back to Earth

"Zi... this... here is Team 33, allies please answer if you hear it, and allies please answer if you hear it!"

In the empty universe, this desperately shouted communication seemed to sink into the sea, without any response.

After a fierce battle, looking across the field, this star field, which is the main battlefield, is full of wreckage of various warships.The battleships of the Lions, Boulders, Amis, and all races were still bright and beautiful before the battle, and they were full of soldiers with high morale.But now, there are only broken shells left. Those soldiers who were full of hope to fight for their families and lovers have already returned to the stars.

"Captain." The members of the search and rescue team looked at the wreckage in front of them, and their eyes were red. "They... have they all already..."

"To shut up!"

The captain of the 33rd team in charge of search and rescue scolded angrily, and continued to call among the wreckage without giving up, searching for survivors.

However, what they saw was an even more desolate battlefield, where piles of wrecked warships floated in the universe without a owner.The wreckage was full of traces of artillery shells, and some warships were even pierced by artillery fire and broken into two pieces.

After searching for another half an hour, the search and rescue team still found nothing.

"Damn it!" The captain of the search and rescue team said unwillingly as he punched hard at the bulkhead of the command cabin. "Are there really no survivors?"

This battle can be said to be the worst defeat in the history of the Algar defense line.

The enemies who broke the routine raid broke through from the east side, brought unprecedented momentum and a large number of warships, and rushed all the way, approaching the core circle of the defense line in one fell swoop when the defenders on the east side were still unprepared.They came so quietly that they caught the entire Eastern Front theater by surprise.

The enemy used a special interference magnetic field to block the radar search of the Eastern Front and the connection between the Eastern Front and other theaters. Soldiers on the Eastern Front could not contact friendly forces, nor could they accurately ascertain the location of the incoming enemy. .The situation is very unfavorable!

At a critical moment, the emperor stationed in the Eastern Front Theater ordered to take the racial troops of the other three tribes stationed together with his direct troops to attack the whole army, even at the cost of complete annihilation, to keep the fierce enemy in Outside the core area of ​​the Algar line of defense!

The core area is the symbol of Algar's defense line, and it is also the last line of defense in the interstellar world. Once the enemy breaks through, the consequences will be unimaginable!With the determination to die, the army of the Eastern Region fought against the enemy who was far more numerous than itself.

And when the friendly forces on the western, southern, northern, and central areas got the news, the eastern front was already in ruins.Although a search and rescue team has been sent, everyone knows that this time, the army in the Eastern District may have...

"Captain!" a team member exclaimed.

"What's the matter? Found a survivor!?"

"No, Captain..." The team member who spoke up faltered, looking ugly. "It was we who discovered Lord Leon's mothership."

The captain of the search and rescue team trembled, trying to ignore the anxiety in his heart.

"Master Leon, how is he? Did you find your battle mech?"

"We are approaching the mothership, but the inquiry signal sent out has not been responded to." Some team members said.

The captain was silent.If you don't get a response, you can only imagine the worst.

However, when the search and rescue teams approached the dilapidated mothership, they couldn't help being stunned by the sight in front of them!

The majestic and majestic large battleship, the emperor-class mothership that condensed the core strength of the interstellar, is now like a dilapidated toy, abandoned in the starry sky at will.

From the bow to the stern, there is no intact place, and even the main gun of the battleship melted the metal outer armor due to excessive firing of shells.What kind of high-density launch can melt this kind of outer armor that even mechs can't penetrate!

It is hard for you to imagine what kind of cruel battle such a scarred warship has gone through.

But the only thing that is certain is that even if it is the last moment of the battle, this mothership is still fighting at the forefront of the entire army and will not back down!

Because until it is destroyed, it will firmly and forever aim its broken artillery fire at the enemy, fighting in the direction it should fight-until death.

All members of the search and rescue team saluted and paid the highest respect to this mothership that had lost its life and was once glorious, but now buried in the battlefield.

"Lord Leon...do you have any news about Lord Leon?" Withdrawing the unspeakable emotions in his heart, the captain of the search and rescue team asked without giving up the last glimmer of hope.

The answer is still no.In fact, at this moment, most members of the search and rescue team knew it well.

This war is so cruel, the emperor who led the whole army to meet the enemy without hesitation, and used his body as a wall to block this deadly surprise attack for the Algar line of defense, is probably in danger.However, no one is willing to give up their last hope until the emperor-level mecha is discovered.

After several hours of searching, the search and rescue team finally found the mecha, which had an incomparable status in the hearts of countless fighters, and it symbolized the strongest emperor-level mecha in the interstellar world.

Even though only half of the body was left, the search and rescue team recognized it at a glance.

It is so familiar, symbolizing the highest strength that every soldier in the interstellar dreamed of; it is so strange, floating quietly in the starry sky at this moment, lifeless.

The red outer armor that has been scratched was once so shining, shining in the eyes of countless soldiers who worshiped it.

The long sword that has been broken in two was once so sharp, sharply guarding the allies and subordinates behind it.

The cockpit that has been pierced, was...

There used to be an emperor who was stationed quietly inside, until the last moment of his death, he was also fighting to protect his subordinates.

One of the only five emperors in the interstellar world, Leon Wei of the Lion Clan, Zhan Yun.

When he got the news, Cheng Zhen had just followed Rhine to the front line.

Even he, who had never met this emperor, was immediately attacked by the sad atmosphere that spread throughout the army.

Emperor level, this term was once just a symbol out of reach for Cheng Zhen.

However, for him now, this symbol is much more vivid.

Rhine who silently cared about him, and Moyun who looked dishonest.After contacting these rumored invincible emperors, Cheng Zhen discovered that they were just ordinary beings.They also have hobbies, personalities, and their own likes and dislikes.However, the excessive reverence and blind faith of the world put a heavy shackle on them.This is doomed that the emperor class cannot live the same life as a normal person.

But now the legend has been broken once again, the emperor who claims to be invincible, unexpectedly has a warrior who died on the battlefield.Of the five emperors, only four remain.

When the news came, Cheng Zhen was in Rhine's office.When his subordinates conveyed the news of Leon Wei Zhan's death, he clearly felt the slight pause of the Emperor of the Golden Clan.

It took a long time before Rhine could not hear the voice of emotion.

"I see. I will send someone to bring over Leon's immediate family members. A week later, the star burial will be held."

"Yes, sir."

Emperors who died in battle cannot return to their homeland.

Because people believe that even after death, their hearts are still attached to the battlefield.Only by leaving their souls and bodies in the universe can the dead souls who have passed away be comforted.

Star burial, scatter cremated ashes into the starry sky.Let them accompany the universe forever, and sleep with the stars forever.

Cheng Zhen knew this kind of funeral. Since the god of war Victor Klein died in the starry sky hundreds of years ago, the successor emperors have inherited this kind of ceremony.

However, Leon Wei was the first emperor class to practice this kind of funeral.It was also the first time that an emperor level had truly fallen on the battlefield.

After his subordinates withdrew, Rhine spoke to Cheng Zhen who had been silent.

"Do you know what that means?"

Looking at those dark golden eyes, Cheng Zhen paused, but heard Rhine had already continued talking on his own.

"Lyon is only the first, but it will certainly not be the last."

Cheng Zhenxin's heart sank slightly, he understood the meaning of Rhine's words.The death of Lyon shocked everyone, because he was the first emperor-class who was killed on the Algar defense line in history.Rhine, however, said Lyon would not be the last.

What does this mean? Does it mean that after Leon, there will be other emperors running towards death one after another?

Looking at Rhine, who was sitting upright, unable to figure out his mood, Cheng Zhen couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

If, if the next time, the person in front of me dies in battle...

He wasn't thinking about it, and he couldn't imagine the scene.For Cheng Zhen, Rhine is a monument in front of his eyes, a peak that he cannot cross.

This man is so powerful that he will not be shaken in the slightest.Like a star standing forever in the starry sky, it exudes dazzling light.

However, stars also have their moments of fall, but Cheng Zhen couldn't connect death with the golden family in front of him.

After saying that sentence, seeing Cheng Zhen didn't respond for a long time.Rhine couldn't help looking up again, but he didn't know what he saw in Cheng Zhen's eyes, so he was slightly taken aback.

"Even if I am, I don't know when I will be shot down by the enemy on the battlefield." Rhine said as if he had seen through Cheng Zhen's thoughts. "No one in this world is absolutely invincible, Cheng Zhen, don't imagine me like that."

The black-haired boy was slightly startled, looking at Rhine's serious expression in front of him.

"No matter how long the life is, the Bertutans have aging and death. I will become a dry bone like you. What do you think is different between us?"

"...Strength, fighting power. I am not as good as you in these." Here, Cheng Zhen used honorifics.With the respect of an ordinary mech pilot for the emperor.

"Will you never be as good as me?" Rhine asked coldly.There was a touch of disappointment in his eyes.

"No! No!" Cheng Zhen resisted eagerly, "Just now..." He hesitated at this point.He never thought that he would always be weaker than Rhine, but he also never thought about the day when he would stand shoulder to shoulder with Rhine, or even be stronger than him.

Rather, the image left on him by Rhine's strength is too deep, it has become a magic barrier, a magic barrier that he cannot break through.

"Cheng Zhen." When the black-haired boy was about to fall into confusion, Rhine asked again.

"Emperor-level deaths have occurred on the battlefield. Do you know what this means?" The metallic eyes seemed to have a cold texture.

Rhine Road. "This means that the emperor class has also become a consumable for war. Consumables will always be used up."

"How come!" Cheng Zhen was surprised.

Rhine meant that all emperors would die in battle? !This is simply unimaginable!

No one is unaware of the significance of the emperor class to Interstellar, it is a sharp and invincible sword, and a hard and unbreakable armor.Without this sword and armor, Interstellar is like a warrior who has been stripped of all defenses and can only be ravaged by the enemy.

Not only in terms of strength, but in the hearts of the interstellar people, the emperor class is their spiritual reliance and belief.

And this belief will be cut off one day? !

"It's been ten years, and no one has become an emperor." Rhine ignored Cheng Zhen's surprise and continued. "Even without this war, the emperor class would be slaughtered one by one by the enemy named 'time'."

"There is no new source, and we will wither sooner or later. At that time, who do you want to rely on? Especially you—" Rhine said slowly, staring at the human youth in front of her. "Even if everyone else has reasons and is qualified to rely on us, but you are the only one who doesn't, Cheng Zhen."

"You must become the next emperor class."