Since the release of the "Southern Barbarian Invasion" expansion pack, the alliance's population has approached the six million mark.
Shuguang City and Boulder City, which are the most populous and densely populated cities, have both exceeded one million residents, and the former has even reached the 2 million mark.
There are also Dawn City, which has the densest industrial and research facilities, and Luoye City, which is a transportation hub. The number of permanent residents is also reaching 1 million.
Among them are not only immigrants from other regions, but also many newborns born on alliance lands.
After the "Bone Chewing Rebellion" ended, a baby boom broke out in the alliance.
But now, the children born at that time have all gone to kindergarten, and the teenagers who joined the alliance at that time have gradually grown into young adults.
It’s not just the alliance’s population that’s growing, but also the number of players.
As more and more shelters are unlocked, the number of closed beta accounts has gradually increased from 100,000 to 200,000, and the number that has been issued has reached 170,000.
In the distant alpha testing period, the ratio of players to NPCs could barely remain between 1:5 and 1:10. Now, the number of players has been far behind the explosive growth of NPCs.
However, this is actually inevitable.
The size of the shelter cannot support a civilization. After surviving the harsh winter, the residents of the shelter from the old era will eventually sow the carefully cultivated seeds and hopes on the ground...
"Wasteland OL" official website.
During the peak hours of online and offline traffic every day, the forum is as lively as ever.
New and old cloud players exchange game strategies and experiences, and veteran drivers drive as always.
Compared with the brakes applied by Train No. 97 and the ideological and cultural changes that occurred in the distant world, most people are more interested in what new activities Mosquito Brother and Tails have performed recently.
It has been the tail for some time.
The Knights of the White Bear somehow managed to reach the northernmost part of the continent and found a private research institute on the verge of bankruptcy in an out-of-the-way swamp.
It is said that the director claimed that he used to be a "non-staff member" of the college and learned some gene editing techniques from a certain researcher.
But later, I don’t know whether the tutor got cold feet or forgot about himself and the project he was working on. He waited for ten years without waiting for the tutor to see him.
Now that the resources of this institute have been exhausted, this unlucky middle-aged man is planning to close the institute and wander in the wasteland, when he happens to meet the warm-hearted Ah Wei.
In short, after completing a series of resource collection and specimen recovery tasks, the guy agreed to help her restore some extinct species using gene synthesis technology.
But to accomplish this, it's not enough to have a research institute and a few pieces of DNA.
What they need is an entire gene pool, and most of the gene pools in the pre-war era were scattered at the two poles of the planet.
As a result, the White Bear Knights are heading towards the North Pole, which is further north than Ice Sea City.
It is said that part of the area there is the territory of the Northern Army.
No player has ever been there.
Some good people have already started betting on the forum, betting on how long it will take to see her at the resurrection point in Dawn City.
Of course, there is never a shortage of people on the forum who say, "Why don't you give me the helmet?", "It's better to go to the North Pole than to the Antarctic", "It's useless", "How did these guys get the helmet", etc. They like to teach people.
People are particular about what they do.
He is a good teacher and looks like a family member.
And this is also part of the forum ecosystem.
Just like the story about the mammoth, and the garbage man who spends all day in the jungle, trying to figure out what kind of snake skin he is playing with, it is just a small episode among the many trivial matters on the forum.
Just when the posts on the forum's homepage were filling the screen in seconds, Brother Mosquito suddenly jumped out and typed a line of titles full of gimmicks, including punctuation marks, on the public screen.
"Fuck! Guess what happened?!"
Tail:"!?"
Quit smoking: “What the hell? There’s not even a prospect feed, let’s just guess.”
Ye Shi: "I suspect this guy is going to fart again, let's call the prophet first. (Funny)"
Mosquito: "Brothers, don't panic, just listen to me. I was playing cards in Kunzhen, and an NPC was sitting opposite me. I was playing cards and suddenly couldn't play anymore... Guess what happened?
"
Tail:"???"
Rourou: "Damn it, my claws are so hard!"
The post reached hundreds of pages.
Seeing that everyone was starting to get tired of having fun, Mosquito, who was already appetizing, didn't dare to be too pretentious anymore, so he typed the situation he encountered yesterday at the bottom of the post.
"The guy took out his earwax. I thought he was going to do something, but to my surprise, the guy turned out to be the manager himself!"
The post was quiet for a while, and no one continued to post for several seconds.
Tails: "giao! Is this something humans do?! (///~乩~)"
Sisi: "..."
Teng Teng: “What the hell.”
Crow: "Hey, I thought you were going to say something. (Speechless)"
Mosquito: "Wait a minute, don't you think it's scary? To be honest, I was almost scared to the point of peeing. (Scared)"
Fangfeng: "Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, reflect on whether you have done any bad things recently. (Squint)"
Mosquito: "?? Damn it, my good citizens, please don't accuse me unjustly!"
Ye Shi: "I blindly guessed that you took out that golden legend again. (Funny)"
Feng Qing: "Speaking of captain, why did you go to Jinchuan Province?"
Guigui: "We need people on the front line! Come back as soon as you are revived! (╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻"
Mosquito: "Ahem, please give me a break. I'm a human, not a machine. I'm tired after flying for half a year... Besides, the pilots over there have also improved their skills. You can't just let me do everything."
Come to help them, but in the end their victory falls from the sky, which may not be a good thing."
The edge of the water: "You guy, you talk about laziness in such a refreshing and refined way. (Sweat)"
Fang Chang: "Well, it seems that the manager is indeed in Weifu City recently, but that guy is so busy, and usually Shenlong never sees the beginning or end, so it is indeed a bit unusual to have time to play cards with you... If you recall carefully, besides
What else do you do besides playing cards?”
Mosquito: "...Uh, is this important?"
Fang Chang: "Whether it's important or not, isn't this analyzed for you? If you don't need it, forget it. (Squints)"
Mosquito hesitated for a while, and finally recounted the cause and effect honestly.
Including the time when he used a fusion card to summon the [Manager Riding Neeko], and the time when the "Golden Legend Card" worth hundreds of millions was forcibly bought by the manager while throwing down a few banknotes.
After listening to his narration, there were boos and boos in the post, obviously many people had seen that card.
Of course, in addition to those poker players who are deeply affected by it, there are also good brothers who seriously help analyze mosquitoes.
For example, Brother Quan Shui.
"Maybe the manager is warning you not to ride on others in his name. (Funny)"
Mosquito: "Ah?! I didn't do that either. (Embarrassed)"
Commander Quanshui: "Then let's understand it from another angle. He hopes that you will use the abilities and status given to you by the shelter more carefully. Remember that with greater ability comes greater responsibility, otherwise the tools for committing crimes will be confiscated from you one day. (Funny.
)"
Mosquito: "F*ck...is it so serious?! (horrified)"
Fang Chang: "Ahem, don't tease the mosquitoes. Although the manager is occasionally a little shady, judging from past events, he is not as shady as you said."
"But...I'm thinking about another thing. Since you said that he understands all your jokes, including real-life jokes, is there another possibility? In fact, what you saw at that time was not the manager.
, but the planner A Guang who plays the role of manager."
Mosquito: "What the hell?! You mean you're planning to go up to a larger size?!"
"Well... based on the existing intelligence, the planner should be able to log in to the NPC's account. This shouldn't be technically difficult to implement. What confuses me is why he would do this. Is there any reason behind this?
What deep meaning could there be...or, as Brother Quanshui said, does he want to convey some kind of message to you in this way?"
Ye Shi: "Maybe Aguang was just too proud to look at the mosquitoes, and wanted to tell him through the NPC, 'The manager is watching you'. (Funny)"
Mosquito: "Damn it...he really said that! (Surprised)"
Crow Crow: "Well, I think you are all thinking too much... maybe A Guang just wants to play cards."
Tails: "Uuuuuuuah, damn it, Boss Crow is too naive, I really want to bully her. (☆▽☆)"
Crow: "???"
Seeing the group of idiots chatting on the forum becoming more and more outrageous, Chu Guang, who was peering through the holographic computer screen, smiled and shook his head.
"These guys are so imaginative."
In a few words, he has changed from "a manager who can seize a body at any time" to an "NPC who can appear in any place at any time and seize any body at any time".
The first guess is just taking off your pants and farting. The planner and manager are the same person. Aguang and Shuguang are both his vests. He doesn't need to fight for them at all. He is always in a double-open state.
As for the latter conjecture, it was somewhat outrageous, and even led to some inferences that made Xiao Qi's fist harden. Chu Guang, who couldn't stand it anymore, had no choice but to close the post.
In fact, to be honest, he really doesn't want anyone to use his own name to forcefully persuade others or oppress others.
However, the "Golden Legend" picture he confiscated from the mosquito really didn't have that much meaning. It was purely because the guy's painting of himself holding a hammer was too embarrassing.
As long as this dog coin made him more realistic or more handsome, he wouldn't have spent 500 silver coins on a piece of paper.
Five silver coins for this piece of shit was too expensive for him.
After buying it, he threw it to Xiao Qi and asked him to keep it for him.
In the end, it was the broad-minded Crow Crow who understood him best.
…
On the other side, in the south of Borneo Province, on the border between Lang State and Snake State, soldiers carrying guns were moving from the direction of Lang State carrying large and small bags of supplies.
They are dressed simply, have thin bodies, but have piercing eyes, like wolves in the jungle.
A few days ago, under the command of General Grove, they launched a campaign called "Operation North Wind".
The 101st, 102nd and other 90,000 troops were broken into pieces and advanced from the northern border of Snake State into Wolf State. They used small groups of troops to penetrate, attack and divide and encircle the strategic facilities of the Southern Army in the southern part of Wolf State.
Surprise attack.
From a tactical point of view, this operation was a textbook victory. The Southern Army did not expect Shah Rukh to attack at all, and the spies stationed in Snake State did not receive any intelligence about "Operation North Wind".
Several garrison and transport troops guarding the southern counties were beaten and retreated dozens of kilometers.
Strategically speaking, this force from Snake State not only severely damaged the Southern Army's logistics deployment in the southern part of Lang State, but also greatly shared the military pressure in the southern part of Tiandu.
Since the Southern Army occupied Lang State, it has been training servant troops in the area and looking for opportunities to infiltrate from the south of Tiandu to the states in the eastern part of Borneo Province.
There are many industrial facilities and railways built with alliance assistance in the eastern states.
Their security is not only related to the economy of Borneo, but also related to the supply of materials on the front line.
Shah Rukh, who ran faster than a rabbit, seemed to have finally remembered that he was a wolf, not a dog, and took a bite out of the Southern Army's heel.
Although Shah Rukh's personal attitude towards "Operation North Wind" cannot be determined, those tens of thousands of troops are his after all.
This hearty victory not only gave a resounding slap in the face to those who mocked him for "recharging his energy", but also greatly boosted the morale of the radicals in Golden Gallen Port.
The same is true for the soldiers on the front line, especially the 1.01 millionth unit commanded by General Grove himself. From officers to soldiers, everyone has a proud expression on their faces.
When they came out of Shezhou, they only had one gun for two of them. When they came back, not only were they carrying two or three guns per person, but they even had a bunch of long guns, short cannons and heavy machine guns.
Not only that, they also accepted the military trucks of the Southern Army, and together with the tricycles and ox carts that transported goods, they rushed back to the mountains of Shezhou carrying boxes and bundles of ammunition.
In addition to the frontline troops fighting on the front line, General Grove, who commanded the battle, was also hooked.
Looking at the guns and ammunition brought back from the front line, he enthusiastically patted Brother Dog on the shoulder, grinning almost to the base of his ears.
"Mr. Xiong is really a mastermind! After this battle, we will have to annihilate at least 20,000 to 30,000 enemies!"
Hearing this, Brother Gou smiled sheepishly and said modestly and low-key.
"Don't dare, don't dare, it's just a little trick in life."
Twenty to thirty thousand is a bit exaggerated, but it’s not too much when you think about it.
After all, he had seen with his own eyes that the group of Wilantes and their army of servants looked like they had seen a ghost.
Those big noses were beaten in such a embarrassing manner this time!
By the way, Gou Xiong is the nickname he gave himself. After all, his ID is different from other players. No matter how you break it down, it doesn't sound very elegant.
You can't just call everyone "Old Dog" or "Catheter" when you meet them, right?
The name "Bear" should be a bit domineering after all.
Upon hearing that strange statement, Grover was stunned for a moment and scratched the back of his head in confusion.
"Sheng...life tips?"
Brother Dog coughed lightly and explained.
"Ahem... I mean, this is how we fought against the Bone Chewing Tribe back then. That group of raiders accepted the legion's equipment and command personnel, and their combat effectiveness was far superior to ours. However, in the face of our continuous skirmishing tactics,
They eventually lost."
After several months of training, his Renlian language was no longer as broken as it was at the beginning of the year, but sometimes the words he used were a bit "different", which was a bit difficult for survivors outside the alliance to understand.
But fortunately, this little problem didn't hinder their communication. Grove didn't ask any more questions, and just nodded suddenly.
"I see...the ability to fight guerrillas is a life skill for you."
When he said this, Grove's eyes became more and more admiring.
Someone always tells him what kind of fighting race the Wilantes are, but in his opinion, these people from the river valley are!
After all, they still had a group of people to help them, and these guys just relied on their own strength to knock down the predators supported by the legion.
Brother Dog: "Well, it's not that exaggerated...forget it, just understand it as you wish."
Just misunderstand it.
It's not a bad thing anyway.
As for why Alliance players appeared in Grove's troops, that's a long story.
In the past few months, Brother Gou has been lurking in Snake State to collect information about this organization in order to find out what is going on with his family.
However, what is intriguing is that what he saw subverted his original impression of his family.
Putting aside the criticized preaching methods, compared to other demons and ghosts active in Borneo Province, at least these family members are indeed practicing their proclaimed concept of equality and fraternity.
When the warlords in Huzhou and Baozhou took away the land and water from the farmers, they not only planted beans and ground beans themselves, but even weaved and dyed their own clothes.
If we say they are bad people, then General Jie Ha of Huzhou is simply bad.
After all, what Jie Ha did was witnessed by everyone, and he was a model of lawlessness. If he was interested in the profits of any factory, he would not even bother to pretend to pay for it, but would directly send the captain to
Go and rob someone else's house.
Compared with what these noble people did, he really couldn't find any fault with these poor people.
And what's even more valuable is that they are willing to change.
After meeting Zaid, the elegant and easy-going man not only listened carefully to his opinions, formulated an improvement plan overnight, but also convened everyone to vote on the improved plan, declaring pyramid schemes illegal in the name of the law.
And conduct a deep self-examination.
This kind of situation is extremely rare even in Jingallang Port, let alone Tiandu.
Later, Brother Gou learned that Snake State also has its own committee members, but their names are parents.
And unlike the committee members appointed by Abu Saik, their parents were truly elected through free means, one person, one vote.
In addition, for his friend from the alliance, these family members also treated him as their own family, warmly welcoming and treating him.
They were not rich to begin with and would rather starve themselves, but they also had to squeeze out the few supplies, good fish and meat, to entertain him. This made him very embarrassed every time, so he could only give out the unfinished food to others.
The children nearby were watching eagerly.
In addition to food, several young and beautiful girls fell in love with him and took him to talk about life and ideals whenever they had the chance.
Looking at those big watery eyes, if you say you are not moved at all, then you are definitely cutting off your conscience and feeding it to the dogs.
However, in order not to affect the lives of the local people, after a battle between heaven and man, he finally chose to be an individual and offered to leave the relatively comfortable rear and go to the front line where conditions were more difficult.
Zaid tried to persuade him to stay, and the young man who always followed Zaid held his hand with tears in his eyes, saying that he wanted to ask him some more questions.
But perhaps because of his decision to go, they finally allowed him to go.
In this way, he met General Grove, the legendary second-in-command of the Gray Wolf Army, on the front line in the northern part of Snake State.
Unlike Gopal, the leader of the Gray Wolf Army who always had a cold face and gave people a sinister feeling, this Grover felt like an innocent and optimistic "old boy" to him.
In terms of age, this guy is already in his early thirties, but his youthful spirit of daring to fight and fight is still as if he is in his teens.
What makes Brother Gou feel most commendable is that this straight-forward guy doesn't have so many twists and turns. He always says what he wants and dares to do what he does.
Not only that, his strategy is not inferior to his bravery.
Brother Dog could feel that although Shah Rukh was surrounded by careerists like Zaid, just like the commander-in-chief of Tiandu, at least the guy in front of him was a true idealist.
If we want to draw an analogy, he is exactly the same as the "Jungle Rat Isher" in the north who was printed on the playing cards by the Wilant people with a reward, but he is slightly less political than the latter.
But very coincidentally, Brother Dog later discovered that this guy was actually a "fan" of Isher.
Very few werewolves would admire a rat tribesman, but this guy showed admiration and admiration every time he mentioned that name, and even openly regarded him as a role model.
This is quite unusual in the hierarchical province of Borneo.
I'm afraid Isher himself may not have thought that he, who was fighting guerrillas in three northern states, would actually become the idol of a senior officer of the Gray Wolf Army.
In short, when Grove learned that this "bear" was Isher's friend, he took him to talk all night long whenever he had the opportunity. Every time he chatted, he would ask about Isher and call him "Isher" in admiration.
"The second war god of Borneo".
As for who the first God of War is, Brother Dog has never asked, and Grover has not told him.
Most of the old members of the Gray Wolf Army have extremely complicated feelings towards the Imperial War God Alaya.
That is both their shame and their glory.
"...After this battle, I don't know if I have a chance to be drawn on the Southern Army's playing card."
Putting down the telescope in his hand, Grove's face glowed with excitement, as if he had drunk two ounces of vodka.
Brother Dog nodded approvingly and said.
"I think it should be enough. We will definitely hit them hard this time."
After a pause, he continued cautiously.
"However, it's time to retreat."
Obviously not only he thought so, but also General Grove standing next to him, who was not at all dazzled by the victory in front of him.
"Well, that's what I think too. If we continue to move forward, we will be the ones who can't keep up with the logistics. Being able to achieve such results can be regarded as a remarkable achievement... What do you mean by that sentence? Your alliance's
That proverb.”
Brother Dog said with a smile.
"Just accept it when it's good, and be content with what you have?"
"Yes! Hahaha, just give up when you see it, and you will always be happy with what you have!" Grover grinned from ear to ear, patting his good brother on the shoulder.
It can be seen that he likes this sentence very much.
Brother Dog had a knowing smile on his face, but soon his expression turned bitter again.
Oh shit.
That stupid eagle deceived him into choosing this bad name, saying that the family must be neat and tidy.
If he had known that he would have the opportunity to "go down in history", he would have chosen a more normal name when choosing his nickname!
Just as the two were discussing their retreat, by the woods fifty kilometers away to the north, the sound of tank tracks was quietly rolling over the open fields.
This is the 1,000-man unit of the 60th Armored Detachment of the Southern Army, which is mainly composed of light tanks and wheeled armored vehicles.
After receiving the order to attack, Captain Gibson took decisive action after entering Wolf State. He first dispatched a reconnaissance plane to search for the enemy's movements, and then personally led a light armored force to march quickly to the fulcrum on the retreat route of the troops in the direction of Snake State.
——Miljans County.
This place is on the border of Shezhou, with mostly hills to the south and plains to the north, which is conducive to the advancement of armored forces.
He could conclude that most of the oil-stealing rats had escaped.
However, nine teams of ten thousand people are advancing at the same time. With the opponent's radio penetration rate and organization level, it is impossible for them all to escape. There can always be one or two tails left.
Captain Gibson, who was sitting in the command vehicle, squinted his eyes and looked towards the south. His complex and confused expression made it difficult to tell what he was thinking.
The adjutant sitting next to him looked at the map and said seriously.
"Five kilometers further ahead is Miljans County. According to the aviation brigade's intelligence, a thousand-man team is resting there... We should encounter them soon."
"Um."
Gibson, who squinted his eyes, nodded and raised the telescope in his hand, but instead of holding it to the bridge of his nose, he held it to his mouth like a wine bottle.
Noticing the strange glances from the side, he came to his senses and realized that he was not sitting at the bar of a bar, but standing on a battlefield.
He coughed awkwardly, picked up the radio and put it to his mouth, then gave the order with a serious expression.
"Attention all units, the target is Miryansi County and clear out the units in this area!"
Hearing the sonorous and powerful voice of the commander, the young men in the communication channel roared with high morale, stuffed the shells into the barrel, and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom.
"receive!"
They had had enough of the frustration in Yongye Port, and now they could finally point their guns at the people they should target.
In the bumpy carriage, Carver, who was sitting under the turret, held his breath. The index finger of his right hand kept rubbing the trigger, and the sight equipped with a night vision device was aimed at the lighted wooden house in the distance.
The last three kilometers!
He had even seen the man standing by the window smoking, and his face that gradually changed from arrogance to panic.
They are dead!
Having found the target, Carver had already sentenced the guy to death in his heart, and at this moment the roars of his comrades came from behind him.