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"I have nothing to say to you!"

Hoffman didn't want to hear anything from Li De at all, he pressed the "off" button on the console - it had no effect.

"I know that, I didn't want to come to you... Colonel Hoffman? A colonel can command the security forces. Are all your generals dead?"

Li De complained, and then stopped Hoffman from wanting to unplug the power supply—"If you want to cut off the power of the entire defense line, then I can help you. There are many ways to find death, and you don't have to choose the stupidest one."

"Who are you?!"

"Who am I? Why do you ask knowingly?" Li De smiled. Through the camera in the command room, he was also observing this old soldier, who is called the pillar of security, just like seeing Marcus and his party for the first time. Like the protagonist team, he is also trying to compare the old man in front of him with the "iron-blooded soldier" in the game.

However, Li De had no interest in the old man, and after finding out that his informant had been resisted arrest, he was no longer interested in having a formal meeting, which turned into an announcement.

"I am Li De, the leader of the Brotherhood."

The young man opened his arms and said condescendingly, his eyes showed arrogance everywhere, which made Hoffman feel very uncomfortable-"You foolishly treat us as imaginary enemies, even when we show goodwill, you don't come to fight with us." It is a pity that we negotiate, stubbornly waiting for our own destruction."

Then he changed the subject: "But even fools like you, the Brotherhood will not give up. Colonel Hoffman, I want to tell you that if you want to save your soldiers and the civilians in the rear, then Abandon that stupid bomb plan, which will not only not save the situation, but will awaken a more terrible enemy, and then everything will be irreparable."

"How do you..." Hoffman was about to say how he learned about such a secret plan, but it was all obvious, and the energy on the other side was a bit beyond his imagination, so he changed the term.

"When did Lieutenant Anya join you?"

"When she realizes who can really save the world." Li De said, "I don't expect to convince you, but the reality will not change. My special envoy has already set off. Take the opportunity, Colonel."

special envoy?

Before Hoffman could respond, the communication was cut off.As if to confirm Li De's words, the alarm bell rang outside the door, and a guard pushed in and reported, "Sir! A car broke into the base, it's..."

"What is it?"

"There's our guy, and there's this guy who calls himself a frat guy!"

Chapter 31 Arrested and Imprisoned

This was the first time that Liszt had the opportunity to experience life in a prison—when the heavy iron door slammed shut, the hinges clicked shut, and the guards wrapped heavy chains outside the door, looking as if they were facing an enemy.

No wonder they are so nervous. The arrival of Li De and others can be described as "high-profile". The liquidator armored vehicle smashed through more than a dozen checkpoints all the way. No matter what - the vigilante soldiers can't stop this ferocious steel monster, especially when the high-explosive shells fired by the 90mm smoothbore gun of their centaur tanks scrape off a layer of carbonized lattice armor on the armored vehicle like firecrackers After painting, the shock caused to them was especially strong.

The original intention of this heavy armored vehicle design is to resist aerial bombs as a "mobile bunker", and it is not a problem to block a lot of light weapons.However, the price Liszt chose for such an arrogant "appearance method" was that they were surrounded by security soldiers as soon as they got out of the car. Facing hundreds of guns, he still confidently shouted: "All the miscellaneous soldiers! I'm leaving, I'm a special envoy sent by the Brotherhood, and I have important matters to discuss with your supreme commander!"

Then he was disarmed and escorted to the deepest prison below the headquarters.Even the entire team of Team D who yelled "You harmed us" were treated as "enemies" and put on shackles. On average, each person was hit by the butt of a gun several times.Before being thrown into the dungeon, the frantic Bard yelled at Liszt: "This is your plan to save everyone?!"

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get tiger cubs?"

I don't know if this is Hoffman's arrangement, and I and others were completely separated and detained.He glanced at this dark and damp narrow dungeon filled with corruption and stench, and estimated that the last unlucky ghost probably left this place a few days ago.

There was no light, but a few beams of dim yellow light came in through the narrow air holes on the iron door.There is a dead silence here, and occasionally the footsteps of patrolling soldiers in the corridor can be heard. The rhythmic pacing sound is like a heartbeat, and it is also like the countdown of the hour.

Team D... including Dom, who was still in a coma, was detained, but he was the only one thrown into the dungeon--Hoffman's move is worth thinking about, it seems that he doesn't want to fight with himself when this big enemy is in front of him. touch.

This is understandable. After the "warning" from the ontology, his arrival showed an obvious conspiracy appearance. It is still unknown how much effect the intertwining of the two things will have on Hoffman.There is no perfect model established for the main body of the Wei An colonel to analyze, but one thing can be confirmed——

His loyalty to Wei An actually has a lot of room to manipulate.

Liszt walked up to the mottled wall, he raised his hand, and the phalanx covered by the white bionic skin was slender and flexible—no, there was no intention to emphasize anything here, he just found something on the wall that was exposed after the cement disintegrated. Out of the brick wall, and then stuck his hand in like a pointer.

Like a nail-shooting machine, Liszt's fingers protruded from the tip of the alloy "bones", piercing into the concrete wall like a blade and a drill, cutting through the joints of masonry and pinching the square stone Pulled out.

His movement was very small, not even as loud as the sound of footsteps on the dungeon ceiling.After this process lasted several times, a hole was opened on the wall, and such a slight movement also attracted the attention of the "resident" on the opposite side. From the other side of the hole, a woman's face appeared in front of Liszt.

He looked at her, and she looked at him.

"You are..."

"Lieutenant Anya?" Liszt whispered, and he made a "whispering" gesture. The latter understood his meaning tactfully, but shook his head again.

"I've been dismissed from the military." Anya said dejectedly, she looked a little haggard, as if she had struggled a lot in her heart before Liszt came, "You are the special envoy sent by the Brotherhood, it seems that you You were locked up here too, and your plan failed."

If there is a chance to convince Colonel Hoffman, the official who holds the command of the security army, to cooperate with the Brotherhood, then everything will fall into place-this is Anya's understanding of Reed's plan, which sounds simple, but Huo Fuman's understanding of the status quo differs greatly from hers. This is a conflict of ideas, which cannot be changed by words.

But the plan is always the same, and Anya's emotional behavior has brought changes to the original deployment. In theory, Anya should have connected Li De to the channel, but she was imprisoned by the colonel first. up.

Perhaps it was the realization of this that made her so depressed, but Liszt didn't seem to care: "Failure? In my opinion, this is just part of the plan."

However, he did not say it clearly, but shifted the topic to Anya herself. For this core figure who "consciously" joined the Brotherhood, Liszt made the same evaluation as the main body: "Colonel Hoffman has no choice, but You have, Liaison Officer Anya."

"Forgive my bluntness, ma'am, but this is my analysis of the current situation." After digging through the wall, Liszt quietly stretched his hand back to conceal the fact of his mechanical body, "Hoffman considered The overall situation, and you, maybe you only care about Marcus alone... don't be surprised, this is my personal analysis, you don't think we will know nothing about you, do you?"

Anya took a step back, and shook her head after a moment of silence: "It's not important anymore, we have nothing to do. The colonel locked me up to protect me, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs must have noticed me."

"I know them well. It won't be long before the black armor elites will put us in the inner prison... Sorry, it was my emotions that made the result so bad."

Anya sat on the ground slumped, but she immediately heard a burst of laughter - it was Liszt, but it was not laughing at her, but facing outside the door.

A burst of dense and rough footsteps came from outside the dungeon. The neat steps indicated that it was a small team, and the purpose... Anya had already explained.

......

"Marcus! I want a full report, right now!"

In the headquarters, when he saw the D team standing in front of him, Hoffman was furious—"Where is Jin Mingyang? Why are there only four of you left... No, it doesn't matter, have you forgotten?" Is it your mission?"

"Sir!"

Marcus took a step forward and saluted. After his face was washed with spittle, he bravely told the general process, including the help they got from Liszt when they were in a desperate situation, but that's all. For Bud They didn't reveal a thing about their behavior, which earned them appreciative glances.

Hoffman interrupted Marcus's report frequently, and made many detailed inquiries about the content, and finally he seemed to realize something: "Sylvie City was not captured by orcs, but by these brothers will take over!"

"He came to warn me." Hoffman's forehead was dripping with sweat, he didn't know whether it was because of nervousness, or because he was annoyed that he hadn't noticed the other party's true intentions. When it comes to us, if I go ahead with the plan, they will attack?"

Naturally, he would not say these words in front of everyone, but before he could make a decision, a noise came from outside the headquarters, and he could hear his guards trying to stop someone—

"This is a military forbidden area, you are not qualified to come here!"

The guard yelled, but the visitor seemed to push away the blocking very directly, and said: "Get out of the way, soldier, we have an order issued by President Prescott, and we suspect that traitors and enemies of the security have been killed Hide here."

"We are also following orders, and you also know discipline, soldiers! For the survival of mankind, you should assist us in our investigation!"

Chapter 32 The Secret Buried Under the Sea

The flames of war burning in Jiaxintu, because the intervention of the black hand is like injecting new fuel and air into the fire, it is not yet known how much the resulting deflagration will expand.In the territory of security, nearly 50 civilians and tens of thousands of soldiers are still fighting for their own fate, but in the eyes of President Prescott and other high-level figures, the lives of these people are no different from the chips on the gaming table .

Just a moment ago, the Brotherhood's control center had received the latest information from the front line——Squad D had been detained by the elite black armor of the Ministry of Security and Internal Affairs, and was transferred to the capital's parliament hall for trial on the charge of "collaborating with foreign enemies". There is also Colonel Lister who was deliberately arrested. From a general logic point of view, he will be severely interrogated to extract information from the Brotherhood and become a hostage. Perhaps he can gain an advantage in future negotiations with the Brotherhood.

Contrary to Li De's expectations, Wei'an has not been willing to negotiate with the Brotherhood on an official level until today.Perhaps Prescott would think that he was a player on the gambling table. Although he had already understood that the cards in his hand were not as high as Li De's, the slogan of "unifying mankind" proclaimed by the Brotherhood made him believe that the life and death of civilians on Jacinto It can be a king bomb in his hand, and if the brotherhood wants to come hard, it will definitely be a mouse-he is a smart person, but he seems to have made a mistake, and therefore, he is far less smart than General Wu Wei.

This is some content that may never be deciphered. When Wu Wei, who was still free, met Li De for the first time, he once asked: "Is the Brotherhood an organization established for the well-being of mankind?"

"No."

This is an obvious thing. The establishment of the Brotherhood is not based on nationality or class. Its establishment is only what Li De wants to do. The fact that there is no one before or after human history is that this group of clones The leader of the natural person is not a human being at all. He has the memories and concepts of a human being, but he is no longer a creature in existence.According to Ensig, he is an informationized quantum life, he will not be killed by physics, nor will he age with time (we don’t talk about entropy change), he can change the carrier at any time and split into sub-personality, yes Higher than the organism, the existence that Engelsger dreamed of.

The artificial intelligence Legion is his tentacle, controlling all the assets of the Brotherhood; Tiberium is his tool, supplying infinite resources; the automated production line removes the limitation of manpower, and can increase his productivity geometrically.This is all that Li De has. He is Skynet in the sense of science fiction. As long as he wants to, he can completely ignore the life and death of mortals, and look down on the whole world coldly like a god.

This is Wu Wei's comprehension. What's ridiculous is that at that time, he still thought about how to raise his own value in front of the other party, but the reality is, whether it's himself, or Ensig, Olivia, they Ask Li De, not Li De, ask them.

However, after seeing the reality clearly, Wu Wei made another metaphor——

"When a god puts down his body and walks on the earth and is with mortals, he is either playing a game, or he really cares about mortals? In any case, a god who cares about mortals is no longer that transcendent existence, he There is a weakness."

Presco is stupid. He thinks this is a game of gambling, but in fact it is a chessboard. What's more hateful is that the chess player is a self-entertainer.

This couldn't help but make Wu Wei, who was also a time traveler, feel absurd and powerless in his heart, wanted to punch this superior leader from the bottom of his heart, and then shouted: "End this boring game!"

Li De didn't know what Wu Wei was thinking, and he wasn't interested in knowing that right now he had more important things to deal with.Accompanied by the roar of the huge waves, Li De's consciousness awakened in the Blue Eye Islands. On the top floor of the Technology Center, he could see a violent flash erupting on the coastline in the distance—it looked like a new type of weapon spontaneously The martyrdom explosion produced when it was destroyed, but it was not the flames and air waves produced by the explosion of chemical energy, but an electric arc shining with blue light.

After a while, Ensger's communication came, and the voice of the chief scientist sounded a little embarrassed: "Leader, I have something important to report to you!"

"Don't say it first." Li De touched his chin with his hand and asked playfully, "Let me guess, the fusion experiment failed?"

"No, it was a success." When talking about this, Ensig was so proud that he couldn't describe it in words. If Li De allowed, he would be willing to link all the speakers and public channels in the base, and play him in a loop 24 hours a day. Next words——

"Before 30 minutes and 2000 seconds, unit 480 successfully broke through [-] million degrees Celsius and was completely restrained by the magnetic field. The fusion reaction core was successfully maintained for [-] seconds. The flash you just saw is the subsequent plasma discharge phenomenon! "

Afterwards, there was a brief silence, but it wasn't that Li De was shocked by such news. His consciousness was quickly browsing the data of the fusion experiment, and allocated Legion's computing power to perform simulations until the results of multiple simulations were consistent with those of the laboratory. The data was consistent, and his consciousness returned to the body of the technology center——

"How do you want me to reward you, Ensig? I very much hope that both Olivia and Wu Wei are here, so that the Supreme Council can witness your success."

Controllable nuclear fusion, the power of the sun, the "eternal energy" known to human physics, engineering miracles that have not been completed on the Tiberium Earth, did it within a year after I came to this world?Will some readers say that they forcibly unlocked it?

But this is not ground washing, but the joint effect of the technological crystallization of the three worlds - the strong industrial productivity of the Tiberium world owned by Li De and the resources of Tiberium allow him to invest in research and development without any scruples.Generally, national groups need to distribute manpower and material resources in people's livelihood and industries, and it is impossible to devote too many resources to a single technology without survival.Considering the difficulty of training scientists and the limitation of funds, experiments must also be carried out steadily and carefully.

But Li De built seven fusion laboratories in one go, controlled by Legion and assisted by Ensig's sub-personalities, they turned on the machines in turn to conduct experimental tests, the improvement of technology kept pace with the update of the laboratory, and they worked 24 hours a day. is his advantage.

The "Lonely Gunner" technology provided by Wu Wei brought mature magnetic field control technology, allowing the Brotherhood to break the nightmare of heat insulation and core constraints. The ignition device is a reliable ignition device, and the complementary advantages of the three worlds allow the Brotherhood to overcome technical barriers by leaps and bounds, reaching a level that the predecessors failed to achieve.

Controllable nuclear fusion... Ignite it once and use it for a lifetime.

"but,"

Li De followed up and asked: "Since it is successful, why is there still an accident in the experiment? Can a simple electric current also cause natural phenomena?"

The intense flashes that erupted outside the archipelago were not simply plasma discharges. According to Li De, the light seemed to induce some chain reaction, and it seemed that the entire sea was glowing with a faint blue light.When I arrived, the Blue-Eyed Islands had three feet of windless waves, and there seemed to be a huge monster crawling out of the deep sea under the undulating tide.

This feeling is very bad, and the resulting aftershocks made the garrison and civilians on the island feel palpitations. They are wondering whether they should use the good news of "controllable nuclear fusion is completed" to calm people's hearts, but before that He had to make sure it was all under control.

Ensig did not use words to explain, but uploaded a new piece of data to Li De. This is a video file that has not been analyzed. The images recorded by the man-machine, as well as the data collection sent by the submarine sonar.After Li De fast-forwarded and finished reading, all the information became clear.

Reorganize the time. When Unit 9 successfully "ignited" and broke through the critical point [-] minutes ago, the plasma discharge reversed the ratio of energy input and output for the first time, and the external cables and point storage devices also reversed for the first time. For power transmission, everything was carried out according to the record, but the problem occurred that this was the first time that the Brotherhood had successfully carried out fusion ignition, and the discharge capacity of the reaction core was underestimated.

So the external substation - Boom, the violent energy has nowhere to vent, creating an artificial lightning storm, and some of the spherical lightning created by this lightning storm floated into the sky, and some sank into the sea, the destroyers The shielding magnetic field of the reactor was turned on urgently, and the situation was controlled after paying a small number of casualties. At this time, the fusion core was still running stably, and theoretically, the impact had passed.

But immediately, a change occurred—the ocean sonar received a special frequency from the depths of the seabed, which was similar to the engine noise from the start of the engine. km, the light illuminated the sea area with a radius of ten kilometers, and gradually faded after 10.82 seconds.

"To sum up, leader." Despite the good news of controllable fusion, Ensger still didn't dare to be careless, and said cautiously——

"Under the Blue Eye Islands, there is an existence unknown to us. The subordinates believe that it was awakened by the energy released by fusion. Its existence...may be ancient beyond our imagination."

Chapter 33 Lockdown, Emergency Action

The Blue Eyes Islands, where the Brotherhood's most important comprehensive base facilities are located, were originally chosen here because they are far away from the mainland. There are hundreds of kilometers of seabed and thousands of meters of ocean blocking the tunnels of orcs. Disgusting creatures cannot be harassed, creating an absolutely safe rear.

But now, you tell me that there is an unknown existence next to you who doesn't even know what it is, and has been quietly dozing off next to the base?If it wasn't for the experimental accident that accidentally triggered the phenomenon, I'm afraid I wouldn't know what happened until the moment I was destroyed by it, right?

So what the hell is it, Cthulhu?It turns out that I did not come to the world of "Gears of War", but some kind of higher existence... Everything is Naiyako's conspiracy, and I have fallen into indescribable terror, struggling in the endless It's a nightmare, right?So should I immediately praise Cthulhu, by the way...

How about giving it a fusion warhead as an alarm clock?

The surprise brought by the sudden accident also diluted the surprise brought by the controllable nuclear fusion, and Li De had to think deeply about the relationship-was this really an accident?

This feeling as if someone was playing with his fate reminded him of the face of a bald man mocking him and sending him into the Zero Territory. From then on, he decided that no one in this world could make fun of him.If there is really something malicious in the sea, I am willing to use all the weapons at hand to blow up this ghost thing at the cost of the complete destruction of the archipelago base.

"Ensig, add deep water modules to all of our fusion warheads." After a short silence, Li De spoke, his eyes looked at the sky, and a series of data flashed in those mechanical eyes. Hammer of Dawn satellite cannon action.

"Leader...Is this the worst plan?" The chief scientist was a little startled, maybe he wanted to remind him, because the battle with the orcs was going well, the Brotherhood didn't have many fusion warheads, and it seemed a little far away from the base. too close.

The world of Sira is very scarce in resources, and the natural nuclear materials have long been consumed by the indigenous people here.But this is not a problem for the Brotherhood. Relying on advanced laser technology, it is not difficult for Li De to forcibly trigger the fusion of light elements. The difference is nothing more than the difference of how many production lines need to be opened.

Li De expressed his affirmation: "I hope so, but I am even more afraid that this is not a problem that can be solved by simple force."

The so-called ancient gods are just his own wild thoughts. Li De is a firm materialist, and believes that only data can explain the facts in this world.The joint action of the spectral detector and the sonar determines that the target is located on the seabed at a depth of 2000 meters. Although the movement and movement made by the target creates a gorgeous light show on the entire sea level, it does not mean anything - the fusion warhead can also do To, if not, then two.

Now there are two possibilities before Li De - first, this unknown existence is harmless to him, that is a good thing, if it is beneficial, it is double happiness.

Second, this thing should eat a nuclear bomb.

But the premise of all this is that you have to figure out what it is, but before that, an emergency notification is sent to every facility through the base's Internet of Things.

The content is very short, that is, the abnormal phenomenon that occurred in the offshore is a phenomenon caused by the successful controllable nuclear fusion test, please don't worry, not only that, you should also celebrate it!

Rejoice, the Brotherhood has taken the power of the stars into their hands!In the name of the Supreme Council of the Brotherhood, the advancement of this technology will benefit every loyal citizen and bring eternal peace to mankind.

However, in the letter, Li De mentioned one thing, that is, the Blue Eye Islands will be the first experimental site to integrate fusion energy for transformation, so the necessary blockade will be carried out, but under the impact of the previous good news, everyone Some people subconsciously ignore this potentially more important "little thing".

"Hey, did something important happen?"

Regardless of the location, unlike the jumping Brotherhood soldiers, it is the refugees who have just been gathered.They looked at everything around them suspiciously, and even the usually unsmiling "instructors" began to smile, and their "teaching" could not help being a little softer, but they were puzzled, but when the instructors announced that they could disband early , most of them also happily followed and cheered.

But there are always astute people who can see some tricks from the mobilization of some troops. The defense forces stationed at the base did not mention it. Anna noticed that after the announcement was released, the signal for assembly suddenly sounded at the airport of No. [-] base. Many aircraft that I have never seen before flew out of the towering aviation tower - they are all fully armed, and the weapons mounted under the wings are clearly visible.

A group of heavily armed soldiers ran past Ana wearing AR goggles, and she was surprised to find that it was a mixed force of Black Hand and Defense Force.She was no longer that ignorant little girl. After "learning" instilled in her memory, she knew very well that the two armies belonged to different units, and the only one who could make the two armies act together was the mysterious fraternity leader.

"It's all high-ranking churches, and there are heavy machinery soldiers from the Secret Service..." The AR eyepiece showed the unit information of these soldiers. Anna counted them one by one, and found that they were almost all of the troops left behind. "They seem to be To board the plane to fight... Where are you going, Jacinto?"

No one answered the girl's doubts, because soon a loud noise came from the airport, and with the incomparable Wia, an "iron back" transport plane with a wingspan of [-] meters rose into the sky. Under the hollow belly was a The huge human figure fixed by the steel cable - the most versatile land combat weapon of the Brotherhood, the incarnation of the leader's will, the holy spirit mecha!