Darwin led the four of them along this street and hid in the ruins of a residential building. Although it was a ruin, the first floor was still fine. The roof of the second floor was exposed to the air, and even a wall had been blown away. Inside, everything that could be used had been swept clean.
At least it was safe.
Janferno was resting on the bed on the second floor, even though the bed was covered in a thick layer of dust. But there was nothing more comfortable than lying in bed. He suddenly turned over a black blanket.
Vonluge, who was behind him, suddenly walked over and patted his shoulder.
"What's wrong?" Janferno looked up at him strangely.
"Don't touch other people's things."
"Someone, you're telling me there's someone here?”
Darwin sat in the corner and looked at his wife's photo without saying a word.
"Hey, Captain."
Karan took off his backpack and threw his gun into the corner before sitting cross-legged beside Darwin. Darwin looked up at him and put away the photo.
"What's that?"
"It's nothing." Darwin waved his hand, indicating for him to bring the water bottle behind him. Kalan was stunned for a second before he turned around to get it for him.
"I have bad news for you. I can't contact Kellen with that thing.”
Darwin was about to drink some water when he suddenly stopped. He hesitated. Kalan looked at him, his hands on the ground.
"When did you lose contact?" Darwin turned to look at him.
"Just now."
"Use mine." Darwin glanced at Karan and took off his communicator.
" Captain, save me…" In a trance, someone anxiously called out to Darwin.
Darwin and Kalan looked in the direction of the voice and saw Annay hanging from a wooden beam. His limbs were facing down, and he was struggling like a corpse.
"Just hang there for a while and help me investigate the enemy.”Darwin lowered his head and turned on his communicator."Hobbs, can you hear me? Hobbs, Hobbs?"
Darwin put the communicator to his ear and heard the buzzing sound of electricity.
"Maybe we can go and find them, right?”
They were about to reach the target point, but now they had no choice but to end this plan. Darwin looked back at the building they had come from and took a deep breath, as if he had inhaled all the air in the world.
He scratched his head and turned his face to one side as if he were searching for something. "We don't have much time, Kalan. The situation ahead was too dangerous. They had no confidence in winning even if they lost one person.”
"So…"
"They will protect themselves." Darwin turned his back and spoke absent-mindedly.
"Captain." Kalang looked at him mockingly.""Why do I always feel that you're very selfish? It's as if it's all your fault..."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked at Kalan. This was the second time everyone looked at him.
"..." Darwin turned around and glared at him with a gloomy expression. "What did you say?"
Kalang could feel that Darwin was getting angrier, but he still said bluntly," I feel that you're very selfish…"
Clang!
Karan suddenly felt a buzz in his head. Before he could react, his neck was grabbed by Darwin's arm and he was thrown to the ground by him.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey-"
"Aiya, Captain! "Alright, alright…" Feng Luge quickly surrounded him. He grabbed onto Darwin's shoulder from behind and said a bunch of good things to him, but it couldn't stop his anger from wanting to beat up Kalan.
"Captain, we…we are just childish and insensible. You, don't lower yourself to our level…Hey, Kalang, Kalang, hurry up and apologize to Captain…Tsk, hurry up…"
The smart move was to apologize to Darwin, but Karan never admitted defeat. What he thought was wrong was wrong, and he would never bow to evil forces. Now, he clearly regarded Darwin as the representative of the evil forces. Karan was right.
Darwin was right.
"Sometimes, I feel sad for you.”Darwin's emotions gradually calmed down. He released his hand and almost strangled Kalang to death.
Calan lay on the ground, glanced at him, and let out a soft grunt.
"Children, you are so young and don't do business in the city but come to the front line to die.”Darwin turned his head to the side and his throat tightened. He had been holding these things in his heart for a long time, and today, he finally couldn't take it anymore.
" Captain." Janferno raised his hand. He suddenly looked disappointed. "For the Federation," he said.
"But have you ever thought about how your family feels?”
"I don't have a family anymore."
"I don't have it either."
A cold voice smashed into Darwin's heart. Annie jumped down from the roof and looked down at Darwin.
Vonluge glanced at Kalan before turning his gaze to Darwin. He said,"I'm an orphan. They didn't want me after giving birth to me!”
"Why?" An Nai turned to ask him.
" Why?" Vonluge spat on the ground. "They took me to exchange for gold coins.”
"Is he your biological son?"
"I did an appraisal later. It can't be wrong. Anyway, I won't care about them anymore.”
……
The words of the two deeply hurt Darwin's heart, and he fell into a confused world for a moment. He didn't understand, much less these young people.
"Besides, Captain, the war is at its most tense, and we need a batch of newcomers to take over the positions of the veterans. I believe that we will definitely defeat the northern valiant army and win the war under our heroic resistance!”
" Janferno." Darwin turned to look at him. "Don't be blinded by war."
"No, Captain…we're all following you.”
"We've only known each other for less than a week.”
"Alright then." Janferno looked helpless.
"I just don't understand. You guys are so young…"
"You just look down on us."
"I think you're just itching for it. When did I say that I looked down on you?”Darwin really wanted to punch Karan. The two of them looked at each other, and a strong smell of gunpowder instantly ignited in the air.
"You are brave and fearless. I admire your courage, just like this morning.”Darwin looked up at the three of them.
"Then what else does Captain not understand?”The tallest of them, Annay, asked him. He blinked his eyes and looked childish.
"Do you know which will come first, tomorrow or an accident?”said Darwin, looking at them. "All of you may die on the battlefield at any time. Do you understand? Dead?"
Everyone was silent.
"Do you like war?"
Everyone shook their heads.
"Do you know how to stop the war?”
Everyone shook their heads and fell silent.
"No one wants war, but you have chosen this fate.”
"Following the captain is faith."
Darwin looked up and saw Janferno speaking.
Feng Luge patted his shoulder and joked,""This great writer is making up words again."
"Go, go, go. What do you know? This is called wisdom.”
"It would be great if you could put this little bit of wisdom into business.”Tears flashed in Darwin's eyes, as if he was deeply regretting something. He suddenly punched himself in the heart and slammed his head against the wall with one hand.
Karan sat up and looked at everyone innocently. He spread his hands to show that he was at a loss. "What happened to him?"
The four of them were stunned. No one dared to go up and persuade Darwin.
"We are all warriors, don't cry Captain.”Ann placed a hand on Darwin's shoulder. He thought for a moment and used the words that Darwin had told them: "This is our destiny, right? You said that we should be proud and not sad. I don't regret being a government soldier. I sacrificed my life to protect the Federation in exchange for peace.”
Ann was 19 years old this year. Tomorrow would be his 20th birthday.
.
The sky was overcast, and it looked like it was going to rain soon.
Everyone loaded their magazines and checked their equipment. Darwin poured out a pile of sniper bullets from his bag. Most of the bullet shells were covered in coagulated blood. He pushed these things in front of Karan, and Karan, who did not understand what he meant, turned to look at him.
"Carve all the blood off the shell with a knife, will you?。”Darwin told him. After saying that, he took out a blade wrapped in cloth from his pocket. The blade was silver and looked very sharp.
"Let me try." Kalang said.
"Why did you do that, Captain?" Janferno looked up at them with a confused expression.
"The weapons developed by our military have a fatal flaw. This kind of bullet is big by itself. I'm just worried that the bullet will get stuck in the magazine in the barrel and I won't be able to pull the trigger. If you couldn't pull the trigger, you had to loosen the magazine and pull out the unqualified bullets one by one until you could shoot normally.”
"Oh." Janferno lowered his head and quickly loaded the magazine before putting on his helmet again.
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"Do you see the supermarket opposite?”Darwin pointed at the supermarket building across the street and pulled Vonluge to his head.
"I see it, Captain." Vonluge quickly nodded. He calmed himself down and prepared to carry out the next mission.
"Listen up, soldiers. This city is now filled with those valiant soldiers and those things flying in the sky. We have no way out. I want you to go there now. Can you do it?”
"I can do it, Captain." Feng Lu nodded affirmatively.
Darwin was rather agitated. He patted Vonluge's shoulder and said,""Go ahead."
Kalan blinked. He used his peripheral vision to send Feng Luge downstairs. Then, he picked up the sniper rifle that Darwin had just given him, squatted beside the window, and quietly took out the muzzle.
"If you don't know how to shoot, don't force yourself.”Darwin walked over and whispered into his ear. Karan heaved a sigh of relief and adjusted the magnifying scope.
"How do you feel now?"
"It's not quite what I imagined."
Darwin chuckled. He turned around and took out the device. He typed a few words on the keyboard:
Command, we are about to reach the target point.
Then, he clicked on confirm and waited for a second or two before it appeared. Sending successful.
Ta, ta, ta.
Vonluge walked down the street with his head lowered. The surrounding air was unusually cold. The cold wind drilled into his back and shivered his entire body.
The background of the ruins made him look a little desolate.
He suddenly turned around and made a hand gesture to the air. It was safe.
When Darwin saw Vonluge, he was so nervous that his heart was in his throat.
Kalan's finger slid to the trigger. Through the sniper rifle's magnifying scope, he aimed at the curtain of a building in front of them. A soldier was standing there.
Ka-Bang!
The bullet flew over and shattered the glass beside the window. The soldier was cut by the glass and fell down. At the same time, more and more soldiers rushed upstairs.
" What did you do?!" Darwin pushed Karan away, and Karan fell heavily to the ground.
Ann and Janferno, who were behind them, could only watch helplessly.
"Don't give me any more trouble, okay?" Darwin aimed his sniper rifle at Kalang's head.
"I see a valiant army!" Kalan said disdainfully.
"Shut up, you'll kill us!”
Vonluge was so scared that he squatted down on the spot. His back was tightly pressed against an abandoned sports car as he breathed heavily. His face was numb, and he didn't know where the gunshot came from.
Darwin broke out in a cold sweat and quickly reloaded. The silver-white bullet's outer shell bounced off the barrel and onto the ground, making a crisp sound. Darwin gripped the handle tightly and sighed. He placed the sniper rifle back on the window.
"Alright, I don't want to live anymore. At least I can kill a few more valiant soldiers, then my life is worth it…"
Crack!
Darwin was most unwilling to hear such a sound. It seemed like the magazine was stuck by something. "Dammit!" He lay down and turned his back against the wall. He took out the magazine of the sniper rifle and threw a magazine at Kalan's face.
Karan glared at him and reached out to pick up the magazine. He saw that there was still blood on the bullet shell.
"If you were to fight like this, you would have been killed by the Keskill people.”Darwin threw the sniper rifle on the ground and took the assault rifle from his back. He pulled the handle, turned around, and said to Karan, who had fallen to the ground again,"Can't you be more serious in the war? This isn't child's play, child.”
Kalan's gaze tightened as he stared at Darwin's helpless eyes. "I'm fighting with my heart, Captain."
"You're wrong-we're fighting with our lives, boy," he told him.”
……
(To be continued)
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