Girls und War

"This is the last corporal, his name is Xia Shu." Yuankong introduced him to the old man and then said to Xia Shu, "This is the host of the funeral, Mr. Qi Shu."

"Hello, teacher." Xia Shu bowed slightly to the old man.

The old man smiled and said to Xia Shu, "My name is Qi Shu, and your name is Xia Shu. We are destined to be together."

Xia Shu also laughed.

That’s right, her mission this time was to fire a farewell shot for the two deceased elderly people at the funeral.

It's neither a terrorist nor an omnic crisis.

It was just a funeral.

The two old men had both served in the Huaqu Army, and according to regulations, military personnel were supposed to see them off.

The mission quota was assigned to the Red Dragon Squadron, so Doragon arranged for Xia Shu to participate in the mission.

In her opinion, Xia Shu is sensible, smart, and has a good image and temperament.

Very suitable for such a task.

Xia Shu had no objection and agreed without hesitation.

So she came to this small town.

Teacher Qishu and Lieutenant Yuankong talked for a few more words, confirmed the work they were responsible for, and then Yuankong took Xiashu out of the room.

Xia Shu was not familiar with these two old men, so there was no need to go up and greet them.

The two of them came to the other non-commissioned officers, and the girls got to know each other.

There is one soldier of each rank, from corporal to sergeant major, for a total of five people.

Together with Commanding Lieutenant Yuankong, this is the girl sent by the military to attend the funeral.

Tomorrow morning, they will also be responsible for the gun salute.

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if not?

What do you think the mission was?

258. Death

The people of the Blue Planet have a long lifespan.

But that doesn't mean they won't die.

After two hundred years old, their life cycle will enter the aging stage.

Although there are various high-tech auxiliary means, aging, which comes from biological instinct, cannot be intervened by any means.

Their lifespan can only last for about a hundred years during the aging period at most.

Some people are afraid of death and don’t want to burn out the candle of life?

There is a solution to that as well.

For now, there are two paths to choose from.

1. Use AI transfer technology to program human will into the machine brain and live as a robot.

This way of living is very mysterious. From an ethical point of view, it is difficult to explain whether the machine brain is still the original person.

After all, humans themselves are a constantly changing biological code, while machines do not change; they are stable.

Therefore, society neither approves nor opposes this behavior of prolonging life.

In most cases, people are more willing to accept another way of continuing life.

2. Participate in the space exploration program and use cryo-hibernation technology to send your body to a distant alien planet.

Outer space is so far away and full of charm, and humans have been constantly exploring every corner of the universe.

However, their technological growth rate is far from meeting the demand for cosmic exploration within their own lifespan.

It is almost impossible for them to see the arrival of the era of cosmic discoveries in their lifetime.

So they came up with a compromise.

Before you die, freeze yourself and join the romantic cause of space exploration.

How perfect!

It not only completes the realization of self-worth in a short life, but also solves the problem of insufficient human pioneer resources in space exploration.

Every year, hundreds of spacecraft filled with the frozen bodies of elderly people leave from space launch centers.

Voyage to the distant unknown universe.

Their connection with humans has never been interrupted, and the farthest spacecraft has flown to a distant galaxy more than a thousand light years away.

Perhaps as technology develops, the speed of latecomers will surpass them.

But they are the spark of human civilization, the messengers of time that constantly ask questions to the cold universe.

As for what the outcome will be.

Who cares?

This is also why, even though the level of medical technology is so high, the proportion of elderly people in the population base is still declining.

Of course, the frozen people launched into outer space cannot be counted in the population.

Otherwise, wouldn't the population of the Blue Planet be growing indefinitely?

Although this is indeed the case.

Of course, not everyone wants to be cosmic trash.

There are also some people who are willing to wait peacefully for life to fade away naturally.

Their deaths would not be in vain.

The genetic map and life experience of every deceased person will be injected into a huge database called the "Human Library".

Even if the world ends and the planet is destroyed, this library will not be destroyed.

This is the history of mankind - a universal book called humanity.

Let’s get back to the funeral.

After Xia Shu met up with several other non-commissioned officers, they chatted casually together.

When we talked about Xia Shu, I didn't expect that everyone knew her.

It's no wonder. After all, Xia Shu is a private who has won the silver-edged military medal. Now everyone in the flower district knows her.

Everyone chatted and laughed, and talked about tomorrow's gun salute.

They had almost no formal training in this program and only saw it occasionally on television programs.

"How did you do it? Three orders and three shots?" asked a sergeant girl.

"Raise the gun on the first order, shoot three times on the sixth order. Load, fire, load, fire, like this." The sergeant demonstrated on the side.

Everyone learned and tried it.

Seeing this, the lieutenant simply took them to the back garden to go through the procedures.

After two teaching sessions, everyone learned it.

After all, the gun salute is quite simple, and these female soldiers are all elite.

The lieutenant went over the funeral procedures with them again, then carefully determined the angle at which to raise the gun.

After confirming that everything was correct, he asked them to check the condition of their guns.

After chatting for a while, the corporal asked Lieutenant Yuankong, "Would you like to perform the ceremonial steps?"

The lieutenant thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "We don't need to carry the coffin, so why should we follow the formal steps?"

The sergeant turned to look at Xia Shu and asked with a smile, "Can you do the ceremonial steps?"

Xia Shu nodded and said, "A little."

The ceremonial step is different from the goose step. It is a solemn step used only in major military occasions and military funerals.

The marching method is similar to the goose step, but one beat slower than the goose step.

Things like gun salutes and ceremonial steps are usually only specially trained by honor guards.

For ordinary soldiers like them, just knowing the general idea is enough.

The girls chatted for a while and confirmed the funeral process and location again.

Seeing that the situation was good, Yuankong did not let them use auxiliary internal stents.

The so-called auxiliary internal support is a mechanical exoskeleton used to improve athletes' movements.

This thing has many uses and can be used by soldiers whose combat movements are not standard.

Yuankong originally thought that if their movements were not coordinated enough, he could add auxiliary internal supports inside their clothes.

Now it seems that there is no need.

After a while, when several girls were training in the back garden, a girl came over and asked them to eat.

Several people put away their guns and went over to Teacher Qishu.

The old man invited them to dine with the deceased's family, but they declined.

They have a mobile food truck for meals.

Soldiers on missions away from home can only eat at designated locations.

The girls got on the dining car, where the kitchen robot had already prepared food for six people.

While we were eating, the teacher brought some more delicious food.

Yuankong refused repeatedly, but the teacher didn't care and just put the things on their desks.

Looking at the big roast chicken, everyone looked into the distance.

"Lieutenant?" the sergeant gestured.

Yuankong sighed helplessly and pointed at the kitchen robot.

The robot scanned the food and showed a big green circle.

"Okay, let's eat." Yuankong said.

The sergeant smiled, tore off a large chicken drumstick from the roast chicken, and put it in Xia Shu's bowl.

"Eat more." The sergeant said with a smile.

Xia Shu nodded and did not refuse the sergeant's kindness.

After dinner, it was dark.

Yuankong took the girls to the lounge to rest for a while.

Then he talked about the sentinel.

Since it was a funeral vigil, someone had to be on duty at the door of the house.

From nine to six the next day.

During the nine hours in the evening, six people stood for one and a half hours each.

Everyone discussed it and allocated their time.

Xia Shu had the shortest military service experience, so she was assigned to the last shift in the morning.

259. About the Love of One’s Life

Xia Shu slept well that night, without any nightmares or auditory hallucinations.