Chapter 918: Flames in the Rain (please vote for the big chapter)
Chapter 919 Flames in the Rain (please vote for the big chapter)
The silent night was so silent. Those suspended mechas did not put down their cannons, but they did not fire either.
And He Ao, who was standing at the cabin door, stopped talking and just stood calmly in the night wind.
I don't know how long it took, but a dragoon fighter slowly approached and hovered next to the floating fighter.
The hatch at the top of the Dragoon fighter plane opened, and an old man wearing a military uniform, with a tall figure and a resolute face walked out of the hatch. He looked at He Ao who was standing at the door of the floating fighter plane, and said with a smile, "Why is Mayor Lin En doing this today?"
Are you coming to Nancheng?"
His eyes swept over He Ao's neat suit, and his eyes paused slightly.
"Because people keep mentioning Nancheng to me recently, so I just happened to come over and take a look."
Holding the cane in his hand, He Ao also smiled and replied, "I just want to hear you talk about the current situation in Nancheng, General Covey."
Hearing He Ao's words, the old man's expression condensed slightly. He glanced at He Ao, then nodded with a smile, "I'm very happy."
Then he raised his head and glanced at the sky that was vaguely flashing with electric light, and said slowly, "The environment here doesn't seem to be very good. How about we go to my command center?"
"sure."
He Ao nodded calmly.
Covey returned to the Dragoon fighter, and Ho turned his head and looked at Fine, who was sitting in the driver's seat.
"Mr. Mayor,"
Watching the Dragoon fighter planes sail into the depths of those shimmering mechas, Fan's voice paused and looked back at He Ao, "Do we really want to follow in? That's General Covey's lair. Let's go
If it’s gone, there’s really no life left at all.”
"But that is also the strongest shield guarding Yilan City, so go ahead."
He Ao held the brass cane in his hand and did not close the hatch. Instead, he sat directly on the chair near the hatch.
Fine glanced at the huge mechas around him, was silent for a moment, and then activated the floating fighter.
As the slightly cool night slowly retreated, the mechas in front also separated to both sides, making way for the dragoon fighter planes in front and the floating fighter plane where He Ao was.
He Ao turned his head and looked through the open car door at the huge mechas standing in the darkness, looking at the cockpits on the chests of those mechas.
Vaguely, a pair of invisible eyes seemed to pass through the heavy cockpit door, staring at him sitting at the door of the cabin.
The towering mechas and densely packed dragoon fighters, with the eyes of the soldiers behind them, made way for a long road in the darkness.
The night has become a blanket for this long road, and the war machines are the resolute guards waiting on both sides of the blanket.
The speed of the floating fighter plane is not slow, and the distance left to He Ao is not long.
Under the gaze of these 'eyes', He Ao, led by the dragoon fighter planes in front, arrived in front of a tower-shaped building on the inside of the high wall.
This is the ground command center of the Nancheng City Defense Army, which is the core of the Nancheng Army in peacetime.
There is also a high-wall command center on the high wall, but it will only be activated when it is attacked by foreign enemies.
As the two flying machines approached, the side walls of the towering tower-shaped building opened to both sides, revealing a long and narrow opening. Behind the opening was a deep flat land, which seemed to be an urban parking lot.
Fine controlled the floating fighter plane, followed the Dragoon fighter plane in front of him into the opening, and then slowly landed on the city parking lot.
The folding ladder at the edge of the floating fighter unfolded naturally. He Ao stood up from his seat and slowly walked down the folding ladder down from the floating fighter.
Fan glanced around, hesitated, and finally slowly stood up from the driver's seat and followed He Ao out of the fighter plane.
At this moment, the old man in military uniform had stepped down from the Dragoon fighter plane and was standing between the floating fighter plane and the Dragoon fighter plane, waiting for He Ao.
"This seems to be my first time here."
He Ao looked around at the city parking lot. The entire airport was round in shape, and the walls seemed to be made of pure metal, reflecting a silver-gray luster. The overall appearance was very simple, without any unnecessary design.
"It's rare that a mayor comes to the city wall,"
The old man in military uniform stood beside He Ao, "They are always more interested in going to bustling venues to give speeches to their supporters, or playing golf at gorgeous indoor golf courses."
He raised his hand slightly, motioning He Ao forward, "In the twenty years I have been working here, you are the first to come here."
"People always like the bustling city,"
He Ao slightly raised his brass cane and walked forward with Covey, "But the prosperous city is built behind us, isn't it?"
Covey looked up at He Ao, smiled and said, "Of course."
The two stopped in front of the elevator door.
At this time, Faen had already followed, and several powerful and extraordinary-looking soldiers were with him, following behind the two old men in front.
He glanced at Ho Ao and Covey who were chatting and laughing, and then at the murderous soldiers beside him. His eyes were a little confused for a moment.
Ding--
The elevator door opened naturally, and the empty elevator appeared in everyone's sight.
The two walked into the elevator naturally, followed by Faen and the soldiers.
Then the elevator door closes and the elevator moves upward.
"Mayor Lynn seems to be injured? Do you need a doctor?"
Standing in the ascending elevator, Covey raised his head and looked at He Ao's cheek.
Although there were not many scars on He Ao's face, they were relative to his body. Even if he washed away the blood stains, the small wounds on his face were still clearly visible.
And even after he was washed, there was still a faint smell of blood lingering on his body, both his own and that of others.
"I ran into a little trouble when I came here,"
Holding his cane, He Ao replied naturally, as if talking about a trivial matter, "It's all been resolved."
Then his eyes fell on Covey's military uniform, "Is General Covey getting ready to go out?"
At this moment, Covey was not wearing formal clothes, but simple wartime military uniforms.
"There's a drill,"
Covey withdrew his gaze and slowly explained, "Even in peacetime, we have to be prepared to deal with all problems, so necessary military training is essential."
He paused slightly, "You saw it when you came here just now. We have many soldiers who are ready. They are all brave soldiers."
He Ao nodded slightly, "I have never doubted our heroic Yilan soldiers."
Ding--
The elevator door opened and the two people walked out of the elevator.
The first thing that caught He Ao's eyes was a wide hall. A huge electronic screen stood at the front of the hall. Small tables with computer screens were arranged like desks in a classroom. Starting from the electronic screen, they were arranged backwards.
.
Figures in military uniforms were constantly controlling computers at small tables.
But there were not many people, only about one-fifth of the tables were filled.
"This is our staff."
Covey said, "They are doing exercise planning."
He Ao's eyes stayed on the electronic screen at the front of the hall, which was currently displaying a huge map of Yilan City.
Routes leading to somewhere northeast of Yilan City are being quickly drawn on the map.
He Ao looked at the end point planned on the screen, turned around and said with a smile, "You guys are going to the Mayor's Mansion for this 'exercise'?"
"We don't know if the mayor will encounter an accident. Sometimes appropriate drills can increase the stability of Yilan City."
Covey also answered calmly, then he seemed to remember something and asked with a smile, "Mayor Lin En wants to come to Nancheng to visit. Is there any place you want to visit?"
"Is there a place high enough to see far away?"
He Ao also responded with a smile.
"It really does."
Covey raised his hand and pointed to a side road, "There is a garden over there."
He Ao walked that road with him.
Faen, who was standing at the back, stared at all this with his mouth open. He glanced at the two old men who were both smiling as if they were old friends for many years, and then looked at the marching route planned on the big screen in front.
It's almost like "I'm going to carry out a coup" written on their faces. How can these two people still chat like this normally?
Seeing this scene, the soldiers beside Fawn were also a little confused, and their eyes quickly looked between the two old men who were talking and laughing.
"Are there many outsiders running here recently?"
Ho and Covey walked towards the corridor together and asked slowly.
"Of course, there are many,"
Covey nodded lightly, and he led He Ao forward along the corridor. The two of them had gradually distanced themselves from the people behind them, "Some people who contacted me through the lobbying group, you know, these people are like rats.
It's the same, it can never be cleaned up.
"They told me that I had to do something for the stability of the city, and they would help me solve the troubles coming from the federal center."
"Sounds good,"
He Ao glanced at the portraits hanging on both sides of the corridor. They were city defense officers who had guarded the south city of Yilan City in the past. He asked with a smile, "Are you willing to believe them?"
"It has nothing to do with whether I believe it or not,"
Covey shook his head, "Recently, my subordinates always come to me and show me a certain video, which is a speech by someone from the city cabinet. He declared that we officers are the lackeys of the consortium, and they want to completely eliminate us from the city defense."
military."
Together with He Ao, he looked at a portrait hanging in the corridor.
"And as you know, food prices are rising, commodity prices are also rising, but the consortium's factories are shutting down, employees can't get their income, and bank loans cannot be reduced for a day, and the consortium's 'punishment' has really hit people
The city is slowly becoming chaotic on everyone's part."
"I remember you were born in Ninvis District?"
He Ao looked away, memories flashed through his mind, and he asked slowly.
"My father is a miner and my mother is a female worker in a shoe factory,"
Covey lowered his head and moved forward with He Ao, his tone calm.
"I remember your father mining in Copez,"
He Ao said slowly, "My mother worked in a small local shoe factory in Yilan District. Later, the shoe factory was acquired by Ivis Space System and transformed into an equipment factory. As a result, your mother lost her job."
"My information should be on every mayor's desk, but you are probably the one who has actually read it in the past twenty years."
Covey looked up and looked forward and said slowly.
"I just happened to see it."
He Ao sighed softly. Lin En indeed just happened to read Covey's information, and then discovered that Covey's background was not 'noble'. After that, he carefully looked up Covey's information and wrote it down.
After Covey's mother lost her job, she couldn't find a stable job for a long time. She could only work odd jobs in fast food restaurants to support the family, and their family was still burdened with a high mortgage loan. The burden of the entire family fell on Covey's father.
On the head.
But not long after his mother lost his job, Covey's father also had an accident in the mine. Hundreds of tons of mining machines tilted and crushed Covey's father's legs, which directly caused Covey's father's legs to suffer comminuted fractures.
Amputation.
The mine did not pay compensation, and Covey's family could not afford expensive medical expenses or mechanical prostheses. In the end, they had to take his father home. Because of the amputation, his father also lost his job.
The final result of this incident was that Covey's mother had to work multiple jobs to support the family. Covey and his brother, who had excellent grades, also had to drop out of school to work. They were also evicted from home because they defaulted on their mortgage payments.
Got a smaller rental apartment.
Later, Covey joined the Federal Central Army, where he became a transcendent by chance, and later became a mercenary. He was promoted step by step in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and finally returned to Yilan twenty years ago and became a city official.
Defense officer.
At that time, both his parents had passed away, and his brother also died soon after becoming ill due to overwork in the factory.
The silent corridor unexpectedly fell into silence, with only the gentle footsteps of two people left.
Covey looked forward. At this moment, the two of them had reached the end of the corridor. There was a standing glass door. He stretched out his hand and pressed it on the glass door.
The closed glass door was slowly pushed open, and the quiet semi-open-air small garden under the night appeared in their sight.
At this moment, the entourage following behind them was far behind them.
The two people passed through the small glass door and walked to the edge of the garden fence.
The buildings and streets intertwined with bright lights in the distance appeared in their field of vision. It was the most prosperous St. Elan district in the city.
"I often stand here and look at this city,"
Covey raised his head and looked into the distance, "When I was young, I couldn't see so many bright lights."
boom--
Violent thunder flashed in the sky again, and raindrops fell on their shoulders.
Covey raised his head and glanced at the sky, then lowered his head and looked at He Ao, "When the heavy rain falls, these lights may not be able to withstand the baptism."
"Actually, I don't like these lights,"
He Ao raised his head and looked into the distance, then lowered his head and looked at the wider darkness beneath his feet. "These illuminated lights should not belong to a small area. Only the silent darkness that accounts for the vast majority of this city should burn."
The fierce flames let every child see the light,"
He stretched out his hand to catch the raindrops falling from the sky, "As long as the fire is strong enough, no matter how violent the wind and rain are, it can't be extinguished."
The howling cold wind blew through the hair of the two old people and blew over their old cheeks.
"Sounds good,"
Covey let out a long sigh, "But are your flames strong enough to withstand the storm?"
He raised his eyes slightly, as if he had passed through the dark night, passed through the solid high wall, and arrived at the vast world outside the city. "Even if you can deal with the threats inside the city, you can also deal with the threats from outside the city."
?"
"This is my first time as mayor,"
He Ao lowered his head, looked back at Covey, and said with a smile, "I have failed three times before this time, but failure and crisis are not reasons to give up."
Covey lowered his head and glanced at the old man holding a brass cane beside him, "Do you think I should be 'willing' to believe you? Believe the grandson of a senator?"
"I believe in a doctor who works at a free clinic in Ningwis District."
He Ao answered calmly.
The heavy rain fell from the sky, dripping on the two old people.
The best time for tonight's coup is when the mayor is assassinated. At that time, if you control the city government, blame everything on the assassin, and then purge the opponents in the name of catching the assassin, everything will be much easier.
A qualified careerist will not give up the best opportunity unless he sees something else, or he is not a pure careerist as described in the rumors.
