Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 490 Chaotic Front Lines and Reinforcements

August 8th is a special day for all those who participated in this colonial voyage, and no one will forget this day.

It was on this day last year that they set out from the six continents, crossed the ocean, and headed for the New World - of course, most people still thought that this was the real Dark Continent.

The survivors did experience a dark period here, and they believed that the danger of the Dark Continent was probably like this, so they became more convinced.

Large celebrations are rare in human settlements because there is nothing significant enough to celebrate.

Today, the "first anniversary of the start of the colonial voyage" is a day worthy of grand celebration and commemoration.

Therefore, human settlements in the New World decorated their homes with lights and fired cannons to celebrate.

At present, human settlements are expanding around the coastal fortress and the wreckage of BW1, with houses being built and roads being constructed.

After several months of construction, the settlements radiating from the two major strongholds have begun to take shape, and it is only a matter of time before they are connected.

What Germain was looking at on the slope was the settlement in front of the coastal fortress.

There were crowds of people there, and a street of vendors running through it was extremely lively, almost like a small town in the Six Continents.

"I'm sorry." President Netero walked out from behind him with his hands behind his back. "You've only been married for two days, and I called you out. You're not happy, are you?"

"No." German shook his head. "Xiao Di and I both understand that this is the current situation. We will not feel dissatisfied."

"Hahaha...thank you for your understanding. I called you here for two things."

President Netero's tone became a little more serious as he spoke later.

Germann could probably guess what it was about, but he didn't interrupt. Instead, he let President Netero finish his words.

"The first thing is, on the day of your wedding, Admiral Mike called me. I didn't answer it at the time, and then I called back, but no one answered."

German guessed that it was related to Admiral Mike, but he didn't expect such a strange thing to happen. He was a little surprised: "The line is broken?"

"I guess so." President Netero said, "I asked Pom to observe immediately, and I asked her to secretly select Admiral Mike as one of the observation targets."

"and then?"

"Pom saw him lying on a stretcher, his face was pale, and he was being carried along a narrow mountain path, but there was no visible injury on his body."

"No external injuries..." Germann pondered for a moment and said, "Then it was poisoned, cursed, or other abnormal state of mind attack?"

"It's very likely... I guess he called us to ask for help. As a result, while he was waiting for me to call back, he was attacked."

"How is the situation on the front line now?"

German knew that President Netero would never do something without a purpose. He must have already investigated the exact situation before coming to him.

As expected, President Netero replied: "I will ask Pom to keep an eye on Admiral Mike, and have people contact the front line as much as possible."

"But all communications were cut off... It's hard not to think that the enemy had already figured out the situation on the front line, which is why they cut off all communications."

"Although the communication line is cut off, the "Mind Control Ability of Little Bird" of the 鳥姑 will be of great use in this situation."

"Through the information transmitted back and forth by the Little Bird and combined with Pam's observations, I roughly knew what was happening on the front line."

German listened quietly. President Netero walked to the edge of the slope, with the sole of one foot on the soil and the toes in the air, and dust and rocks rolled down.

"The night before yesterday, Admiral Mike and several important generals encountered some kind of "curse" and all fell into a coma."

"After that, the monsters launched a collective counterattack."

German understood: "This is a premeditated attack. First, they used the "curse" to make the front-line army lose their leader, and then took the opportunity to attack the military camp."

"That should be the case." President Netero said, "Admiral Mike's bombing tactics not only failed to defeat the morale of the monsters, but also made them unite."

"They must have been planning this for some time, and it was not until the day before yesterday that the time was right and they carried it out. And they succeeded."

"With no leader, the army on the front line collapsed after not much resistance. The entire battle line was cut into several sections, the army was routed, and the situation was in chaos."

"You want me to sort this out?" Germain asked.

"That's right." President Netero said, "The opponent is a cursed monster with telekinetic abilities. If I follow my usual style, I will carefully investigate it first, and then try to kill it with one strike, without giving it the opportunity to cast a "curse"."

"But this will take too long." Germain understood President Netero's concerns, "Okay, I'll go there and subdue or eliminate the monster that can cast the "curse."

Admiral Mike's previous tough style has offended a large number of monsters in the New World, and he suffered the "curse" because of his own actions.

What German had to do was not to control the remaining troops on the front line, nor to lead the remaining troops to counterattack, but to launch an operation against the leader of the Warcraft army like a special forces unit.

"You can choose your teammates, but don't worry, there is one more thing." President Netero added, "Look, the time is just right, it's here."

Germain looked up.

I saw a bean-sized black dot appear on the line between the sea and the sky, and above that black dot, if you look carefully, you can see some densely packed small dots.

"This is... a ship and an airship?" German lifted the brim of his tricorn hat to give him a wider and clearer view.

"Yes." President Netero explained, "V6's second batch of reinforcements has arrived. This time, they sent a huge ship that was modified based on the BW1."

"The ship's deck can accommodate 5 airships, and the ship's cabins can accommodate more than soldiers, scientific researchers, logistics personnel, etc."

With the lessons learned from the various problems encountered during the BW1's long voyage, the number of people carried by subsequent ships will not reach 20.

Just imagine how many human tragedies would occur if 20 people spent two months on a closed voyage on a giant ship.

In fact, 5 people on a giant ship is already considered crowded.

"Its name is BW2," President Netero continued. "When it got close enough to the New World last night, we received its signal and contacted it."

"After these 5 people land, I will negotiate with their superiors, explain the situation on the front line, and persuade them to go to the front line with us to gather the remaining troops."

"After the negotiation is concluded, you and your team will set out ahead of us to carry out your mission. I will advance slowly with this army."

"Our goal is to fill the hole that Admiral Mike has poked as best as possible."

"Of course, if you have a chance to save that stupid Admiral Mike, then do it, even though it may be too late."

(End of this chapter)