People's Federation will live forever

"...As you wish, General."

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The fiery red sunset is gradually sinking to the west, and on the distant horizon, the sea is like a giant beast, swallowing the sun and revealing the moon of Sira.

From the time it came to this planet, it seems that every story ends with such a sunset and dusk. The "Unsinkable" is still floating on the sea. Miraculously, like its name, it did not fall into the deep sea. It was just lonely, alone. Writing lonely poems in the evening.

The secret service team had already left, but a helicopter was approaching—there was no landing point for it to stop, so it let down the rope, and a figure with fluttering clothes landed on the ship.That was Li De, and he returned to the messy scene with his third body.

There was nothing here, but there was a slender figure kneeling in the center of the deck.She remained silent until Li De came to her side, knelt down and looked at the sleeping petite girl with her.

"It's good to see her sleeping so peacefully."

Li De was talking, but Olivia didn't reply.The coat she was wearing had already been taken off and covered Irena's body. At this moment, Olivia's eyes were watery, and she was unwilling to let her eyes leave the girl for a second, until it lasted for a long time.

"Sleeping? She's awake." The general said, putting her hand on Irena's hair. The Loli version of "Little Olivia" opened her eyes and rubbed against the general's hand, clearly behave in a spoiled manner.

She looked at Li De again, and immediately gave Li De a hard look, which made Li De very embarrassed, and Olivia covered her mouth and chuckled.

"It's over, it's over." Li De said with emotion, he looked at the sunset in the sky, "Tomorrow, the sun will rise again, and it will be a new dawn."

Olivia nodded, and also looked into the distance.The golden-red waves on the sea surface reflected on the faces of the two of them, and the seagulls flew to the Blue-Eyed Islands in pairs. They were singing and soaring freely in the sky.

"This world is beautiful...I never noticed it before." Olivia stood up holding Irena, and said softly, "But we still have a lot to do, it's not time to rest yet."

"Yes, Jia Xintu's layout is at a critical moment, and Wu Wei is also in trouble. I may have to go there."

Li De said slowly, but immediately, he slapped his hands: "But first, we have to blow up the ship under our feet!"

"Why, the hull is intact and the keel is not damaged. It can still be used after repairing it."

"No, no, no, it has to sink here!" The Brotherhood leader insisted against his miserliness, "I gave it such a name on purpose, if it doesn't sink, I'm sorry for my intentions!"

"..."

After a brief moment of silence, when everything was going to be silent as usual, Olivia suddenly chuckled.

"You have the final say, my...leader~sleeve~"

(Obviously it was the beginning of the transformation, and I almost wrote the taste of the ending#抗面)

PS: Compared with the story in my heart, it is still too brief and hasty. If possible, I will have the opportunity to improve the experience of Li De and Olivia in Irena's spiritual world after the engine starts.

This can be a story about family affection. I want to express more, but there is no room for hesitation. The sea of ​​stars is still ahead, and the story of No. [-]/Irena ends here.

By the way, my worldview doesn't just incorporate stars.

Chapter 41 Soldier Bee Attack ~ Special Forces Operation

Individuals or collectives will face choices, more or less, but what is certain is that every choice will change something.Freer, or safer—people need to decide how to live in the future, and this is especially true for people in UIR.

Choices don't always come when people expect them, and the major understands this very well, so when he led his team deep into the ruins of the Dadong mainland peninsula, they always maintained stealthy operations and were not easily involved in battles Among them, they will not easily rescue those who are alone. As the investigation team of the Defense Force Secret Service, they have done this perfectly, and have won many praises from General Wu Wei.

But to be honest, the major is really suffering. He just wants to save a little trouble-why is it like this?I was only forced to join the army. I had hoped to live until I was discharged and have a considerable amount of military expenses to settle down in. However, following the leader to a different world has ruthlessly shattered this little dream.

I have never been a person who likes to show off, and I have no interest in power, but fate always plays tricks on me.In the battle of Orton City, he killed a leader of the orcs and was favored by the leader. Since then, he has been in bad luck.Promoted to an official, managed the department, and had a group of subordinates—isn't it said that a sniper is the least likely to be a team leader?This is not the life I want!

But having said that, I had to bite the bullet and shoulder this responsibility—the original order of the first echelon was to search for a woman named "Maria". General Wei launched an expedition to the east and they received an order from the headquarters to move to half the world, but the original mission remained the same, but the search direction was shifted to the Kada Peak area in the north.Not only that, but they have to cooperate with a key task of the leader.

"What is it called...orbital accelerator?" someone in the team chatted, and through the throat transmitter, they could communicate without sound. "I don't know much about this scientific stuff, boss, do you know what that is?"

This is a severely weathered karst canyon. On the highlands of the valleys on both sides, members of the special forces have already occupied their positions and set up an ambush.Although there are not many of them, they have the best equipment in the defense force-a standard special soldier wears a full-coverage carapace armor made of carbonized lattice, a quasi-nano material, which can resist everything except .50 caliber Frontal fire from conventional small arms.This kind of material that black hands cannot use on a large scale is expensive, and the built-in power device at the joint allows the user to rely on the chip in the brain to link the reflex nerves to work, the delay can be reduced to [-] milliseconds, and it can almost match the master's movements. be consistent.

The implanted chip also replaced the microprocessor, managing the tactical visor and external weapons.I don't know if it's an illusion, but Kanifik always felt that the back of his head with the implanted chip was inexplicably itchy, but the feeling of being unable to scratch while wearing a helmet made him a little crazy.

I heard that the Ministry of Industry and Research is still researching electronic brain transformation, the leader is on top, and people's brains are connected to the Internet?Kanifik never thought about this. Could it be that cyborg is the future of himself and others?

The major, who was immersed in endless troubles, had no good looks at the team members who interrupted him: "Keep an eye on your target! As for the accelerator...ah, I remember that it is used to build ion cannons. The leader dislikes the efficiency of rockets too slow."

As the major spoke, the team's channel became active—"Ion cannon? Why did that bastard who can only fire once a week make it? Don't we have the Hammer of Dawn and nuclear bombs?"

"Hehe, idiot, don't you know that the leader has made controllable nuclear fusion? You don't need to collect the solar wind. You can shoot a few shots a day in the future. Let these orcs go to hell!"

"I just know an ion cannon, you guys, the pattern!" Some people with good information proudly showed off their knowledge, "Just like the orbital elevator, the orbital accelerator is the next generation of space delivery vehicles. With it, we can use the cargo as a cannonball into orbit, like a gun barrel on a mammoth!"

The heaviest rockets can deliver up to 100 tons of cargo into orbit and are difficult to recycle.But accelerators are different. Accelerators supported by controllable nuclear fusion energy can continuously send materials into space, and the first phase of investment will bring a hundred times the efficiency. This marks that the Brotherhood will officially become a space civilization.

If the ground is not resolved, it will go to space...

Kanifik couldn't help but want to complain, but he held back immediately - this is a big man's business, he just needs... needs... His eyes looked into the distance, and the tactical visor focused his field of vision to Extending forward, a black figure gradually appeared from the other end of the canyon. Along with the tremor of the ground, a huge monster appeared in the field of vision of all members of the team!

Is that a giant spider hanging upside down?Eight joint-like giant legs step on the rock wall of the cliff, nearly 30 meters long, and carry a two-story metal platform on their backs.With every advance of this monster, the karst canyon will collapse to varying degrees, and the major can clearly see the orc army walking back and forth on the platform, as well as many cage-like detention rooms.

"It's the orc's capture team... The target has appeared, ready to move!"

For the orcs on the platform, this is an unusually rewarding day.

Unlike the tribes that have been fighting Jacinto in the west, the only thing they have to do in the eastern continent is to clean up the remaining human power, capture human captives, and use them as supplements for the queen to build a war industry, do coolies, or contribute knowledge. Much more useful to kill.Human beings are very tenacious creatures, they can always find survival in various tiny cracks, and insist on confronting their own race.The tug-of-war between the two sides lasted for nearly 15 years in the Eastern Continent without a complete end, but the orcs did not doubt that the tribe would win the final victory under the leadership of the queen.

Turning around, looking at the terrified or numb human captives in the cage, the warden hummed disdainfully. It remembered the Queen's teaching and read it involuntarily——

"Human beings cannot be unified, and the self-destructive nature of infighting indicates that orcs are a better race, and we are the real masters of this planet!"

Suddenly, a beam of red light shone on the warden's chest—it looked up suspiciously, only to see a one-meter-wide silver-white disc-shaped aircraft hovering over the "Giant Claw Engine". Two slender gun barrels protruded from Cursor's one-eyed side.

"Da da da!"

The soldier bee drone opened fire, and the sound of the gunfire was like the wings of a wasp. Two 5.56 caliber rifles fired a burst of short bursts. Its internal organs were churned into a muddy mass.The recoil caused by such a quick attack obviously made the drone take a step back, and it had to readjust its posture to shoot accurately.And this is enough, because the warden before he died saw more "discs" flying from all sides of the platform!

In one breath, ten soldier bees surrounded the orc's transport monster from both sides of the canyon. These nimble little things jumped out suddenly by taking advantage of the height difference in the canyon's field of view, and flew away in translation after a few shots, without even giving the orcs time to react. .Their chubby bodies were equipped with four small rotors, and the mobility brought by them made the orcs' muzzles follow their trails and shoot randomly, and the entire transportation platform fell into chaos in an instant.

More orcs poured out of the compartment, but many were wounded in the confusion by strafing drones who didn't even know what was happening.There was a lot of gunfire on the platform, and the bullets shot out indiscriminately. The orcs who lost their command became a mess, and even the actions with the giant beasts were forced to stop.

"The black hand has the high technology of the black hand, and our defense force also has our own little toys~ How can we say that we are the regular army!"

The team member in charge of controlling the drone lies on the ground, and the optical camouflage allows him to integrate with the ground. His helmet, which is one size larger than the average team member, contains a brain wave controller and an auxiliary processing center. With this, he can Unleash the firepower of a squad.

"Beast tamer keep the drone's firepower, assault team, come with me to take down this monster!"

Five figures emerged from the air. Carnifik picked up the rifle and sprinted along the cliff first. Under the blessing of electronic muscles, his legs ran out of Bolt's acceleration, and he exerted endless strength. Let him increase his strength when he was close to the giant beast, and step out from the cliff——

"jump!"

The high-pressure nitrogen pushed the commando's body and made them fly more than ten meters into the air. When they landed, the major collided with an orc. Unfortunately, the shoulders of the armor had been strengthened.

Well-trained special forces can react in 0.3 seconds, but the brain chip and neural implants reduce this speed by 0.1, the major instinctively picked up the electromagnetic rifle and swept across the platform, thanks to the low recoil of the electromagnetic rifle, in the Every orc that passed by the gunpoint tasted the joy brought by the supersonic steel nails. Their chests were torn apart, their heads exploded, and the speed of blood splashing was not as violent as Kanifik's pulling the trigger.In what seemed like a split second, dozens of rounds ran out, and there was nothing alive on the platform.

"Roar!"

The remaining orcs roared, but were shot and killed by the special forces who went to sweep them.When the last orc was crushed in the face by a power armor-enhanced fist, the platform was completely under control.

"Safety, confirm!" The major changed the magazine, stepped on the corpse of the orc and issued an order, "No. 3 and No. 4 check the prisoners in custody, focusing on whether there is any target we are looking for... No. 2 controls the platform monster, five Send a report to the headquarters, and it is best to send a transport plane."

This group of saviors who came suddenly exploded the emotions of the captives. They swept away their previous depression and shouted loudly, begging Kanifik to set them free.The major saw dozens of people densely packed here, and couldn't help frowning: "After rescue, it's protection, so I hate this kind of work!"

But soon his team members found out that a picture painted on animal skin, like an earthworm crawling over, was found by the team members from the warden's body——

"This is... a map?" The major was clever, "The traffic map of the orc underground city?"

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Far away from the canyon where Major Carnifik was busy, not far to the east is the ruins of a city. The old civilization has been covered by ruins. This is the country of UIR, a port area where you can see the prosperity of the past.But now, it has been repaired a little, and a large fleet is parked.

At the temporarily cleared airport, a transport plane slowly landed. It seemed that it was no different from the usual supply operations, but the security was stepped up here. A whole platoon of infantry and gendarmerie were drawn here to line up for welcome, not for anything else, because Their legion commander also waited solemnly in front of the tarmac.

The hatch opened, the soldiers saluted with guns, and a figure in a black leather jacket and a hood slowly got off the plane.General Wu Wei pushed down the brim of his hat and strode forward to salute, but the opponent held his hand first.

"It's been a while, General..." Li De raised his head and said with a smile, "I heard that you have made some new discoveries here, just in time, I also brought you a gift .”

Chapter 42 The deal between the Defense Force and the UIR

"I brought you a present."

Following Li De's joke, the fate of half the continent was crucified here.To Wu Wei's surprise, the leader's visit this time was not for the UIR, nor was it to urge the United Defense Organization to speed up the attack on the orcs. This reminded him of what he had received not long ago, Report on "Event Zero".

The general took off his military cap, his hair was a little disheveled and looked unkempt.When he heard Li De's words, the Brigadier General lowered his eyebrows in embarrassment: "Sorry, leader, because I heard that it is General Olivia's family affairs, so I thought it would be better not to deliberately learn too much... .Also, is the gift you mentioned related to her 'sister'?"

If so, it would be terrible—when Wu Wei saw Irena's analysis report for the first time, he felt a familiar sense of terror, devouring, splitting, and being no different from a swarm of insects, which made him a little repelled .But Wu Wei wouldn't show it on the surface, he just quietly waited for Li De to reveal the mystery for him.

A truck drove off the transport plane, hauling a black metal box, which looked heavy.Wu Wei did not see anything strange in the box after careful observation for a while, but at this moment Li De spoke——

"It's just a low-level consideration to use nano-biochemical technology in weapons. Besides, the current Irena is a child with an unsound mind. I'm not that bad for letting a child go to the battlefield."

What he said was half true. Since the Thinker Engine successfully completed Irena's personality, this "Brotherhood's highest combat power" has been closely guarded by General Olivia.Although she is no longer rampant, she has become another kind of trouble to some extent—yes, Irena is still in an uncontrollable state, she does not accept any orders, and no matter what class she is, I hope Irene Na needs to think of more ways to become a supporter of the Brotherhood.

But on the other hand, the information collected from Irena allowed Ensig to master the method of programming the control code of the nano-robots. This technology, which is slightly different from the biochemical technology of the Scrin, quickly helped the Brotherhood successfully carry out the confrontation. The first round of reverse research of Sijin technology.

Here we need to resolve a misunderstanding in understanding - why not use the technology of the Scrin people directly?Down to the nano-swarm and up to the planetary mothership, the technology of the Scrin is far superior to that of humans in all aspects. After all, only three Scrin "miners" dispatched from abroad can drive humans to the ground. In desperation, does the technology of interstellar civilization still need to be questioned?

But this is the problem, that is, the technology system is different, and the Scrin technology, which is completely driven by Tiberium energy, is like flesh and blood exposed to gamma rays for human beings, and it is the best choice for suicide.What's more, unlike human mechanization, all Sijin's weapons are modified living creatures, and Li De cannot afford to use them.

But it’s different now——Looking at the truck slowly leaving the airport, Li De patted Wu Wei’s shoulder: “We have to speed up the progress of Sira’s matter, so, General, tell me about your dealings with UIR.” situation, maybe this time we can solve it in one go.”

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What the big shots are planning, the soldiers at the bottom don't know.Whether it is the Brotherhood or the UIR, although they are also human beings, as Padek said-it is harder to make a UIR person bow his head than to kill him.When the Defense Force's fleet landed on the last fortress of the Independent Alliance on the eastern peninsula, they were greeted by radar locks and artillery salvos.

Although the satellite has already found out that the Alliance of Independent Republics still has a main fleet before the Pendulum War, and it is through this fleet that it maintains control over the remaining territory, the attitude of the other party towards the Brotherhood is still difficult to figure out. The telegrams were full of vodka-flavored abuse-"Go away, this is UIR's territory, you are trespassing illegally!"

In this regard, in order to avoid strategic misjudgments and unnecessary conflicts, Wu Wei ordered the fleet to turn to the southern area of ​​the peninsula strait and build bases on the ruins, changing from "illegal invasion" to "illegal occupation", right under the eyes of the other party. up the layout.

What's interesting is that the other party did not take any expulsion action except for verbal protests. Of course, the weak UIR has long been beyond his reach, but Wu Wei also clearly saw the other party's anxiety, that is to say, this group The Yankees are trying to maintain the dignity of their great country by slapping their faces and making them fat.Such a sensitive self-esteem is not good, but if the defense force adopts tough measures, the result is destined to establish a hostile relationship, which is not beautiful.

Therefore, Wu Wei adopted a compromise method.

"Stop, don't move!"

When the APC armored vehicle was the vanguard, escorting a truck stumbling through a messy brick and gravel field, the defense team came to a high wall made of iron plates, reinforced concrete and barbed wire.As expected, as soon as they appeared, they suffered warning shots from heavy machine guns on the high wall, and at the same time, a woman shouted through a tweeter——

"Below the wall is a minefield, stop the car if you don't want to die!"

It seemed that they didn't want to exaggerate the hostility too much, and the other party kindly "reminded" it.But the mines were fake—the UIR had long since run out of production capacity, but the Yankees were bluffing and yelling more, and the Defenders didn't bother to reply.

In fact, since half a month ago, the Defense Forces have been conducting ulterior transactions with UIR soldiers - this transaction was initiated by Wu Wei, UIR turned a blind eye and closed its eyes, and the deal with integrity was two days on average. once.Every time the two sides of the transaction play a show under the fence, it is probably "the armed forces named Brotherhood spy on the border, were expelled by our side, and seized supplies and so on." Such a trick of self-deception, but the reality is sometimes so absurd, And be nice to everyone.

"Has the UIR already conscripted even women?"

The driver of the APC stopped the car but did not turn off the engine. He dug his ears and heard the political and combat officer next to him ask curiously. A kid under the age of 14."

The political and combat officer Kaduo nodded, and immediately the soldiers on the armored vehicle got out from behind the vehicle. Although they were fully armed, their rifles were only carried on their backs, and they had no intention of fighting at all.The two sides seem to be familiar with the road for a long time. The truck stepped forward to open the cargo box, the guards moved the supplies, and a door crack was opened by the wall, and a small group of soldiers in green armor came over through the "minefield" .

Seven or eight people, half of them are women.Their breastplate-like breastplates showed their physical characteristics very clearly, and they were probably insufficient in supplies, and their clothes were tattered, and they didn't care what was showing.But this is a pain for the passionate youths of the guards. Although the equipment is much better than the opponent's, they don't care about this.

"What's going on with these Scylla people?" A soldier silently put down the black goggles on his helmet to hide his gaze and jealousy, "The men are as strong as orangutans, and the women are all as tall as gymnasts. , that leg can crush someone to death...so who can stand it?"

"The oxygen content is high, and the muscle density is also high. I guess it will be the same after we stay here for a long time." His companion said leisurely, but his eyes were very honest, "I said, we should seize this opportunity and make arrangements early ,do you understand?"

Although the camp is still unclear, it is always the soldiers who understand the soldiers best.During this period of time, some people have become very familiar with each other. They greet each other friendly, and there are also conversations and jokes between men and women. Edge whispered, worried about each other's future fate under the cloud of war, and couldn't help shedding tears from the bottom of my heart.

It may not be in line with military regulations, such as worrying about soldiers leaking military information or something, but all this is within the tolerable range.Their leader, Li De, has considered the future of these clones from the very beginning, and their marriage can only be resolved from the survivors of Sira. Want female clones?That's impossible.

Fortunately, the war has caused a large imbalance in the ratio of males and females in Sira. For thousands of bachelors in the guards, one or two wives is not a problem.Adding the understanding between the two sides is beneficial and harmless, and it can also motivate the guards to protect their future "family members", so the political and combat officer Cardo did not react to stop it.

It was the first time for Kado, a cyborg with a mission, to come here. He looked at the reactions of the people around him, and the data showed that the friendship between the two parties had reached an acceptable range—weapons, ammunition, medicine and synthetic food. No matter what the refugees do, it will be the same here at UIR. No one can refuse such help.There are still several levels that interact like them. The friendship from the Brotherhood will spread within the UIR along with the guarding soldiers, dispelling the little hostility that was originally there.

Unlike the domineering General Olivia who waved a big stick at Wei'an, although General Wu Wei's approach was a bit slow, he laid an extremely solid foundation, which was affirmed by Li De.Now that the time has come, it's time to lay the groundwork for the next move.

So Kado found the person in charge on the opposite side—a UIR sergeant who reported his identity and purpose of coming. When the other party was shocked by his particularly unique black uniform, he proposed to enter the other party with the transferred materials. territorial requirements.

The other party immediately raised his vigilance and sternly refused.Although Cardo once tried to use his captain's rank to overwhelm him and demanded to speak to the other officer's officer, the sergeant was very stubborn: "No, I have no right to convey the news for you, besides, we don't know the organization of your fraternity. Regardless of whether you are a captain or an admiral, our Alliance of Independent Republics does not recognize outsiders' military ranks!"

"Oh, really? No wonder your UIR has a bad reputation."

Kado raised his eyebrows, and when the atmosphere started to become awkward, he turned around suddenly: "That's right, you can't afford this, so I'll find someone who can take responsibility!"

When everyone watched the political and combat officer get into the car, they were a little at a loss when suddenly, a burst of ground shaking woke them up—the ground cracked, and bumps of soil appeared on the cleared space, from which they suddenly stretched out. There are many thick chelicer branches!

Chapter 43. Chessboard, pieces

The hand-cranked anti-aircraft siren issued a shrill howling sound, and the sound was transmitted from one section of the city wall to another section of the city wall. The signal of the attack was transmitted to the interior of the city through the sound and the wolf smoke lit on the watchtower. According to the UIR internal The agreement, the warning means that the orcs have launched an attack, and the wolf smoke means that the wall has been breached, and support is urgently needed!

"This is different from what we said. Don't we just need to exchange supplies?"

When the burrower's iconic claws broke through the surface and dug a passage to the ground on the edge of the city wall, the defenders were forced to join hands with UIR fighters to resist the sudden attack—to be honest, it was not It's not difficult. Unlike the UIR soldiers who were short of guns and ammunition, the Guards soldiers who were armed to the teeth concentrated the firepower of the GD2 rifles the moment the orcs just appeared, and beat the orcs back to the cave. As for the burrowing beast, even if it The guards did not carry AT rocket launchers, and the chitin carapace could not stop the violent bombardment of the armored vehicle's 30mm cannon.