Byron's Blade

The sky was black and heavy overhead, so low that it seemed as if you could reach out and touch it.She was standing on the city wall, and beside her was a row of bound people standing on the edge of the wall, facing inwards and standing with their backs outwards.These people were ragged, dirty, covered with wounds, and looked horrible. Their faces were dull, and their eyes were full of despair. Everyone was looking at her, which made her feel horrified.And in front of them, stood a row of soldiers holding guns. Their faces were indifferent and indifferent, just waiting for the order to shoot.

Crackling, scorching sound of flames, tongues of fire spreading from bottom to top, everyone's face was dyed golden, very hot, so hot that she was sweating all over.

She suddenly realized what was about to happen, she wanted to shout, but couldn't make a sound.I want to move, but I can't.

She was very anxious and struggling, and the voice of order came from nowhere in her ear:

"shot!"

The gunshots sounded, and one by one the living people were hit in the head, and the brains and blood burst, like puppets with broken strings, falling into the fire below.

Do not!no no no!

She yelled in pain, and suddenly someone grabbed her arms from behind her, and she couldn't break free like iron clamps. A familiar voice sounded, and she said, "You are guilty, go down and accompany them."

She shook her head desperately, struggling to break free.However, she was powerless and unable to move, watching herself getting closer and closer to the edge of the city wall, closer and closer to the sea of ​​fire.

Then there was a strong force behind her, and she was pushed out suddenly, and she fell into the fire.

"Ah!" The sense of weightlessness suddenly came, Mu Li screamed, and sat up from the bed, sweating profusely and panting.She widened her eyes in shock, and saw the curved-screen TV in front of the bed, the floor-to-ceiling windows and half-drawn curtains, the bedside table, and the alarm clock, which displayed: 09:29.

It turned out to be a dream... Sweat flowed down her forehead and fell to her temples, and she felt lingering fear.

There was a knock on the door, and then Mary's voice sounded: "Ali? What's the matter? Did you have a nightmare? Can I come in?"

"It's okay, I'm fine." Mu Li got up slowly, walked to the door, opened the door, and saw Mary wearing an apron.She was looking at Mu Li with concern, and seeing the sweat dripping from her forehead, she quickly took off her apron and wiped it for her.Across the corridor, Dora also rubbed her eyes and opened the door of her own room, and asked in a whisper:

"what happened?"

"It's okay, I just had a nightmare." Mu Li felt warm in his heart, fortunately, fortunately they are still alive.

"It's all over. Go wash up when you wake up. I made breakfast." Mary said with a smile.

Mu Li and Dora brushed their teeth and washed their faces together, and then the three of them sat around the dining table and had breakfast.Mary and Dora are still a little shy and polite, but it can be seen that they are really devoted to Mu Li.No one has ever helped them in every possible way and saved them without thinking of anything in return. In their eyes, Mu Li is like an angel, kind and selfless to an unbelievable degree.To protect them like this is to take a very big risk, as long as it is a normal person, no one would do this, but when Mu Li heard Lan Ni said that she would give them to her care, he didn't even frown. Yes, and even thanked Lanny right away.

In fact, Mary and Dora knew well that the massacre of the traitors in Ares had really touched the bottom line of Mu Li's heart. She was in great pain and hoped for some comfort.As the only survivors, Mary and Dora became her spiritual comfort.Mu Li could not save so many people. In her mind, so many people died because of her incompetence and cowardice. She failed to see through the conspiracy, and did not dare to really disregard herself after the incident and sacrifice her life to save those people.She just watched them die, and it made her suffer.Those screams, pleading words, and desperate eyes all tormented her in her dreams.

Only these two people survived, so she must protect them, no matter what the cost, otherwise her conscience will be troubled.In the past two days, Mu Li often had those cruel scenes in his dreams, and when he woke up, he was dripping with cold sweat, repeating them over and over again.The more so, the more important the status of Mary and Dora in her mind, she didn't know how to get rid of it, so she could only try her best to atone for the sins of the mother and daughter in order to seek comfort.

In fact, Mu Li didn't realize this kind of psychology at first.But someone had already seen through it in advance, knowing that Mu Li would definitely agree to shelter the mother and daughter, and even made an arrangement without any prior consultation.

This person is Lanny.

It wasn't until today that Mu Li realized that this woman really understood herself very well, whether she was the original Mu Li or not, she had already seen through herself.

Lan Ni's sly and beautiful smile suddenly appeared in his mind, Mu Li was taken aback for a moment, then smiled wryly at himself: I finally got rid of that woman, yet I still miss her?Am I shaking m?

By the way, is that woman a dog? Why does she always like to bite people?Mu Li licked his lips and cursed.

On this day, Mu Li chatted with the mother and daughter about their plans for the future.To be on the safe side, apart from going out for shopping, the mother and daughter had better not go out on weekdays and just stay at home.Mu Li is a military officer, and there are all kinds of living facilities in the military-owned area, such as vegetable markets, supermarkets, etc., and family members do not need to spend money to buy daily necessities in these places on weekdays. They only need to register their names with their IDs. Every month, a unified account will be made to settle the bill, which will be deducted from the officer's monthly payment.Generally speaking, with the monthly payment of a lieutenant-level officer, there is no problem in feeding five adults, letting them eat, sleep, play, and dress well.

Therefore, Mu Li's monthly payment, which was too much to spend, was spent on the mother and daughter.Originally, Mary firmly refused, but now she has no money left, and they would not be able to live without Mu Li's monthly payment.In the end, they compromised.But Mary insisted on issuing an IOU to Mu Li, saying that if she had money in the future, she must return all of it to Mu Li.Mu Li had no choice but to agree.

But this is not a long-term solution. Mu Li decided to find a way for the mother and daughter to be completely free, and that is to delete the records of the mother and daughter in the traitor database of the Central Nine Gods System.As for how to do it, she hasn't figured it out yet, so she can only plan slowly step by step.

Mu Li didn't have many vacations. After two days of rest, on October 10, she returned to the base with her luggage on her back.

For the next ten or so days, Mu Li has been busy.The Western Army was impacted by the bug swarm as a whole, and General Conrad made a decision to adjust personnel.Therefore, the No. [-] Squadron began to undergo a major change of personnel, especially the upper-level officers had a large number of transfers, so the officers were doing intense deployment and contact work before the transfer.Captain Chris, Lieutenant Gill, and Second Lieutenant Lilian were promoted to the Southeast Army. Lieutenant Lu Diyun took over from Chris and was promoted to captain and took over the third squadron.Lieutenant Leon was promoted to lieutenant and became Lu Diyun's deputy.The vacated position was replaced by a newly transferred officer.

The most surprising thing is that Mu Li and Rui Qiao received the transfer order, and on November 11, they went to the Central Main City Military and Police Special Forces to report. They were transferred from the Western Army Mecha Division and became the Central Main City military police.

Rui Qiao was promoted to lieutenant and will serve as the captain of the Second Patrol Squadron of the First Brigade of the Military and Police Special Forces.And Mu Li was even more surprising. He was promoted two ranks in a row, directly promoted from a second lieutenant to a captain, and served as the captain of the special attack team of the military and police special forces.Both of them were exceptionally qualified for admission to the highest federal military academy, the Rudolf Military Academy.

When receiving the transfer order, Mu Li was in a daze.She found Rui Qiao immediately and asked her opinion.

"So what is it that you can't accept, that you transferred us to the main city." Rui Qiao looked at Mu Li strangely.

"What I don't understand is why we transferred the military police directly from the mecha division. Isn't this two systems?" Mu Li said.

"Who said that there are two systems? The military and police are part of the military system. And I guess, this time we are only temporary in the military and police. The main purpose of our going to the main city is to go to school. Ali, I am Thanks to you, if you hadn't shown your power in Ares, how could you have such an exceptional opportunity to enter the school. When we graduate from the Rudolph Military Academy, we will have a bright future." Rui Qiao said excitedly .

Mu Li frowned, thinking about whether the higher-ups made such an order, whether there was any other meaning behind it.Rui Qiao patted her and said:

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you. You know, it's the Central Military Police. The benefits are notoriously good, and we are still a special force, the absolute elite of the elite. I can be regarded as outstanding, Finally, I can go to live in the main city. When I return to my hometown in the future, my face will be brighter."

Mu Li smiled at her and said:

"We shouldn't be considered formal military cadets."

"Yes, didn't the transfer order say that we are trainees. Every year, the Supreme Military Academy recruits exceptionally outstanding officers from the army, organizes them into trainee classes, and graduates after completing all courses for trainees. Two years, maybe one year soon. At that time, the graduation certificate of the Rudolph Military Academy will still be awarded, and our military rank can be promoted again. This is gold plating, Ali, what worries do you have?"

"You said, is it General Friesman who gave us this opportunity?" Mu Li asked again.

Rui Qiao thought for a while and said: "It should be, your name of God of War Mu Li has spread throughout the Federation, and some big figures in the central government probably have noticed you. Your godlike record in Ares is obvious to all. Yes. General Friesman will be rewarded for his meritorious service, and you deserve it."

"How come I'm so famous..." Mu Li smiled wryly.

"It's not that Major General Creel appreciates you. You don't know. When you were in a coma in the hospital, he gave a wartime mobilization speech to the soldiers in the entire Ares region. He specially publicized your deeds, Everyone’s blood is boiling with excitement, wishing they could all learn from you and fight one against a hundred.”

It turned out that Creel promoted it, and Mu Li finally knew why he suddenly became famous.

"Although I said that I was in your favor, but I'm not bragging. I also made great efforts in the battle of Ares. You may not be clear about it, Ali. I killed three first-level predators and wiped out all of them. A small swarm, according to the merit points, I should also be upgraded. But entering Rudolph is completely in your favor, and it is estimated that General Friesman is afraid that you will lack a companion, so he specially brought me along." Rui Qiao triumphantly said.

Mu Li was amused by her, and said:

"Speaking of which, Aqiao, how did you get promoted to lieutenant officer?"

"Me? Hey, I have connections." Rui Qiao said mysteriously, "You know I'm from Sarrier, and I first joined the army in Sarrier. There are unwritten rules there. For officers, you can consider the starting rank when you join the army. Of course, it must be below lieutenant officer. My father is a senior officer, so I just joined the army with the rank of sergeant. Later, because I was good at system data programming, I participated in the improvement of the armament system. I was promoted to a second lieutenant after I achieved success. I am in the military logistics, and although the combat is not bad, compared with you, I am really inferior." Speaking of this, she felt embarrassed.

It turned out to be through the back door, Mu Li secretly slandered, it seems that there are many such things in this world.

But after talking with Rui Qiao, Mu Li no longer struggled with it, anyway, she couldn't help herself, so she will be at ease when it comes, and respond to all changes with the same.But when she thought of Rudolph Military Academy, she naturally thought of Lanny, she was an instructor there.It seems that what the eldest lady said "see you soon" turned out to be true, and Mu Li thought that they might not see each other for a long time.Did the young lady already know?Really cunning like a fox.

"A Li, do you know? About Lieutenant Field." Mu Li was wandering, when he heard Rui Qiao suddenly ask.

"Field? Who is it?" Mu Li didn't react for a moment.

"Oh, that's Charlie Field, the staff officer of our No. [-] Squadron. He always wears glasses and has a hooked nose. He looks quite sinister."

"Oh! It's him, what's wrong with him?" Mu Li recalled that this person once appeared on the training ground with Lan Ni, and she only saw him once, and she didn't even say a word, it's nothing Impressed.

"He disappeared during the Ares city defense battle, and he has been judged dead now. He is the only lieutenant who has died in the third squadron in recent years. He was not a military officer at first, but Ares was in an emergency at the time, and he also Driving the mech into battle, I never expected that I would end up with no bones left."

Mu Li sighed a little, this is war.

"But now news broke out that he seems to be involved in some incident, alas, it's too complicated, and I don't understand." Rui Qiao muttered.

Mu Li's heart tightened, what incident was involved?Could it be that he was involved in a series of events in Ares?Is it Bailey's framing incident, the city gate closing incident, the bug swarm incident, or the final massacre of traitors?

Speaking of this, Mu Li remembered one thing. Outside the city gate, the body of the traitor Elisa that Lani and she identified had been lost because of the bug swarm. The device is completely gone, and the key witnesses and physical evidence are missing. I don't know how the eldest lady will deal with this matter.

Mu Li didn't ask Rui Qiao carefully, because Rui Qiao really didn't know the inside story, and she had other decisions.She will go to the main city in a few days, it is best to find Miss Lani and ask these details again.

She has a strong premonition that many things are not over, but just beginning.