Chapter 514 Celebrating the birth of a new settlement
"Dead?"
After hearing the news of the death of his trusted general, Cohen, who was sitting behind his desk, was stunned for several seconds, and then he punched the table angrily.
"Why are you telling me now!?"
He had just taken over the affairs of the Falcon Kingdom these days and was struggling with post-war reconstruction.
The industrial facilities that General Klaas had spent more than ten years running were destroyed by the Alliance. Those people did not even spare the machines and engineers in the factory, and moved them all to the neighboring town of Bicester.
Just after settling the property disputes in the royal capital, he discovered that the old king's treasury was already so depleted that it could run out of money.
Before he could finish solving this problem, bad news came from the direction of the desert. Walli...
Thinking of that promising young officer, Cohen gritted his teeth and almost rubbed sparks from between his teeth.
Looking at Governor Cohen in the holographic projection device, Captain Adria had a worried expression on his face. He hesitated before continuing nervously.
"As I told you before, we were attacked by a group of unknown armed forces calling themselves the Enlightenment Society shortly after arriving in the desert. Captain Wali... died at the hands of those people."
Worried that the five-star captain would be angry, Adria did not dare to pause, and continued speaking quickly without taking a breath. "But! We have locked the identity of the murderer... Her name is Zhuang
Lan is a resident of a certain shelter."
Cohen cursed angrily.
"Where is that guy! Bring that guy to me! I swear I will make him regret coming into this world!" Adria said nervously.
"The Alliance has captured her, but those idiots didn't keep close control and let the guy escape. I originally wanted to capture the murderer and report to you, but her counter-reconnaissance ability was too strong and our people didn't catch up.
·····.”
Cohen narrowed his eyes. "Did the alliance do it on purpose?" Adria said with a wry smile.
Adria said with a wry smile.
"I don't know...but they don't seem to have a reason to do this. They also suffered more than a hundred casualties in the sneak attack on the Enlightenment Society."
Cohen snorted coldly.
Regardless of whether the Alliance let that guy go, it would be difficult for him to cause trouble with the blue gophers about this matter. But then again, what is the Enlightenment Meeting?
What stuff?
There are even phaser cannons...
Closing his eyes and leaning back on the chair, Cohen gathered his thoughts in his mind for a moment, especially about the clues about Vault 0 reported by Captain Adria and the Torch Project.
After a moment, he spoke.
"...Have you got the original plan for the Torch Project?" Adria nodded nervously.
"I got it... including the manager's log. The company didn't keep it alone. They made a copy for us."
Cohen thought for a moment and then ordered.
"Take those data and the pangolin and return to Triumph City immediately...report the situation of Shelter 0 to the Marshal, and let His Majesty the Marshal decide!"
Although he feels uneasy about those guys who claim to be enlightened, this is not his job after all. In contrast, he has more important things to deal with.
"Governor...Your Majesty."
Seeing Adria's expression of hesitation, Cohen frowned slightly. "Is there anything else?"
Adria hesitated for a long time, lowered his head and whispered. 3 "The Arbitrator airship...has some malfunctions."
Cohen was stunned for a moment, sat up straight in his chair, and asked anxiously.
"What do you mean?! Fault? Didn't you tell me before that it's just a small problem that won't have much impact?"
He remembers it clearly.
Although the phaser cannon can paralyze the deflection shield and anti-gravity device formed by gravitons, it will not affect the airship's hull structure.
This is what Adria reported to him before - "Although the airship landed from high altitude due to the influence of the phase cannon," Adria also reported to him before - "Although the airship landed from high altitude due to the influence of the phase cannon.
, but the crew of the Arbitrator minimized the damage of the hard landing through excellent and superb driving skills. If it is quick, it can be repaired in a week.'
A week has passed, so why did it become "something went wrong"? Adria explained with a grimace.
"I didn't expect it to be like this. My engineer told me it was just a small problem at first, but the problems kept getting repaired...
At first, his engineers promised him that he could fly by just replacing the wings. However, when they replaced the wings, they discovered that the connection between the wings and the airship, and even the entire structural steel, had varying degrees of damage.
of cracks.
Cohen is dead
Staring at him.
"The core of the frigate is not damaged, right?"
"That's not the case! Absolutely not!" Facing the murderous gaze, Adria immediately said, "The core of the frigate is normal! Only the hull of the airship was damaged..."
Maybe they should follow the example of the Alliance and get a larger parachute and cushioning airbag for the airship.
However, the chance of encountering a phaser attack is too rare, and the buffer cabin inside the airship is enough to deal with ordinary falling accidents.
I want to convince the Air Force Equipment Manufacturing Bureau and the logistics department because of an accident... This may not be an easy task.
Cohen took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart and soaring blood pressure, and said in as calm a tone as possible, "How long will it take."
Looking at the holographic image in front of her with trepidation, Adria whispered.
"... Some accessories need to be sent from the west of the desert, which will take at least three months."
Cohen
late at night.
The camp not far from the industrial building was brightly lit at the moment.
The players dragged the tables one by one to the open space in the middle of the camp, and set up large pots for stewing meat and barbecue stands next to them.
Several power-based players were busy skinning and extracting meat from newly captured mutant stags and hyenas, while several players who were not afraid of death gathered around a strange mutant they had never seen before and tested the poison.
"What is this thing? It looks weird..." Baiyin's father took a stick and curiously poked the furry alien lying on the ground. This guy was all black and small.
Only, its body is covered with uneven layers of hair, and its round eyes are like light bulbs. It looks like a monkey, but it is too small, and it looks like a bat without wings. It has a pair of sharp fangs that look eye-catching.
The two ears are ridiculously big.
No one knows where it came from. It is said that a player picked it up at the door and threw it here. I couldn't decide whether it could be eaten, so the Silver Sword gave up and threw it aside.
, said with a sigh.
"Hey, it would be great if Lao Na was here!"
Silver Hand said with a playful smile.
"Persecuting Lao Na again!" Silver Sword rolled his eyes at him.
"What does persecution mean? This means making the best use of things!" Bai Yin's father couldn't help but laugh out loud...
"Hahaha! You want to laugh your dad to death!" 1 The two of them cursed almost in unison.
"roll
!”
The little guy tilted his head and imitated a cry. "Get out?"
Baiyin's father's eyes lit up, and he came closer and stared at the little thing sitting on the ground.
"What?! This ugly thing can talk?"
Silver Sword and Silver Hand looked at each other. "Did you hear that?"
"without·····"
"Tch, you two are useless things. If I put the SSSR-level divine pet in front of you, you would miss it!" Looking at it with disdain, Silver's father knelt down and patted it on the head with a playful smile.
"Ugly thing, please call me daddy - oh my god!"
Before he finished speaking, he was hit on the nose. Taking advantage of the opportunity when he fell backwards, the "ugly thing" jumped into his face, kicked off his hind legs hard, jumped to the ground, and ran away with a puff of smoke.
Gone.2
The Silver Sword hurriedly supported his good brother who fell backward. The Silver Hand on the side didn't care about him at all and went straight to chase the SSSR-level divine pet.
Kaizi's SSS class stretches out."
"Fuck! Are you okay??" Bai Yin's father covered his nose with both hands. "The grass... is swollen."
"What's so swollen?"
Silver's father grimaced and let go of his hand. "My nose..."
Seeing the nose as big as a ping-pong ball, the silver sword puffed out and laughed heartlessly like a pig.
"Pfft hahahaha!"
In the end, the little guy was caught by Comrade "Pangolin" who happened to be passing by. Because it didn't look delicious, he gave it to Bai Yin's father.
Enduring the soreness of his nose and the strange looks in his eyes, Baiyin's father carried the little guy to the ship's researcher Meng Liang. Unfortunately, the thing he picked up was not an SSSR-level magical thing.
Baby, it's just an ordinary alien species.
Its teeth were slightly poisonous, so Meng Liang gave the unfortunate brother a dose of disinfectant just in case.
Because the pronunciation of its cry is very similar to the word "gun", it is included in the official illustrated book as a "rolling beast" and is not recommended for consumption.
In order to retaliate against this guy for embarrassing himself, Shirogane's father named it "Ugly Thing". Due to the opposition of his good brothers, he was finally forced to change it to "Coal Ball".
That little thing does look like a briquette.
Baiyin's father still has a little hope in his heart. What if?
What if he grows up to be a great guy? An ugly duckling can even turn into a swan!
He didn't expect it to grow a bunch of tentacles like Xiaoyu, but at least it had to be better than wholesale goods like Death Claws, which were about to depreciate in value, right?
If it really doesn't work, it's good to be able to ride.
After stuffing a piece of cut meat into this guy's mouth, Silver's father sighed.
"Biaoqiu, you should eat more, the future of the Silver Corps depends on you." Qiaoqiu tilted his head while biting the piece of meat.
"roll?"
Bai Yin's father: ""This ugly thing is hopeless!
Although some hiccups occurred, in short, thanks to the poison testing of physique players, the delicacies that can be served are basically the kind that can be eaten without any problem, and if there are any problems, there will be no big problems. 2
In addition to those foods that are not normal or have a somewhat special appearance, there are also some normal delicacies occasionally.
For example, mashed potatoes with a milky aroma, bread baked with garlic and salt, fried rice with chopped sausage and diced carrots, grilled double-headed beef steak, and unlimited beer and red wine.
Chu Guang confiscated a lot of good wine from the Falcon King's wine cellar before, and it came in handy now. He didn't like drinking at all, so he gave out benefits to the players and "NPCs" with a wave of his hand.
Some survivors stood beside the camp, curiously looking at the lively people, and encouraged by the atmosphere, they also joined in one after another.
Although I don't know what they are doing, it seems that food and wine are free of charge.
Looking at the people who seemed to be celebrating something, Rama, who was following Chu Guang, had surprise in his eyes, and Sangyin asked in a hoarse whisper.
"What are they... doing?"
Looking at the burning bonfire, Chu Guangdi raised a smile. "Celebrating the birth of a new settlement."
Hearing these words, the surprise in Rama's eyes became even more obvious.
After hearing the story of the Pioneer from Chu Guang, she originally thought that Pioneer City was a heavy name, but it didn't seem to be the case.
After glancing at Rama, Chu Guang probably guessed what she was surprised about, so he added briefly.
"We rarely grieve outside of funerals. Those we commemorate probably don't want us to be depressed for them all day long, but to continue walking with their ideals."
Rama nodded blankly, obviously not understanding. Chu Guang didn't explain, just smiled and said.
"Don't always follow me, go and enjoy the celebration... The food and drinks tonight are free. If you are not interested, just go to bed early."
"Tomorrow I will explain to you the work you have to do."
After saying that, he walked alone to the position reserved for him by the players, leaving Rama standing there at a loss.
As the administrator of the Alliance, the marshal of the Alliance Expeditionary Force, and the honorary captain of the Heart of Steel...he naturally has to sit at the head of the long table.
The camp BOSS must look like a BOSS. This is also part of the players’ sense of immersion.
Chu Guang, who was sitting in the first place, poured himself a glass of the strongest wine.
Looking back at those piercing eyes, he held the fiery wine glass, raised it high to the players and NPCs present, and said in a solemn and resonant voice.
"Cheers to the future of Pioneer City!" He was responded to by excited shouts. "Cheers!"
"Long live Pioneer City!" "Long live management!!"
"Long live the Alliance!!"
The preparations have been completed and the banquet has officially begun. The noise is endless and people can be heard everywhere, laughing and drinking.
The city named after its former partners will be the fourth survivor settlement established by the Alliance after Fallen Leaf City. It will also be another "overseas" enclave of the Alliance after Bicester Town.
The warriors from the alliance are using a celebration to offer congratulations and blessings to the newly born Pioneer City, and also to bid farewell to the partners who are about to part ways.
The Heart of Steel has been repaired and will be on its return journey tonight.
The vast majority of players will return to Dawn City with the Heart of Steel, but there are still more than a hundred players who decide to stay.
They will continue their unfinished mission, explore the unexplored ruins in the "original People's Alliance Eastern Industrial Zone", and search for the whereabouts of the Enlightenment Society active in this area.
Although this means that you may miss the wave of next spring, "Wasteland OL" itself does not stipulate how to play.
Even if you skip the main line, there are still many things you can do. As for saving, don’t worry about that. As for saving, don’t worry about that.
Chu Guang has ordered the transfer of one hundred sleeping pods from the airship to the surface.
The Alliance's infrastructure assistance to the Falcon Kingdom and Honey Badger Kingdom is not only roads and railways, but also includes power grids, communications, etc.
Especially the communication aspect.
At present, the easternmost signal tower of the alliance has been inserted into Bicester Town, and soon a cauldron for sending and receiving signals will be erected in Pioneer City.
Although the signal in the desert is unstable, there are always times when it is stable. After the dormant cabin completes the scan, it just needs to wait until the weather conditions are suitable to transmit the data back.
Reduce the frequency of suicide attempts, rotate the use of save points, and have a hundred sleep pods to meet the save needs of hundreds of players.
As long as you follow the big team, archiving is never difficult...
While the Alliance was "celebrating" the Pioneer City's birthday, Captain Adria was having a headache over the food and drink of nearly a thousand Marines, flight attendants, and many officers returning with the airship who were trapped in the desert.
The problem of food can be easily solved. The Arbitrator carries a lot of supplies. The Falcon Kingdom is not that far away from here, so we can just come and be done.
However, apart from eating, almost everything is a problem!
First of all, the airship needed a comprehensive overhaul. The Marines and crew who originally lived in the airship had to evacuate the airship and set up camp.
There were no natives nearby who could be requisitioned, and the airship carried only a few laborers. Although setting up camp was a compulsory course for Marines, the young soldiers on the Arbitrator and the Marines on the Heart of Steel were completely different things.
The latter at least have to fight with wastelanders, and often fight away from the supply line. Collecting garbage and setting up tents is a piece of cake. Rubbing guns and bullets is even more commonplace, including lathes for processing hardware tools and even furnaces for making iron.
Carry them all with you.
As for the former, it is parked at the airport of Triumph City together with the Arbitrator on weekdays. There is no chance for "foreign combat" at all. Otherwise, there would not be a situation where the total number of marines and crew members would only be a thousand.
As for transporting some slaves from the Falcon Kingdom to serve them...
Even if the mobilization ability is not considered, there are not many young men left in that kingdom. Mere ability is not enough, what they need now is people who can do the work.
Too many prisoners were left in Bicester Town, and those strong young men would rather eat dirt in the desert than go back to work as cattle and horses for them. Adriel shamelessly asked Cohen for help, but the latter listened to his request.
Then he immediately turned dark, said "I'll think of a solution" and hung up the phone.
Therefore, even though they had no experience in surviving in the wild, the five hundred Marines had no choice but to rush into the field and bite the bullet.
Fortunately, they had not forgotten what they had learned in the military school and the recruit camp. They worked hard and propped up the tents. Looking at the crooked linen tents in the ruins, Adria frowned.
I couldn't help but twitch.
his adjutant
She ran to his side and whispered nervously, "There are still a hundred tents left..."
Adria stared.
"Why is there such a big difference! Call me the logistics officer!"
"It has nothing to do with the logistics officer, it's mainly because there are a few more people..." the adjutant explained in a dumbfounded voice, while quietly glancing in McClun's direction.
Adria instantly understood what her adjutant meant, but McClun, who was standing aside, clearly didn't understand.
The simple living environment reminded him of the short time he spent in the Alliance prisoner of war camp earlier. When he thought about reliving those painful memories tonight, his face became unsightly and he couldn't help it.
Team Yang said.
".·····The level of your camp is astonishing."
"We only prepared enough tents for us..."
Considering this person's noble status, Adria saved him some face and said it tactfully, but McClun didn't appreciate it and complained relentlessly.
"I don't think the problem lies here."
Upon hearing this, Adria's temper also rose, and she sarcastically replied.
"There is nothing we can do. Our tents are enough. Who would have thought that when we went back, we would have hundreds of people who were defeated and still had to be taken care of?"
McClun's face froze.
Seeing that this guy was about to get angry, Adria didn't want to speak too harshly and looked at the adjutant aside with a dark face. "I'm going out for a walk."
After saying that, he walked out of his camp with a few personal guards.
However, there was no good place to go after wandering around. He walked around twice before unconsciously walking towards the alliance camp. Last week, people from the company and college were still there, and he and McClun were
Living in the Alliance camp.
How about... why not stay for one more night?
He doesn't have any psychological burden, since he didn't lose to the Alliance anyway.
Looking at the camp not far away, Adria was thinking about how to talk about it. Before she could get closer, she suddenly smelled the aroma of barbecue and sniffed subconsciously.
What was caught in the wind was not only the smell of barbecue, but also the noisy sounds, which made him swallow a gulp of saliva due to reflex, and couldn't help but frown again.
"What are those people doing?"
The guards beside him had a blank look on their faces. Seeing the commander's eyes indicating, three people quickly separated and ran forward to check. Adria waited for a while.
Soon, one of them ran back from the front.
"Report! Alliance soldiers seem to be celebrating the establishment of a new settlement." "New settlement?"
A bad feeling arose in Adria's heart. Are the residents of the alliance still planning to stay here and not leave? Although this is a land without a owner, and he has no reason to make irresponsible remarks, there is still a trace of uneasiness in his heart.
A premonition of deja vu. This familiar premonition had appeared in his mind once when the Alliance was determined to go to Bicester Town. What on earth were those blue gophers planning to do?!
"Take me over and have a look." Adria said seriously. 3 The soldier stood upright and said.
"yes!"
Walking forward quickly with a group of personal guards, he soon saw the two personal guards sent before, who were being entangled by two alliance soldiers at this moment.
One of them, probably drunk too much, smiled and extended his hand to one of his guards.
"Hey, Big Nose, come in and have a drink together? Hahaha, hiccup... Go and call that pangolin of yours! Just say...
···His black uncle looks down on him and wants to compete with him!"
Pushing away the hand touching his chest, the Weiland soldier said with a dark face, "Who knows if you have poisoned the wine!"
I curled my lips in the most disdainful way.
"Tch, do you think we are the same as you?"
The Weiland soldier stared. "What do you mean?"
"What? Signs and gestures?" I glared at him, then looked at Lidou Dayan next to me, "Help me beat this guy!" Liability Dayan drank a little, but not too much, and shook his head like a motor.
"If you don't fight me, I'm an intellectual. You can find a construction site and grow old." I was the worst: "Gee! What a shame!"
Debt-eyed: "Zhuo! You're so good, go ahead!" "Stop!"
Seeing that the two drunkards from the alliance were about to start fucking themselves, Captain Adria was so frightened that he quickly quickened his pace and shouted at the two of them.
There was nothing he could do, his personal guards were too close, and he couldn't do anything about it.
If someone gets involved in this, who is behind the scenes and who can tell clearly? If someone fires a shot, the ceasefire agreement will be in vain.
However, what Adria didn't know was that the two people actually had a good relationship. They were just having fun and had no intention of doing anything at all. What's more, with one being of the perception system and the other of the intelligence system, the two weaklings would still make trouble even if they really started to fight.
No problem.
Staring at the big nose,
I didn't recognize this face at all, so I asked impatiently, "Who are you?"
The debtor stared at him with big eyes.
"That's right! Why are you yelling so loudly!"
Staring at the two rude residents of the shelter, Adria said with a straight face, "Where are you managers?"
I rolled my eyes and said, "What does it have to do with you?" What about Captain Ten Thousand?
His buddy is also a captain of thousands! Why are you using your rank to dominate others?
Not wanting to get entangled with these two drunkards, Adria resisted the urge to get angry, took a deep breath to calm down, and spoke slower.
"Speak to your manager for me and tell Captain Adria that he wants to discuss something with him... You don't want to be punished by your commander for missing the point."
When I heard that it was serious business, I immediately put away my playful smile and waved my hand. "Hey, I told you earlier... I'll wait at the door."
With a murderous gaze, Adria watched the two guys holding hands and limping towards the gate. After waiting in the cold wind for a long time, he finally waited until someone came out of the camp gate.
Adria straightened her collar, but after seeing the man clearly, her face darkened.
He originally thought that the managers of the alliance would come out to see him in person, but he didn't expect that it would be those two drunkards who didn't know etiquette again.
I was the worst: "Hiccup... our manager drank too much, and he said we would discuss anything tomorrow. He also said that your previous room has been reserved for you, and you can stay there for the night if you don't mind."
"
Adria felt happy, and the previous unhappiness immediately disappeared, but she was embarrassed to show it on her face.
"Drink too much? Haha," he said with a straight face, snorted through his nose, and said in a neutral tone, "Then let's wait until he wakes up!"
This wine smells strange. I will fill two bottles in a while.
Thinking in his mind, Captain Adria reluctantly waved his hand and led a group of personal guards towards the entrance of the camp.
Looking at the backs of those big-nosed people walking towards the camp, I suddenly remembered something and shouted behind him again.
"Oh, by the way, our manager seems to have said something, saying that just by looking at your kennel, we know it is not a place for people to live. Let me give it a try.
Before he finished speaking, he was covered by the big eyes on the side. "Are you stupid, why did you say this sentence?" I was the worst: "Wow!"
Hearing the sound coming from far away, Adria almost fell down, and quickened his steps with a dark face, pretending not to hear. The guards following him were so angry that they gritted their teeth, but when they saw that the superior did not respond, they also