Collapse Iron: My Past Life Revealed, I Was Everyone's White Moonlight

Under the expectant gaze of the audience.

Soon, the images on the sky continued to rotate.

The scene shifts to a huge workshop filled with futuristic technology.

But this place is less of a workshop and more of a huge private laboratory.

Various robotic arms, holographic projection devices, and sophisticated instruments that viewers cannot understand are everywhere.

On the control panel next to the laboratory, the crashed standard mech was being disassembled and analyzed by countless robotic arms.

And in the center of the laboratory.

Inside a transparent medical hibernation pod, the silver-haired girl from before was lying quietly.

The girl was wearing a white hospital gown and had various tubes connected to her body, seemingly undergoing treatment.

The masked man stood in front of the control panel, intently analyzing the constantly changing data stream on the screen.

They seem to be researching something.

Time passed slowly in this quiet atmosphere.

I don't know how much time has passed.

"drop--!"

As the announcement of the treatment's completion sounded, the medical pod's hatch slowly opened.

The girl inside the medical pod trembled slightly with her eyelashes and slowly opened her eyes.

The girl blinked, looking around with a confused expression.

Is she still alive?

"woke up?"

"Change your clothes now that you're awake. They're on the table next to the medical pod. There's a room behind the medical pod."

Just then, a voice came from ahead.

The girl then noticed that there was a man in front of her.

The man didn't turn around, so she couldn't see his face clearly.

Did he save her from death, or even from being abandoned?

Is he a researcher in this lab?

The girl identified him as a researcher not only because he was wearing a white researcher's robe, but also because he seemed to be disassembling and studying his own wrecked mecha on the control panel.

"Is it changed?"

The man's voice brought the girl back to her senses, and she quickly said, "Horse, right away!"

The girl stepped out of the medical pod, grabbed the clothes from the table beside her, and ran into the back room, closing the door behind her.

After a while.

When the door reopens.

A girl wearing a light blue gauze dress and a black shawl draped over her shoulders walked out of the room.

The girl looked at her clothes with some curiosity.

It looks like a combat suit... but it also doesn't quite look like one.

But it's quite suitable.

And I didn't notice it just now.

Now that I've calmed down and looked at it again...

The girl looked around.

Is this... a laboratory?

To fight for Empress Titania and for the Empire as much as possible.

As soldiers, in addition to going to the battlefield, they had to stay in the medical pods of the laboratory to delay the time when entropy loss reached its limit.

Therefore, she was no stranger to the laboratory.

But she had never seen anything so big before; it looked more like a workshop laboratory... It seemed really impressive.

To be able to conduct research in a lab that looks so impressive... he must be really amazing, right?

The girl looked at the man who was still busy at the control panel.

But why did he save himself?

Given the extent of his injuries at the time, being permanently disabled would have been the best option...

Regardless of his reasons.

Since the other person saved her, she had to thank them properly.

The girl walked up behind the masked man, hesitated for a long time while watching his busy figure, and then whispered, "Um... thank you for saving me."

The masked man didn't turn around, but simply gave a faint "hmm," his fingers still flying across the control panel.

A silence fell over the room.

Liu Ying nervously twisted the hem of her clothes.

She looked at this mysterious savior, her heart filled with curiosity and gratitude.

"I...I am AR-26710." She mustered her courage and spoke again, "I am the pilot of the Grammer Knights...May I ask who you are?"

This time, the man finally stopped what he was doing.

He turned around.

The girl finally saw the man's face clearly... but that doesn't seem quite right.

Because the man was wearing a white mask without any patterns.

The masked man was watching her silently.

Although she couldn't sense any malice from the man, the girl couldn't help but swallow hard while being stared at like that.

Why are you looking at her like that?

Did she say something wrong?

But she only introduced herself...

After a moment, the man finally spoke.

But what he said surprised the girl.

"What's your name?"

name?

Didn't she just say that?

Although somewhat puzzled, the girl repeated, "My name is AR-267..."

"That's not a name, that's a number. Don't you have a real name?"

Real name?

What is that?

The girl was stunned for a moment.

Seeing the girl's stunned expression, the masked man seemed troubled and said in a way the girl couldn't understand: "Is the timeline too early?"

"But it does make sense, considering that the Firefly Mech has now reached its third generation, and that name is..."

"Oh well, it's just a name anyway, so what's the harm in bringing it up a little earlier?"

"Yes, there shouldn't be any problem."

Then.

Under the girl's gaze, the masked man seemed to think for a moment, then pointed to a huge petri dish next to him.

The girl looked in the direction the masked man was pointing.

In a petri dish.

A black, winged creature resembling an insect is slowly flying.

"What is that?" the girl asked curiously.

"Your name".

The masked man's voice was calm, revealing no emotion.

"My...name?" The girl was stunned.

What does that black bug have to do with her name?

"That's right, it's a very beautiful creature with an extremely short lifespan," the masked man said slowly. "Beautiful, yet very fragile... just like you."

So beautiful...

His words made the girl's cheeks blush slightly.

This was the first time she had ever heard someone describe herself in this way.

But... is it beautiful?

The girl looked at the insects flying around in the petri dish with some suspicion.

Although she really didn't want to refute her savior's words... why couldn't she see what was so beautiful about this bug?

Seemingly noticing the girl's confusion, the masked man smiled.

Then he clapped his hands.

next moment.

clap clap-

The lights in the laboratory were turned off one after another, plunging the laboratory into darkness instantly.

The girl hadn't reacted yet.

The next moment, a green light suddenly appeared in the darkness ahead.

Followed by.

The number of light spots increased, and they became brighter and brighter.

The points of light floated, drifted, and flickered silently.

Thousands of gentle, silent points of light gathered together, making the surrounding darkness seem to breathe.

It is precisely this fleeting, ephemeral light that makes the night so breathtakingly beautiful.

The light illuminated the girl's face, and she stared blankly at the scene before her.

She finally understood what the man meant when he said "they are beautiful".

indeed.

It's really...beautiful...

"This creature is called a firefly."

"Although fireflies have a very short lifespan, they will do their best to emit their own unique light in the darkness."

"The fireflies' intermittent light flickers, sometimes bright, sometimes dim, within a foot of each other..."

The masked man smiled as he looked at the stunned girl.

"From now on, your name will be Firefly."

Fireflies...

This is her name.

I don't know why.

Looking at the masked man in front of her, who seemed to be smiling at her in the glow of fireflies.

Liu Ying's heart suddenly raced.

What's wrong with her?

My heart has never raced this fast, not even when I was fighting the Zerg swarm for the Queen and the Empire.

Is the injury still not healed?

Liu Ying touched her chest.

But I have some doubts.

But I don't know why.

Liu Ying didn't find the feeling of her heart racing in front of the man in front of her disgusting.

……

【Ahhh! Yes, that's it! That's exactly what I want to see!】

[It's candy! It's candy! Finally, it's not a knife!]

[“So beautiful, and so fragile… just like you.” “The firefly’s light flickers, sometimes bright, sometimes dim, within a foot of each other… from now on, you’ll be called Firefly.” Ahhh! This is so romantic!]

[Let alone fireflies, even if someone else said that to me in this situation, they would definitely become my ideal man!]

[I hereby declare that the mysterious masked man and Lu Li have jointly topped the list of most charming people!]

The sky screen, unusually, directly showered the audience with sweetness, plunging them into a frenzy.

But at the same time, on the other side...

And the thoughts of the audience caught up in the revelry.

As soon as the masked man uttered the words, "You shall be called Firefly,"...

Lu Li, who was being surrounded by Kafka and her two companions, broke out in a cold sweat.