Future Crystal Crown

Chapter 39

The notice of the military commendation meeting was sent to the office, and everyone was excited.

"When I go back today, I will tidy up the housework. The haircut should be shaved. The military uniform should be washed and ironed, and the shirt should be ironed. Make yourself neat, don't let people say that people from our science and technology department are pulled out. They all look like box lunch sellers..."

Old man Hawke is like the reincarnation of the Ctrl key, with a strong desire for control.There is nothing he doesn't talk about every day at work.The project team is under his control from head to toe, but he is still not satisfied, no matter how well you do, he will always find faults.

If he doesn't yell a few words every day, it seems that he can't show his existence.Especially when the military department was about to hold a commendation meeting, he still didn't forget to go around each office and review the people one by one in his busy schedule.

The result was fine if you didn't look at it, but the more you looked at it, the more you were dissatisfied, so Chief Hawke's blood pressure started to soar again before he could take the antihypertensive medicine.

"Little Cook, especially you, pay special attention." The old man Hawke pointed at Qiankun and swept away thousands of troops, and finally landed on top of Qiu's head, which surprised Qiu.The electronic pen in his mouth fell with a sound, and fell on the table with a "snap". "Sir, what's wrong with me?"

"Look at your clothes." Hawk yelled and walked over.

Qiu hurriedly lowered his head to look at himself. The new black military uniform was still brand new. The tie, buckles, and epaulettes were all there... Isn't this pretty good.

"Your clothes are at least two sizes too big. See if the collar is so loose that mice can get in. Don't you think you're fat? It looks so ugly. Hurry up and change to a suitable one at the military supply department, don't let people Said that our Ministry of Science and Technology couldn't even get the size of the military uniform right." Hawke said.

"Sir, this is already the thinnest size. The Ministry of Science and Technology said that no thinner size was ordered this year." Qiu looked at Hawk helplessly.I have been thin recently. I work in fear every day and don’t get enough sleep and don’t have time to eat. It’s strange if I don’t lose weight.

"Wear an extra vest inside. Wear two to prop up the clothes." Old man Hawke had an idea, filling the mound like a scarecrow.

"Also, if you want to go to the stage to accept the award, they will let you speak. You must prepare the content of your speech in advance. You are representing our science and technology department. Don't hesitate and make people laugh." Huo K said again.

Xiaqiu was dumbfounded.Since he was a child, he has always been the kind of person who mixes in the crowd to watch others take the stage. He never thought that there would be a time for him to speak on the stage.

"It's nothing, just two thanks. First, thanks to the leaders of the Ministry of Science and Technology for their hard work in cultivation, and second, thanks to my colleagues for their selfless help." The old man Hawke has rich experience and is willing to do good deeds. Various considerations.

Qiu sharpened his gun and memorized them one by one, and then desperately rehearsed them in his mind.

The commendation meeting was held in the auditorium of the military headquarters, and the scene was very grand.On the rostrum sat a row of majestic generals and stars, and below them were officers from various departments divided into functional arms.

While queuing up to enter the arena, the officer in charge of organizing the meeting ran over to explain to the Ministry of Science and Technology.Senior officials of the military department will be present today, and everyone must pay attention to military appearance and discipline, and must pay attention to organizational discipline.

But how could a group of newcomers be so obedient, they were curious about everything and everything was new, they entered the venue and looked around without saying a word, and they always whispered, but they were stopped several times by the supervisory guards before they managed to shut up.

Qiu was called out from the line and led to a specific area in front of him to sit down.

At the beginning of the conference, someone came up to explain the topic of the conference, and after the leader gave a speech, he entered the theme.First, the people of the attacked troops introduced the situation of the distress at that time, and then the commander of the Helios Fleet explained the rescue process.

Film's upright and straight figure walked onto the stage step by step, and stood firmly in the middle of the lights.The well-tailored and well-made military uniform, and the perfect masculine inverted triangle figure make his image both handsome and classic, full of the iron-blooded charm of a soldier.

"Everyone, I'm Ferlin? Cook. The commander of the Helios Fleet Apollo. I'm honored to explain the whole process of the rescue here. Our fleet was on cruise at the time of the incident. When we received the distress signal, we The location is..."

Filmin's voice was clear, bright, and orderly, with the calmness of a landslide without changing his face, and the accuracy and dryness of a commander.

There was no sound in the venue, and everyone was deeply attracted by Film's pleasing explanation.

Qiu also looked at his brother on the stage with admiration. If the venue did not allow the use of communicators, he would definitely raise his camera and take a picture of his brother to show to his mother.

Filin's speech was very exciting. From his words, we could feel the urgency and seriousness of the situation at that time. At the same time, we could also feel the outstanding performance of the young Helios Fleet led by a group of young generals who were resolute, brave and calm.

When Filming's speech ended, the hall burst into endless applause.

The host announced that the award ceremony began.

The band played relaxed and cheerful music, and the host began to announce the list of awards.

People around Qiu were called up one by one.There will be bursts of warm applause from the seats below.

"Get ready, it's almost time for you." The officer in charge of watching the field bowed his waist and led Qiu to the front of the stage. "Go up when he comes down. There are wires at the entrance of the stage, so be careful where you step."

"Oh. Okay." Qiu agreed and was about to walk towards the entrance of the stage, when someone on the stage said: "Host, please allow me a few minutes, I have a few words to say."

"Wait a minute." The secretary pulled Qiu back.

Qiu stood still at the entrance of the stage, and looked up to the stage with the secretary.

The person who asked to speak was Sickert?Lieutenant Colonel Horn.He was also looking at Yau when Yau saw him clearly.

Those eyes were piercing and motionless.

The music stopped at some point, and the venue became quiet again.

"I'm here to talk about a man who not only helped me and my fleet get back here in the face of danger, but also his incredible courage and actions that made me feel once again the honor, passion, and honor that a soldier should have. A never-say-die fight.”

Sickert?Haun spoke very emotionally, and every word he said was clearly transmitted to everyone's ears through the sensitive and realistic sound effects of the venue.

On and off the stage, everyone held their breath, waiting for him to speak.

"Colonel Ferring didn't say anything just now. After the Helios fleet rescued us, he stayed for another 5 minutes. I believe many people remember what happened during these 5 minutes. At that time, we were panicked, but there was one person He asked the fleet to give him 10 minutes. He asked to go down to the ground where the Gombasi bugs gathered, he wanted to collect specimens, and he wanted to do something that I still have nightmares thinking about.”

Sickert?Horn paused, as if he had to take a breath before continuing.Everyone in the audience listened quietly.

Haun continued: "I witnessed the whole process of him capturing the steel bug. I was thinking, doesn't he know how dangerous it is? Why would he go there? I think it's a soldier's sense of mission. Calling him, I saw in him the essence of the best and most traditional soldier that I have always suspected. He told me with his actions that he is a soldier. Although he is very young, he deserves my highest respect Thank him. His name is, Kew Cook." Sickert?Haun pointed his finger in the direction of Qiu.

Before the voice fell, there was thunderous applause.

All the follow-spot lights came together and shone on Qiu's body at the same time.

Qiu's face was completely white, and he couldn't see anything.

"Go ahead, go straight ahead, and slow down." Someone reminded me behind me.

Qiu walked towards the center of the stage step by step according to his memory under the illumination of the follow spotlight.

The applause continued. He didn't hear what the host said, and his ears were full of buzzing and roaring.Then a silver-haired general walked towards him step by step, and stopped when he was one step ahead.

"Salute." Someone quietly reminded Qiu.

Qiu quickly raised his hand.

The general smiled, took a medal and hung it on Qiu's chest.She patted him on the shoulder kindly.

"Congratulations, my son," said the admiral.

"Thank you, sir." Qiu raised his hand again in salute.

Too nervous, his movements were a little stiff, and his palms were covered in cold sweat.But he still noticed the general's words, boy.

He calls me child!

Unexpectedly, a white-haired military officer would call him that, and Qiu felt that he was so excited that he wanted to cry at this moment.

The applause gradually died down, and the host signaled Qiu to stand in front of the stage and face the audience, which was where Filin had just stood.

Qiu Zhuang boldly took a look at the audience, and suddenly found that there were a lot of people below.

The dark crowd was staring at him with wide eyes.There are also many people whispering.

Qiu suddenly became timid.

"Let's talk." The host signaled Qiu to speak.But he found that Qiu stared blankly with big innocent eyes, as if he didn't know what to say at all.

"Second Lieutenant, you have been awarded the Tomahawk Medal and recorded first-class merit once. This is an honor that many people dream of. What do you think about this?" the host reminded patiently.

"I..." Qiu still didn't know what to say.

The two wild words that Colonel Hawke peddled to him did not know where to go at this moment.He was like a student who was distracted in class and was suddenly called by the teacher to answer questions. He stood up, but his thoughts were completely out of state.

Some people in the audience couldn't help chuckling, and chattering voices spread quietly.

"Ah, talk, you can just say anything." The host was anxious to scratch the wall, but Qiu's eyes were still wandering aimlessly, but suddenly, he saw a person, brother Feili.

Fili was sitting in the first row of the Intelligence Department's phalanx, and he and Yau were facing each other.At this moment, Fili was sitting on his seat with his arms folded and his legs crossed, chewing gum leisurely. When he saw Qiu, he opened his mouth and made a mouth shape.

"Stupid hill."

Qiu understood.

At this moment, the sluggish brain seemed to suddenly regain its functions, and a thought suddenly popped up in the muddy thoughts.

"I came here because of the paleontology competition. My brother said that I was only able to come here because of my luck, and I will be eliminated soon..." Qiu finally spoke, with a calm tone and a little confused His tone immediately attracted everyone.

Everyone on and off the stage once again concentrated their energy and looked at Qiu with relish.

"I've been in the project team for the past two months, and I don't think my luck is very good." Qiu frowned slightly. "Those assessments are very harsh. The instructor said that if we want to live, we must run faster than bugs and be more ferocious than bugs, so we have to pass a series of training and assessments... But I can't figure it out all the time. We have evolved. How many years, how many years have our weapons evolved? Can we really compete with those bugs that have evolved perfectly? I think our instructors are just fooling us."

"Hahaha..." There was laughter from the audience, and even the generals on the stage couldn't help laughing.

It's been a long time since I've heard someone stand here and tell the truth so bluntly. This young guy is so funny.

"I'm not saying that we have to give up the contest with bugs, I think we need to use IQ to defeat bugs, although I'm not sure whether my IQ is really superior... But I will try my best, I love ancient creatures, I am willing to study them. I have expectations for myself, and I hope that one day when I come home from vacation, I can tell my mother that I may not be the best soldier, but I have been working hard." Qiu finished.

"Wow..." The audience burst into warm applause.

Mentioning his mother, Qiu looked at the audience with some unease, and found that Brother Feili had stopped chewing gum, and he was looking at himself with his beautiful blue eyes, as if thinking.

Brother Feilin, who was sitting in the front row of the war team, was looking at him with an unkind expression like a sculpture.Apparently, the word home hit Brother Feilin's sore spot again.

Qiu quietly stuck out his tongue.

The awards ceremony ended successfully in a festive and warm atmosphere.

When the show ended, Qiu received another notification.Ask him to go directly to the celebration reception.

The venue of the reception is a multifunctional hall in the podium of the military building.The layout of the venue is gorgeous, with an exquisite dining table in the middle area, and a classical ice sculpture in the middle of the dining table.Surrounding the ice sculptures are circles of bright flowers, and around the flowers are plates of exquisite food arranged one by one.

The venue is surrounded by sofa areas for guests to rest, which are divided into small areas by partitions.The lighting is softer and quieter than the dining area, and it is obviously a place for private chats in a small area.

Qiu walked around the door and found no one he knew.And everyone in this room who I don't know has a higher official rank than Qiu.

Yau felt a little uncomfortable, like a kid at an adult's party.

He quietly hid in the shadow of the sofa area, and watched from afar the middle-aged men from various defense areas chatting happily together.Feeling so boring.

"Lieutenant Cook." Someone came to greet Qiu.

Qiu looked back, it was the robot-like aide-de-camp of Major General Rogge.

"Lieutenant Cook, please come with me." The aide-de-camp repeated.

"I'm a second lieutenant." Qiu stood up puzzled, pointing to his epaulets.

"You have been promoted to lieutenant." The aide's expression was mechanical, "When did it happen?" Qiu asked.Colonel Hawke didn't say a word, isn't he "indecent" again?

"This is the promotion that Lieutenant Colonel Horn specially applied for you, and it has been confirmed." The aide's flat tone was also inviolable like a machine.

"Oh." Qiu didn't expect Lieutenant Colonel Horn to help him apply for promotion, and he just did what he was supposed to do.Qiu felt a little ashamed of this favor.

"Lieutenant, please follow me." The attendant turned around and walked forward with a machine-like attitude.

Yau followed him around the screen and into a dark corridor behind.

Like the banquet hall, the corridor is also decorated with a royal feel.The lighting is not very good, and there seems to be no end to the deep and deep ahead.

Qiu walked inside and found that the corridor was very different from the office.There is only one door every so often.The doors were dark and carved, heavy looking, but they didn't look like vaults either.I don't know what is inside the door, it feels very mysterious.

After walking about 30 meters, the guard turned a corner.Qiu looked back quietly, it was dark behind him, and the noise of the reception could not be heard at all.

Where is this going?Qiu's heart was pounding.

If such scenes generally appear in movies, then nine out of ten it is not far from an accident.Isn't this person trying to cheat Major General Rogge to kill me in a place where no one is around?Qiu recalled what Fei Li said, this capital has enemies, last time it was almost wiped out in a car accident, it could not be that the guard was also bribed...

Do I want to run?Qiu secretly pondered.

At this moment, the guard who had been walking silently stopped suddenly.

Yau was startled and nearly bumped into him.