-Annual Ring Age-Seven Sounds

Appendix I:

mom:

We have forcibly crossed the Prut River on the way, and reached the frontier north of Wengen a week ago.The enemy's resistance on the South Bug River has been defeated across the board by the Third Front led by Marshal Vasilevsky.Now we are heading towards Tiraspol and Odessa, maybe tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I will be able to set foot on the beach of the Black Sea and enjoy the beauty of the ideal sunset on the sea.

everything is fine.Especially after winter, the most difficult days are over.Captain Nuoka took good care of me. In the past few months, he always gave me a part of the military rations, military pay and clothes issued to him by his superiors.I think even in the war years, warmth has not completely disappeared, and it will always exist.

By the way, my marksmanship is already very accurate.

The next thing to face is the German Sixth Army and the Romanian Third Army, and there will probably be a full-scale exchange of fire tomorrow.We want to liberate the northwestern coast of the Black Sea, take back the port of Nikolayev, and drive out those scum!That is our land, not an inch will be left to them!

You may be worried about me, but your son is already an adult who can stand alone and win glory for the country, so please don't worry.Besides, if Death should come knocking at my door, I would gladly let him take me with you.

I'm sorry I have to stop writing now, the lamp oil is running out and there are not many pencils left.If I come back alive, I will write to you again.I will carry this letter with me, even if it is found after my death it will have nowhere to send it.

Mom, please bless your son, he will go on a long journey tomorrow.

Alan Yeager

1944.4.13

Appendix [-]:

Alan Yeager Fellow:

We officially inform you that you have been selected for this scientific expedition to Grace 581c.Please take this letter to the chief engineer of Levi within three days to register the ID.

We understand that you have already traveled in space on a curvature spacecraft many times before, so you do not need to participate in the adaptation training before departure.

The scheduled departure time of the delegation is:

2417年4月17日下午3:00

The specific launch time will be fine-tuned according to the weather, please pay attention to receiving relevant notices.

Thank you for your outstanding contribution to the development and prosperity of mankind! NASA salutes you supremely!

PS: You are not bad, and I heard that A Ming has also been selected, so work hard!By the way, if you're still confused, I'm Jean Kirchstein.

NASA Terrestrial Planetary Survey Agency

2417.1.02

Appendix III:

Allen:

I asked Sasha to give you this again before the final battle.We are probably thousands of kilometers apart now.

I have only one thing to say: live.survive.survive.

Don't rely on the power of giants to act recklessly, and don't get carried away when you see the sea.

live!live!live!

Mikasa Ackerman

December 855, 4 in the new calendar

ⅠA [1943.12.16 Balta Barracks]

"Alan Yeager trains soldiers!"

"……Yes!"

"Tell me, this is the first time you missed the target in a row!?"

"Three...no, four times..."

"A total of ten bullets missed six rounds. I think you'd better go back to your mother's arms to eat milk! Anyway, a piece of trash like you will die as soon as you go to the front line. It's useless except to waste the bullets of the Germans!"

...feels weird.

He was obviously being pulled up by his hair and insulted like an animal, but he didn't feel humiliated, and he didn't feel sad at all.He thought in a daze.Ah, yes, it's really useless, why can't it be done well, it's right to swear to revenge, it won't work if it goes on like this.

His face was suddenly a little wet, and after barely focusing his eyes, he realized that it was snowing.

Snowballs were falling one after another from the overcast sky, and he blinked desperately to keep the water from seeping in.Why not just rub it with your hands?Thinking of this, he moved his fingers vigorously, and the heavy metal texture prevented the next movement.

Ah... so he was still holding a gun...

The captain was still yelling something, and Allen tensed his body, hoping to hear those vague syllables with unclear meaning.In the end he gave up, the sound of Luoxue filled his ears, rustling, rustling, as if he had made up his mind to bury the whole world, and could not tolerate anything else.

He suddenly remembered the snow in Sosnowiec.

I also think of the song my mother sang softly by the fire:

from afar

from dusk and morning

The good wind from the twelve heavens is clear

The breath of life blows

blow on me

The hand that was holding his hair suddenly let go.The young man felt that his whole body began to fall freely, and the instant weightlessness stimulated the soldier's natural reflexes. He tried his best to quickly push the pistol in his hand to the ground, and the barrel of the gun butt hit the ground and scratched his forehead.A few wisps of sticky red suddenly mixed into the white field of vision, and flowed to his almost frozen face, radiating a few wisps of thin heat.

He's glad he didn't fall.

The loud human voice finally squeezed everything out and entered his ears. Alan Yeager struggled to raise his head to an angle where he could look at him at a level, and found that the officer who had just been arrogant and reprimanded him was standing upright beside him, facing another people say something.The tone of voice was that of a subordinate reporting to a superior, revealing a kind of dry respect.

"Yes...everything is going very smoothly, the weather is not a problem...yes, everyone is in very good condition, we will definitely not lose to the legions participating in the winter offensive..."

"Then what's going on with this kid."

The tone that was not a question but an order rang in the boy's ears.He opened his mouth in vain, but couldn't make a sound.

"Ah, this is Alan Yeager training soldiers, his training is very bad today, I'm treating him..."

"Oh?"

With an interesting sound, he got closer, the volume was so weak that it was a whisper, and the voice had the same metallic texture as his subordinates.

"Alan Yeager... German?"

"...Since the generation of my great-grandfather... moved to... Poland..." He didn't expect the other party to be so sharp. This is a big problem, a big problem that must not be avoided.An invisible anxiety drove him to spit out a few words piecemeal.

There was a few seconds of silence, and then a piercing pain came from his knees, and Allen almost knelt to the ground.It took him a while to realize that he had been hit hard on the knee by someone "on top".

The same voice continued calmly in my ear: "Stand up for me, train the soldiers. Since we are in Poland, why don't you just stay by your mother's side? Come here, is it fun?"

"No... I've already..."

Black and white grids began to flash in front of his eyes. What was supporting him to slowly straighten his knees at this moment?

"Put the gun up, now."

Another hit, touching the abdomen.

"I……"

so cold.The blood has been frozen, rattling loudly in the body.

"What's the difference between you and those Germans? Don't be kidding, trash... put your gun up, what do you think you're standing here for!?"

"I... of course I did it for..."

Glittering sea.The fire of the crematorium.power grid.Sky.The light that slipped from the bayonet.

"is for……"

He opened his eyes wide suddenly, lifted the rifle, put it firmly on his neck, and aimed at the target 50 meters away.Everything happened in an instant, and he could even see a cloud of snow dust stirred up by the gun butt in his peripheral vision.

"--for freedom!!"

finger on the trigger—

The gun did not go off.

"cut."

Levi squinted at the trainer who jumped into the snow, and curled his lips.

"Hey, captain, do you know what is the minimum age for enlisting in the army?"

"ten……."

"Then you think this kid has it?"

"Captain Levi, this..."

"Do you still need to explain why he only wore a single layer of clothing, or did you send you to Siberia to feel it?"

"……terribly sorry!"

"You don't need to apologize to me. From today until the liberation along the Black Sea, your monthly military pay, rations and clothes will be divided into one-third of this brat. If I meet him again next time, I will ask him if you have carried out the order. "

ⅠB [2417.4.18 "Freedom" curvature spaceship]

"I'm Levi, the chief engineer, and now I'll explain the basic situation of this mission to you again.

“格丽丝581c绕行位于天秤座的红矮星格丽丝581，距离地球约20.5光年。质量为地球质量的8倍。早在2009年就有观测结果判断该行星位于适居带当中，意味着其上可能有液态水或生物存在。

"The original discoverer believes that Grace 581c may be covered by a deep and huge ocean. It is the first candidate for an ocean planet to be seriously considered, and it can be speculated to be an icy planet gradually approaching the star. Judging from the current information , the environment of this planet is not very different from that of the earth: the gravitational force is twice that of the earth, but the current carbon dioxide layer may not be suitable for human breathing.

"After three days, the spaceship will enter the state of traveling at the speed of light, and then you will hibernate one after another. The computer will wake up one or more of you when necessary according to the plan. The estimated time of sailing is 20 years. I hope you have already done this well. Get ready, young man.

"The work of the scientific research department is to carry out relevant investigations, sampling and habitability analysis after reaching Grace 581c. Before that, except for special circumstances, you have nothing to do. Maybe the outside world will praise you as the heroes of the deep space , but I advise you, don't take yourself too seriously, especially when working under me.

"—I want you to learn to obey."

"Among the 43 people on the ship, 27 are in the scientific research department? That's amazing!"

"Speaking of which, everyone finally got together, so we should introduce ourselves first, right? I'll come first, my name is Sasha, and my hobby is eating! Please take care of me!"

"Ahahaha, Sasha, are you from the Biology Division? Be careful not to eat the experimental materials! By the way, I'm Connie, from the Mechanical Department, please give me your advice!"

"Ani, Mechanical Department."

"Ymir, by the way, this is my goddess Christa, isn't she cute? We're in the biology department."

"I'm Thomas, Department of Astronomical Theory, I need everyone to take care of me in the future!"

"Amin, Amin Arnold! I am in the Astronomical Theory Department like Thomas. Everyone is very good, let's get along well together in the future! Also, this is my friend..."

"Alan Yeager, Department of Celestial Theory, please give me your advice."

……

IC [near the "Black Sea" in 858 of the new calendar]

He still remembered that the swearing-in meeting was held on the seventh night before everything ended.

It was said to be a swearing-in meeting, but in fact, it was only a short meeting of about a hundred remaining members of the Survey Corps gathered in the forest glade.The bonfire was crackling, casting indelible shadows on everyone's faces, then Captain Elwin walked to the center of the open space, and said in a volume that everyone could hear, at this speed, seven days later, we will to reach the Black Sea.

His voice was tired, and the news, which was obviously infinitely encouraging, sounded a bit like a promise that could be seen everywhere at the moment.

No one spoke for a while, Allen looked around, subconsciously looking for Levi's face.That person was not there at such a historic moment, I felt a little awkward no matter what.

A large map marked "Europe" attached to his book by Amin was later carefully cut out by Alan with a paper knife and given to Levi because he accidentally combined it with When comparing the current maps, surprising similarities were found in some parts.The overlapping part is called "Ukraine", and judging from the ancient map, they have advanced all the way to the present, and they are already very close to the "Black Sea" of the inland sea.

The sea in the dream was only seven days away from him, which filled Alan's mind with a vague sense of unreality.

It had been eight years since he joined the Survey Corps.

The people around him appeared one after another and died one after another. He was used to seeing death and faced the parting of the world, he was able to be as calm as Levi back then.He thought that this road was endless, and there was nothing after that that would make him ecstasy or despair.until today.

The unseen sea moistened his thirsty heart that had been beating for eight years.

Elwin then announced the staffing situation.Having reached this point, it is impossible not to consider the back road. It is necessary to leave garrison personnel along the route to meet the vanguard troops on the return journey.Both Mikasa Ackerman and Amin Arnold were assigned to the rear. The former is because of his excellent experience and strength, and he alone can say that the rear has no worries; the latter is because the next breakout requires extreme physical strength. High, Erwin worried that he would not be able to keep up with the troops.

Aaron Yeager is in the vanguard, and rightfully so.

Allen didn't sleep that night.

They parted in the early morning.

Mikasa did not insist on "I want to follow Alan", and Amin did not fight for a place on the front line.They simply shook hands, hugged, and used all their strength to remember each other's smell and temperature, and then watched each other go away in the rising red sun.

Everything has been washed away by the years, and now they know that love is more about having a lingering heart and not speaking.