Chapter 2743 () Voice from the bottom

In the Horus fleet, even the most glamorous and largest flagship, the Vengeful Spirit, has a very dark and damp bottom deck, as if it is a forgotten corner.

"..."

At this time, in this area filled with strange smells such as engine oil and metal, the little girl Ali was sitting in the narrow, damp and dark cabin of her own home, looking at the same filthy environment outside the cabin through the same narrow window.

Dirty and damp ground floor access street.

When she looked outside, in addition to the ignorance, ignorance and cunning unique to a child, she was also filled with complex and contradictory emotions for some reason, just like this lower deck, just like this dark, damp and desperate place.

Like people in such an environment, they struggle no matter what and still have a glimmer of tenacious vitality and hope.

But little Ali doesn’t know what hope is, or in other words, the hope she expects may never be here?

Because her parents are both lower deck staff of the flagship of the "Spirit of Vengeance", and her father is a maintenance worker on the deck of the macro cannon. He does the daily maintenance of the macro cannon. He works with the huge macro cannon every day.

She has close contact with the cannon to ensure its normal operation, and the risk factor is extremely high, especially in a state of war; and her mother is a cleaner, mainly responsible for cleaning up the residue of medicine left on the deck after the macro gun deck is fired.

Working with certain corrosive substances, her figure is always busy on the decks full of medicine residues, corrosive substances and poisonous gases. Like her husband, she uses insignificant diligence to protect the life of the family.

Therefore, as the child of a low-level worker, little Ali naturally became a member of the low-level.

However, although her life has always been full of hardships, she also has her own little luck. At least she does not need to work hard every day like her parents, because she has a lot of free time of her own, and she can go

You can imagine, you can look forward to it, you can go in a daze, and you can look forward to the future that belongs to her.

Okay, let’s assume that she still has a future?

Anyway!

For now, as a child in the Great Expedition Fleet, although she does not need to work, she must complete the minimum basic 'education' on ship maintenance on time, which is related to her future work.

Arrangements must be completed on time and in quantity, and after that, she will have at least ten hours of free time in a day, which is compared to her parents who had to work more than ten hours a day and often had to work overtime.

It is much easier and luckier, although it does take a certain period of time.

Of course, while she was lucky, she was also unfortunate.

Because, if there are no other accidents, in ten or eight years, when she is about ten years old, there is a high probability that she will take over her mother's job and become a newly promoted macro gunner.

Deck cleaner.

After all, it is very dangerous to clean up the residue of medicine residue and certain corrosive substances left on the deck after the macro cannon is fired. Under normal circumstances, a cleaner cannot survive more than twenty years working in that environment. Therefore, when the time comes, she

It is time for the daughter to inherit her mother's business and continue to shoulder the great task of cleaning the macro gun deck.

Although it is cruel, what can she do?

You know, not only the 'Spirit of Vengeance', but almost every ship in the entire Imperial Navy's Great Expedition Fleet is like this. The short life and cycle of mortals dictate that all positions must be rotated and inherited, otherwise

, it is absolutely impossible for the huge Great Expedition Fleet to last for tens to hundreds of years or even longer.

But fortunately, Ali is still young, so she doesn't need to think about such long-term things yet.

Compared with those distant and cruel things, she only knows now: It has been almost a month and almost two months since the last time the kind-hearted Fourth Company Commander Uncle Sejanus took her to play on the Huagai Star.

It's been months, and little Ali doesn't know exactly what time it is.

After all, here on this damp and dark lower deck, there is no difference between day and night except for looking at the calendar and work arrangements.

"..."

As she thought about it, little Ali couldn't help but look up at the 'sky' in a daze, but unfortunately, apart from the densely packed pipes, rivets, valves dripping water or other unknown liquids and the slightly rusty deck, she

Just saw nothing.

"Woo..."

"I really want to see the sky again..."

Yes, she does miss the blue sky and white clouds now.

It's a pity that here, not to mention the luxurious blue sky and white clouds, she can't even see the stars, because their family simply can't be allocated a cabin with portholes that can see the stars and the universe. Their family just

One of the countless working families at the lowest level, they simply don’t have that qualification.

Therefore, the previous life on Huagai Star is now like a dream to her, suddenly becoming unreal. Even a dream may be a bit luxurious, because dreams can happen at any time, but that

This kind of life was something she could never hope for.

"Sister Anne..."

As she thought about it, Ali gradually couldn't help drooling anymore.

"Ali really wants to eat that kind of roast duck again..."

"Uh-huh..."

Looking at the dim street outside the window and smelling the air full of metallic smell, although Ali wanted to distract herself from thinking too much, she still couldn't help but miss the blue sky, those white clouds, and the place she once had.

Sister Anne, the head of state, took her to play everywhere on the Canopy Star, eat, drink and have fun.

She missed the carefree and happy life, the endless food, the beautiful clothes, the comfortable big bed room, and the unrestrained feeling.

I remember those days when she first came back, when she talked about those things and experiences with her parents, neighbors and friends, when she showed them her beautiful colorful goldfish and clothes,

But I really envy them to death.

But it is a pity that due to the need to subsidize the family, many of the beautiful clothes she brought back were sold by her parents. Even the useless goldfish were sold or given away. Now she can own and

There are fewer and fewer things that can be used to remember the life back then.

"Why!"

Holding her cheeks, which had long since lost their redness and now looked a little pale, she looked out the window at the dark cabin streets, smelled the air filled with all kinds of rancid odors, sweat odors and metallic smells, and then looked at the window sill.

Looking at the two little goldfish that were dying and losing their luster due to poor environment and poor diet, little Ali couldn't help but sigh again.

"..."

She really missed Hua Gaixing, and she also missed Miss Anne who could take her to play every day without having to do or think about anything.

But unfortunately, she knew that she might never see her little sister Anne again.

Because she had heard that Lord Horus, the original body, had officially started a war with the Huagai Star, and now the large fleet was on its way to the Huagai Star. Although she did not know when the terrible war would break out between the two sides, there was no doubt that

, the time should be very soon.

Not to mention anything else, it can be seen from the fact that her parents have been working overtime frequently recently, and sometimes they don't have time to come back to cook dinner for her, or they don't even have time to sit down and eat together.

Moreover, she also knew that the parents of her friends who had gradually become estranged from her recently, as well as the familiar neighbors and uncles around her, were also the same. They were often too busy to see anyone, which could explain some problems.

"A war?"

"Uh-huh..."

"It would be great if Sister Anne and the others could win..."

After thinking about it, by some strange coincidence, Ali suddenly came up with such a terrifying and sincere statement as if she was talking to herself.

Because she felt that if the people from the Huagai Planet, if Miss Anne's people defeated the original body Lord Horus, and sent people to capture all of them to the Huagai Planet, then no matter it was her

Perhaps her parents can all live a better life.

Then when the time comes, their family and those friends who are gradually alienating her may no longer have to live in such a dark place?

The more she thought about that kind of thing, the more she felt the anticipation. Little Ali couldn't help but breathe quickly, and then her pale cheeks, which had been without sunlight and lack of nutrition for a long time, suddenly showed a rare blush.

"But……"

"Can you win?"

She murmured to herself, with a trace of expectation and a trace of fear in her voice, as well as a trace of uncertainty.

This was the first time that she desperately hoped that Lord Horus, who was as powerful as a god, could defeat the battle, and it was also the first time that she desperately hoped that the soldiers and uncles from Huagai Star could come and save her family and more.

He was captured and taken to Huagai Star.

However, at the same time, she is afraid that such a future will bring more uncertainty and danger.

So, at this moment, her heart was full of contradictions and struggles. She felt like she was dreaming about it. She was a little beast trapped in a maze, bumping around but not

Know how to find the exit.

"Shouldn't it be possible?"

But after thinking about it for a long time, she gave up first.

She knew that that wish might be very difficult to realize, or even a luxury?

Because yesterday, she heard her parents talking about the fact that the fleet of Huagai Star was driven away by the Primarch Lord Horus the day before yesterday, and then did not dare to show up again for two days in a row. Come to think of it,

He must have been defeated, right?

Therefore, even though she was still young, little Ali knew that after the battleship was defeated, perhaps the original body, Lord Horus, would launch an attack on the Huagai Star.

maybe……

At that time, the beautiful canopy star will be destroyed by the order of the angry primarch and the terrible Lord Horus, such as being burned to ashes or broken into pieces, just like some of the things she has heard about.

The same horrific facts that happened in the colonial world?

Therefore, if possible, she really hopes that the two sides will stop fighting. She also hopes that Huagaixing will always be well. She also hopes that she and her parents can move to Huagaixing to live and work together, just like

Like countless ordinary people there, they work at sunrise and rest at sundown. They can live in a big house, eat all kinds of delicious food, and can see the blue sky and white clouds, see the sunrise and sunset, and see that kind of magic.

It's windy and rainy?

But unfortunately, as she knew, that was impossible.

Anyway, Ali has never heard of anyone leaving the Great Expedition Fleet and living on a planet. Even those battleships that were damaged were all transferred to other battleships.

Maybe, only the dead can leave?

For the first time, Ali thought of the terrible fact, and thought of the theories about corpses that were thrown into space after death, or thrown into the atmosphere of a certain planet and burned to ashes by high-speed friction.
To be continued...