For the first time, Nicole felt an extremely oppressive calm.
The villages in this area have completely turned into dead villages. Almost all villagers have participated in the survival competition.
Of course, they basically all died underground.
Looking at the fields covered with heavy snow and the dead silence around her, she always felt endless terror.
However, it is fortunate that the snow is falling heavily now. Otherwise, people in the surrounding villages would continue to starve to death every day, and I am afraid it would have become a plague. However, it is troublesome to dispose of the corpses. Even if they are burned together, progress will be made in this heavy snow.
It will also be very slow.
In recent years, the population within the wall has been experiencing negative growth.
This is a shocking fact, and it can also be said to be an open secret.
Today, the mineral resources within the wall are increasingly depleted, and the extremely weak industrial base has ceased to exist in name only. Today, the annual steel output is less than one-tenth of what it was at its peak. With the depletion of iron, coal, and oil fields, the wall
China will soon completely regress back to a completely agrarian society.
What is the most important thing for a farming society?
Without a doubt, it’s the land!
Land is the foundation of farming society and the greatest wealth. However, the land area within the wall is extremely limited, and farming itself depends on the weather. Current agriculture can only rely on artificial sowing, and there is no weather forecast.
In this case, whether it is drought, flood or locusts, they can bring devastating disaster to people.
If you want to change this situation, there is only one way, and that is to expand the territory and expand the land area. At the same time, if new iron ore and oil fields can be found outside the wall, the industrial economy can continue to be developed inside the wall instead of
We can only rely on the small-scale peasant economy where self-sufficiency is difficult.
Nicole still remembered that when her grandfather Reeve mentioned these things to her, he repeatedly emphasized that they could only survive by going outside the wall and exploring new lands. Back then, the King of the Golden Mask personally drove and conquered, and went to the outside of the wall, that is, to embrace
They had the idea of expanding their territory. However, generations of people continued to go outside the wall. From the beginning to the end, no one could even go outside the ten kilometers radius of the black wall. The idea of building a new town outside the wall also died due to this.
At this moment, suddenly, the door behind her was opened.
She immediately turned around and was shocked to see that the person walking into the door was a man wearing a blue mask and a military uniform!
She was quite surprised. Why did the military people come to the Black Corpse Team's station?
You must know that although the Black Corpse Team and the military are completely independent in terms of organization, most of the members of the Black Corpse Team wear gray masks. In front of the military, they are no different from their subordinates. Moreover, this is an officer with a dark blue mask.
The status is naturally much higher than them.
"Miss Xia Ya." Behind the officer, there were several black masked soldiers, all with extremely straight military postures. "Now, the government has decided to recruit you and organize you into a special operations team. You must
Go outside the wall and carry out a military order."
Although Nicole could say that the military cannot order them, this is simply unrealistic. The other party is a dark blue mask, and she is just a gray mask. There is no other way but to obey.
"Captain David..."
"I am here on behalf of the government. A squad leader has no right to interfere." The dark blue masked officer said in an official tone: "This is a special call. If you dare to disobey, I will take care of you before you become a Splinter."
You execute. Don’t think that because you have a small number of corpse exterminators, I won’t dare to kill you.”
Corpse chasers do have certain privileges, but in the final analysis, the root of their power comes from the color of their masks. Gray masks are considered pariahs in the eyes of these people.
"Then, let me clean up, and I'll be there soon..."
"Leave now." The officer said coldly: "Whatever you need will be provided for you when we get there."
Nicole had no choice but to follow these soldiers.
After arriving outside, the passing members of the Black Corpse Team all looked over, but no one dared to say anything.
These soldiers, from their pace, uniform style, and guns, can tell that they are the Central Guards directly under the government, directly deployed by the five silver-faced congressmen, and each of them can be said to be the most elite soldiers.
No one has the authority to order them except the Silver-faced Councilor. Because they have direct orders from the Silver-faced Councilor, even if they disobey the orders of someone with a mask color higher than theirs, they will not become Splintered Facers.
As soon as she left the building, she was blindfolded and entered a car.
"From now on, you are not allowed to speak or move around at will."
A cold voice reached my ears.
The car drove for about two hours before it stopped.
Nicole was extremely nervous at this time. She didn't know why the military people suddenly wanted to dispatch her. And if she was needed as a corpse hunter, it was obviously related to the supernatural beings. Moreover, she also said that she was going to go outside the wall...
Then, she was supported by the soldiers beside her and got out of the car.
I don't know how long she walked before the cloth covering her eyes was removed.
Then she discovered that she was surrounded by soldiers with guns and ammunition. In front of her was a building surrounded by barbed wire.
She was escorted into the building at a post every three steps and a sentry every five steps.
She was even thinking at this time, would she see the Silver-faced Councilor? Only the five major councilors could mobilize these central guards. These central guards were adapted from the royal guards of the year. After the King of the Golden Mask disappeared outside the wall,
The Royal Guards were reorganized and reorganized into the Central Guards loyal to the five Silver-faced Councilors.
Then, she was sent into a round table conference room.
At this time, she discovered that the people gathered in the conference room were all wearing the uniforms of the Black Corpse Team, and they were basically corpse exterminators or squad leaders from various places.
At this time, two people greeted her at the door.
One of them is Jeff Gordon, who is wearing a blue mask and the uniform of the captain of the Black Corpse. He is the supreme commander of the Black Corpse and the only blue mask in the Black Corpse organization. As the captain,
He is usually only responsible for commanding the black corpse squads in various places within the government, and never needs to go outside the wall in person.
The other one also wore a blue mask, but he was not wearing a military uniform, but a straight suit, and was extremely fat. Despite this, Nicole discovered that whether it was Captain Jeff or the arrogant one before
The blue-masked officers all respected the fat man in a suit and blue mask.
Thinking of how many people starved to death in the Delun subdivision where she was located, and comparing this fat man's bulging beer belly, Nicole felt extremely sad.
"Char, you're here!" Jeff walked up with a smile and said: "Your grandfather is one of the most senior members of our Black Corpse Team, and you yourself are also the youngest female among the current corpse chasers. This time
, the government has given us an important task, as long as we can complete it, the color of your mask will definitely improve a lot."
Improve mask color?
This can be said to be every gray mask's dream.
"Okay, sit down, this is your place."
"It's... captain!"
After sitting down in fear, she glanced at the person next to her, who immediately said to her: "Char, I'm David."
"Captain David?"
Wearing a mask and the same squad leader uniform as everyone else, Nicole really couldn't recognize him unless David said anything.
Then, after more people were brought in one after another, the meeting began.
After Captain Jeff Gordon sat down with the fat man in the suit and blue mask, Jeff cleared his throat first, and then said: "You are the pillars of our Black Corpse Team. Let me introduce to you now, this...
…”
He pointed at the man in a suit with a blue mask and said, "This is Mr. Oppa Dalt, the clerk directly under Congressman James!"
At this time, everyone was extremely shocked!
Everyone knows that Oppa is a true confidant of Congressman James and has been the core of his campaign team before. This is a real big shot.
These people are not Chinese, otherwise, the term "imperial envoy" would definitely come to their minds.
"Now, Mr. Dart, please speak!"
The fat man straightened out his beer belly, and then said: "Everyone, the government plans to organize an expedition outside the wall, with the purpose of... seizing the golden mask!"