On this night, it is naturally a misfortune that people who need to work night shifts have no way to watch the Nebula Award ceremony. A middle-aged female nurse in the corridor outside the ward had an embarrassed expression on her face, but it had nothing to do with the matter, she looked at the smoke emitted from the crack in the door, her brows furrowed, and she seemed to hesitate to push the door in to stop the other party.

What kind of place the Army General Hospital is, they know best. The ordinary old man in the blue and white hospital gown walking in the shade of the tree, the old military commander who used to have made great achievements in battle, the daughter-in-law of the commander of the crescent base who was waiting to give birth in the gynecology department, and the big figures in the political circle often came to the general hospital for treatment or recuperation.

The officer who was smoking in the ward didn't seem to have any background, but he was able to charter the special care ward for many years and hire six special nurses, and she didn't dare to offend this kind of weirdo with deep pockets.

At this moment, a young female nurse in her twenties walked over, saw the smoke in the ward, frowned suddenly, and asked unpleasantly, "Is he smoking again?"

In the TV light curtain, Lan Xiaolong, who was dressed in a straight military uniform, was delivering an award speech to the guests in the audience and the audience outside the camera on behalf of the plastic surgery team as an unofficial news spokesperson, saying those golden sentences that made the blood surging to the point that the body was numb and goosebumps.

Bai Magnolia, who was sitting on the edge of the hospital bed, held a cigarette in her mouth, looked back at her sleeping old father, who was describing her emaciation, suddenly took off the cigarette, spit out a cigarette in the old father's face, and thought with a strange smile, I don't know if you can smell the slightly burnt fragrance of this smear in a coma.

The beautiful taste of Magnolia was originally a true embodiment of some weird temperament, he never looked at the accident world, and naturally he didn't think about it, and spit smoke rings on the face of the comatose and seriously ill old man, which would look a little weird and disrespectful.

When the young nurse pushed open the ward, she happened to see this scene, and her beautiful willow eyebrows were upside down, and she lowered her voice and reprimanded: "No smoking!"

Magnolia's eyes were slightly cold, like a sharp knife out of the sheath, and then she turned around and saw that the person who spoke was her, and the sharp meaning hidden in her eyes gradually disappeared.

The young nurse has been in charge of this ward for more than three years, and for more than three years, he has not asked her name, nor even thought of asking this, he is too lazy to deal with ordinary people in this society, but he doesn't know if it is because he is in a good mood tonight, or because of some other reason, he suddenly said: "Have you always been so fierce?"

The young nurse was stunned, the whole hospital knew that this man who looked extremely delicate but was frightening, never spoke to anyone except to pay money and ask the doctor about his condition, she had never heard his voice, and the other party actually spoke today.

"Where am I...... Which...... Where's the murder?" the young nurse suddenly tensed and stuttered.

Magnolia smiled and continued to watch, the familiar companions on the TV light screen stood on the stage and stood in the spotlight uneasily, Xu Le stood in the crowd silently as usual, but he didn't wear sunglasses today, and his little eyes looked very energetic, sincere and amiable.

At this time, there must be countless people in the Federation staring at this simple and ordinary face, Bai Yulan thought silently, maybe those people were also like herself, looking at the national girl behind him who was wearing a white gauze hat to cover most of her face like when she sang.

"The first time I brought this guy to this hospital three years ago, you yelled at him to snuff out his cigarette. Magnolia pointed to Xu Le on the light curtain and said, "In the Federation, there are fewer and fewer people who dare to deal with him like this, so I think you are a very fierce woman by nature." ”

The young female nurse was stunned, looked back at the TV light screen, and said suspiciously: "I have seen this person, and I have seen your family several times in the past two years. ”

When Magnolia heard this, she suddenly fell silent, and her fingers holding the cigarette stiffened.

"His name is Xu Le, and he is my current chief. The young female nurse looked at the award ceremony on the light screen, finally understood what the man next to her wanted to express, and covered her mouth in disbelief so as not to exclaim.

Immediately afterwards, a sentence sounded in the ward, which made her more shocked and energetic.

Magnolia lifted the black hair in front of her with her hand holding the cigarette, looked at her and smiled, "What's your name?"

A place that is countless light years away, a place that has long been beyond the confines of the Federation, and a place that is more difficult to reach than Bermuda, is made the end of a long galaxy by countless stars, and is often described by people as a time period of seven years, which is the Left Sky Star Field, where the Empire is located.

In the tallest building on the planet Tianjing, an entire wall of light screens was playing images from the Federal News Channel, which was the climax of the Nebula Awards ceremony, and the stage was filled with excited and self-contained members of the seven groups and some people next to them.

No one could have imagined that the Federation's television signal could travel through such a distant galaxy and appear in the Imperial Palace, let alone that the middle-aged man sitting in front of the sunflower oil painting screen would watch all this in such silence.

Ordinary TV signals spread to the Imperial Star Field through the Gary Corridor space channel, although they crossed the long cosmic journey, but the signal attenuation was also extremely serious, and the Empire spent a great deal of effort to successfully restore these signals to the military headquarters, the Royal Intelligence Service, and the palace that was lifted into the sky by huge alloy pillars.

But this kind of data restoration is still incomplete, in order to prevent those mosaics from damaging the eyesight of the great middle-aged man, the technical department uses rendering technology to fill the color blocks, but in this way, the TV picture is like a halo, it seems to be hazy, as illusory as another world, as if it cannot be reached......

In front of the exaggerated and golden sunflower oil screen, the supreme ruler of the empire is still left with only the lowly attendant and the kneeling young officer with a back, which is still strong and full of a cold sense of oppression.

His Majesty the Emperor stared at the scene of the award ceremony on the light curtain wall, stared at the national girl at the back of the crowd who hid her hair and face in the shadow of her hat, stared at the wrist of her left hand, and after a long silence, suddenly sighed softly.

His left hand rested on the soft back of his chair, tapping slowly and silently on the precious Lidayi calfskin, and beneath his fingertips was a rattan stained with aged blood.

"I've been thinking that the expeditionary force has not been able to catch this little girl, and I don't know if I will ever see her appear in front of me in my lifetime, of course, whether she lives or dies. ”

The Emperor said in a calm tone, but his words were filled with some kind of strong unwillingness and mockery.

Huai Caoshi, who knelt on one knee behind the screen, was only silent, he didn't need to be like other courtiers and generals, always meeting His Majesty's emotion. The Federation has a charter, and even though the military department's research has already made breakthroughs, he still doesn't dare to promise that he can go deep into the Federation to capture or kill this woman, and bring back the bracelet.

"Your plan, I agreed. The middle-aged man in front of the screen said calmly: "The expeditionary force is completely annihilated, and the Federation people will always have to pay the corresponding price for it, I don't ask them for interest, but I must make them painful." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. Huai Caoshi thought of the plan jointly drawn up by the military department and the Royal Intelligence Service, and even if he was as calm and strong as him, he couldn't help but feel his heart beating a little faster.

Walking out of the palace, the military boots stepped on the self-propelled tracks leading to the military headquarters, and he was thin and even a little short, and he was silent all the way, and there was no expression on his face when he passed through the security gate to be strictly checked, because he had been thinking about a certain question these days, thinking about what was the real reason for His Majesty's decision in the first place.

What is there to pay special attention to about that female celebrity of the Federation named Jian Shui'er? What is the significance of the bracelet on her wrist? His Majesty the Emperor has never talked about this, and no one dares to ask him.

Thousands of Imperial soldiers were spilled blood in a foreign land for this incomprehensible reason, and Huai Caoshi's mood was not as calm as it seemed.

He had also watched the broadcast of the federal award ceremony before, and he had no interest in this kind of ceremony, which was full of the hypocrisy and missionary flavor of the Federation, and his attention was all on Jian Shui'er.

He also noticed the young federal lieutenant colonel in front of Jian Shui'er, in the intelligence of the Royal Intelligence Service, this person should be a combat hero trained by the federal military, and he has a lot of complicated relationships with the biggest enemy of the empire in Philadelphia...... However, the emperor and he did not pay much attention to Xu Letou, for their high status, this kind of figure is too inconspicuous.

Deep underground in the Imperial Military Headquarters.

"It is my honor to report to you that the testing of the new mech has been completed, and for that, thank you very much for testing it yourself. One scientist reported with a humble expression but full of excitement.

Hearing this very important good news, Huai Caoshi, who had an indifferent expression, finally showed a smile, and the Minister of War, Prince Paiwu, looked at him and smiled and said: "You have made great contributions to the success of the realization of the joint microengine technology. Your Majesty has given you the naming rights, so it seems that you must come up with a nice name before you set out. ”

His Majesty the Emperor's favor for this young officer is clear to the whole universe, and Prince Bai Wu has no jealousy in his heart, in fact, he is named after the most advanced mecha in the empire, except for this young officer, there is no more suitable candidate.

"Wolf Fang. Without much thought, Huai Caoshi replied directly.

The excited researchers were stunned, and the chief scientist of mecha research and development said with a sneer: "Although...... It's more common, but it's very appropriate for the combat style of the new mech, you ......"

"No need to explain, I know the name is cheesy. Huai Caoshi's eyes narrowed, and he said, "But in my opinion, mecha is used for fighting, and the name doesn't matter. ”wW