At that moment, Barty sat slumped on a stretcher, staring blankly at his hands, his expression dark!
He was on the moon, 380,000 kilometers from home, and he had lost everything!
He had nothing left!
Whenever he closed his eyes, he heard his brothers' wails echoing in his ears, and saw Dezette's final look at him.
China, by contrast, had lost too, but they had lost with honor. They had prepared thoroughly and fought with everything they had!
And after the battle, they had offered words of encouragement!
For Barty, being surrounded by that kind of atmosphere made every second unbearable!
Jiang Nan's gaze fell on Barty.
Barty instinctively shuddered. His eyes darted away, his face flushed red, but in the end he managed to force out a single sentence!
"Thanks!"
"Thanks for putting the past aside and saving a bastard like me!"
Jiang Nan shook his head. "We didn't save you. You saved yourself!"
"If you'd chosen to die on the battlefield, you wouldn't have been worth saving!"
"Choosing to live is the bravest decision. Comfort is for the dead!"
"If you want to thank someone, thank David. He carried you back!"
Barty took a deep breath and nodded firmly. The arrogance that had once belonged to Pandora's Box was nowhere to be seen.
Jiang Nan said, "If you lose, you have to own it! You can't let the loss be for nothing. Looks like you've come to your senses!"
"Only the searing flames and the most painful blows can let you rise from the ashes and emerge from your cocoon as a butterfly!"
"We've already paid the price. We're lucky we didn't lose too late!"
"Don't lose heart. Humanity hasn't lost everything. The war has only just begun!"
Barty stared blankly at Jiang Nan. Suddenly, he understood a