Wanjie Game Hall, I sent Kiana to Silent Hill

Although these defense forces do not look like a regular army, they are more like a cobbled-together militia.

Not only were they lacking basic protective gear, but the weapons they held were all outdated models. One of them was even wearing civilian clothes, and the man, wearing glasses and looking frail, looked more like a clerk than a soldier.

But they still came. Perhaps they heard the roar of artillery fire, or perhaps they heard the call of the air force. In any case, they put together a team and resolutely rushed into the battlefield to rescue their brothers.

Wang Xuanqiao, who fell behind, was the first to join up with the defense team.

"I'm the captain of Base 251, leading my team into battle!" the leading soldier said, "Brother, what is your goal?"

"We need to remove the 'tumors' left behind by those Star Guides," Wang Xuanqiao replied, taking a moment to ask, "Do you have any relevant experience?"

"It's difficult!" Amid the roar of gunfire, the captain had to reply loudly, "It's not just a problem of weapons. The most important thing is that we don't have enough time. Those mechanical beasts provide support very quickly. If we stay too long, we will be surrounded!"

"At least blow up one!" Wang Xuanqiao pointed at Liuying, who was fighting a mechanical monster in front of him. "I want her to see hope."

The captain glanced at Liuying. He was the only one without any protection, so others could clearly see the expression on his face.

The captain's mouth corners moved slightly, and the originally tense arc suddenly rose a little in the imperceptible change.

"Okay, man!" he said. "Hope! Damn it, I almost forgot how to spell that word. Okay!"

"Since you can call for air force support, I'll ask you to cover us! I'll lead a fierce attack directly to the base of the 'tumor' and destroy that connection. While we're at it, you have to help us stop those robotic beasts!"

Wang Xuanqiao nodded, indicating that he would take care of it.

The captain gave orders to the team, and this "militia" team followed him to charge towards the Star Guide's purification device.

Amidst the fierce battle, Liuying also spotted the human group. Her mind, energized by the battle consciousness, immediately grasped the defense team's intentions. She decisively abandoned the mechanical monsters and opted to move them away from the installation.

Wang Xuanqiao continued to guide the air force's bombing, continuously reducing the number of these mechanical monsters.

As the number of casualties inflicted on the enemy increased, the blue light on his strategic support equipment lit up, allowing it to be used. Without hesitation, Wang Xuanqiao dropped the flare and deployed the Nix combat mech onto the battlefield.

But unlike the brand new mecha deployed in the original game, the one Wang Xuanqiao summoned still bore traces of battle.

Some armor plates have not been completely repaired, and even scars from corrosion and explosions can be seen.

Not bad! The battle-damaged decorations were more appropriate for the current situation. Wang Xuanqiao wasn't disgusted; instead, he felt pleasantly surprised.

As the saying goes, model geeks prefer old to new. How can a 100% new mecha look better than a battle-damaged mecha?

He immediately boarded the mecha and drove this humanoid weapon to the front line of the battle, using the mecha to fill the firepower vacuum created after guiding the air strike.

The captain's team had already rushed to the bottom of the Star Guide device. Except for a few scattered fish that escaped the net, no mechanical monsters on the way could get close to them.

"Hurry up and shoot all your bullets at that thin rod of the tumor!"

Led by the captain, everyone began pouring fire on the connection between the device and the supporting column. In an instant, a dense cloud of explosions shot up from the column.

Although it stands to reason that a load-bearing structure that can support such a huge body must have higher strength, the technology of the aliens, the Star Guides, does not seem to be within human common sense. They always considerately reserve some "flaws" so that humans can fight back.

As the captain's team continued to attack, the pillar, which was under frequent attack, finally made a deep echo like the wail of a giant whale, and slowly fell to the ground with its huge spherical body.

"Great! We succeeded!" The soldiers cheered immediately.

"Idiot! Now is not the time to celebrate!" the captain shouted hurriedly, "Prepare to retreat. We can celebrate when we return alive!"

After saying this, he quickly led his team out from under the Star Guide's purification device. The destroyed device, like the Leaning Tower of Pisa without its support, slowly but heavily fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Liuying knew the time for "train driving" was over. Her show of weakness had bought the defense team enough time, so now—it was time to clean up the battlefield!

"Even after the shutdown, don't forget that it was...Liu Ying who ended you!"

Wang Xuanqiao, who could hear his teammates' voices, suddenly felt a little regretful that he had not figured out the recording and video recording functions in advance.

Clad in exoskeleton armor, Liuying drew her sword once more. The blade, brimming with energy, stirred a storm of steel as its master's fighting spirit soared. The gusts of wind unleashed by the blade wreaked havoc, leaving the hordes of monsters chasing after her in the storm completely powerless!

Wang Xuanqiao saw this scene and couldn't help but sigh at how fierce this girl was. But this was understandable, after all, every Grammer Iron Cavalry was born to fight.

Unfortunately, the Gramer civilization instilled the idea of fighting into these cavalrymen, but refused to teach them how to lay down their swords.

Otherwise, how could a firefly, craving for light, resolutely fly towards the flames seeking death?

"Liuying, it's time to retreat." Wang Xuanqiao used the communicator to call out to the still-fighting Liuying. The monsters left behind by the Star Guides were inexhaustible, and continued to pour in from all directions. If they continued to fight, they would only be outnumbered and utterly defeated.

This is not the vast universe of the Starry Sky Railway, and the weapon Liuying is wearing is not the Firefly mecha.

Upon hearing the retreat message, Liuying immediately abandoned the fight, activated her jetpack, and swiftly escaped from the horde of monsters. She fully demonstrated the essence of a high-end swordsman—moving freely amidst a vast horde.

Wang Xuanqiao drove his mecha to the rear, covering everyone's evacuation from the battlefield. Only after the last person had evacuated did he drive the mecha behind the wreckage of a nearby collapsed building and call in an airstrike for the final cleanup.

However, the mission completion notification did not appear. Wang Xuanqiao could only follow the captain's trail all the way to their 251st Base.

On the way, he met Liuying who came back to meet him, and the two of them formed a team and continued to move forward.

"Manager, haven't we completed our mission yet?"

Since there was no one else around, Liuying asked.

"We're not even sure what the mission is yet," Wang Xuanqiao shrugged and replied, "We've completely strayed from the original plot of this game. It can be said that every step we take now is a process of exploration and development."

"But I suspect the mission is related to the 251st Base that came to support them. For example, after we joined, they gained more possibilities."

"Is it possible..." Liuying lowered her eyes and pursed her lips slightly, as if she remembered something.

"Manager," she suddenly said, "You said those who do something despite knowing it's impossible are heroes. Then, what about risking everything for a future with almost no hope?"

"Well," Wang Xuanqiao stroked his chin. "Remember what I told you last time? Today's strength is greater than yesterday's weakness. Today, I can be called a hero. Yesterday, I knew the future was hopeless, but today, I still fight for it. If that's not heroic, what is?"

"Furthermore, if there is such a person. She clearly possesses great power, but has never thought of plundering, but instead gives her all in exchange for hope for the future. Such a person, even if not a hero, would at least be respected by others."

Liuying looked at Wang Xuanqiao with her eyes slightly widened and an expression of surprise.

"But ultimately, heroes don't need to rely on the evaluation of others."

Wang Xuanqiao responded to Liuying's gaze and smiled slightly.

"If you really don't have confidence, you can always find a clever trick. For example, tell yourself - fight for a better world!"

"Fight for a better world?" Liuying repeated the sentence softly.

"This sentence... reminds me of some people." She smiled faintly. "Manager, do you know the Star Train and the Nameless Guest?"

——The author has something to say——

I completed the process of changing the title of my book today!

How about it? Has it retained some of the original content and added more Hedgehog Cat-style content?

But to be honest, I do feel that it is best to give a book title that is straightforward enough to include the introduction. If you use a literary title, people will think you are a literary youth and stay away from you. (

Blame it on those hipsters!

Volume 086: : Humanity Can't Hold On Any Longer

"The Starry Sky Train and the Nameless Guest? I know." Wang Xuanqiao nodded.

That’s true—no one understands Wumingke better than me!

Of course, these are just a few details glimpsed from the player's perspective. Akivali left behind a complete path for that universe, and to fully understand this kind of thing, you can't do it with just a few words in the game.

"When the store manager talked about fighting for a better world, I thought of them," Liuying said softly. "They roamed the stars, lending a helping hand to strangers. When everything settled, they put aside the hustle and bustle and continued on their journey."

Oh, that’s right! Wang Xuanqiao slapped his head immediately.

Having said so much, it's really better to refer to the Star Train. Although this group of people are usually a bit unserious, and the Star Core Spirit protagonist is the one who goes crazy, in fact, this group of people can be called kind-hearted and can be called a group of knights walking the galaxy.

It is indeed possible to use them as a reference to shape the definition of a hero.

Wang Xuanqiao vaguely remembered that Liuying also seemed to yearn for the life of a nameless guest. If it weren't for her entropy, she might have simply left the Star Core Hunters and joined the Star Core Spirit.

By the way, who is the star core spirit on Liuying's side?

"In that case, why not just be an unknown guest here for a while?" Wang Xuanqiao didn't really ask. After all, he was still in the game and had to focus on his goal.

"Be an unknown guest for once?" Liuying was stunned for a moment, but soon a thoughtful look appeared on her face.

"If I am an unknown guest here, now is my job to carve out a future for the human beings on Earth," she said.

Very good, it seems that the train of Firefly has connected to the track of the hero's road. Wang Xuanqiao thought about it and nodded with satisfaction.

The two followed the captain's signs and rushed to Base 251 together.

This base is hidden in the city by disguising itself as an underground garage. However, the city was completely destroyed in the invasion of the Star Guides, and the entrance and exit of this gate, which is still relatively intact, has become quite conspicuous to humans.

It's also a good thing, as it makes it easier for survivors after the war to move closer to the base.

Wang Xuanqiao and Liuying entered the base. The captain and his team were waiting behind the door for their return. When the two appeared before the defense team, the captain, standing at the front of the team, stood straight and saluted.

"Welcome to Base 251!"

【Welcome to Base 228! 】

Wang Xuanqiao couldn't help but recall that when he first entered the game, there was also an officer who said something similar.

"I'm truly sorry, but we don't have the resources to properly entertain you here." After Wang Xuanqiao and Liuying returned the gift, the captain lowered his hand and sighed, "We just snatched a victory from those alien beasts."

"Don't blame yourself for this, Captain," Wang Xuanqiao said. "We are human warriors. Let's save those grand celebrations for the day of true victory."

"Okay, okay, okay!" The captain stepped forward quickly and grasped Wang Xuanqiao's hand. "This is the most inspiring sentence I've heard today!"

His hand was shaking. That hand, covered in calluses and scars, which one could feel with just a touch, was shaking uncontrollably.

Wang Xuanqiao didn't say anything, but raised his other hand and patted the captain's arm hard.

After exchanging pleasantries, everyone entered the depths of the base. After the captain dismissed the troops, these soldiers, who were clearly not from the regular army, quickly gathered in groups of two or three to discuss the day's battle.

"Did you see that? That's a female soldier wearing an exoskeleton!"

"Yeah, I heard that exoskeleton equipment used to be only usable by men who were physically strong enough. Today really opened my eyes!"

"But that female soldier doesn't seem very strong either. Do you think she's the type who's hiding her true strength?"

It seemed that the arrival of these two people had indeed brought some new topics to Base 251. With Liuying's hearing, she naturally heard these whispers, but she didn't pay much attention to them.

After all, the performance of these 'new recruits' made Liuying seem to glimpse the past, the moments when he occasionally relaxed with his fellow Grammer Iron Cavalrymen in the gaps between battlefields.

Wang Xuanqiao and the captain arrived at the combat command room first. After Liuying followed in, the captain walked to the paper map in the center and began to discuss the battle situation.

"Even though you've just arrived, I hope you can rest up. However, the current situation is indeed quite special, and I hope you will understand." He apologized before getting to the point. "Ever since those alien beasts, the Star Guides, mobilized their heavy artillery to destroy the Supreme Command, our Earth Defense Force has been in tatters."

"Even though the few surviving bases tried their best to maintain communications and integrate forces, we have indeed lost the ability to reorganize. The Star Guides also noticed this, so they withdrew their troops and released those dirty devices and ugly mechanical monsters onto our planet."

"I heard that the Star Guides call those mechanical monsters cleaning robots and those devices purifiers. Humph, it's like they treat us humans like garbage! We humans are the life of this planet!"

Having said that, the captain slammed his fist on the table where the map was spread out, making a loud bang.

He took two deep breaths, shook his head and continued.

"So if we attack head-on, we won't be able to defeat those machine monsters. You should have seen the team I lead. They are all good people, good children of our human race, but they are not good soldiers. If I lead them to fight the machine monsters to the death, their deaths will only be in vain."

The captain was silent for a moment, then heaved a long sigh.

"So we can't fight head-on. A head-on battlefield will only lead us to completely ruin the future of mankind." His voice became a little low, and compared to his previous high-pitched words due to anger, it seemed like two extremes.

"During this time, several of our bases have been conducting reconnaissance and gathering intelligence, hoping to find a way to defeat those robotic beasts while the Star Guide is away. And then, we did find a flaw!"

The captain quickly pointed to a location on the map and motioned Wang Xuanqiao and Liuying to come and look.

"Although this place is quite far away, it is indeed the closest to our 251 base. There is a large disc-shaped Star Guide spaceship there. After repeated reconnaissance by surrounding bases, we have confirmed that this spaceship is not moving at all, but is simply parked there motionless."

"We speculate that this disc-shaped ship is likely the terminal controlling those robotic beasts. Therefore, if we can destroy it, we might be able to resolve our current predicament. However, this ship is protected by a large number of robotic beasts. Even if all bases launch a joint attack, without heavy firepower, there is no hope."

Wang Xuanqiao understood the captain's implication.

"You haven't seen your own air force for a long time, right?" he asked with a smile.

"Yeah. When I heard the roar of fighter planes on the battlefield just now, I thought I was hallucinating." The captain also grinned.

"It seems like the heavens want us to destroy that disc-shaped spaceship." Wang Xuanqiao glanced at Liuying, then returned his gaze to the captain. "Including the other bases, how much power can we gather in total?"

"Four teams, but most of them are recruits like the ones I lead." The captain held up four fingers. "Although they can't form a strong fighting force, they are enough to contain those robotic beasts."

"Then, you, who can call for air support, will become the sharp knife and stab the Star Guide's chest!"

The captain couldn't help but raise his fist vigorously, as if he was holding the knife and had already stabbed it into the enemy's heart.

"I understand." Wang Xuanqiao nodded. "When does the battle begin?"

The captain glanced at his mechanical watch.

"Including the time it takes to contact other bases, it's estimated to be three hours later. We humans can no longer afford to delay, we must break the deadlock as quickly as possible!"

After saying this, he stood up again and saluted Wang Xuanqiao and Liuying.

"The future of mankind depends on you!"