Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 920 Extra chapter: The resistance organization on the ark

New Era 114, April 5th.

Just yesterday, the last crew member of Noah's Ark who was born on earth died.

The management of the Ark originally planned to hold a farewell ceremony for the deceased crew member and the last "native-born earthling" on the Ark, but before the ceremony site was completed, it was attacked by unknown persons.

The half-arranged venue was completely blown up, including construction workers, guards and passers-by, 17 people were killed, 49 were seriously injured, and 1067 were slightly injured.

The explosive was an aerial bomb that had long exceeded its service life, but the on-site trace inspection experts could not trace the origin of the aerial bomb from the wreckage. Logically speaking, this aerial bomb should have been discarded long ago .On Earth, discarded aerial bombs are generally used in live ammunition training, or used as target bombs, or destroyed directly.On the Ark, due to the shortage of materials, discarded weapons are generally dismantled and returned to the furnace, and the useful parts of them are reused.

It is also because of this that the traceability operation cannot be carried out at all.

The task of finding out the assailant finally fell on the head of the West Sixth Division of the Guard.

In the year 114 of the New Era, there were no divisions such as garrison troops and field legions, and the only violent organization on the Ark was a "guard" with a population of about 3000. At that time, the total population of the Ark There are almost 370 million people, and they are equally distributed to each member of the guard. One person needs to manage more than 1000 people. The poor security situation can be imagined.

Except for the dark period after Noah's Ark passed through the wormhole, this time is the most chaotic period on the Ark.

Civilian resistance organizations are roughly divided into two factions:

The first faction is a group of people who believe that the managers have occupied the vast majority of the resources on the Ark with a very small number of people, and the gap between the classes is too huge and they are dissatisfied, so they gather together.

At the beginning, this group of people only complained and abused on the Internet, but after the arrest of some of the most radical people, the rest turned to secret offline gatherings, and began to plan and implement various resistance actions... ...The goal of each operation is very clear, either to loot the official material transportation line, or to assassinate officials at all levels representing the management class...The purpose of their actions is also very clear: to make the management class compromise, modify regulations, or , simply replace it by yourself.

This first faction, they call themselves "reformists", and its core members are basically people from the bottom of society and veterans who have retired from the guard. However, according to gossip, many famous scholars are secretly "reformists". member of the faction.

As for the other faction, the name is called "regression faction".Just like their names, this is a group of people who want to return to the solar system. In their view, things like the sun expanding and swallowing the earth are nothing more than a shocking scam, nothing more than sensationalism—after all, until the time when the ark set sail Since one day, the ecological environment on the earth has not changed at all, only the temperature has risen slightly by half a degree compared with previous years.

"Regressionist" people believe that the rising temperature does not mean that the sun is accelerating aging - the global temperature rise caused by the El Niño warm current was much more obvious than this time, but in the end nothing happened.As for the phenomena observed by astronomers, they cannot be used as ironclad evidence that the solar system is about to be destroyed... But all of them have been used by conspiratorialists to fabricate a series of words like "the sun is aging rapidly and the earth is about to be swallowed" Anyone who enters science fiction will feel that some are too exaggerated and inferior lies.

The lifespan of the sun is 100 billion years, but now less than half of the lifespan of the sun has passed, and it is in the prime of life, so how can it start to enter the aging period quickly without any reason?
This statement is like a young man in his 30s who wakes up and turns into a gray-haired old man who is dying... This kind of plot is quite common in fantasy novels.

But this is neither a fantasy world, nor is there that kind of female goblin who sucks energy... What's more, the sun is a star. If the star undergoes such a drastic change, is it possible for humans on earth to escape?
Since there is nothing wrong now, it means that nothing will happen in the next [-] million years, [-] million years... many billion years.

The solar system and the earth are the hometown of human beings. Even if something happens, human beings should live and die with their hometown instead of fleeing in embarrassment. This is one of the most commonly used slogans of the "regressionists" in parades.

That's right, parades.Compared with the "reformists" who advocate violence and terrorist attacks, the "returnists" have a much milder style of conduct. Although they will also hold rallies, they will give advance notice to the guards before holding rallies. In activities such as demonstrations and sit-in protests, there are very few violent conflicts.

Compared with the crazy "reformists", the guards still prefer to deal with the "returners".

In addition to being easy to talk and not advocating violence, the "returnists" have one of the biggest "advantages", that is, they are rich.

There are many big families and consortiums that are funding the "Returnists" openly and secretly, because the ideas promoted by the "Returnists" can imperceptibly elevate concepts such as "Earth", "Sun" and "Hometown Tradition" among the public The emotional value in the heart, and this emotional value will naturally be transformed into commercial value by these elites with developed business acumen.

To give a very simple example, a bowl of ordinary plain noodles can only be sold for 5 credits at most in an ordinary street noodle shop, and it may rise to 8-10 credits in times of bad harvests, but the price is still higher. If it is high, no public will be willing to pay for it.

But if it is branded with the gimmick of "retro ramen that perfectly reproduces the taste of the earth era", the price can soar to [-] credits or even higher. Although the sales volume will be much lower, the profit can skyrocket ten times!
Moreover, this kind of noodles can also be sold together with ordinary noodles, as long as there is a slight difference in taste and texture... And people who will spend money to buy this kind of noodles will not jump out and say that this bowl of noodles is not worth the price at all Money - in the past, this kind of behavior was called "paying IQ tax" and "brainwashed by consumerism", but now, it is called "paying for feelings".

Of course, cutting leeks does not refer to cutting ordinary people. It is still a bowl of noodles. The flour is made of soil-cultured wheat that is the closest to the earth’s crops. Bone china noodle bowls that must be fired using the traditional craftsmanship of the earth... The cost of such a bowl of noodles may be hundreds of times that of ordinary plain noodles, but the price... may exceed a thousand times.

For those capitals, the greatest value of the "regression faction" is to constantly promote to the residents on the ark how beautiful the earth was in the old era, and how bad life is now...

Although the "Reformist" and the "Returnist" belong to the same resistance organization, the relationship between them is not harmonious. On the contrary, they often conflict because of some ideological deviations, especially for the "Returnist", " The "reformers" are simply more disgusting to them than the management of the authorities... because this group of people is really determined to find a second planet that can be their home in the universe...

Ark, the station of the West Sixth District Guard.

"So, do you think this attack was initiated by the 'reform faction'?" The commander with the rank of colonel on his shoulders asked with a playful smile, resting his chin in one hand and playing with a stylus in the other.

"That's right, the returnists regard the earth as a 'sacred place', and they have great respect and yearning for everything related to the earth. It is hard for me to imagine that they will plan to attack the funeral of the last crew member on earth together." The seat under the seat First, a non-commissioned officer who was fully armed and held a helmet in one hand and a PDW in the other said, "On the contrary, they are reformists. This attack is completely in line with their usual style, and they also have sufficient motives."

"Sufficient motivation? Tell me."

"The reformists have always believed that the top management of the Ark was extravagant and wasteful. The farewell ceremony for the remains this time may be considered unnecessary waste by the reformers. Therefore, the attack is also equivalent to a warning..."

"Ahem." The commander suddenly interrupted the noncommissioned officer's speech with a coughing sound, "Sergeant Zhan, pay attention to your position and the appropriate words."

"Ah, I'm sorry. What I mean is that the reformists may be dissatisfied with this incident and try to sabotage it." Sergeant Zhan said, "Also, this attack was planned very carefully, and the operation was not messy at all. The person in charge of peripheral security The six guards were killed by the other party almost without making any noise, and there should be people with service experience among the attackers, and there are quite a few of them.”

"I also thought so at first." The commander nodded, but changed the subject in the next second, "But, just now, I received a message: Among the bodies of those attackers, the identity of one of them It has been determined. This person is a core member of the 'Returnist', and has appeared in demonstrations organized by the Returnites many times. The DNA information of the corpse can also be completely matched."

"A core member of the return faction? How is that possible?" Sergeant Zhan was stunned for a moment, "Sir, have you confirmed that person is the attacker? Could it be just a passer-by who was affected by the explosion?"

"You've seen that corpse before, it's suspect No. [-]." The commander said unhurriedly.

At the scene of the crime, the guards found the bodies of six suspected suspects, but the faces of these bodies were charred and unrecognizable, so they had to be sent to the forensic department first, but they did not expect to be identified so soon the identity of one of them.

If one of the six people is the most suspected, it must be the No. [-] suspect.When his body was discovered, his legs and waist were wrapped with ammunition belts he sewed, and under his body was a bursting firecracker made from a discarded military submachine gun. A figure wrapped in ammunition belts and holding a bursting firecracker was photographed jumping into the construction site and shooting at the workers... Fortunately, the accuracy of the bursting firecrackers is not high, otherwise, the number of casualties in this attack There may be further improvements.

"What is the real identity of suspect No. [-]?" Sergeant Zhan couldn't help asking.

"Galius Aidan, the former captain of the first action team of the West Sixth District Guard, retired six years ago and changed his career to become a security guard for a private company. He was dismissed four years ago because of alcoholism and became a vagrant. He has been relying on receiving minimum guarantee supplies until you joined the 'return faction' a year ago." The commander said, "I almost forgot to mention that Galius was your immediate boss when you first joined the guard, and he even saved your life, yes Bar?"

"..."

"Accordingly, Gellius should be a very important person to you. Why did you hear the news of his death? Sergeant Zhan, you don't have a trace of sadness on your face? Are you too cold-blooded?"

Sergeant Zhan stood still, because behind him, the muzzles of two assault rifles were pressed against his back. As long as there was any movement, the two gunmen would definitely pull the triggers without hesitation.

"When did you get the news?" Sergeant Zhan gritted his teeth and said, "The DNA comparison report of the corpse...isn't it just came out?"

"It is true that the DNA comparison report came out just now, but I already knew about some things several days in advance." The commander shrugged, picked up the cold coffee on the table, and drank it all in one gulp .

"Know it a few days ago? Then why didn't you stop this attack?" Sergeant Zhan asked.

"The regressive faction wants the reformist to take a big scapegoat, that's why they planned this action, but... what if the blame fails to be thrown out?"

【PS The fever has basically subsided, the body temperature has returned to normal, and the only symptoms left are sore throat, stuffy nose, runny nose and cough... Oh, and the most obvious point is that it is very easy to feel drowsy and fatigued.Just doing something casually makes me so tired, dizzy, and feels like my whole body has been hollowed out... It seems that I need to rest for a while.

There are a lot of people on the Internet saying that if Yang Kang does strenuous exercise afterward, it will lead to myocarditis or other complications, which can even be life-threatening. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but I’d rather believe it. If you don’t believe in nothing, I’ll just treat it as real... Everyone should pay more attention, even if the weather turns negative, try not to try to commit suicide within half a month to a month—the protagonist of the novel likes to commit suicide It's because they are supported by the protagonist's halo, and sometimes the plot needs to rely on the protagonist's death to unfold. We are all ordinary people, and death may be a real hiccup. You must take care of your body.

In addition, the reason for updating the episode is because the main text has reached a very critical turning point in the past few days, but because I am ill and I am in a bad state, I am afraid that I will collapse this important part, so I took the time to write the episode. I hope everyone can understand . 】

(End of this chapter)