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

The images on the sky continued.

In the ruins.

The girl, clutching her mask, wandered aimlessly through the deserted, ruined streets like a walking corpse.

She stopped crying.

It's not because I no longer feel sadness.

It was because his tears had dried up and his throat was so hoarse that he couldn't make a sound.

She didn't know where she should go.

Because of their faith, the empress, whom they were supposed to follow for life, has fallen into a deep sleep.

She didn't know where her final destination was.

Because the light that should have carried her future, the light that belonged to her... has been extinguished.

So now... what should she do?

Brother Sam... can you tell me...?

Tell the fireflies...

But the only answer she received was the howling wind that whipped up dust and ashes from the ruins. With no answer, and no possibility of an answer, the firefly could only clutch her mask tightly, continuing her empty wandering through the now-ruined city streets.

I don't know how much time passed.

on the street.

A series of footsteps approached from afar, breaking the deathly silence.

The fireflies didn't turn around; they simply mechanically moved aside to make way.

But... the footsteps stopped beside her.

It was a squad of iron cavalry clad in firefly armor, their bodies covered in wounds and scorch marks.

The leader was a tall female iron cavalryman with long silver-white hair.

The female captain was clearly taken aback when she saw the girl in front of her, who was wearing a white mask and had lifeless eyes.

She recognized her.

Number AR-26710, belonging to the Iron Cavalry Firefly of the Capital Star Headquarters.

In the previous war against the Zerg swarm, he made great achievements piloting the latest Firefly IV.

Why is she here all alone...? Wait a minute.

The female captain suddenly noticed the mask in Liu Ying's hand and paused for a moment.

"This is... Lord Sam's mask?"

Liu Ying didn't answer, but upon hearing the voice, she instinctively stared at her numbly with her empty, lifeless eyes.

The female captain sighed and didn't ask any further questions.

Because she knew.

Firefly, who was always so close to Lord Sam, has become like this.

Lord Sam is probably already...

She composed herself and said in a deep voice, "We are the Firefly Squad, which belonged to the Eleventh Legion and had just returned to our home planet after completing our mission due to the Queen's order to disband."

"Although Her Majesty the Queen has ordered the disbandment of the Iron Cavalry, many remnants of the insect swarm still ravage the territory of Grammer."

"We are going to wipe them out for Her Majesty the Empress and the Empire."

She looked at the fireflies and extended an invitation.

"Would you like to... come along?"

Faced with the captain's invitation, Liu Ying slowly raised her eyes, which had lost all their luster.

Her gaze was empty and numb, as if she were looking through the person in front of her into some distant void.

Where to go?

she does not know.

What should we do?

She doesn't know either.

She was like a traveler lost in a thick fog, unable to find any direction.

The Empress is asleep, the Empire has fallen, and Brother Sam... is gone too.

Everything she cherished vanished into thin air.

What is the meaning of living?

She couldn't figure it out.

perhaps……

A thought quietly surfaced in her mind.

in case……

If we fight like this...

If, as before, my body is filled with endless fatigue and pain...

Does that mean I won't feel heartache anymore?

Will that allow me to... forget all of this?

Liu Ying's gaze slowly fell on the blood-stained white mask in her arms.

She reached out and gently touched the cold cracks on the mask.

then.

She slowly... put the mask on her face.

The cold mask clung to the warm skin.

In that instant, it felt as if something had been completely ripped out of her body.

It is emotion, it is memory.

She was once an innocent and carefree girl who longed for freedom and peace—Liu Ying.

She is dead.

Perhaps at the moment when Sam's brother "died".

She... was already dead.

Instead.

It is a brand new... or rather, a return to its original form.

Liu Ying stood up, and the emerald bracelet on her wrist, representing the Firefly mecha, shone brightly.

"Buzz—"

Light particles surged from the bracelet, instantly covering her entire body.

Streamlined armor, menacing metal skeleton.

The mech that once carried all her hopes and dreams—"Sam"—has returned once more.

"I'm joining."

A cold, emotionless synthesized voice emanated from beneath the mecha's mask.

The captain looked at the mecha in front of him, which exuded a cold aura, opened his mouth, as if to say something.

But in the end, she only turned into a complex sigh.

She nodded.

"Welcome back to the team... AR-26710."

The mech did not respond further.

It simply turned around, its thrusters spewing out scorching blue tail flames.

"boom--"

Together with the surrounding mechs, it transformed into a green streak of light and shot into the sky without hesitation.

There is no turning back.

Like fireflies drawn to a flame.

The image on the sky finally settled on the cold yet handsome silhouette of the Firefly mech.

It flew away alone into the distance, its silhouette resolute yet lonely.

Followed by.

Two lines of familiar golden characters slowly appeared in the center of the screen.

[Act Three: Memories of Stardust, Part Two]

【--over--】

……

As the last two lines of golden text appeared, the sky gradually darkened.

The entire universe remained immersed in that suffocating desolation and oppression.

ended.

Grammer's story has come to an end.

A great empire, a brutal war, a deeply moving love story... and in the end.

...all turned into embers in the cosmic dust.

Countless spectators stared blankly at the pitch-black sky, unable to recover for a long time.

The frustration and resentment in their hearts almost made their chests burst.