wrong, the two stared at each other for a while, Ye Saier broke the silence: "You Didn't know until now?"

Yan Chi also found it strange: "I never asked."

Yesaier: "...the heart is so big."

This is indeed not a secret, but the establishment of Titan itself was very hasty, and Yanchi's mentality some time ago was not peaceful and calm, of course he did not take into account the problem of positioning. Besides, no matter how he positioned himself, he could not resist, whether to ask or not to ask The difference was not that big, so it was shelved. Now that Ye Saier said that, Yanchi felt that it was indeed too much.

Yesel knew a lot more about the project, so he folded his arms and said a few more words to him: "The current preliminary idea is that the Titans, as a fully mobile armored force, will do the work of roaming and coordinating. The possibility of facing danger is very high, mainly relying on strong technical support and Artemis’ logistics, if I guess correctly, your jobs in the future should be on the front line of the battlefield, and you will be accompanied by danger.”

This was within Yanchi's expectation.

Titan's current access mechanism has two hard standards, one is to have evolved supernatural warriors, and the other is to have mechas. This is doomed to form a long-term process, which cannot be accomplished overnight, and Yanchi has long been psychologically prepared.Regarding the future position of Titans on the battlefield, he also thought about it for a long time, and the result was not too far from what Ye Saier said.

It is obviously impossible for Elwitt to think of one thing as one thing. As early as when he sent Banchi to the Romanov Legion, he should have thought of today, the formation of the Titans, and the event of war. , the positioning of the banquet pool and the entire legion.Perhaps it was precisely because Yanchi already had a good understanding of Erwitt's psychology, so he was not worried about how to arrange himself, and accepted it with ease.

He is not afraid that Erwitt will neglect any soldier, nor does he feel that Erwitt will do things without thinking when bearing the lives of so many people, and now he is not afraid that Erwitt will not take him seriously It's over.

"By the way," Yesel said suddenly, "Do you still remember the alien weapons I received when you and Alwitt came here for the first time?"

"Huh?" Yanchi was a little confused, but he had a good memory: "I remember, it was discovered by the alien that Alwitt and I met in the mine. At that time, I remembered that this was also your analysis and research."

Ye Saier leaned against the door, tiredness could be seen in his expression: "I already understand how it works, if there is no problem, maybe starting from the Red Dragon, your mech weapon system can welcome A wave of replacements, if the timing is right in the future, could revolutionize our weapons systems, from battleships to battleships. That's good news."

Yan Chi knew what it meant without her continuing to explain, and how far-reaching it was. His brows and eyes lit up: "Really? This conclusion is really significant. You are really amazing."

Ye Saier has experienced many compliments since she was born. She is indeed a genius, so she is quite familiar with the language used by others to praise her, but Ye Saier also feels very surprised that Yanchi praised her intelligence so sincerely and pleasantly. Useful.She didn't know what modesty meant, so she raised her chin high: "Of course."

Yanchi didn't think she was annoying when she became proud, and even thought it was cute, but if he really reached out to touch the top of Ye Saier's head, Ye Saier, who always regarded herself as a big sister, would definitely jump up and object. So give up.

The atmosphere became very homely. Ye Saier remembered what happened some time ago, and looked at Yanchi with a little more teasing in his eyes: "You have been very popular recently, let alone the awarding ceremony, and it is also very popular on the Internet. Why didn't you tell me about your relationship with Erwitt?"

Yan Chi's eyes widened: "Huh???"

Seeing that he didn't know, Ye Saier was also surprised. He casually opened the anonymous forum, found a bookmarked post, and asked him to read it himself: "You really don't know?"

A huge title appeared in front of Yanchi, with a bright red flame expressing enthusiasm: If, I mean, if Marshal Alwitt is in love, what do you think?

Banquet pool:? ? ? ! ! !