Humans collapse into slag

Summer is the season when silver ash trees bloom.

On the campus of the Imperial Military Academy, there is a faint fragrance everywhere.

This breath reminds Liao Yuning of the distant hometown, the courtyard full of silver ash trees, and those simple and pure days without distractions many years ago.

Haven't been back for five years.

I guess I never went back in my last life until my death.

He joined the army directly after graduation, and did not take any leave for the first two years. Then the "Black Heron Change" happened, and he was buried in Righeim, thus ending his short life.

The flying car landed and the engine was turned off. Liao Yuning raised his head in the driver's seat. Through the car window, he could see the verdant branches and leaves covering the sun, and countless panicles hidden among them.

The warm wind blew the crown of the tree and made a rustling sound, and the scattered silver petals fell down, floated into the car window, and fell into the palm of his hand.

Holding up the petals in his hand, Liao Yuning lowered his head and sniffed gently.

In fact, he is not a family lover, nor is he even a sentimental person, but after this school year is over, maybe he should go back to Fengshen Starfield.

Go and see the silver ash trees in the courtyard, the rose bushes under the window sill, and the mother and the little sister who has grown up.

Because, that might be his last chance to go home...

Di-

The communicator flickered for a moment, and a small prompt light screen jumped out, a video call request from a classmate.

"Access." Liao Yuning said.

Julian appeared on the light screen, looking very happy, "Hello, Liao Yuning."

Liao Yuning: "What's wrong?"

Julian: "Our club activities in the morning, Mu Rong is here again."

Liao Yuning: "Huh?"

"He taught us a lesson, and it was pretty good." Julian teased: "It's worthy of being the champion of the Legion Classic, and it is indeed of a level. Hey, do you think we have benefited from you?"

"No." Liao Yuning denied: "You just think he likes selfless dedication."

"You can say whatever you want." Julian laughed, "You can also come to the next event."

Liao Yuning: "Let's talk."

Stretching out his hand out of the window, Liao Yuning patted off the petals in his palm, opened the door and got out of the car.

He strode towards the simulated training ground in the distance.

No, he has prepared and planned in this life, and he will not allow himself to die so worthlessly.

The simulated training ground of the Imperial Military Academy is a vast building complex with many different types of training rooms, providing training grounds for professional courses such as ships, fighter planes, and large mechs.

There are many entrances and exits to the training ground, and Liao Yuning is always used to using the same one.

Southwest to E1 entrance.

Before I got there, I saw someone standing in the old place from a distance, wearing a tall and well-fitting black Imperial Army uniform, dressed in a dignified manner.

It's Mu Rong.

Liao Yuning is a very punctual person, but every time Mu Rong will come earlier than him.

However, today is not the day they agreed to meet.

"I know." Mu Rong said with a good temper: "I went to the fighting club in the morning and didn't see you, so I wanted to come here to try my luck. Ningning, I don't want to do anything, I just want to see you. "

Liao Yuning: "See it now?"

"I see." Mu Rong smiled, with doting tenderness in his eyes: "Ning Ning, don't worry, I won't pester you, I'll leave when you come in."

Liao Yuning couldn't find anything wrong with this attitude, "Okay", he nodded, "Then, goodbye senior."

"Goodbye." Major Mu said.

Liao Yuning entered the hall, walked far enough away from the door, turned around, and saw the man still standing there under the bright sunlight in early summer.

Shaking his head, Liao Yuning continued to walk forward, and a few minutes later, he arrived at the scheduled training room.

Entering the familiar simulation cabin, a familiar virtual scene was generated. Liao Yuning appeared in the center of the hangar, surrounded by many people walking around, and ground robots shuttled around. They were all NPCs used by the brain to enhance the atmosphere.

This school year, Liao Yuning's study focuses on the courses of tactical command. The fighter simulation is mainly based on independent exercises. Some time ago, Mu Rong has been doing the accompanying training, but now he is training with the brain, and he is not used to it.

It's really hard to go from extravagance to frugality!

After three rounds of high-intensity training, today's mission is considered over.

The results are not very good.

If Mu Rong is... wait, forget it!

Liao Yuning wiped his face and stepped out of the virtual cabin.

Before walking out of the gate, he observed first, and Mu Rong was not in the usual place.

Back in the parking lot, Liao Yuning decided to go to the nearest restaurant to have dinner in his flying car.

Restaurant door.

Mu Rong: "Ning Ning, is the practice over?"

Liao Yuning: "Senior, are you waiting for me?"

"Don't get me wrong, Ningning, I didn't follow you." Mu Rong quickly spread his hands: "This is your usual route, I'm just trying my luck."

Liao Yuning: "And then?"

"There is no more, I just want to say hello to you." Mu Rong was quite conscious, and stepped back before Liao Yuning could speak, "Goodbye, Ningning."

"Goodbye." Liao Yuning said, this time he stood on the spot with his hands behind his back, obviously wanting to watch the other party go.

Mu Rong waved his hand again, turned a corner, and finally disappeared.

Liao Yuning turned around and entered the restaurant.

The honeymoon photos hadn't passed yet, and Liao Yuning was annoyed by the nosebleed. After a while, Major Mu became super honest.

In the video call every night, apart from reporting on my work, at most it is to chat about the weather, and I don’t talk much about anything else.

There is no such thing as "encounter" naturally, because Liao Yuning adjusted his habitual route.

Enter from the D2 entrance, go to the third-floor podium through the elevator, walk to the passage on the west side, and you can see the direction of the E1 entrance.

The figure standing in the old place in the distance made Liao Yuning feel very complicated.He wanted to find a reason to alienate Mu Rong, but the other party has been very good lately, and he couldn't catch any mistakes, which made him completely helpless.

Liao Yuning pinched the center of his eyebrows, feeling his head hurt.

3 minute later.

Major Mu, who was standing at the entrance of E1, raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and a white levitating ball floated to his side.

"Juno, how are you doing?"

"Liao Yuning watched Dad for one minute and five seconds in the west passage on the third floor, and has now gone to the FS322 simulation training room."

"Give me the picture."

A light screen jumped out, the distant scene quickly zoomed in, and the focus was on a passage on the third floor of the training ground.

Standing behind the transparent curtain wall was a handsome young man, wearing the same combat uniform as if he was in the wind.

The man's eyebrows were lowered, his gaze was directed towards the bottom of the building, and he didn't know what he was looking at.

"He is looking at me." Mu Rong said to himself: "Sure enough, the sweetness in my heart at that time was because Ningning was looking at me."

After a while, the young man stretched out his hands and rubbed the space between his brows, and then looked at the sky above, seeming a little annoyed.

"Ah, Ning Ning is feeling sorry for me." Mu Rong said again.

Finally, the young man turned around and strode out of the frame.

Mu Rong pressed his chest, and confidently concluded: "Ning Ning has been touched by me, and he will soften his heart soon!"

After a long wait, the opportunity to meet once every 20 days finally arrived.

Major Mu was very excited early in the morning. Although the appointment time was in the afternoon, he had already thought about the evening.

"The training is over. Taking advantage of Ningning's good mood, I invite him to have dinner together. There are good reasons, and he probably won't refuse. After the meal, we can take a walk, or we can drive him back to the dormitory, so that we can meet him face to face. He said 'good night'."

"dad--"

Mu Rong was thinking about the content of today's "date", when Juno suddenly interrupted: "Lin Qi is calling Liao Yuning."

Major Mu was shocked when he heard the words, "Come in, um, Lin Qi's one-way signal."

That's right, Juno is monitoring Lin Qi, not Liao Yuning, so the signal received should also be one-way.

Scientific and rigorous, reasonable and legal!

Liao Yuning appeared on the light screen. He was wearing a college summer uniform and sitting on the speeding car. Outside the car window was the tree-lined avenue of the teaching area, and he seemed to be planning to go to class.

"Hey Lynch, what's up?"

"A-Ning, are you free tonight? Let's have a meal together. I also called a few classmates, all of whom you know."

"Dinner? Wait, is it your birthday?"

"Haha, my birthday was last week, it's already passed."

"Sorry, I actually forgot."

"It's okay, I don't care about this. Today is because an article was published in "ITMD", so I want to celebrate."

"Really? Congratulations!"

"Seven o'clock in the evening, Roof Garden Restaurant in South District."

"Okay, we must go."

"By the way, I've booked a big table, and you can bring people if you want."

"Who can I take?"

"For example, that Instructor Mu who was beaten badly by you?"

"No such thing, you think too much."

"Okay, see you tonight."

"See you tonight."

The conversation between Lin Qi and Liao Yuning ended, and the instructor Mu, who was said to have been beaten badly, fell into deep thought.

I really want to be taken by Ningning to a friend's party!

Let me introduce, this is Mu Rong, my boyfriend, future marriage partner, father of three children...

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the entrance of E1 of the simulated training ground.

"I have been waiting for a long time."

"Wait soon, I just came too."

"It's very sunny outside, seniors can go directly to the training room."

"It's okay, I like it like this, standing outside, you can see me when you come." The speaker showed a sincere smile, looking really simple and honest.

Was my brain eaten by the Zerg?

Liao Yuning thought, why did you put the word "simple and honest" on Mu Rong?

The two walked into the hall of the training ground together, and the "plain and honest" Major Mu said, "Ning Ning, the training is over in the afternoon, can we have dinner together?"

Liao Yuning: "Sorry, I have an appointment tonight."

"Ah?" Major Mu looked shocked and bewildered when he heard the bad news.

Liao Yuning frowned, "Why, senior thinks I'm lying?"

"No, that's not what I meant." Mu Rong forced the corners of his mouth to twitch, "It's just that I finally got to meet you... My birthday is a few days away, and I wanted to celebrate it early today."

No way?

Liao Yuning was puzzled: "Senior's birthday?"

"Yes." In order to show his sincerity, Mu Rong simply flashed a smart brain light screen with his teacher's identity information on it.

Name: Mu Rong

Sex: Male

Military rank: Major

Position: Assistant Instructor of Physical Training Department (Level 3)

Date of Birth: July 2669, 6 Imperial Calendar

Empire ID: FK-TT-EP2669061307225

Liao Yuning was full of astonishment. He looked at Mu Rong and then at the light screen: "Senior is actually younger than Lin Qi?"