Abandoned Lover [Future]

Eugene knelt on the ground.There was still a smile on the corner of his mouth, but the focus of his eyes had a subtle deviation.

His whole body seemed to be split in half, and one half was forced by external force. He was frantically thinking about stopping the proposals of the Valkyrie, and then vetoing them one by one.And the other half looked at Xiao in his arms, and just wanted to numbly feel the other person's body temperature that had already exceeded the limit.

——They are not without tactical failures, but those arrangements are better than nothing, and he must know how much time they have left.

——How long can Xiao's body last?Why would he be foolish enough to think such a move wouldn't hurt him?

——Sagran has no mechs left, and under the premise of limited transition, the speed and evasion rate of the Valkyrie are not unsolvable.

——At this point, the alliance is determined not to allow Xiao to escape their control.As early as the moment Xiao appeared at the top of the White Tower, he was destined not to be able to keep him.

—The tricky part is "annihilation".How many weapons and methods can they use?Think, think fast.

——What would be a better ending?Giving his all, as ever, and watching them take Shaw?He had had enough of being forced to say goodbye.

—Eugene Palmer, think quickly.There are many people standing behind you.Make a decision for them.Look no further.You are out of time.

—But isn’t that enough?Am I not doing enough?Is it not enough for me?I have nothing left.How much more will they take?I am left with him.I am left with him.

- You must act.

—I want to stay.

Eugene's lips trembled slightly.

I want to stay.he thinks.

I wish I had the right not to care about other people.I hope that the person I keep losing is not myself.I wish I had options.

I really, really hope, at least for the moment, that I can stay with him.

... The young general raised his hand and pressed it on his eyes.

"give it to me."

With a hoarse voice, he repeated it to his lover in his arms with a smile.

……

Before the machine body collapsed, Xiao used his little power to restore the "net" to its original state.The impeccable barrier once again enveloped the center, the only difference is that a certain existence that might swallow the entire center has already entered the defensive range.

According to Wang Zeng's settings, the jump limit in the center still exists.This greatly limited the speed at which the Valkyrie could approach the central center, but the time left for them was less than twenty hours.

"We have to intercept it before that," Eugene said with no expression on his face, "before Sageron unleashes Annihilation on Green Star."

"If they'll wait that long," Diev reminded him coldly.

Eugene raised his eyes and looked at him: "If they didn't have such a plan, they should have used 'annihilation' as early as the moment they broke through the net. Just like we don't understand 'net', maybe they don't know the same thing. Know the attack range of 'Annihilation'."

Dieff didn't answer.Eugene didn't seem to expect any other response from him.

"...To be on the safe side, the Valkyrie should come as close to the edge of the green star as possible. In this case, although it is feasible to shoot down the Valkyrie, no one can guarantee the consequences of doing so."

Eugene continued in his emotionless voice.

"Theoretically speaking, under the condition of ensuring the integrity of the Valkyrie, it is our best solution to recover it on the premise of not impacting 'annihilation'."

"So I volunteered to go to the front and forcibly board the 'Valkyrie'."

Tiev's sarcasm was undisguised: "Arning, do you really think that you alone can replace the alliance's armed forces? We don't have time..."

Sentences of denial and doubt came out from the mouth of the person in front of him, but Eugene didn't spend any energy trying to understand them.He turned his gaze silently, and looked at the broken biochemical man who could no longer even simulate human breathing.

Xiao leaned obliquely against the wall, supporting himself with great difficulty. He looked quite embarrassed at this moment—the skin on his face was slightly liquefied due to the high temperature, and the part that adhered to the jaw and neck bone was slightly swollen. He curled up and pulled down the face that was almost perfect and deserted obliquely, like a burn scar.The ignited jacket became ashes and fragments that fell on the ground. In the exposed metal chest, the silver-white bones were scorched black and discolored. Fragments of the bottom end of the abdominal cavity.The bionic tissue connecting the metal on the left and right shoulders and elbows is only a precarious layer, and has long lost the outline that the muscles should have.Even the long light golden hair was melted piece by piece because it fell on the overheated shoulders.

Eugene looked at Xiao like this.Is it because the modified body also gave up the sense of pain?Even though he was in such a miserable situation, Xiao looked as calm as usual, only looking into his eyes silently.

Eugene's line of sight caught the skin that was scorched out of holes at the corner of the jaw, and underneath that were tooth roots and bones that glowed with metallic luster.In the pain that seemed to tear his chest slowly, Eugene realized more deeply than ever before that the object he wanted to spend his life with was not a normal living thing in the eyes of others.

But what does it matter?In this huge world, this is the only thing he has - always choose him, trust him, watch him.

He just didn't know how much time they had left.

A smile crept across Eugene's blank face.He maintained the posture facing Xiao, and spoke again to Ziev.

"General, I think I have the most suitable conditions for this task."

...He revealed all the abilities he had obtained from "Innocent Blessing" before.The gray-blue eyes facing him opened slightly, as if Xiao was asking him, is this your decision?

Eugene's expression didn't change.Those eyes slowly returned to their previous calmness.

The pointless arguments couldn't last long, Eugene knew it well.They will eventually let him go to the front, no surprises.The attempt to intercept was just a last stand before the Valkyrie was shot down. Even if it failed, the next attack could continue.If he were Ziev, he would have no reason to refuse such a handy tool that he was willing to use.

Time was running out, and after hesitating, Tiev agreed to his request to fight.At this time, the other party looked at him with such complicated eyes, as if he couldn't understand the role he had borne on his shoulders from beginning to end.

The plan they finally made is like a reenactment of the Blood Lion's capture of the Valkyrie—he led a team of gatekeepers who obtained special abilities from the legacy, and used forced boarding as a means to prevent "annihilation" from happening. For the purpose of impact, after taking control of the Valkyrie, recapture this legacy that even "Net" fears.

Under such an arrangement, he couldn't take Xiao away, and the alliance would not allow Xiao to leave the White Tower half a step away.Therefore, before Eugene left the White Tower, he was only allowed to leave a kiss on Xiao's lips.

The moment their lips touched, everyone looked at him as if they were looking at an idiot kissing a monster.

Eugene closed his eyes, savoring the tenderness he wished to last forever.The tip of the nose is facing each other, but he can't feel the warm breath of the other party, or the powerful heartbeat under the palm of his hand.He tightened his arms holding Xiao, not thinking about what he had already lost and what he would lose.

Then he opened his eyes and whispered a short sentence in Xiao's ear.The biochemical man's expression was a little surprised, but in the end he just smiled helplessly and said to him, "I promise you."

Eugene also smiled at him, and said clearly in a volume that everyone could hear: "When I come back, I will take you out together."

The smile in Xiao's eyes was even stronger, and the gentle gray-blue color was like the embrace of the ocean: "I will wait for you."

……

When he finally turned to leave, Eugene didn't look back.He straightened the front of his uniform and put on the mask that everyone expected him to wear.

—a pawn who voluntarily dies, a victim who never turns his back.

This was a responsibility he could not refuse, but it was never the fate he wanted to choose.

But how did it all start?Eugene asked himself.

The moment he got the answer after thinking about it, he almost wanted to laugh out loud.

...Yeah, at the very beginning, he just had a tiny wish.

He wants someone by his side who can respond to him.

That's it.

--"I will wait for you."

When saying goodbye, Xiao said so.And after that, the cyborg touched his forehead and whispered to him as if praying: —— "So please be sure, be sure to come back to my side."

As if seeing through the emotions in his heart that were on the verge of collapse, Xiao used his voice that hadn't recovered to normal to easily call back his reason.The self-destructive impulse that was almost out of control turned into a pool of soft water. He remembered as if he had just woken up from a dream. Before he despaired of the future with no light in sight, he first needed to get the possibility of the future out of the hands of "annihilation" Take it back.

He wants to go back to Xiao's side.He wanted to take back the possibility of staying with this person that hardly existed.

He promised.

Wiping his face vigorously, Eugene strode towards the blue sky where the daylight was just right.

"Pass on my words, once again urgently recruit the existing gatekeepers, and I will personally select the team responsible for this special attack from them."

Like every time before, he stood at the apex when needed, and became a sharp sword that would not bend.

……

After Eugene left, the remaining people on the White Tower finally fell into faint chaos.

It is less than a day before the Valkyrie arrives at the green star. To prepare for the worst case, the people in the center should be transferred out.However, large-scale notification is bound to cause confusion, and the choice of who to evacuate can only be made by Tiev and Sisong who stayed behind.

The captain of Tiev's personal guard first proposed: "According to the precedent, the list we transfer will cover the parliament, the pope/religion, the nobles in the capital circle, and those who hold important intellectual property in the Life Society..."

"You can handle this kind of thing as you see fit, and you don't need to ask for my special consent." Jiev interrupted him.

"However, General, you are also on the evacuation list." The captain of the guard wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"I'm not going anywhere." Jiev's eyes were burning: "If I really want to go to the point where the green star has fallen, what's the point of my survival?"

Seeing the respectful expression on the sergeant's face, Si Song was not surprised by their misinterpretation of the speech.He knew better than anyone else that Tiev's starting point at this time had nothing to do with the safety of the people in the center.On the contrary, Tiev took this as a gamble, betting that Green Star would be safe in the end, and his steadfast posture at this time would once again become excellent political capital.

"You really believe that young man will win, Robben. Why?" Si Song kept a kind smile and asked Diev in a low voice.It was just a simple question, and he didn't have to get an answer.However, Tiev just glanced at him without responding.This attitude made him care more than his original question.

"You'd better not forget what you said before. That person will never be used by you, he can only be a bargaining chip to bind your inheritance." Si Song's tone became a little colder, but his smile remained unchanged.

Jiev ignored him, but went straight to Xiao's side.

Xiao dragged his broken body and was looking at the side of his vision that he kept.There, they could see the Valkyrie in motion.As if aware of Tiev's footsteps, the cyborg said without turning his head: "It doesn't make sense what you do with me before 'Annihilation' is recovered."

Diev said in a deep voice, "Is this your purpose?"

As if hearing the most ridiculous speculation, the biochemical man showed an extremely light, mocking smile on his face.

"answer me."

"Although I really don't care about your life or death, I will never choose to put him in danger." Xiao Jingjing looked at the field of vision in front of her, waiting for the face of her sweetheart to appear in it at some point.

"You as a legacy..."

"General, I just want to see him again." Xiao was unmoved. "I'd like to talk to you when this is over."

……

Sixteen pitch-black ultra-light ships were moored at Eugene's feet, forming a docile phalanx.And standing in a row in front of the ship with their hands behind their backs are 42 gatekeepers who have obtained the applicable inheritance ability, 31 outstanding volunteers from the Knowles Army, and 24 driving teams responsible for transporting special attack commissioners.

Before the ship, Eugene changed from the uniform of the lieutenant general and put on the most common soldier combat uniform of the gatekeeper.A tall, chocolate-skinned lady stood beside him, her long black wavy hair was tied into a ponytail and pressed under the military cap, and she was wearing the captain's uniform representing the captain of the gatekeeper squadron.

Eugene patrolled the crowd calmly, repeating the tactics and purpose of this battle.After finishing speaking, he motioned Anika beside him to step forward with his eyes, and Anika nodded slightly, and stood steadily in front of him.

"I..." The woman's words paused slightly, and then she said in a mellow and firm voice: "My name is Faxia, the former captain of the second squadron of gatekeepers, this time I will be in charge of the cover operation command when the forward breaks through. "

——The vanguard of the breakout was Eugene himself, and his only mission was to recapture "Annihilation", which made him unable to be distracted and take command of the battle anyway.In such a difficult situation, Anika's presence is no less than firefighting, although at the cost of her own risk.

Eugene said in a deep voice: "As the plan shows, if a single soldier fails to break through, the Seventh Squad will switch from cover to breakout, and then the Fifth Squad, the Third Squad, and the First Squad. The personnel in these deployments must preserve their vitality in turn, and all All changes are based on the on-site judgment of Squadron Leader Ah... Fasha."

Time is urgent, and even the time for mobilization has been greatly reduced.When all the personnel boarded the ship one by one, Eugene took out a long whip with metallic luster from behind and handed it to Fasha.

"The general has kept your 'God's Punishment'. I specially took it back from the personal guard."

Fasha stretched out his hand subconsciously, but in the end he didn't take it.Her smile is like a summer linden hibiscus, so gorgeous that people can't take their eyes off: "No need. The one I have on hand will be more convenient."

Eugene was slightly startled, and didn't insist any more.However, he still couldn't help but said: "... If you think you are Fasha, you have no reason to stand here."

Fasha tilted his head indifferently, still maintaining a dazzling smile: "I don't think so."

she continued.

"Even if I have no memory, I still believe that the choices I made in the past made sense."

"Standing here is an independent choice I made after inheriting the path of the past."

"I won't deny the Anika you know, but I really can't go back to the past. So I can only be 'Faxia', and I am very happy that I am 'Fasha'."

Fasha's green eyes, like clean emeralds, looked unwaveringly into Eugene's.This kind of gaze was so firm that it almost burned Eugene.He resisted the urge to look away, and after taking a deep breath, he patted Fasha on the shoulder.

Before that, he had already informed Fasha that Igor might be on the enemy side.Facing such news, after a brief silence, Faxia still did not change his decision.

"The position I choose now is no longer his lover." At that time, Faxia said with a smile.

Eugene thought, maybe the truly powerful person is the kind of person who will never waver or doubt himself.

... He also wished he had such a talent.

It's a pity that his only talent, only that he never gets what he wants, is to preserve the innocence of others.

Eugene closed his eyes for a short while, and then opened them again, his eyes were still as bright as torches.

But he still has to rely on this point to go on naively, just to live up to the next person he might save.

……

Sixteen ships took off quietly without the Green Star people being aware, and began their battle to intercept the Valkyrie.These ships have almost no defensive capabilities, and even their firepower can be called weak. The only outstanding parts are speed and maneuverability.On the other hand, the Valkyrie is the proud giant ship of the alliance, with terrifying firepower and armor that is difficult to be captured by ordinary armed forces.The former confronts the latter, and almost no one thinks that the former will pose any threat.

This is what Eugene wants to achieve.

If a regular army for shooting down is rashly sent, the enemies on the Valkyrie may choose to use "annihilation" directly after feeling threatened.And although their capture of the ship this time imitated Sagrand's previous tactics, the average individual combat power was still far inferior to the remaining mutant soldiers of the opponent.Even if they boarded the ship successfully, Sageron's next step should be to send troops to eliminate them instead of using "annihilation".

This is the only way it is possible to reclaim that legacy.

After nearly ten hours of sailing, the sixteen ships finally faced the Valkyrie head-on.After the firepower confrontation, the remaining personnel of the eleventh ship completed boarding.

It's just that No. 1, who invaded the aerobic area, was pierced through the chest by the monster's arm on the spot, leaving only a vague "forward" in the blood-soaked mouth.In the scene that turned into hell in an instant, Fasha pointed his arm straight towards the bridge of the Valkyrie.

"Everyone covers the striker to break through!!"

. . . Eugene ran forward with all his might.

His hands were firmly pressed on the handle of the knife at his waist, but he had to suppress the urge to draw the knife, and quickly dodge one after another humanoid monsters who became slow to move by his side, and put the group of bloodthirsty monsters to rest. The demon left behind his companions.

He was familiar with the road leading to the bridge, but at this moment he felt that this road was extremely far away.When the bridge was finally seen, the isolation doors in that area were being lowered rapidly.He almost ignited his own lungs before he dodged and slid into the bridge at the last second.

There was only one tall, white-haired man standing in that huge room.

"What a surprise."

Igor smiled at him, and directly pressed his hand on the button to open the door again.But before that, Eugene had already nailed the dagger to the "emergency lock" circuit.

"I forgot that you have always been familiar with this kind of tricks related to machinery." The white-haired man turned his head sideways, his expression was still calm, but suddenly exploded in the next second, and flew to Eugene's side: "Don't stop me!" Me, Palmer!

At the same time, the Valkyrie was preparing the hall.

"Come at me, you monster!!"

Fashya's whip twisted around the neck of a monstrous humanoid, tearing it away from a wounded gatekeeper.The tall female sergeant took advantage of her strength to jump high, and pierced the opponent's head with the gun in the other hand.

……

In the summer 14 years ago, Rhino Bay was just sunny. Anika Deshmukh, 20, was walking through the shade of a camphor tree. Five steps behind her was a tall and silent figure.

"How long are you going to follow me?" The tall girl with an innocent look on her body turned around like a breeze, raised her chin, and raised her eyebrows to look at her follower.

The burly blond boy was silent and clumsy, opening and closing his mouth: "De, Sergeant Deshmuk..."

"I'm here, what do you want to report to me?"

"I, you...the last time you...Lauren invited you out..." The tall boy squeezed the fabric of his uniform trousers tightly: "Can you...not go..."

"No." The girl interrupted him neatly.The boy suddenly stopped in place in shame, his head hanging low, covering up the sad expression on his face.

"Unless you invite me instead of him."

A beautiful and slender hand was extended to the boy's eyes.

"Our vacation will end in three hours, are you sure you don't want to hold my hand?"

The boy quickly raised his head, and when his eyes met the girl's smiling face, tears almost fell down his face in embarrassment.

……

The monster's sharp claws pierced Fasha's right shoulder, and then her left leg felt a tearing pain.The sharp teeth with a stench bit through her tightly wrapped forearm, tearing off a piece of fresh flesh.

After only restraining her movements for a moment, the monster in her vision swarmed up and broke her soft chest with its teeth.Her own blood burst out before her eyes and poured into the monsters' mouths like flying red flowers.

- tragic, deadly, poisonous flowers.

Fasha, who was being eaten, slowly closed his eyes.The hallucinatory warm light that enveloped her eyes was like a distant summer day, and also like a forgotten lover she would never see again.

And inside the bridge, Igor looked at the scimitar piercing his chest with an expression of disbelief.

Behind him, Eugene wiped the two bloody tooth marks on his neck with his sleeve.

"Why...my ability...doesn't work for you...?" Igor wanted to turn around unwillingly, but Eugene just spun the scimitar in his hand violently.The white-haired man vomited a mouthful of blood, and slowly knelt down to the ground.

Panting heavily, Eugene pressed his blood-oozing abdomen with one hand, and maintained a blade-holding posture with the other, and then sat on the ground.

"It's not...it's over...Palmer..." Igor tremblingly raised a hand and stretched it over his shoulder, as if wanting to pull Eugene's arm: "My soldiers...they...they... ..."

He was the only one who could hear the voice of the soldier he transformed into a bloodthirsty monster, but it became weaker and weaker at this time.The white-haired man's hand hangs down slumped: "...you won."

Eugene's communicator was also dead silent.He looked at Igor expressionlessly: "There is no winner in this kind of thing."

Before Igor's eyes began to slacken, Eugene leaned over to the other's ear: "Tell me, what are the recovery coordinates set by Sagrand for 'Annihilation'?"

Igor's pupils tightened: "What are you going to do?"

"Send 'Annihilation' back." Eugene slowly controlled his breathing, the wounds all over his body made his voice tremble. "I know you must have made arrangements. Hurry up, there's no time."

Igor's expression was almost mocking: "You also...hate the alliance..."

"...It has nothing to do with that kind of thing. Tell me. Tell me now." Eugene's breathing became more and more chaotic, as if he could no longer support his heavy body.

Igor finally reported a series of numbers.He finally looked at Eugene with surprise in his eyes: "Eugene, you..."

click.

Eugene snapped his cervical spine cleanly.

In slow movements, Eugene slowly stood up while propping up the seat beside him, leaving a winding bloody handprint.He shuffled and staggered towards the depths of the bridge.In a quiet corner, he saw a well-kept cube the size of a child's head.

Is this "annihilation"?He almost laughed.This cube is like a harmless and non-stained block of ice, inside which is sealed a beam of dazzling white light that is constantly dancing and diverging.It is more like a scientific toy for children than a weapon that can destroy the stars. At this time, it is sitting obediently in a shadowed corner, as if waiting to be picked up.

Eugene stepped forward, picked it up together with the hardware keeping it, and then walked to the originally locked bridge door.The dagger nailed to the electronic circuit was pulled out, and he lifted the circuit board and pulled out the appropriate circuit.After a small electric spark, he hugged "Annihilation" and looked down at the river of blood pouring in from under the gradually moving door.

There was a dead silence inside the Valkyrie, the military boots stepped over the lying corpses, stepped into the red spreading everywhere, and the sound was like walking in the rainy season.

When passing a certain hall, Eugene, who had been keeping his eyes fixed, finally stopped and cast his gaze in a certain direction.There, a beautiful woman sat leaning against a corner, with her limbs spread and her head raised.Her right hand and left foot were nowhere to be seen, and her chest and abdomen seemed to have been hollowed out by something, only a section of ribs poking into the air could be seen.Beside her were the corpses of monsters like small hills. They were in agony, curled up, and their sharp claws even grabbed their own throats.

Like a dead machine, Eugene withdrew his gaze with difficulty.The sound of tiny water droplets came into his ears, and Eugene finally realized that it was the blood from the wound on his abdomen soaking through the uniform, and now it finally condensed into blood beads, which slowly fell down and merged into the river under his feet.

He walked on.

In front of the rescue cabin of the Valkyrie, Eugene knelt down slowly, opened the hatch, and loaded "Annihilation" into it.The innocent cube was firmly fixed, and then sealed into the rescue capsule.

With his sticky right hand, Eugene typed the coordinates that Igor had given him on the screen one by one.

……

"Sagron will split/split from the alliance, which is the result of the consent of the earliest immigrants."

Inside the military academy, Patricia Knowles said to him while looking down at the file in front of her.

"They agreed that maintaining two counterbalancing forces within a system would prevent mankind from repeating the same mistakes that destroyed the earth after conquering this colony."

"So you're asking why Sagrand just happens to have 'Annihilation' and the Alliance just happens to have 'Net'... none of this is the result of chance."

The 19-year-old Eugene pouted: "Then do you think this is a good way?"

"I don't have the right to comment." Patricia Knowles paused for a moment, and then continued: "But I will always prefer the choice that allows the weak to live happily."

...Eugene keyed the last number.

This is my choice, sir.

If "Annihilation" falls into the hands of Tiev, the alliance's unification of Sagrand will definitely become a foregone conclusion.With the alliance still having a sufficient population, the Sagrand civilians who were defeated by the genetic disease would only face Tiev's liquidation and had no choice to survive.

Only by returning "Annihilation" to Sagrand can this crumbling regime be barely maintained, and the alliance who knows that "Net" cannot stop "Annihilation" will be afraid, and will not rush to invade and slaughter Sagrand.

Because of this, long before he left the White Tower, he left a message in Xiao's ear, asking the other party to leave a passage on the "net" for the escape cabin to pass through.

With trembling fingers, Eugene moved to the screen, the final confirmation button.

...It was also at this time that a sharp stabbing pain pierced his shoulder.

Eugene turned his head slowly, and saw a humanoid monster in a silver and black uniform over his shoulder.The monster was lowering its head, its sharp teeth had sunk into his flesh, and was about to suck his blood from there.

Eugene tried his best to mobilize his last abilities, but his eyes fell on the monster's uniform epaulets.

Five silver stars connected at the corners, surrounding a sharp spear.

"... Teacher." Eugene murmured.

The finger that was killed by the blood plasma pressed the confirmation button, and the silver rescue capsule carried "annihilation" and quickly threw it to the end of the line of sight, like a shooting star carrying wishes when it disappeared.

It hurts.

Eugene thought.

He seemed to regret that he didn't say something else in Xiao's ear at the end.

But if you tell him you love him on such an occasion, isn't it like a final farewell?

So he didn't say it.

He didn't... say goodbye.

"The Eugene I know always wants to protect many people. He is a very gentle and outstanding person."

"But he should know that he shouldn't take too much responsibility on his shoulders."

"He can also live an ordinary life and have ordinary happiness like ordinary people."

... The cyborg in memory was always gentle, would hug him tightly, and tell him what he needed most.

He wants to respond to him.

He still wants a little more time to learn to respond to him.

Untimely tears gradually pooled in his eyes, and Eugene couldn't tell whether it was the tears that were blurring his vision, or the blood that had stalled too fast.

——I will give you back this rightful world.

——So, is there anyone who can bring me back to him?

The golden flame dissipated quietly, and Eugene closed his eyes, and fell heavily into the boundless darkness.

……

On that day, after the light around the White Tower trembled once, it dimmed for the first time in hundreds of years.

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