Hidden Yao Era

Here, Casto looked at Major General Wells, who had been killed by himself, with a disgusted expression on his face. He said to the soldiers beside him, "Put down your guns, you don't have to fight!"

Then Sonia ran over, and she pushed away the soldiers in front of Casto, rushed to Castor and hugged him tightly.

"Great! You're not on the opposite side of us, I know, you're not like them!" said Sonia excitedly. She pressed her body against Castor, like a winter kitten embracing the sun.

"I just hate this guy......" Castor whispered.

"You have redeemed yourself and you have saved us! Thank you!" said Father Sergei to Castor.

The soldiers who laid down their guns looked at each other at this point, they didn't know what to do next. They had entered the war out of an instinct to obey orders, and the absence of junior officers in the battle made them very unfamiliar with the feeling of battle, and this strangeness exacerbated their doubts about the meaning of their own war. At this point, they can finally put down their guns and say goodbye to the war for the time being.

"How did you end up here, how did you join the rebels?" Sonya's question suddenly made Casto a little difficult to answer.

"I ...... Hates Major General Wells, so he comes to assassinate him. Castor replied hesitantly.

"Poof!hahahahaha But...... I still hope you stay. Sonia said, looking at Casto.

"I'd like to talk to you alone. Casto said to Sonya.

Sonia nodded, and then went with Casto to a waste deposit in the warehouse area, where the soldiers had all retreated after the battle. Castor looked around, saw that there was no one around, and emboldened, and said to Sonya, "I...... Want to go back. "

"Go back, go back to the chapel?"

"Back to the firefighters...... I feel like I'm going to go back. "

"You're not crazy, you've killed a major general, do you think you'll have good fruit to eat when you go back?" Sonya's emotions began to stir.

"You've cleaned up all the scouting equipment on this planet with EMP. All the rebels laid down their arms, and few saw me kill the general. So it's unlikely that the news of my killing of the general will get out. Casto patiently analyzed the situation and tried to find a reasonable reason for himself to go back.

"And what do you want to do when you go back?"

"I want to find the truth. "

"What?" Sonia looked at Castor quizzically.

"The truth about the death of my friend and those more than a hundred classmates, along with more than 3,000 people on more than a hundred frigates. "

"They were framed?".

"I don't know, but this catastrophe is so suspicious that I need to know the whole truth. So that I can truly live with peace of mind. "

"What does knowing the truth of the matter make you more sure?".

"Determine the true face of the firefighters. "

"Isn't this rebellion enough to make you sure? Our Saturn Scouts say that the surrounding firefighters have not moved at all, and they have not come to your aid at all. Sonia felt that saying such a fact would make Castor change her mind, and her tone was very firm.

"Our small rebel army may not be taken seriously. "

"Small rebel army, you have more than 20,000 people, more than 20,000 lives! they don't move at all! Don't you understand?" Sonia deliberately raised her voice.

"That's true for the Army, maybe they're different for the Space Force. "

"It's not people in the Army, it's people in the Space Army? What kind of logic is that? As soon as you start to despise life, all life will be trampled on! No matter how sturdy and delicate the iron box!" Sonia continued.

"I just wanted to find something that I could be sure of. "

"Believe in God! God is the Lord and Creator of everything! The Great God will make you no longer confused!" Sonia suddenly began to try to convince Casto with her faith, in fact, she knew that it was useless to Casto, but she could only turn to God for help at this time.

"No, I know you can, I don't hate your faith right now, but I just can't give myself to God. My sanity must rest on something more solid. "

"And what are you going to do when you get back, will you continue to be our enemy?" said Sonya, staring at Casto.

"I'm trying not to be an enemy of you, I'm going to fight in an alien galaxy. "

"Don't talk nonsense! The firefighters are mainly dealing with us now, and there is no mission for extraterrestrial warfare, so don't try to scold me!".

"I'm ......," Casto didn't know what to say for a moment.

"You'd better stay with us!" Sonia invited Casto again, her voice almost crying.

"What if I refuse? You're going to break my neck, right?".

"Yes!" Sonia grabbed Casto's neck with her hand, but she didn't use any force at all, and her tears couldn't stop flowing.

"Don't push me!" Sonia cried.

"What can I do if I stay here?" asked Castor.

"You can do a lot of things if you stay here!" said Sonya, wiping away her tears, "We are very short of pilots, gunners, and captains of battleships. There aren't many people who know this in Pluto, and there are so few of us who are highly educated that few people are familiar with smart devices. You are a graduate of the military academy, right? You can become a captain when you come, no! You are so good, you will definitely be able to become a captain or even a fleet commander in the future!"

"Well, I can indeed be a naval officer, I studied space military affairs at the Military Academy, and I was assigned to a warship after graduation. "

"Great! Then you come back with me!" Before Casto could finish speaking, Sonia interrupted him in a huff.

"Listen to me, what do you think of your fleet command level?".

"Uh......" Sonia choked for a moment, on the one hand, she really didn't know much about the operations of her own space force, and on the other hand, the decline in the combat level of the Pluto rover's space force in recent years was indeed not news.

"I have witnessed the whole process of attacking Titan, from space to underground, your ground command level is very high, and a few local battlefields will make some small mistakes, but the strategy is very powerful, hiding strength, luring the enemy deep, and doing a good job. And in space, your fleet has turned a well-designed plan into a failed juggle, contrary to the principles of precision and efficiency in space combat. So with the level of your Space Force, I think if I serve as a crew member on your warship, I'm afraid I'll die in battle soon. "

"Our fleet is so bad?".

"I'm telling the truth, their command is not very high, I can't trust them. And in the case of this campaign, our fleet was saved, while the fleet of the Pluto rovers suffered heavy losses, and the difference in the level of command between the two sides was not small. It's really hard for us to beat you on the ground. But in space, if I join the Pluto Rover as a Space Force, I'm afraid that participating in a battle will be more than lucky. And I've heard that the Pluto Rover's Space Force and Army don't seem to be on the right foot, so even if I join, I'll have to go against you. "

"Then you will be the army with me!, you will be the company commander of me!" said Sonia sternly, as if she were Castor's commander now.

"No, I feel like I have my own path. "

"What way?".

"Learn about the world in your own familiar circle and know your own path. I'm sorry, but you're not what I thought you were, but I couldn't quite fit in with living with you. "

"Is this the path to continue to be an officer, to be promoted all the way up to the rank of senior general by relying on the person who killed us, and then to uncover the truth?" Sonya's voice was filled with anger.

"No, the purpose is to get the truth, not to kill. I want to get the truth about the firefighters. It was only in the army that I could truly understand what kind of people they were. What's more, I still have my family, my friends, and I can't give up these easily. They are also my backbone and reliance on the search for answers. "

But such a search will be painful, and you will have to fight against many calculating and unbelieving people, and your heart will be tormented all the time. "

"Of course I do. Actually, I already understood, but I didn't want to believe it. It wasn't until I was exposed to a lot of things that I gradually understood what path I was going to take. I'm willing to accept it now. "

"Would you like to be like them!?" asked Sonya.

"No! I will not give up on myself. Thank you, Sonya, this day's experience has awakened my conscience a lot, and it's all because of you. "

"But I still can't keep you!" Sonia said and cried again.

"Can you come with me, then?" asked Castor to Sonya.

"Huh?" Sonia was stunned, but the sudden invitation made her feel a little happy, followed by a great sense of uncertainty.

Casto continued: "Pluto rovers are tenacious, but they are weak after all, and war is a contest of power. In the long run, the forces of the Pluto rovers will eventually be defeated. "

"It's hard for me to accept your conclusion. "

"It's hard to accept, but your reason tells you that I'm right, right?"

Sonia didn't speak.

Casto continued: "Behind the war is a contest between economy and technology, and the Pluto rover certainly has a strong will and determination to fight, but in the face of a huge technological and economic gap, this psychological advantage cannot make up for them. The decline of Pluto rovers in recent years has been on full display, and you can't deny it. "

"But I'm not leaving. Sonia said.

"You see, I can't convince you any more than you can't convince me. Casto said.

"Then let's respect each other's choices. But I still had a hard time convincing myself to let an enemy go. Sonia hesitated for a moment.

"Haha, then you met a stubborn ...... like me before."

"It's all physically exceeded!" Sonia said.

Casto was shocked: "Damn, how many people have you killed?"

"I've probably calculated that there are probably more than 3,000 people. "

Castor's spine trembled vigorously after hearing this, and cold sweat could not stop breaking out.

"The more people you kill, the more you want to save more lives. So after every battle, I would find some officer prisoners and talk to them. Knowledgeable people understand ideas quickly, but some knowledge can be just as terrible as biases. But as long as I meet people whose hearts are not completely numb, I will try to save them, fully empathize with them, and understand their joys and sorrows. It's easy for me to get emotionally attached to them, and I'm not too willing to kill them. Thankfully, I was never wrong, and in the end these officers either joined us or went to the alien galaxy to pursue their own free lives. "

"Then I'm the first one you look away?"

"No, I didn't look away, but you are kinder and more soulful than them. It's just that you're more stubborn. And you make me so sad, and I don't know why I'm so sad. "

"Hahaha, that's a good point, I'm just stubborn. After saying this, Casto didn't feel good in his heart, he didn't know how to comfort Sonya, so he had to laugh perfunctorily.

"There are quite a few men among the officers you talked to, right? Didn't they courting you?" Casto wanted to change the subject, asking Sonia about her love history. He thought that if Sonia loved someone else, she wouldn't continue to grieve for herself.

Sonia looked away and said lightly, "Do they dare? Most of them have seen me on the battlefield, and they didn't dare to talk to me when I first came over, and then they were afraid of me. "

"So, are you afraid of me?" said Sonya.

"I'm not afraid, I know that you have reverence for life in your heart, and you kill people in principle, not indiscriminately. But Castor was still a little weak when he said this.

"Hmm!" Sonia nodded vigorously.

Sonia smiled and said, "Thank you, there aren't many people who can really understand me. I think I was too impulsive just now, and I didn't speak with you all in mind, I just wanted you to stay here. Actually, I hate the Space Force, they are arrogant, rude, they think they can do whatever they want if they have mastered technology, they are superior to us, and they also founded their own sect. They also associate their space operations with the gods as a kind of ritual. In fact, this is not necessary at all, and formal religious rituals combined with war can easily lead to fanaticism, which in turn turns into superstition and blind obedience. "

"Could this be the reason why they lost the battle?".

"Possibly. "

"Well, after I go back, I will definitely continue to stay in the Space Force armed by the firefighters, and I promise you that I will only fight with the Space Force in the future, and will not participate in ground operations, what do you think?"

"It's ......," Sonia hesitated.

"When I go back, I can contact you through the dark web, and I can provide you with information. Casto continued.

"Alas~!" Sonia sighed, as if preparing to reluctantly agree to Casto.