Byron's Blade

On the wide bridge deck, 15 captives kneeled, and two other captive leaders stood in front as representatives for interrogation.Behind each of the 15 prisoners kneeling behind them is an executioner, holding a gun in his hand and aiming at the back of their heads.

"Come on, let me ask you where the IBM5100 is hidden. If you can't answer it, don't blame me for being rude." Pell said.

"Why, you still don't know where the hiding place is? I thought you were advanced in technology and could read your brain and search for memories long ago." Mu Li said coldly.

"Do you think we can't do it? We've already done it." Pell narrowed his eyes and looked at Mu Li.

Mu Li smiled: "I did it, but there was no result... Otherwise, there would be no battle like this."

"I have to say that you have done a very good job of keeping secrets. So far no more than three people know the exact hiding place. Mu Li, I think you should be one of them. As for the other two, your beloved leader is One, and one more..." She looked back, clicked on Alita and said:

"That female doctor should be one of them. Even your beloved little woman doesn't know the exact hiding place. Captain Mu, you have managed to keep the secret even with your best friend."

"I know she knows, I told her not to tell me." Lanny said lightly.

"Yeah Lanny, you are always so farsighted and brainy." After saying this sarcasm, she turned her eyes back to Mu Li, showing a ghostly smile:

"You are very proud. You know that the memory-reading device won't work for the three of you, so you have nothing to worry about? Then, do you know how your beloved leader lost his eyes? You know Lan Ni Dear brother, did you go through something?"

Mu Li's face turned red, and he was trembling with anger, trying his best not to beat her.

"Come on, bring that Alita up." Pell said loudly.

A soldier stepped forward, dragged Alita up, and forced her to kneel on Mu Li's right hand side.Judging from Alita's weak appearance, it is likely that she was injected with diluted sedatives and other drugs, making her weak all over, so that it is easy to control.Mu Li felt that she had also been injected with such drugs, and she never recovered her normal physical state.

Mu Li looked down at Alita, just now he didn't think much of it from a distance, but now that Alita was approaching, Mu Li could smell a faint smell of blood.Alita couldn't stand up straight at all, and when she was kneeling on the ground, her back was arched unnaturally. Only then did Mu Li see clearly that several small blades had been inserted into the gap between her spine, causing excessive blood loss and skin Qingbai, obviously been tortured for a long time, has lost consciousness.The pain in the spinal cord is unimaginable, and the cruelty of the methods is simply outrageous.

Mu Li's face was pale, and he was almost speechless looking at Alita.

"This person is a tough one. When she was interrogated, her back was straight, which is really annoying. I had someone bend her back." Pell said lightly.

"I'll kill you!!!" Mu Li Chuli was furious, she raised her foot and took a step forward, and immediately a guard on the side stepped forward and forced her back to her original position with a rifle/gun equipped with a bayonet.

Mu Li didn't care about it, his eyes were bloodshot, he was so angry that he lost his mind, and he bumped his head on the bayonet.It was Pell's loud shout that made the guard withdraw his bayonet:

"stop!"

Immediately she shouted: "Come on! Hold her down!"

Two more robust soldiers came up from the side, and they restrained Mu Li, who was mad, and pressed her knees hard, and it took a lot of effort to force her to kneel on the deck.With the sound of "bang", Mu Li's knees hit the ground hard, panting like a cow, his face was full of hostility.

Seeing Alita being tortured in this way, Qiu Zheng, Lin Zhao, Zoe and Joan, the Assassin companions who were deeply cared for by Alita, couldn't contain the pain and anger in their hearts, but They were injected with drugs, and their physical fitness was far inferior to that of Mu Li. After struggling twice, they were controlled by the guards.

Lan Ni's eyes were red, she lowered her head and couldn't bear to look any further, she clenched her teeth tightly and clenched her fists so hard that her nails almost pierced her palm.

"I can't help it. Now I'm forced into a dead end." Pell shrugged and spread his hands, and said helplessly, "Your leader, the Hermit, is too firm in his will, and we can't shake it. Doctor Alita's mouth is too stinky, no matter what. I don’t want to say it, now I’ve made it half-dead, and I probably can’t say it. Then, you are left, Chief Shepherd. I know you are soft-hearted. Look at what you have done, and I know that your mother is like Bai Lianhua, you can't bear to hurt anyone, don't you? You can bear to see that so many partners are injured and maimed one by one, and even lose their lives, just because you want to maintain a secret?"

Per squatted down, the voice lingered in Mu Li's ears, like the voice of a demon:

"Now, I'll give you a time base... Well, let's say 30 seconds. Every 30 seconds, I will execute a person. It's up to you to say it or not, and the lives of your companions are also up to you. Don't worry , I won’t execute your beloved eldest lady right away, just sort them according to closeness, distance, and distance. See how caring I am. But, Chief Pastor, do you mean that you can easily abandon people who are far away from you? ? Make a decision."

She patted Mu Li's shoulder lightly, then stretched out her hand and said:

"Just start on the far right, what's that one's name? Oh, Lillian, for Captain Lillian, start with her. Zeus, time me."

A mechanical and ethereal voice came from above the bridge: "Yes."

When Lilian heard her name, her whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.The soldier behind her opened the safety of the gun, loaded it, and aimed the gun at the back of Lilian's head.

"The timer starts." Pell waved his hand, then pulled a chair and sat down.

As soon as the 360-degree panoramic screen turns around, the external scene disappears, and it becomes a huge digital countdown screen, "26...25...24..." At this moment, the numbers on the screen are decreasing bit by bit, and at the same time, there is a mechanical ethereal The sound is telling the time simultaneously.

Lilian suddenly shouted:

"Captain pastor! Don't say it, I won't blame you, but it's over in the blink of an eye, it's painless!!! I... I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid!!!"

When she said this, she was shaking like chaff, how could she look not afraid at all?The voices were out of tune, and it sounded rather funny, but more of an unspeakable heartache.I still remember that when Mu Li was just released into the third squadron, Lilian was the first person to talk to her kindly, and even teased her as an "assassin in the army". look like.She didn't know anything, but was involved in this cruel struggle simply as a soldier.She has a pure heart, hardworking, cheerful, and believes that everything is beautiful and all suffering will pass.She is one of those girls who believes in her calling as a soldier.

Jill and Chris' uncontrollable sobs came from the side, but Lilian suddenly calmed down:

"Captain, Sister Jill, Lilian is going first."

"Lilian!" Jill couldn't help crying.

"There are still 15 seconds." The cold mechanical voice reminded, and continued to count down.

Mu Li's chest was beating like a bellows, and his whole body was sweating profusely.Her mind went blank and she didn't know what choice to make.Time was passing by second by second, and she almost gave up thinking.She can't...she doesn't have the qualifications to make choices for other people's lives, but...the fate of the entire Federation depends on the whereabouts of IBM 5100, and it must not fall into the hands of the enemy.

Who will tell her, who will tell her how to choose!

A warm palm groped and touched Mu Li's shoulder, then pinched the back of her neck tightly, giving her firm strength.A calm and warm voice said:

"Stop the clock, I will tell you the exact location of the IBM 5100."

"Mom..." Mu Li's tears flowed down, and she couldn't help murmuring the address she had been reluctant to say in a trembling voice.

"Zeus!" Pell yelled, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief as the timer stopped with five seconds to go.Lilian couldn't kneel even more, and collapsed on the ground.

"I said it earlier, wouldn't there be no such things." Pell stood up and stretched his waist, "But I didn't expect that the hard-hearted Hermit would spit out such a thing for a subordinate he didn't know very well. Important secret."

"Pell, step back first." A deep male voice sounded, and Per heard the sound and quickly turned around, bowing and saluting:

"Yes, grandfather," she replied.

The man sitting on the captain's chair stood up and walked forward slowly. His tall figure was like a mountain, casting a shadow over the heads of Mu Xin Mu Li's mother and daughter.

He stood in front of Mu Xin, bent over to look at Mu Xin's face carefully, and sighed:

"Mu Xin, it's a pity that you lost your eyes. We meet again after 17 years, but you can't see me. It's really a pity."

"Generalissimo, your skin is no longer the original one, even if you see your current appearance, what's the point?" Mu Xin said indifferently.

"Hehehe, that's exactly what you said." The Generalissimo smiled lightly.

The 15 survivors of Assassin and Seahawk behind them, except for Alita, all looked at this scene in shock. The conversation between the Generalissimo and Mu Xin undoubtedly set off a huge wave in their hearts.And Mu Li on the side was also dumbfounded, she didn't know anything about this matter.

"Seventeen years ago, you had the opportunity to kill me completely. At the last moment, you missed the opportunity because of your daughter's distraction. Now that you have come to this point, what do you want to say?"

What distraction?because I?Mu Li was even more surprised.

"There's nothing to talk about. If you lose, you're defeated. What the loser says is useless." Mu Xin said.

"Hahahaha, that's right. If we weren't hostile, I would introduce you as a confidant. To be honest, you are the only person who can almost kill me and leave such a deep impression on me. After the serious injury After the general died, he made a comeback with great perseverance and formed Assassin to fight against me. I admire you very much, Mu Xin. I dare not underestimate your ability. I asked you to set up this trap. Falling in, is also a painstaking effort, racking one's brains."

"But I'm still missing a move." Mu Xin said.

"Tell me, where is the thing?"

Mu Xin was silent for a moment, then said:

"At a depth of 100 meters below the center."

It is CERN, located in Geneva, Switzerland, where it meets the French border.100 meters underground here, there is the world's largest particle accelerator and collider - the Large Hadron Collider LHC, hidden in a circular tunnel with a diameter of 27 kilometers.At the same time, it is also the birthplace of the world's first website, the first web server, and the first browser - known as the World Wide Web.

Generalissimo Rudolf Andres straightened up slowly, and then laughed uncontrollably, from a suppressed chuckle to an undisguised laugh, laughing until tears came out.

"Yeah, that's right. Speaking of Geneva, what else can there be? Although I guessed it a long time ago, it's quite funny to hear the leader of Assassin say it himself." Pell also laughed.

"Is it so funny?" Mu Xin asked calmly.

"Hahaha, you don't know, I recalled some past events, it's really funny." The Generalissimo wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.Then he waved his hand and said:

"Let's take them back first, let's get ready to get our things back."

"Yes, grandfather." Pell replied respectfully.

The 17 survivors were escorted away one after another. After Mu Li was escorted away, Mu Xin was the last one.Generalissimo Rudolph took out a palm-sized puppet with half burnt from his arms, and stuffed it into Mu Xin's hands. His green bearded and angular face showed a bit of nostalgia, but with a joking and condescending attitude ,road:

"The things you left behind, I kept them for you for 17 years, and now I'm returning them to you. To be honest, your craftsmanship is really bad. I hope your daughter won't dislike you." He paused, then sighed suddenly, " This person, it’s better not to be tied down, if it wasn’t for this puppet falling out of your arms back then, you would have killed me completely.”

Mu Xin stroked the puppet in his hand, felt the roughness of the fabric and the outline of the puppet, and smiled faintly.She can no longer be seen, but the picture of 8-year-old Muli secretly sewing dolls, as if it was only yesterday, clearly came to mind.

"Thank you, I didn't expect you to have extra kindness unexpectedly."

"Hahaha, my kindness is reserved for admirable opponents. There is not much time left, Muxin, I hope you leave without regret."

Mu Xin didn't speak, she held the puppet tightly, turned around, and walked away from the bridge under the escort of the guards.