From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 664: Eternal Life, but You Have to Work 3 Times as Much

When Sainz heard the voice, he looked up and saw a burly man who looked like a Marine staring at him with a smile.

This burly man was in his thirties and looked extremely ordinary among the Marines. It could be said that he embodied all the stereotypes of the Marines - burly, dark, with a bowl cut, and a scar on his face. He looked extremely hideous and terrifying.

The sturdy man looked at Sainz and smiled without saying anything. He stared at him meaningfully for a long time, then his eyes passed Sainz and looked behind him. Sainz followed his gaze and looked back, only then did he realize that there were more than ten people lying beside him, and they all looked familiar.

The next moment, as if some data and information were loaded into his mind, Sainz immediately recognized these familiar faces.

They were his first mate, boatswain, helmsman, gunnery officer, intelligence officer, tactical information coordinator, and even the chief engineer and air defense commander who did not often appear on the bridge on weekdays.

It can be said that most of the middle and senior officers on the "Winged Hussar" are concentrated here.

But Sainz was very sure that these colleagues had died in previous battles like himself.
Not only are they now intact, but they are also in a strange world where water and sky meet and the horizon is endless, and the cold touch is coming from the water under his feet.

"Where is this place? Who are you? Why am I here?"

Sainz asked these people questions repeatedly, but his tone was still very calm at the moment. After seeing the Atlas logo on the training uniform of the strong man in front of him, Sainz was actually not as nervous as when he just woke up.

The middle-aged strong man did not directly answer Sainz's question, but patiently said: "Think about it carefully, the 'Queen' of this world should have implanted all of this in your mind."

Think about it carefully?

Sainz was stunned at first, then he began to recall everything in his mind as the strong man said.

He only remembered that he was in chaos at that time, and suddenly saw the prompt in front of him: "Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to truly live?"

Then, because of the familiar Atlas Standard 4 font, he inexplicably selected the option "Yes" with his mind, and then he fell into a coma.
Wait, Sainz suddenly felt something more in his mind, the definition of death, digital life, virtual space, and the Immortal Plan.
This is the plan set up by the great "Cyber ​​Queen" Lilith for the boss of the Atlas Group, Lord Amber, and it is also the cornerstone for the Atlas Group to suppress all forces in the future.

It also represents a way for humans or carbon-based organisms to achieve "immortality".

Sainz finally understood why almost everyone in the fleet had a chip implanted in the back of their brain before the fleet set sail. At the time, it was said that this chip would assist the brain and further enhance their thinking and computing abilities.

But it now appears that data was actually backed up for everyone, and after their death, they were transformed into a new form of 'digital life'.

"This is Valhalla."

Sainz raised his head and stared intently into the eyes of the middle-aged man in front of him. At the same time, he also figured out the identity of this strong man - Grace, a legend from the Atlas combat force, the chief instructor.

"Have I been selected to join the 'Immortal Legion'?" Sainz asked.

Grace: "It can't be said that they were selected. It should be said that almost all the people who died in this special operation fleet will come to Valhalla. And now you haven't officially joined the Immortal Legion."

As he was explaining, the other people who came to this virtual space with Sainz also woke up one after another.

Grace seemed to be experienced in this and did not get impatient with the repeated explanations. Instead, she explained patiently until everyone understood their situation.

Sainz, as the first one to wake up, also helped explain the current situation to his colleagues. Although he knew no more than the others, he still wanted to move on to the next step as soon as possible. Because he was curious why Grace just said that they had not officially joined the Immortal Legion.

"It's simple, because you still have one last chance to choose."

Grace, who took on the task of "guiding new employees" to increase KPI, quickly answered this question.

Sainz: "Last choice?"

"Yes." Grace nodded. "Now you have two options. One is to gain another level of 'rebirth' as ​​a digital life, but the premise is that you need to continue to work for the Atlas Group and for the Boss."

"Is there such a good thing?"

"what?"

This was the first time Grace had seen such a reaction from a former Atlas employee who had entered the virtual space. When others heard the news, most were confused and hesitant.

"Well, don't be too excited yet. It won't be too late to get excited after you hear it."

Grace raised his hand to signal Sainz to calm down first, then looked around at the others, and found that the expressions of the others were not much different from Sainz's, except that the emotional expression was not as direct.

"This is strange, what happened to this boatload of people?"

Shaking off the sudden thought in her mind, Grace continued to add to the crowd:

"As you have guessed, becoming a digital lifeform is almost equivalent to 'immortality', but it also means that you need to continue to work three times as long for the Atlas Group before you can retire.

After retirement, you will live in the virtual world 'Valhalla' created by Lady Lilith and will not be able to go to the public virtual world.

For many reasons, Amber and Lilith will not allow digital life to wander freely in the virtual world. Of course, maybe one day in the future, digital life will come to the fore and become one of the many life forms in this universe. "

Hearing this, everyone including Sainz calmed down immediately.

Becoming a digital life form to gain relative "immortality" is certainly good, but having to continue working three times the hours and having your freedom restricted after retirement are also not easy to accept.

"What about the other option?" Sainz asked.

"The other option is that nothing happened today."

Grace's voice became somewhat cold and unyielding. Although he knew that this choice did not sound very comfortable, he had to show his firm stance at this time.

And the others also knew what Grace meant by this, that is, they would truly leave this world according to the normal development path.

(End of this chapter)