On the scientific research ship docked near the Alliance Airport, Yang Kai, who was leaning on his seat, finished reading the content on the holographic screen in front of him and almost squirted a sip of coffee onto the central control in the cockpit.
Just a few minutes ago, he had just returned to his research ship and was about to study the modification suggestions proposed by the alliance managers. As a result, he received this thing as soon as he opened his personal terminal.
At this moment, what was printed on the screen was a newspaper with a total of three pages, and the title at the beginning read "Qingquan City Daily".
What is even more shocking is the headline on the headline——
"The Qingquan City Mother Nest did not fall! It was secretly kept in captivity by the administrator!"
That thing can be kept in captivity???
"What the hell is this?"
Li Ke, who seemed to be satisfied with the embarrassed expression on Yang Kai's face, said with a hint of ridicule in the holographic image.
"Our intelligence officers found this newspaper in Dawn City. You can pick it up just by going to any newsstand... So, what exactly is your research department doing?"
He is a researcher at the Department of Foreign Affairs, with the same level as Yang Kai, B. Ever since this guy started taking away the work of the Department of Foreign Affairs, he was very unhappy with this guy.
And this isn't the first time!
After listening to Li Ke's words, Yang Kai's expression froze.
He did ask the assistants on the research ship to monitor the alliance's radio and television programs and filter out important information from the news, but he really didn't study the newspapers.
The main reason is that he doesn't have a fixed residence, and when he orders newspapers, no one knows where to deliver them.
But then again.
In what age is this, who still reads that stuff??
"...This doesn't mean anything, it's just a newspaper." Not seeing the gloating expression on his face, Yang Kai said with a straight face.
"Yes, it's just a newspaper, and the first issue was just released today," Li Ke continued in a sarcastic tone, "Our intelligence officers went to Qingquan City immediately after seeing the newspaper.
The Eastern Suburbs confirmed the situation, and guess what we saw? The slime mold was repairing the ruins there! And what did you do? You strolled to the Alliance Building for a meeting, but no agreement was reached—"
"It's not that I haven't reached any agreement. At least the alliance managers have shown their intention to study the ruins of Qingquan City and the Brood Samples with us," Yang Kai interrupted Li Ke with a dark face and looked unhappy.
He continued, "And listen, my negotiations with the alliance have entered a critical stage, and I don't want your hasty actions to affect the results of the negotiations."
Li Ke laughed and spread his hands.
"What does it matter? It's not just us who are doing this, others are also doing it. Besides, we are only collecting public intelligence... However, what is disappointing is that you have not even done these most basic tasks. You
Do you think that information like this is just waiting in a scientific research vessel and will be delivered to your door?"
Yang Kai was speechless for a moment by his retort, and simply closed his mouth and said nothing.
Li Ke did not continue to embarrass him and continued.
"Don't grab jobs that you can't do in the future. Let's get back to the topic. I think this newspaper was deliberately released by the alliance."
Yang Kai frowned slightly.
"They are spreading panic in their own settlement?"
Li Ke smiled and said.
"Panic? Is this your first day in Dawn City? The survivors there are notoriously not afraid of death. Have you ever seen them fight with the Legion? This is the first time I have seen the Vaillant people fighting against them.
If you give up on the field you are best at, that level of intimidation is just a joke to them."
Yang Kai nodded and reluctantly agreed with this statement.
Although he did not participate in the peace negotiations in Falcon City, he was fortunate enough to witness the decisive battle between the Alliance and the Torch Church when he was in Jinchuan Province.
The mutated creatures that covered the sky were like dark clouds. Even he thought that the manager had to do something wrong, but he didn't expect that guy to go into battle himself and kill the leading node creature on the opposite side with one hammer.
Those guys simply subverted his stereotype of the good guys in blue coats.
"What's your opinion?"
Li Ke said simply.
"The opinion of the Chief Technology Officer is the opinion of our Foreign Affairs Department. Mr. Technical Officer hopes that you will at least get the opportunity to jointly study the downtown mother nest before the alliance reaches an exclusive agreement with a third party."
Yang Kai: "Where are those ruins?"
Li Ke: "Second priority."
The college has excavated many relics.
Although the ruins in Qingquan City are important, they are not so important that they are indispensable. In contrast, the top management of the college pays more attention to the biological specimen in the city center.
Understanding in his heart, Yang Kai took a deep breath and said.
"I will fight for...your side, please cooperate with me, I need your intelligence support."
Seeing this guy finally lowering his head, Li Ke's lips curled up with a hint of pride.
However, he knew very well that pretense should be moderate, so before Yang Kai became angry, he coughed lightly and said.
"No problem, Mr. Technical Officer has already guessed that you will mess things up. Oh, by the way, I read the report you uploaded. Regarding the special zone plan mentioned by the alliance, Mr. Technical Officer thinks it can be discussed. He
My opinion is that Ice Sea City is a good choice. The conditions there are good in all aspects, and there happens to be a frozen brood nest in the nearby abandoned city. Of course, if the alliance has other opinions, we can discuss it again."
"Okay..." After listening to the suggestion carefully, Yang Kai nodded.
Li Ke also nodded and was about to hang up the communication.
But at this moment, he suddenly remembered something and said.
"Ah, by the way, you'd better hurry up. Not long after you left, people from the company came into contact with the alliance."
After hearing these words, Yang Kai was stunned for a moment.
"Not long after I left...wait, not long after I left?"
Li Ke looked at Yang Kai who suddenly sat upright with excitement with a strange look on his face, and asked in confusion.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing..." After swallowing the words on his lips, Yang Kai's nose was so angry that he clenched his fists and cursed in his heart.
When he was in the Alliance Building earlier, the guy's staff told him that their managers were meeting with corporate representatives.
After doing this for a long time, you actually deceived him!?
Looking at the blushing Yang Kai, Li Ke had a strange expression on his face.
"Are you okay?"
Yang Kai said stiffly.
"I'm fine."
Li Ke coughed.
"If something happens, it's better to say it—"
"My terminal is out of power."
Before the guy could finish speaking, Yang Kai swiped his index finger in the air and hung up the communication with an annoyed look.
…
On the other side, Vault 404, the browsing room on the B4 floor.
Faced with Chu Guang's inquiry about where the special zone should be established, Yin Fang only thought for two seconds and then gave his opinion.
"If you ask me for my opinion, Binghai City is a good choice."
Looking at the position circled by Yin Fang on the map before the Human Alliance war, Chu Guang was slightly stunned.
"so far?"
When he heard the word ice sea, he felt something was wrong, but when he looked at the map, his suspicion was confirmed.
This is no longer to the north, it is simply to the northernmost edge of the Wandering Swamp, and if you walk two steps further north, you will reach the Arctic Circle.
As if expecting Chu Guang to say this, Yin Fang touched the bridge of his nose and said with a smile.
"Despite its remote location, this is the settlement with the most complete facilities and the most comprehensive resources under the jurisdiction of the Science and Technology Committee."
After a pause, he then introduced the situation of this settlement to Chu Guang.
Since the Science and Technology Committee adheres to the principle of high production and low consumption, even if the production technology and production methods in most settlements are not backward, the survivors living there still live a relatively frugal--even a life of poverty.
If you want to get rid of the hard living standards, the only way to go is to become a prospector.
However, this situation is not without exception.
Although the college hates corporate waste, there are still several settlements where life is good under the jurisdiction of the Science and Technology Committee.
Binghai City is one of them.
This settlement was once a doomsday seed vault. Not only did it have a nuclear, biological and chemical protection system comparable to a shelter, but the temperature in each area could be adjusted freely.
After the college took over the seed bank, it transformed most of the space into living areas and planting areas. The temperature in each area is set between 20 and 25 degrees all year round.
Therefore, although this settlement is located in the extreme north, not only is it not cold, but it is like spring all year round.
With the support of technology, instead of becoming an obstacle to survival, the cold became a barrier that isolated the settlement from the wasteland.
Most of the alien species that roam the swamp cannot reach this far north, and in the severe cold of minus 20 or even 50 degrees all year round, even the mother nest can only hide and hibernate.
Due to the excellent living conditions here, some middle- and high-level researchers in the college will arrange for their relatives who cannot enter the college to live here.
Over time, various supporting living facilities here have gradually been improved.
Especially in terms of medical care and education, even if it is a little worse than the college headquarters, it can be described as heaven to earth compared to other settlements under the Science and Technology Committee.
Even the ideal city for enterprises is much inferior.
And this is why most researchers in the academy do not envy the life in the ideal city, and even sneer at the superficial prosperity.
"...Binghai City is located in a bitter cold land, so it is reasonable to consume more supplies. Therefore, the survivors of most of the settlements under the Science and Technology Committee were as surprised as you when they heard about the location of that settlement.
No one would envy the life there...but they don't know that even if the people there dig potatoes, they are watching automated machines dig them in a heated greenhouse."
After listening to Yin Fang's teasing teasing, Chu Guang sighed after a long time.
"It seems that wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes."
Yin Fang chuckled.
"I don't mean anything else, I just hope you don't underestimate those guys. Sometimes they look honest, but in fact they have a lot of evil intentions. And don't talk about feelings and credit with the people there. You can get away with it."
There is basically no such thing above C level...I dare not say absolutely, I can only say that it is basically like this."
It seems that this guy has a lot of resentment against his old club.
When it comes to companies, he is disdainful and contemptuous at most, but when it comes to his old employer, he always turns into a resentful woman without realizing it.
"I will pay attention..."
Chu Guang coughed slightly and returned his attention to the red circle on the map.
There are two ways to play this card that establishes a special zone.
In addition to simply exchanging skills and poaching, he can also use this window to export good things from the alliance to the academy's territory.
When communicating with Ideal City, it has been proved that although many things in the alliance are not yet mature, they are still very attractive as an imported product that the other party has never seen before.
Especially in the cultural field.
At present, the Cr foreign exchange income generated by Changyue Group alone has already reached one-third of the output value of Xizhou City Industrial Zone!
And a certain game company has gained millions of fans on Endpoint Cloud through several popular VR games with novel gameplay...or retro ones!
This not only means huge economic value, but also more invisible hidden value.
For example, those volunteers who paid their own money to work as teachers in the Alliance's homeless homes and orphanages were largely attracted by the Alliance's prosperous culture.
He still has to study carefully how to balance the ratio between NPCs who go to the academy to learn new knowledge and players who cause trouble.
Just when Chu Guang was thinking about how to maximize his profits, Xiao Qi's voice suddenly entered his ears lightly.
"Master, Yi Chuan, the corporate ambassador to the alliance, would like to meet with you. It's getting late now. What do you think of tomorrow morning?"
After hearing the news reported by Xiao Qi, Chu Guang replied casually.
"No problem. By the way, did he say what happened?"
Xiaoqi: "It seems to be about that newspaper."
newspaper?
Chu Guang was stunned for a moment.
As if she could see Chu Guang's confusion, Xiao Qi thoughtfully unfolded the holographic screen.
What appeared on the screen at this moment happened to be the headlines of the "Qingquan City Daily" that old Charlie had given him earlier.
Looking at the three pages of the newspaper on the holographic screen, Yin Fang raised his eyebrows and asked curiously.
"What the hell is this? Qingquan City...daily newspaper?"
His laboratory does order some newspapers.
But has Dawn City released this one?
Chu Guang had a subtle expression on his face.
"Nothing...just a not-so-funny joke."
Good guy.
Some people really believe this stuff...
…
Meanwhile, Highway Town Inn.
Sun Yuechi, who had changed into a traveler's attire, was sitting in the corner of the lobby, ordering a cup of honey butter beer recommended by the hotel owner, and quietly flipping through the newspaper he had just bought from a nearby newsstand.
"...The brood nest in Qingquan City was secretly kept in captivity by the administrator?"
He raised his eyebrows slightly and continued to read down the lines of text, he couldn't help but marvel.
"Driving the fruiting bodies to rebuild civilization is also a way to break the situation... The manager of this refuge is indeed a talent!"
Vault 404.
Speaking of which, what exactly is the mission of this shelter?
He thought about it for a long time, but had no impression at all. Then he shook his head and stopped thinking, and continued to read the newspaper in his hand.
However, at this moment, a loud roar interrupted Sun Yuechi's thinking, causing him to raise his head involuntarily.
"That's enough! It's all nonsense!"
I saw a burly man slapping the table and standing up. He stared at the few foreign mercenaries sitting nearby with a red face and continued angrily.
"Our manager values the league more than himself. If I hear you say those baseless slanders, I will put the table in front of you in your mouth!"
He is a veteran of the First Corps, and he followed the administrators in the war a long time ago. His feelings for Vault 404 are far deeper than those of other survivors, because those people always rush ahead of them and always put themselves at risk.
In the most dangerous place.
This is especially true for great managers.
He was so worried about the alliance that he was so busy that he didn't even have his own children. How dare these guys speak ill of him in front of him!
He couldn't wait to shoot this guy!
The mercenary was yelled into confusion. He was just discussing the newspaper he saw from the newsstand with his companion next to him, and happened to talk about one of the conspiracy theories proposed in the newspaper - taking the downtown brood as his own and
The alliance manager imprisoned in the East District of Qingquan City is brewing a terrifying conspiracy.
When the time is right, that adult will suddenly launch a wave and turn everyone here into puppets like the fruiting body.
The mercenary himself didn't actually believe this argument. He just gossiped for fun, but maybe his voice was a little loud enough for others to hear.
But what he didn't expect was that others would have such a big reaction.
If we were in Bugla, it wouldn't matter if we pointed at Sigma's nose and scolded him. Anyway, that big shot didn't care about cockroaches like them, and they usually wouldn't see him.
But the alliance seems to be something else...
The hotel lobby fell silent for a while.
Originally he was just an angry guy, so he wouldn't be so scared. However, he soon discovered that there were more than one pair of eyes falling on him.
There are many powerful awakened ones among them.
"I..." Cold sweat fell from his forehead. He had never felt such great pressure, and he was speechless for a moment.
Fortunately, his companion reacted quickly and hurriedly apologized to the strong man who got up with a sullen expression.
"Sorry, brother, we don't mean any harm... It's our first time coming here with a caravan, so we don't know much about you, so we bought a newspaper to take a look. We didn't make this up, and it's also the newspaper's fault.
?"
As he spoke, he handed over the newspaper.
The strong man who was still angry took the newspaper with a dark face, crumpled it into a ball and threw it aside.
The mercenary cursed in his mind, but he did not dare to cause trouble on other people's territory, and spread his hands with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Can I take this as a reconciliation? It's just a drunken gaffe. We really don't mean any harm..."
Just when the atmosphere at the scene was tense, Old Hook, who noticed the situation here, coughed and interjected to smooth things over.
"He's right. There's no point in embarrassing him. If you want to blame it, just blame the "Qingquan City Daily" that appeared out of nowhere... Speaking of which, I also received a dozen this morning, mixed up with the printing factory.
When other newspapers arrived, I took one look at them and threw them away as trash."
"Someone is printing this garbage!"
The strong man also realized that his reaction was too drastic and that it was outrageous to vent his anger on a passerby, so he groaned in annoyance and walked down the steps.
Old Hook shrugged helplessly.
"That adult has too many things to worry about. It's impossible to worry about everything personally, right?"
Of course, this is also his advantage.
He only cares about whether people can afford the things on the shelves. He doesn't care much about what people want to buy.
Just like he said at the last celebration, as long as the transaction does not involve honor and dignity.
People started to discuss it in a lively manner, talking angrily about the Qingquan City Daily that appeared out of nowhere.
Looking at the ball of newspapers rolled to the side of the bar, he picked it up curiously and took a look at it.
It doesn't matter if you don't see it.
When I saw him, he immediately became angry.
"Holy crap! Is Xiaoyu that kind of person?"
He didn't read the content of the conspiracy theory carefully, nor did he care much about it. The key was what the newspaper wrote. Why did he feel like Xiaoyu was like the manager's slave?
CP must have made a mistake!
Lao Bai, who was holding the wine glass, smiled and joked.
"Xiaoyu seems not to be a human being."
Chen Yutong, who rested his chin on the back of his hand and was slightly drunk, also teased.
"Indeed, but I think it is much cuter than humans."
She has also recently learned some of the players' languages. Although she is not very proficient in using them, there is basically no problem in daily communication.
Lao Bai laughed.
"Your taste is so unique."
The debtor burped, drunkenly stood up from the bar, crumpled the newspaper into a ball in annoyance and threw it into the trash can.
"Whether it is a human or not, it is a comrade we have fought side by side with! And most importantly, it is the wife of my good brother Luo Yu!"
Yin Leina looked at him with a funny face.
"Just take advantage of Luo Yu's absence and talk nonsense."
By the way, is this guy trying to increase his favorability?
He seems to have Xiaoyu's fruiting body inside him?
"Hiccup - in short! I, Big Eye, will never allow anyone to smear our Xiaoyu!"
He stepped on the table next to him, rolled his big eyes, and shouted loudly in the Chinese couplet to the drunkards who were discussing with indignation.
"How dare someone slander our supreme manager!"
"I'm scratching my head, the leader of the Death Corps, no matter who that grandson is, you must give him some color!"
Yin Leina almost spit out a mouthful of wine when she heard him say the name of paddling on the edge of the water.
At this moment, the drunken debtor Dayan suddenly took out a pistol from his pocket and fired a gunshot at the ceiling.
As soon as the gunshot rang out, the atmosphere in the entire lobby was instantly ignited, and all the senior men started shouting excitedly.
"That's right!"
"We must show that grandson some color!"
"But where can we find him?"
"The printing house that delivers newspapers!"
"Ouch!"
Seeing the out-of-control scene in front of him, Lao Bai was stunned for a moment, while Yin Leina snatched the pistol from the debtor's hand.
"Are you crazy? I don't want the number anymore?!"
"Hey, don't panic, it's just a blank bullet."
The debtor who got off the table smiled, bent down, picked up the empty bullet casing and shook it in front of Yin Leina.
However, what he didn't expect was that he ended up getting a five-minute yellow card, and Dese rolled his eyes and went offline within two seconds.
Lisa, whose face turned pale, looked at him worriedly and asked in a low voice.
"Is he okay?"
Lao Bai was used to this and comforted the little girl with a smile.
"It's okay, this guy drank too much, we will take him back to rest."
In fact, Xiao Qi still held on to it.
If you fire a gun in public, even if it is a blank bullet, even if it is a first offense, you will have to get at least a 24-hour yellow card, let alone in a beer hall.
The group of drunkards didn't care about the coward who was lying down after drinking. They only vaguely heard the call from the leader of the Death Corps. The blood in their bodies was instantly ignited, and they stood up one after another with cruel words.
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting more and more frightening, the mercenaries who first started the conversation were so frightened that they dropped their money to pay the bill and ran out without even finishing their drinks.
Old Hook had a look of helplessness on his face, but he didn't stop the guys from pouring out the door. He just threw the rag aside and looked at Lisa, who was holding a dinner plate, and said.
"You can get off work early today."
Lisa whispered nervously.
"Is it okay to just leave them alone?"
"It's okay. There are residents of the shelter here. They can control the situation and won't make things go too far..." Old Hook was not sure, and whispered "probably" behind him.
To be honest, he didn't like to see anyone slandering their manager, although the adult himself might not care much about such trivial matters.
If he hadn't taken them in that winter, his old bones might have been lost somewhere in the wasteland.
Today's life is like a dream to him, a wastelander, and he will never forget that kindness in his life.
It's a pity that he doesn't know who wrote that article, otherwise he would definitely have to kick that guy in the butt.
Seeing the drunkards getting up one after another and rushing to the door, Sun Yuechi, who was sitting in the corner, hurriedly put away the newspaper, for fear that others would see that he had a copy here.
But people didn't notice him, and even if they did, they wouldn't care.
Someone has pointed out the direction for them. They are going to the printing factory, and that is where they can vent their anger.
Seeing this crowd of crazy people pouring into the street, Sun Yuechi's forehead was covered with black lines.
Is this settlement really normal?
He couldn't help but begin to doubt the rumors he heard on the road...
At the same time, Cindyson was sitting in front of the window of the same hotel room, with a gloating smile on his face.
Especially when he saw more and more people gathering on the street and the guards coming to maintain order, his smile became even brighter.
"Tsk tsk, there's going to be chaos."
Just as he expected.
The newspaper he produced together with other merchants really ignited the anger of these survivors.
As long as public opinion continues to ferment, the fruiting bodies in the East District of Qingquan City will soon become a hot potato.
At that time, they can appear in front of the alliance authorities as a savior and buy those fruiting entities at a cheap price.
However, it would be a pity to turn such a smart fruiting body into a nutritional paste.
Maybe he can hire a few researchers to think about it and see if he can use those fruiting bodies. Isn't the business of labor dispatch more promising than "collecting rags"?
Hindison clenched her fists excitedly and cheered for the gathered survivors.