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Overture The Coming of the King Chapter 1：No Name

CHAPTER I

I dont know what my name is? The people around me dont have names either. The instructor told us that those were superfluous things that made us weak. We are the strongest warriors, and we dont need anything weak. It will make us die on the battlefield, so we have no name. My number here is no13, sniper soldier.

Ive lived here for as long as I can remember. At that time, there were 875 people around me, but now there are only 67 people. Tomorrow, I will take the first "graduation exam" of our school. Maybe I will die tomorrow, and someone will die every time I take the "temporary exam". Ive gotten used to the life where the people who are still talking to me today will not be around tomorrow.

Im not afraid of death, and I look forward to it. He said thank you to me when I killed no27 in the lower bunk at the age of 7. I will always remember the look on his face at that time, no fear, no anger.

For the first time, I saw what people around me called "the yearning smile". I wish I could see this smile on my face, but I cant. Because I am a coward, I look forward to and fear death. I try my best to survive every time. Whether it is an attack on the base of a terrorist organization or an assassination of a national official, I survive.

At 2 oclock in the morning, I fell asleep "awake", really looking forward to tomorrows "exam", really I just want to die ...

----Excerpt from "Diary of the Sniper King" on December 20th

On February 1,2031, z country officially launched an attack on tw. After encountering tws symbolic resistance, it completely occupied gx city and established a forward combat command center. Chinese people are full of confidence in recovering tw. Everyone is looking forward to enjoying the 51st holiday with tw people.

On the 7th of the same month, in the conference room of the frontier combat command center of gx city...

"How can this happen! Hes a man, our own countrys internal return has nothing to do with him! We have to put up with the money and effort, and now we have to send newly developed weapons. I just dont believe that his four humanoid armor can block our aircraft and cannons!" Liu Tao jumped up from his seat in anger.

"Alright, alright, Im 40 or 50 years old and I still cant hold my breath." Zheng Yu (Chief of the Confidential Section of the Central Political Department) said with a smile. "The dignified commander-in-chief of tw operations is actually screaming and jumping like a child."

"Then what do you think it should look like? Hes riding on his neck, why should he be so angry?" Tamia Liu took out a cigarette from his arms and began to smoke it alone.

"Im not exaggerating. This is a military secret. Country m wont release this news until three days later. Generally speaking, Country ms real goal should be to test new weapons in actual combat." Zheng Yu lightly waved Liu Taos smoke ring with one hand.

"Old Zheng." Liu Tao stopped smoking and asked Zheng Yu, "What the hell is m Country doing?"

"Comrade Liu Tao!" Zheng Yu straightened her collar and said seriously, "Do you know that you are spying on state secrets?"

"Even if I spy on state secrets, do you want to tell me?" Liu Tao also became serious, "I remember you bought a new batch of high-grade goldfish ..."

"Alas, Im afraid of you." Zheng Yu sighed helplessly.

"Do you know which country invented the first stopwar?"

"y Country? What does this have to do with m Country?" Liu Tao was confused.

"Actually, Country m developed it first, but it didnt announce it. Country y became thefirst bird for Country m because of Country ms technical support." Zheng Yu took a sip of tea. This was his habit before long speeches. Knowing that there was a play, Tamia Liu pricked up his ears with excitement.