Chapter 789 The torch at the end of the road
The battle is over.
And it ended with a complete victory for the alliance.
In the square of the fortress town, [It’s hard to name], who was standing next to the armored vehicle, turned off the visual battlefield guidance system of the tactical eyepiece, took off his helmet and looked around, and suddenly couldn’t help sighing.
"……incredible."
[Nirvana], who was standing next to him holding a rifle, glanced at him curiously.
"What's unbelievable?"
“More than 20,000 people once lived here.” [It’s hard to name]’s eyes fell on the amusement equipment on the edge of the square. There were rusty horizontal bars and slides. It could be seen that the people here had also lived there before.
Have a great time.
Although life in the wasteland is difficult, it is not all a struggle.
[Nobi Taiqiong], who had been silent all this time, curled his lips and said.
"Hey, there are millions of people in my small hometown."
It’s hard to come up with a name: “Tsk, are there any comparison between reality and the wasteland?”
Ji Mie laughed and joked.
"Haha, you should say that games are somewhat comparable to reality."
Suddenly something occurred to him, and he spoke again.
"Speaking of which, according to the realism of this game so far... these 20,000 people should have appeared before, right?"
Ji Mie: "Maybe, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing," Nanzhi was silent for a while, "I'm just wondering... where have those people gone."
…
Fang Chang thought there would be a tough battle after entering the shelter, but he didn't expect that he had just arrived at the door and the other side actually surrendered.
"I surrender!"
Looking at the powered armor at the door and the exoskeletons standing behind the powered armor, Arzu raised his hands without any hesitation.
There is no doubt that it was the group of people in the control room who opened the door.
But it doesn't really matter whether the door can be opened or not. No one knows how to pry open the door of the shelter better than the Alliance. After all, many of those guys are blue gophers.
Ten thousand thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, but he finally raised his hand.
Being captured is not a bad thing.
Anyway, he has a lot of chips left outside, so there is no need to use his body to resist in vain.
As soon as Fang Chang saw the gray robe on this guy, he knew that this person must be of high status and that he definitely had a chip installed in his head, so he took out a medical gun and pointed it at him without saying a word.
This thing has a range of only twenty meters. It can fire hemostatic capsule bullets containing nano-robots, and it can also fire anesthetic bullets loaded with narcotic alkaloids. The price on the official website is 10,000 silver coins. It is a flashy item imported from Ideal City in the early days of the alliance.
One of the imported equipment.
Since players who can afford this thing usually wear armor, and players who don't wear armor generally don't need treatment, the application scenarios of this thing are quite limited, and it will only be used in small amounts when doing specimen recovery tasks in biological research institutes.
Not knowing that this thing was a medical gun, Arzu had a look of surprise on his face. He took a step back and subconsciously raised his right hand.
"Wait...I have surrendered-"
Before he could finish his words, there was a gunshot, and a stream of heat hit his arm.
Before he could recover, a wave of sleepiness crept into his brain, pulling his consciousness into a bottomless quagmire.
"You should sleep for a while first."
After glancing at the "suspected VIP target" lying unconscious on the ground, Fang Chang continued to look at the staff member who was slumped on the ground and peed his pants, and said in a joking tone.
"If you don't want to be like him, you'd better cooperate with our work."
The staff member nodded nervously.
"I, I will definitely cooperate."
"Very good." Satisfied with the expression on his face, Fang Chang nodded and continued in a relaxed tone, "Introduce yourself, the person next to you, and this underground facility."
The man nodded tremblingly again and stammered.
"Tomele, my name... this, this person's name is Arzu, he is an apostle of the church, but his status is higher than that of ordinary apostles."
Fang Chang raised his hand to stop him.
"Can you stand up and talk? I want to walk and listen instead of waiting at the door."
Not caring about covering up the water stains on the floor and on his pants, the staff member hurriedly got up from the ground.
"Okay, okay...I can show you around here, please don't kill me."
"Do you think we are the same as you? Of course, whether you can survive in the end depends on the judge's trial and your performance after surrender."
After saying these words, Fang Chang reached out and tapped on his helmet, and contacted the rear headquarters.
"This is Fangchang. We have successfully suppressed Vault 182... This place should have been transformed into a research facility by the Torch. We captured a suspected high-level apostle of the Torch and a suspected researcher at the door. They were not found missing.
residents of Fortress Town.”
After a brief rustle of electricity, a steady voice came from the communication channel.
"The command headquarters has received it, and relevant personnel from the scientific expedition team will arrive at the scene in two hours to investigate, and try to preserve the scene and control the relevant personnel as much as possible."
"receive."
After closing the communication, Fang Chang noticed that the staff member who was so frightened that he wet his pants suddenly threw himself next to Arzu and reached out to rummage under his gray robe.
"Hey, what are you doing."
Fang Chang pointed the muzzle of the medical gun at him, only to see the latter find an electronic component the size of a thumb from Arzu's body and hand it over with a flattering smile.
"Here, this is for you!"
This thing looks a bit like a USB flash drive.
Fang Chang was stunned for a moment, then reached out and took it from his hand with interest.
"What's this?"
"It's everything in this Research Institute No. 182."
Tomele said quickly.
"Information on the Gestalt Life Project, as well as related research and experimental logs conducted by this institute... Arzu copied everything in this institute to this hard drive, and then cleared the original data in the server.
"
When he said this, he looked carefully at the soldiers in front of him, his voice filled with a hint of flattery.
"Is this... considered meritorious service?"
Amused by his cautious look, Fang Chang replied teasingly.
"The decision depends on what we recover from it. I'm not a judge. The most I can do is hand you the evidence."
After a pause, he pointed his gun at the buffer room door.
"Now, I need you to show me around this shelter."
Whether the data stored in the hard drive is valuable depends on the opinions of the professionals on the scientific expedition team.
However, the alliance is still quite reasonable. Generally, it will only impose maximum penalties on the decision-makers, and will specifically study which of the executors' behaviors are subjectively anti-human and which behaviors are coerced.
If they are just researchers and do not participate in specific decision-making, they will not be punished with death. At most, they will lose their personal freedom and be locked up in Vault 79 for the rest of their lives.
However, Tomele misunderstood what he meant, and thought that the people in the alliance thought that this credit was too small. After all, they could find the hard drive just like searching him, so there was no need for him to hand it over.
Seeing that there was only one chance left, Tomele quickly walked in front of Fang Chang and introduced the No. 182 shelter to him and the other soldiers behind him.
The group had just passed through the buffer hatch and before crossing the square of the shelter, they saw a large group of researchers rushing up through the trap door in the corridor.
Before Fang Chang could ask what happened, they rushed forward with snot and tears, and immediately put Fang Chang and all the players in trouble.
"What are you doing?"
Looking at the group of researchers who wanted to hug his thighs, Fang Chang stretched out his hand and lifted one of the most agitated guys from the ground.
An older researcher grabbed his arm excitedly and said with a trembling voice.
"Brothers of the Alliance... you are finally here!"
"You... have suffered," Fang Chang coughed slightly, and hurriedly looked at Tomele beside him and asked, "What is the situation of these people?"
Not daring to hide anything, Tomele quickly answered truthfully.
"They are researchers sent by Chalas. They are from a company called Beidao Heavy Industries. They designed the tanks and anti-tank guns outside."
Upon hearing this, the older researcher suddenly panicked.
"You can't say this nonsense. It's all designed by us?"
Several young researchers nearby also shouted.
"We are not forced by you!"
"Yes! Seeing the fate of the residents of Fortress Town, how can we dare to say no to you?"
"Residents of Fortress Town?" Fang Chang's heart moved, he looked at the young researcher and asked, "Those people are still alive?"
The square at the buffer entrance suddenly became quiet.
Including Tomele, whether they were researchers who originally belonged to this research facility or those who were kidnapped by Charas, everyone had strange expressions on their faces, as if they were unwilling to mention these details.
Under the pressure of Fang Chang's eyes, the young researcher finally spoke hesitantly.
"...On the 5th floor underground of the shelter, there is a modified biochemical factory. The petri dishes there can transform living people into mutants...I heard that it is the earliest mutant cultivation equipment."
Yin Shiyang Cuo, who was following Fang Chang, had his Adam's apple twitching and struggled to squeeze out a sentence.
"That is to say..."
The researcher looked at Tomele.
"They drove some residents to grow Naguo, and some residents were transformed into mutants..."
Seeing those players looking at him with unkind eyes, Tomele broke into cold sweat on his forehead and stammered quickly to explain.
"I...I am not involved in this matter...This is the project team in charge of Arzu who is engaged in relevant research. I am only responsible for the daily operations of this research facility..."
"What a bunch of beasts." He couldn't help but cursed.
Ignoring Tomele's explanation, Fang Chang looked at the researchers on Beidao and said.
"I have a general understanding of the situation, and I will arrange for someone to take you home."
Looking at the happy faces, he paused and then continued.
"As for whether you were coerced, or you took the initiative to join here for some reason of your own, we will also arrange specialized personnel to investigate. Please rest assured that we will not wrongly accuse a good person, but we will never let anyone go.
Bad guy, I hope you understand this."
After hearing this, everyone quickly expressed their opinions.
"Please rest assured, we will definitely cooperate with the investigation!"
“Our families can vouch for us!”
"As long as we can get out of this damn place quickly... no matter what!"
Fang Chang nodded, arranged for people to register their identities, and then ordered Tomele to take him and his party and continue walking deeper into the shelter.
This place will be taken over by the staff of the scientific expedition team, so players like them don't need to worry too much.
Before evacuating from here, he wanted to see what kind of hell the fifth underground floor was like...
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The captain's quarters of the Heart of Steel.
After several hours of waiting, Chu Guang, who was in command on the northern line, finally received the good news from the southern line.
In the light blue holographic image, Lao Bai reported to him excitedly.
"...Dear Mr. Administrator, our army has successfully controlled the Death Coast and cleared out the mutant lairs along the coast and the strategic facilities controlled by the Torch Church!"
"Currently, the enemy's defensive forces have been destroyed by our mechanized forces and air power, and the remaining enemy remnants are retreating to the Kingdom of Heaven far away from the coastline."
"Not only that, we have also established defensive positions and temporary docks at the landing point on the Death Coast. Soon this will become our bridgehead for transferring military supplies and personnel from French Fries Port to the front line!"
"Very good!" Chu Guang nodded approvingly, looked at Lao Bai standing in the holographic image and continued, "Keep the current rhythm and continue to expand our advantage on the southern front! Don't give our enemies any chance to counterattack!
"
After knocking his right fist on the breastplate, Lao Bai said in high spirits.
"yes!"
At this stage of the war, everyone saw the dawn of victory.
After the communication ended, Chu Guang stretched out his index finger to turn off the holographic screen and leaned back on his chair.
Seeing Chu Guang in a good mood, Xiao Qi, who was sitting on the pen holder, said happily.
"Congratulations, Master, there is finally progress on the southern front. If we continue to develop at this rate, it feels like this war will be over soon."
Hearing Xiao Qi's voice, Chu Guang smiled faintly, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.
"I said a long time ago that from the moment the torch stood on the opposite side of the civilized world, their ultimate failure was doomed... at most it would be a matter of time."
Although it was a bit pretentious to say this, there was not much suspense about the outcome of this war from the beginning. At most, the issue of how to deal with the aftermath gave him a headache for a while.
Not only him, but even the academy had no good solution. The researcher at Wandering Swamp even suggested that he use fire.
Even Heya felt that burning was the simplest and most direct method.
However, these seemingly unsolvable problems have found new solutions one after another as his little players became active in the Baiyue Strait and southern waters.
Although Torch implanted the aggressive genes held by the brood in Qingquan City into Naguo, giving them the ability to devour other life forms, in the end they were still unable to resist the fusion of the original strains.
At present, the type B strain has been confirmed to have an inhibitory effect on the fruit-bearing strain. Xiaoyu, who merged the type B strain with the Shifeng Mountain mother nest, has obtained the ability to "graft" synthesize the type B strain and its pheromone inhibition, disintegrating the torch's
"Kingdom of Heaven" is only a matter of time.
Nowadays, the torch itself, which is the primary contradiction, is no longer a concern. How to establish a new post-war order is gradually becoming a more urgent issue to be discussed at community meetings.
Chu Guangneng noticed that not only the Weilant people who had benefited from the Gestalt Life Project a long time ago, but also colleges and even enterprises were full of interest in the biotechnology mastered by the Torch Church.
If the "spoils" are not distributed evenly, another war may start, but if some technologies are allowed to spread, it may also cause huge troubles.
He might have to talk to the higher-ups of the college about this matter.
In addition, it is not just about balancing the postwar order.
How to continue to maintain the unity of the Sticky Community and continue to move forward with the various survivor forces that have finally united is also a big challenge for the alliance.
Just when Chu Guang was thinking about the next move, the Tribunal Punishment Team, which had retreated from Fortress Town, finally withdrew into the Kingdom of Heaven.
The thick gray mist is a natural camouflage, and the Nacho mycelium that penetrates into the soil is enough to block the advance of the Alliance landing troops.
However, hunters know very well that this is not foolproof.
Since the Alliance can use artificially improved mutant slime mold to erode the realm of Heaven on the northern front, there is no reason why it cannot do the same thing on the southern front.
At present, the alliance has established a temporary dock on the Hainan line, and soldiers wearing exoskeletons will continuously land at their rear.
There is not much time left for them.
Leaving his subordinates behind at the logistics base, the hunter went to the sanctuary where the Son was alone, and reported to the Son the capture of Arzu and the fall of Vault 182.
After hearing the report from his subordinates, the Holy Son, who was sitting on the chair, was silent for a while and then slowly spoke.
"I understand, you go down first."
The hunter was slightly stunned.
He originally thought that the Holy Son would give him a new mission, but he didn't expect that what he got in the end was such a simple sentence.
He didn't get up and leave, he couldn't help but ask.
"You... don't need me to do anything?"
He still has twenty-two brothers under his command, so he can continue to fight!
It's not just him.
Or the other members of the Tribunal, as well as the Knights loyal to the Torch... they all still have the strength to fight! The church just lost a beach, they haven't given up yet!
However, he felt a hint of giving up in the Son's voice - as if they were helpless and no one could save their kingdom of heaven!
He has dedicated his life to the ideal of the kingdom of heaven coming to earth, and he cannot accept such an ending no matter what!
Looking at the hunter with fire burning in his eyes, the Holy Son knew what he was thinking, so he spoke in a gentle tone.
"My child, I know you can still continue to fight, but at this stage of this war, the outcome cannot be reversed by winning or losing one or two battles."
"There is a fatal flaw in the Kingdom of the Sea, which allows the remnants of the old era to find a way to crack it... This is indeed our mistake."
"It stands to reason that even if they reach out to Baiyue Province and find the original strain of Naguo, as long as we find a way to fix the genetic defect of Naguo before they can, we can render the cards in their hands useless. Unfortunately, however,
Yes, we ended up being a step too late."
Luo Gan, who was conducting experiments in the Jinhe City area, was actually close to the edge of victory.
However, just before the kingdom of heaven came to Jinhe City, the alliance suddenly interrupted their plan.
To this day, he still feels incredible about that incident.
The most aggressive brood in the wasteland was right above their heads. Those people hadn't even solved the trouble above their heads, but they had freed up their hands to send reinforcements towards people they had never met.
He had to admit that the manager of Vault 404 was indeed a visionary leader, at least much more courageous than the manager he had seen before.
But then again, if Severn Willard is really that kind of person, Vault 117 may not come to the point of falling apart.
Seeing the Holy Son whose thoughts seemed to be drifting away, the hunter couldn't help but speak.
"Could it be that... we just sit back and wait for death?"
After restraining his wandering thoughts, the Holy Son looked at him with interest and spoke.
"Why do you think we're just sitting there waiting to die?"
The hunter lowered his head and said.
"The coalition forces of the Sticky Community are constantly compressing our living space... If this trend continues, we have no chance of winning."
This is not just his opinion, many of his soldiers also think so - they are going further and further down a road destined to fail.
Looking at his confidants who had their heads lowered, the Holy Son thought for a moment and then continued.
"If you are talking about the Kingdom of Heaven in Haiya Province, its collapse is indeed difficult to recover, but this does not mean that we have lost."
"But if you are talking about our ideals, it is too early to talk about victory and defeat."
The Kingdom of Heaven in Haiya Province can only be regarded as a failed attempt. This does not prove that their ideal of ascending to higher life forms is wrong.
The hunter suddenly raised his head and looked at the Holy Son sitting in front of him with burning eyes. A glimmer of hope gradually appeared in his eyes.
"...You have other trump cards, right?"
He knew it!
They don't lose so easily!
Seeing the look in his eyes like a drowning man seeing a life-saving straw, the Holy Son couldn't help but pull up a smile that made him smile.
Trump card...
Can that thing be called a trump card?
But that can be regarded as a helpless escape route... even though he never thought that one day he would use it before.
His eyes fell on the clock on the wall of the conference room, and at that moment he thought of many things - especially the old people in Vault 117.
The forerunners have already set off.
It's almost time for him to hit the road...
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This chapter has been completed!