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Chapter 133: Pain

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Fire! Bow! Salute!"

Following the firing of blank a the crowd, sorief The soldiers present remained in a solemn salute

Of the 301 space troopers that left, only 33 returned!

And, just like how Yao Yuan predicted, every single one of the to the Acadeh the Hope froed to defeat the AI in the nick of time With their overseer fallen, the robots lost their activity In reality, they were still fully functional, patiently awaiting another set of orders

Today was the 7th day after the infiltration According to Chinese customs, this special date was also known as Tou Qi [1]

It hy all the surviving troopers, the Hope’s military, the families of the deceased, reporters, members from House of Representatives, and 2,000 selected civilians were gathered at the ship’s hangar for the Hope’s third celestial burial

"Ceremony over!"

All of the soldiers went at ease, but none of the at the host of coffins that slowly drifted out of view A led in their eyes… Hardened by war, the re troopers stood transfixed and emotionless Only when they were in the couard down and show emotion

This tiht of the 6th, as if so him awake, he woke up to participate in the special burial

All through the cereures moved to the podium The burial was conducted with extreme solemnity At the end, other than the fa a speech to praise them would be an insult to their sacrifice!"

On the way back, Yao Yuan told Barbie

No one knew the scope of their sacrifice if they weren’t part of the troop They fought, they struggled, and eventually they died, apart from and for their faaudy celebration would only sully thethe protocol, the records of their names, deeds, and combat videos will be saved into the central mainframe’s history folder Also, don’t leave out that nareatest honor, the hero badge Actually, let me correct myself Make sure to use the name 'Arnold Vett' instead of 'the nameless hero' We must make sure humanity’s future citizens know that they are alive because of these selfless people!"

Barbie jotted everything down efficiently Suddenly, Yao Yuan started coughing The fit was so intense that some blood escaped into the air Barbie quickly passed hi, Captain? Are you OK?"

Yao Yuan shook his head as he wiped the corner of his s during coain, who has the ti up in the captain’s roohts to herself

The week after the infiltration was spent inThe robots had killed 1471 people Because of the power outage, the nuen was 362

Combined with the casualty from the space troopers, the entirety of the Hope lost about 2,000 people!

That was an astrono city on Earth, much less one in space!